I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

“Wow, so this is what she’s like…”

As we made our way back to the operation base after completing the strategy, I couldn’t help but laugh at what I saw on my phone.

“Is this for real? She’s a complete psycho!”

Lee Yoo-ri, who had also seen what I saw, had wide eyes as she showed the others.

“I… was planning to pay her a separate visit and teach her a lesson…”
“Yeah, she said such things to her junior. I was preparing to flood her comment section with 5,700 characters…”
“There’s nothing left for us to do here. She’s already completely ruined.”
“Agreed. Shadow, recall.”

Kang Do-hee, Lim Ga-eul, Sophia, and Ichika wore subtle expressions. It seemed like they had all been looking forward to teaching her a lesson after completing their respective missions.

However.

Ling Xiao was already burning to ashes without their help.

『Ling Xiao was behind the Jiangsu Gate Explosion Incident! What about the previous Gate explosions!?』

『Riots in Jiangsu, Ling Xiao’s support base!』

『Ling Xiao’s past atrocities!』

『[Global Pick!] Ling Xiao’s residence on fire.』

『Chinese Hunter Association: “Ling Xiao will be removed from the Hunter’s Registry and detained.”』

Her past statements and actions were being exposed one by one, and posts about her were being immortalized in various online communities.

Her personal broadcast was flooded with colorful curses in various languages, and her large residence was currently burning to the ground.

She was now being treated worse than a trash hunter, and the anger from China seemed to surpass imagination.

‘Well, her life is ruined…’

As I returned to the operation base with slightly mixed feelings,

“You’ve all worked hard.”

Shin Se-hee greeted us with a brighter smile than usual and offered us towels and cold drinks.

‘I guess it was her…?’

Gulping, I took the drink and casually glanced at Shin Se-hee out of the corner of my eye. Only someone like her could completely destroy someone on this scale.

“Let me wipe your sweat…”

But she seemed completely oblivious, wiping my sweat with an innocent expression.

‘I really must not get on her bad side…’

Just then, as I reaffirmed this thought,

“Haha! You’re here!”

Richard, with his blonde hair slicked back with pomade, welcomed us with a much higher enthusiasm than when we first met.

“You’ve really done a fantastic job! Utopia!”

Richard, who had moved from the operation base to the reception room, beamed at us.

“It was nothing.”

“Nothing? But you’ve shown us why we chose Korea, Velvet Academy, and Utopia for this mission!”

I shook my head modestly, and Richard enthusiastically continued.

“Anyways, thanks to this mission, we in the US will be able to gain quite a lot. Thank you again.”

‘Isn’t this treatment a bit too different from the last time?’ I gave him a piercing stare.

Richard coughed slightly, looking a bit embarrassed.

Ahem—

“First of all, the mission completion fee will be paid as promised. However, it wouldn’t be fair to give you the same amount as the other parties, so…”

I straightened my posture.

Now came the real negotiation. While Shin Se-hee had handled the initial negotiations, it was my turn to step in as the representative of Utopia.

“For each village you cleared today, we will pay an additional 100 million won.”

“……!?”

100 million won per village. We had cleared around twenty villages, so that amounted to 2 billion won. And that was just the additional payment.

‘Is this insane?’

“And, although we agreed to give you 10% of the net profit from your broadcast exposure during the mission, we will increase it to 15%.”

“……!?”

‘What’s going on here? Is this for real?’

Richard approached us with an uncharacteristically submissive attitude, his eyes flicking nervously towards Shin Se-hee.

‘Ah, so you know. You’ve figured out that it was Shin Se-hee’s doing that ruined Ling Xiao.’

It was no surprise, given the US’s reputation for their intelligence capabilities, and seeing Ling Xiao’s downfall firsthand would certainly make him cautious.

‘Or rather, Shin Se-hee probably let him know on purpose.’

Richard added, as if it were a mere afterthought,

“This is purely out of goodwill. It’s just a token of our sincerity in wanting to maintain a good relationship with Utopia. We hope that you will accept our future requests from time to time.”

“Of course, we’d be happy to.”

“Great.”

He nodded in satisfaction.

As the conversation seemed to be wrapping up, Richard handed each party member a personal business card.

Richard Parkers, Operations Officer, US Hunter’s Association.

“Well, I know this might be a bit forward, but… If you haven’t decided on your path after graduation, could you please give me a call?”

“No, that’s fine.”

I firmly rejected Richard’s proposal.

‘Are you crazy? Surely no one here is considering becoming a naturalized US citizen?’

I glanced at the party members, worried that someone might be tempted by the offer. In games, it was not uncommon for players to abandon their characters and switch to a new one if they hit a low point.

‘Paying money to level up a character, only to completely abandon them later, that’s just too harsh.’

Thankfully, none of the party members seemed particularly interested in Richard’s offer. With the rejection out of the way,

“Yes, I understand.”

Richard also backed off, acknowledging that it was just a casual suggestion.

“But if you ever change your mind, please don’t hesitate to contact me. We will always have the best treatment ready for you. It never hurts to have more options.”

Well, he didn’t seem to have completely given up, but it was understandable.

Clank— Clank—

As we were about to return to the academy after concluding the negotiation, the sound of rattling chains could be heard from a distance.

‘That’s… Ling Xiao.’

She was being dragged by Chinese public security hunters, her appearance was pitiful.

She must have been interrogated right after the mission, as her face was covered in grime and her eyes were dull and lifeless.

As they passed by,

Whoosh—!

Ling Xiao suddenly opened her eyes wide and turned her head.

“Ling Xiao! What are you doing!?”

The Chinese public security hunters tried to restrain her, but she broke free and rushed towards us.

However.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

Thwack—!

“Kuaaaaak!”

Kang Do-hee shot out like a bullet and kicked her leg, causing her to fall.

Thud thud thud—!

“How dare you!”

Lee Yoo-ri quickly jumped on top of her and restrained her arms behind her back.

Grind—

Ling Xiao, lying on the ground, gritted her teeth and glared up at me with eyes burning with hatred.

“You bastard! It’s you, isn’t it!? You did this to me!!!!”

She screamed in rage.

“What nonsense are you spouting?”

“You! You’re the one who made me like this!!!!!”

I tilted my head at her accusations.

“That was all you, wasn’t it? Did I intentionally cause the Gate explosion? Or did I deliberately allow the monsters to massacre the residents? Or did I pretend to be a hero and deceive people?”

Ling Xiao glared at me with wide eyes.

“All of that was your doing. I don’t understand why you’re coming at me like this.”

“Shut up… Shut up, shut up! Shut uuup, it was you! You orchestrated all of this, I know it—”

“No, it’s all your own doing.”

As she tried to retort, I cut her off.

“Well, I guess you could say that because of our conflict, you became famous, and that led to your dirty past being exposed. But still, didn’t you want to become famous in the first place? So how could you not have expected that your shady past would eventually come to light?”

At that moment, one of the Chinese public security hunters, who had been standing by, approached and restrained her again.

“Ling Xiao, if you act out one more time, you will be executed immediately.”

“Utopia party members, we apologize for this disturbance. It’s our fault.”

“It’s fine. Please take her away.”

“Thank you.”

And with that, Ling Xiao was dragged away by the Chinese public security hunters once more.

“Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh—!!!!!”

Her terrible scream echoed through the air.

“Kuk—”

And then, suddenly, laughter.

“Huhu……”

Behind me, Shin Se-hee covered her mouth and quietly laughed. I turned away, pretending not to notice.

‘I really need to stay on her good side…’

It was the third time I had made that vow today.

P.S. Hello Everyone! I’m VarieTL. I hope you are all enjoying this Novel! I only wanted to announce that I have posted a new Novel on the site 🙂

The novel is called: I Became an Unknown Professor at the Academy

You can find it here: Novel

Summary:

Baek Woo-jin has spent three years playing a text-based game with 999 endings. In all those endings there is only death and misfortune for the character ‘Wolf’.

However, after finishing the last ending and preparing to close and then delete the game window, a small message window appears, offering Woo-jin a chance to create the 1,000th ending. Baek Woo-jin accepts the challenge, and possess the character Greed.

For now there are only 6 chapter on the site but you can read 25 advance chapters on my Ko-Fi

The schedule is just like this one, one chapter a day.

Good readings!