I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

With a population of 1.1 billion, China still boasted an impressive size despite losing over 300 million people during the Gate incident.

One of the most popular communities in China, frequented by countless individuals, was a hunter-related forum.

[BY HUNTER]

A large community where various gate-related information and hunter-related posts were shared.

Despite the dedicated management by numerous individuals, the sheer volume of posts uploaded in real-time meant that tens of thousands of posts were buried daily.

Among the myriad of topics, a few threads began to rapidly gain traction.

[Isn’t Utopia overrated? If you agree, give this a thumbs up! kekeke]

[If Utopia and Guangdong Province fought, who would win?]

[Honestly, Jin Yuha is uglier than Guangdong Province’s landlord, Liu Jin. See attached photo.]

[Honestly, even if you add up all the small fries from Korea, they wouldn’t stand a chance against the hunters of Guangdong Province. It’s a numbers game, guys.]

[Honestly, Utopia is just riding on Lina’s coattails. I’d take Guangdong Province’s Liu Jin over those wannabes any day.]

Jin Yuha had always been a target of much criticism in China.

Historical tensions between Korea and China played a role, but the main reason was the incident during the American monster extermination mission, where Jin Yuha caused Ling Xiao’s downfall, embarrassing China on the international stage.

As a result, bashing Jin Yuha or Utopia wasn’t exactly a novel or attention-grabbing topic on the forum. However, comparing the landlord of Guangdong Province to Jin Yuha seemed to strike a chord with the users.

─ Hmm, I don’t know about that. Utopia guys are a bit annoying, but I’m not sure if Guangdong Province alone can match them. Isn’t their landlord just a moneybags who hires hunters?
└ Are you Korean or something? Do you have a bias?
└ No, I’m just saying that if we’re going to make a fair comparison, we should at least bring in a hunter. The landlord of Guangdong Province is just a rich guy who hires hunters. If you want to compare them to Utopia, you should bring up Ling Xiao…
└ Shut up, you Utopia fanboy.
└ Liu Jin is just a landlord who hires hunters. What does he have to do with this? You’re obviously one of those Indian Rain Dance guys.

Whenever someone spoke ill of Guangdong Province, a horde of users would swarm the comment section and mercilessly attack the original poster.

As the topic refused to die down after several days, some users began to grow tired of it.

[Can we just stop with the Utopia bashing? If you want to bash them, do it, but why bring up Guangdong Province out of nowhere?]
└ You’re obviously a Utopia fanboy.

[Can Guangdong Province and Utopia just go away? I’m sick of this.]
└ You’re obviously a Utopia fanboy.

[What’s up with Guangdong Province? Do they have some kind of group chat or something?]
└ You’re obviously a Utopia fanboy.

However, whenever such comments were made, a flood of downvotes and negative comments would immediately follow.

Who were these individuals so vehemently hating on Utopia and praising Guangdong Province?

They were none other than the die-hard fan club of Jin Yuha in China, the “Indian Rain Dance.”

Using the multiple servers provided by Shin Se-hee, they replicated IDs and…

Endlessly wrote posts and comments, bashing Utopia and praising Guangdong Province.

Originally, the members of Indian Rain Dance would have felt conflicted about bashing Jin Yuha and Utopia, as they had waited endlessly for her, defying everyone else’s opinions.

However, the reward offered by Shin Se-hee, the “Jin Yuha X-Files,” was too sweet to resist, and now they were mechanically writing these posts.

“Unni, another post just went up! Post number 32131!”

“Okay, I see it. I’ve sent out a notice to everyone.”

“Hmm… Well, technically, Utopia is a benefactor to Jiangsu Province, right? They cleaned up Ling Xiao’s mess. Hmm, that’s true… But they still deserve some criticism. Alright, charge!”

Tap, tap, tap!

The sound of keyboards being furiously typed filled the room.

In a way, what they were doing now wasn’t much different from what they had always done. Indian Rain Dance had always defiantly posted praise for Jin Yuha and Utopia, going against the grain. The only difference now was the direction of their efforts.

As the Guangdong Province vs. Utopia debate raged on, the negative sentiment towards Guangdong Province gradually surpassed that towards Utopia.

After all, the most vocal critics of a particular group often tended to be overly zealous fans.

“Oh! Another one! Post number 14512! Who the hell is fangirling over the old landlord of Guangdong Province? kekeke Is this a Guangdong Province alt account?”

At this, the president of the Indian Rain Dance fan club smirked.

“I never knew we could manipulate public opinion like this… Shin Se-hee, the brain of Utopia, is something else. This is definitely something we can use in the future.”

In a secluded alley near Guangdong Province, a large pile of bags lay before Shin Se-hee.

Thud!

Another bag was placed in front of her, brought by one of the Indian Rain Dance hunters assigned to procure magical stones.

The hunter bowed to Shin Se-hee and said, “Here are the requested magical stones.”

Shin Se-hee nodded, taking in the dazzling array of magical stones inside the bag. “Thank you. I’ve just transferred the payment for the stones to your account.”

Hearing this, the hunter widened her eyes in surprise as she checked her phone. “Did you send too much by mistake? This is too much…”

“No, it’s the correct amount,” Shin Se-hee replied. “Normally, it would be quite dangerous for foreigners like us to procure this many magical stones. This is the price for taking on that risk for us.”

The hunter’s lips twitched as the prospect of a large sum of money appealed to her. She had come all this way solely out of her fan devotion to Jin Yuha, but who could say no to money?

“Then… I won’t refuse,” the hunter said, bowing even deeper. “I’ll be standing by nearby. Please contact me immediately if anything happens.”

The hunter’s bow was even deeper than before, and she continued, “Yes, I’ll be waiting.”

“Loyalty!”

With the successful local procurement of magical stones, despite a minor hiccup with Lim Ga-eul suddenly having a seizure, they had completed all the preparations for entering Guangdong Province.

Standing before the party members, Jin Yuha spoke, “Shin Do-hwa probably already knows we’re here. She hasn’t been able to pinpoint our exact location yet, thanks to us evading her drones, but it’s only a matter of time.”

“…”

Sophia stiffened, remembering the countless drones they had evaded on their way there.

“Yeah, she’s pathologically obsessed with cleanliness, so her surveillance range is quite extensive,” Jin Yuha explained.

Shin Se-hee nodded in agreement. “That’s right. Shin Do-hwa strongly dislikes anyone entering her territory without her permission. Now that we’re here, she’ll soon have our exact location.”

“Then… what should we do? Should we just charge in and blow up those chimeras?” Yoo-ri asked.

Jin Yuha shook her head. “That worked with the mobs, but it won’t now.”

“Then…?”

“Well, there are a few options, but… I think I’ll do the one thing Shin Do-hwa hates the most.”

Jin Yuha imagined Shin Do-hwa’s distorted face and smiled.

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“Are the intruders still not located? I told you to bring them before me. Do I need to repeat myself?” Shin Do-hwa asked, her head tilted to the side as she addressed the researcher.

In front of her, a holographic map floated in the air, displaying the area of Guangdong Province. Despite the surveillance drones scouring the region, the intruders’ location remained elusive.

“Ah, their exact position hasn’t been determined yet,” the researcher replied.

“Hmm… The experiment is causing trouble, and now this incompetence…” Shin Do-hwa muttered, her eyes narrowing as she turned to look at the experiment inside the cylinder.

─ Kreeeek!

Even with the brainwashing intensity at maximum, the experiment was still resisting, much to her annoyance.

“But we’ll soon have them… What are the three things I hate the most?” Shin Do-hwa asked, her red eyes fixed on the researcher.

The researcher swallowed nervously. “I-I don’t know…”

“Then let me tell you. The first is dirt. The second is people entering my territory without permission…”

The researcher’s throat bobbed as he swallowed hard.

“And the third is…”

The experiment writhed inside the cylinder.

“This.”

Shin Do-hwa pointed at a section of the hologram, where…

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

A woman wielded a shield, and behind her…

─ Kreeeek! I hate this too!

A black cloud of flying insects swarmed like a horde of tiny demons.

“Get rid of that immediately. I don’t want to see it in front of me,” Shin Do-hwa said, her voice cold and menacing.