I Became a Genius Swordsman in the Pretty Girl Game

Shin Se-hee kept stealing glances at the bright red belt tied around Kang Do-hee’s waist, unable to hide her envy. Jin Yuha noticed her gaze and stared at her intently.

‘Hmm, does Shin Se-hee want a gift too?’

It was true that the other party members, being combatants, had received various equipment along the way, while Shin Se-hee, as a non-combatant, had relatively fewer opportunities to acquire such items.

‘Good thing I prepared something for her as well.’

“Se-hee.”

“Ah, yes?”

“I have a gift for you too.”

“F-for me…?”

Shin Se-hee pointed at herself, her face filled with confusion. She had only intended to tease Kang Do-hee out of petty jealousy, but now she was being presented with a gift herself.

‘…Did I give it away?’

Feeling awkward, Shin Se-hee cleared her throat.

‘But what kind of gift is it?’

She wondered if he had prepared it beforehand, as they had been busy dealing with the Shin family guards and didn’t have much time to spare.

‘I wonder what it could be?’

Her heart fluttered with anticipation, her lips twitching slightly.

“Follow me. It’s hidden over here.”

‘Hidden?’

With a curious expression, Shin Se-hee followed Jin Yuha to a secluded alley.

Flap—

Jin Yuha pulled aside a large tarp and revealed what lay beneath.

“This is it.”

“Th-this is… my gift?”

“Yes, it is.”

Shin Se-hee’s mouth hung open in disbelief. How could this be her gift? The pile of corpses before her was what remained of the Shin family guards Jin Yuha had been fighting earlier.

She immediately recognized their identities, and a thought crossed her mind.

‘What kind of gift is this…?’

Did he think that because she held a grudge against the Shin family, she would appreciate such a gift?

While it was true that her tastes were a bit unconventional, she certainly didn’t have a hobby of collecting corpses.

‘I would have been happy with any gift that showed his consideration for me, no matter how small or insignificant!’

She didn’t care about the value or the special features of the gift. All she wanted was something that conveyed his thoughts for her.

This pile of corpses was definitely not what she had in mind.

What was Jin Yuha thinking, giving her such a gift?

Shin Se-hee looked at him with eyes filled with resentment.

“Do you like it?”

However, Jin Yuha seemed oblivious to her feelings and asked with a straight face.

Staring at the corpses, Shin Se-hee closed her eyes.

‘Sigh… Should I pretend to like it? After all, he did put in the effort to prepare this for me…’

Just as Shin Se-hee was about to nod with a disappointed expression, Jin Yuha spoke up.

“Go on, give them a command.”

“Huh?”

“Do it now.”

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‘She’ll like it, right?’

She was always busy, with more tasks than she could handle, so this gift would surely be of use to her.

The Shin family guards.

They were like puppets, obedient to Shin Do-hwa’s commands, and each possessed considerable combat capabilities. They were also the culprits who, under Shin Do-hwa’s orders, had released the chimeras into the world at the climax of this episode.

The reason I brought their corpses here was simple.

In the game, there was a scene where Shin Se-hee recalled her encounter with Shin Do-hwa and expressed her regrets.

-If only I had given the Shin family guards a command back then… If I had stopped them from releasing the chimeras, none of this would have happened…

Shin Do-hwa’s method of controlling the guards was through blood domination, a powerful form of control that persisted even after death, achieved through her experiments.

In other words, it meant that Shin Se-hee, as a descendant of Shin Do-hwa, also had the ability to command the guards.

‘That’s why, after the chimeras were released, the scattered Shin family guards became Shin Se-hee’s hidden pieces.’

Instead of having to gather them one by one like collecting scattered dragon balls, she could now obtain them all at once at this point in the story. How could this not be considered a gift?

I looked at Shin Se-hee expectantly, but she only seemed confused.

“A command…? But the Shin family guards are already dead… Besides, they only listen to Shin Do-hwa’s orders.”

Ah.

‘So, Shin Se-hee doesn’t know about this at this point in the story? She’s unaware that the guards continue to obey commands even after death, and that she has the authority to give those commands.’

No wonder she was confused. I had abruptly presented her with a pile of corpses and called it a gift.

‘But it’s no fun just telling her.’

“You have nothing to lose by trying. Come on, repeat after me. Rise!”

“…”

I urged Shin Se-hee, who was looking at me skeptically. She then reluctantly spoke to the corpses, her voice full of doubt.

“Rise…”

However, nothing happened.

‘Huh? What’s going on? I thought it would be that easy…’

I had vivid memories of the Shin family guards acting on Shin Se-hee’s commands in the game, so I prompted her again.

“Hmm, you need to put more force into your voice. Try again, but louder this time. Rise!”

“Ri… rise!”

“Don’t use honorifics, speak casually!”

“Ri… rise!!”

Shin Se-hee continued to shout at the corpses, her voice growing louder with each command. She could feel the gazes of the party members behind her, and the embarrassment she felt was almost unbearable.

To be honest, she was only doing as Jin Yuha instructed, but she couldn’t help but wonder what they were doing. She felt ridiculous shouting commands at corpses and being told to raise her voice.

“Try to put more weight into your voice, like Shin Do-hwa! One more time!”

Jin Yuha kept making embarrassing demands, like a fitness trainer pushing her to her limits.

‘Why are you doing this to me! Am I being punished because I was jealous of Kang Do-hee?’

However, refusing his request was even more difficult than enduring the embarrassment.

With her face flushed red, Shin Se-hee closed her eyes tightly and shouted at the top of her lungs.

“Rise!!!!”

Twitch.

“Oh.”

“Mr. Jin Yuha, how long are you going to keep this up…?”

“Wow! It worked!”

“Huh? What do you mean, what worked…?”

Just then, Shin Se-hee turned her head and saw the Shin family guards, who had already experienced death once, rising from their resting places and standing tall before her.

“Thi… this can’t be…”

Shin Se-hee’s eyes widened in shock.

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‘Yes! This is it! Shin Se-hee’s elite bodyguards!’

I proudly surveyed the Shin family guards standing before me.

“Do you like it?”

“Y… yes, I do…”

Shin Se-hee nodded, her expression completely different from before.

“Well, we’ve spent quite some time here. Now, let’s go catch that woman.”

“Shin Do-hwa.”

Shin Se-hee said her name in a stiff voice.

“Yes, but… we’ll be splitting up here.”

“Huh?”

Shin Se-hee looked confused.

“I’m going to teach that woman a lesson.”

I looked at the Shin family guards standing before me and continued.

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Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

“Grrr…”

The man had completely lost his sanity. Yuwon was drooling and pounding on the test tubes with his fists.

The test tubes were on the verge of shattering.

The researchers had left with the test subjects, leaving only Shin Do-hwa and Yuwon in the laboratory.

‘That child is coming here.’

I already knew Jin Yuha’s movements.

It was impossible to confirm his location through the cameras. Every time the camera lens turned towards him, the drone would explode, as if he possessed monstrous cognitive abilities.

However, by estimating the location where the drones were destroyed, I could roughly guess his whereabouts.

‘He… that child is coming here.’

Jin Yuha was heading straight towards the laboratory as if he knew exactly where it was.

Just a little longer.

Soon, that brilliant gem would be in my hands. I couldn’t contain my excitement, and my breath quickened.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Crackle───

Cracks began to form on the glass walls of the test tubes.

At the same time.

Scrape───

A slit appeared on the thick iron door that blocked the entrance to the laboratory, as if it were being cut with a knife.

Boom───!!

With a loud crash, the iron door fell.

‘Finally!’

Shin Do-hwa couldn’t hide her delight at the thought of facing Jin Yuha directly, and a smile of triumph formed on her lips as she looked towards the entrance.

However.

Soon, her face froze.

Of course.

The one who appeared at the entrance was not Jin Yuha, but…

…a swarm of thousands of pitch-black insects.

“Aaahhhh!!! Go away, you disgusting things!!!”