Chapter 61 (1/2)

Ch 61 The Fourth Exam Part I

Choi Hyuk’s fast combination continued

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Pa pa pat!

I blocked by stopping all of Choi Hyuk’s fast punches

Lastly, Choi Hyuk’s right hook co and retaliate with a short upper cut

Tuk

The upper cut slightly grazes Choi Hyuk’s chin If it had properly landed, I am positive it would have downed him

Choi Hyuk shook his head back and forth

“You are incredible There is now nothing left for me to teach you”

“You are too kind”

Today is the last of the 20 days of rest I have been given

Without hitting him, I overpower Choi Hyuk

Using his well mastered technique, Choi Hyuk used fast speed to ie or block everything

Have my skills improved over this time? Yes

But haveskills surpassed Choi Hyuk’s? That would be incorrect

My technique is siun to walk, incapable of following Choi Hyuk

But during this ti , the entry level 5 physical strength buff and newfound reflexes and reactions have really shown their light

The reactiveness and reflexes are overwhel

With the athleticism, the accurate movements were memorized by my body and therefore I could react better

With such advantages on my part, nohe could do

“There are still le handedly, it is e for me to teach you”

“Don’t be This is all thanks to your good teaching, please continue”

“Yes, it would be good to see you again here, tomorrow”

“… I will come back”

It has just passed lunch

I decided to go home early

While I drove ho a call

Perhaps it is a man’s selfish desires

As I think about how this could be

I wanted to spend time with her

No, I wanted to hug her

-hello?

“Hi, Min-jeong”

-Hi, oppa!

“I got to go hoo out for dinner?”

-Oh no! I already have plans to meet a friend

“Hyun-ji?”

-No, they’re friends fro school

“Really?”

-They’re really skilled, they help me out a lot I told them I’d buy them dinner as thank you

“… well, that’s too bad then”

-Aw, I’ood day tomorrow

I sloomily

“Okay, let’s do that”

-I’m sorry

“That’s okay”

I end the call and an emptiness creeps in

How could I feel so alone?

It’s definitely not because Min-jeong can’t hang out today It’s not like today is the weekend, and it’s a good thing that Min-jeong carries on a life of her own

I can’t see her just whenever I want

When I get ho to take the exam, today is no different than any other normal day

I auy ould return home to the tiny one room basement anymore

And yet, I feel this alone

The three people who have died before me, their faces flit across my brain

‘So that’s it’

It’s because I have no people in life and death

As exa that together with comrades, I don’t have that anymore

No one can share in my fear

I have to fight alone

A lonely fight…

And noithout anyone by ain to that place

I arrived at home

It is like it always is

Mom and noona are out at work and will co classes today, she still hasn’t co

‘Should I prepare early?’

I still have ten hours left

But I don’t particularly have anything to do so I just decide to prepare for the exam

I take out the battle suit I got fro shoes, and I pick out other clothes suited well for the wild

I take out the 762 mm bullets box that I had hidden in the corner of my closet

I retrieveand tuck in the bullet clip I also put in a water bottle filled with fresh water and an all-purpose knife

But then

Ring- ring-

The smartphone vibrates

It is Min-jeong

‘I wonder what this is?’

I a’s call happily

“hello?”

-Oppa!

“Hi, Min-jeong”

-I cancelled my plans

“What?”

-I want to see you today

“Why? We can see each other tomorrow…”

I asked in a slightly shaking voice Min-jeong speaks

-Oppa, your voice kind of sounded lonely, is there soot worried, so I want to see you today

Boo hits my chest

This is the Min-jeong I decided to date without ht

If I don’t survive past the 4th exaardless of that fact, ht…

And at this

I felt a hot enized ht to the death

“And tomorrow?”

-I’ll see you tomorrow too, hehe

I break into a smile

“Okay We’ll see each other today and see each other toht now?”

-I’ school

I had been there a couple days before

“I’ll head over”

-Really?

“Yep, wait for me”

I haphazardly shoved the items I had packed up back under the bed and left the house

Due to how much I wanted to see her, my speed matched my haste

I arrived in front of the cooking school and I sent her a text to come out

“Oppa!”

Min-jeong raced towards me with an anticipatory and excited expression

I get out of the driver’s seat and grabbed Min-jeong and hugged her tight

“Woah, oppa! People will see”

“Who sees”

“The friends I mentioned earlier”