I Was Betrayed But It's Okay haha

Chapter 61

“Jihoon, just come here. Yoo Hana is a really bad person. I’ll get you out of here. You didn’t want to be dispatched, right? Right? Just go back to the Blue Guild and be a Hunter.”

Lee Sooah shouted while tugging on one of my arms.

She looked quite desperate.

“Ha... Baek Jihoon? Don’t listen to that wicked woman’s words. Just stay with me. I told you it would be easy as my manager, right? I’ll treat you really well. I’ll meet all your conditions, so just stay here with me.”

On the opposite side, Yoo Hana was pulling on my other arm.

I was suddenly on the verge of being torn in half.

‘Shit. This is bad.’

I hadn’t even properly experienced anything yet. I was about to end my life here.

“Wait... just a moment!!!!”

I shouted with all my might.@@@@

If I didn’t do this, it felt like these two women would never let me go.

My arms were starting to hurt more and more.

I felt like they were slowly tearing apart.

Bang!!!

“What’s going on!!!”

Yoo Hana’s manager burst in through the door with a shocked expression.

“??? What are you doing right now?”

Everyone in the waiting room froze in unison.

To Yoo Hana’s manager, I looked like I was getting pulled apart by S-Rank Hunters, Lee Sooah and Yoo Hana.

“Ah, Oppa, get out!!!”

Yoo Hana said irritably as she pushed her manager away.

“Wait... just a second!!”

Somehow, my shout seemed to work; they hesitated for a moment.

“Let go of this. Everyone.”

Phew...

I barely escaped.

That was close.

If I hadn’t raised my stats, I probably would have been ripped apart by now.

It’s not some Solomon’s choice or anything.

“Ha... I’ll do this.”

I clutched my aching shoulders and spoke.

It seemed like if I didn’t sort this out, it would really turn into a huge issue.

“Half. Half.”

“Half-half?”

Both women tilted their heads in confusion at the same time.

“I plan to spend half the week with Lee Sooah, and half the week with Yoo Hana. Ha... Ha...”

I found myself taking a deep breath without realizing it.

“Yes? What... what did you say? I cannot accept this. Baek Jihoon is in our A Team. I can’t let you have half of him.”

I heard Lee Sooah’s voice filled with annoyance.

“Ha. It’s the same for both of us. Hey, Lee Sooah, Baek Jihoon is the one I received from the Blue Guild, okay? Tell the Guild Master about this! Why are you causing a scene here? I’ll have to call security from the broadcasting station, so know that!!”

Yoo Hana didn’t back down either.

‘Shit... what on earth is happening...’

Just last week, I was a slave man, a nice guy, clinging to Chae Suhyeon...

And this week, two famous S-Rank Hunters are fighting over me.

“Ha. Yoo Hana? Let’s not do this and just fight fairly. The winner gets Baek Jihoon. I don’t want to split him in half.”

“I feel the same way, Lee Sooah. You think because I’m in the entertainment industry, I’m going to go easy on you?”

The two began to show their battle stances.

It was a moment of high tension.

If these two fought here, the broadcasting station would be destroyed.

‘Why would the broadcasting station disappear?’

‘Because two S-Rank Hunters fought over me...’

‘...?’

“That... wasn’t it...? I’ve never done that... until we let go of 15 people...”

“That was with them!!! You should have been nice to Baek Jihoon. Argh, it’s frustrating! Get out!! Get out!!!!”

Yoo Hana threw whatever she could grab at her manager in frustration.

“Ugh. What did I do wrong?”

The manager skillfully dodged all the items Yoo Hana threw and quickly exited.

*

“Eh??”

Everyone in Team A was on their feet in the office.

They were witnessing a sight they had never seen before.

Lee Sooah was entering the office, arm linked with Baek Jihoon.

“What’s going on here?”

“No, Baek Jihoon, wasn’t he dispatched by the Guild Master? What’s this?”

“Right...? Has anyone ever returned after being dispatched once?”

“No way—15 people quit, didn’t they?”

“What’s happening? Did Lee Sooah win against Yoo Hana in a showdown?”

“Looks like it.”

“So Baek Jihoon is being brought back? What on earth is going on?”

Naturally, no one could understand the scene unfolding before them.

Clearly, Baek Jihoon’s target for dispatch had been Yoo Hana.

An S-Rank Hunter with a notorious reputation within the Hunter circle.

A wall so high that no one could overcome it.

And now he was back, alongside Lee Sooah.

*

Click.

The door to Lee Sooah’s office closed.

“Hohoho. Baek Jihoon, you made a great choice. Hohoho.”

“Yes, that’s right. But this is...?”

I noticed the walls lined with CCTV cameras.

It was a place I recognized.

Our neighborhood.

‘Shit. So they do extensive surveillance here? Right in their own office?’

“Oh, don’t look at that.”

As Lee Sooah pressed a button, the cameras quickly turned off.

“Hehe, so this means you’ll be here for today, tomorrow, and the day after. Hohoho.”

She wore a face that radiated satisfaction.

“Yes.”

“Then for the next 2.5 days, you will be with me...”

“I will return to my post. I have too much to do.”

“Eh?”

Upon hearing my response, Lee Sooah looked startled.

“No, if you’ve come here, shouldn’t you be with me...?”

“I’m going back to Hunter Class 6.”

I decided to assert myself strongly.

I was overly curious about how Lee Sooah would react.

In my gut, I felt like I was at a level where I could do whatever I wanted.

“Um... no... Jihoon, the seat in my office...”

“Do you dislike that? Yoo Hana’s number is...”

I pretended to contemplate for a moment.

“Ah... no!!!! Do... whatever you like...”

Lee Sooah awkwardly held her position.

‘Got it.’

In that moment, I felt a sense of accomplishment—you know, that I was now entangled with both S-Rank Hunters, Lee Sooah and Yoo Hana.