7. Terrorism Notice
** 7. Terrorism Notice
I carefully scanned Gared’s surroundings.
For some reason, the subordinates he was attached to were nowhere to be found, and even Julia, who was said to be her girlfriend, was nowhere to be found. Did it fall naturally with the establishment of the peer response team, or did it completely collapse due to the previous Phobos Circle incident?
Whatever it is, it’s a pity. I just thought about it and tried to ignore it.
“Hmm?”
Id, who had been drooling in a drowsy state, suddenly raised his head. He’s noticed Red and has his eyes on him.
“Hmm? That bastard… That bastard, isn’t that Gared?”
The corners of Id’s mouth began to get caught in his ear viciously. I don’t know what he is, but he’s dying of anxiety, but fortunately, it seems I’m not the only one.
“Why is he alone? I can’t do it, I should go and hit the back of the head and come back, keuk keuk…”
“Ah, Mr. Ed, a little bit!”
It was Cynthia who was beside him who grabbed Id as he tried to get up. She begged and clung desperately.
“Please, please live quietly, we finally have peace, right?!”
“Oh, Cynthia, let this go.”
Id raised his index finger as if to think carefully.
“Listen, you say you have to be disciplined at times like this so you never think of climbing again? Then again, what would you do if you gathered a gang of centipedes and started a fight with us?”
“No, that is… “
She pondered, but Cynthia retorted.
“Is that bullsh*t? You just want to hit the back of the head.”
“Chit.”
“Look at that. It’s completely impossible to recover, so what are you worried about?”
“sh*t…”
I got up from my seat after the two seemed to have gotten along very well. Then they both looked at me in surprise.
“Mr. Alem?”
“Hey, cut in line?”
I told them both.
“I have a few questions.”
The day the Phobos Circle collapsed.
I’ve never heard of Gared or what happened to the seniors. I’ve heard that some were hospitalized and immediately disciplined upon awakening.
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In a way, it’s as if I’ve destroyed one axis of Academia, so I think it might act as a stumbling block next time. If so, it wouldn’t be bad to know the situation in advance and take action.
Turb, tumble.
I went down to Gared’s seat without bothering to hide the sound of my footsteps. But the guy’s condition is strange.
Even when I got close to it, it just stood still with its back turned, and there was no reaction. I called the name quietly because I was dazed as if my soul had gone out.
“Gared?”
There were a lot of things I wanted to ask, such as what are you doing here, how did you leave all your friends alone and were you hired for the peer response team?
“……Is that you?”
Gared’s eyes were completely sunken as he looked up at me inadvertently. Anyone can see, and everyone can see her face in the midst of her despair.
What is this again?
**
Cynthia opened her mouth in a puzzled way.
“…….Huh, your girlfriend cheated on you? So, that b*tch named Julia… Oops, hero, right?”
As I was about to leave the classroom with Gared, Id and Cynthia followed me. Then it was after hearing the explanation of the situation for a while.
“No, no matter how much… It’s just that it’s so depressing… “
Cynthia looked at me with a troubled expression. I don’t really have anything to say either.
“Julia’s eyes with another man right after Phobos was robbed like a dog?”
Id asked indifferently with his arms crossed. Cynthia and I were stunned, but Gared unexpectedly nodded weakly.
“…Yes, it was the next day to be exact.”
His voice crawled across the floor like burnt ashes.
“Julia was very heartbroken. He was on the verge of joining the influential circle of Academia, but it was only natural that the circle collapsed. However… “
“By the way?”
“Suddenly, he called me at night. But with a guy she’s never seen before, she says she’ll go to a different circle, so stop messing around… “
“Huh.”
Id shook his head, snoring.
Suddenly, bomb remarks exploded.
“It’s over, Gared. You can’t have s*x with her anymore.”
“ㅡㅡ?! Oh really!”
Cynthia jumped up and almost had a seizure and covered Id’s mouth.
“There are no words I can’t say in front of someone who has suffered a broken heart! They say cyborgs know what humans do!”
“What are you talking about, I used to be human too, and even now, I am 10% human-uuu!”
“Don’t call me a human being when you have such empathy! Don’t defile human dignity!”
“A billion.”
Id grabbed his neck and called for help, but I quickly ignored him. It’s cheap even if it happens.
Rather than that, I asked Gared.
“So, what are we going to do now?”
“…What do you mean?”
“In the end, the attendance was good. And being selected for the peer response team is something that requires individual consent first, but saying that you are here means you came here yourself.”
“…I just moved because I felt like I would go crazy if I didn’t do anything.”
“Really?”
It is difficult to stop the corner of the mouth from going upward. For some reason, Gared no longer seemed to hate him.
But it hurts my pride to call this a sense of kinship, so I won’t say anything. I just want to take care of it.
Well, as a kind of senior.
“It’s a pity, but there’s nothing we can do to help.”
There wasn’t much I could say to Gared. At most, to say that you should persevere? But even that can be a comfort to someone.
-Of course, why should we help him?
-Shut up!
And Gared is not weak. Just looking at the fact that he won first place in the last simulated match, it is obvious that he will be in the top ranks at the level of freshmen, and although the seat was not good, it is clear how strong he will be when he becomes an ally as he has mixed swords.
Considering that I still don’t have many friends, I made a somewhat snobbish calculation that it would be beneficial if I could use this opportunity to release my bad feelings.
Yes, this is a snobbish approach to the last.
It’s absolutely not because I look overlapping with my past self.
“Still, do your best. What… There were a few unsavory things between us, but I don’t have that much in mind, so come visit me whenever you’re having a hard time. If it’s a companion, I’ll do anything.”
“……”
After enduring some embarrassment and saying something nice to hear, there is no word coming back. When I glanced at Gared, he was staring at me blankly.
I felt burdened by that gaze, so I turned my head to the team members, but Id and Cynthia were also staring at me without arguing.
“What, what. Why are you like that?”
“Wow… You are a real warrior.”
“Well, you are a hero.”
These were the words of Cynthia and Id, respectively.
Thump!
“…That’s embarrassing.”
Then Red suddenly fell to his knees on the floor. A heavy sound resounded in the hallway without a chance to restrain it.
No.
“Actually, this side hasn’t even handed over an apology yet… How can you be so generous… ?”
“Huh?”
The giant fell to his knees on the ground, almost sobbing. The back of Gared’s head was shaking. I know I was driven a lot mentally, but no, but this.
“I’m sorry, forgive me, forgive me… !”
“No, wait… “
It was then.
Listening to the commotion, some students poked their heads out to where we were. Then, the number gradually increased, and the hallway, which was originally a dark place, quickly became crowded.
“What… ?”
“Isn’t that Gared… ?”
“Who is ahead… omg!”
Such crazy.
An alarm bell rings in my head. This picture is so weird No matter how you look at it, it seems that it can only be interpreted as a situation where I am forcing Gared to kneel and harassing him.
After entering the fort and breaking the Phobos Circle, my reputation is showing signs of getting better, but if this suddenly happens, it might be a headache. It means that I finally escaped from the bullying.
It is unacceptable to go back to the dark days of the past.
Even Id and Cynthia were slowly moving away from me, probably noticing the gaze around them. This one gets caught in my pants and I can’t even escape.
That kind of thing is also called jowon.
First of all, the main culprit of the misunderstanding must be calmed down somehow.
“Lee, stand up and talk… “
I hurriedly grabbed Gared’s broad shoulders to help him stand up. But suddenly the giant blacked out.
“Keuheouk!”
His shoulders were grabbed, and Red collapsed to the floor, gasping for air. Looking at something, it seemed that he was holding onto his shoulder and enduring the pain.
“Why is this all of a sudden… ah.”
That’s right.
He was pierced in the shoulder by me.
It was in the midst of a strange magic in the Phobos Circle room, and I was half-conscious. The memory of ruthlessly dumping the wind hole on Gared’s shoulder without being able to see it and putting it aside flashes in my mind.
Why haven’t you been cured yet? Even though the wound was a little deep…
“Demon… “
“The devil.”
You guys, please be quiet.