The school was in chaos since morning.

“Hey, our school and Haeseong High are going to fight!”

A boy shouted while opening the front door of our classroom wide.

“What, really?”

“When?”

“Awesome!”

The children murmured. The classroom was soon filled with excitement and anticipation.

I just sat in my seat and quietly listened to their stories.

This fight that suddenly broke out without any warning.

Don’t you think it’s too out of the blue?

It’s natural to feel that way. Because this is all my doing.

‘It was hard to secretly throw the challenge letters to both sides and come back.’

Unexpectedly, Choi Yu-han and the Haeseong High bastards were quiet, so I had no choice but to provoke them.

‘I’m really doing all sorts of things.’

I sighed and looked out the window. The fight time is 6 PM today. The fight location is a vacant lot about a 20-minute walk from the school. By the way, I decided everything.

‘Well… can we still call it the final battle? Anyway, all the conditions are met.’

If it follows the original story, it will happen someday anyway. It shouldn’t be a problem to move it up a bit. Probably.

‘By the way, is today really the end?’

I felt my fingertips go cold from the tension. The end I’ve been shouting about is finally near. It still doesn’t feel real.

‘Will Jin Hae-yul really come today?’

For my plan to be carried out smoothly, Jin Hae-yul’s presence is absolutely necessary, but I couldn’t be sure.

‘All I can do is just believe.’

Until recently, I had no doubt that everything would go well, but now that the day has come, my confidence has dropped.

Please, let things go smoothly.

I prayed earnestly to the sky.

Finally, 6 PM.

‘Now, it really begins.’

After finishing school, I headed straight to the vacant lot where the fight would take place.

There were already many people at the lot.

Fortunately, the fight hadn’t started yet. I hid my body some distance away and watched the lot.

‘I should hide for now.’

Actually, this fight doesn’t make much difference whether I’m there or not.

In the original story, I’m an extra who exits before even reaching the final battle.

‘So there’s no need for me to step in. If it goes as I planned, everything will work out on its own.’

Still, I couldn’t just wait and do nothing, so I went over the original story details in my head again.

To explain the final battle of the original in detail once more, it goes like this.

One day, Haeseong High sends a challenge letter to Sung Ji-chan. Sung Ji-chan accepts the fight, and Seol Yu-hwa, as Sung Ji-chan’s girlfriend, steps up to fight Haeseong High.

In the final battle, Seol Yu-hwa sweeps away the Haeseong High bastards with her overwhelming skills as the world’s rank 0.

Just as everything was about to end, Seol Yu-bin appears.

Seol Yu-bin, who suddenly appeared, reveals that she orchestrated all of this and pours out words of resentment to Seol Yu-hwa.

Seol Yu-hwa, like a true female lead, delivers iconic lines, and the sisters eventually reconcile with tears.

But the peace is short-lived, as a truck suddenly appears and rushes toward Seol Yu-bin, and Seol Yu-hwa jumps in to save her sister and gets hit by the truck instead.

Seol Yu-hwa falls into a coma, and the sub-male lead, who suddenly became terminally ill, donates his cornea and dies.

By the way, the sub-male lead here is Ji Seung-hyun, who was diagnosed with heart cancer and exited last time.

Anyway… that’s how the final battle ends. The novel also ends not long after.

‘Hmm, it’s still a great makjang even after looking at it again.’

Let me say this here, my plan is for Jin Hae-yul to appear at the timing when Seol Yu-bin appears after the fight between the Three Greats and Haeseong High.

‘And Jin Hae-yul stops Choi Yu-han, who wants revenge, and they all reconcile with tears… that’s the ultimate goal.’

In the end, the most important thing in this plan is Jin Hae-yul. Without Jin Hae-yul, this incident is just a fistfight. So he has to come. I’m counting on you, Jin Hae-yul…

That’s when it happened.

“Hey.”

Huh?

I turned around without thinking.

And our eyes met. With Seon Woo-jin, who had a dumbfounded expression.

Uh… what?

I was so surprised that I even forgot the awkwardness with Seon Woo-jin and shouted.

“W-why are you here?”

“That’s my line.”

Seon Woo-jin frowned and asked.

“Why are you here?”

If you ask me that, I have nothing to say.

I avoided his gaze and answered.

“Just. Because I have something to see here?”

“What do you have to see?”

Yeah. Watching you guys fight…

When I couldn’t bring myself to answer, Seon Woo-jin seemed to think for a moment, then spoke again.

“Don’t tell me you came to watch?”

“…”

Seon Woo-jin then said with a troubled face.

“I really don’t want to say this after confessing to you.”

Say what?

“You’re the craziest person I know.”

Thanks, you jerk.

In an instant, the sentimental feelings I had for Seon Woo-jin disappeared.

‘Right. This is how he always was.’

I glared at Seon Woo-jin for a moment and then looked forward again.

It was strange. I avoided him because it was awkward, but once we started talking, it felt comfortable again, as if we had returned to the old days.

Seon Woo-jin grabbed and shook me.

“Lee Ju-eun, are you really going to stay here?”

Yeah, I’m staying.

I pretended not to hear and kept staring at the lot. In the meantime, it seemed Sung Ji-chan and Ban Ha-min had arrived, as their faces were visible. They probably came together with Seon Woo-jin.

While I was observing the situation on the lot, Seon Woo-jin kept standing by my side. Why isn’t he leaving and staying here? Unable to stand the annoyance, I spoke.

“Aren’t you going?”

“I can’t go because I’m worried about you.”

Seon Woo-jin sighed and stood next to me. I protested.

“Can’t you just trust me?”

“Would you trust yourself if you were me?”

No, I wouldn’t…

“Still, your friends are fighting, so you should go and help them.”

“They won’t die.”

Is the friendship of the Three Greats okay like this?

Seon Woo-jin said he was worried I would cause another accident and stubbornly stayed by my side. I don’t know if I should be grateful or not.

‘…Well, the result won’t change just because Seon Woo-jin isn’t there.’

Above all, my plan is to end things before the real fight starts. If it goes well, there won’t be a reason to fight in the first place.

I finally stared at the parties of this final battle gathered on the lot.

In the distance, Sung Ji-chan and Ban Ha-min, as well as Ryu Tae-geon and Choi Yu-han, including the Haeseong High gang, stood facing each other. Compared to Sung Ji-chan’s side being just the two of them, there were countless people wearing Haeseong High uniforms.

‘I always think this, but why doesn’t the Three Greats have other subordinates?’

Do they have to be in a group of three to look cool? Still, shouldn’t they match the numbers to have an advantage in a fight? Even Seon Woo-jin is here. What kind of confidence is this? …The confidence of the original male lead?

At that moment, Sung Ji-chan opened his mouth.

“Yo, Ryu Tae-geon.”

Is it finally starting?

I perked up my ears.

Ryu Tae-geon, who was on the opposite side, also retorted without backing down.

“Long time no see, Sung Ji-chan.”

The two men engaged in a battle of nerves, glaring at each other. The first to speak was Ryu Tae-geon.

“Why are there only two of you today? Where’s the other one?”

I slightly raised my eyes and glanced at Seon Woo-jin. Seon Woo-jin stared straight ahead with a sullen expression.

Sung Ji-chan chuckled.

“We’re more than enough to take you down even without that bastard, so don’t worry.”

What a show-off…

Ryu Tae-geon let out a scornful laugh as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Ha, you’re saying you two alone will take on all of us?”

“Why, don’t think we can?”

Sung Ji-chan spat and said.

“Look forward to it. I’ll show you a bitter taste today.”

“Ha, you better.”

Finally, it seemed the verbal fight had ended, and Sung Ji-chan and Ryu Tae-geon took their stances in preparation for the real fight.

‘Huh? This shouldn’t happen?’

I became anxious at the faster-than-expected development.

‘It looks like they’re about to fight, but when is Jin Hae-yul appearing?’

He can’t really not come, right?

With an anxious heart, I took out my phone to check the time. The time I informed Jin Hae-yul was 6:10 PM. It’s 6:20 now, so there’s more than enough time.

‘Are they really going to fight like this?’

If Jin Hae-yul doesn’t come at this rate, there will be no one to stop their fight, so naturally, they will end up fighting. And that wasn’t my plan!

‘I can’t even call Jin Hae-yul.’

We exchanged numbers when we met, but I couldn’t bring myself to call him with Seon Woo-jin next to me. I already looked strange to Seon Woo-jin, so I didn’t want to get caught being involved with Jin Hae-yul too.

When I became restless, Seon Woo-jin asked.

“What’s wrong? Are you feeling sick somewhere?”

I shook my head.

But my complexion must have really turned bad, as Seon Woo-jin kept examining me. Honestly, his gaze made me feel even more suffocated. I slightly turned my head and thought.

‘What happens if Jin Hae-yul really doesn’t come here?’

What happens? Nothing, just a fistfight breaks out. I won’t be able to return to my original world.

‘That can’t happen!’

It’s a plan I somehow came up with!

I felt like screaming out loud. I thought I had reached the finish line, but it felt devastating to think that everything had turned to bubbles.

‘If the Jin Hae-yul issue doesn’t get resolved this time, do I have to keep going to persuade him?’

Then it was clear that it would take much longer than I had originally thought. How long do I have to stay in this damn world?

‘Should I try sending a text?’

However, the city where Jin Hae-yul lived was several hours away from here by public transportation. Even if he left now, by the time he arrived, everything would be over.

I ruffled my hair and thought.

‘Ah, I don’t know, let it be!’

That’s when it happened.

“Wait a minute!”

A voice was heard crossing the lot.

I unconsciously turned my head in the direction of the voice.

A man walked across the lot with heavy steps.

“You’re…!”

Everyone’s attention was focused on him.

“Jin Hae-yul?”

That’s right.

Finally, Jin Hae-yul had appeared.