‘This is crazy. I’m getting out of here.’

Belatedly coming to my senses, I went to the window Sung Ji Chan had left through.

But just as I was about to put one foot on the windowsill and climb up.

“Hey, it’s quiet inside so there must be no one… Oh, there is.”

I made direct eye contact with the uninvited guests.

“……”

“……”

I quietly came back down.

‘It’s over.’

I bit my lip.

If I had been just one second faster, I could have gotten away without being caught.

‘In this case, it’s Plan B.’

I really didn’t want to use this method, but… There are times when people have to do things they don’t want to do.

Ahem. I cleared my throat.

And smiled brightly.

“Um… What brings you here?”

I know nothing. I’m not at all close with that gang leader guy… I acted like an innocent student while self-brainwashing in my head.

‘Act meek. Act meek.’

The Haesung Commercial High thugs whispered to each other, exchanging glances. They apparently hadn’t expected me to be here alone.

The person at the front of their group stepped forward as the representative.

“…Is Sung Ji Chan not here by any chance?”

I answered with an awkward smile.

“I’m not sure? I don’t really… I just came to get some medicine.”

I opened a cabinet and took out some random medicine.

“There was no one here when I arrived. That bas… I mean, Sung Ji Chan is probably somewhere else, don’t you think?”

Smile, smile. I tried my best to put on a friendly-looking smile. So hard that the corners of my mouth trembled.

Seeing me like this, the intruders murmured quietly.

“…Suspicious, isn’t it?”

“It is suspicious.”

I can hear you!

Unfortunately, my efforts were in vain.

For some reason in this possession novel, from Lee Ju Eun to these extra characters, no one seems to fall for my act.

The Haesung Commercial High guys glanced at me and casually entered.

“Excuse us for a moment.”

They searched the infirmary, lifting curtains here and there.

But of course, they wouldn’t be able to find Sung Ji Chan who had already escaped.

“He really doesn’t seem to be here.”

“What, was it a lie?”

The intruders started murmuring after confirming that Sung Ji Chan was really gone.

“See, I told you he wasn’t here.”

“Did he run away?”

“Anyway, we wasted our time.”

“Who was it that told us to come here?”

The intruders bickered among themselves, arguing over whose fault it was. Thanks to that, their attention naturally shifted away from me.

…Is this fortunate?

Anyway, it was an opportunity. I took advantage of the moment to search for an escape route.

First, the window I had tried to leave through earlier.

‘If I bolt through the window now… it would look even more suspicious, wouldn’t it?’

At the very least, I’d certainly be treated like a crazy person.

Then there was only one answer left. A frontal breakthrough.

There was only one door leading out of the infirmary, but right now the Haesung Commercial High guys were blocking it.

If I wanted to get out of here, I had no choice but to pass through there.

I made up my mind.

‘Act natural as I pass by.’

I carefully moved my steps while keeping an eye on them.

The Haesung Commercial High guys were gathered around the door, chattering among themselves.

“Sang Yoon.”

“Yeah? What?”

“It was me earlier.”

“What was?”

“The one who said we should come here.”

“Huh… Huh!”

When I finally reached near the group of intruders blocking the door, I internally let out a cheer.

‘Now if I can just get out the door…!’

That’s when someone grabbed my wrist.

“Wait, your face looks familiar.”

The blood in my entire body ran cold.

The man said.

“Didn’t we see each other earlier?”

I had an ominous feeling.

I forcibly turned my head that didn’t want to turn and looked at the owner of the hand. And I thought.

‘I’m really screwed.’

The person who grabbed me was that guy from the school gate earlier.

[This is the timeline separator]

“Look, please just listen to me.”

I launched into an impassioned speech to the man in front of me.

“I do know Sung Ji Chan, but we’re not that close. Can’t you tell from how he abandoned me and left?”

As I spoke, I got angry.

“If Sung Ji Chan and I were close, would he have ditched me and run off like that in the first place? Ah, that bastard, really. Thinking about it makes me mad. How dare he ditch me and run?”

Now I couldn’t see straight, male lead or whatever. Blinded by rage, I clenched my fists.

Just wait till I catch you, Sung Ji Chan. You won’t die by Haesung Commercial High’s hands, but by mine.

But despite my passionate speech, the man showed little reaction.

“Ah, yes. Yes. I understand, but telling me is useless.”

The man picked his ear with his pinky finger and replied halfheartedly.

“Our boss will be here later, so tell him then. I don’t have the authority to decide.”

The school gate guy said that and went back to his phone.

‘He’s really annoying.’

I flipped him off in my mind.

By the way, boss? Is he talking about Ryu Tae Geon?

Memories of the day I was kidnapped came flooding back.

…Is it actually fortunate that Lee Ju Eun isn’t here this time?

Just imagining Lee Ju Eun chirping away made my head hurt.

Yeah, this isn’t the worst situation. …Probably.

I was currently trapped in the infirmary under surveillance.

Well, more like neglect than surveillance.

‘Why can’t they just let me go…’

As I sat on the edge of a bed in the infirmary waiting for my fate to be decided, one of the Haesung Commercial High guys spoke up.

“But if she really knows Sung Ji Chan, can’t we just tell her to call him to come rescue her?”

Would he come…

If he was the type to come when I called, he wouldn’t have abandoned me and run away in the first place.

Thinking about it again, he was a pathetic gang leader.

The school gate guy seemed to think the same, as he showed no reaction.

Thanks to that, I faded from the Haesung Commercial High gang’s attention.

I wasn’t sure if that was good or bad…

[So it ended up like this after all. ㅇ3ㅇ]

As if to mock me, the system suddenly appeared.

You like it? You look happy.

[〉.〈]

You must really like it.

I didn’t even feel annoyed anymore. This bastard didn’t even try to hide his joy whenever I fell into an unfortunate situation.

‘By the way, is there no way to get out of here?’

I glared at the system, trying to put on silent pressure.

[Well… I could give you a quest.]

Another quest?

Seeing my disgusted expression, the system added as if making an excuse.

[Life is all about give and take, you know! 〉ㅁ〈]

He was frustratingly accurate with his calculations when it didn’t matter.

Anyway, I wasn’t interested in quests. There was no way the quests this guy gave would be normal in the first place. It would be troublesome if it was like last time.

‘Yeah, forget it. Life is meant to be lived alone anyway.’

I muttered to myself before looking back towards the school gate guy.

School gate guy. I’ve been calling him that because I didn’t know his name, but now that I think back on the original characters, I think I know who he is.

‘Choi Yu Han.’

Haesung Commercial High’s 1st year action leader.

Ryu Tae Geon’s subordinate.

In other words, an extra life like mine.

In the original story, Choi Yu Han was Ryu Tae Geon’s most cherished junior.

His main activities were all the bad things that came out of the original story. Fighting, assault, kidnapping, confinement, etc.

You might wonder what a 1st year high school student is doing living like that, but befitting the era of madness and barbarism, there were many no-fucks-given settings back then.

…Huh. Writing it out like this, it’s definitely not something kids should watch.

Anyway.

‘…I hope they’re not going to beat me up later?’

I recalled scenes from the original where Choi Yu Han went around beating up kids. Also, though it wasn’t done by Choi Yu Han, the scene where the female lead was locked in the gym storage and beaten up.

I sank into serious thought.

As if reading my mind, Choi Yu Han smiled brightly and said.

“Ah, don’t worry. We don’t hit women.”

Usually people just don’t hit anyone at all…

I looked at the wooden clubs and metal pipes the Haesung Commercial High guys had brought.

After being in this world for a while, I’m not sure what’s common sense anymore.

‘Well, it’s good that they won’t hit me at least.’

I stopped observing Choi Yu Han and sank back into thought.

‘But how do I get out of here?’

I just couldn’t find an opening. It wasn’t that the surveillance was tight, there were just too many of them.

For reference, my phone was taken away a while ago.

‘Do I really have to wait quietly until Ryu Tae Geon arrives?’

I sighed and looked at the clock.

By now, everyone would be doing night self-study or have gone home already.

Plus, ordinary extras wouldn’t even come here in the first place… The only ones I could hope for were the original characters.

But who would come to rescue me?

[Ahem.]

Just then, the system suddenly appeared.

‘What’s wrong with him now?’

When I ignored it, the system enlarged its text.

[I’ll give you a special ser.vice. just for today!]

‘Service? What kind of service?’

[Just once! I’ll send a text message for you ~_~]

Text message?

For once, it was quite a useful proposal.

Right now, I can’t contact anyone outside because my phone was taken away, but it’s saying it will do that for me.

[But only to people whose numbers are saved in your phone!]

That was fine.

‘Who should I text?’

I thought about it seriously.

First of all, extras wouldn’t be able to come in here anyway so they wouldn’t be of help. I don’t know Lee Ju Eun’s number. Sung Ji Chan… I don’t know his number either.

I swear I’ll kill that bastard when I get out of here.

That’s when the system chimed in.

[How about Jin?]

‘Seon Woo Jin?’

I trailed off ambiguously.

Of course, his number was the only one I had.

‘He probably won’t come because it’s bothersome…’

[Why do you think that! What’s wrong with Jin! −_−+]

That’s why I’m asking.

Thinking about Seon Woo Jin’s usual behavior, he’s not even a consideration in the first place. That lazy guy wouldn’t come to rescue me.

[No! Jin li.kes. you!]

You’re being ridiculous.

I have zero expectations.

Anyway, for those reasons, I couldn’t think of anyone who would help me.

‘Life…’

I banged my head against the wall.

Seeing me wallowing in self-loathing, Choi Yu Han asked.

“Are you crying?”

I wiped my eyes.

“I’m not crying…”

“Come on, don’t worry. The kids at our school are nice. Just look at Sung Ji Chan, right?”

I recalled the nail-studded wooden clubs the Haesung Commercial High guys had brought. Yeah right.

“It’s true! Everyone seems to misunderstand, but Sung Ji Chan is really a bad guy. One time in the past…”

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

“Wait!”

Along with the sound of someone kicking open the door, a booming voice echoed through the infirmary.

Everyone was startled and looked towards the door.

Standing proudly at the door was a male student wearing our school uniform.

The male student shouted.

“Who made our Chun Ja cry? Come out!”

I wanted to die right then and there.

‘Why is he here?’

The person who dramatically appeared in the chaotic infirmary was Ban Ha Min, the hellish blabbermouth.