World Rank 0, Please Stop! - Chapter 72

The abandoned building was quite far from the neighborhood where Seol Yu Hwa and I lived. So instead of walking, we decided to take a taxi.

After a while.

Seol Yu Hwa got out of the taxi and said.

“Is this the place?”

There were several bikes in front of the abandoned building.

Judging from the noisy sounds coming from inside, it seemed there were people there.

“We found it correctly.”

After sending the taxi away, Seol Yu Hwa and I stood in front of the abandoned building.

I gulped nervously.

‘…… It’s not like I have to go in too, right?’

I had somehow come this far together, but I had no intention of going inside even if I died.

‘I’m just an ordinary person with no fighting skills.’

If I went in together, I’d be lucky not to be a burden, let alone helpful. No, I might even get beaten and collapse before becoming a burden.

Perhaps noticing my trembling, Seol Yu Hwa laughed.

“It’s dangerous, so you stay outside.”

I was moved by those words.

‘Wow, that’s cool. I almost fell for you.’

It suddenly occurred to me that no one had said such a thing to me since I’ve been possessed.

‘Everyone treated me like rolled dog poop.’

As expected of the world’s rank 0. I looked at Seol Yu Hwa with sparkling eyes. Of course, she didn’t pay any attention to me and was just stretching her body.

“Alright, I’m going.”

Seol Yu Hwa boldly rushed into the abandoned building.

‘The mask is stuffy.’

I slightly lowered my mask, hid behind the building wall, and surveyed the inside of the abandoned building.

“What, what is this! Who are you!”

As soon as Seol Yu Hwa appeared, the delinquents from Haeseong High School began to make a fuss.

Instead of an explanation, Seol Yu Hwa moved her body.

The fiercely stretched fist struck the cheek of the delinquent closest to her.

Smack!

For a moment, silence flowed.

“You b*tch!”

The other delinquent next to him raised his hand in a fit of anger. But Seol Yu Hwa lightly blocked that hand and kicked the man’s stomach.

Bam!

The kicked man fell far away.

Only then did the Haeseong High delinquents, realizing the seriousness of the situation, look at each other murmuring.

Soon they charged at Seol Yu Hwa, shouting a battle cry.

“Yaaaah!”

And so the fight began.

Despite the clear numerical disadvantage, Seol Yu Hwa wasn’t pushed back at all. No, she was rather overwhelming.

‘Is that…… the world’s rank 0?’

A flashy fight unfolded before my eyes, like an action scene from a movie.

I was amazed to see the power of the world’s rank 0 in person. With that level of martial arts, it seemed quite possible to dominate the world. Putting aside the physical question of whether that’s possible with a high school girl’s body……

‘The delinquents can’t even keep up.’

Even the Haeseong High delinquents, who were quite capable in fighting, were mere puppies in front of Seol Yu Hwa.

Seol Yu Hwa sent a delinquent flying with an uppercut.

Bam!

How much time had passed like that?

“Ugh.”

Thud.

The last delinquent collapsed on the floor.

Seeing that, another delinquent shouted trembling.

“You damn b*tch! I will…… Ugh!”

Seol Yu Hwa kicked the delinquent. The man flew away like a soccer ball.

‘How terrifying.’

As expected of the final boss of this novel. No, not the final boss, but the female protagonist……

Seol Yu Hwa bent down and grabbed the collar of the guy closest to her, lifting him up.

“Who’s the boss here?”

At those words, the man shouted as if he was resentful.

“You think I’ll tell you!”

Then, instead of words, Seol Yu Hwa slowly raised her fist.

“Wa, wa, wait a minute!”

The man closed his eyes in fear before even getting hit. The courteous man politely said.

“The, the boss isn’t here!”

“Not here?”

Seol Yu Hwa narrowed her eyebrows, seemingly displeased. After thinking for a moment, she opened her mouth again.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Then tell that boss guy.”

Looking straight into the man’s eyes, Seol Yu Hwa said.

“If you mess with Jeil High from now on, I won’t let it slide.”

The man nodded his head frantically with a frightened expression.

Only then did Seol Yu Hwa let the man go. To be exact, she threw the man on the floor.

“Hmph…… They’re nothing much.”

If only she didn’t laugh like that, it would’ve been really nice. I looked at Seol Yu Hwa with cold eyes.

Anyway, that’s how Seol Yu Hwa beat up the Haeseong High delinquents. It was an overwhelming difference, just as she had said before coming.

Seol Yu Hwa lightly dusted her hands and moved her feet to leave the abandoned building.

That’s when it happened.

From behind, a guy came running silently at Seol Yu Hwa with a wooden stick.

“Seol Yu Hwa!”

I desperately called out Seol Yu Hwa’s name and ran towards her. Then, as if sensing something, Seol Yu Hwa quickly turned around. And with a roundhouse kick, she sent the man flying.

“Aaaagh!”

Crash!

The man slammed into the wall.

“Hmph, they’re persistent.”

Seol Yu Hwa clicked her tongue.

“Are you okay?”

I looked Seol Yu Hwa up and down, genuinely surprised.

“I’m fine.”

“But still……”

“It’s okay, get your hands off.”

I had no choice but to step back.

“Ugh…… You’re strong. Who the hell are you!”

Then, the delinquent who had tried to attack Seol Yu Hwa asked. Seol Yu Hwa turned around to look at him.

“Me?”

Step by step. Seol Yu Hwa approached the man and said.

“I am the world’s rank 0.”

It was a single sentence that felt majestic, as if a halo was visible behind her back. The man’s eyes widened in surprise.

After leaving a gem-like famous saying, Seol Yu Hwa said to me.

“Let’s go. We’re done here.”

“Huh? Uh……”

I hurriedly followed Seol Yu Hwa who was leading the way.

‘…… Will this be okay.’

For now, as Seol Yu Hwa said, she did show an overwhelming appearance…… But that doesn’t mean Haeseong High will be scared and give up.

If Haeseong High were the kind of guys to give up that easily, they wouldn’t have been so annoying in the first place.

‘I wonder if we’ve just stirred up the hornet’s nest even more.’

Before finally leaving the abandoned building, I glanced back.

I made eye contact with a man lying on the floor. I pretended not to see and quickly went outside.

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After Lee Ju Eun and Seol Yu Hwa left.

“Ugh……”

The fallen men began to get up one by one.

“What the hell was that just now……”

They were just gathered in the abandoned building as usual. But their peace was shattered because of the crazy woman who appeared out of nowhere like a storm. A man leaning against the wall said trembling.

“To think she attacked when even the Focus wasn’t here……”

If the Focus had been here, or at least Choi Yu Han, the action leader, they wouldn’t have been helpless like this.

Most of the people here now were low-ranking, with a lot of bluffing but poor fighting skills.

Still, for one woman to handle that many men?

Normally, it would be absolutely impossible. They sensed that something unusual was happening.

The man with the relatively highest rank among them gathered the other delinquents.

“…… We need to report this to the Focus.”

The other men nodded solemnly.

“Let’s each say what we know.”

Then a man raised his hand.

It was the man who had tried to attack Seol Yu Hwa with a wooden stick at the end.

“I clearly heard it. That woman called herself ‘the world’s rank 0’.”

The other men murmured.

“The world’s rank 0?”

“No way.”

“You sure you heard it right?”

They couldn’t easily accept those words. That’s how unrealistic and distant the existence of ‘the world’s rank 0’ was.

Someone opened his mouth.

“Come to think of it, I’ve heard a rumor like that.”

“What rumor?”

“That the world’s rank 0 attends Jeil High!”

The murmuring grew louder.

Someone else said.

“Don’t tell me the one who attacked our school’s kids is the world’s rank 0 from that false rumor?”

“Wasn’t that just a lie made up by Jeil High?”

“Maybe that rumor is actually true!”

Soon, the Haeseong High delinquents split into two groups and started arguing.

It’s true. I heard it. That’s real. No way. It’s a false rumor. Who’d be stupid enough to believe that……

“Enough!”

Finally, the high-ranking man couldn’t stand it and shouted.

“The Focus will make the judgment! We just need to say everything we know.”

At those words, the argument died down.

The man cleared his throat and said with a serious face.

“Anyone else know something?”

This time, the most seriously injured man raised his hand, limping.

“I, I have something to say.”

“Go ahead.”

The man hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“I think I saw that woman’s face.”

People started murmuring again.

“You saw her face?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The man wiped the blood flowing from his forehead and continued.

“But I don’t know which of the two it was. They were wearing the same clothes……”

“There were two of them?”

“At the end, another woman came in from outside.”

At those words, the other men asked each other. Did you see? No, I was knocked out so I couldn’t see. I think I saw it too. I think she shouted some name. Something like that.

“She shouted a name? Does anyone remember what it was?”

The crowd became quiet.

“Then what about the one who saw the face?”

Only the man who had brought it up earlier raised his hand.

“One of the two took off her mask, so I saw her face.”

The rest seemed to have not seen properly, as they didn’t speak up. The central man thought for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Okay, that will be a very important clue.”

The man took out his cell phone.

“Then you come with me to the Focus. Tell him directly.”

The man who had witnessed Lee Ju Eun nodded.

And so, the incident of Seol Yu Hwa’s attack on Haeseong High ended.

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On the way back to Seol Yu Hwa’s house in a taxi.

“Ah, right. My mask.”

I belatedly touched my bare face.

I think I took off my mask when I went into the abandoned building. Did I make eye contact with someone?

‘Hmm……’

It’ll be fine, right?

Yeah, it’ll be okay. Everyone was knocked out, so how could anyone have seen my face. Even if they did, they won’t remember. And if they remember, what are they gonna do. They won’t find me.

I mentally reassured myself and leaned my head against the car window.