I Was Possessed By An Unknown Manga - Chapter 375



375 – [Side Story] Middle School Reunion

Usually, at the end of the year, I get calls from all over.

From friends you can’t even remember when you last met, good acquaintances, family and relatives, etc.

As your social reputation increases and the more people you know, it is inevitable, but sometimes you get tired just by replying to them.

Honestly, it would be beneficial to do at least one more set of bench presses during this time.

However, I couldn’t send a reply at all, so I grunted with my mouth and moved my fingers hard, and then I saw that I had received a text message from a number I had never seen before.

「Kitazawa Middle School 64th Alumni Reunion」

“This…”

It was a completely unexpected text.

That’s right, when Kim Yu-seong was in middle school, he was an outcast who was ostracized in class because he was a Korean resident in Japan.

Afterwards, she refused to go to school, became obsessed with animation, fell ill in middle school, and started going to school again, making some really great friends, but it wasn’t a very pleasant memory.

It was so dark that even I, who didn’t actually experience the bullying, was slightly shocked.

Originally, I would have passed over the message thinking it was just that.

Even if I go out, I don’t think I’ll hear anything good and I probably won’t see many familiar faces.

But I was slightly interested.

‘I wonder if Zian and Suneo will show up too.’

This is because I was curious about the current status of the two people who were Kim Yu-seong’s otaku friends.

***

Zian and Sneo.

Of course, it’s not his real name

○This is a nickname given because one of them is chubby and the other is skinny, like Zaian and Suneo in Raemon.

Kim Yoo-seong, who naturally hung out with these two people, seems to have been given the nickname Nobita, but even that seemed to remain a good memory for the original Kim Yu-seong.

‘It seemed like we were very close.’

The last time I played with these two was during winter vacation in my third year of middle school.

She went to a card shop with the three of them and on her way home alone, Kim Yu-seong got into an accident and was hospitalized. When she opened her eyes, my soul had already taken over his body.

At that time, I was in a state of panic in many ways.

She thought she had died in a lab fire, but when she opened her eyes, she found herself possessed in the body of a child she knew nothing about.

At home and school, he played the role of Kim Yoo-sung, but when he started exercising, he naturally had no choice but to become distant from them, and because he went to high school at Ichijo Academy in a completely different area, he had completely lost contact with them by now.

‘I want to meet you at least once.’

It seemed like it wasn’t me, it was my instinct that wanted it.

Honestly, it was an amazing experience.

I never thought I would be so strongly attracted to the memories I had with two people who existed only fragmentarily.

Since I entered the body of the dead Kim Yoo-sung and stole his life, I wanted to assure those who were her friends that I was alive and well.

“… Let’s go to the reunion.”

This incident is a story that stems from such small selfishness.

***

December 21st,

On the day of the reunion.

“Ryu-chan, where are you going all of a sudden?”

Rika, who was rolling around on the sofa eating potato chips, asked me if I had anything special to do today.

“Oh, I have a middle school reunion today.”

“Middle school reunion?!”

Rika stood up with her eyes sparkling as if she had just heard an interesting story.

“I want to go too!”

“No, what do you do there?”

“Are you going to a class reunion to show off? “I’ll go and grace the spot next to Ryu-chan!”

Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching a lot of Korean dramas these days, but I was dumbfounded by Rika’s remarks of her, which seemed to have biased knowledge.

“I’m going because I’m curious about what my friends from middle school were up to.”

“So of course I have to go! “I’m curious what kind of person Ryu-chan was when he was young!”

“…”

I guess that’s the main purpose?

“I’ll come prepared! “Wait a minute!”

Rika shouted like that and ran into the room crying before she could hear my answer.

I looked at Rika’s back with dumbfounded eyes and let out a small sigh.

“I can’t help it.”

***

Originally, I was going to go on a motorcycle, but Rika said she would go with me, so I took out a mid-sized sedan from the garage.

It’s been quite a while since I got behind the wheel.

I think it was especially so because when I had to ride a car, I usually only rode when someone else drove the car.

Has it been about 10 minutes since I started the engine, sat on the seat, and waited for Rika to come out?

In that short period of time, Rika, who had finished putting on her makeup, came out of the house at a brisk pace.

“It’s fast?”

Then Rika, wearing a black dress, drew her V-shape with her hand and spoke.

“Don’t underestimate the potential of a woman who cosplays as a hobby.”

I chuckled at her words and opened the seat.

Then Rika sat down in the passenger seat with careful movements.

I asked, glancing at her dress.

“A dress I’ve never seen before?”

Then Rika smiled mischievously and said.

“Tina? Actually, I borrowed this from the chairman’s closet.”

“… Is it real?”

For some reason, the skirt seemed a bit short.

“The chairman is not the kind of person to criticize something like that, but wear it carefully. Just by looking at it, it looks like a luxury product.”

“I’m still thinking of doing that, right?”

Puppu! And Rika puffed out her cheeks, telling me not to treat her like a child.

It was strangely funny because it looked like a pufferfish.

“Then fasten your seat belt. “It’s late, so we have to go quickly.”

“Huh. But where is the reunion held?”

I answered Rika’s question by pointing to the destination on the navigation.

“Setagaya Ward.”

***

The place I drove to with Rika was an izakaya not far from my home.

Kitazawa Middle School itself is a municipal middle school near my house, and there are many classmates who live in Setagaya Ward even as adults, so it seems like I naturally chose this place.

When I parked my car in the paid parking lot near the bar and entered today’s destination, an izakaya, the bar was already noisy.

“Here! “Bring me a draft beer!”

“Karaage and Gambas too!”

I heard that the store itself was rented out for today’s class reunion, so the people making noise here must all be classmates.

As I was looking around to see if there was a face I recognized, relying on my faded memory of Kim Yoo-seong, whom I couldn’t remember much anymore, I found a familiar face.

“Sneo!”

As I approached, waving my hand in joy, the thin man with glasses sitting in front of the long table blinked blankly.

“Who are you?”

“It’s me, it’s me. Nobita.”

When I said that and smiled, Suneo- No, Sousuke Nagao looked very surprised and said.

“Kim Yu-seong?!”

It was my first time seeing him in 12 years since graduating from middle school, but he had the same face as the one in Kim Yu-sung’s old memories, and he pointed at me with a surprised expression.

***

“Wow, how long has it been since this?”

Nobita and Nagao Sosuke, who naturally joined me, said so and poured beer into the glass in front of me.

“How have you been?”

I nodded and answered his question.

“It’s worth living on in moderation.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you at first.”

“Your impression has changed a lot since the past. It can’t be helped.”

As I said that and filled his empty glass with beer, Sousuke glanced at Rika sitting next to me and asked.

“But who is this person?”

“Hello!” “I’m Ryu-chan’s wife!”

As if she finally thought it was her turn, Rika greeted with a lively face.

Then, perhaps because Sousuke was not very immune to women, his face turned red like mugwort.

“Well, I see. “She was Jae-su, not my girlfriend.”

Sousuke mutters that and looks at me.

His expression was full of envy.

I shrugged my shoulders and asked him.

“But why are you alone? “Has Zian come yet?”

Then Sousuke held out a glass filled with beer and said.

“He’s a salesperson, so he goes on business trips a lot. “He said he would come late, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

“Okay? If so, I’m glad.”

I naturally toasted him, then stopped to take a sip of beer.

Seeing that, Sosuke, who drank beer first, tilted his head and asked.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, I remembered driving the car.”

“Anyway, my family’s home is around here. “I just need to take care of you for today.”

“… Is that so?”

Persuaded by Sousuke’s words, I immediately emptied the beer glass in his hand.

“Big!”

Of course, I like beer for this taste.

As I was eating some snacks with that thought in mind, Rika tugged on my collar and said.

“Ryu-chan, Ryu-chan.”

“Huh?”

“Can I drink too?”

Rika whispers that and quietly looks at the beer bottle.

Even though she doesn’t normally drink outside, seeing Sousuke and I eating made her want to drink too.

“As long as you don’t drink enough to get drunk.”

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When I willingly gave permission, Rika said, “Wow!” She cheered and lifted her empty glass.

“Ryu-chan! Pour a refreshing drink!”

No, I suddenly got a manager vibe here?