I Was Possessed By An Unknown Manga - Chapter 378



378 – [Side Story] Revenge Match

The reunion lasted for nearly two hours, but it was too little time for each other to reveal stories accumulated over the past 12 years.

So, as we were thinking about where to go for the second round, Hidetoshi Tsunemitsu, the past class president and alumni president of class 2-D who led this reunion, spoke to us in a friendly manner.

“Yuseong, we decided to go to a karaoke room for the second time with like-minded people. What do you guys want to do?”

“Karaoke?”

After hearing that, I reflexively looked at Taichi.

That’s because Taichi was incredibly tone deaf.

Moreover, since he always sings anime songs when he goes to a karaoke bar, he played a major role in breaking up the fun atmosphere of celebrities.

Then, Taichi immediately protested as if he was being stabbed subtly.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I still only sing anime songs when I go to karaoke?”

“It wasn’t?”

“Are you a fool! Don’t underestimate the power of a salesperson with 6 years of experience at a black company! Even though he’s only been here, he knows everything from the latest popular songs to enka!”

Taichi was pounding his chest while ranting like that.

In fact, I didn’t believe it even more, but since there is a saying that you have to lose to get your money’s worth, I decided to give it a try.

If you have a hard time listening, you can just take the microphone away.

“So you’ve decided to go? You’re not going to say anything else later?”

“Okay, okay.”

Then, with a grin, Hidetoshi shouted to her classmates around her.

“Guys! Yoosung is also going to the second round!”

… Is this perhaps a new type of harassment?

I thought so for a moment, but after seeing the enthusiastic response from his classmates, I realized it wasn’t bullying.

***

So we followed Hidetoshi to a karaoke bar near an izakaya.

Because there were so many people, we had to divide the room into three, but for some reason, there were a lot of people who wanted to come into the room I was in.

When I wondered about that and asked Hidetoshi, he smiled and answered.

“That’s because Yoosung showed great performance.”

“Me?”

For me who was confused, Hidetoshi immediately added an explanation.

“That Shigeru guy from when you were in school, to be honest, you weren’t the type of guy you liked, right? But this time, everyone thought it was refreshing to see Yoosung defeat that guy with one blow. You took over what he really wanted to do when he was in school. It’s like I did it for you.”

“… Really?”

To be honest, I couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

In the past, when Kim Yoo-seong was being bullied, no one helped him, but now he’s treating him like a hero.

However, the reason I didn’t put this unpleasant feeling into words was because I didn’t want to break the pain while everyone was in a good mood after meeting for the first time in a long time.

We piled into the 10-person room, grabbed the microphone and started singing excitedly without worrying about who should go first.

Starting with old songs, the latest popular songs, enka that can’t be missed at company dinners, ballads sung without understanding the mood, etc.

Among the dogs, the one who was particularly outstanding was Taichi, who was said to have been trained at numerous company dinners.

With his tie wrapped around his head and a tambourine in his hand, his energetic appearance showed that he was a well-established member of society.

Even songs that used to be at the level of auditory terror are now quite listenable, so it looks like they really practiced a lot.

I was sitting on the sofa and clapping while watching classmates I hadn’t seen in such a long time singing excitedly.

Hidetoshi, who, like me, just responded enthusiastically instead of holding the microphone, asked me.

“Yuseong, how have you been?”

“Well, after graduating from college, I did a lot of different things. I had a lot of hobbies and a lot of things I wanted to do, so it was hard to decide on just one.”

“If you are a university, where did you go to university?”

“Me? Kyoto University.”

“Ah, you went to a pretty good university. You were also smart in middle school.”

“Ha?”

I felt like my alma mater was being ignored, so I unconsciously asked back in a sharp voice.

“Then which university did you go to?”

“I graduated from the University of Tokyo. Department of Economics, University of Tokyo.”

“…”

Was this guy from the University of Tokyo?

Somehow, there was an unlucky atmosphere.

Once the conversation opened, Hidetoshi continued to talk about himself.

It was a conversation filled with self-bragging, such as saying that he graduated from the University of Tokyo and got a job at a large company, that he had recently purchased a foreign car, and that he had recently traveled to Hawaii.

I don’t think he was like this when he was a student, so why does he want to show off that he’s a great person like this when he becomes an adult?

Feeling like I was seeing the evils created by materialism and social media in real time, I listened to his story with one ear and let it go with the other.

Then, perhaps sensing that I was bored, Hidetoshi immediately stopped bragging and changed the topic of conversation.

“Oh, sorry. Did I talk about myself too much? Yoosung, do you have any hobbies?”

“I’m doing some exercise and martial arts.”

“Ah, so my body…”

Hidetoshi looks me up and down with an expression of understanding.

“Then is your job related to that?”

“I used to work as a security guard, but now I’m taking a break. I took parental leave because I had to take care of my child.”

Then Hidetoshi was surprised.

“What does your wife do, you take care of the child?”

I smiled shyly and said.

“I just ran a company. That’s where I worked as a bodyguard.”

“Ah…”

Hidetoshi looks at me with a feeling of disappointment.

I guess they thought I was a pillar of living without a proper job and living off of my wife, who works in business.

However, I didn’t feel the need to explain anything, so I let him make his own mistake and looked at Rika, who was having a lot of fun as if she was meeting her friends of 10 years, even though today was her first time meeting.

‘It looks like fun.’

I guess it’s because I haven’t had much personal time lately due to raising children.

Feeling sorry for that fact, but also grateful, I shook the tambourine vigorously to the beat of the song.

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***

Two hours passed by in an instant.

Perhaps because it was really too late, the reunion seemed to be slowly disbanding.

I asked Rika, who looked somewhat relieved.

“Did you have a good time?”

“Wow!”

The way he looks happily drunk and puts his face on my forearm reminds me of a golden retriever.

“It’s kind of sad to think that we’re breaking up like this.”

“Honestly, I came late and didn’t have much fun.”

Sosuke and Taichi say that one after another.

“We exchanged our Line IDs, so we can hang out again next time. It’s not just today.”

When I said that and tapped their shoulders, they both nodded as if they understood.

Meanwhile, Hidetoshi, who finished paying for the karaoke bar, applauded and said.

“Okay! Well, now that it’s over, let’s play more for those who want to play separately, and let’s go for those who want to go! Thank you everyone for your hard work at today’s reunion!”

Since he was the one who worked the hardest today, his classmates did not spare a round of applause for him.

“Then we’ll go home soon.”

As I said that and supported the drunk Rika with one hand, Sousuke, who was watching her, asked.

“Are you going to your hometown?”

“Oh, I was originally thinking of doing that, but Rika seemed to be too drunk, so she just called a substitute and decided to go home.”

“I see.”

“Then now, really slowly… “

It was the moment when I said that and was about to say goodbye to the two people.

“I finally found it!”

Shigeru Yamashita, who appeared with a group at the entrance of the alley, shouted that.

***

“You must have treated me well a while ago!”

Shigeru said that and glared at me with a truly angry expression.

Around there were not only the gang we saw earlier, but also several gangsters who seemed to have just been gathered together.

And in their hands were weapons such as baseball bats, chains, and wooden blocks.

‘I didn’t expect this.’

I never thought Naoto would come back before I could do anything about it.

Shigeru said, licking the knife with his tongue as if showing off.

“You seem quite confident in a fight, but you’re probably no match for this number. If you apologize right now, I’m willing to point a finger at you. What do you think?”

Shigeru says that and smiles evilly.

The classmates who had gathered in front of the entrance to the karaoke room just moments ago had long since started running as soon as they saw Shigeru’s angry face

“Uh, what should I do? Yoosung?”

“No matter how much you fight against that number…”

On the other hand, Sousuke and Taichi stayed by our side even though they were scared.

I burst out laughing, feeling once again that a deep and narrow relationship is better than a shallow and wide relationship.

“Thank you both for staying.”

“What?”

The two people looked dumbfounded, as if they didn’t think I would suddenly say something like this.

“Thanks to you, I don’t regret coming to the reunion today.”

After saying that, I told the two people to stay back with Rika.

Then Rika, who was drunk, looked at me like, “Woah? “What is this?”, But she soon obeyed me.

I am ready to fight with this.

I turned my shoulders and walked towards Shigeru’s gang.

“Honestly, I was a bit surprised. If he had been attacked so confidently and then broken in one hit, I was honestly embarrassed and thought I would hold back for a while.”

“That’s because you made a surprise attack… !”

“That’s it.”

I interrupted Shigeru mid-sentence and lifted my index finger.

“Don’t be ugly, go for it.”