The Spoon Villain Is Obsessed with the Hero Again Today - Chapter 42

42 – Evaluation Match (4)

Due to having an interview with reporters, I ended up being late for the event. Arna, with a hungry stomach, quickly entered the auditorium.

“…”

However, contrary to what I had in mind, the atmosphere of the after-party was not so pleasant. It felt like a cold breeze had swept through the entire auditorium.

Did something happen during the event? Arna grabbed a male student and asked about the icy atmosphere.

And finally, belatedly, she could hear the news.

“What? There was a brawl?”

The protagonist of the brawl was none other than Shin Yoon-seong. It seems he had a dispute with Kang Tae-hoon, the second-ranked student, here in the auditorium.

“Well, Kang Tae-hoon almost got into a fight with someone.”

“Fighting with someone… What…?”

“Did you hear about the false accusation he made against Shin Yoon-seong, who was just minding his own business?”

Afterward, the male student relayed every detail of the conversation between them to Arna without missing a single nuance.

“Well, what…?”

Arna couldn’t hide her astonishment after hearing all the circumstances.

The fact that Shin Yoon-seong had actually hit Kang Tae-hoon with a spoon was shocking enough, but even more surprising was that all of this was a lie fabricated by Kang Tae-hoon.

In reality, Shin Yoon-seong had never laid a finger on Kang Tae-hoon.

“Ever since Kang Tae-hoon returned to school, his temper has gotten even worse. It wasn’t like that before.”

“…”

Yes, he wasn’t the type to harm others or slander them with lies just to satisfy his own desires—at least that’s how Arna remembered him.

“Did you hear about him acting like a psychopath earlier? Eyes wide open, yelling like a maniac? You would have thought he was some Hollywood actor.”

Why did Kang Tae-hoon target Shin Yoon-seong in such a way? Perhaps he did it to create a justifiable reason to knock Shin Yoon-seong down.

But why did he have a grudge against Shin Yoon-seong in the first place?

There was no apparent reason to target Shin Yoon-seong.

“Oh.”

Suddenly, something came to Arna’s mind.

Around the time Kang Tae-hoon returned to school, he used to come to Arna every day, requesting evaluation matches.

There was one person who constantly interfered with Kang Tae-hoon at that time.

It was Shin Yoon-seong, who appeared and blocked Kang Tae-hoon.

Could it be that Kang Tae-hoon didn’t forget that incident?

“Sigh, Shin Yoon-seong is finished now. It had to be Kang Tae-hoon who caught him. This time, it’s just water under the bridge, but imagining what might happen in the future… sigh.”

Kang Tae-hoon is like a fierce beast. Once he starts hunting prey, he won’t stop until he claims his victim. One must be prepared for the possibility of someone dying.

“Rather than being tormented by someone like Kang Tae-hoon for a lifetime, it’s better to just jump off the rooftop. That would be a more convenient way, wouldn’t it?”

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“…”

It seems Shin Yoon-seong is the one who ended up in danger for trying to protect Arna. She had no idea, blissfully unaware, and only wished Kang Tae-hoon would turn his attention away from her. She wanted to squeeze her own head right now.

“So, where are those two now…?”

“Oh? They must have gone to the military administration office with Senior Officer Seo Dan.”

Thud─!

Upon hearing those words, Arna immediately turned on her heels.

Leaving behind the tempting spread of food before her.

***

“Student Shin Yoonseong has already left.”

Hastening to the medical and administrative office, Shin Yoonseong was already gone. Assistant Instructor Seodana conveyed the message.

“Could you possibly know where he went…? I’m in a bit of a hurry right now…”

“Even I don’t know that much.”

After that, even Seodana hesitated, claiming she didn’t know.

“Ugh…”

Suddenly, impatience crept into her heart. Could he be somewhere getting caught up with Kang Taehoon again…?

“Oh, I think I saw him earlier. Shin Yoonseong.”

At that moment, a student from the administrative and medical department, who had been typing on the keyboard, raised her hand. She was a bespectacled girl.

The girl continued speaking.

“I saw him briefly while coming back from the restroom. He was taking the elevator to the rooftop.”

“Oh, the rooftop…?”

The rooftop.

Upon hearing that word, Arna recalled the words of the male student she had met in the auditorium earlier.

─Rather than being tormented for a lifetime by someone like Kang Taehoon, it’s better to jump off the rooftop. Wouldn’t that be a more comfortable way?

“Hiiiiik…!”

Arna screamed in an instant. Could he really be jumping off? Shin Yoonseong? It can’t be true!

But if it is true, she needs to hurry and stop him.

“T-Thank you…!”

Leaving a hurried expression of gratitude, Arna rushed out into the corridor. Later, she pressed the building elevator button.

“Ugh…!”

Why is the elevator so slow today of all days? Eventually, Arna gave up waiting for the elevator and decided to take the stairs herself.

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

“Heuk… Heuk….”

If Shin Yoonseong jumps off the rooftop like this, half of the responsibility can be attributed to Arna. In a way, it all started with Arna.

Because of Arna’s repeated rejections of the evaluation battles that Kang Taehoon applied for, poor Shin Yoonseong got caught up in this mess. If she had accepted the evaluation battle from the beginning, such an incident might not have occurred.

“Ah, seriouslyyyyy…!”

Leaving Shin Yoon-sung to die like this was not an option. If she made a mistake, Shin Yoon-sung might appear in her dreams every night.

She couldn’t be tormented by the spoon ghost even in her dreams.

Clang—

Arna pushed open the iron door leading to the rooftop with force.

“Hey…!”

As the administrative officer and the student had said earlier, Shin Yoon-sung was indeed on the rooftop. He was sitting in his wheelchair, waiting in front of the railing.

…!

Arna’s shout seemed unheard. Shin Yoon-sung stood up from the wheelchair. As if he had finished sorting out his thoughts, he began reaching out towards her.

“No, nooooo…!”

Arna quickly ran towards him and tightly embraced Shin Yoon-sung’s waist, preventing him from moving forward.

“No matter how difficult and painful it is, you shouldn’t make such a choiceee…!”

Shin Yoon-sung, who always played malicious pranks with an expressionless face, seemed like someone who had no worries. She thought he lived his life as a single-celled organism, enjoying tormenting Arna for fun.

But eventually, Shin Yoon-sung was also human. Everyone is the same. Faced with unbearable situations, people can become weak, and sometimes, everyone wants to run away.

For Shin Yoon-sung, this moment was now.

“I beg you like this! I’ll do my best to help you from the side! I’ll listen to anything! Let’s talk first!”

Even if she were to pull Shin Yoon-sung down from the rooftop right now, the problem wouldn’t be completely solved. Such a choice could be made again at any time.

To prevent it from happening again, it was necessary to keep injecting hope from the side.

“Yes, yes! Your heart! I’ll let you touch my heart too! They say touching a woman’s heart makes the melancholy feelings fly away for men!”

Arna willingly offered her heart to Shin Yoon-sung. For men, the best gift is the heart. She had learned that from Baek Ju-hee.

“So, pleaaseee! Don’t casually throw away that precious life!”

Perhaps Arna’s earnestness got through. Finally, Shin Yoon-sung looked in her direction.

“What nonsense have you been babbling since earlier?”

“Uh…?”

A very calm voice. It was the voice of Shin Yoon-sung that Arna was familiar with. He didn’t seem like someone about to jump off the rooftop.

What’s going on? Could it be my imagination? Arna cautiously asked about the truth, blinking her eyes a few times.

“You… Weren’t you trying to jump off from here…?”

“Jump off? Me?”

Shin Yoon-sung looked at Arna with a pathetic expression, as if asking what nonsense she was talking about.

Afterward, he lightly freed Arna, who had been clinging to his waist.

“He’s sitting there writing a novel. What could make him think of such a thing?”

“…!”

Oh my. It was all a misunderstanding. There was no time to scream. Arna, overwhelmed with shame, hesitated to sit down and ended up doing a dry wash alone in that state.

It was the moment when the dark history of a hero was born.

***

“No, why doesn’t anyone believe me! I really got hit with a spoon!”

Outdoor training ground. Kang Tae-hoon shouted loudly to vent his frustration.

“Heuk… heuk….”

But no matter how loudly he yelled, the discomfort didn’t easily dissipate. It remained buried inside, even as time passed.

“There are all kinds of trash in the world, pretending to be innocent in front of everyone and even making people liars.”

It was the first time he encountered such a crazy person in his life. Not only did he take the initiative to attack, but he also turned people into liars.

Ironically, he was the one who had hit himself.

Things were even more absurd back at the military administrative office. Even in the face of Sergeant Sodan’s questions, he just grinned and pretended not to know anything. Kang Tae-hoon himself was dumbfounded by such shameless behavior.

“Damn it!”

In the end, Kang Tae-hoon was the only one who became a fool.

No matter how much he complained, people didn’t believe Kang Tae-hoon. With all the things he had done so far, who would think of him as a victim?

Without presenting concrete evidence, Kang Tae-hoon had to remain an eternal perpetrator. In a way, it was returning to his past.

“This damn training ground! Why isn’t there even one CCTV!”

Now, Kang Tae-hoon was blaming the training ground. If there had been a CCTV, he could have proven Shin Yoon-seong’s guilt. In his anger, he stomped forcefully on the stubborn dirt floor.

“Ugh…!”

But his own foot hurt more. Stirring up more trouble here would only harm Kang Tae-hoon. In this situation, there was really nothing Kang Tae-hoon could do.

—Uaaah!

It was unfair. Extremely unfair. He screamed towards the night sky with the moon rising. His throat roared as if it were about to tear.

“That damn spoon… If we meet again, I’ll… Ouch…!”

Thunk—!

Just as he was gathering his resolve, someone struck Kang Tae-hoon on the back of his head. Even without turning around, he immediately knew who it was. It was him again. The spoon again.

Again. Again.

“Hey, you son of a b*tch! It hasn’t even been an hour since we broke up! Where does this guy get off doing this right away? Are you really a psychopath? Huh?”

Kang Tae-hoon, his eyes bloodshot, lashed out at the spoon, spitting saliva everywhere.

“Yeah. It’s perfect timing. Be prepared, you bastard. I’m going to break your damn head today. I’ll make sure you can’t even eat properly!”

Whooosh!

– Hey, look over there.

At that moment, there were students passing by the outdoor training ground. The students pointed at Kang Taehoon, who was holding a sword in the middle of the training ground.

– That person is shouting alone right now. What on earth is he doing?

– Maybe he drank alcohol or something. Let’s not get involved and go quickly. He even has a knife.

Of course, those words reached Kang Taehoon’s ears. Kang Taehoon erupted in anger.

“I didn’t drink, you idiots…! And can’t you see that spoon in your eyes? Huh?”

– aaargh! Let’s go quickly! He seems to be a bit mentally unstable!

“It’s not like that…!”

Now, Kang Taehoon was being treated like a mentally ill patient, all because of a mere spoon.