EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school-Chapter 1033: Injection (3)

After a brief conversation with the tigers, I was about to head back to school, but things didn’t go as planned.

Hwang Yoo-ho had a disappointed look on his face, San-ryeong’s speech became noticeably fewer, and the angel, just awake, was groaning and curling up in my arms, making it impossible to leave.

In the end, I decided to stay at the Tiger Mansion for just one more day.

Upon hearing my words, Hwang Yoo-ho seemed pleased and said,

“You made a good decision. I’ll contact the team and the class, so they can rest.”

“It’s fine. You must be busy; I’ll take care of it.”

“Jo Yi-shin... You remember that I can handle my double, right?”

“Of course, I do.”

I wanted to relieve the burden of making Hwang Yoo-ho work hard, but I was refused.

Moreover, as the angel was busy wagging its tail and falling asleep in my arms, I found myself unable to move.

In the end, I sat still and decided to rest.

As the tigers began to leave one by one, San-ryeong, who had been sitting quietly in the corner, came over and spoke to me.

“Are you okay? You seem like you’re not sleepy anymore, so I thought we could play a little longer...”

San-ryeong sat next to the bed, looking up at me.

Despite still being surrounded by inky smoke, it was clear that San-ryeong was a small child.

It reminded me that I had a gift for San-ryeong that I had intended to give earlier.

“I bought new building blocks. You’ve been waiting for a while, right?”

“Wow!”

I took out the new building blocks I had placed in my inventory, and San-ryeong jumped up from its seat, clearly delighted.

San-ryeong had been waiting eagerly for the new toy, and seeing how well it had waited made me feel proud.

San-ryeong hastily tore open the wrapping.

“Wanna build it together?”

“I can only use one hand, is that okay?”

“Yeah!”

The angel, still clutching my right arm as it slept, kept me from moving. Perhaps it was because of the close call with my right arm nearly being severed in the relic-based simulator, the angel seemed particularly concerned.

So, I decided to build the ornament with San-ryeong using only my left hand.

San-ryeong mixed colorful blocks in five colors and placed a decoration, resembling the number 1 and a star, atop the tower it had built.

That decoration seemed to have been made with the block toys I had given earlier.

The completed toy was roughly the size of a child’s forearm, not particularly large or impressive, but it seemed to make San-ryeong happy.

“It’s done! Can I decorate this room with it?”

“That’s a good idea, but this room isn’t mine...”

“If you like it, I’m sure it’s fine.”

San-ryeong proudly gazed at the completed tower.

Seeing how happy San-ryeong was, I figured it might be best to leave it here in the room.

While I was thinking that I’d have to get permission from Hwang Ji-ho or Eun Ho later, I heard a voice.

“San-ryeong’s right. If Yi-shin says it’s fine, there’s no problem. You can place it where it’s visible, and come by occasionally to see it, maybe even make new ornaments together.”

“Really? Can I do that?”

“Yes, of course. But when you play in Yi-shin’s room, Yi-shin has to be there too.”

It seemed that Eun Ho had come to call us for dinner, though I didn’t realize how much time had passed.

It was nice that they had called at the right time, but Eun Ho seemed to imply this room was mine.

Before I could correct him, Eun Ho spoke to Baek Ho-gun.

“Baek Ho-hyung, how’s Yi-shin hyung doing?”

“It seems like he can’t sleep, but he still looks tired.”

“I see. I’ll need to be more careful with the meal arrangements. Baek Ho-hyung, you must be tired from taking care of Yi-shin hyung, so you should eat well too.”

It seemed the tigers had decided to use Baek Ho-gun to read my mind openly.

I wasn’t upset about Eun Ho asking, but I didn’t like how Baek Ho-gun was so blatantly reading my thoughts while talking to the tigers.

“Yi-shin hyung, let’s go for dinner.”

“I think I had a lot of porridge at lunch. I’m not really hungry. Don’t worry about preparing my share.”

“Even if you’re not hungry, you should still watch Baek Ho-hyung eat his dried persimmons.”

“Okay.”

At Eun Ho’s words, the frustration I had been feeling seemed to melt away.

Not only that, but my nonexistent appetite also seemed to return.

During that time, the angel blinked and woke up, so I, along with the hungry-looking San-ryeong, headed to the dining hall.

In the dining hall, Hwang Ji-ho was wearing an apron over his school uniform.

I had hoped Hwang Yoo-ho would be here, but I couldn’t have him take on the cooking, so I decided to hold back.

“Did you rest well, Jo Yi-shin? You look better than when you first woke up.”

“Yi-shin hyung must have been mentally exhausted. Now that he’s surrounded by the things he loves, he’s probably had a good rest.”

I vaguely heard the tigers saying something about ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ my condition, but I was too busy setting up a booster chair for the angel to really listen.

Once I finished setting up, the meal was ready, but the arrangement of the food seemed strange.

In front of Baek Ho-gun, there was a ceramic rice bowl and side dish bowl, both filled to the brim with dried persimmons.

In contrast, my own meal consisted of easily digestible porridge and a vegetable stew with asparagus and broccoli.

Baek Ho-gun silently picked up a dried persimmon with his chopsticks.

“Baek Ho is smiling again.”

“When will Jeok-ho arrive? He and his son should come to eat dried persimmon dishes too.”

“It will take some time. Both Jeok-ho and Kim Shin-rok are busy right now.”

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As soon as I thought it was amusing to watch Baek Ho-gun, he smiled, making me uneasy.

It was unfortunate that I didn’t get to see the verbal sparring between Jeok-ho and Baek Ho-gun, but I decided to just watch him eat the dried persimmons.

Normally, both the angel and I would eat a bit of the dried persimmons that were placed in front of Baek Ho-gun, but today I decided to leave them alone.

San-ryeong, seeing the dried persimmons, sneaked one when the tigers weren’t looking, and Baek Ho-gun pretended not to notice.

It wasn’t until all the dried persimmons in front of Baek Ho-gun were gone that dinner time finally came to an end.

At first, I had no appetite, but as the meal stretched on, I ended up finishing all of my bowl.

“Yi-shin hyung, Baek Ho-hyung. You ate a bit more than usual for dinner, didn’t you? The dried persimmon tea will help with digestion.”

Eun Ho smiled gently as he explained the benefits of the dried persimmon tea.

Baek Ho-gun seemed prepared for the tea to come, but when he saw it, his expression stiffened.

Watching his face while drinking the tea made it taste much better than usual.

“I have something to pass along.”

After sipping a few gulps of tea, Hwang Ji-ho spoke up.

Even during the meal, Hwang Ji-ho had been handling his double, speaking very little.

I had been neglecting my work while claiming to be resting, so I focused and listened.

“First, about the nightmare.”

Hwang Ji-ho had tried to contact the head of the Yang clans and In Seon-o through his double.

He had expected both contacts to go smoothly, but judging from his expression, it seemed that was not the case.

The head of the Yang clans couldn’t be swayed by Kwon Je-in’s performance, and In Seon-o had left the venue as soon as the second round match ended.

“What about Gu Seul-bi and Ong Gil-dong? Those three usually move together.”

“In Seon-o seems to be acting alone. I asked the other two where he went, but they didn’t respond.”

It wasn’t unusual for the class members to act together during the exchange competition, so it wasn’t strange if In Seon-o moved alone for a day.

There would be an opportunity to see them again during the third round, so I decided to wait a bit longer.

The problem was with the head of the Yang clans.

“Rather than finding a new musician, it would be easier to move Jeong Hae-su. Class 0 seniors are a bit obsessive, so they can be subtly manipulated.”

Jeong Hae-su, a member of Woo Gi-hwan’s group, had two main obsessions.

One was his rivalry with Im Yeon-hwa.

Moving Im Yeon-hwa with Hwang Ji-ho’s power wasn’t difficult, but the problem was that the rivalry involved all of Woo Gi-hwan’s group, so it was hard to move Jeong Hae-su individually.

If I asked to borrow Jeong Hae-su for a day so he could have a match with Im Yeon-hwa, it was obvious Woo Gi-hwan would dig into the reasons behind it.

There was a risk of the nightmare issue spreading to Woo Gi-hwan’s group, so I wanted to avoid that.

“The other one is Dokgo Miro. He even considered re-enrolling to be in the same class as Dokgo Miro.”

Soon, the OST for PlayerZ would be released as a CD as fan service, and I could probably get a limited edition signed by Dokgo Miro through his connections.

Though I hesitated because I felt bad about troubling Dokgo Miro, I thought it might be a good idea.

Moreover, since Dokgo Miro had recently been named the MVP for the first round, he would likely be busy with all the attention, so I wasn’t sure if I could casually ask him.

“Jo Yi-shin, that child would probably grant such a request.”

Baek Ho-gun suddenly interjected.

He had said he would do whatever he wanted, but now he was interrupting my thoughts as if it was nothing.

Was this not an interruption?

Honestly, I didn’t think it was really an interruption, so I didn’t say anything.

“Jo Yi-shin doesn’t think it’s important, does he?”

“Baek Ho, you don’t need to explain. Look at Jo Yi-shin’s face. Doesn’t it look like he’s thinking I’m saying something silly?”

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Well, that’s because it was silly.

I looked at Baek Ho-gun and Hwang Ji-ho with the same expression.

“The malicious comments against Yi-shin hyung aren’t just from malicious fans. They’re written by someone with a purpose, trying to create the public opinion they want.”

Eun Ho spoke gently.

Hearing that, I felt a bit of reflection.

It seemed that the person working with Kozo Yashiro was trying to manipulate public opinion to push me into a corner to achieve their goals.

‘In the end, this also connects to Ahn Da-in’s honor, so it’s important. It’s not something I can take lightly.’

As I was thinking this, Baek Ho-gun said something, and Hwang Ji-ho sighed, but I didn’t listen closely.

I was thinking about how to handle their tricks without causing harm to Ahn Da-in when Eun Ho presented several holograms.

“Yi-shin hyung, would you look at this first?”

Had he gathered all the malicious comments aimed at me?

I thought it would be good to analyze them to understand the enemy, so I eagerly checked the hologram.

However, the content in the hologram was not what I expected.

The hologram was filled with messages written by fans of the unnamed rising star.