I Became the Childhood Friend Who Commits Sui**de

Chapter 76




I couldn’t be more certain without seeing her face.

Immediately, Hong Yeonhwa lost her cool and started raging.

The purple fox, who was watching this with interest, asked White Lamb.

“Hmm. Do you know her?”

Without a moment’s hesitation, White Lamb shook her head and replied.

“No, I think you mistook her for someone else.”

“Really? Heh, that’s unfortunate.”

The corners of the fox’s eyes narrowed beneath the mask.

Just as her tail was sharply poised to pierce the enemy’s heart…

White Lamb spoke in a calm voice.

“Fox lady.”

“Huh? What’s up?”

“About that suggestion you made earlier. What do you say we try it out? I’m curious too.”

“Huh? Oh, the zombies? I’m fine with it, but do you think you can handle it? She looks pretty strong.”

Instead of answering, White Lamb showed her directly.

A corpse trudged behind her.

It was the S-rank hero, Johann—the one who had been killed by Pink Hawk a few days ago in this city.

“Well. Would she and the whole zombie horde be enough? I mean, it was my idea, and saying ‘no’ feels weird. But it can’t be helped.”

“Then I’ll take care of it, so you go on ahead and rest. You said you were tired earlier.”

The purple fox, who momentarily stared at White Lamb in silence, eventually nodded with a mysterious smile and answered.

“Hehe, sure. Then I’ll go ahead. Take your time playing around.”

“Okay. I’ll see you later.”

With those words, the fox left without any regrets.

Once she disappeared, only the two of them remained in the city.

Yeonhwa glared at the girl with a gaze full of complex emotions.

“You…”

“Do you think I’m Yu Hana?”

Realizing the hidden meaning behind the perplexing question, Yeonhwa understood the situation well enough.

“You idiot… I thought you were dead, but you’re in cahoots with the demons? Do you really want to die… damn it.”

“I don’t know what you mean, but this path is my own choice.”

“Shut up! You little memory-loss brat! The real you wouldn’t act like this!”

The real her.

Perhaps what that woman, who she was seeing for the first time, said might hold some truth.

Before losing her memory, Yu Hana might have hated demons just like any normal human.

But that’s merely the past self.

The current her has changed. She is living as White Lamb, not Yu Hana.

In the end, the moment she lost her memory, she became a different person altogether.

Of course, she still longs to regain those memories.

However, even if she did retrieve them, she would remain as a demon.

She made up her mind long ago to follow her teacher.

“I don’t know who you are. Honestly, I’m not that curious.”

“……”

“I don’t particularly need to keep you alive. But I suppose there’s no need to kill you either.”

Yeonhwa’s expression turned fierce as she bit down hard enough to make a sound.

What an arrogant attitude for someone who was once completely useless.

The flames of her anger began to grow larger. The heat of the simmering haze was enough to melt the surrounding asphalt.

Despite that momentum, White Lamb kept her calm composure.

With just a small gesture, light poured toward Yeonhwa, and the intense emotions, which had been ready to explode, immediately calmed down.

“….What the?”

“Looks like you have a bit of a short temper.”

Yeonhwa was bewildered by the artificial ebb and flow of her emotions, unsure of how to react.

It felt as if her brain was being forcibly manipulated by someone’s hands.

“Just avoid us and live quietly. Well, that is, only after you’ve left this city.”

White Lamb tried to leave behind that line.

Of course, Yeonhwa had no intention of letting her go and tried to grab the girl, but she was obstructed by the corpses closing in from all directions.

“Wait! You mutt! You little bastard! Is this how you repay a favor!? You’re dead! When I see you again, I’ll seriously beat you until you die… Just you wait!!”

White Lamb disappeared from sight without even replying.

Zombies were closing in on her, not giving her a moment to rage.

“Damn it!”

With a swing of her fist, they tumbled down.

The searing flames devoured the enemies.

Perhaps because most of them were just ordinary people, the zombies weren’t very strong.

However, some had exceptional movements. They were once heroes in life.

Dodging their sharp blades, she crushed jaws with knee kicks. She grabbed the enemy’s head and shoved it into the mouth of the one attacking from behind.

She sprayed flames on the enemy’s melting face.

A brutally tough battle that would make anyone wince.

It was a direct manifestation of how furious she was.

And then came an unexpectedly threatening attack.

The opponent had a familiar face. With only nine S-rank heroes in the world, how could he not be famous?

Yeonhwa clicked her tongue softly.

For her to lose to a demon and end up in this miserable state.

The name S-rank hero would surely weep.

But the skill was real.

Though he had undoubtedly weakened over time, an S-rank remains an S-rank.

Had she been her former self, she would never have won.

But in the past six months, she has changed.

With this battle, she could confirm whether she had transcended her limits.

Eyes glued to Johann as he swung his sword, she retaliated.

Flames ignited not just from her fists, but from her toes as well, adding overwhelming destructive power to her attacks.

As she unleashed a kick, the opponent tried to dive in and stab her with his sword.

Rotating her body, she dodged the blade while stabbing him.

Bang!

A chilling sensation radiated from her foot past her shoes.

When fire and ice met, huge amounts of steam exploded outwards.

“…Using powers?”

Yeonhwa couldn’t hide her astonishment.

She had thought of them as nothing more than puppets being forced to move.

No matter how precise their movements, that thought remained unchanged.

The use of powers was an entirely separate issue. Unless they had their will, they wouldn’t be able to activate their powers.

If that were the case, did these zombies retain some self-awareness?

Is that even plausible?

For a moment, lost in thought, the opponent froze the ground beneath her feet.

Withdrawing quickly, Yeonhwa focused on taking down her enemies.

“Hey! If you can hear me, stop right now! You’re being controlled!”

A hero was fighting as a demon’s subordinate.

If he recognized that fact and could control his body, he would naturally cease fighting.

Judging that way, Yeonhwa attempted to communicate with Johann by any means necessary.

But Johann continued to press her without a single response.

Taking a step back to create distance, she exhaled flames.

Pooou!

The fire spread out in a fan shape, shooting toward him.

Johann immediately raised an ice barrier from the ground to block her attack.

As the wall melted in the heat, Johann hiding behind it lunged forward fiercely.

He responded calmly without showing a hint of panic.

He didn’t block her fist; instead, he reached out with his right fist.

It was a race to see who would reach first. Johann’s blade was marginally quicker.

Just before Yeonhwa’s fist could connect with his face,

she opened her clenched hand. Inside lay the fruit of the fire she’d concentrated for a long time.

At point-blank range, the seed exploded right in front of Johann’s face.

With overwhelming destructive power, he had no choice but to fall back helplessly.

His face took enough damage it could dissolve into nothing.

Yet, Johann began to shakily rise again.

Yeonhwa grimaced upon seeing his face.

“That stupid method…”

Just before her decisive blow landed, Johann managed to partially defend.

He completely froze his own face. Naturally, it’s not something an ordinary person could even fathom.

That was a shocking method possible only for someone as abnormal as he was—essentially a corpse.

Even after going that far, the momentum was already gone.

Having frozen his entire face meant he couldn’t remain unscathed.

Johann staggered and knelt on the ground.

Barely managing to stay upright, he supported himself with both hands.

“…Damn. This is ridiculous!”

No, that wasn’t it.

Suddenly realizing with the vibrations beneath her, Yeonhwa understood the gravity of the situation.

The opponent wasn’t collapsing from exhaustion; he had willingly taken such a stance for a final blow.

Soon, the ground began to shake violently, and a massive ice-dragon burst forth, tearing through the thick asphalt road.

He was using the underground sewers.

Isn’t that against the rules?

The dragon roared once before lunging toward her.

“……”

However, just before it reached her, it lost its power and crumbled to pieces at her feet.

The dragon crumbled right before trying to snatch Yeonhwa because Johann had lost his strength and fallen.

In that close moment, she sighed deeply as she approached her opponent.

At that moment, Johann, lying on the ground, opened his mouth.

“…Poor child.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“Don’t hate…”

Before she could ask more, he returned to the way he was supposed to be.

From the unmoving Johann, only the chill of a corpse remained.

She reflected on the enigmatic hero’s last words.

Did his ability to speak mean he possessed some rationality?

But if so, then why did he fight her so desperately?

As the battle ended, the city fell silent.

Naturally, the girl rose back to her thoughts.

“Don’t cross paths with us and just live quietly?”

What a joke. Who gave her the right to order anyone around? It was maddening.

The fox lady had indeed said earlier.

That she would attack the academy tomorrow.

While she certainly hoped the academy wouldn’t get wrecked, it seemed necessary for her to make a visit.

What a cocky brat, afflicted with middle-school syndrome.

Just you wait.

“I’ll teach you a lesson.”


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