[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 336

Seo Yeon-woo stepped into the practice room and quietly stared at Kim Jae-min, the suspect with whom there had just been a scuffle.

‘The chances are low, but… it’s not completely impossible.’

Kim Jae-min was the kind of person who usually got along well with everyone. Naturally, he got along with Yujin too, and if something had gone awry, it couldn’t be completely ruled out that he was a suspect as well.

“Hey.”

“Uh, what?”

Kim Jae-min was engrossed in solo ranked matches.

But regardless, Seo Yeon-woo threw out some comments to subtly gauge his reaction.

“Isn’t something weird with your sister lately?”

“My sister? Hmm, I don’t know. No, get to the bot lane! The damn feeders are messing us up.”

“…Really?”

While he was focused on the solo rank, Kim Jae-min had some ambiguity about him when considered as a suspect. So, Seo Yeon-woo shifted her gaze.

‘So, is it one of those two?’

Baek Seong-an and Kim Ji-hoon.

Even someone oblivious would immediately suspect one of those two if something had happened.

‘First, there’s Seong-an…’

Baek Seong-an was the oldest on the team and had a typical church boy vibe in both personality and appearance. He was the number one person boyfriend’s girlfriend goes wary of when attending church.

‘And then there’s Ji-hoon…’

You really didn’t need to say much about him. He had a physique so monstrous it could hit 650—no, 700 on the scale—almost ready to explode.

But he wasn’t ugly either; he was quite handsome.

‘But…’

Even after thinking that far, Seo Yeon-woo still couldn’t convince herself of that possibility.

No way could Yujin be having an affair with either of those two!

‘…No way.’

That’s why Seo Yeon-woo was searching for suspects, to confirm whether that was a fact or not.

It shouldn’t be the case, but even so, she wanted to check.

‘First, let’s ask Seong-an.’

Unfortunately, Baek Seong-an wasn’t present at the moment.

‘Where did he go?’

While wandering through the dormitory, Seo Yeon-woo spotted Baek Seong-an in the cafeteria, eating ramen.

His hair looked like a bird’s nest, and he was dressed so carelessly.

He looked like a total loser, with even sleep crusts in his eyes.

‘…Doesn’t seem like it, no way.’

If Baek Seong-an and Yujin were involved in something, he wouldn’t be lounging around like that in the same dormitory.

But she couldn’t make a conclusion just yet.

If they were already close, it wouldn’t be weird for them to act naturally like that.

‘Let’s give it a shot.’

Seo Yeon-woo approached and took a seat opposite Baek Seong-an.

“Hyung.”

“Uh, what? Not sharing, you’re on your own. This is a hangover ramen.”

“Not that.”

“What is it?”

“…Is something weird with Yujin lately?”

“Yujin? Well, I don’t know.”

Baek Seong-an kept gobbling down his ramen, looking completely uninterested.

That seemed like a genuine hangover ramen situation.

Or when did he even drink alcohol?

‘…Right?’

Watching Baek Seong-an’s reaction, Seo Yeon-woo leaned toward thinking he was not the case.

No matter how you slice it, he didn’t seem like someone who had any kind of relationship with Yujin.

“Got it.”

Seo Yeon-woo stood up.

“Aren’t you going to eat ramen?”

“I’m full.”

“Okay then.”

Exiting the cafeteria, Seo Yeon-woo headed toward the elevator to go to the team’s dedicated gym.

‘Seong-an doesn’t seem like it.’

That leaves only Kim Ji-hoon.

However, thinking it could be Kim Ji-hoon felt a little off due to his chronic and fatal flaw.

Huff! Huff!

As soon as Seo Yeon-woo entered the gym, she was hit with a wave of male scent.

The invigorating shouts and the clanking metal made it hard to believe he was working out alone in the gym.

Boom-!

“…What’s going on?”

Seeing Seo Yeon-woo, Kim Ji-hoon put down the bench press.

Seo Yeon-woo, who had unconsciously started calculating the weights on the equipment, felt an overload in her brain and quickly stopped.

“Oh, are you here to work out?”

Kim Ji-hoon’s eyes were shining brighter than ever as he said that.

“Oh, no! I just wanted to ask something.”

“What is it?”

“Um… Isn’t Yujin acting a bit weird lately?”

“Not really. I haven’t seen her around much.”

That made sense when she thought about it.

Whenever he had even a bit of spare time, Kim Ji-hoon practically lived in the gym.

There’s no way he would know if someone was “acting weird” on the team.

“Ah… okay.”

“But why is that?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

“Hmm.”

Kim Ji-hoon’s gaze turned to Seo Yeon-woo.

The gaze of a predator.

Naturally, for Seo Yeon-woo, who had lived as prey, this kind of stare was unbearable.

“Why, what’s up?”

“Feels like you’re thinking something strange.”

“W-What kind of strange thought?”

“Never mind. Just go.”

Her encounter with Kim Ji-hoon, too, ended without much gain.

Well, to be precise, at least it wasn’t a total loss.

At least now, she had the certainty that Kim Ji-hoon was also not involved with Yujin.

‘Then… what the heck is going on?’

Seo Yeon-woo felt an oddity wash over her.

Maybe this whole reasoning was misaligned from the beginning.

‘Now that I think about it… if it were that important, it wouldn’t just be floating around in the dorm…’

While she mulled it over and returned to the dorm, someone was waiting at the entrance.

“Hey. Come here for a sec.”

There stood Yujin, glaring at Seo Yeon-woo with burning eyes like she was a bull ready to charge.

“You’ve been spreading rumors that I’m acting weird lately?”

“Y-Yeah?”

“Tell me. What’s weird about me?”

Seo Yeon-woo glanced over at Kim Jae-min, who was watching this scene from a distance with an amused look on his face.

Ah…


That mouthy bastard.

“Um, well…”

Seo Yeon-woo instinctively started fiddling with the contraceptive pills in her pocket.

Yujin’s eyes narrowed at that movement.

“What’s that? Show me.”

“Oh, it’s nothing!”

“Let me see it.”

Was Yujin always this aggressive?

Under the relentless pressure, Seo Yeon-woo desperately tried to fend her off, but was no match for her strength.

‘W-What kind of strength is this!’

Is that really power that can come from such delicate arms?

No way; aren’t I the guy here?

Seo Yeon-woo couldn’t hide her shock and ended up losing the pills she had in her pocket.

And then,

Yujin’s eyes widened as she snatched the pills from Seo Yeon-woo’s pocket.

“What’s this? Why do you have this!?”

“Uh, no, no… that’s…”

“I was actually looking for this. This works out perfectly.”

“Y-Yeah?”

Looking for this? Why?

Seo Yeon-woo was once again taken aback with shock.

The most shocking part was that Yujin seemed ready to take it right there.

“…You’re going to take it, right now?”

“Uh. Why?”

“W-Why not?”

Seo Yeon-woo’s voice trembled.

Taking that now would mean, how should she say it…?

The thought that Yujin could do something she couldn’t bear to speak came to Seo Yeon-woo’s mind.

Her face turned red like a boiled crab.

“Hey, what’s your deal?”

“Why… why do you want to take that? Isn’t that a contraceptive…?”

Only then did Yujin look at Seo Yeon-woo with a look of disbelief, as if realizing the strange reason she had thought.

“What kind of crazy thought are you having…? I’m just taking this to manage my condition for the tournament schedule.”

“Why would you take that for your condition?”

“…To manage it.”

“Manage what?”

Yujin’s face turned a similar shade of red as Seo Yeon-woo’s.

“Oh… um… for my period.”

“Eh? Ah… eh?”

While Seo Yeon-woo stammered like a broken robot, Yujin lowered her head in embarrassment.

“Um, about that…”

“…I’m leaving.”

And with that, Yujin dashed off, snatching the contraceptive pills and escaping, leaving Seo Yeon-woo’s face just as red.

Now it made sense.

Until now, Yujin had been meticulously managing her physical condition every time there was an important match.

But considering her physical state as a woman, it wasn’t always easy.

Even so, Yujin had managed her condition thoroughly.

What did that imply?

“Ah…”

I’m an idiot.

Not just an idiot, a total idiot.

After stumbling back to her room, Seo Yeon-woo threw herself onto her bed.

And then, she started kicking the innocent blanket angrily.

“Ahhhh!”

This is so embarrassing.


I feel like I could just die of embarrassment.

“…Wait.”

Should I just die like this?


Yeah, let’s do that.

Just as Seo Yeon-woo opened the window, someone burst in through the door.

“Yo, Yeon-woo! You did something stupid, didn’t you?”

With a grin plastered on his face, Kim Jae-min entered the room, only for his expression to immediately change to a grimace.

Seo Yeon-woo was about to leap out the window any moment now.

“Hey! What are you doing, you crazy guy!”

At the commotion, all the team members scattered out of the practice room, including Yujin.

Seo Yeon-woo locked eyes with Yujin.

“……”

No one could manage to utter a word first, and the embarrassment became a shared feeling among everyone.

*

“……Sigh.”

Putting the absurd commotion behind me, I sat in front of the TV.

Soon, it would be time for the Group Stage match to determine the first place in Group B.

Korea’s SY versus China’s ESD.

A showdown between the two teams.