I Was Betrayed But It's Okay haha

Chapter 136

Bang!!!

"What the hell? What’s going on?!"

Lee Jin-hyuk kicked open the door to Cha Soo-hyun’s office. He looked furious, unable to contain the rage after hearing the shocking news.

Cha Soo-hyun greeted him with an annoyed expression. She was clearly displeased with how rudely he had barged into her office.

"What’s your problem? Why are you opening the door like that? Can’t you show a little respect? Ugh, seriously."

Cha Soo-hyun looked at him as if she was completely fed up. Her feelings for Lee Jin-hyuk had already faded. To her, Baek Ji-hoon was all that mattered now.

"You're in second place now. Lee Soo-ah is number one."

Lee Jin-hyuk skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point, slamming the document he had just received onto the desk.

"What...?!"

Cha Soo-hyun jumped up from her seat, shocked.

"You’re not number one anymore. You’re in second place. Damn it. You’re useless now."

"What?!!"

Cha Soo-hyun was completely stunned. Not only had Lee Soo-ah overtaken her for the top spot, but Lee Jin-hyuk was outright telling her that she was no longer needed.

"What are you talking about... How did Lee Soo-ah become number one?"

Her voice trembled as she picked up the document. It was indeed an official notice from the Hunter Association.

‘Lee Soo-ah... really made it to number one? How? I had a lead of around five million points!’

She had widened the gap specifically to prevent this from happening. Yet, in less than a month, it had been overturned.

‘This can’t be real. This makes no sense.’

"Didn’t I warn you? You were slacking off, and now you’ve been blindsided. What are you going to do? Now the Blue Guild has surpassed us in every way."

Lee Jin-hyuk’s voice was full of frustration. He had planned to build Baekho Guild around Cha Soo-hyun, but ever since recruiting her, she hadn’t made any moves.

Meanwhile, Blue Guild had not only brought Yoo Hana back but also recruited Cha Isul and six other S-rank hunters, culminating in Lee Soo-ah reclaiming the top spot.@@@@

"What are you going to do now? You’re useless. People are going to see that Blue Guild has completely outpaced us. What are you going to do? Damn it..."

His voice dripped with exasperation as he glared at her.

"How is this my fault? I told you I was sick. What was I supposed to do?"

"Why is an S-rank hunter sick? Are you even an S-rank hunter? Damn it. Who ever heard of an S-rank hunter needing a whole month to recover?"

Cha Soo-hyun flinched. She had no response.

"Sigh... Fine... I’ll just become number one again. I’ll beat Lee Soo-ah and reclaim my spot!"

"Don’t give me that crap. You’ve already lost so badly, and now you’re saying you’ll start working hard? Why didn’t you work hard in the first place?"

Lee Jin-hyuk’s face was full of disbelief. He no longer seemed to care about Cha Soo-hyun.

She had been Baekho Guild’s only notable S-rank hunter, but now, his dissatisfaction with her refusal to perform was overwhelming.

"Fix this. If you can’t fix it, just get out of our guild. We don’t need someone useless like you."

He slammed the door as he stormed out.

Thud.

Cha Soo-hyun collapsed into her chair.

"What the hell is this!!! What the hell happened? What’s with Lee Soo-ah all of a sudden? Isn’t she supposed to have some kind of condition? Doesn’t she usually freak out or get headaches in dungeons? How did she rack up so many points so quickly?"

"Soo-hyun, join Baekho Guild. You’ll be the number one S-rank hunter. Once you’ve secured that spot, we’ll get married. It’ll be the perfect life. What do you think?"

"Ji-hoon oppa..."

She whispered softly to herself.

‘I’ll try again... one more time... tonight...’

"Wow... Hyung... Hunter Lee Soo-ah is really something, isn’t she? She really took back the number one spot."

"Hmm... Yeah. She was about five million points behind, right?"

"Yeah. She closed a five million point gap in less than a month..."

Park Hyung-seok was practically shaking.

"Aren’t you going to congratulate her or something?"

"Hmm... maybe..."

I responded nonchalantly. It was good news, of course, but I was waiting for Cha Soo-hyun to reach out to me.

I figured once she heard the news, she would contact me. She had nothing left to rely on now.

‘What could she be holding onto? Does she still have something left? No, right? Could it be Baekho Guild? Is she planning to rely on the guild?’

Maybe it was because she was still officially recognized as an S-rank hunter.

‘Looks like I have no choice. I’ll need to pressure the Hunter Association...’

The only way to completely ruin Cha Soo-hyun was to force a re-evaluation of her rank.

Normally, a hunter’s rank was only re-evaluated when they were being promoted. Once someone became an S-rank hunter, their rank was rarely re-evaluated.

But if I could get the Hunter Association to force a re-evaluation on Cha Soo-hyun, it would be revealed that she had dropped to E-rank.

‘It’s almost over, Cha Soo-hyun. I’ll make sure you hit rock bottom.’

I began reading through the information on how to request a rank re-evaluation.

Knock, knock.

"Yes?"

"Ji-hoon...?"

Lee Soo-ah entered the room with a shy expression.

"Yes?"

"I... I reclaimed the top S-rank spot."

"Yes, I just heard. Congratulations."

"Hehe... Thank you..."

Lee Soo-ah smiled bashfully.

"Um... Ji-hoon... There’s something else I wanted to say..."

"What is it?"

Lee Soo-ah led me into an empty room.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"I... please date me!!!!"

"What??"

Once again, a shocking proposal came out of nowhere.