The Unfortunate Girl Wants an Easy Mode in Her Second Life – Chapter 150

Chapter 150: I did it because I woke up feeling spiteful. No regrets.
ㅤA high school girl stood awkwardly in the city at night, blinking neon signs illuminating her.
ㅤShe wasn’t in her school uniform, but a paper bag in her hand contained it.
ㅤThe timid, bespectacled girl nervously waited for someone.
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ㅤ”Ah, are you Emily-chan?”
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ㅤA middle-aged man called out to the girl.
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ㅤ”Y-Yes……”
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ㅤEmily nodded, her voice barely a whisper.
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ㅤ”Gheh heh…… Not bad at all.”
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ㅤThe man said as he looked down at Emiri’s body.
ㅤEmiri was a little on the chubby side, with large breasts.
ㅤWell, her waist was a little on the big side too.
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ㅤ（”Guhehe,” huh? People really do say that.）
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ㅤI’ve never even seen that in another world.
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ㅤThe lecherous middle-aged man put his arm around Emily’s shoulder familiarly and started walking.
ㅤI thought they might go for a meal first, but they went straight to a hotel.
ㅤIt seems he has no intention of being subtle.
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ㅤ（Well, it’s good that things are moving quickly.）
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ㅤI guess the Bully Gal, who’s acting as the contact, probably told him something like, “I want to go to a hotel from the start.”
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ㅤThe Bully Gal is hiding in the shadows a little distance away, together with the host, Takeru.
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ㅤThey both grinned and started following the middle-aged man and the girl.
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ㅤ（It’s what they call a honey trap, right?）
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ㅤThe Bully Gal didn’t intend to actually make her sell herself. She begged the host to intervene just before it happened.
ㅤThe host reluctantly nodded.
ㅤHe probably thinks he can squeeze more money out of the man if they do it first. But considering the future, it would be troublesome if he lost the Bully Gal’s cooperation. His intentions were transparent.
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ㅤ（That new teacher was useless, wasn’t she?）
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ㅤEven after I gave her that much evidence, she couldn’t do anything in the end.
ㅤIt’s pathetic, even if it was the school I used to go to.
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ㅤThe middle-aged man and Emily entered the hotel, followed by the Bully Gal and the host.
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ㅤI erased my presence and followed them.
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ㅤ（This is the first time I’ve entered a love hotel.）
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ㅤWhat a terrible first time it turned out to be.
ㅤI monitored the two pairs while recalling a poem about sadness that has stained my heart.
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ㅤBy the way, even after crossing worlds, the minimap that can be displayed from the options is still working.
ㅤThere’s no way to verify the Difficulty Change, though.
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ㅤ(But honestly, I didn’t need it.)
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ㅤBecause of the minimap, I could see the movements of the men and women inside the hotel, which made me feel a bit strange.
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ㅤThe middle-aged man and Emily entered a room.
ㅤMy hearing, honed as a Thief, picked up their conversation inside.
ㅤIt seems they’re taking a shower first.
ㅤThe middle-aged man takes a shower, and then Emily does.
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ㅤThen, just as they were about to get down to business, the host appeared, planning to beat up the middle-aged man, threaten him, and extort money from him.
ㅤThe host, being well-prepared, had a master key to this hotel.
ㅤPerhaps there’s some connection between the sex businesses in this small town.
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ㅤBut then, something unexpected happened.
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ㅤThe middle-aged man attacked Emily in the bathroom.
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ㅤ”Kyaaaaa!”
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ㅤEmily’s scream reached my ears clearly.
ㅤIt seems the Bully Gal and the host heard it too.
ㅤThe Bully Gal turned pale and urged the host to hurry.
ㅤThe host clicked his tongue and opened the room’s door, stepping inside.
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ㅤ”Hey, hey, you think you can get away with touching my girl!?”
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ㅤThump, Crack Painful sounds.
ㅤTo me, an adventurer, the host’s punches were too light.
ㅤBut they were enough for the middle-aged man, who wasn’t used to violence.
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ㅤ”S-Stop it!”
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ㅤ”Then, how about you hand over what you have!”
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ㅤ”What!? You’re trying to pull a honey trap on me!?”
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ㅤ”Huh? Are you in a position to say that? You have a nice employee ID in your breast pocket. I could call your company and tell them what you’re doing, you know?”
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ㅤ”Guh…”
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ㅤThe middle-aged man was at a loss for words.
ㅤHe hung his head and opened his mouth as if he had given up.
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ㅤ”A-Alright. You can take everything in my wallet.”
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ㅤ”Huh? Are you kidding me? There’s not even 50,000 yen in here. This is compensation, you know? I need at least a hundred times this amount for it to be worth my while.”
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ㅤ”F-Five million!? That’s impossible!”
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ㅤ”Which is better, that or me calling your company?”
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ㅤ”Ugh… B-But, I don’t have that kind of money. I can manage about 500,000 somehow…”
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ㅤ”Four million.”
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ㅤ”I’m telling you it’s impossible! 600,000. That’s my limit.”
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ㅤ”Is that all the sincerity you have? I don’t really care if you’re ruined, you know. Well, you can probably come up with about three million, right?”
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ㅤ”O-One hundred and fifty…”
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ㅤThwack!
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ㅤ”Shut up! You’re not in a position to bargain! Just give me three million, alright!?”
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ㅤ”I-Impossible… Ugh!”
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ㅤ”I said, give it to me!”
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ㅤThe host kicked the middle-aged man, who had collapsed on the floor, in the stomach.
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ㅤ”A-Alright… I’ll give it, I’ll give it to you.”
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ㅤ”You should have said that from the beginning. Well, let’s go to a convenience store. It’s hard to withdraw three million, so I’ll take 10% today. As a down payment.”
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ㅤThe deal was made.
ㅤEmily, who had been attacked, was trembling in her wet body.
ㅤThe Bully Gal was also trembling.
ㅤHer knees were shaking from witnessing the violence up close.
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ㅤThe host, who was urging the middle-aged man to leave, noticed a figure standing outside the doorway.
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ㅤ”Ah, what’s this?”
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ㅤThe host said suspiciously.
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ㅤ”Well, I’m sorry, but I’d like you to stop doing this.
ㅤIf you swear you’ll never exploit girls or make them sell themselves for money again, I might let you off the hook.”
ㅤ
ㅤThe one who said those lines was… none other than me.
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ㅤ”What the, brat? Shut up, middle schooler.”
ㅤ
ㅤ”I thought I could stay quiet, you know. I have no obligation to help those two.
ㅤBut, it goes against my principles as a Demon King to ignore something I can do something about.”
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ㅤ”D-Demon King?”
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ㅤThen, Emily and the Bully Gal, who saw me from behind the man, widened their eyes.
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ㅤ””M-Minato!?””
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ㅤ”What, you know her?”
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ㅤThe host asked, turning around.
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ㅤ”Remember I told you there’s a girl in our high school who was killed by her father?”
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ㅤ”Huh?”
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ㅤ”…It’s her.”
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ㅤThe host turned back to me.
ㅤHe lowered his gaze and checked my feet.
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ㅤ”She’s got feet. My grandma in the countryside used to say that ghosts don’t have feet, you know.”
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ㅤThe host said something unexpectedly old-fashioned.
ㅤHowever, his words had no effect on the Bully Gal and Emily, who were trembling at the sight of me.
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ㅤI said,
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ㅤ”Let’s see. A middle-aged man who looks like a habitual offender of compensated dating, a pimp who extorts money from high school girls, a semi-delinquent girl who got hooked on a host and tried to make other girls sell themselves, and Emily… well, she knows what she did, right?
ㅤAll the members here are just a bunch of scum. It’s just amazing. There are so many scum in the world, aren’t there?”
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ㅤ”…What did you say?”
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ㅤThe host glared at me.
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ㅤ”I was wondering what kind of punishment would suit you best. For now, I thought I’d let you do what you were going to do, catch you in the act, and call the police. I don’t want to get my hands dirty, so I thought that would be best.”
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ㅤ”You bitch! You called the police!? Damn it, you were stalling for time!”
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ㅤWith good judgment, the host tried to push me away.
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ㅤI easily grabbed his hand and moved behind him.
ㅤI won’t say anything as simple as twisting his arm.
ㅤI bent his joints in the opposite direction and broke his arm.
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ㅤ”Gyaaaaa!”
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ㅤI kicked the screaming man into the room.
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ㅤI entered the room and closed the door behind me.
ㅤJudging from what I saw earlier, the soundproofing seems to be questionable, but it’s better than leaving it open.
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ㅤ”W-What are you doing to Takeru!”
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ㅤIt was the Bully Gal who jumped at me.
ㅤI ducked and grabbed her arm, which she had extended towards my collar, switched positions, and threw her backwards.
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ㅤ”Guh!”
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ㅤThe Bully Gal hit the door upside down.
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ㅤ”Oops.”
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ㅤIf I left her like that, she would fall headfirst.
ㅤI kindly swung her grasped arm in the opposite direction.
ㅤThis time, the Bully Gal was slammed onto the floor inside the room.
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ㅤ”Gah!”
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ㅤThe Bully Gal foamed at the mouth and fainted.
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ㅤ（It’s hard to control my strength.）
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ㅤI made sure she didn’t hit her head, so she’s probably not dead.
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ㅤ”Heeeeee!”
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ㅤThe middle-aged man ran away with his bare buttocks exposed.
ㅤBut what was he going to do by running to the back of the room?
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ㅤ（I don’t want to grapple with a naked middle-aged man.）
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ㅤThinking that, I,
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ㅤ”Ether Shot! Several weak ones!”
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ㅤ”Gugah!”
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ㅤI fired several Ether Shots, considerably weakened compared to my usual ones, and knocked the middle-aged man unconscious.
ㅤ
ㅤ”Now then…”
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ㅤThe only one left was,
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ㅤ”M-Minato!? Y-You’re alive!? And what was that just now!?”
ㅤ
ㅤEmily, still naked, spoke to me.
ㅤEmily is a bit chubby, but not fat.
ㅤRather, she’d be considered curvy.
ㅤIf it weren’t for her timidness and the transparent selfishness of wanting to save herself, she might have been more popular.
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ㅤI silently took a step forward.
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ㅤ”W-Wait! We’re best friends, right!?”
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ㅤI was so shocked that I stopped involuntarily.
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ㅤ”Y-You wouldn’t do anything bad to me, right, Minato!?”
ㅤ
ㅤ”…Sigh.”
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ㅤI let out a big sigh.
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ㅤ”I thought you might have some guilt. If you did, I might have let you escape, Emily. Well, I guess you are a victim, after all.”
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ㅤ”I-I’m a victim! I haven’t done anything wrong!”
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ㅤ”That’s enough. Be quiet.”
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ㅤ”W-What… Ugh!”
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ㅤI gagged Emily with a towel from the bathroom.
ㅤI dragged her into the bathroom and lifted her wrists above her head, tying them tightly with the shower hose.
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ㅤ”Mugugu…”
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ㅤ”I’m going to call the police now. I’ve recorded everything that happened with this camera.”
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ㅤI said, pointing to my collar.
ㅤThere’s a small clip-on camera there.
ㅤI connected it to the hotel TV and played the video I had just recorded on loop.
ㅤI turned up the volume all the way.
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ㅤI tied up the unconscious host, middle-aged man, and Bully Gal with zip ties I bought at the 100-yen store.
ㅤI was considerate enough to use multiple ties because I thought it might hurt their skin if I used too few and the pressure was concentrated.
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ㅤ”You can just wait and be afraid of what’s going to happen, Emily. You’re the victim, so you shouldn’t be prosecuted. Well, it might be hard to go back to school, though.”
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ㅤ”Guuuu!”
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ㅤEmily thrashed around wildly.
ㅤHer large breasts jiggled.
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ㅤ”Hmm. I guess the first police officer to arrive will probably be a man. It might be a bit pitiful.”
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ㅤI took the bathrobe that was provided and wrapped it around Emily’s body.
ㅤHer wrists were tied up, so I couldn’t put her arms through the sleeves. I had no choice but to wrap the sleeves around the back of her neck and tie them.
ㅤI also tied the sash at the back, so it wouldn’t come off even if she struggled a little.
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ㅤ”See you later, Emily.
ㅤTo be honest, I knew you were this kind of person from the beginning.
ㅤBut I appreciate that you pretended to be my friend, even if it was just an act. It was always a pain to be divided into groups.”
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ㅤI turned my back on Emily, who just glared at me silently.
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ㅤThen, I suddenly had an idea and added,
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ㅤ”Get stronger, Emily. Otherwise, this will happen again. A masked hero won’t always come to save you like this time.”
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ㅤI picked up the Bully Gal’s smartphone and left the room without looking back.
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ㅤI left the hotel and hid in an alley.
ㅤThe Bully Gal’s smartphone wasn’t locked.
ㅤI opened the phone app and pressed “110”.
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ㅤ”Hello, is this the police? Actually, there are men and women fighting in a love hotel, making a fuss about compensated dating and a honey trap… Yes, two pairs, four people. Yes, yes.
ㅤMy name? I wish to remain anonymous. Just say it was a passing ghost.”
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ㅤI unilaterally ended the call and threw the Bully Gal’s smartphone into the alley.
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ㅤ――What happened after that?
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ㅤThat’s none of my business.