The Final Boss Has Returned 173

Chapter 173

Sharp’s hands trembled.

The photo attached to the message was so shocking that all the worries she had until just now felt pointless.

A picture of Verda and Eugene kissing.

Below the unrealistic photo, which she wanted to believe was photoshopped, was a long, rambling explanation.

To summarize the explanation, it was simple.

She had seen the article about him two-timing and asked him about it. He confirmed it, so she ran out of the CEO’s office. Regretting it, she went back, only to find Verda and Eugene kissing. What should she do?

Elena’s… Sharp’s lips curled into a bitter smile as she read the message that confirmed the two-timing article.

“So that’s how it was.”

All the puzzle pieces clicked into place in Sharp’s mind.

The reality that was revealed was horrifying.

Eugene, he had chosen Verda from the beginning and had been deceiving her and Elena.

To protect the flimsy and disgusting name of ‘family’, for his own feelings, he had selfishly used her as an emotional trash can.

Emotional trash can.

Sharp repeated the words in her mind and let out a hollow laugh.

With the realization of the truth, all the lingering feelings in Sharp’s heart disappeared completely.

For Eugene, who had deceived her, played with her feelings, and even used the name of family to make her an emotional trash can, Sharp had nothing but hatred and a thirst for revenge.

Sharp bit her trembling lips.

“How foolish I must have looked.”

She couldn’t be honest, she was swayed by her emotions.

That’s why she couldn’t properly convey her feelings.

If he understood the sincerity of her love, Eugene would have chosen her too.

The past years she had spent believing that felt so futile, and the past version of herself seemed so pathetic and miserable that Sharp shed tears.

Eugene’s heart had already been decided, yet he acted as if he would accept her feelings.

The fact that all of Eugene’s actions were lies, pretense, and deception filled Sharp with unspeakable disgust.

Tears of anger and hatred, not of regret or lingering affection, streamed down Sharp’s cheeks.

Sharp muttered through her tears of revenge.

“I can’t forgive you.”

She couldn’t forgive him.

Sharp could never forgive ‘that man’ who dared to deceive her love, ignore her sincerity, and yet treated her falsely, trying to bind her with the name of ‘family’ and turn her into an emotional trash can.

And Sharp already knew the best revenge she could take at this moment.

With fingers trembling with rage, Sharp sent a reply to Elena.

[I’ll handle it.]

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Eugene’s Relationship Management Scandal!

The internet was a complete inferno because of this suspicion raised for the first time by an article from a tabloid.

Public opinion on the internet was initially mostly “the trash journalist is being trash again.”

However, as Eugene, who had always actively responded and clarified whenever such false rumor articles appeared, began to maintain silence, the online opinion immediately started to divide.

[Is this even possible?]

[It’s obviously a rumor, do you guys believe this?]

[But if it’s a rumor, why hasn’t he clarified yet? lol]

[Seriously, the person who always clarified rumors right away, why is he hiding now?]

The rumor is true!

No, this time the rumor is false!

Like this, in two directions.

However, as time passed, the opinion that this time the rumor wasn’t a rumor, and that Eugene was actually managing relationships, was steadily gaining weight.

The Infinite Eugene Church desperately tried to manage the article comments and manipulate community posts to defend public opinion about Eugene, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide.

“If even a perfect person makes a single mistake, people tend to focus only on that mistake. The higher the position a person holds, the greater the reputation they enjoy, the more people there are who want to pull them down proportionally.”

Drakan said this while watching the situation.

As he said, countless people were inwardly focusing on Eugene’s ‘mistake.’

Just as the Ard Forum had been on fire for days with articles related to Eugene’s relationship management……

[Hero Eugene’s ‘Closest Aide’, Sharpshooter Sharp’s Solo Press Conference Announcement.]

[Sharpshooter Sharp’s Solo Press Conference. Will the truth of the ‘Relationship Management Scandal’ be revealed?]

Bait that added fuel to the fire was sprinkled.

Sharpshooter Sharp.

She, a member of the Lightwing Guild, Eugene’s colleague and closest aide, volunteered to hold a solo press conference.

The place Sharp held the press conference was the press conference hall of the Seoul Press Center.

Sharp’s solo press conference, broadcast live through Ard Live and cable game channels, naturally drew the attention of countless users.

Click! Click!

As soon as Sharp opened the door to the press conference hall and stepped onto the podium, she sat down on the prepared chair, looking at the countless camera flashes that kept going off, blindingly.

Numerous reporters were sitting at the table, with their laptops open and cameras held, looking at her.

Sharp looked at the reporters’ gazes and said,

“Let’s start the press conference. I’ll take questions.”

As soon as Sharp finished speaking, numerous reporters eagerly raised their hands, and Sharp pointed to the reporter who raised their hand first.

“This is reporter Kim Won-sik from Star eSports. First of all, getting straight to the point, is the scandal article from YouthPatch true?”

Reporter Kim Won-sik’s question hit the nail on the head.

YouthPatch!

A question about whether the article released by that media outlet, famous for its paparazzi and tabloid journalism, was true!

As soon as the question came out, the chat window of the live broadcast of the press conference on Ard Live exploded.

Sharp laughed as she heard the question.

This question was exactly what she had wanted.

Sharp closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them.

Her heart was pounding.

It was nervousness.

If she were to utter the answer to this question, she would be permanently separated from the Lightwing Guild.

However, if she were to regret it with just this level of consequence, she wouldn’t have been able to hold the press conference in the first place.

Verda and Eugene.

From the moment she saw the picture of the two of them kissing.

Sharp had already made up her mind.

She would take revenge on Eugene, who had trampled on her heart, deceived her feelings, and made her miserable in the name of family.

And what she chose as the beginning of that revenge was Sharp’s press conference.

After organizing her thoughts, Sharp slowly said,

“Yes, it’s true.”

Click! Click!

The moment the words “it’s true” came out, a barrage of camera flashes poured towards Sharp once again.

Clack, clack, clack!

Numerous reporters sitting at the table all started typing on their laptop keyboards at once.

The words she had just spoken were immediately being turned into articles.

Sharp looked at the reporters and continued speaking.

“Elena, Verda, and I were all in love with Eugene. And Eugene knew our feelings from the beginning. Yet, he deceived my feelings.”

Sharp’s cheeks trembled with rage as she spoke.

Eugene.

As she recalled the fact that he had deceived her feelings, anger and hatred, not love and hate, surged within her heart.

“You ask if the YouthPatch article is true? Yes, it’s true. It’s the truth without a single lie. Eugene, he’s not a saint as the world knows him to be. He trampled on my heart for over six years.”

Sharp’s hand trembled as she finished answering.

This was because she felt that at this moment, this matter had already left her hands.

Drip.

Tears streamed down Sharp’s eyes.

On the other hand, the reporters who heard Sharp’s answer on-site, as well as the viewers watching through Ard Live, were all shocked.

The relationship management scandal.

No one could have imagined that it would actually be true.

[Wow, is this for real?]

[It’s real. Sharp official lol]

[Wow. I really didn’t expect Sharp to answer like that lol]

[Did Eugene really do that?]

[Eugene, this guy is no good tsk tsk]

[Honestly, even though I didn’t like the Eugene Church, I thought Eugene was a good person, but I didn’t know he would be such trash;;]

[Seriously, I kind of felt that way from the beginning]

[Eugene OUT!]

[Drakan, who only looks at Shin Ha-yeon wholeheartedly. What are you……?]

[Drakan, who only has eyes for Shin Ha-yeon, reevaluation x6;;]

[Well, I don’t know if he’s trash, honestly, Sharp could be lying, and we should stay neutral;]

[Welcome, Eugene-stan lol]

[Sharp revealed it herself, and you’re still neutral; hopeless lol. Is your gear broken?]

[Caught Eugene-stan pretending to be neutral and subtly defending him lol]

The chat window exploded, and the online opinion, which had been divided 50/50, instantly flipped.

Eugene.

The moment the scandal that he had been deceiving his colleagues around him for a long time, that he had been managing relationships, was revealed to be true, countless users began to criticize Eugene.

Of course, objectively speaking, this wasn’t illegal, but for Eugene, who had advocated for morality, righteousness, and nobility, it was nothing short of a fatal blow.

“Eugene, that’s the historical moment when he falls from the position of a god to the position of a human.”

Drakan.

He watched the live press conference in the Jeil New Media building and laughed like this.

For this moment!

Drakan had been meticulously planning for a long time.

The seed of destruction that he had planted under the guise of listening to Eugene’s concerns while raiding dungeons with him.

Not only had that seed sprouted, but it had even bloomed fully.

“It’s a result that exceeds expectations.”

Shin Ha-yeon whispered in a sweet voice next to Drakan.

Drakan smiled when he heard Shin Ha-yeon’s words.

As Drakan said, the moment Sharp’s answer ended.

Eugene plummeted from the position of a god to the position of a human.

If Eugene had been a noble and righteous hero, boasting perfect morality and righteousness, now Eugene had become just an ordinary person, a human being.

Moreover, a human being with the moral flaw of ‘relationship management.’

The moment a flaw appeared in Eugene’s morality, the collapse of his grassroots support base would slowly begin.

The defection of such users’ grassroots sentiment and the cracks in his concrete support base were exactly what Drakan had aimed for, to pull Eugene down from the position of a god and place him on the same human level as Drakan himself.

‘Now, he and I stand on the same stage.’

Drakan thought so while looking at the press conference hall.

While Drakan and Shin Ha-yeon were rejoicing, Sharp’s interview continued.

“What are you planning to do with the Lightwing Guild?”

“Is there any need for me to stay there anymore? I have to leave.”

Declaration of withdrawal from the Lightwing Guild!

Although not as shocking as the confession of the scandal earlier, the reporters’ fingers started to move busily at that shocking answer.

And the next question followed.

“This is reporter Park Seong-yong from Electronic Times. It’s a bit different from the main topic, but I thought I should ask since I might not have another chance.”

“Go ahead.”

“The rumor that the ending reward isn’t just 100 billion won, is it true?”

Reporter Park Seong-yong’s question!

It was the rumor that the ending reward of Ard Saga wasn’t just 100 billion won, which was still circulating on the internet.

Sharp smiled and said,

“Yes, it’s true.”

At that moment, the flashes went off again.

Sharp spoke again, receiving the flashes.

“The ending reward of the previous game wasn’t just 100 billion won. The real ending reward of the previous game is Miracle Entertainment itself.”

The moment Sharp finished speaking.

The internet, no, beyond the internet, reality itself was turned upside down.