Guide Me If You Dare novel Chapter 151

Chapter 151: NOH YIHUN (7)

MESSING with his food.

Burning his sketchbooks.

Putting spiders, roaches, and even rats in his room.

Yihun simply ignored all of that.

His fellow Top 12 E-Class Guides were there for him anyway— they would share their food with Yihun, buy him new sketchbooks and drawing materials, and help him clean his room.

The bullying he experienced brought him closer to his hyungs and noonas.

Yihun thought he could endure it...

... until Ni-ki opened his dirty mouth.

"Hyung-nim, have you heard?"

Yihun stared at Ni-ki with a blank look on his face.

Is he trash-talking again?

It wouldn’t be the first time.

Right now, Yihun and Ni-ki were once again facing each other in a sparring.

However, neither Yosef Lee nor Charles Kang was there to observe the fight.

Only B-Class Espers, who served as the Top 12’s instructors, were there.

And these instructors seem to be on Ni-ki’s side.

"Hyung-nim, are you ignoring me?"

Yihun let out a sigh before asking: "Heard about what?"

"My condolences, Yihun Hyung-nim," Ni-ki said in a fake, sympathetic voice. "Lee Taesan died while raiding a dungeon."

To say that Yihun was surprised would be an understatement. "Ni-ki, that’s not something you can joke about. There’s no recent news about a failed dungeon raid—"

"The government and the Esper Association decided to keep it a secret from the public," Ni-ki said smugly, cutting off Yihun on purpose. "Lee Taesan and a few newly promoted C-Class Espers joined a group of veteran B-Class Espers. They were supposed to raid a dormant C-Grade dungeon. However, when they entered the dungeon, its rank suddenly changed. It went from C-Grade to A-Grade. Since they didn’t bring A-Class Espers with them, not even the veteran B-Class Espers survived the A-Rank dungeon— they all died."

"Ni-ki, if you’re only messing with me—"

"Hyung-nim, again, my condolences," Ni-ki said, smiling. "I heard Lee Taesan was supposed to be dispatched for the second Away Mission after passing the licensure exam. But, apparently, he begged his instructors to let him join the first Away Mission. According to the report, Lee Taesan said he made a promise to confess to someone within a month." The bastard then acted like he was worried. "I wonder who Lee Taesan was supposed to confess to. If it wasn’t for that person, Lee Taesan would still be alive by now~"

Yuno clenched his hands tight.

It was very clear that Ni-ki was messing with him.

He knows that I’m the person Lee Taesan wants to confess to, and he’s making me feel guilty about it.

Which was funny.

Because I already feel guilty even without this bastard blaming me.

"Yihun-ah, focus!"

Oh.

Yihun snapped back to reality when the alarm that signalled the start of the sparring already went off at the same time Erwan yelled.

Dammit.

I got distracted!

Before he could even move, Ni-ki already had his palm pressed firmly against Yihun’s chest.

Argh!

Yihun felt the Crystallization of his Mana around his heart and Core cracking.

This bastard got more powerful.

And Ni-ki clearly wanted to kill Yihun.

What kind of training did this bastard go through for him to improve this much already? If this continues, I’ll die for real.

Yihun then looked for the instructors, his eyes begging them to stop the fight.

But the B-Class Esper instructors only averted their eyes.

Ah, those are Ni-ki’s people.

"Hyung-nim, stop resisting. How could you keep on creating more and more layers of shield to protect your heart?" Ni-ki whispered in a low and cold voice. "Someone died because of you. Lee Taesan might get lonely in the Afterlife, so why not join him there?"

Haaah.

Yihun was working overtime to strengthen the shield around his heart and Core— he kept adding more and more layers as "coat."

Fortunately, he had an overflowing Mana in him.

But if I get careless, this brat could break my heart and Core easily.

"I really don’t have a strong will to live," Yihun said in a calm voice. Well, he hoped he sounded calm. There was actually a storm in his head. And, for the first time, he felt a violent urge to kill a person. "But I hate to die at the hands of a brat like you."

"Well, do you hear your heart cracking, Hyung-nim?"

"Yeah, and I’ve always wondered about your technique, Ni-ki. How could a fellow Guide harm his fellow Guide the way you do?"

"I’m afraid that’s a trade secret, Hyung-nim?"

"Then I’m glad I was curious enough to analyze your mysterious skill, brat," Yihun said, grabbing Ni-ki by the wrist. "In Reverse Guiding, we use the corrupted Mana we absorbed from Esper as a means to attack them. But we’re both Guides, so I wonder what you use to try and break the shield around our hearts."

"Hyung-nim, even if you’re a genius, you still can’t figure out—"

"But I already did since you kept trying to kill me using the same technique."

"Excuse me?"

These dog bastards...!

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Bullshit.