Choosing a C-Class Hero: Three Years of Ridicule Across the Internet - Chapter 36
Chapter 36: Unexpected, Eye-Opening
When the name Lee Jong-hyun was mentioned, many people’s faces changed dramatically. Even Tang Zichen showed a surprised expression.
Chen Ye was puzzled. It wasn’t that he had a bad memory but… he couldn’t understand English.
“Squad Leader, what is he saying?”
“He says he’s Lee Jong-hyun’s younger brother.”
Tang Zichen sighed, “I didn’t expect that there would be another descendant of the Lee family alive in the world, and he’s in the same year as us.”
It took Chen Ye a moment to react to who Lee Jong-hyun was. He hadn’t expected this young man to be the brother of that tragic individual?
However, why did he choose to show up at this moment? Regardless of his intentions, they weren’t anything good.
Chen Ye became interested and switched to spectator mode.
Soon, with reminders from their companions, the others around also learned about the identity of this young man.
As for Lee Jae-rong, seeing everyone’s surprised gaze, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
“I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time!”
The previous Japanese youth frowned, “Putichai, regardless of your identity, we are allies now. Let’s accomplish this mission first!”
“Allies? Haha…”
Lee Jae-rong sneered and then said coldly, “All of you should die!”
This statement changed the way everyone looked at Lee Jae-rong; their gaze turned hostile.
Even idiots could tell that Lee Jae-rong had ill intentions.
“Putichai, have you gone mad?”
A dark-skinned youth from Thailand hurriedly explained to everyone, “Everyone, Putichai’s actions only represent himself and have nothing to do with us. Our Thai team is still your ally.”
Chen Ye suddenly frowned. These short-lived guys spoke bird language, making it impossible for him to enjoy the show.
“Squad Leader, help me translate.”
“Why aren’t you worried?”
Tang Zichen said helplessly, “Think about how to escape while you can!”
“Escaping can wait. I want to understand why they’re fighting among themselves.”
“What else could it be?”
Tang Zichen said, “The people responsible for driving Lee Jong-hyun and his family to their deaths had intricate connections with various countries and some of the people present here. Lee Jong-hyuni’s brother revealing his identity now only has one purpose: revenge!”
“He’s alone. How can he seek revenge?”
“Keep watching.”
…
Their whispered discussion didn’t disturb others.
A white youth spoke domineeringly, “I don’t care where you’re from or who your brother is. I’m not interested in how you affect my bounty, OK? If you don’t listen to advice, I guarantee I’ll rip your spine out!”
Seeing the threat, Lee Jae-rong just smiled coldly, paying no attention to it. His confident appearance made many smart people furrow their brows, realizing that something wasn’t right.
The Japanese youth continued, “Lee Jae-rong, right? Although I don’t know where you get your confidence, allowing you to step forward at a time like this, you don’t fear your actions will bring scrutiny and punishment to your homeland again?”
This sounded reasonable. However, Lee Jae-rong was instantly enraged and shouted like a resentful woman, “I have no homeland! Since the moment they let my family die, the peninsula ceased to be my country!”
“Clearly, Lee Jong-hyun only did what he did because he listened to them…”
If Chen Ye could understand, he would have cursed: What a cringy scene!
“Hey! Can you stop wasting time?” a black man asked, “What do you want to do?”
Lee Jae-rong took a deep breath, then smirked madly, “It’s simple. Kill all of you… Kill everyone in this secret realm!”
“I believe you S-ranked talents dying here will make those outside very uncomfortable, won’t it?”
The black man chuckled, “Just based on you?”
Lee Jae-rong also laughed, “Of course, I can’t do it alone, but it surely can!”
As he spoke, he suddenly took out a glass jar. Inside it was a somewhat rotten-looking heart, almost black.
Eerily, the heart was alive, still beating!
“What is this?”
“Could it be…”
Someone spoke, filled with disbelief and horror.
Lee Jae-rong’s face revealed a sinister smile.
“Everyone, this is the gift my brother left for you!!”
After saying this, Lee Jae-rong raised the glass jar in his hand and smashed it to the ground.
Bang!
The glass jar shattered into pieces. The black heart rolled onto the ground, exposed to the air.
Although there were no visible reactions around, everyone felt a heavy heart, sensing an impending disaster.
Lee Jae-rong laughed madly, “Haha… all of you will die! You have nine days left, and you won’t be able to escape. It will definitely kill all of you!”
This confirmed some people’s speculations.
A youth from Thailand stuttered, “Pu Ti Cai, this… this heart… is it related to the monsters your brother created? Did you… release a demon?!”
People exclaimed in shock: “What? The monster Lee Jong-hyun created is still in the secret realm? How is that possible?”
“My teacher never told me about the whereabouts of that monster…”
“It’s impossible! If that monster is still in the secret realm, why haven’t we heard of its appearance in so many years?”
“Don’t be fooled. This damn guy is definitely trying to scare us!”
“Huh! What are you afraid of? Even if that monster really exists, what can it do? With so many of us, can’t we kill it?”
“Kid, you’re right. At least half of us here are perfect S-ranked talents. If the monster dares to come, I’ll make it taste my iron fist.”
It seemed that many people knew about Lee Jong-hyun’s story. Chen Ye was probably the only “poor student” who didn’t know, or he only knew because of Tang Zichen.
Hearing everyone’s words, Lee Jae-rong laughed, “It has always been there, just missing its heart, so it fell into a deep sleep. Now, it should have woken up!”
As if to confirm Lee Jae-rong’s words, a terrifying roar suddenly echoed from a distant mountain peak:
Roar!!!
The sound was like the roar of an ancient giant beast, exuding immense pressure.
Even though the mountain peak was far away, everyone could hear it clearly.
It was definitely not a sound that ordinary zombies could make. Everyone’s faces changed.
Bah!
A burly man from the Japanese team shouted, “Damn it, why did you release the monster now when you could have done it earlier?”
“By choosing now, not only can I ruin your plans, but I can also enjoy watching all of you in fear and despair. Isn’t that more fun?”
Lee Jae-rong burst into mad laughter, his expression completely deranged, “I want you all to taste despair and pain!”
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