The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 167

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“Ugh!”

 

“Dodge!”

 

For something I threw, it was quite close to a surprise attack.

 

The ball shot out sharply and headed straight for the athlete.

 

And with a loud sound, the ball hit the athlete and bounced away, rolling.

 

“Got it!”

 

It flowed to our team athlete who was standing outside the opponent’s territory.

 

“We can win.”

 

“Hey, you have to throw hard so they can’t catch it. Throw hard.”

 

Now there was only one person left on the opposing team.

 

The expression of the last survivor, who had been watching us dodge the ball quite leisurely, quickly hardened.

 

On the other hand, our team athletes were very excited.

 

It was understandable since we hadn’t been able to catch the ball and throw it back to their side.

 

For quite a while, we could only stand still and watch the situation without being able to do anything.

 

How restless their bodies must have felt.

 

As if they had been waiting, they began throwing the ball with fierce momentum.

 

The speed of the ball was also very fast, as if they absolutely wouldn’t let it be taken away.

 

The back-and-forth continued for quite a while like that.

 

The opposing survivor also dodged very skillfully, as if they hadn’t just survived until now for nothing, so it wasn’t exactly a satisfying situation…

 

Thwack!

 

That’s when it happened.

 

The opponent who had been dodging the ball skillfully caught it.

 

Then quickly threw it toward this place.

 

“Ah, oh…”

 

Jung-hwa, who had been doing well until now, was eliminated.

 

Jung-hwa looked at us with a disappointed face, then trudged outside.

 

“Sorry. I let my guard down.”

 

“What are you talking about? You did so well.”

 

Han Da-min said that while picking up the rolling ball and passing it to me.

 

It was disappointing that Jung-hwa, who had been handling the power pitching until now, was eliminated.

 

But since the ball didn’t flow outside, it was fortunate in the midst of it all.

 

Now let’s really finish this.

 

When I looked at the opposing athlete, she was already perfectly prepared to dodge.

 

I stared at her intently while aiming the direction, then.

 

Whoosh-!

 

I threw the ball with maximum force.

 

“Whoa, too strong… huh?”

 

Not toward her, but toward where our team was.

 

“Huh huh huh?”

 

The ball I threw quickly went to the hands of our team member who was closest to her.

 

Thud-

 

She got hit by the ball lightly and was eliminated without even having a chance to look back.

 

“Wow….”

 

Her face looked completely bewildered, as if she truly hadn’t expected to get hit.

 

I smiled brightly and explained the situation that had just happened in case there might be any misunderstanding.

 

“If I had intended to hit someone, I wouldn’t have thrown it this hard. Haha.”

 

It was a ball that would have hurt a lot if it had hit someone.

 

I had to prevent any misunderstanding that I threw it without considering the person who might get hit.

 

Anyway, with this, the dodgeball game finally ended.

 

“Ugh, what! You guys really lost? Really? There goes my early finish!”

 

Joo Na-hyeon, who had suddenly lost her chance for an early finish, glared at us with a face that looked like she was dying of regret.

 

But well, so what.

 

We’re happy about it.

 

Han Da-min and I shrugged our shoulders with arrogant expressions and approached Joo Na-hyeon with sinister looks on our faces.

 

“We won. Now let’s go.”

 

“You’re going to stay with us until the end, right?”

 

“I’ll go with you since it’s a promise. But I can’t believe this happened. How is this even possible?”

 

Joo Na-hyeon tried to head toward the athletes as if to protest.

 

We blocked her steps with our hands and started forcibly dragging her outside the auditorium.

 

“No way! You guys planned this, didn’t you? How could only these two people be left standing!”

 

At this point, the athletes were giggling at the sight, showing a somewhat sitcom-like scene.

 

“Everyone worked hard! We’ll take a short break.”

 

Filming was temporarily stopped for the next shoot.

 

***

 

During the short break.

 

When I changed out of the pants I had been temporarily wearing and returned to the auditorium, Han Da-min was surrounded by athletes and breaking out in a cold sweat.

 

She was responding to countless autograph requests that kept coming in, and when she finally spotted me, she gestured for me to come over quickly.

 

“Ji-ye, why are you so late?”

 

“Oh, I was just drying off some sweat and stuff.”

 

Originally, I was just going to take off my pants and come out.

 

But the stylists, who had been watching me with burning eyes throughout the dodgeball game, quickly grabbed me and took me to the temporary waiting room.

 

It took some time there to fix my hair and makeup and change into a completely new school uniform.

 

That’s what happened to me….

 

But looking at her, it seems like Han Da-min also needs to visit the waiting room?

 

“Unnie, the stylist unnies are calling for you.”

 

“Huh? Oh. Just a moment.”

 

Han Da-min finished signing the paper she was holding and stepped away from the athletes.

 

“Thank you for today’s filming. I’ll go for a moment.”

 

“Heooo, thank you, unnie!”

 

“Take care, unnie! I’m going to be a FLORA fan now!”

 

Where did all those bold friends from earlier go?

 

The shy students, clutching Han Da-min’s autograph tightly in their hands, saw her off with excited voices.

 

When Han Da-min disappeared, the students’ gazes naturally turned to me.

 

“Um, could we ask Ji-ye for an autograph too?”

 

“It’s okay if it’s too much trouble!”

 

“R-right. There are too many of us.”

 

Huh? I don’t know why, but doesn’t the feeling seem a bit different from when they were with Han Da-min?

 

Like they were a bit uncomfortable… No, to put it more bluntly, it felt like they were reluctantly asking me out of courtesy since they got an autograph from Han Da-min and I’m also a FLORA member.

 

Come to think of it, Han Da-min was particularly popular with female fans.

 

I smiled brightly and took the paper and pen from the athlete standing closest to me.

 

“Ah, yes. Sure.”

 

Still, what does it matter? Signing autographs doesn’t wear me down. I’m grateful they asked.

 

“Wow, really? Thank you!”

 

The athletes who had been facing me while keeping a slight distance were suddenly surrounding me.

 

As if they had never kept their distance, they each started talking to me.

 

“You’re even prettier in person.”

 

“I listen to FLORA songs a lot. Especially when jogging.”

 

“When jogging? Isn’t the song too upbeat for that?”

 

When I asked, she shook her head as if I didn’t know what I was talking about.

 

“It’s surprisingly good. Ji-ye, you should try listening while exercising, ah, maybe you already do that?”

 

“I’ve never tried listening while exercising, but I’ll give it a try this time. If you’re looking for songs to listen to while jogging, should I recommend a few?”

 

“Wow, that would be great! But aren’t you twenty-one, Ji-ye? Jung-hwa always says she’s the same age as us.”

 

“Us? Are you all the same age? Then should we be friends?”

 

“Waaah! That’s totally great!”

 

“Me too, me too!”

 

Once again, my casual comment received enthusiastic reactions.

 

Having suddenly gained twenty-two friends, I approached Jung-hwa to sign the FLORA 1st Album she had specially prepared.

 

But at that moment.

 

“Kyaaaah!”

 

Someone’s scream came from somewhere outside the auditorium.

 

My hand paused for a moment, then moved faster to finish the autograph.

 

Then I urgently looked back at the production staff.

 

“Was that sound just now for filming? Or is it real?”

 

Even as I said that, I was already heading outside the auditorium.

 

“Girls, thank you for filming with us today. Let’s meet again next time.”

 

That scream I just heard – if I didn’t mishear it, it was Han Da-min’s voice.

 

As I started moving, several cameras that had been running even while filming was naturally interrupted began following me.

 

“Da-min, where is the detective right now?”

 

I sent it to the stylist, so should I start looking from the waiting room?

 

With an anxious heart, I went outside the auditorium…

 

“…What is this?”

 

I was able to find Han Da-min as soon as I went outside.

 

She was sitting collapsed on the floor, her upper body draped over a bench, lying face down.

 

And blood stains flowing on the floor.

 

“Da-min unnie?”

 

Han Da-min had collapsed.

 

…Wow, wait a minute. This visual feeling is kind of…

 

Shocking.

 

“Unnie?”

 

I sat beside Han Da-min and brushed away the hair covering her face.

 

Kang Hyeok was a mannequin… but they made Da-min pretend to be dead in this cold weather.

 

Still, seeing her tightly closed eyelids trembling seemed to lessen the shock a bit.

 

“To leave like this. Oh my.”

 

I took off the outer clothing I was wearing over my school uniform and covered Han Da-min with it, then searched through her pockets.

 

“Oh, there’s something here.”

 

There was a small note in Han Da-min’s pants pocket.

 

I pulled out the note and let out a short sigh, then stroked Han Da-min’s head.

 

“Detective, it was a short time, but I really liked you. I shouldn’t have let you go alone.”

 

But what happens to Han Da-min’s screen time now?

 

I briefly mourned for Han Da-min who had left so quickly, then stood up.

 

“Detective, I’ll definitely get revenge for you.”

 

Anyway, since it’s come to this, let me quickly join up with Joo Na-hyeon and look for Kim Gwang-cheon first.

 

Thinking that, I unfolded the note that Han Da-min had been carrying.

 

The culprit’s feet are soaked in blood.

 

Once you identify the culprit, find the plainclothes police and report.

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