The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 295

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Yeo Joo Saves the World
Part 2, Episode 116

Even in sleep, my blood ran cold whenever I recalled the day my identity was exposed at the Justice Guild.
At first, I couldn’t comprehend it.
‘How did that woman see through me?’
Yeo Joo had pierced through a skill that no one else had ever managed to unravel, all in a single breath.
As if she were a prophet who knew everything.
That’s why I hadn’t set foot outside the Apocalypse Cult Building for days on end.
Because I was afraid.
Afraid that woman would lead the Awakener Association to storm this place.
Of course, the Vice Cult Leader had been furious and locked me in my room because of Jang Jin Su, who went around saying he wanted to die every day, losing his arm.
Thud!
“Damn it.”
At the thought of the Vice Cult Leader, Bishop Yi’s face twisted even more viciously.
“That worthless bastard, with abilities worth nothing.”
Though we were both Awakeners, the difference between myself—an S-rank—and the Vice Cult Leader, merely B-rank, was like heaven and earth.
Yet whenever something happened, the Apocalypse Cult members rushed to find the Vice Cult Leader instead.
Despite the fact that I was the legitimate Cult Leader.
“But that won’t last much longer.”
Hehehehe.
It took only seconds for the dark chuckle flowing from my lips to transform into a booming laugh that echoed through the restroom.
“I really am destined for greatness.”
Due to the Justice Guild incident last time, my standing within the cult had narrowed.
Even among some of the important believers, nonsense about ‘we need to change the Cult Leader’ had begun to circulate.
Just when I felt my position as Cult Leader was in danger, ‘that person’ came to find me.
The one who introduced himself as the ‘Administrator’ personally revealed to me the future of this world, which would eventually meet its end.
And that Yeo Joo, that woman, was an interfering obstacle to that sacred plan.
“If only this experiment succeeds….”
The reason I’d come alone to Jeonju, risking danger, was because of that experiment.
Bishop Yi wiped away the dripping water with a towel and retrieved that person’s gift from the inventory.
At first glance it looked like an old gaming device with scratches and dents all over it—a worthless piece of junk—but its true value transcended imagination.

[ Lower-Rank Administrator Mollig’s Gift (??)
: You can adjust the difficulty of Gates.
Total usage is limited within the scope of causality. ]

Without an information skill, this was a world where you could see nothing.
My Item Information window occasionally crackled with static, but it didn’t interfere with reading the contents.
“Hehehehe!”
Bishop Yi clutched his belly and laughed.
The face of the woman I’d encountered moments earlier flashed through my mind.
“Ah, I wish they’d all just die.”
I wanted to see that delicate, mocking face—the one that had sneered upon seeing my true form—drown in despair at my companions’ deaths.
There was still plenty of time before the Gate opened, so I intended to savor this delightful anticipation a little longer.
“What kind of face should I transform into this time?”
Bishop Yi hummed tunelessly while gazing into a mirror.

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The moment the Jeonju City A-Rank Gate would open was finally drawing near.
The anticipated location near Deokjin Lake had been under vehicle restrictions since morning, and crowds of onlookers gathered to watch, creating a sea of humanity.
Since the Gate was scheduled to open in the middle of the lake, a few small ferries meant to carry Hunters bobbed gently on the lakeshore, surrounded by withered lotus flowers.
“One, two, one, two.”
The weather was cold and it would be even colder inside the Gate, so the Justice Guild members diligently completed their stretches in their own ways, heeding my nagging to warm up properly before entering.
“Brr, it’s so cold. I’m really glad I don’t have to go in there. I hate the cold.”
Fortunately, no unexpected situations had occurred, so Ryu Sang Eun, who would be watching the match outside with me, kept repeating how cold he was despite wearing a long padded coat that covered his ankles.
“Still, you’re planning to take the preliminary test while being so sensitive to cold?”
“Moving keeps you warm, you know. Achoo!”
After handing tissues to Ryu Sang Eun, whose nose was now running, I turned to address those about to enter the Glacier Dungeon.
“Wound-healing potions, ten bottles each!”
“Check!”
“Stamina and mana potions, fifteen bottles each!”
“Check!”
“Hunter energy bars, ten!”
“Check! We’ve got everything!”
Since it was a small Dungeon, clearing it shouldn’t take more than a few hours, but there was no harm in being well-prepared.
After smiling proudly at the Guild members who confirmed their Subspaces according to my instructions, I checked everyone’s status windows.

[ Kang Han – Darkness Addiction 0% ]
[ Ji Sung – Darkness Addiction 3% ]
[ Yang Hwa Yeon – Darkness Addiction 2% ]
[ Sung Yo Na – Darkness Addiction 1% ]
[ Lee Yu Eul – Darkness Addiction 1% ]

Ah, what a beautiful status window this is!
It wasn’t for nothing that I followed them all the way to Jeonju just to manage their condition.
Of course, this wasn’t a result created overnight.
It was the fruit of my relentless efforts ever since the squad was decided.
‘Well, not entirely my efforts alone, I suppose.’
After all, Kang Han knew about the Darkness Addiction skill.
Last night, we met separately and even succeeded in bringing the addiction rate down to zero.
I asked Kang Han one final question.
“You remember what I said, Guild Master?”
“I don’t forget anything Yeo Joo says.”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
Lee Yu Eul’s eyes went wide as she asked, but I kept my mouth shut.
At that, she immediately pouted and complained.
“Ugh, Yeo Joo always treats Han like he’s special!”
“What? When did I ever?”
“You two are always making secrets together…”
Just as Lee Yu Eul’s whining was about to continue, Ji Sung gently interjected and pointed somewhere along the lake.
“Yu Eul, look—there’s a duck over there.”
“A duck?! Where?!”
This kid forgets everything over a single duck, yet she complains so much.
I noticed Ji Sung smiling at me with a strangely meaningful expression, which was a bit unsettling, but that wasn’t important right now.
“Oh! There’s the Gate!”
“Wow! It’s huge!”
Just as the system had predicted, a Gate appeared in the middle of the lake.
“Alright, Hunters, let’s move out!”
The staff from the Awakener Association Jeonbuk Branch, who had been waiting with their hands rubbing together, shouted as they pointed to the rowboat.
The real competition was about to begin.
“Have a safe trip. I’ll be watching the broadcast.”
My heart felt strange.
Ever since joining the Justice Guild, I’d always been with them whenever they entered a Gate.
Sending five people into an A-rank Gate without a healer felt terribly wrong.
It felt like leaving children at the water’s edge.
As if reading my heart, all five of them came over one by one and hugged me tightly.
“I’ll be back, Yeo Joo.”
Where all the food Ji Sung ate went was a mystery—he remained as lean as ever.
“I’ll do my best!”
Sung Yo Na flashed a smile, her fists clenched tightly.
“I’ll wrap this up quickly and be back!”
Lee Yu Eul, who complained when it suited her but then nuzzled her face against me regardless.
“It’s cold—hurry inside somewhere warm!”
Yang Hwa Yeon, who unlike her usual self patted my head with the reassuring touch of an older sister.
And finally.
“Leaving you behind makes me terribly uneasy.”
Kang Han, who was the one entering the Gate yet worried about me instead, pulled me into a tight embrace as he said goodbye.
His arms were large and solid, as dependable as always.
“We’ll be back soon, Yeo Joo.”
“…Please all come back safely. Don’t spare the potions—use them freely.”
I hid my unease and waved my hand with all my strength, smiling as if nothing were wrong.
The ferry carrying the hunters slowly departed toward the Gate.
“Go, Cheongmun!”
“Cheongmun Guild, fighting!”
By some stroke of misfortune, only Cheongmun supporters had gathered—not a single person cheering for the Justice Guild’s victory.
So I took a deep breath and shouted with all my might.
“Justice Guild! Fighting! Come back safely!”
From the ferry that had grown distant, I could see all five of them burst into laughter at once.
Despite the sidelong glances from those around me, I stood firm.
I wasn’t the type of Yeo Joo to be embarrassed by something like this.
And finally, the black Gate swallowed all ten hunters and the camera crew dispatched from the Awakener Association.
The lakeside, which had been noisy just moments before, fell silent as if it had all been a lie.
“B-brr, shouldn’t we head back to the hotel and watch the broadcast on a big TV?”
I shook my head at Ryu Sang Eun, whose slender frame was trembling from the cold.
“Could you help me with something for a moment?”
“What is it?”
“I need to find someone.”
I scanned the faces of the crowd gathered all around the desolate lakeside one by one as I spoke.
My instincts were telling me.
Bishop Yi was here.
“Trying to throw obstacles in the protagonist’s path.”
With so many people gathered, visual confirmation would be too slow.
But I wasn’t a Possessed One for nothing—I had other methods.

[ The selective visualization function of the skill ‘I See What I Know’ deactivates. ]

You didn’t know there was a way like this, did you?

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