The Female Lead Saves the World - Chapter 64

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Yeo Joo Saves the World – Episode 64

“Looks like the Sama Guild and Justice Guild are about to go at it.”
“Even so, calling someone a mad dog to their face was way too much.”
“The way the Sama Guild treats their healer is disgusting.”
While the crowd around us began to murmur, a deadly silence hung between the two guilds locked in confrontation.
It felt like something could explode at any moment.
But I couldn’t let myself get swept up in this and forget the most important thing.
“Now, now, let’s all calm down, shall we?”
An Awakener Association staff member approached to mediate the standoff between Kang Han and Woo Jun Kyung.
Then, instead of addressing us, they spoke to Woo Jun Kyung in a soothing tone.
“We’ll handle things here, so why don’t you head back to your guild?”
“Handle what, exactly?”
I seized the moment and caught the staff member’s words.
“Since the Gate is now closed, everyone needs to return to their respective guilds….”
“The Gate being closed doesn’t mean the problem is solved.”
“What do you mean by that?”
The Association staff member, who had been fawning over Woo Jun Kyung moments ago, now turned sharp eyes toward me.
“We cleared the Gate because we did our job well. The Association failed to do theirs properly, didn’t you?”
“That’s absurd. We secured safety perimeters in advance, so there were no civilians caught in the Gate or harmed….”
This person was really trying to dodge responsibility until the end?
“So civilian lives matter, but hunter lives don’t?”
I pointed to the reporter who had been faithfully staying close to us, just as I’d arranged beforehand.
“How convenient that the reporter is right here. Didn’t the Association say this before we entered? That it was a C-rank mid-sized Gate?”
My words rippled through the crowd like a stone thrown into still water.
The onlookers who had been watching the guild standoff with interest began whispering among themselves in small groups.
“Wait, that’s right.”
“I almost forgot—Justice Guild really almost got wiped out, didn’t they?”
“It was mentioned several times on the broadcast too. Something seemed off.”
“How does an A-rank monster come out of a C-rank Gate? That doesn’t make sense.”
“What’s going on here?”
The crowd had suddenly become witnesses, and the reporter beside us was already stirring the pot.
As the situation spiraled beyond control, the Association staff member’s face twisted in dismay.
“What’s the Association’s position on this? Please explain why this happened.”
“That is….”
When Kang Han made a formal protest, the staff member’s complexion grew even worse.
“Well, I’ll just make a quick call and be right back.”
With those words, the Awakener Association staff member hurriedly pulled out their phone and disappeared into the tent.
They were probably going to consult with their superiors about what to say.
“Hmph.”
They were likely planning to bury one scandal with another.
If Jang Su Ho hadn’t been able to control himself, and if I didn’t possess the ability to purify darkness, Sa Ma Young’s plan might have actually worked.
Justice Guild failed to clear the Gate.
Several people died because of Jang Su Ho, and several more were injured.
Did Kang Han, who leads Justice Guild, truly have the qualifications to be a guild master?
They would have focused on questions like these and churned out articles relentlessly.
That’s probably why the journalist I’d contacted hesitated to cover Justice Guild.
“Ms. Yeo Joo, is your wrist alright?”
“I used a skill. It’s fine now. But it seems like we were really underestimated.”
Judging by the fact that they had no contingency plan until we walked out of the Gate.
“It appears so. And I apologize.”
“Why are you apologizing, Guild Master?”
“I should have properly stopped Woo Jun Kyung.”
“Ah, it’s not even broken, so it doesn’t matter. Actually, I wish I’d let it break completely.”
That would have made for an even bigger issue.
Sama Guild’s Woo Jun Kyung assaulting a non-combat hunter—that’s the kind of headline that would really stick.
While I was thinking such things, my cheeks started burning.
Confused, I glanced around and noticed all the guild members staring at me with complicated expressions.
“What? Why are you all looking at me like that?”
“Yeo Joo…”
“You really…”
“Unnie, please don’t do that.”
Then they all just sighed heavily among themselves.
Just as I was about to demand an explanation, the person I really needed to question emerged from the tent.
“So what’s the Association’s position?”
No matter how much the Association deliberated, they could only say one of two things.
Either admit cleanly that it was their mistake.
“After investigation…”
The Association staff member licked their lips once before speaking.
“There were no errors in the Association’s administration. It appears there was a system error in the Gate Prediction Division.”
Or shift the blame onto the Gate Prediction Division like this.
Though I’d anticipated it to some degree, the Association had made a truly despicable move.
“So you’re saying there was a problem with the prediction system?”
I enunciated each word carefully to confirm.
So that everyone present could hear.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
It’s done.
When I heard that Sa Ma Young’s claws had secured the Gangnam Station Guerrilla Gate assignment, the final puzzle of my plan fell into place.
Making the Awakener Association publicly admit that there was a problem with the prediction system that had boasted flawless accuracy and a perfect hit rate until now.
“An error in the prediction system, you say? How intriguing.”
I smiled at the Awakener Association staff member while observing the shocked expressions on everyone’s faces.

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The next day.
After a good night’s sleep, I rose refreshed and settled onto the Training Facility sofa, immediately turning on the news.
“Excellent. Perfect. This is exactly what I wanted.”
The first news channel I turned on was already in an uproar.

[ “The shockwaves from last night’s cleared Gangnam Station Guerrilla Gate continue to intensify. The Gate, originally classified as C-rank, spawned B-rank variants and even an A-rank monster. In response, the Korean Awakeners Association has announced that there was an error in the Gate Prediction System, making this an even bigger story. For more details, we go to reporter Choi Hyun Jin at the Awakener Association….” ]

“Chaos everywhere, absolute chaos.”
Humming to myself, I pulled out my phone.
I was too exhausted yesterday to check anything, half-unconscious, but with the news in such an uproar, the internet situation must be spreading exactly as I intended.
“Hehehehe.”
It was exactly as expected.
Internet portals, general community forums, and Awakener communities alike.
Even though night had passed and day had come, everything was still ablaze with talk of last night’s events.
I clicked on the post with the highest view count.

Hunters – [ Free Discussion Board ]
Is the prediction system seriously broken?
Ribbit | Views: 33,691

This is absolutely shocking
Our country’s Gate Prediction Division has never been wrong before, right?
That’s why Korea was the safest country, but if it had been our guild instead of Justice Guild that went in yesterday, we would’ve all come out dead
This is terrifying

Comments
Comment 1: Seriously, Justice Guild is lucky to have three S-Rank hunters with Jang Su Ho hard-carrying them;;
Comment 2: So the prediction system could be wrong…
Comment 3: Justice Guild really does seem impressive when you think about it
Comment 4: Real talk, if our guild master had faced a B-Rank mutant, he wouldn’t have even looked back before retreating
Comment 5: That’s how confident he was in his abilities
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Comment 1651: Jang Su Ho reevaluation going up↑
Comment 1652: The way Yeo Joo controlled Jang Su Ho was so cool
Comment 1653: Wait, wasn’t our country’s prediction system made by Maestro?
└ To be precise, it’s the Master’s work

I spotted a few comments in between that I hadn’t intended, but I’ll set those aside for now.
At this point, Justice Guild’s capabilities seemed firmly etched into people’s minds.
Now the controversy was spreading like wildfire to Jung Je Hwa, the Master who created the prediction system.
So, what do I do now?

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[ “The Awakener Association continues to maintain that there was an error in the Gate prediction system. In response, many netizens are demanding answers from Maestro, who created the prediction system, but given that the Master has not engaged in public activities for the past five years, the likelihood of him issuing a statement appears slim.” ]

Even after the screen switched to the studio, the news continued relentlessly.
Gangnam Station Guerrilla Gate, Justice Guild, Sama Guild, and Maestro.
The same handful of words repeated endlessly, an incessant noise with no end in sight.
Click.
The hand that had been drawing lines ceaselessly across the paper set down the pencil.
Tick.
A large hand then switched off the television that had been dimly illuminating the dark room.
The light from Seoul’s night skyline settled cleanly onto the paper.
He gazed intently at the shield designs filling dozens of sheets, then picked up his phone.
After a brief signal, a familiar voice came through saying “Y-yes, hello,” and lips that had been firmly pressed shut parted as a low voice emerged.
“Eun Dong, come up.”
Jung Je Hwa, the guild master of Maestro, had summoned Geum Eun Dong, his vice guild master.

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