Labyrinth Exploration 101 - L.E Chapter 85 (Part 1): An Ordinary Day (1)

│Seol Ha-woon School Violence Revelation│

Seol Ha-woon from *Labyrinth Exploration NaN* is a school bully. Quite a few people have been beaten by him. He was famous for his physical strength since middle school. My friend and I got pummeled whenever he was bored. And now he’s showing up on some show to get picked as a national explorer? It’s freaking ridiculous… (omitted).

Here’s the middle school graduation photo, the medical certificate from when I got beat up, and the deposit record of the settlement money. He dropped out of high school, so he’s not in the album.

And Ha-woon, if you’re not some shameless bastard, you can’t say this isn’t true haha.

│Revelation of Seol Ha-woon’s Active Duty Days in Labyrinth Exploration NaN│

Seol Ha-woon was a famous lunatic in the military. Tons of trainees gave up on finishing because of him, and a bunch of juniors quit UDT altogether. Beatings were a given, and he even threatened to shoot people with a gun during operations if they didn’t listen. I got hit in the head and had to be carried off… (omitted).

But seeing him pull the same crap now, I can’t take it anymore. He’s the type who’ll kill someone if you leave him be, so I’m exposing him now.

Don’t trust Seol Ha-woon. He brags about his military service, but he’s actually trash even UDT rejects. Guys like him are what’s rotting the world…

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Early in the morning, the sudden revelation posts hit.

I chewed over them carefully.

Just two posts, but their impact was insane.

Maybe it’s because the first one came with a graduation album and the second with military photos—way more fuel than Ryu Yeon-hwa’s mess ever got.

Though honestly, it’s probably more because I’ve got no one backing me up.

To the journalists, I’m a walking headline, but I’m like A++ Wagyu—juicy, yet safe to poke without stirring up trouble.

“…This is ridiculous.”

To set the record straight, it’s all true.

And since it’s true, these bastards feel even more brazen.

If beating someone who had it coming is wrong, then sure, maybe it’s wrong… but there’s no point in getting mad right now.

I’ll deal with it tomorrow.

First, I took a shower.

I always think this, but my hair’s too damn long—it’s a hassle. At least it’s making my telekinesis skills sharper every day.

*Shaaaa.*

I washed my hair under the running water, scrubbed my face, and cleaned my body. Then I applied the nearly used-up [Mysterious Skincare Set]. Wrapping my wet hair in a towel like a turban, I gently infused it with mana, letting it dry naturally.

I turned on the 【Dream Droplet】. *Song song song.* A soft, glowing orb floated in the air. I lay quietly beneath it and called sleep with Sequence.

My brain shut down, and all the strength drained from my body.
It was a deep sleep.

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“…Heh heh heh.”

Kim Doo-gyeom laughed, keeping his voice low.

This guy’s worth every penny. The second the payment hit, he posted it—no hesitation. Probably had the damn thing drafted and was just waiting for the right moment to drop it.

“Seol Ha-woon, that bastard… must’ve lived like complete trash.”

Kim Doo-gyeom had only paid for the school violence angle; the military stuff was a bonus he hadn’t seen coming.

“Well.”

From the start, the guy’s vibe screamed troublemaker. The type who racks up enemies like it’s a hobby.

Kim Doo-gyeom grinned at his smartphone.

│Summary of Seol Ha-woon’s School Violence and Military Violence Posts│

│Archive of Posts Trashing Kim Doo-gyeom│

│I knew it from the moment those morons were hyping Always-Right and slamming Kim Doo-gyeom lol │

│Can’t Doo-gyeom’s guild just sue them all?│

Oh, they will. Lawsuits are definitely coming. Those idiots crossed the line big time.

“Morons, seriously. No wonder they’re called sheeple.”

Public opinion flipped in a heartbeat.

Seol Ha-woon’s fandom—can you even call it that? More like a pack of lunatics.

Either way, those nutjobs will probably start filing suits first.

“See ya~ See ya~”

Kim Doo-gyeom chuckled and rolled around on his bed.

Looked like sleep wasn’t happening tonight.

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│Seol Ha-woon School Violence Revelation│
│Revelation of Seol Ha-woon’s Active Duty Days in Labyrinth Exploration NaN│

Kate read the posts with a calm eye.

This was enough to get him kicked out. He wouldn’t make it past the first tally at least—people were already canceling their profile votes left and right.

“…Haa.”

She let out a sigh.

Truth be told, the military reveal was her doing. Her butler, Maeve, had tracked down a discharged soldier with a grudge against Seol Ha-woon’s behavior during service. They were still sorting out a fact-checking schedule when the guy went rogue and lit the fuse today. Guess he couldn’t stomach seeing Seol Ha-woon’s popularity peak.

“School violence, though…”

That caught her off guard. It’d make sense if he’d always been a villain.

Kate suddenly pressed a hand to her ear.

A sound trickled in from the rose she’d gifted to Seol Ha-woon’s private room.

─Kooooooh….

Snoring?

“…He’s asleep?”

Seol Ha-woon was sleeping right now. Did he not know about this mess, or did he know and just not care?

Tilting her head, Kate glanced back at her laptop. Every inch of the screen was plastered with Seol Ha-woon.

She’d been scraping every post about him, digging into accounts spreading rumors.

Posing as a Seol Ha-woon fan—the so-called Snow Removal Squad—she’d already burrowed deep into enemy territory.

─Kooooooh….

“Seriously, this guy.”

Kate opened her SNS.

*Snowy Day*

*snowiscoming1*

*24.03~ Only looking at snow[雪]/Labyrinth Exploration NaN*

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Already a veteran in those circles, the infamous Seol Ha-woon fan—@snowiscoming1—was none other than Kate herself.

Kate’s the type who takes everything seriously.

Sure, she didn’t *have* to go this hard, but curiosity got the better of her.

Why was her family so hell-bent on cutting him out?

It was an inside story she wasn’t privy to. “You don’t need to know,” they’d said.

That’s how her 21 years had been.

Always moving blind, living blind. She’d had this lazy assumption she’d figure it out someday.

Not anymore.

She needed to act on her own. Waiting around for the pieces to fall into place would just turn her into another gear in the massive Hailford machine.

She was the one who’d eventually seize control of the family.

She had to stand as her own person.

*Druk. Drurruk.*

She scrolled the mouse and typed #SeolHawoon into the search bar.

#SeolHawoon
#Always-Right
#Always-RightSchoolViolence
#SeolHawoonMilitaryViolence
#SeolHawoonSchoolViolence

SNS was a circus of Seol Ha-woon’s scandals. “Knew it,” “What’s wrong with his fans,” “Execute him”—the usual noise.

There were tons of screenshots from the *Labyrinth Exploration NaN* broadcast too. Seol Ha-woon stood out—lots of solo shots. Probably because this mess was such a big deal.

*Click. Click.*

Right-click, save as.

Kate studied each photo of Seol Ha-woon.

She didn’t know why.

Just… this face.

This face in the pictures—she felt like she’d seen it somewhere before.

A dream she couldn’t recall. Too faint to even call a dream, more like a whisper of one…

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