The Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization

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Eris opened her eyes.

‘I fell asleep.’

Was it that hard to tell Hyeon-woo about memories that are difficult to recall? Clicking her tongue at her own weakness, she got up.

No one was around. Neither Hyeon-woo nor Shizu. It was still dark outside, and since the two weren’t here, it seemed not much time had passed.

She quietly took out her phone to check the time, and it was just 8 PM. She had only been asleep for about an hour. Yet for some reason, she didn’t feel tired at all and even felt refreshed.

It felt like she had a deep sleep and woke up naturally.

‘I’m hungry.’

But sleeping well is sleeping well, and being hungry is being hungry. Eris was used to skipping meals, so it was fine to skip breakfast and lunch, but she still needed to eat at least one meal a day, so dinner was essential.

‘Is there anything to eat?’

Eris stepped on a chair and searched the cupboard. Not a single pack of ramen. It seemed all the ramen they had bought as emergency food had run out.

That’s natural since they didn’t have much money. Now when Hyeon-woo earns money, they’ll use that to buy lots of ramen and fill the cupboard.

That is, if Shizu allows it.

‘Ugh, I should ask Hyeon-woo to buy something for dinner.’

Not knowing what he might be doing, it was awkward to call, so Eris opened her phone to send a text message.

It’s not a smartphone yet, but a flip phone. When she slid her thumb up, Shizu’s photo appeared as the background.

‘Later, I should take a picture of Shizu and Hyeon-woo together and set it as the background…’

Thinking that, she was about to press the text message button when the door slid open.

Has Hyeon-woo returned already? It would be nice if he bought dinner.

Thinking that, she went to the entrance and saw an unfamiliar man and woman standing there.

The man was bald and had a huge body, while the woman had white hair tied in buns on both sides and black eyes.

As soon as she saw the woman’s appearance, Eris took a deep breath.

‘A possessed person!’

Although her small stature and round, big eyes made her look gentle, her hair color could only appear on a possessed person.

‘It could be albinism too, but…’

While the possibility of white hair due to albinism can’t be ruled out, they’re primarily trespassers. It’s right to judge her as a possessed person rather than someone with albinism and consider this a crisis situation.

Eris quickly pressed the volume down button five times. Pressing it five times in a row sends an emergency rescue message to a pre-registered person.

Just three characters, the word “Help me”.

After confirming that the emergency rescue message was sent, Eris threw the phone on the blanket, hoping Hyeon-woo would return quickly.

She needs to act. She needs to buy time until Hyeon-woo returns.

So Eris carefully revealed herself to check on the intruders.

“Who are you…?”

With three people gathering in the small room, even though the two girls were small, it felt cramped because the man was so large.

The man shouted in a belligerent voice.

“Are you the boss of Fantasia?”

“No, I’m not… Fantasia? What’s that…?”

Whoever they were, they seemed to be targeting her. At times like this, it’s right to play dumb and pretend not to know anything.

It was a perfect act that Eris had acquired from living as a weakling for many years.

“Don’t play dumb! We came here knowing everything. Eris Selenoor of Fantasia!”

“Eris Selenoor…? Who’s that… I’m Casey…”

At Eris’s words saying she didn’t know who Eris was, the white-haired girl let out a mocking laugh.

“Is this bitch joking right now? Anyone can see you’re a possessed person with your hair dyed snow-white and eyes dyed bright red, and you say you don’t know who you are? You’re really fucked up, you bitch.”

Despite her innocent-looking appearance, she was a girl with an extremely foul mouth. But Eris had no reason to be intimidated by such threats.

“R-really, I’m not… Mom, brother, I’m scared… hic, huu…”

Because Eris is in the position of being trespassed upon, and even though the man and woman say they came knowing everything, if she keeps insisting it’s not her, it becomes ambiguous.

Because it’s ambiguous, they’re pressuring her with harsh words.

“Oh yeah? Now you’re looking for a mom and brother that don’t even exist?”

The girl sighed and cracked her neck, making a popping sound.

“Your Fantasia arrogantly trampled our youngest. While mocking him for his crescent-shaped baldness. Is that something a human should do?”

Ah, that was definitely Hyeon-woo’s fault. I don’t know what he did outside, but mocking baldness is wrong.

But Eris had already prepared the best act. Pretending to be so shocked that she couldn’t breathe, she started gasping.

“Hic, hiik, keck! Keck…”

“Boss, this bastard is even pretending to be weak now?”

“Leave her be. This kind of bastard needs to get hit once to come to their senses…”

That’s when it happened.

Cough!

Eris suddenly coughed up blood. The girl and man were flustered as Eris coughed up blood without them doing anything.

And then Eris collapsed.

Since it’s impossible to cough up blood if it’s just an act, the girl and man broke out in cold sweat, confused.

“B-boss… Could it be that she’s really not the one? There’s no way a boss could be this weak.”

“Th-that can’t be! Her hair is snow-white and her eyes are red like a possessed person…”

“Patients with albinism look exactly like that. Weak body, coughing up blood, doesn’t it look like albinism to anyone?”

“Shit, we’re fucked! Does this mean we just raided a civilian home?”

“That bastard Half-moon Bear must have given us the wrong address!”

“Fuck, it’s not the time to talk about our youngest! We were never here, okay? Otherwise, the Five Great Factions will try to punish us and kill us!”

“Are you saying we should pretend not to know and leave this poor child? She’ll die if we leave her!”

“That’s true, but… Aah, this is driving me crazy. What the hell is this, trying to get revenge for the sake of loyalty?”

That’s when it happened.

Creeeeak…

As the door opened, a man with a huge body entered. His eyes were sharp, making him look very fierce. He didn’t look like he had a gentle personality at all, and his red eyes gave an eerie feeling.

The girl and man were clearly White Bear, the 1st ranked, and Fire Bear, the 2nd ranked of the Three Bears of Gangnam. But even they gulped nervously seeing the sharp gaze of the large man.

Followed by Eris’s feeble last words.

“Bro…ther…”

In that situation, there was only one thing White Bear could do.

“W-we didn’t do it! Please forgive us just this once!”

Kneeling down and begging desperately.

That was all White Bear could do.

Even if she’s a man inside, her outer appearance is that of a frail girl, so surely even a man with a nasty temper wouldn’t hit her.

But if that man is a mad dog for fighting, the story changes.

“You damn bitch dare to beat my sister?!”

Smack!

Saying that, Woo Hyeon-woo punched White Bear in the face.

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When I saw the three characters “Help me”, honestly my heart sank.

Did Carpe Diem attack Eris? Or was it someone else?

I don’t know, but it’s clear she’s in danger because I left Eris alone. Regretting leaving Eris alone and praying I wouldn’t be too late, I ran.

I had just opened up a lot and gotten closer to Eris while listening to her past. I couldn’t bear to lose Eris, who was as cute as a younger sister but also someone I served as a boss.

To think I’m feeling that same feeling again, like when I was running praying for mom’s safety when Chunsik was shooting up the PC bang.

With my heart feeling like it was about to burst, I opened the door, and what I saw was Eris collapsed on the floor with hot sauce smeared on her mouth, and,

『Title: White Bear of the Three Bears of Gangnam』
『Title: Fire Bear of the Three Bears of Gangnam』

The siblings of the Half-moon Bear I thoroughly beat up today were there. Is the girl White Bear and the man Fire Bear?

Judging from White Bear’s appearance, she’s definitely a possessed person. But White Bear didn’t shave her head. What kind of Shaolin rule is that, you crescent-shaped baldy bastard.

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Title: Fire Bear of the Three Bears of Gangnam

Rarity: D+

Description: He is the 2nd ranked bear among the Three Bears (Samung) of Gangnam Temple (3rd tier), a secular clan faction of Shaolin Temple (2nd tier), one of the 5 major factions of Murim Alliance (1st tier). It is said that he shaved his head because his hair burned off.

Combat Power: 230

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Title: White Bear of the Three Bears of Gangnam

Rarity: C-

Description: ……She is the 1st ranked bear among the Three Bears (Samung). She was called White Bear because her hair was completely gone, making her head snow-white. Now she seems grateful to have hair.

Combat Power: 310

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Wow, this is awesome. At this point, there’s no such thing as Shaolin rules or whatever, right? How can all three of them be bald?

Although one of them escaped it.

“Bro…ther…”

Just as I was about to be impressed by the baldness power of the Three Bears of Gangnam, Eris, with hot sauce smeared on her, called me brother in a dying voice.

Fire Bear and White Bear are flustered.

Although I can only use Situation Observation once a day so I couldn’t see how things unfolded, I can guess roughly.

First, these bastards are trespassers, I’m Eris’s brother, and Eris is a sickly girl.

Seeing that Eris is still safe, she must have lied pretending not to be Fantasia. But if they’re worried enough to mistake hot sauce for blood, how well must she have acted?

Still, it’s fortunate. My combat power is 190, so if I had fought them, there would have been no hope. How nice of them to voluntarily pay taxes like this.

“You damn bitch dare to beat my sister?!”

So, pretending to be angry, I hit White Bear in the face with all my might. Is it because she didn’t prepare noisily like that Half-moon Bear? Despite the 120 difference in combat power, White Bear collapsed to the floor after taking my punch.

『You have won against an opponent much tougher to beat. Your combat power increases quite a bit.』

Oh ho?

Checking my combat power, it increased by 100. That means my combat power is now 290. I’ve reached a combat power where I can beat Fire Bear in one go.

Situations where I can reap benefits like this won’t come often, so I should make the most of it. I swung my fist once more at White Bear, who was getting up while crying.

“Do you know how weak my sister’s body is?!”

Smack!

“Kwing!”

White Bear made a strange noise and collapsed to the floor. She didn’t make such a sound earlier. Is it a sound she only makes when it really hurts?

『You have won a fight. Your combat power increases modestly.』

When it says modestly, it seems to increase by 50. My combat power went from 290 to 340.

Then shall we try one more time?

Smack!

“Kweeeng!”

This time the scream sounded more desperate. It must be because my combat power is higher than hers now.

『You have won a fight against a weak enemy. Your combat power increases slightly.』

This time it’s 350. It seems combat power increases by 10 when it says slightly.

“P-please stop! We were wrong! If you want to hit someone, hit me instead of the boss!”

White Bear’s cheek burst open and she spat blood after taking a punch from 340 combat power. Seeing that sight, Fire Bear approached asking to be hit instead, his heart aching.

Well then, I have no choice. I’ll hit you.

Smack!

“Keeeck!”

Fire Bear collapsed to the floor, shaking violently in pain. I hope it’s not a concussion? He doesn’t seem to be getting stiff, so probably not.

『You have won against an opponent whose combat power is more than 70 below yours. You cannot gain combat power increase effect.』

What? If their combat power is more than 70 below mine, there’s no meaning in beating them?

Can I get an effect when it’s exactly 70 difference? I can’t know that either.

Then there’s no choice. I have to experiment.

My combat power is now 350, White Bear’s is 310.

“Let’s have you take exactly 4 more hits.”

I mercilessly beat up White Bear, who was trembling and begging for her life. It was pitiful to see the cute girl’s face getting ruined, but that’s not my problem.

After all, these bastards trespassed saying they’d crush Eris for revenge.

As my combat power kept increasing slightly like that, reaching 390, a message appeared saying I couldn’t increase my combat power any further. It seems combat power increases even with exactly 70 difference.

“Ku, kwieeeeng…”
“At this rate our boss will die… Please forgive us just once…”

Fire Bear is pressing his head to the floor begging to let his boss go, and White Bear’s cute face has swollen up so much it’s not cute at all anymore. But isn’t this what bears should be like? Or not.

“Ah, this is a bit late to say, but.”

Now shall we have a moment of truth?

“We are Fantasia. That’s Eris, and I’m Woo Hyeon-woo. Did your intelligence fall out along with your hair when you went bald? Falling for such an obvious lie. Stupid bald bears.”

At those words, Eris wiped off the hot sauce on her mouth and got up with a grin.

“I did well, right?!”