Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

Before the school trip, Yeom Jun-yeol spoke to the student council officers who were expressing doubts about the suspicious behavior of the faculty members.

“―Two hundred is not a small number. Two hundred students are looking forward to Eun Gwang High’s school event. Whatever the faculty plans, we’ll handle it.”

At those words, all the officers in the student council room trusted Yeom Jun-yeol enough to feel reassured.

Yeom Jun-yeol was kind and well-respected, and was exceptional among his peers, possessing the power to make his words a reality.

But kindness, respect, and excellence could not escape the evil involved.

That day, a volcano erupted, causing a great loss of life.

When the faculty members participating in the school trip were announced, the number of students dropped from 200 to 150, but during the descent, the volcanic eruption struck, killing dozens.

The cause of the volcanic eruption was blamed on Yeom Jun-yeol and other students of Eun Gwang High.

[Disaster Brought by the Arrogance of Prestigious School Students]

[Power of the Red Dragon Triggers Volcanic Eruption, Causing Catastrophe]

[Rampaging Red Dragon Brings Disaster and Sacrifices Even the Anjungjigye]

Provocative articles poured out as if waiting, condemning Yeom Jun-yeol.

Fans grieving the loss of the Red Dragon were powerless, and though some fans actively tried to defend him, public opinion shifted as footage of Yeom Jun-yeol on the verge of rampage was released.

The Red Dragon was a beloved star player, but in this world, many more people had no interest in stars but wanted to heap curses and blame when disasters occurred.

The Eun Gwang High students present that day believed in Yeom Jun-yeol.

But the bereaved families of the students who died in the eruption came in crowds, sobbing and condemning the Red Dragon, and there was no confidence to reason with them.

‘...I relied too much on the two of them. That’s why we were caught up in a conspiracy beyond their power.’

Gwak Kyung-gu guarded the joint memorial altar set up in the central area of Eun Gwang High with a haggard face.

Since returning from the school trip, Gwak Kyung-gu had stayed there continuously.

Partly to mourn the departed students, but also because there were people who kept tearing or breaking Yeom Jun-yeol’s memorial photos and tablets.

There were even some who openly incited on the general bulletin board to remove Yeom Jun-yeol’s name from the joint altar, though fortunately their posts failed to gain much support, but the violent acts never ceased.

Inside the school, Gwak Kyung-gu’s presence was enough to keep order, but the problem was outside.

“Jun-yeol...”

Gwak Kyung-gu trembled with helplessness.

Outside the school—in online communities, news article comments, and at the altar—horrible and disgusting things were happening beyond words.

The public opinion attacking Yeom Jun-yeol was so fierce that even the dragon race and the Red Lion could do nothing; many fabricated falsehoods, distorted facts, and made crude mockeries, desecrating the deceased for their amusement.

“Brother Kyung-gu, today is the funeral day for Dong-ha and Jin-seung. We’ll guard this place. Please go.”

When Gwak Kyung-gu looked up, Joo Suhyuk and Andain were there.

If those two guarded the place, he could feel at ease.

They would block attacks from students, but the problem was the teachers.

As if reading Gwak Kyung-gu’s thoughts, Andain said,

“Don’t worry. Teacher Ham Geun is on campus today.”

“Teacher Ham Geun is the advisor of the student discipline committee. He’d want to see Dong-ha’s procession...”

Then Joo Suhyuk, who was in the same discipline committee, said,

“You know that he’d rather see you go than go himself. I think the same. Since I already met with the teacher once, Kyung-gu, you should go see them off.”

Joo Suhyuk’s words and the consideration from him and Teacher Ham Geun moved Gwak Kyung-gu.

Since the school trip, he had lost trustworthy teachers, and only a few remained he could rely on.

Gwak Kyung-gu staggered and got up.

“...Thank you.”

Yeom Jun-yeol’s funeral was held secretly according to the dragon race’s customs.

Meanwhile, Cheon Dong-ha, Ma Jin-seung, and other Eun Gwang High students followed ordinary funeral procedures.

Gwak Kyung-gu recalled the last conversations with those who had departed.

To Ma Jin-seung, he had told him to stop provoking Yeom Jun-yeol, and to Yeom Jun-yeol and Cheon Dong-ha, he said he would trust their judgment.

‘As student council president, I relied on the two of them completely. I thought it was strange. I thought it was dangerous to go!’

In the cases of Cheon Dong-ha and Ma Jin-seung, it was officially ruled that they were caught in Yeom Jun-yeol’s rampage.

Gwak Kyung-gu did not believe it.

He had seen photos blurred with mosaic of Yeom Jun-yeol wrapped in flames and covered in scales, and of Cheon Dong-ha and Ma Jin-seung—clearly corpses—together.

He did not believe even the scorch marks on Cheon Dong-ha’s eyes.

Even if Yeom Jun-yeol had truly gone berserk, he believed he would never have harmed those two.

However, the media claimed it was a fait accompli that Yeom Jun-yeol rampaged and killed his classmates, citing the competition for first place with Cheon Dong-ha and his ruthless treatment of Ma Jin-seung.

“Here. You came...”

Heard Heo Chae-ah’s voice.

Gwak Kyung-gu’s face was quite battered, but Heo Chae-ah looked so gaunt that she resembled a skeleton.

Some blamed Gwak Kyung-gu and Heo Chae-ah for the casualties among Eun Gwang High students that day.

Because the incident happened while they were leading the descent.

‘I am the student council president, but she was just drafted to that position...’

Gwak Kyung-gu thought Heo Chae-ah’s pain stemmed solely from guilt, but the reality was different.

After Yeom Jun-yeol and Cheon Dong-ha disappeared, the threats from Choi Pyeon-deuk’s group intensified greatly.

They had not only videos and photos of Heo Chae-ah but also of other students.

They claimed that if she didn’t obey, they would release others’ as well, and if released, it would all be her fault—a ridiculous argument.

But mentally cornered, Heo Chae-ah had no strength to point out the flawed logic.

‘Dong-ha’s funeral hall is lonely.’

Cheon Dong-ha’s funeral hall was piled with expensive condolence wreaths at first glance.

The ribbons bore the names of well-known business magnates.

But hardly any family or relatives were present, and Eun Gwang High students filled the seats.

Next, Ma Jin-seung’s funeral hall was less flashy, but the family presence was greater.

“So, just an interview...”

“No! Get out! What are you doing?”

Despite attempts by funeral staff to stop them, a presumed reporter was relentless.

He shouted at a middle-aged couple who bore some resemblance to Ma Jin-seung.

“We couldn’t contact the Anjungjigye family! If the Red Dragon’s bereaved family doesn’t condemn Yeom Jun-yeol, who else will?”

Knowing their intention made Gwak Kyung-gu feel like vomiting.

The Cheon family had decided to observe mourning but refrain from comments.

They planned to avoid conflict with the dragon race and Red Lion on behalf of the deceased.

So, instead of the silent chaebol family, it was clear they intended to use Ma Jin-seung’s ordinary family to create news.

“Our son liked the Red Dragon. No matter what anyone says, he wouldn’t want it.”

Though exhausted from crying, their will was clear.

The reporters were dragged away by staff, and Ma Jin-seung’s parents never condemned the Red Dragon.

Regardless of public opinion, they trusted their son to the end.

But such small wills could not change the larger flow.

‘If this continues, the players will revolt.’

Even if Yeom Jun-yeol was brutally killed by the player assassination law, he would be treated like a hero.

Players were leaving or losing trust in the government and society.

The Red Dragon and Red Lion would be the catalysts.

Gwak Kyung-gu wanted to throw everything away and join Yeom Jun-yeol’s revenge.

But the last words of the hunting dog, ‘At least live until you hand over the position to the next student council president,’ kept him tied to the school.

“Because of the student council, what happened on the school trip! What we need now are new people, not officers of the corrupt student council!”

When the student council election began, an unexpected candidate surfaced.

Gwak Kyung-gu knew well the candidate, who had been tormenting Andain, a fellow student council member.

The candidate was a student who had Choi Pyeon-deuk’s backing and bullied Andain.

This student boldly claimed that the cause of the tragedy lay with the rampaging student council officer Yeom Jun-yeol and the student council president Gwak Kyung-gu who guided the evacuation.

Though these words did not resonate with most third-year students who had closely observed Yeom Jun-yeol and Gwak Kyung-gu, many of those voters had died or dropped out, resulting in a small number of voters.

Moreover, the opposing candidates were weak.

Choi Pyeon-deuk’s group had been suppressing strong candidates like Andain and Joo Suhyuk since their first year, so most couldn’t even run.

Other candidates were no different.

The school atmosphere was a mess, and amidst it, the first- and second-year students, vaguely uneasy, were quickly drawn to the seemingly plausible words of this candidate.

Additionally, manipulating public opinion through the general bulletin board’s all-out negative campaigns, no other candidate could withstand it.

‘Did they fail last time, so now they’re being thorough?’

Gwak Kyung-gu, who had experienced elections, saw it clearly.

Though there was no concrete evidence, some great force was playing with Eun Gwang High.

In the end, a student backed by Choi Pyeon-deuk, not from the student council, became the next student council president.

Gwak Kyung-gu was gripped by terrible despair.

He mechanically prepared the handover, but seeing the next student council president discard all records of the corrupt student council and appoint his friends as student council officers gave him a dizzy feeling.

Next year at Eun Gwang High was certain to be a disaster.

Far worse than this year or last.

There were so many departed Eun Gwang High students to mourn, yet the world around Gwak Kyung-gu was changing fast and darkly.

“Brother Kyung-gu, I have something to discuss.”

One day, Joo Suhyuk secretly called him.

Though the student council was ruined, the Jiikhoe was disbanded, and the general club association was barely functioning, the discipline committee was different.

Though Cheon Dong-ha and Ma Jin-seung had left, advisor Ham Geun-hyung was alive, and Joo Suhyuk remained.

Due to his history of killing a classmate, Joo Suhyuk could not become head of the discipline committee, but he supported it as a member.

“Discipline committee building?”

“Yes. It’s safe there.”

Gwak Kyung-gu didn’t know what ‘safe’ meant exactly but followed Joo Suhyuk.

People had already gathered in the discipline committee building.

Andain, Maeng Hyo-don, Guseulbi, Moon Saeron, Park Seunghyun, Cha Seokwon, and someone new.

Though their common thread was unknown, it was clear Joo Suhyuk had gathered reliable people from Eun Gwang High with all his strength.

‘That newcomer looks formidable. Seems like a swordsman. Not wearing a school uniform, so maybe faculty...’

The person glanced coldly at Gwak Kyung-gu, then silently watched Joo Suhyuk.

“I wanted to bring in Teacher Ham Geun, but he’s currently on a business trip. I’ll introduce him later. First, I want to show you something.”

Joo Suhyuk showed something on a hologram.

Gwak Kyung-gu’s eyes widened.

It was Cheon Dong-ha’s last will.

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