The Tutorial Is Too Hard Chapter 255:

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With her face so close, I felt scared to the point where  I couldn’t even think of anything else . Her icy but intense gaze made me believe that somehow, she was angry with me . I tried to avoid looking at her, but she was too close, so it wasn’t easy .

 

I opened my mouth with the thought of getting out of this situation somehow . “Well, there’s… You know…”

 

Although she had stopped talking, Park Jung-ah’s presence was still overwhelming . Her eyes, quietly staring into mine, began to inch closer . Confused, I raised my hand to cover my mouth .

 

Park Jung-ah’s soft lips touched the back of my hand, as I had swiftly blocked my lips . Her warm breath brushed over my skin, and she glared at me as if trying to convince me to remove my hand . The sight forced me to stay still, unable to breathe .

 

I wanted to run back, but unfortunately, a wall blocked my retreat . Attempting to push the wall, I leant back against it with all my strength, but the wall didn’t budge . Shit, what the **** was this wall made of? Even if I tried to run away from the side, Park Jung-ah’s hands were caging me . In the end, I couldn’t run away and had to block her lips with my hands, and my eyes shut tight .

 

After an excruciatingly long moment, Park Jung-ah took her mouth off my hand and stepped back .

 

Hah . Finally . Perhaps due to the excessive tension and stress, my legs felt weak, and I collapsed, leaning against the wall .

 

Park Jung-ah murmured, standing a few steps away from me, “You aren’t him . ”

 

“Yes . ”

 

Obviously! Why did you rush to conclusions without listening to people?

 

I wanted to scream out about my injustice, but I couldn’t . Park Jung-ah, who had stopped attacking me with her lips, began to express her anger, kicking and smashing all the things around her; the chairs, desks, vases, and the lights in this small room shattered .

 

A variety of objects broke as Park Jung-ah viciously kicked and knocked over furniture . It felt more frightening to see her silently and calmly kicking, rather than shouting and rioting wildly .

 

I’m scared .

 

[I’m scared, too . ] Ho-jae replied in the same way as I did .

 

That f*cking **** .

 

“Isn’t this all your fault? Whatever it is, you did wrong, so isn’t it normal for her to be angry?” I raged .

 

Ho-jae, who would usually answer, “Why is it my fault?”, was unexpectedly silent . Dude, this guy definitely had something to do with Park Jung-ah’s tantrum .

 

“Hey, what I need to talk to you about is this ring . You said I’m the one who’s a conduit, right?”

 

[Yes, I did . ]

 

I listened to Ho-jae and organized my thoughts . His words meant that anyone could communicate with Ho-jae through this ring as long as I was nearby .

 

[Yes, so you can just give her the ring later . ]

 

“No wonder you made this device into a ring . By the way, isn’t this ring too monotonous to present to a woman?”

 

[It can change its exterior design a little bit . ] Ho-jae explained .

 

“So it could do that, too . By the way, what did you do to make her so angry? I don’t recall much,” I questioned him .

 

[Well… well, there’s a lot of things . ]

 

Judging from Ho-jae’s soft voice, it was unlikely that he would elaborate . I didn’t know any details, but it was clear that he had done something wrong . Firstly, I waited for Park Jung-ah to calm down .

 

Park Jung-ah, who had been angry for a long time, lethargically approached me and sat down .  

 

“Is it true?” she said with a sigh .

 

“Yes, I’m his clone . Oh, but I’m not entirely the same as him . Different personalities, different thoughts . It’s better to call me his younger brother . ” To start off, I introduced myself .

 

“I should apologize to you . I’m so sorry . I got a little excited,” Park Jung-ah said frankly . “I feel better after kicking something . ”

 

“No, no . It’s okay . I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s his fault . ”

 

“Yes, it is . ” Park Jung-ah pushed the blame to Ho-jae, not specifying any more details . What the Hell did he do wrong?

 

We struck up a conversation about the bald man who had guided us since we entered the tournament, Baek Sung-woong, and the things that happened on the way . I heard the explanation of what would be done throughout the tournament . I was impressed by her kind and caring attitude that starkly contrasted the way she had just been beating up the surrounding objects . It felt like talking to a customer centre employee . Oh, of course, I had never met or spoken to a customer centre employee . It was just a feeling .

 

Upon hearing that she needed to take special care of Yong-yong and that my friend Seok-cheon could not be reached, Park Jung-ah replied that she would do everything possible to help me . In particular, I gave some examples of measures to use when taking care of Yong-yong, and asked again if it was okay to proceed in this way .

 

Park Jung-ah’s explanation ended by saying, “If you have any other questions or needs, you can ask Baek Sung-woong . ” And she asked me to have a drink with her if I had time in the evening .

 

“Yong-yong and I don’t drink . ”

 

“Because you’re a minor?”

 

“N- No, that’s not,” I stammered .

 

Park Jung-ah said, “I don’t plan on giving alcohol to Yong-yong, who looks like a young child, so I’ll prepare a non-alcoholic drink for him . ”

Before leaving the room, I gave the ring to Park Jung-ah .

 

“Take this ring . You can talk to Ho-jae with this . ”

 

Park Jung-ah murmured as she fidgeted with the ring, a sullen look on her face, “We can have a conversation through messages…”

 

“You’ll be able to hear his voice, unlike in a message,” I explained .

 

Park Jung-ah nodded her head slowly . “Yes, I can hear your voice . I mean, how does this work? Can I just talk with the ring on? Oh, really?” She spoke aloud, touching the ring .

 

It seemed that Ho-jae was answering through the ring .

 

“Then I’ll be going,” I said to her .

 

I left Park Jung-ah, who was obsessed with the ring and slipped out of the room . Before I left the room, I saw Park Jung-ah bowing her head slightly . It seemed to me that there was a sense of regret and gratitude for me . She bid me farewell with a warm expression and closed the door .

 

“Hey, Lee Ho-jae . ” Park Jung-ah spoke out, her voice cut off as the door closed .

 

Just before the door closed with a thud, I somehow felt that she was about to start swearing, but I ignored it .

 

“Uncle!”

 

As soon as I saw Yong-yong, who was on Baek Sung-woong’s back, I hugged him . I had wondered if he’d even come after me, but it was good that he didn’t . If Yong-yong had come in, it would have been a complicated situation .

 

“Uncle, who was that?” Yong-yong asked, pointing to the door .

I couldn’t tell if he asked because I was taken there or because of the conversation that had taken place there . If it were for Yong-yong, he would have heard the discussion even with the room’s soundproofing, which added to his question .

 

I felt embarrassed to answer Yong-yong’s question . At times like this, I would usually have to ask Ho-jae, but there was no way to because he was talking to Park Jung-ah .

 

“That’s- Well- I’ll tell you later . ”

 

I was not yet ready to explain to Yong-yong about the complicated family history even more so because it was a story that I didn’t know well either .

 

* * * * * *

 

[Lee Yeon-hee]

 

“It’s not worth it,” I said, looking at the four men standing on the narrow **** . To be honest, it was annoying .

 

“Ignore whatever the girl says, we just have to do our job,” one of them said .

 

“What do you want?”

 

Of course, it was apparent what this group’s goal was after they blocked the middle of the road to the tournament area and started a quarrel, but I asked them out of courtesy .

 

“Hell’s difficulty challenger, Lee Yeon-hee, the second in history to have information about the level of competence that the challenger on the 60th floor possesses . We want information on him . ”

“Who exactly wants to know about him?” I wondered what kind of person would tempt fate to take a closer look at the power of a Hell’s difficulty challenger .  

 

“I can’t tell you that . To be honest, you wouldn’t be able to memorize all the names even if I listed it for you . ” 

 

“There must be a lot of people interested in him,” I commented .

 

“Of course . It’s said that the 61st floor can only be cleared with two people . That means if both of you are on the 61st floor, you could clear it quickly . ”

 

His words made me feel worse . The man was spouting random things .

 

“There are many people who support this, but there are also many who are anxious . And there are more who want to know what changes this will bring and how to cope with them,” he continued .

 

Somehow, his words made me feel sick with every passing minute . They weren’t strange, but they still felt so disgusting and insignificant .

 

“Is it worth your life?” I questioned .

 

At my words, the man covered his mouth and laughed, but this was not a laughing matter . What was he laughing for?

 

“I’m confident I’ll live somehow . These friends here have been promised enough rewards even if they die,” he replied, laughing .

 

“Really?”

 

“Right . Now, shall we get started?” The man asked cheerfully .

 

I decided to act .

 

“Kill . ”

 

With my move, the spirits that had settled in the brains of the four men began to move . The spirits that had entered the enemies’ nose with fine dust accumulated in the brain, melted it, neutralized the enemy, and finished their work .

 

There was nothing strange about the four men falling down on the floor like puppets with broken strings . I tapped their bodies with my feet, making sure they were unconscious .

 

“Incinerate them so that no one knows what happened . ”

 

Leaving behind the bodies of four men, which began to burn quietly, I continued to walk down the mountainous path .

 

* * *

 

The tournament was divided into sections for each dimension and server within the dimension .

 

The tournament itself was integrated at all levels, but it was quite a troublesome process to meet people on different levels .

 

The Korean server was connected to a global integration server, and other levels of integrated servers were linked to global integration servers .

 

Therefore, if you wanted to move to a different server, you would have to move from a Korean server to a globally integrated server, from that globally integrated server to a third-level integrated server, from that third-level integrated server to an individual server at another level .

 

A total of three server portals must be passed .

 

There were even individual restrictions and rules to pass through the portal . In some dimensions, rules were already established within the tournament, while some newer dimensions chose to follow the existing rules . The Earth’s, especially our Korean server, was on that side .

 

That’s why I had to enter the tournament’s integrated zone with the permission of the Order of Vigilance, the organization that managed Korea’s allocated zone . It was not too difficult, so far . If you had a criminal record within the Tutorial or were subjected to investigation, the Order of Vigilance gave you the right to enter the globally integrated area after a brief review .

 

Compared to the many gates to pass, the gates to Earth’s integrated server were among the simplest unless you had a prickly relationship with the member of the Order of Vigilance in charge of the gate .

 

“This is the first time I’ve seen you,” a voice called out, and I turned around .

 

I was annoyed to see Park Jung-ah standing in front of me, greeting me . “Hello . ”

 

It seemed to me that she was deliberately provoking me . As soon as I saw her, I saw that she had hidden her hands behind her back hurriedly . There was a ring on her finger that was clearly emanating Ho-jae’s power .

 

“You want to move to an integrated server?”

 

“Yes,” I answered shortly .

 

“May I ask why?”

 

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