Episode 111
The waiting room of the stadium where silence flows.
Yooseong Shin thought while looking at Siwoo Lee in the monitor.
‘The atmosphere has changed.’
Siwoo Lee threw down his gun and grabbed the momentum against Sakura. Although she didn’t know the details, there was a reason Sakura could never give up on Lee Siu’s proposal.
And all of these changes started when Lee Si-woo took up the gun.
‘As expected, Siwoo’s main weapon. It wasn’t a bow.’
Shin Yoo-seong noticed to some extent. Compared to his breathing and concentration, Lee Si-woo’s archery skills were poor.
In other words, the story of using other weapons before using the bow.
However, Lee Si-woo put aside that situation and took out a pistol he didn’t normally use and used it.
Shin Yoo-seong thought that making Lee Si-woo a party member was the correct answer.
‘Siwoo’s power… is not simply dependent on his characteristics.’
Like Shin Yoo-seong’s training, Lee Si-woo was a case of creating strength through training.
Through combat and experience, if the characteristics you possess are strengthened and your mana increases, you can become a differentiated hunter as a shooter.
‘But that’s probably the same for the Japanese team’s Sakura.’
Sakura continued to train her basic archery skills as well as her attributes. Sakura’s archery was undoubtedly perfect.
However, unlike Shin Yoo-seong, who analyzes his skills, Sumire seems to be curious about the relationship between Lee Si-woo and Sakura.
“…What’s the relationship between you two?”
Sumire, who was next to her, asked cautiously. Shin Yoosung smiled lightly.
“well.”
Shin Yoo-seong did not even guess what the relationship between Lee Si-woo and Sakura was.
“But one thing is certain.”
However, Sakura’s swaying eyes confirmed it.
“…Sakura will accept Shiu’s proposal.”
So far, Shin Yuseong’s predictions have never been wrong.
* * *
A corner of the Echo Forest.
“You…”
Sakura glared at Ishiu and frowned. Lee Si-woo replied with a calm face.
It was a contrast to Sakura, who clearly showed anger even though she was patient. However, Lee Si-woo spoke very leisurely even when Sakura was at stake.
“If I get a gun, that is. It’s not meant to suit you. It’s all for the sake of my party’s victory. okay?”
Lee Si-woo smiles and picks.
Sakura bit her teeth hard.
‘…I’m sure he’s watching.’
National competitions are televised all over the world. It was clear that her father was watching over Sakura from somewhere.
As taught in his childhood, he has always honed and polished his archery skills. Sakura wanted to prove her skills in this match and proudly tell her father.
you’re not wrong
To do so, he had to accept Lee Si-woo’s proposal. Defeating an unarmed opponent could not prove anything and meant nothing.
“…do you think I’ll accept the offer?”
Sakura’s cold voice.
Lee Si-woo smiled smirkingly and shrugged his shoulders.
“well? if you use the trait. I feel like I’m going to lose even if I pick up a gun anyway. I don’t want to carry a gun for a losing fight. There is a reason for this as well.”
Lee Si-woo said as he picked up a handgun that had fallen on the floor and dusted off the dirt.
“answer quickly. Promise not to use the talent, and I will scatter from here with a pistol. Then I’ll pounce on you.”
Lee Si-woo skillfully spun the pistol in the air and spoke in a soft voice.
“If you don’t like my proposal, shoot now. …Of course, what happened at the dojo won’t be repaid in the rest of my life.”
A word that drives Lee Si-woo’s wedge.
Sakura struggled to open her mouth.
“…good. I’m not going to use the feature. Go ahead with all your might.”
“Yes, I only compete with marksmanship.”
Lee Si-woo smiles.
Like the promise, shooters’ 1v1 is always 20 steps. The two moved slowly, step by step, like western cowboys.
‘You really got my offer.’
The reason Shiwoo Lee was able to bet on the match was because he was able to recall Sakura’s expression at the dojo.
Sakura, carrying her school bag, shouted, “Don’t treat archery as an idiot.” When he was young, Siwoo Lee was fascinated by Sakura.
‘How can you be serious about something like that, whether it’s archery or shooting?’
To Lee Si-woo, shooting was a terrible memory. I couldn’t find a single bit of pride in Sakura’s archery skills from Lee Siu.
‘…To be provoked like this in a national competition just because of pride.’
No matter how you think about it, you are a fool among fools.
However, Siwoo Lee felt very uncomfortable. I couldn’t relate to a single thing about Sakura’s feelings at the dojo. My heart felt strangely heavy.
What if Sakura loses to herself?
What would happen if his own bullet, which he had no pride in, pierced Sakura beautifully?
will i cry
Should I give up my bow?
Will I hate archery?
What kind of face would Sakura say to her father whom she saw at the dojo?
With each step he took, Siwoo Lee’s thoughts deepened.
‘…Don’t think about it. I’m a member of Yoosung’s party. The victory or defeat of the battle depended on my bullet.’
Lee Si-woo is trained to the limit when it comes to shooting. So, whether it was in the polar region or in the tropical rain forest, Lee Si-woo had the confidence to shoot well if he had a gun.
But this was the first time I felt guilty in my heart.
It was disgusting to Lee Shiu to have Sakura’s pride in archery be crushed with her own bullets, which she had turned away from shooting.
‘Something resembles it. …No, exactly the opposite.’
Lee Si-woo hated his authoritative father more than anyone else. It reminded me of the painful training just holding the pistol.
Not a single memory came to mind of him taking the pistol as his pride or pride.
But Sakura respected her father more than anyone else. Archery was considered a matter of pride.
Ironically, the two are so similar yet so different.
nineteen steps.
twenty steps.
However, Siwoo Lee unconsciously took a step further.
Considering Lee Si-woo’s marksmanship, it was an unimaginable mistake.
“ah!”
After a short cry of death, Lee Si-woo turned his body. Unsurprisingly, Sakura, who had already taken twenty steps, was pulling the strings with all her might.
Zuzujw-!
However, even for a moment, Lee Si-woo took a stance in an instant. If it wasn’t shaken, this confrontation would be Lee Si-woo’s perfect victory.
But is it because I neglected shooting for too long? Lee Si-woo’s finger on the trigger hesitated.
[Don’t treat archery as an idiot!]
An opponent that was only a childhood encounter.
[A bow! Even with archery! You can become as strong as you like!]
Siwoo Lee clenched his teeth.
Holding a gun but hesitating is something that will never happen. Lee Si-woo thought it was certain that his head was broken.
However, Siwoo Lee could not pull the trigger to the end.
He complained about his situation and fell into a halfway trouble.
Sakura ran with only her archery as her pride.
‘…Kuh.’
Lee Si-woo’s fingers did not allow him to pull the trigger.
grasp-!
An arrow pierced right into Lee Si-woo’s head. In an instant, the barrier scattered like fragments in the blurred vision.
[100% of the barrier has been destroyed]
[0% of the remaining barrier]
What is visible in Siwoo Lee’s last field of vision is a message from a hologram. His marksmanship was superior, but strangely, Lee Si-woo did not regret losing.
Although he had the ability to beat Sakura, he didn’t have the qualifications to beat Sakura. The current win or loss was the result.
‘…Damn it.’
The fallen Siwoo Lee was engulfed in light and disappeared.
