The Man with Hypnotic Powers Doesn’t Hold Back the Second Time Around

Chapter 133

Alice, who was under the mental control of Complete Hypnosis.  
Her consciousness returned only after arriving at the academy.  
In other words, for Alice, it felt like she was kissing Yujin and then suddenly found herself in an unexpected place.

At that moment, she felt a brief sense of confusion, but…

‘Huh? I was kissing Yujin. Why am I at the academy…?’

-Ding.  
[The status anomaly 'hypnosis' causes cognitive impairment.]

‘Right! I must have been shocked because of that memory. That’s why I ran away!!’

The direct brainwashing carried out by Complete Hypnosis handling '???'  
It was so powerful that it couldn’t easily be broken by ordinary discomfort.

So, Alice pieced together what had happened.  
Ah, I kissed Yujin, right?  
But then suddenly a strange memory came to mind—one of spending a year with Yujin.  
Because of that, it seemed Yujin panicked and hurriedly ran away.  
She was so surprised that she couldn’t even remember how she left.

‘The reason I came directly to the academy… Right, Sia! Sia also kissed Yujin!! I need to ask her!!’

This realization followed.

Sia had been overflowing with confidence for a while now.  
As if she were secretly dating Yujin.  

Though she couldn’t understand why…  
What if Sia had kissed Yujin first?  
And remembered something similar to me, leading her to date Yujin like I did?

[What was it like during the entrance exam? Even though we were meeting for the first time, didn’t you feel a strange sense of familiarity afterward?]  

‘Could it be that remark?!’

Once she thought that way, many things began to make sense.

During the S-rank gate raid, Sia had tested her in a way.  
At the time, Alice had been puzzled about why she was saying that…  
But thinking back now?

‘I need to ask Sia if she was testing me back then!’

-Huff.

Having finished her thoughts, Alice hurriedly moved her feet.  
Her destination was Sia’s accommodation.  
The purpose was…

-Creak.

“Who is it…?”  
“S-Sia! Did you, uh, happen to have a strange memory when you kissed Yujin?”

Interrogation. Confirming whether her suspicions were true.  
A mixture of pleasure and annoyance appeared on Sia's face.

-Grin.  
‘You didn’t waste any time, huh?’

The thought of finally uncovering the truth she had been worried about excited her.

‘But really, Yujin. You went and kissed another girl, huh? Though I let it slide, it’s still a bit infuriating, isn’t it?’

Even so, the thought of Yujin kissing another girl irritated her.

Although Yujin had already received permission from Sia about the hotel incident,  
She had also allowed it knowing it would turn out this way.  
Regardless, it was something she couldn’t help but feel annoyed about.

“You saw it too? That memory.”  
“Sia, you saw it too!?”  
“Yeah… but first, come in. This isn’t something to discuss in the hallway.”

Of course, there was no reason for Sia to be angry with Alice.  
So, she quickly ushered her inside.  
Internally, she vowed, ‘Yujin, just wait until you come back. I’ll torment you for at least 10 minutes—’

Thus, the two women sat facing each other…

“Doesn’t it seem like Yujin is from the future?”  
“…Huh?”  
“It’s common in web novels, isn’t it? Regressors. People who come back from the future. I think Yujin is one of them.”

—Sia suddenly laid out her conclusion.

The fact that Yujin had kissed them and the suspicions that had arisen over the past few weeks.  
Without evidence, they had kept quiet, but with the additional evidence of Alice, she became convinced.  
Seoyujin is a regressor.

Alice’s eyes widened in shock.

“So, you mean Yujin traveled back in time from the future?”  
“That’s right. Presumably, only his consciousness.”

Afterward, Sia began diligently explaining her hypothesis.

All of Yujin’s accomplishments thus far.  
The strange knowledge that had emerged endlessly.  
Up until now, they had explained it away as his EX-class unique talent…  
But what if they added the assumption that he was a regressor?

“You and Yujin shot that pine needle advertisement, right?  
“Yeah… no way?”  
“He must have experienced it in the future. He probably knew an A-rank gate would break out there. He was trying to solve it.”

So many things started to make sense.  
The fact that he had resolved the A-rank gate immediately on-site.  
During the Winter Terror incident, how he had pinpointed the locations of all the bombs she had hidden.  
If he had experienced those events in the future, it was all plausible.

Even Alice, who had been skeptical at first, began to see the light.

“If that’s the case, our memories…?”  
“Would be the future that Yujin experienced. A very infuriating future where he was dating both of us.”  
“Yujin? Dating both of us?”  
“Yeah. He might even be dating three of us.”

In front of them, Sia opened her mouth with irritation.

According to the memories they recalled, he was a piece of trash who had been diligently dating both Alice and Sia.  
Fortunately, he hadn’t used hypnosis much since that first time. Though the first hypnosis didn’t have a huge effect…  
Just the act of dating two women was bad enough.

“He mentioned that he had someone he liked among the three of us. At first, I thought he was just being silly… but what if it was a build-up?”  
“Could it be that Ninomiya also kissed Yujin?!”  
“It’s not in the memories I recall. After the first year, it became sparse.”

Even Yujin had said that.  
Yusiah. Alice. Aika.  
He had someone he liked among these three.

Until now, she had thought it was obviously one of the three, but wait? There are already two?

…Then what about the remaining one, Aika?

“I-I’m really annoyed, but you know? I could let you off the hook. If Yujin likes you as much as he likes me, I could forgive you.”  
“Sia…”  
“But! That thirty-two-year-old woman is absolutely off-limits! If Ninomiya gets reckless, it could ruin everything!”  

At this point, Sia was fuming.  
Her expression was a mixture of anger and fear.

As she thought,  
‘How can I win against this vixen? Even I can’t take on a strategic nuclear weapon.’

Alice was okay with sharing Yujin.  
After all, Yujin would be living in Korea. She was a second-generation chaebol, an executive of the Cheonhwa clan.  
Dealing with a foreign vixen wouldn’t be a problem.

But what about Ninomiya Aika?  
Currently ranked S-class number one. A walking strategic nuclear weapon.  
She was a truly powerful awakener at the level of national power.

What if she and Yujin became entangled?  
What if she also recalled 'that memory' as they had?  

Sia couldn’t handle it.  
If a thirty-two-year-old strategic nuclear weapon fell in love and went on a rampage, no one could stop her.

-Hehe.

‘Our disciple. No, Yujin. Calling me Aika makes it feel like we’re a newlywed couple… ?’

…In reality, while she was thinking this, they were both giggling.  
If they saw how happy she was just to be called by name, her thoughts might change.  
Ah, this is why I’ve been single until this age—

But they would have no way of knowing this.  
Following Sia, Alice’s face also filled with a sense of crisis.

‘It’s true that Ninomiya is cohabitating with Yujin. But what if this memory comes to mind…?’

-Surprise.

‘Every day is a sex party!! It won’t stop until I get pregnant!!’

The fact that she felt a sense of crisis was very much her style, but anyway.  
The eyes of the two women met.

“So, just to confirm, you like Yujin?”  
“Yes. I love him.”  
“If Yujin said he would date both you and me, would you agree?”  
“Honestly, I’d hate it, but if I’m going to be dumped….”  
“Then what about Ninomiya?”  
“Ninomiya is off-limits! Yujin would be raped!”

“……? That’s possible.”  

The two quickly came to an agreement.  
They reluctantly acknowledged each other, but Aika was in a slightly different situation.  
In the year’s worth of memories they recalled, she had not been included.  
How dare she butt in on a subject she had no part in?

“There are too many of us in the first place. I could forgive up to two, but three is just trash.”  
“Exactly! There can be FFm threesomes, but no FFFm foursomes!!”  
“……? I don’t know

 what that means, but anyway.”

Then Sia stretched her hand across the table.  
It was a request for a handshake, meaning they should cooperate in front of the strongest competitor.  

For Alice, it was a proposal she had no reason to refuse.

-Squish.

“I look forward to working with you, Yusiah.”  
“Let’s do well together, Alice Rittenwood.”

Thus, a partnership was formed.  
A union that could rightly be called the Anti-Aika Alliance.

-Smile.

‘Once I handle Ninomiya, getting rid of this vixen will be easy. Yujin will ultimately be mine.’  
‘I don’t know about Ninomiya, but Sia isn’t my match. For now, should I act friendly with her?’

…Despite calling it an alliance, they were both thinking about how to stab the other in the back.

-Rolling.

‘Disciple, I wonder when you’ll become the S-class number one~ Hurry up and come marry your teacher~.’

Both were wary of Aika, who had been single for 32 years.  
Not only would she not take the first step, but she was a fool who just waited for someone else to confess.

Even without this alliance, Aika wouldn’t have been the one to pounce on Yujin first.  
But Sia and Alice, who had already taken the plunge, were completely unaware.

* * *

After creating what seemed to be the most crucial yet utterly useless alliance.  
The two entered casual conversation mode.  
Naturally, the topic was Yujin.

“By the way, it’s amazing that Yujin is a regressor.”  
“Right? Well, I’m glad he remained solid even after regressing.”

Neither of them cared much about the fact that Yujin was a regressor.

If he had used that future knowledge for selfish reasons, that would be one thing. But what had he done so far?  
Gate raids. Advising Ggong on the recovery of Vietnam.  
Stopping terrorism. Catching villains.

He had even published recent papers and whatnot, but didn’t he give that away for free without accepting money?

In this case, they had no particular reason to question his regression.  
Whatever the reason, he must have had a purpose behind it.  
This belief formed in them.

“But… why did he regress?”  
“Huh?”  
“When you see these kinds of novels, there’s usually a reason. The world was destroyed, or he was betrayed and died.”

The only thing they were curious about was one.  
What was the reason he regressed? What was Yujin’s purpose?

It was a perfectly reasonable question, but…

“I don’t really know, but I don’t think there’s a need to pry into it.”  
“What? Why?”  
“It’s Yujin. If he could have told us, he would have done so already. If he needed help with something, he would have asked us to help.”  
“…Right. This kind of thing is usually a cliché where they can’t speak.”

They decided not to pry any further.

Alice, with her characteristic broad and rich understanding.  
Sia, with the intuition of a romance fantasy reader.  
They thought they would eventually be told—so for now, they would let it slide.

“Okay. We’re understanding people, so let’s just let it go for now.”

Then Sia evaluated herself.  
Ah. I’m such an understanding woman.  
Even when my boyfriend kissed another girl, I let it slide calmly.  
I’d even turn a blind eye until he decided to share the secret of regression.

Truly, she was a woman with a big heart.

“Dad, I brought Yujin… huh? Who are you?”  
“Hey there! I’m Sibylla, heading up the US side of this research collab.”  
“Um… nice to meet you?”  
“So, quick question— that cute guy over there? Mind if I snatch him for a bit?”  
“……Seoyujin, you dog! Were you flirting even abroad!!!?”

—The very next day.  
Her benevolence was shattered by an American thief.