Revenge with the Power of the Final Boss-Chapter 116

It didn’t stop there.

He remembered his fight with Ham Kang-min. He had launched a surprise attack on the villain but had been struck down, his arm broken in the process.

Helpless and incapacitated, it was Lee Ha-yeon’s attack that had ultimately defeated Ham Kang-min.

He had witnessed her beam of light piercing through Ham Kang-min’s body and exploding in the sky, yet he had refused to accept it. Unable to reconcile the idea of someone he deemed weaker surpassing him, he had distorted the truth, claiming credit for her achievement and announcing it to the world.

“What have I done?”

The weight of his actions crashed down on him. The lies, the delusions, the harm he had caused—all of it suffocated him.

But the heaviest burden of all was yet to come.

“Hyung…”

Kim Ho-jun’s true identity was none other than his older brother, Baek Seo-jun.

Baek Seo-jun stood before him now, with his icy red eyes fixed coldly on him. Beside him, Seomun Ye-jin shared the same frigid gaze.

With the conditioning that had justified his actions now removed, Baek Seo-jin had no choice but to confront the truth.

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“Ye-jin noona… hates me.”

Of course, she did. How could she not? He had drowned in his delusions, spewing nonsense and pursuing a woman who was already married.

And worse, her husband was his own brother.

Even if he hadn’t known Kim Ho-jun’s identity, his actions were still unforgivable. He had tried to take a woman away from the man she loved, driven solely by his selfish desires.

Seomun Ye-jin had been his first love, and he still loved her. Deep down, he wanted her to be his.

But it had always been just a fantasy—one he had allowed to warp into something destructive.

He had declared war on Kim Ho-jun in front of countless students and publicly expressed his hostility toward him.

And now, the world knew that Kim Ho-jun was his own brother, Baek Seo-jun. He had called his own brother a disgrace and a villain in front of everyone.

“No… no!”

As the truth overwhelmed him, Baek Seo-jin felt as if he were plummeting into an abyss.

He remembered branding Baek Seo-jun a disgrace for things as trivial as not eating meals with the family, shopping alone, or eating in the staff dining hall.

Now, free of the rationalizations that had shielded him, he could see the truth behind those memories.

It was all discrimination.

His parents had blatantly mistreated Baek Seo-jun, showing him no love or affection, while showering Baek Seo-jin with favoritism. And Baek Seo-jin had accepted it all as normal.

Convinced his loving parents could do no wrong, he had condemned Baek Seo-jun as a monstrous disgrace, never once questioning his own perspective.

Even when faced with moments that might have revealed the truth, he had chosen to undergo conditioning to avoid facing it. The procedure had allowed him to rationalize everything, leading him to this point.

He recalled the first day of class at Kangin Academy, watching the footage of his ten-year-old brother being sold to villains and subjected to inhumane experiments.

The agonized screams of his young brother echoed in his memory.

At the time, he had felt nothing but satisfaction, believing his brother had deserved it.

Now, the thought that he had ever felt that way made him sick to his stomach.

“How could I… How could I call myself human after that?”

Baek Seo-jin was horrified by his own actions.

He wondered what might have happened if he had chosen not to run from the truth.

The most agonizing revelation of all, however, was the memory of his parents selling Baek Seo-jun to the SSS-class villain So Kang-seok.

They had done it solely to ensure Baek Seo-jin’s safety. Their brazen indifference, their cold-hearted decision—it now left him reeling in shock.

His parents were not the good and virtuous people he had always believed them to be.

The foundation of his entire world had crumbled beneath him.

"Baek Seo-jin."

Baek Seo-jun’s cold voice rang out, piercing through the heavy atmosphere.

“H-Hyung…”

Baek Seo-jin’s trembling voice responded, addressing him as “hyung” for the first time in his life.

For as long as he could remember, he had despised and loathed Baek Seo-jun. The very thought of him being his brother had filled him with shame, and he had pitied his parents for being too soft-hearted to cast out such a "disgrace."

But the reality was that it was his parents who had been the true perpetrators, abusers, and monsters. Baek Seo-jun had been nothing but an innocent victim.

“‘Hyung,’ you say. You’ve spent all this time screaming that I’m the mastermind behind this attack, declaring you’ll take me down. And now you call me hyung? Wasn’t I just a disgrace to you?”

“Th-that’s not… that’s not what I meant…”

Baek Seo-jin wanted to cry. He had no idea how to fix this.

Where had it all gone wrong?

He had dreamed of being a righteous hero, someone who fought for justice and protected others. But now, standing in the harsh light of the truth, he realized he was nothing but a hypocritical, vile pretender. A despicable villain who sought to steal what belonged to his own brother.

“What’s wrong with him?”

“Didn’t he just say he’d defeat Kim Ho-jun? What’s he doing now?”

The students murmured amongst themselves, confused by Baek Seo-jin’s sudden change in demeanor.

“Seo-jin!” Kim Chul-woo shouted, trying to snap him out of it. “Get it together! You’ve always said Kim Ho-jun was the one who took your first love by force, that he’s been oppressing her! You said you’d save her no matter what!”

“Yeah! Didn’t you say he was behind this attack? Isn’t Choi Kang-in already aware of it?”

“Seo-jin, come on! Fight! We’re with you!” Park Sun-hoo and Bae Ye-rim joined in, urging him to fight back.

A moment ago, Baek Seo-jin might have been bolstered by their words, gathering his resolve to confront his so-called enemy.

But now, knowing the truth, their words only deepened the crushing weight of his guilt.

“Because of me…”

Seeing his friends—people who genuinely believed in his lies and delusions—filled him with unbearable shame.

“Ugh… UAAAAAH!”

Unable to bear the weight of it all, Baek Seo-jin let out a scream and ran away.

Lost in confusion, guilt, and despair, he fled the scene.

“No, no, no, no! This isn’t right! This can’t be happening!”

As he ran, his path was blocked by two figures.

Golden hair shimmering like the sun and cherry blossom-pink hair framed the faces of the two girls standing before him—Lee Ha-yeon and Han Se-hee.

The very girls he had deluded himself into believing were his childhood friends, who secretly loved him.

“S-Se-hee? Ha-yeon?”

“Baek Seo-jin,” Lee Ha-yeon said, crossing her arms and speaking with icy disdain. “It seems like you’ve finally come to your senses.”

“I’ve wanted to kill you for so long,” she continued. “Every time you insulted Seo-jun-nim in front of me, I wanted to shut you up for good. Do you know how close I was to blasting your disgusting mouth with a beam of light?”

Her pink eyes blazed with unfiltered hatred, her expression twisted with disgust.

“I won’t lay a hand on you now because Seo-jun-nim will decide what to do with you. But remember this, Baek Seo-jin—I hate you more than anyone else in this world.”

Han Se-hee spoke next, her voice just as cold. “Same here. Let’s stop pretending to be friends. I’m done humoring you.”

Their icy glares and unmistakable contempt were impossible for Baek Seo-jin to rationalize away.

He collapsed to his knees, tears streaming down his face.

“Ugh… UAAAAAAAH…”

At that moment, he realized that their hatred for him paled in comparison to the hatred he felt for himself.

The so-called hero had fallen from grace in the blink of an eye.