These Dangerous Girls Placed Me Into Jeopardy-Chapter 0Vol 1. : My Ordinary Life Went Off the Rails

That voice belonged to my classmate, Lillian Ji.

Just a few days ago, we hadn’t even spoken. Not even once. Sure, we were in the same class, and yeah, I sat in the row right in front of her — but I was always a loner, never reaching out to anyone. We weren’t close. We weren’t anything.

Of course, I had memorized all my classmates’ names. But someone like her — someone from a totally different world — there was no way our paths were ever supposed to cross.

We shouldn’t have crossed paths.

“Ethan Come on out~ I won’t do anything to you~”

Like hell I believe that!

Right now, I’m hiding in the second-to-last stall in the boys’ bathroom on the fourth floor of the science building. Holding my breath, not daring to move.

Lillian’s voice echoes from time to time. It’s already eleven at night. Evening study hall ended two hours ago. The teacher on night duty locked the main gate. As far as I know, we’re the only two left in the whole building.

Yes — I’m hiding from her.

Lillian Ji is definitely not ugly. In fact, she’s the exact opposite — a genuine beauty.

Top-tier high school girl. Campus idol. The kind of girl who gets confessed to at least once a week, every week of high school.

And yet, every single person who’s confessed to her has been rejected. Not a single one has gotten close. Even though she seems friendly, it’s like there’s a wall no one can get past. She’s one of those “easy to be friends with, impossible to date” types.

A girl like that chasing after me — I should be over the moon, right?

If it were the old me, maybe.

But I can’t accept her. No, I’ll never be able to accept her. Not in this lifetime.

Don’t get me wrong — it’s not because I’m scared of girls. And I don’t like guys, either. It’s because...

Lillian Ji is not normal.

You heard me. She’s not normal.

“Ethan You’re in there, right? I can smell your scent~”

The moment I heard that, my whole body flinched.

Her voice was getting closer. I clamped a hand over my mouth, the other pressed to my chest, trying to muffle my breath and heartbeat. If she heard me — if she found me — it was over.

Clack! The door to the first stall creaked open. My heart seized.

Don’t get found... Please don’t get found!

“Found you.”

She’s right outside!

“...!!!”

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG... SNAP.

The lock broke. What the hell!? That’s not the strength a high school girl should have! This is bad — really bad! If she finds me, she’s going to kill me! She’s not even on the same level as me — she’s a snake, and I’m the trembling mouse caught in her gaze!

Creak...

The stall door opened. I pressed myself against the wall behind it, trying to disappear. I repeated it to myself over and over — I’m just a mouse... a scared, shivering little mouse... a totally invisible mouse...

“Oh? Not in this one...”

Please leave. Please, I’m begging you — just go!

One second. Two seconds. Three seconds... ten seconds later, footsteps echoed again. Did she leave?

Still, I didn’t dare to breathe. Didn’t dare make a sound.

A few minutes passed. Silence. Maybe this time... it’s safe?

But I couldn’t relax. If she was just hiding nearby, and I made the slightest noise — she’d be back in an instant.

Quiet... walk like a cat... I tiptoed to the restroom entrance — and then she tackled me.

“Wah!”

She hadn’t ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ left. She’d been hiding in the first stall all along. The footsteps I heard? Just a trick to lure me out.

“You let your guard down, Ethan~ You thought I left? Hehe~ I knew you were in the third stall from the start. I just pretended not to find you — I wanted to surprise you~”

This isn’t a surprise. This is straight-up horror!

“Um, my name’s Ethan An. Could you not flip it around anymore?”

“Aww~ But that’s what I love about you, Ethan~ Even though you know exactly what’s about to happen... you still act so calm... Fufu~ I like you more and more~ Ethan~”

Yeah, that’s an act. Sorry about that.

Honestly, I was terrified. I just happen to be the kind of guy who stays calm on the outside. Probably because of the way I was raised — I’ve never seen death as something to be afraid of. Everyone dies eventually. So what if it’s today or tomorrow?

People like to say that kind of thing, but most of them don’t actually believe it. I do. I really do.

If it comes to that... then fine. I’m not scared of dying. Not at all.

...What? You’re asking why I’m freaking out now?

That’s because — this is worse than death!

“Ahh, Ethan... I have a request that’ll last my whole life...”

Lillian clasped her hands over her chest like some kind of holy saint in prayer.

Bathed in moonlight, her pale skin glowed like porcelain. Her features were perfect, her hair immaculate. She straddled my waist, radiating youthful charm — the kind that could make any guy snap and pin her to the ground...

But I didn’t feel anything like that. Just raw terror. My limbs were frozen.

I wanted to close my eyes, pretend this was a dream... but I was afraid if I closed them, I’d never open them again. So I stared at her wide-eyed.

I wasn’t looking at her beautiful face. Or her perfect figure.

I was looking at the glowing text above her head.

That only I could see.

[Necrophiliac Killer]

[Lillian Ji]

That was her name — and her title.

The words above the name? I call that her “title.” I don’t know exactly what it is, but it shows up above people like an online game’s user info.

I call this power “True Name Revelation.”

I have no idea why I got this ability. It only started recently. I don’t know how it works or what caused it. I even wondered if I was just losing my mind.

But Lillian Ji — this beautiful, beloved girl — her title revealed her true self: a necrophilia-obsessed serial killer. No one would believe that.

Not even I believed it the first time.

But I don’t have the luxury of denial anymore.

Because... she’s picked me as her next target!

“Please! Just die for me!”

Lillian, straddling my waist, wrapped both hands around my neck. I jolted and grabbed her wrists. She started squeezing harder and harder. I pushed back with all my strength, barely managing to stop her from cutting off my air.

Ten fingers intertwined — but this wasn’t romantic in the slightest!

God, I’m exhausted... What the hell!? Why is she this strong!?

I was always above average when it came to strength for a high schooler... but her obsession had given her the strength of a monster.

“Why... why, Ethan? Why are you resisting me?”

“...Cough... I think anyone would resist if someone tried to strangle them...”

This position is horrible. My arms are cramping — and the soft pressure against my stomach isn’t helping, either.

Lillian looked at me with teary eyes, her voice trembling with sorrow.

“It’s because I love you! I love you so much! Why can’t you understand me?”

“You’re in love with my corpse!”

Yes, in case you haven’t figured it out — Lillian Ji is 100% a killer. A necrophiliac serial killer.

She didn’t stab me to death because it would “ruin the beauty” of the corpse.

She didn’t want any wounds. That’s why she picked strangulation — low efficiency, but clean.

She actually tried to poison me at first, but I caught her in the act. And that led to... this.

“Ethan... I’ll love you so much. I’ll hold you in my arms every night. We’ll be together every day. Even when you’re bones, I’ll still love you. So please — stay with me forever!”

Her cheeks were flushed. She leaned in close, warm breath brushing my skin. Her scent was dizzying — like a drug.

“...If the condition wasn’t death... I think I’d be okay with that...”

But she just squeezed harder. My fingers felt like they were about to snap. My wrist bent back at a terrifying angle. I was gritting my teeth hard enough to crack them — but I was losing.

No way. No way am I dying like this!

Suddenly, her resistance vanished.

I jolted upward — and then, the next second, she grabbed my arms and pulled me in close.

I had no idea what was happening. No time to react.

“Ah... mmm... Don’t move, Ethan. It’ll be over soon...”

She caught my neck in a leg triangle chokehold. Her right leg wrapped around my throat, her foot hooking behind her other knee.

I think it’s called a triangle choke...

GAAHHHHHH!!

“GAAAHHHHH!!”

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The next moment, my skull was being crushed.

I couldn’t breathe. My eyes rolled back.

I... I’m dying...

Memories of my life flashed by in fast-forward.

For someone so ordinary, so boring... how the hell did I end up here?

I pretended not to see. I played dumb. I didn’t do anything to deserve this...

Or maybe it’s because I didn’t do anything — that everything spun out of control.

Ah... my boring little life...

Where did it all start going wrong?