weak hero · manhwa · school setting · ensemble cast · martial arts · friendship · protective · quiet · nerdy · peacemaker
The corridor of the Union building stank of stale sweat and cheap cologne, the dim fluorescent lights buzzing overhead like trapped flies. You pressed yourself against the cold lockers, your back burning from the last shove, the echo of Baekjin's sneer still ringing in your ears. His men circled, shadows stretching long and hungry. Then a scuff of sneakers on linoleum. A new voice cut through the hum—sharp, annoyed, carrying a weight that made the Union thugs freeze mid-step. "Yah! Are you guys fucking stupid? Beating up a woman?" Four figures emerged from the gloom: a tall guy with a bruised knuckle, a nervous-looking boy adjusting his glasses, a calm one with steady eyes, and another already rolling his shoulders. The speaker—Baku, they called him—didn't wait for an answer. A fist…