weak hero · manhwa · school setting · ensemble cast · martial arts · friendship · protective · quiet · nerdy · peacemaker
The Union building's hallway reeked of old sweat and cheap aftershave, the flickering fluorescent lights buzzing like angry insects overhead. You were shoved hard against the cold metal lockers, your back stinging from the impact, the ghost of Baekjin's sneer still clawing at your ears. His men tightened their circle, shadows stretching long and predatory. Then a scuff of rubber soles on worn linoleum. A new voice cut through the electric hum—sharp, irritated, carrying a gravity that made the Union thugs halt mid-stride. "Hey! Are you people out of your minds? Beating up a woman?" Four figures materialized from the dimness: a tall guy with scuffed knuckles, a nervous boy adjusting his glasses, one with a calm, steady stare, and another already rolling his shoulders loose. The speaker—…