“Situation B-2. Requesting backup.”
As the bomb-sniffing dog barked fiercely right in front of me,
A staff member from the Hero Association immediately called for reinforcements and carefully gripped the weapon at his waist.
Is this going to be my debut stage?
Since the moment I made up my mind to commit terrorism, it was only natural that I’d end up at odds with the Hero Association anyway.
Just as I slowly lowered my hand and started reaching for the mask inside my bag…
“Please… save me…”
“?”
The woman sitting directly to my left across the aisle slowly raised her trembling hand.
“!!!”
In her hand was a mechanical device operated by a button.
And when she raised her hand, I could see several suicide bombs dangling from beneath the gaps in her clothing.
“…….”
In an instant, everyone in that place froze like statues. They were completely paralyzed.
“Please… please save me…”
If all the explosives stuck to the body of the woman, who was crying in front of us, were to go off at once…
It seemed clear that the damage wouldn’t just stop at the bus but could easily reach the entire intercity bus terminal.
“SB situation in progress… Please evacuate everyone from the terminal immediately…”
The Hero Association staff quickly gave evacuation instructions through their radio.
They even tried to evacuate the people inside this very bus…
Chiiiik— Chik—
But just then, a mechanical buzzing sound suddenly came from the woman’s body.
[Drive!! Hurry!!]
A mechanical voice that sounded somewhat young urgently shouted for the bus to depart.
“Everyone, please get off quickly!”
As soon as that voice rang out, the staff member from the Association who had boarded the bus tried to evacuate everyone immediately, but…
[Don’t get off!! I’ll blow the whole thing up!]
The owner of the mechanical voice allowed no one to leave the bus.
Why… why did it have to be the bus I got on…
It felt incredibly unfair that something like this had to happen on the very bus I was riding.
Well, the situation had already happened, so what could I do?
[Hey, you. The Hero Association staff. You get off. You’re in the way.]
“But…”
[You’ve got three seconds. If you don’t get off, everyone here dies today because of you. Three, two—]
“I-I’ll get off..! I’m getting off right now, so… please calm down.”
In the end, the villain began to take full control of the bus.
Whoosh—
Just before stepping off, the Hero Association staff member suddenly threw his phone to me, and then exited the bus.
I should open the window and throw it right back.
Anyone could tell that he wanted to use the phone to monitor what was happening inside the bus.
But since I preferred to follow the villain’s demands and reach the destination safely,
I acted like I didn’t know any better, opened the window, and tried to return the phone with a “You left this behind.”
[Drive already!!]
But then the mechanical voice yelled once more, shouting for the bus to move immediately.
The terrified driver quickly started the bus…
Ah, I didn’t get to return it yet.
I hesitated, worried that if I threw the phone carelessly and ended up cracking the screen, I might have to pay for the repairs myself.
Haah… Whatever. It’s not like I have to answer it anyway.
I gently tucked the phone into the space in front of the premium seat.
Then I leaned the seat all the way back and stretched out comfortably.
If it really looks like things are about to blow up midway, I’ll just smash the window and run for it.
“Please… please spare me… I want to live…”
“I’ll stay quiet… just please don’t blow us up…”
“I-I have a family… Ah… I have a kid… please…”
I could hear the voices of terrified people.
Since it was a premium seat bus, there were only six people on board, including the driver.
But from the very beginning, I already knew that the villain had no intention of actually setting off a bomb inside the bus.
Feeling a little more at ease, I was about to go back to searching for the information I’d been looking for.
Bzzt— Bzzt—
That’s when I noticed a call coming in on the phone I had placed in front of me. The caller ID read “Senior Gyu-won”.
Not really feeling like answering, I openly ignored the phone…
[Pick it up.]
Suddenly, the mechanical voice beside me ordered me to answer the call.
“If I pick this up, won’t it only put you at a disadvantage?”
[Wow, look at that. Someone actually worried about a villain.]
“You’re not planning to blow this place up anyway, are you?”
[…You’re right. These bombs are meant to be sold, after all.]
“Using people as delivery agents… I never would’ve imagined.”
It seemed the woman strapped with bombs, who had been crying and begging for her life, had also been acting all along.
She had completely stopped crying and was now staring straight at me.
[Anyway, just answer it. I need to hear what they’re saying so I can figure out what kind of countermeasures the Hero Association is planning.]
“…And if I refuse?”
[I’ll set off the bomb right here.]
“You’ve got your ally here with you too, though.”
[She’s immune to explosions.]
.
“Ah…”
Realizing that there was no way around the villain’s remarkably logical words, I had no choice but to take the phone on their behalf.
– Thank you for answering the call. From this point on, you don’t need to say a word.
– We’ll switch to video call now.
“.……!”
And just like that, after answering the call, I heard them say that the Hero Association would switch it to a video call immediately…
“This phone’s owner actually left it behind, so I think it’d be better if you called again later.”
– Ah, wait a moment..!
I promptly hung up the call on the spot.
Then, without hesitation, I powered off the phone completely.
[?]
The woman strapped with bombs stared at me like I was some kind of lunatic.
Excuse me, why are you looking at me like that?
You’re the one walking around strapped with bombs. If you look at me like I’m crazy, that’s honestly more than a little unfair.
After that, a brief silence passed between us.
[…Unnie, I think this guy’s crazy.]
“Yeah, I’m getting that vibe too.”
“I can hear everything, you know.”
[We said it so you would hear.]
After ending up overhearing villains openly talking about me behind my back,
I just gave up and threw myself down comfortably.
“I’m not gonna do anything, so just ignore me.”
The reason I immediately hung up when the Association said they were switching to a video call was simple.
I had gone out of my way to board the bus using blind spots in the CCTV coverage.
I even went as far as using cash, doing everything I could to leave behind as little trace of myself as possible.
But if I went ahead with a video call here, wouldn’t that basically be the same as handing over all my information to the Hero Association on a silver platter?
If it came to that, I figured I’d much rather cooperate with the villains a million times over.
As I sat there with my eyes closed, completely relaxed…
Slide…
“…….?”
The woman quietly climbed up onto the seat where I was lying down…
“You’re kind of funny, you know?”
She started looking down at me with eyes full of curiosity.
“Thank you. That’s the first time anyone’s said that to me, so I’m not really sure how to respond.”
“You’re a villain, right?”
“…What made you think that?”
“Because what you’re doing isn’t exactly heroic. But it’s bold?”
Not knowing how to respond, I just stared up at the woman who had climbed on top of me.
“Oh~!”
Suddenly, she pressed her body against mine. She was close enough that I could clearly feel all the bombs strapped to her. Then she brought her lips close to my ear and whispered quietly, so no one else could hear.
“I’m Pyro Bomber. You?”
Wow… so this infamous, seductive villain turned out to be that lunatic obsessed with bombs …
“I don’t really have a name people call me by.”
Even though a celebrity of the villain world was right in front of me, I didn’t have any particular nickname or alias people called me. So after acknowledging that I was a villain, I calmly told her I didn’t have a name yet.
[Ah, seriously!! Unnie, I told you to stop doing stuff like that!]
A mechanical voice suddenly shouted in frustration, scolding Pyro Bomber.
“Cut her some slack. She’s still a kid, so she’s not used to things like this.”
[Be quiet!!]
Fortunately, thanks to the villain behind the mechanical voice, Pyro Bomber got off of me and returned to her seat.
Phew… Whatever. As long as I don’t get involved with her any further, that’s all that matters.
Just as I was about to open the window and jump straight out of the bus…
…Wait a second.
It suddenly hit me.
The fact that Pyro Bomber was on this bus meant that her destination was the same as mine.
And since I was on this bus to buy some bombs…
“…MBYHW?”
Casually, I dropped the name of Telegraph to Pyro Bomber.
“Oh, what? You know Hye-yeon?”
[Unnie!!! How could you just blurt out someone’s name like that!!]
Hmm…
That was right.
This whole villain bomb-threat incident…
It had all started because I said I wanted to buy some bombs.
In the end…
—
Me: Pyro Bomber is moving the bombs right now, isn’t she?
MBYHW: What—how do you know that?
Me: The guy sitting next to her is me.
MBYHW: …Raise your hand.
—
Swoosh, swoosh—
I immediately turned on Telegraph and let her know that I was the one who had arranged to purchase the bombs.
—
Me: You do realize this whole thing’s gotten way out of hand, right?
MBYHW: You think I expected to get caught up in this?
—
I came to realize that the bombs Pyro Bomber was carrying were actually mine.
And I also knew that the Hero Association was chasing this bus.
—
Me: I’ll help you.
MBYHW: …Help me with what?
Me: You want to successfully sell all the bombs to me, don’t you?
MBYHW: …Well, that’s true.
Me: And I don’t want my bombs to be destroyed either. So, how about this plan? I’ll take Pyro Bomber…
—
While casually exchanging opinions with the villain named Hye-yeon,
Rustle…
I took out a mask for villain activities from my duffle bag and put it on my face.
“Wow~ This is seriously so tacky.”
“Be quiet. People might hear us.”
I slowly got up from my seat.
“Phew…”
“Am I heavy?”
“Don’t talk to me. You’re making me lose strength.”
With her slung over my shoulder,
I jumped straight off the bus with her.
***
[Lolol this villain is absolutely insane lolol]
– Villain A tried to commit a suicide bombing by strapping bombs all over Victim B and putting her on a bus.
– Villain C got pissed off, threw B over his shoulder, and jumped off the bus lolol
– LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
– What the hell am I even looking at lololololol
(Photo)
– The Association had been tailing the bus with a vehicle from behind, but when the villain suddenly jumped off, they couldn’t even give chase lolol
– The civilians who were on the bus all wanted to thank Villain C lolololololololol
– What am I even watching lolololol
[Comments]
– : Ah lolol he’s a hero, not a villain lolol
– : ???: He obviously just does hero work as a hobby.
– : Villain C?? Fix that right now. He is Hero Trainee C.
– : That mask really does look ridiculously tacky lolol
“…Part-timer?”
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