When I steal another person’s ability, I enter a pitch-black sort of “domain”.
If I use physical force inside that domain, I’ll see that the action takes effect properly once I exit the domain.
Of course, my position reverts to the exact moment just before I entered the domain.
The way to exit the domain expansion was to wait until my pounding heart calmed down, and then I naturally came out.
Guess that’s about it for now.
While holding the corpse of the multi-ability user who had just died, I organized the rules for entering the domain in my head.
Hmm?
—
-: Kyaha! The Villain Hunter is back!
-: The Villain Hunter has returned!! The Villain Hunter has returned!! The Villain Hunter has returned!! …
-: SEXXXXXXXX!!!
-: Bro, break out of prison now!! Time to serve justice again!!
-: Terminally ill? Who said he was terminal? Lol He was just pretending to be sick to go undercover and catch villains!!
—
Was it really being livestreamed?
Looking at the phone that had fallen to the ground, I could see the comments flying by so fast it hurt my eyes.
If I play this right…
A sudden flash of inspiration crossed my mind.
I immediately took off my outer garment and dressed the multi-ability user’s corpse whose chest had been pierced in it.
Then, placing one hand on the corpse’s head and the other on mine, I swapped our faces.
—
-: Whoaaa!!!
-: In an emergency, 119 calls the Villain Hunter.
-: Villain Hunter bro!! I love you!!!!
-: Almighty Villain Hunter, please save the world again!!
-: The Villain Hunter can win a game of rock-paper-scissors against a mirror.
-: I also signed the national petition to reduce the Villain Hunter’s sentence!!
-: At the Villain Hunter’s house, there’s a gray bear rug. That bear isn’t dead. It’s just too scared of him to move.
—
Once everything was ready, I slowly picked up the phone that was still broadcasting live…
—
-: ?
-: ???
-: ?
-: ?
-: What the fuck?
-: Why is he alive?
-: Oh god. No, seriously?
: ??????
—
Heh…
After flashing a mocking grin at the people watching the livestream,
I turned the phone’s camera to show the figure lying dead that was now disguised as the Villain Hunter.
Crunch—
I crushed the phone on the spot, ending the livestream for good.
“This is how you commit the perfect crime.”
Now then.
As long as I properly dispose of this dead villain’s corpse…
Since the livestream footage showed the Villain Hunter dead,
People would undoubtedly believe that the multi-ability user had killed and dealt with his body.
Which means—
No one would ever realize that I’d escaped from Tongyeong Detention Center.
I’m free.
As long as I cleanly change my identity and lay low, it would mean I’ve earned perfect freedom.
Time to head back.
Now that I had a flawless plan for gaining my freedom,
I decided to deliberately show myself on CCTV here and there
While dumping the multi-ability user’s corpse, disguised as the Villain Hunter.
With his body in tow, I began making my way out of Tongyeong Detention Center.
Of course—
I’ll save removing the ability suppressors for later.
I did consider smashing the ability suppressors and making a run for it,
But if any unexpected variable cropped up now, I’d be the only one in trouble.
So, for once, I chose not to sabotage myself —
Instead, I kept fleeing through areas visible to CCTV.
…
Phew…
Roughly 30 minutes of fleeing while making sure to appear on surveillance cameras.
Up until now, I had intentionally left a trail. But from this point on, there was no need to leave any more evidence.
Why?
What a god-awful stench.
Because right in front of me stood a pigsty.
Because by throwing the man’s corpse into the pigsty, where no owner was in sight, the pigs would eat the body and destroy the evidence.
“Eat up, boys.”
As I tossed the corpse of the multi-ability user disguised as the Villain Hunter into the pigsty,
The pigs immediately began tearing into it as if they’d been waiting.
“Anyone would think they haven’t eaten in days.”
Feeling a bit suspicious, I started to look around inside the pigsty.
And as a result…
“…They really haven’t eaten in days.”
I came across a horrifying sight:
A man, presumably the owner of the pigsty, had ended his life by hanging himself with a rope.
…Suicide?
Why this man took his own life wasn’t my concern for now.
Judging by the state of his body, it looked like he’d been dead for about two to three days.
Creak-creeak—
As I stepped across the creaky wooden floor, thinking there might still be danger nearby,
I tried to slip out of there as quietly as possible.
Rustle…
From the far end of the pigsty…
I could sense someone’s presence.
“……”
A quiet silence filled the air.
Just as I was about to flee having no reason to fight here—
“I found you.”
At the sudden sound of a familiar woman’s voice, I turned my head…
Seo-yoon-ah?
It was Seo-yoon who looked more furious than I had ever seen her before.
Crunch—
Without a moment’s hesitation, she twisted both my arms backward and broke them.
“Gghhh!”
I barely had a moment to register the searing pain when my body was already frozen in place by telekinesis.
Realizing she must’ve watched the multi-ability user’s livestream and mistakenly thought I was the real one in disguise,
I opened my mouth to reveal the truth. That it was me, using the Mimicker’s ability—
“Mm… mmph?”
“Shut your fucking mouth, you bastard.”
Seo-yoon who was even controlling my mouth, saying I was too noisy…
“Ugh…! Mmph!!”
…was unleashing all her fury on me, completely consumed by killing intent.
Talk!! Just let me talk…!
And then…
Step… step…
From behind Seo-yoon, Pyro Bomber was slowly walking this way, also radiating more killing intent than ever before. I wanted to reveal my true identity before I was subjected to some unspeakable torture, so I desperately tried to scream out that I was Min-hyuk…
“Mmph!! Mmph-mmph!! Mmmp!!”
As if anyone could hear me.
My mouth was being controlled.
Any usable ability…!
Supernatural strength.
Summoning.
Regeneration.
Reflection.
Third-person perspective.
Sleep.
Word magic.
Mimicking.
Fire.
Not a single one of the abilities I possessed could be used while I was trapped in Seo-yoon’s telekinesis.
“Gmmph…!”
Then, Pyro Bomber began forcing a long stick of dynamite into my mouth…
Please, Seo-yoon… Just let me speak under the excuse of hearing my last words…!
I could feel a creeping fear crawl up my back. Something even the overwhelming strength of that multi-ability user enemy hadn’t made me feel.
Sssssk—
Pyro Bomber lit the fuse of the dynamite which looked about 3 meters long with a lighter, and stared at me with a cold, mocking gaze.
Seo-yoon, seeing the lit bomb, said nothing. She simply looked down at me with eyes full of killing intent.
Ah…! Isn’t there some ability I can use? Please… please…! Think, Min-hyuk…! If this bomb explodes in my mouth, even if I regenerate, the pain will be insane…! I’m not even sure I’d survive if my whole head gets blown off…! Just think of something, anything…!!
It wasn’t that I couldn’t understand their feelings.
Who wouldn’t hate the person who killed someone they loved?
Just as I hated Choi Won-il…
Seo-yoon and Pyro Bomber surely hated the multi-ability user just as much.
“Mmph!! Mmph-mmph!! Mmmp!! Mmmp!! MMPH!!!”
But the two of them didn’t know that I had the Mimicker’s ability—
That I could transform into someone else, or make others appear transformed.
Ssssss—
Before I knew it, the 3-meter-long fuse had burned down to just 1 meter.
Now, with only seconds left before the bomb went off…
Teleportation…! That’s right, there was teleportation…!
I remembered that the multi-ability user had used teleportation.
I think he was looking at the place he wanted to go…!
Focusing my vision just behind Seo-yoon’s back…
Teleportation! Spatial movement! Any kind of movement! Just get me over there—now!!
I started desperately trying to figure out what triggered the teleportation ability.
Chiiik—
Before I knew it, the dynamite’s fuse had burned down to just 30 centimeters in front of me.
Blink, blink, blink—
As I quickly blinked three times in succession…
Whoosh—
In an instant, my body had moved to a spot right behind Seo-yoon’s back.
It worked!
I had escaped Mobia’s telekinesis, but there was no doubt that if she simply turned her head, I’d once again become her target.
So I immediately grabbed the dynamite from my mouth and snuffed out the burning fuse with my fingers.
“Both of you—”
Just as I was about to tell them that I was the villain hunter…
Tatatatat—
The sight that unfolded before my eyes—
I had no choice but to rush forward, past Seo-yoon and Pyro Bomber, without hesitation.
Grrruk!!
A mysterious monstrous lifeform… had opened its huge jaws and was trying to swallow Pyro Bomber whole.
Maybe that scene wasn’t visible to Seo-yoon and Pyro Bomber…
Since both of their eyes were fixed on me.
“It’s me, little girl!!”
So I shouted at the top of my lungs using the nickname I often used for Seo-yoon to make sure she’d recognize me right away.
“…Oppa?”
“Babe?”
I quickly yanked Pyro Bomber’s body back, pulling her out of the monster’s attack—
But in doing so, I ended up standing in the exact spot where Pyro Bomber had been.
Crunch—
I was completely defenseless and ended up taking the full brunt of the attack.
***
“It’s me, little girl!!”
“…Oppa?”
“Babe?”
An unexpected voice came out of the mouth of the one who had killed Min-hyuk oppa.
And with it—
Whoosh—
As if trying to save Pyro Bomber, the villain yanked her back and pulled her behind.
Suddenly—
He came to a halt and just stood there blankly in place.
“…Min-hyuk oppa?”
I had never even imagined that Min-hyuk oppa might have a doppelganger ability.
“I’m sorry….! W-We were just…!”
I realized my mistake and immediately tried to apologize to oppa.
Tap—
“?”
Just then, Pyro Bomber grabbed the back of my neck to stop me from walking toward the man—
“…Don’t go.”
She began to block me from approaching him.
And at that moment…
“…….”
Step… Step…
Min-hyuk oppa began to walk weakly toward somewhere…
He picked up a rope that had been lying on the ground and started tying it to the ceiling as if it was second nature.
Soon after…
He fashioned it into a noose.
And then, he tried to hang himself with it.
“…Use telekinesis to stop him from moving at all.”
Just as Pyro Bomber instructed, I tried to restrain oppa with telekinesis so he couldn’t do anything strange—
“…Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
“My telekinesis… i-it’s not working…”
Up until just a moment ago, my power had been working fine… but now, I could see that it wasn’t working at all.
No…
To be precise,
It would be more accurate to say that the power itself was working. Just not on oppa.
Clench—
With my telekinesis rendered useless like that…
Oppa immediately tried to hang himself with the rope.
I ran over to stop him from taking his own life.
“I wouldn’t go if I were you.”
A woman appeared without a sound, and both of us couldn’t help but turn our attention to her.
“…Who are you?”
“Min-hyuk’s best friend.”
“…Huh?”
“That disobedient brat’s oldest friend.”
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