As soon as I arrived at the place Hye-won had told me about, I could hear Pyro Bomber’s voice.
I quietly sat down right there and began eavesdropping on their conversation.
If I had made a scene trying to rescue Pyro Bomber the moment I arrived,
I might have ended up causing unnecessary trouble for the other villains who were diligently preparing for their act of terrorism.
“Hey, have you seen this?”
“You need to tell me what it is first.”
“They say the Villain Hunter executed a drug smuggler this time.”
“Seriously? Let me see.”
“Show me too.”
“Sure.”
That’s why, listening to the conversation between the villains and Pyro Bomber from below,
[…What the heck. Looks like nothing’s wrong. Thank goodness…]
Seems like she’s handling things well.
It seemed that nothing had happened to Pyro Bomber.
[No wonder she didn’t send a distress signal. I thought she might be tied up somewhere so tightly that she couldn’t even send for help.]
Hearing her voice, Hye-won also set aside her worries and ordered me to return.
Just as I was about to quietly leave the place…
“Ah! I didn’t get to see the comments. Show it to me again.”
“If you wanna see even the comments, you’d better start doing something for us too.”
“Why is everyone making such a fuss about not being able to have me?”
“You’re the one who seduced us so hard and now you’re playing hard to get?”
“This is why being pretty is such a hassle.”
Pyro Bomber was just the same as usual.
As a woman known for slipping dirty jokes into normal conversations, her words were crude, but…
There was no helping the uneasy feeling that stirred within me.
I should listen in just a little longer before I leave.
I quietly sat there, focusing on the conversation drifting down from above…
“How long are you planning to hold out? We’re alive too, you know. We have bodies that want to do boom-boom with Pyro.”
“Do it when I’m dead. I’ll spread wide open for you then.”
It became clear that there was something strange about their conversation.
Then…
“We’re actually being really respectful, you know that, right? None of us are trying to force ourselves on you right now. We’re respecting your opinion.”
“That’s why I’m having this nice, easy conversation with you too~ I’m grateful for that, really.”
The moment I heard the men talking about wanting to ra*e Pyro Bomber,
I immediately sent a message to Hye-won, asking her to check what powers the three villains had.
They’re nothing special.
…
“…Thank you, babe. …I love you.”
I patted the trembling woman’s back a few times as if to comfort her while she clung to me.
Though she always acted tough in every way…
Seeing her shivering after finally escaping that situation made me realize that, in some ways, Pyro Bomber was just an ordinary woman too.
“My first time will be with you, babe…”
Hearing her start spouting nonsense, I picked her up and tossed her lightly into the air.
Then I went back downstairs to look down at the bodies of the dead men.
“Miss Pyro Bomber.”
“Hmm?”
“Is this house owned by those villains?”
“Mhmm, it was the home of those three dead guys.”
There was blood splattered everywhere.
The floor was dented, and the walls were slightly damaged.
But since the owners of the house were dead now, this place was…
“Good. From now on, this is my house.”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“I’m going to clean it up, so help me. Also, call Hye-won and tell her you’re running late because you have to help clean up the Villain Hunter’s new house.”
“……?”
It meant it was now my house.
…
Thunk…
I crawled out through the bathroom vent and stretched my body, which had been confined in one position for a long time.
Click-click-click-click-click—
After pressing the button five times to signal the start of the operation,
At 11 PM,
I slowly walked out of the bathroom inside the association building, where there were barely any signs of people.
I took a bomb out of the prepared bag and began attaching them one by one to the pillars of the Hero Association.
[Just post the message in 10 minutes.]
[Understood!]
Hearing over the radio that Seong-won, the insider at the Hero Association, was ready to post on the Villain Forum,
I quickly finished attaching the bombs.
Just as I was about to swiftly walk out of the Hero Association—
Whoosh—
I heard something swiftly pass right behind me.
“?”
At first, I wondered if I had heard wrong.
But then I recalled that I had always been more sensitive to movements than others since I was young, so just to be sure,
I moved to the pillar where I had installed the bombs…
And, just as I feared,
I saw that the bombs I had attached to the pillar had vanished without a trace.
Click-click-click—
[What’s the situation?]
Click-click—
[A Hero at this hour?? Get out immediately. The car is standing by…!]
I realized there was a Hero here…
So I immediately sent a signal to indicate the presence of a Hero.
‘Is it invisibility?’
While I was trying to figure out what kind of ability the Hero who had just passed behind me had—
“?”
Thunk—
“!”
I suddenly felt a heavy impact, and my body was sent flying backward.
“…Ah, it was speed.”
It was a Hero with a very tricky ability.
A Hero with the ability to act at least twice as fast as others.
While their speed wasn’t so fast that it became invisible like a flash of light…
“The fake calling himself the Villain Hunter has walked straight into his grave, huh?”
“Hoo…”
Seeing the Hero move so swiftly that my eyes could barely keep up,
I realized taking him down would be quite the challenge.
Tadadadak—
Ignoring the bastard who had spoken to me while I was still recovering from crashing into the pillar,
I dashed toward the closed door—
Thunk—
“And where do you think you’re rushing off to?”
It seemed he intended to block my escape.
The Hero charged at me again, slamming into my body and sending me crashing into the wall.
“Because of the speed… it adds extra force…”
“That’s called science, you dumbass.”
“Didn’t ask, though.”
Thunk—
Even as I responded that I hadn’t asked, I immediately sprinted forward again.
But this time, the bastard struck me square in the face, forcing my head and my body to slam into the wall once more.
“Ow, ow…”
Thanks to my villain suit which was made of augmented alloy, most of the impact was absorbed, so the pain wasn’t unbearable.
Still, getting hit directly in the head brought its own share of pain.
“It’s honestly a mystery how the Hero Association was struggling with a nobody like you.”
“A nobody, huh? Well, that’s just your Hero Associatio—”
Bang—
Before I could even finish my sentence, the Hero smashed my head against the wall again.
“……”
Thunk…
From the impact to my head, I briefly lost my balance and dropped to my knees on the spot.
Srrng…
“Thanks. There’s a twenty million won bounty on your head, and now it’s mine for the taking.”
Strength drained from my entire body…
“Farewell, fake Villain Hunter.”
Feeling the sharp sensation at the back of my neck, I helplessly feigned death.
Kwaak—
“?”
“Got you.”
I grabbed the ankle of the bastard who had been tricked by my act and approached me.
Realizing he had been caught, he tried to use his burst of speed to escape from my grasp—
But unfortunately for him.
Crack—
“Kkghhh…!”
My strength was simply greater than his instant acceleration.
Was I always this strong?
However, a bit of doubt crept into my mind in that moment.
I was definitely applying some force, but with just this much effort, I could feel the bones in the Hero’s ankle bending under my grip.
Well, I decided to set that concern aside for now.
“A fake Villain Hunter, huh…”
Slowly, I stood up, hoisting the speed-type ability user upside down, and delivered the brutal truth to him.
“I’m not a fake Villain Hunter.”
Crack—
“GYAAAGH!!!”
“I am the Villain Hunter.”
Bang!!!
Still gripping the Hero, I swung him and slammed him straight into the ground.
Even as the deafening crash rang out, and the sound of the Hero’s sturdy suit shattering into pieces filled the air—
Whoosh—Bang!
Whoosh—Bang!
Whoosh—Bang!
I smashed the Hero into the air and slammed him back down three more times.
“Haah… The Association really had rotted to the core.”
Thinking back to just moments ago, it was clear he had genuinely tried to kill me.
Heroes were supposed to prioritize capturing villains alive, and yet he had pulled such a stunt inside an Association building rigged with CCTV cameras.
In other words, it meant they had been killing villains left and right even during normal operations.
Whoosh—
I tossed the half-conscious Hero into a corner.
Bang!!
Breaking through the wall right behind me, I stepped outside and jumped into one of the cars circling nearby.
If I wasted any more time there, I knew I would be surrounded by Heroes summoned by the staff who had heard the commotion.
Although the bomb attack had unfortunately failed, I began hitting back at the Hero Association with another act of terror I had prepared.
“Can you hear me, Hye-won?”
[I hear you loud and clear.]
“Tell Seong-won to post it right now. We’ll ditch the car quickly and join up right after.”
***
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[I clearly gave you a chance.]
You were the one who threw it away.
(Photo)
(Photo)
(Photo)
(Photo)
From top to bottom, these were the proofs and victim information showing that your Hero Association had been murdering innocent people.
Vice Director of the Hero Association Won-Il.
Are my words funny to you?
A fine ticket?
Did you think I was doing all this just because you were caught speeding?
(Video)
[Comments]
– : Holy shit… bro, you really were the Villain Hunter??
ㄴ : What the hell is this nonsense?
ㄴ : If you watch the video, you can see the Villain Hunter crushing and compressing a car with pure strength; that’s clearly his superhuman ability.
ㄴ : Holy crap!!!!!! I can’t believe the Villain Hunter is still alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-: WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF He didn’t die?? The Villain Hunter is alive???
-: Damn!! Bro!! So you hunted the Association because they were acting like villains too??
ㄴ : For real, our Villain Hunter bro didn’t terrorize the Association. He just took out the real villains.
ㄴ : But still, there’s no solid proof that those documents are legit.
-: Honestly, we’re joking around, but isn’t this actually really serious?
ㄴ : Yeah. If there’s proof the Hero Association was killing civilians, that’s a huge deal.
-: Wow… this guy operates on a whole different level.
-: Bus suicide bombing rescue, villain killing at the parts factory, student rescue and villain killing at Hero University, execution of seven port terror villains and kidnapping one, drug ring takedown, Hero Association exposure….he did all of that alone???
ㄴ : He’s a god.
ㄴ : The Villain Hunter is a god!!!
-: Damn… it’s the Villain Hunter again. I was just about to sleep after checking this post, but now that I’ve seen the Villain Hunter, I must worship. Even though I know worshiping will wake me right up, I must. That is the duty of one who has witnessed the Villain Hunter. Come, worship!!!
ㄴ : Almighty Villain Hunter will bring salvation to Korea!!
-: Bro!! You’re alive!! I always believed in you!!!
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“…At least tell me what I’m supposed to confess to…!”
“Vice President…!”
“I know, I’m watching too.”
“That’s not it…!”
“Then what?”
“We had gathered all the explosives that were attached inside the Association building…!”
“And?”
“All of them, they’ve all disappeared…!”
In the midst of this urgent situation, where the Hero Association was supposed to undergo a police investigation, government orders, and an internal audit…
Now, to top it all off, even the recovered explosives had completely vanished.
“..What?”
In this chaotic situation, the only conclusion I could come to was…
“..Find someone to take the blame.”
“Understood.”
It was to find a scapegoat who would take responsibility for this whole mess.
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