“…Huh?”
I was browsing the Villain Forum because there were a lot of posts about Min-hyuk oppa.
There were posts about the ability user who rescued a taxi driver and then ran away,
And about the ability user who subdued a villain who stormed the police station and saved the officers before fleeing.
“Why?”
Seeing those posts, the misunderstandings people had were absurd but kind of funny too.
So I kept searching for more posts related to oppa…
***
[THE VILLAIN HUNTER IS ALIVE!!!!]
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A fresh CCTV image from the columbarium uploaded just 20 minutes ago.
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See it??
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I said, do you see it?!?!
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Do you see it!!!?!?!!!
The moment he took off what he was wearing on his face—
There it was: the face of our very own villain hunter bro!
What?? You said the villain hunter died in detention??
I’m telling you. Our villain hunter bro is alive!!!!!
But… why was the villain hunter bro angry at the columbarium caretaker?
I’m so damn curious.
He did get mad but didn’t kill the guy, so maybe the guy didn’t do anything that bad.
Maybe a minor crime?
[Comments]
-: Who’d fall for such low-effort Photoshop propaganda?
ㄴ (OP) : If that photo’s fake, I’ll cut off my dick.
ㄴ : Holy shit~ What??! The villain hunter is alive??? HELL YEAH! Justice in Korea is still alive!!!
ㄴ : Lollll look at that 180° flip in reaction lolololol
-: Someone who was inside the columbarium at the time just posted an explanation 5 minutes ago about why the villain hunter was angry.
ㄴ (OP) : For real?? I missed that—what did they say the reason was?
ㄴ : Said the villain hunter’s mother’s urn was stolen.
ㄴ : Damn… that’s way more serious than I thought.
ㄴ (OP) : Wow… wow… wow… Why didn’t he kill the guy?
-: Is this real?? Like, not fake but actually real???
-: The villain hunter is alive? He’s actually alive? He’s still alive???
ㄴ : Have you been living under a rock?
ㄴ : Yeah
ㄴ : Well, I guess I’ve rarely seen truth in this forum either. Like, every time I click into that post saying Pyro Bomber stripped down, it’s always that same old man undressing instead.
ㄴ : Lololololololol
-: That face before the mask came off. Isn’t that the guy who saved the taxi driver and knocked him out?
ㄴ : Huh? Wait, holy shit, you’re right.
ㄴ : So that was really the villain hunter??
***
“…At Min-hyuk oppa’s columbarium… they say his mother’s urn was stolen…”
“…Min-hyuk’s mother…?”
“Yes…”
In the chaotic world of the internet, where lies run rampant, I came across posts saying that Min-hyuk oppa’s urn had been stolen.
“Try calling him.”
“I’m… dialing now, but…”
With a sliver of hope, I was trying to call Min-hyuk oppa…
“He’s not answering?”
“No…”
Oppa wasn’t picking up at all.
And then—
“V-Villain… V-Villain hunter… he’s on the n-news…!”
At Hye-won’s words, I turned my head toward the TV.
There, in a live news report, a familiar car was being shown. The car was fleeing while being chased by the police.
“Get the GPS, now.”
“Yes…!”
As soon as Pyro unnie gave the order, I rushed to the room to check the GPS.
Oppa was still wearing the necklace I had given him.
“We’re heading out now.”
Just as I was about to leave with her to go to where Min-hyuk oppa was—
“W-We… We… want to… go too…!”
For the first time, Hye-won and Sae-eun expressed their desire to come along.
And suddenly, I remembered how oppa always used to say we shouldn’t leave minors alone at home.
“Hurry up, both of you.”
So I brought them along to the car as well.
“I’ll levitate the vehicle with telekinesis until I get too tired. Once I’m exhausted, please take over and drive.”
“Thanks. I really appreciate it.”
“Of course.”
As soon as Pyro unnie, Hye-won, and Sae-eun were all in the vehicle,
I activated the third-person perspective just as oppa had taught me.
I pushed past the usual limit that let me use telekinesis only on things within sight,
And began flying toward the location the GPS indicated.
…
In pitch-black darkness where nothing else existed,
One of the two power suppressors I’d been wearing fell off my body.
This is it.
I could feel my abilities, once suppressed by the power suppressors, slowly returning to their original strength.
– You dare enter my land, even though you’re not of my army? So the whore of light sent a hero all the way here.
“There are whores even among the light, huh.”
Before the false god could even finish muttering whatever nonsense he was saying,
I dashed in first and swung my fist with full force right at him.
Of course, I’d fought what was left of that false god before,
So I figured he’d be powerful—
Boom!
“?”
I could feel the satisfying impact of a clean hit through my fist.
When I fought the remnants of the false god before,
My attacks hadn’t worked at all while I was limited to just 75% of my power.
Whoosh— Bzzzzzt…
But now, seeing the god of death sent flying off into the distance,
I realized something:
With 90% of my power restored,
I’d actually dealt meaningful damage to the real thing. Far stronger than the remnants.
“What the…?”
Apparently, I wasn’t the only one caught off guard.
Far off in the distance, the false god, now inside his domain,
began patting over his own body in a daze.
A moment later—
What… is this…?
Having seemingly realized something was wrong with his body,
The god of death summoned a translucent, formless spear
And launched it at me with a telekinetic-looking force.
Damn, that’s fast…!
Realizing there was no way I could dodge it,
I quickly raised one arm to try and at least soften the blow,
Activating my reflection ability.
Wuuuung—
The spear came straight for my heart,
desperately trying to pierce through me.
Damn… my stamina’s dropping like crazy.
While my reflection ability was active,
I could feel my stamina draining at an insane rate.
Whoosh—
But in the end, my ability successfully blocked the false god’s attack.
The formless spear reversed direction,
and flew back toward him with the same high speed,
ripping through the air with a massive sonic boom.
Creaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak—!
It tore through the false god’s body with brutal force.
– This… This can’t be happening!!
When half of its body was torn apart, the false god started screaming in disbelief like a child throwing a tantrum.
– The whore of light…. how could she have possibly sent you to the lower world?!
He kept going on and on about the whore of light.
Having never even been to a red-light district myself, I couldn’t care less how much of an “ace” she was for even the god of death to be after her.
“Just asking out of curiosity. Who’s this ‘whore of light’? Your mom or something?”
Trying to throw him off guard, I asked about the whore of light,
And like when I fought his remnants before, I began summoning an explosive packed with gunpowder, ready to hurl it at him.
But then, he said something unexpected.
– You are mistaken.
“?”
– Because I already know your true name!
Out of nowhere, he suddenly brought up the idea of a “true name”…
– ELYSIA!!!!!!
And he started screaming the word “Elysia” at the top of his lungs.
Yeah…
– ELYSIA!!! AHAHAHA!!!
He screamed with all his might.
…Should I clap for him or something…?
– But the thing is, I already knew the hero’s name. End your own life, Elysia!!!!
“…Wait, are you talking to me?”
– ?
Aren’t you supposed to be a god?
A god of death, no less?
What the hell is this idiot…?
So this is why she told me not to remember her name.
I got a decent grasp of the situation.
The god of death must be able to use some special ability by knowing a person’s “true name”, which was their real name.
That’s probably why the hero, the head of the Association, told me not to think of her name the other day.
“Too bad for you. I’m not the hero.”
Whatever the case may be.
Just as I was about to let him know I wasn’t the hero and take care of that unexpectedly weak god of death myself.
– You’re… not the hero?
“Wait, was the hero a guy?”
– You’re not the hero, yet you moved freely in the Land of Chaos?
Suddenly, his demeanor shifted completely…
– Foolish and ignorant human. You should never have let me find out you’re not the hero.
“What are you even— Ugh..!”
With just a few gestures, it felt like he was twisting my brain violently.
And moments later…
I thought I was facing the light.
But it was nothing more than ordinary darkness.
The false god, who had been toying with my mind, finally stopped.
“Hah… Now that it’s over, ready for round two?”
– That won’t be necessary, Min-hyuk.
The moment he said my name out loud—
Snap—
Like a film reel cutting mid-play.
My memory was abruptly severed right there.
***
“…I was a fool to hope.”
I didn’t stop him.
No… I chose not to.
When I saw Min-hyuk charging toward the god of death, I didn’t go out of my way to stop him.
Because I had a sliver of hope.
Because maybe—just maybe—this time around, Min-hyuk might be able to defeat the god of death.
But…
“This cycle’s no different.”
Even in this cycle, the villain hunter was still…
Defeated in the battle against the god of death and became nothing more than a puppet of death.
“…This is exactly why I didn’t want to tell him how to enter the domain.”
If someone without the blessing of the Supreme God enters the Land of Chaos that was also known as the domain—
Their thoughts could easily be read by the domain’s master,
Which meant their name was inevitably revealed.
And once Min-hyuk’s name was revealed…
Just like in the previous cycle, this time as well, he ended up becoming the god of death’s puppet—
Cough—
“……!”
Seeing him suddenly cough up blood, I realized something.
“…Did he actually manage to wound him? Seriously…?”
That Min-hyuk had inflicted meaningful damage on the god of death within the domain.
Because of that,
I scrapped the plan I had originally prepared—
To wait for tomorrow when the god of death would attempt to physically manifest on Earth and be momentarily weakened—
Whoosh—
I raised my sword and sliced through the air,
Then steppied into a pocket dimension where time flows differently from reality.
– You worm… You really dared to toy with me to the very end!!
And then, I rushed straight toward the god of death—
Who had suffered meaningful damage from the bomb at Min-hyuk’s fingertips.
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