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As they watched the grenade fly, the police officers who had formed a siege around them and stood by tightened their fingers on the trigger.

The moment when Seo Min-jeong wraps her body around the negotiator and protects him.

Takㅡ

A man in a black hero suit falls from the sky and lands on the ground.

Then, he caught the flying grenade, held it in his arms, and lowered his upper body.

Boom!

An explosion was heard and flames leaked from the arms of the man who was leaning down.

Ride it!

“Stop shooting! Stop shooting!”

The police who fired at the villain stopped shooting when they saw him.

Seo Min-jeong held the negotiator in her arms and prepared for the fragments of the grenade to hit her.

“Huh…?”

But after a while, when she did not feel the pain she was waiting for, she cautiously opened her eyes.

In his arms was a trembling negotiator who was not even injured.

As she carefully looked back, the back of a man caught her eye.

A man wearing a hero suit with an overall black design and red lines as accents.

It was Ignis.

And in front of him, the villain lay in tatters after being shot by the police.

***

-Aaaah! Minho, are you okay?!

“Uh, it’s okay.”

‘Hehe… the grenades are still a bit different.’

It was a bit breathtaking.

The grenade almost exploded in my hand.

The moment he received the grenade thrown by the villain, he hid it in his arms and put it in his inventory.

And using this ability, he imitated an explosion.

The grenades you place in your inventory will be stored safely until you can find a suitable location to dispose of them later.

There were no fragments left, and the flame and sound were different from a real grenade, but people would probably guess that I used my supernatural powers to stop it.

However, it was not a life-threatening situation.

‘I think I can somehow survive if I use the Heavenly Palace Fire and Fire Technique, but…’

There was no time for that, and there was no need to test it and risk injury since Yu-ri Lee had not been rescued yet.

I straightened my bent back and stood up.

widely! widely!

After the explosions and gunshots, the surrounding area was filled with silence, and only the sound of me opening my hand echoed through the street.

I slowly turned my head and looked at the two people lying down.

“Are you okay?”

“Ah, yes. Thanks… Thank you.”

‘You’re Inspector Seo Min-jeong, right?’

When I looked closely, I saw that it was Inspector Seo Min-jeong, who I recognized as Lee Min-ho, not Ignis.

“Please step back. I’ll take charge of this, Lieutenant Seo Min-jeong.”

“……Did I ever tell you my name?”

‘Achacha…’

It is said that the voice came out of the mask with a modulation, but I ended up carelessly leaking a clue.

“The name tag is…”

I paused and looked at her upper body, but there wasn’t a name tag or anything on it.

“…Not that it exists. I just always knew him as a great police officer.”

“Hmm… I see.”

Lieutenant Seo Min-jeong looked suspicious about something, but considering the situation, she did not ask any further questions and supported the negotiator.

“Anyway, thank you. And now you’re not a lieutenant, you’re an inspector.”

Inspector Seo Min-jeong, or rather, Inspector, leaves after leaving such a short statement.

“……Congratulations on your promotion.”

I awkwardly said my congratulations and looked forward again.

‘huh?’

Seueueuu

Apparently, at the same time as I was blocking the grenade, the villain who had been shot by the police was standing up again.

‘Let’s get this figured out first and then start talking.’

I stepped in front of the villain and kicked the shin of his weighty leg.

Kwasik!

Crash!

‘uh?’

The villain with a broken leg rolled around on the floor, making a bloody sound.

But my interest was focused somewhere other than the follow-up hit.

A strange sensation felt at the point where the kick was struck.

It felt like I had broken something completely different from the human body.

‘Not a person?’

I observed the guy struggling and trying to get back up again.

When I arrived, I didn’t know much because I only saw the motion of throwing the grenade, but when I looked closely, the motion of raising the body was a bit awkward.

Pow!

Kwasik! Kwasik!

I threw the guy back on the floor with a soccer kick and stomped on both of the villain’s arms and pinned him so he couldn’t move. Then he reached out and took off his mask.

“Aha…”

“Sa, you’re not a person, are you?”

“I saw that a while ago…”

“That’s right! This is the mannequin villain that Ignis defeated!”

Murmur

The people watching the villain being subdued were whispering.

As they said, the mask was removed and the face revealed was a white mannequin head with no facial features.

‘no wonder. He threw a grenade without hesitation even though he could be affected by it. It was an Apostle.’

To use explosives at this distance, it was normal for someone to have a strong body like me or to have regenerative abilities like this guy.

‘Then is it revenge that took over the bank and came to me? Or is it just a waste of time?’

He took out the rifle and other weapons from the mannequin’s back and threw them at the police.

Crump!

Then, he twisted and pulled out the leg of the mannequin that was regenerating the broken arm.

Good luck!

I created a weak fire so as not to impede the police’s movements and burned the clothes the mannequin was wearing.

Then, he swung the leg he pulled out and hit the mannequin’s head.

Kwasik!

Then the guy stops playing and returns to an ordinary mannequin.

I ignored the now shattered trash lying on the floor and turned to the bank.

“So… you found me?”

“It’s very flashy from the moment it appears. I never thought it would show up at that moment.”

match! match! match!

Applause was heard from the open interior.

The voice of a villain, presumed to be Apostle’s accomplice, continued.

“That’s right, we called you. How about you, do you have the courage to come in alone?”

-Be careful, Minho. There may be other villains.

“Yes, I understand.”

He comforted Lee Hye-ri’s worries in a whispering voice.

Then he raised his voice again and asked the villain.

“Is that your request?”

“Well, I guess we can say that for now.”

Step by step. Step by step.

With those words, the sound of the villain’s footsteps returning inside the bank was detected by my hearing, which was strengthened by internal energy.

I turned and looked at the police force.

They are observing the situation surrounding the bank.

Since there was no time for a separate meeting, we decided to just give a brief notice.

“That’s how it happened. I’ll go in first and solve it, so you all get ready.”

“Now, wait!”

A person who appeared to be of high rank shouted at me, but I ignored it and walked into the bank.

I tapped the pearl drone mounted on my shoulder, turned on the video transmission function so that Hyeri Lee could see it, and went inside.

Phew!

As soon as I crossed the threshold of the bank, what appeared to be Apostle clones attacked me from both sides.

These guys don’t use guns, perhaps trying to suppress them, but instead use physical force.

One guy was swinging a baton-like baton.

Pow!

-Minho!

“It’s okay. You saw me block a grenade too.”

He raised his arm and blocked the baton.

A blow of this level of power can be withstood even without the Heavenly Palace Fire and Wall Palace.

The hero suit, which had undergone some modifications at the request of Lee Hye-ri a week ago, also looked flawless.

Crump!

Kwasik!

The attacking guys were mercilessly neutralized.

These guys use their ability to continuously regenerate and attempt powerful attacks regardless of whether their clones are destroyed or not.

However, even so, there is bound to be a limit to the offensive power that can be displayed in simple hand-to-hand combat.

‘It would be nice for me if everyone were destroyed like this.’

With that in mind, he smashed the heads of the two mannequins with their masks burned off against each other.

Pow!

With this, a total of three clones of the Apostle have now been dealt with.

There are eight or nine clones left, including the main body.

I passed through the lobby and entered the bank counter.

“Oh… It’s Ignis…!”

“You can buy it now, right?”

“Please…”

Hostages were seen clinging to the wall in a state of fear.

And among them, there was Yuri Lee looking this way.

-I checked. There doesn’t seem to be any particular injury.

After confirming that Lee Yu-ri was safe, Lee Hye-ri spoke in a calm tone.

As I walked towards Yuri Lee, I heard the voice of the villain who had been talking outside.

“Stop there for a moment.”

Stand tall.

When I turned my head in the direction from which the voice came, I was finally able to see the villain who had spoken to me.

Even though he was wearing the same mask, the villain, who was slightly shorter than the mannequins, was sitting in front of the bank window with his butt crossed.

Next to him, a mannequin held a knife to the throat of one of the bank tellers at the teller.

Employees located on the opposite side from the citizens who visited the bank to use it.

‘It’s a bit difficult to protect everything at the same time…’

I thought that if I had to, I should only protect Lee Yu-ri.

“I really didn’t know you would come in. I know you’re confident in your skills, but I thought you’d hesitate a little when you saw the number of us.”

“I have already defeated anyone who uses a mannequin. Other villains, including you, would be there too.”

“Hmm… Is that so?”

The villain snorts slightly.

She said.

“If we fight head on, that might be the case. Even my superpowers aren’t completely specialized for combat. But we have hostages now, right?”

“So?”

“If you don’t do as I tell you from now on, I will kill the hostages one by one.”

“What is the purpose?”

“What reason could there be for robbing a bank? It’s because of money.”

match!

She stopped talking by clapping her hands.

“Now, no matter what I do from now on, don’t move at all. And you can’t use that fire-controlling superpower. Do you understand?”