episode_0048
by fnovelpiaIt’s already been ten days since I’ve been hospitalized for so long.
During that time, I was deeply involved in Ruina’s nursing and close affection.
And thanks to the dedication of the medical staff, he was recovering quickly.
As the doctor said last time, the fact that I was able to eat regular food was proof.
Of course, it can’t be helped that the hospital food is bland because it is low-salt food.
“Aaang~♡”
A spoon overflowing with affection approached my mouth.
It was Ruina’s feeding that seemed to have happened once before.
“It’s okay, I said. It’s not like I can’t use my hands.”
“Aaang~!”
“Aaang… Ouch!?”
Ruina’s furrowed eyebrows.
And a spoon full of food that goes deep into my mouth.
I am so happy… … .
I have a strange feeling, as if I’m being treated like a baby…
“Is it delicious?”
Nod nod.
To be honest, it wasn’t as tasty as the food in the outside world, but I thought it was a million times better than the lumpy, watery food I had been eating before.
“Hehe.”
Ruina fed me food one after another with a happy expression on her face.
She stayed in the hospital room with me throughout her hospital stay.
I heard that it was possible because my guardian was Ruina, or to be exact, her legal status was Yuri Lee.
Thanks to that, my real family, my parents and younger sister, had no idea that I was hospitalized.
No, it’s better not to know this.
If my parents ever found out about this, especially my mom, they would roll their eyes and faint.
So, when I told my mom that I was going to enter Hero Academy, she was extremely against it.
What if you get hurt doing something so dangerous?
Well, in the end, I ended up proving with my body that what my mother said was true.
Even though he is not a hero who passed the civil service exam legally.
[It’s been ten days since Ruina disappeared again. The buildings that were destroyed are said to be being rebuilt.]
“Oh, that’s my story.”
“That’s right.”
The privilege of a single room.
You can monopolize the TV.
Taking full advantage of that privilege, I turned on the TV and saw a familiar-looking host talking about Ruina.
In the background was a view of the city center, where reconstruction work was in full swing.
“in… ….”
The person responsible for causing the buildings to fall like dominoes glanced at him.
“Should I try something else?”
“Huh? Oh, no. Not to that extent. I thought maybe it was a little too much.”
You are aware of it.
Sure, destroying buildings worth billions of dollars just to catch one villain was a bit excessive.
I heard later that thanks to ExMachina’s active support, there weren’t a single civilian casualty even as the buildings were being destroyed.
All of the deaths caused by Ruina are villains.
There were only seven executives of the Supernatural Ability Research Association.
“Still, it turned out well in the end. Good job.”
“Ehehehe… Really?”
As I stroked Ruina’s head and praised her, she melted into my arms.
It wasn’t just something I said to please her.
It is said that the research group that had considerable influence in the dark side of society rapidly fell into ruin because Ruina destroyed all the major villains.
Well, that was the case. It couldn’t be helped.
Since all the main executives were dead, the villains left in the research group were mostly B-class or lower-level scum.
Ex Machina’s personal opinion was that thanks to this, hundreds of billions of won in national budget were saved that would have been poured into disbanding the group.
“By the way… … .”
I continued to stroke Ruina’s head, which was rubbing her cheek in my arms, and turned on my phone with my other hand.
The reason why I’ve been thinking about Ex Machina all along was clearly shown in the call history.
A sign language message was sent to Team Leader Lee Tae-seok while he was away.
I’ve tried to contact him several times since I woke up, but the team leader hasn’t answered his phone even once.
Ex-Machina, who had briefly connected with Ruina’s mind, also dismissed it as something she didn’t know about, which made it even more suspicious.
“For security reasons, ExMachina doesn’t even give out contact information… … . And they don’t know the agents’ personal numbers either… … .”
“Huh? What?”
“Nothing.”
He smiled at Ruina.
She smiled back and picked up her spoon again.
“Okay, I’ll feed you a lot before you get sick. You should eat a lot and get better quickly, right?”
“Uh uh… … .”
I don’t know where or why Team Leader Lee Tae-seok disappeared.
It seemed like it would be a while before Ruina’s kindness ended.
* * *
A dark and quiet space.
In the middle of a space where you can’t see even an inch ahead.
Team leader Lee Tae-seok, dressed in a suit, was standing alone and blankly.
Soon a red light appeared in front of him.
It meant that there was a camera filming him from beyond the darkness.
“Team Leader Lee Tae-seok. Is that all you have to say about the series of events that took place over the past month?”
“All of them.”
Taeseok gave a short reply to the deep male voice.
“You deliberately released Ruina, who is no different from a national disaster, and even condoned her running wild again. Do you know how serious your actions are?”
“I know.”
Taeseok gave a short reply to the thin male voice that was heard next.
“You called him a handler? You’re entrusting an SSS-class designated villain to a rookie hero whose name is not even known. Thanks to that, the damage from this incident alone is already in the hundreds of billions. Are you in your right mind?”
“It was approved by the state.”
At the young man’s voice that seemed bewildered, Taeseok recalled memories from the past.
“But even if you were to ask me to prove what I just said, I wouldn’t be able to. You are the deepest part of the darkness of the nation. Of course, there wouldn’t be any written records.”
“Yes.”
At the sarcastic voice of the high-toned woman, Tae-seok once again gave a short reply.
That’s a sign language person.
No. In this quiet space where the sense of time becomes vague, it may have been several tens of minutes.
As Taeseok stood motionless in silence, the voice of the deep man who had first spoken to him returned.
“In this closed-door meeting, the committee unanimously decides to issue an execution order to Team Leader Lee Tae-seok of the National Intelligence Service’s Strategic Crisis Response Team.”
“Team Leader Lee Tae-seok is dismissed from his position as field commander in the so-called ‘Monster Taming’ operation.”
“The Strategic Crisis Response Team will be temporarily disbanded and reorganized through joint administrative procedures of this committee and the National Intelligence Service.”
“The next operational leader will be selected upon agreement between both parties.”
Soon, those who had spoken to Taeseok silently said a word each.
Beyond the darkness, they are the highest members of the National Heroes Committee.
The executive order they gave was, in a word, to drag Taeseok down from his current position.
Soon the red light from the camera faded out.
“Do you understand, Mr. Lee Tae-seok?”
“I just did the best I could.”
In response to the young top member’s words that seemed to look down on his subordinates, Tae-seok simply gave a blunt response.
Taeseok turned his body around in a silent and measured motion.
“Then let’s go.”
Thud thud thud.
The sound of footsteps echoing through the dark space.
fault.
The sound stopped after a few seconds.
“Can you speak for the last time?”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s off the record now.”
A deep male voice answered Taeseok’s question politely.
“Are you planning to return the insults you received from us?”
“Yeah, yeah. Let’s go ahead and come in. Now, what are you going to say when you’re not even an official?”
“It’s probably just a complaint that’s not worth listening to anyway.”
Soon, voices hidden in the darkness began to mock Taeseok.
“Please be quiet, senior members. So, what do you want to say? Mr. Lee Tae-seok.”
Once again a deep voice drowned out the voices of the committee members.
Taeseok still had his back turned.
He turned his head and opened his mouth to the Supreme Council members who were looking down at him from beyond the darkness.
“I would like to briefly inform the Supreme Council members and the next candidate for the operation about Ruina.”
“Try it.”
At the permission of the mature man, Taeseok immediately opened his mouth.
“Ruina is clearly a super dangerous villain. However, before she is a villain, she is just a woman. Please keep that in mind and I hope you won’t make the wrong judgment. That’s all.”
Taeseok immediately finished speaking.
Without even hearing a response from the committee, he just walked away.
The space became quiet again.
“What do you think about what he just said?”
The deep voice of a senior member asked someone for their opinion.
“Well, I know that it wasn’t a very nutritious comment.”
Again. Again. Again. Again.
The answer came from a woman’s voice, accompanied by the sharp sound of high heels.
“We already have you as the next candidate. Can you do it? Agent Jang Se-hee.”
“Of course. It seems to be more effective and efficient than Senior Lee Tae-seok.”
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Soon after, the lights in the dark space all turned on.
In the middle of a spacious room. An intelligent-looking woman wearing a well-tailored women’s suit.
Jang Se-hee, Tae-seok’s junior agent, was smiling very smugly.
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