episode_0082
by fnovelpia“My stalker?”
“If you’re a hero, you know that.”
These were the answers from Ruina and Team Leader Jang Se-hee respectively.
I was momentarily speechless at the exemplary answers that came out of each of their mouths.
“… … Those words are true, but.”
“Did you happen to meet Masquerade there?”
Ruina raised her head towards me and asked.
“Should I say I met you? Should I say it happened to me suddenly?”
“What happened to you? You? What?”
Did you just imagine something bad?
Ruina sharply opened her eyes and jumped up from my legs.
“No, no. It’s not like I was physically hurt. I was forced into a promise.”
“Promise?”
I guess I’ll have to be honest and open here.
With Ruina next to him, who had soon entered listening mode.
I told him everything about what happened with the Masquerade at the hero gathering.
He suddenly came to me and said he needed my skills.
He asked me to help him catch Ruina.
All the secret stories he told no one, including the story of how he lost himself.
“What does that have to do with me?”
This was Ruina’s impression after hearing the whole story.
I completely agree with what she said.
Apart from the similarity that no one in the world knew about, the two people had no personalities, abilities, or other similarities whatsoever.
When asked about Masquerade’s ability somehow stimulating Ruina, Ruina simply shook her head and made a gesture of not knowing anything.
“What about the team leader?”
“Yes?”
“I was wondering if you knew anything about the Masquerade like a secret agent.”
“Because being a secret agent doesn’t mean you can do everything… … .”
Oh yeah.
It was my fault for having high expectations of a team leader I didn’t like.
“Does Inspector Lee Tae-seok know anything?”
“You probably don’t know either, senior. We already have a list of heroes we’re keeping an eye on, and at least for our team, Masquerade wasn’t on that list.”
“Haa… … .”
In conclusion, no one knows the identity of the Masquerade.
He’s already a mysterious hero who keeps his face tightly wrapped up.
“Well, just in case, I’ll ask the team.”
“I would appreciate it if you could do that.”
Team leader Jang Se-hee immediately took her cell phone and went into the bathroom for a moment.
It doesn’t really matter if you don’t go to the bathroom, but I guess they do it out of consideration for us.
Or maybe there was a sudden emergency call, so he went in to make a phone call.
“Honey. You’re thinking of something weird.”
“Uh, yeah? Me?”
Ruina poked my cheek and blew air into my cheek.
“It’s all revealed through facial expressions and speech~”
“Haha… … .”
As expected from my girlfriend who has a sharp sense.
You were able to read my mind in such a short amount of time.
“So what do you want to do? The villain Ruina he’s looking for is here.”
Ruina wrapped her arms around me and asked.
Her large eyes blinked at me.
“I’d like to just ignore it, but if we meet and we get along, something could happen to you or Masquerade.”
“Are you both worried?”
“Of course your worries are much bigger.”
Just in case Ruina got upset, he quickly added his words and stroked her soft cheek.
“Ehehe♡ Your embarrassed look is cute.”
“Ears, so cute.”
I guess Ruina knew I was going to say something like that.
Soon she leaned her head on my shoulder.
“I don’t really mind meeting you.”
“But it’s dangerous.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. In the past, heroes survived even when a truck pounced on them.”
“Ruina… … .”
I gently stroked Ruina’s long, glossy black hair.
“If you stroke me like that, the back of my neck will tickle and I’ll feel embarrassed… … .”
Ruina blushed faintly.
Then he raised his head towards me and closed his eyes slightly.
A kiss signal so sudden.
But I didn’t hate it.
As a man, it makes me so happy to have a lover who constantly craves my affection.
For a moment, I forgot about the hero and was about to lower my head towards Ruina’s small, pink lips.
“I got a call from my senior──. Ah.”
Team Leader Jang Se-hee’s panicked voice was heard from the back of my head.
I raised my head in surprise even though I had done nothing wrong.
“Miss.”
And Ruina glared fiercely at Team Leader Jang Se-hee, perhaps because the kiss mood was broken.
“I, shall I tell you again later?”
“No… …. Tell me right away.”
It was my fault for trying to fool around when there was clearly a third party at home.
If you waste time here, it will just make the picture even stranger.
“In conclusion, Senior Lee Tae-seok also said that he knows nothing about Masquerade.”
The words that Team Leader Jang Se-hee brought up when he returned to the sofa again were as expected.
“What on earth is that human’s identity?”
Even the National Intelligence Service, which hides in the shadows of the country and collects information that the world doesn’t know about, is unaware of it.
This part also seemed very similar to Ruina.
It was as if the National Intelligence Service had no knowledge of her past actions that they had heard about the day they first drank with Ruina.
“So, Senior Lee Tae-seok wants to meet the handler.”
“Huh? Suddenly?”
What on earth is this sudden gust of wind?
Since Team Leader Jang Se-hee became the team leader and maid, she hasn’t shown herself to me even once.
“You said that you couldn’t tell me everything just through non-face-to-face contact… … .”
“Hmm.”
If the stone Buddha says so, there must be some good reason for it.
Instead of having very little emotional ups and downs, he’s one of the most competent people I’ve ever met.
I got up from the sofa, put my hands on my waist, and looked at Team Leader Jang Se-hee.
“Okay. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the team leader’s face.”
* * *
After accepting the contact with Inspector Itaeseok.
Late at night, when the only thing you can hear is the sound of the cold wind blowing.
“It’s cold, so I can stay inside.”
“You promised to stick together no matter what happens on holidays. So I’ll stick together.”
Ruina, wrapped up like a snowman in a thick coat and scarf, was outside the common entrance with me, holding onto my arm tightly.
Originally, she would have been able to destroy even the cold air that touched her.
As you can see by the way he’s holding onto my arm tightly, he’s so cute and fully armed because I’ve had my powers sealed away.
“Ah, that’s right. Sorry.”
“Okay, I know~ hehe.”
Anyway, the reason we were out in this cold early winter weather was to meet Supervisor Lee Tae-seok.
But usually, as soon as I went outside, a black van would show up with perfect timing.
Today their arrival was a little later than other days.
Of course, I had only been waiting for three minutes, but before, they would come in three seconds, let alone three minutes, so it only seemed even later.
Since Team Leader Jang Se-hee came to live next door to us.
It could also be because I bit the black suits waiting around the house.
“By the way, is there a reason why you asked me to meet you this late at night?”
By the time I left the house, it was already 20 minutes past midnight.
If tomorrow wasn’t a holiday, it was so late that we could have just suggested meeting again next time.
What on earth did Inspector Lee Tae-seok want to tell me that he wanted to meet me at this late hour?
The answer would soon be revealed as a familiar silhouette approached us with its headlights on.
A black van approached, chasing away the darkness of the night with its bright lights.
A car that was so familiar that I could even remember its license plate number stopped smoothly in front of the entrance.
Ding ding.
A sliding door opens in front of us.
Even in this cold weather, Inspector Lee Tae-seok appeared, still wearing a suit and sunglasses.
“Hello. Handler. Ruina.”
“Enough with the greetings, it’s cold so hurry up and give us a ride. We’ve been waiting for a few minutes.”
“Sorry, please come in.”
Supervisor Lee Tae-seok, who was being scolded by Ruina, quickly entered the dark car.
“Yetcha.”
Ruina, who had fallen away from me, jumped first and got into the van.
“Huh!?”
Then, while I was trying to get on.
Ruina’s surprised voice was suddenly heard from inside the car.
What on earth did you see inside to make that happen?
“Huh?”
Even though I had climbed onto the platform with the extremely obvious thought of “what if?”, such a voice soon came out of my mouth.
“It’s been a while, both of you. A month?”
A small passenger ship that boarded before us.
A girl with a laptop larger than her body on her lap greeted me with her characteristically cynical greeting.
Of course, we knew that this girl was actually older than us.
“Ex Machina… … !”
A hero who is more secretive than anyone else and never reveals himself to the outside world.
The Ex-Machina of the battery snickered and raised the corners of its lips.
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