episode_0084

by fnovelpia

“Ruina. Did you know?”

Naturally, all the passengers, including me, turned their gaze to Ruina.

Ruina rested her chin on her hand and closed her eyes tightly.

And then his eyes sparkle.

“No, not at all?”

It only took three seconds for such a cheerful answer to be given.

“As expected… … .”

Ex-Machina and Inspector Itae-Seok muttered with very serious expressions.

I don’t know what the heck is going on.

These people right now, they’re up to something other than me.

“Here we have two choices.”

Among them, the first to take a chance was Exmachina, who turned the laptop screen towards himself again.

“Two choices?”

“The first is to meet the only person who knows about the Masquerade before its debut and get information from them.”

“There’s such a person?”

It was the first time I heard about it.

There is no information about this person even in our Hero Nation computer network.

There must have been someone who contacted us before the public institutions or the National Intelligence Service…

“Why do you think there aren’t any? All heroes, except for the voluntary free ones, are affiliated with agencies.”

“Ah.”

Now that I think about it, that’s what happened.

Ex-Machina, a prime example of voluntary freedom, was actually a very rare type in the hero industry.

The place that even the most incompetent hero must enter is the Hero Agency.

It was an up-and-coming business of this era that hired heroes as employees and managed them professionally.

And no matter how individualistic it may be, Masquerade was also a hero belonging to an agency.

My girlfriend. In the same agency as Blaze of the Island Flower.

“Since when has Masquerade been affiliated with the agency? What kind of meeting did you have before hiring him? If you ask the president, some of the secrets from 4 years ago will be revealed.”

“But how do I contact the president there?”

“You’re pointing out my blind spot, I’m afraid you’re not a hero bureaucrat.”

Ex-Machina muttered, scratching her matted hair.

Anyway, what she’s saying now is that she’s asking the boss to reveal Hero’s unknown personal information.

However, in the hero industry, no matter how well-known someone’s identity is, if they are doing hero work, the rule is to pretend not to know about them.

In other words, it is an industry that places top priority on confidentiality.

“If we, who have no connection at all, were to ask the CEO to inform him, he would immediately turn us away.”

“Second choice there.”

Ex-Machina’s eyes moved slightly from me to Ruina.

“It might help a little if you tell me your secret first.”

“My secret?”

Ruina’s expression became crumpled like a crumpled piece of paper.

But what Exmachina just said also made sense.

4 years ago.

Even if it was truly a coincidence that Ruina and Masquerade started their activities on the same day, there were still many things that bothered me.

It would be a coincidence if they started their activities on the same day, but didn’t the Masked Hero say so for sure?

He said that he was strangely stimulated when he saw the abilities of the villain of destruction.

If the connection was made in that way, it could never have been a coincidence.

So unless we can get the information from the agency right now.

In order to somehow find a connection, there was no choice but to look into Ruina’s past.

“Ruina… … .”

He looked at Ruina with worried eyes.

The past was already dark and gloomy.

There was no way I could tell that to anyone else again.

“Well, if this doesn’t work, then you can just go find the handler yourself like the guy said.”

As Ruina kept her mouth shut and continued her silence, Ex-Machina shrugged her shoulders and said.

“But if you find out Ruina’s true identity… … .”

Masquerade, who has been stimulated by Ruina for years and has been stalking her.

Right now, it’s not Ruina, but Yuri, but if you happen to find out by chance…

“Ignore it and just pretend it never happened──.”

It was a time when I was trying to shake off the family I didn’t even want to think about and encourage them to give up.

“You can just tell me about my past.”

“Ruina?”

Ruina’s expression was still full of discontent.

But on the other hand, it seemed like he had made a firm resolution.

“It’s okay, honey. If the stalker just leaves by telling you about my past, I’ll be fine.”

But even if I tell these people about the past, there’s no way Masquerade will stop stalking me…

I was going to say that.

Ruina already had a determined look in her eyes.

If you’ve made up your mind to say something unpleasant, then I can’t just go ahead and do it.

“You chose well, Ruina. If you go back and dig through your past, you will definitely come across some meaningful connections. I guarantee it in the name of the battery.”

“Ugh. That damn info, info. I’m only going to say it once, so listen up.”

“Haha. Don’t worry. Cyber ghosts like me value information the most.”

Will anything really progress just by Ruina revealing her painful past?

I hoped that would be the case since Ruina had already made up her mind, and I began to listen in silence as Ruina sighed deeply and brought up the past.

And after a minute or so.

Even though it was my second time hearing it, Ruina’s past was still very uncomfortable.

Supervisor Lee Tae-seok simply remained silent with his arms tightly folded.

Exmachina, who had obtained valuable new information, was typing on the keyboard at a speed that made it impossible to see his ten fingers.

“Ah, now I don’t know. I feel bad, so I’ll sleep first. I won’t help you even if you ask me for more help.”

Ruina shook her head wildly, then buried her face in my shoulder.

I stroked her head silently.

“Thank you, Ruina.”

“… … … … Yeah.”

On the other hand, I kept caressing Ruina, who was just burying her face in me and whining.

I came face to face with Ex Machina, who looked very excited.

My mouth naturally sticks out as if it were a legal loli forcibly bringing up my girlfriend’s past.

“So do you think there will be any meaningful results?”

“I’m just finishing up, so there’s no way I can just get it out.”

“읏… … .”

A question I asked without thinking received a very reasonable answer.

“But it might come out soon.”

widely.

Has the information already been organized?

Ex-Machina smirked and closed the laptop screen.

“Already?”

“That’s because certain keywords were given.”

Soon, Ex Machina made a V sign as if it was a V.

He showed off his tiny index and middle fingers.

“One is an orphan named Grace from the convent.”

“Grace… ….”

It was right after Ruina was abandoned by her parents.

It was a name she received from the convent.

“Investigate all the convents in the country to see if they have ever taken in a girl named Grace. And if so, check what name she registered under when she registered as a resident.”

“Me, nationwide?”

For a moment, I had a feeling that the scale was too large.

But is the little kid who is speaking so confidently just a little kid?

Isn’t he a super kid who’s been messing around with all the network information in the world?

It’s just information concentrated in a small landmass like our country.

It would have been nothing special to her, traveling through an ocean of information trillions of times larger than that.

“I only said one thing and you’re already convinced by yourself.”

“Then the next keyword is research lab?”

“Yeah, that’s right. That damn crime ring and the place they were hiding. And to find out if there were any research records using a serial number called RF.”

How dare you describe those lab guys with such harsh words as a fucking group of criminals against humanity.

I thought he was just listening without paying attention because there wasn’t even a slight change in his expression.

It seemed that she too was excited by Ruina’s tragic past.

“I keep forgetting, but I’m a hero too. I don’t just treat the tyranny of villains and bad guys as information.”

Only then did Ex-Machina make a pouting expression that suited her youthful appearance, pouting her lips and puffing out one cheek.

“Mi, sorry… … .”

“Well, to be more certain here, it would be better to listen to what Masquerade has to say.”

Glance.

As she said that, Ex-Machina glanced at me.

So sloppy that it’s obvious.

“Didn’t you just say that you don’t treat it as just information?”

“Well, that’s the villain side of things. It’s a different story for heroes.”

“… … Sigh.”

In the end, to do perfect cross-validation, I have no choice but to do it on foot, right?

I pulled Ruina’s shoulders, who had fallen asleep quickly, closer to me, and looked at Ex-Machina and Inspector Itae-Seok respectively.

“I believe you will provide good support.”

“OK. Just leave it to me.”

“Okay, handler.”

I thought I was finally getting back to my daily life, but I ended up getting involved in a big problem again.

This time, I walked in on my own two feet… … .

I couldn’t even laugh out loud.

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