Ch.555Chapter 21. Blood Pack (15)

At that moment.

“Ugh, these damn Syndicate bastards!!”

Beyond the bridge, which looked as if it had been clawed by a giant beast, a woman in colorful traditional clothes was swinging her sword in genuine outrage.

“You dare insult my sister?!”

“…….”

“I, ‘Yurina’, will never forgive that!”

The woman who called herself Yurina attacked her opponent, swiftly swinging the longsword in her hand.

Her speed was like a raging torrent, and without proper defense, it could easily slice through a human body.

Was she the one who cut this bridge?

No.

It wasn’t Yurina who cut it, but rather the person Yurina was trying to slash with her sword who had cut the bridge.

“If you won’t forgive me, what are you going to do meow.”

“Aaaagh!!”

With bloodshot eyes, Yurina pointed her trembling sword at her opponent.

“I’ll kill you! Syndicate!! How dare you treat our sister Fenrir like that!”

“……meow.”

The white-haired woman who landed with a gust of green wind looked at her own hands and narrowed her eyes.

“You must have been close to Fenrir meow.”

“My sister doesn’t talk like that!! Who are you?! Are you some fake prepared by The Syndicate?! What did you do to my sister?!”

“What I did was just be myself, I’m merely a person from The Syndicate meow.”

“STOP MEOWING!!!”

Yurina screamed in genuine disgust.

“Stop acting however you want with my sister’s face, my sister’s hair color, my sister’s body, and my sister’s ability!!”

“Hahaha, you’re an interesting child meow. This ‘Hyun Fenril’ praises you meow.”

Tap tap tap.

She clapped her hands, but with magical gloves on, only the sound of cushions being tapped echoed as the pads hit each other.

“Yurina, Lee Yurina. You were one of the ‘Hit Girls’ under Fenrir, weren’t you?”

“!!”

“After Fenrir left for Northern Europe, you left ‘Monsters’ and joined Hwalbindang meow? You were always clamoring to join them.”

“……Don’t, don’t try to shake me.”

Yurina took her stance again with eyes full of killing intent.

“Stop talking like you know me when you’re not even my sister!”

“Ahaha, how foolish. When it comes to Fenrir, I know the most meow.”

Hyun Fenril tilted her head back and stretched both hands to the sides.

“More than you.”

“You…!!”

Ka-ang!

Yurina kicked off the ground, rushed forward, and swung her sword widely.

“Sky Slash!”

A magical slash that seemed capable of cutting through everything it touched, including the air, was swung with tremendous force.

Hyun Fenril didn’t even flinch, simply standing still before the high-speed slash—

“Too slow meow.”

She stretched out one hand and grabbed the magical blade directly.

“!!”

Kagagagang.

The blade made a grinding sound as if caught in a crane, unable to advance any further.

“Still swinging your sword first when you get upset—that’s your bad habit meow.”

“Stop pretending to be my sister! You fake!!”

“Fake?”

“Even if you style your hair like my sister, make yourself look like my sister, and use abilities like my sister…!”

Yurina shouted with a genuinely choked voice.

“My sister is not a woman like you!!”

“…Hee.”

Hyun Fenril’s eyes curved into half-moons.

“That’s good enough meow.”

Bwak!

While still gripping the blade, Hyun Fenril extended her foot forward and kicked Yurina in the solar plexus.

“Kuh!”

She tried desperately not to let go of her sword, but Hyun Fenril’s kick contained tremendous magical power.

Pa-ang!

Yurina finally lost her grip on the sword and was blown back with an explosion.

She flew through the air over the severed bridge, traveling easily more than a hundred meters backward.

Splash!!

She crashed helplessly onto the debris of the collapsed bridge.

The seawater covering the debris splashed in all directions, creating a huge spray.

“Kuh, huk…!”

From such a powerful strike, Yurina was pinned to the bridge debris, unable to get up.

“Ah, this can’t be… My sister, huk, someone who insults my sister….”

“That sister of yours, Fenrir, must have been someone important to you meow?”

Hyun Fenril looked down at Yurina from the bridge and mocked her.

“Why? Did I do something wrong? Or….”

Wheeeing.

“Do you think you should be the one to have Fenrir’s ability meow?”

“You, you…!”

“How disgusting. You followed her around like an idol, and when she died, you were the first to look for her body, but now that someone with Fenrir’s ability appears, you want to take it for yourself.”

“…Huh?”

The moment Hyun Fenril spoke in a cold, irritated voice, Yurina’s pupils shook tremendously.

“Just now, that was….”

“But this Hyun Fenril!”

Chwarek.

“This ability I possess is now mine meow!!”

With an unidentifiable pose where she stretched both arms to the sides like ‘>’, wind exploded violently from Hyun Fenril’s body.

“I am Fenrir now meow!”

“Yurina!!”

Young men’s voices echoed loudly from beyond the cut bridge.

“Is that… the exile Fenrir? How…!”

“No, that’s wrong! She’s not using swords and guns. She’s wearing cat gloves on both hands!”

“But isn’t that magical energy Fenrir’s color?”

“Fenrir would never act so frivolously!! Besides, damn it…! We can’t cross the bridge like this!”

Those wearing Hero Association uniforms were shocked at the battle scene, but none dared to approach carelessly.

“Hey there, hero oppas? There’s an A+ class villain from Hwalbindang collapsed over there, what are you doing meow?”

“…Ha.”

Thud.

“Being called oppa with the same voice, it feels nice though.”

A muscular young man in a suit stepped forward from among the association agents.

“Sorry, but that woman never called me oppa even once. Looks like you need to study Fenrir more?”

“…….”

Hyun Fenril smiled with an indescribable expression.

“This is ‘Taesan’! The Syndicate’s S-class villain is presumed to have acquired Fenrir’s mana powder! Beginning elimination!”

“You’re going to eliminate me meow?”

Wheeeing.

“Sorry to Taesan oppa, but I’ve already accomplished my goal meow.”

As a strong wind rose, Hyun Fenril tapped the smartwatch on her wrist.

“Ah. Yurina, and oppas. Go tell Hwalbindang that as per the ‘contract,’ all blood packs that were to be smuggled abroad have been blocked meow.”

“What?!”

The expressions of Taesan and the other heroes hardened, while Yurina, who had barely managed to get up, had confusion and anger on her face.

“What are you talking about—!!”

“Oh my, denying it meow? Wasn’t it Hwalbindang who asked to prevent the blood from being exported abroad because it would harm national interests meow?”

“…….”

Yurina looked up at Hyun Fenril, clenching and unclenching her trembling fists.

“That’s….”

“The contract ends here! I’ve done my job, so….”

Hyun Fenril deactivated the magical cat gloves around her hands and placed her hand next to her face, lightly clenching it.

“Poof meow!”

Saaaa—

With a gust of green wind, Hyun Fenril disappeared.

Literally vanishing from people’s sight with the wind, but Hyun Fenril—no, Hyun Se-rin—had merely stepped back slightly from where she had just disappeared and deployed a magical barrier.

“…Ha. Damn it….”

With a genuinely deep sigh, Hyun Se-rin, who had buried her head against the bridge pillar, remained still for a long time.

“Yurina! What was that about?! Is that woman really Fenrir?!”

“How could she be Fenrir!”

Though they were just 50 meters away, Taesan and Yurina were arguing, thinking she had disappeared due to the barrier making her invisible.

“My sister never meows like that!”

“I know, I know, and I know she would never call me oppa!! What I want to know is whether your group has joined hands with The Syndicate!!”

“That’s impossible! Why would we ever join hands with The Syndicate?!”

Confusion abounds.

With a blank face, Hyun Se-rin turned her head, fiddled with her Syndicate watch, and took a deep breath as the Hero Association and Hwalbindang argued loudly.

“Right. This is good enough.”

Click.

“Making it look like Hwalbindang is in league with The Syndicate means Hwalbindang screwed over Haeguneul because of their organizational ideology. Hmm, good, perfect. I’m not wrong….”

Hyun Se-rin gently patted her cheek and closed her eyes for a moment.

“…Ah, really.”

As she vigorously scratched her white hair, Hyun Se-rin.

“Now I understand why Manager Do enjoys roleplaying so much.”

Her eyes sparkled like a child’s.

“The mysterious villain Hyun Fenril who inherited Fenrir’s mana powder.”

Snicker.

“…Maybe I should create up to version 7 for myself too?”

* * *

It’s all lies.

In the current incident on Ganghwa Island, there is only one truth.

[Tell Haeguneul. All the blood they were trying to sell has been spilled on the ground like this. The buyer has now become Zenros.]

The seller lost their goods, and the buyer lost their ability.

[The same goes for Hwalbindang.]

This is a lie.

[Korean blood belongs to Koreans. When there’s not enough blood for surgeries, it can’t be allowed to be exported abroad.]

This is common sense.

[Hwalbindang said it, didn’t they? Korea’s resources belong to Korea. They shouldn’t be carelessly exported outside of Korea.]

This is Hwalbindang’s organizational ideology.

[The promise has been kept. Handle the rest yourselves.]

I merely stated the obvious and Hwalbindang’s ideology.

“You all, could it be, are you saying Hwalbindang is behind this?! T-that’s impossible!”

Battle God Lee Jun-young exclaims in shock.

He seems to have some suspicion, but even if the Battle God personally thinks the theory of Hwalbindang being behind it is false—

“C-could it be true? Did Hwalbindang really end up calling The Syndicate…”

“They said they wouldn’t rely on foreign powers, but they summoned The Syndicate’s Goblin…”

Ordinary heroes who can only judge based on the information given have no choice but to “misunderstand.”

[The show is over. The night is deep, so I shall withdraw now.]

And I have no intention of correcting their misunderstanding.

[Well then.]

“W-wait!! Are you, are you really the Goblin?”

Battle God stares at me intently.

[I am—]

“Of course. Obviously.”

Just as I was about to speak, Yoon Hye-ra, who was riding on my shoulder, stroked my head and infused her voice with mana.

“Would. You. Please. Introduce. Yourself?”

She simply spoke with mana, like staccato.

[I am the Goblin of The Syndicate. The one who executes evil that stands in The Syndicate’s way.]

And speaking in a rigid voice.

[Only I am the Goblin. Who else could claim to be the Goblin but me?]

I spoke the truth.