A Person Who Knows the Past.

 

“I apologize for my rudeness.”

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it.”

The first action after dealing with the villains was an apology.

No matter how chaotic it was, I had spoken rudely to an elderly person, so I immediately bowed.

“More importantly, how long will those two wander around?”

“Until they die.”

Two villains circulating the streets with signs hanging around their necks that read:

[Gangsters are pervasive filth in Korean society.]

[Yellow Rose is a sex trafficking group.]

This can be enforced because it’s an action that reduces their value.

I’ve advised people not to kill them, but I’m not sure if that will be respected.

They’re being used as bait, so there’s a very high possibility that people from their side will come to kill them, which is why plainclothes police are also on standby in the surrounding area.

‘If they don’t come, they’ll just die while walking.’

The skinny former gang leader will die within 5 hours.

The assault leader who became a pig will last a bit longer, but will die within a day.

“I don’t want to oppose you.”

“If you don’t commit crimes, there won’t be any reason to.”

There are occasionally crazy people who commit crimes just to meet me.

Death also did that and ended up becoming equipment, though I don’t know what kind of confidence they have.

I’ve heard that there are people who might do this out of fan devotion, but they would need to commit at least murder for me to go directly.

It’s hard to commit murder out of fan devotion.

‘Unless it’s not fan devotion.’

‘Now that such an appearance has been revealed, it’s obvious what will happen on the internet.’

I can’t even turn on a broadcast right away, so it’s impossible to explain, and I’m not sure how these topics will roll out.

I should tell Phantom to manage it well.

‘Should I buy her a cake later?’

Phantom probably receives a lot of money, but for things like this, sincerity is important.

‘I should also order a mascot.’

“I’ll handle the cleanup here, so you go do what you need to do.”

“Thank you.”

“Will you come to the memorial service?”

“No. That day should be spent quietly for you. I’ll send flowers separately.”

Me going to that place?

It would be fortunate if a fight doesn’t break out. I feel like I’d be met with shouting and cursing at minimum.

It would be fortunate if I don’t get called someone who appeared late and took all the credit.

I could counter if it were normal opponents, but if it’s families who have lost loved ones, I couldn’t refute anything.

But I don’t want to be the target of their anger either.

There are others to be blamed.

“So after the funeral ends in three days, that’s when I’ll start activities.”

“Are we resting again?”

“At this rate, we have more training than actual work.”

I want to be active too.

But what can I do when even planned activities have been modified because of this incident?

There was already a lot of talk about the broadcasting stations suing.

In this incident, journalists also violated safety protocols and were taken hostage, so if scenes of people dying had been broadcast live, there’s a high possibility that the broadcasting companies would have faced disciplinary actions.

People’s complaints would have poured in, yet they’re talking about suing in this situation? Do they really carry their heads just for decoration?

‘I really should visit them once.’

Journalists are already being criticized, are they trying to divert attention to us?

“If journalists come, send them all away. It doesn’t matter if you break their cameras.”

I dismissed the team members and returned to my room.

I didn’t say it, but this was Fran’s first kill, and Builder also saw multiple people die for the first time.

They might look fine on the outside, but I don’t know what state their inner selves are in.

Managing the team members’ mental health is also the team leader’s role.

Of course, I don’t plan to leave them like this forever.

It’s just their first time.

“… I think I’ll take a shower.”

Lately, I have a lot to think about, so my shower frequency has increased compared to the past.

Even though no waste comes out of my body and magical tools keep me clean without washing, I still shower.

In the previous world, showers were a luxury because I never knew when I might be attacked.

When I was a man, that was the only time I had to myself, so I did enjoy it.

“Now I’ve become a woman though.”

“You’ve changed a lot from the old days.”

… Shit, how did that bitch get in here?

Have I become too lax lately?

Even when forming temporary teams, I used to notice when other people approached.

Do I really feel she’s on my side?

“It’s my first time seeing someone change gender.”

“Why? Is there a prob—! Why are you naked!”

Turning around, I saw Six-Two standing there naked.

Not just in underwear, but in the state she was born, just as is.

Does this girl have no shame?

She knows I was originally a man and only met me during that time, so how can she stand there so confidently!

Could she be a pervert?

If we’d done that kind of thing, it would make sense.

‘But the body I glimpsed briefly was clean.’

Though she’s an android, the reproductive parts were made of human flesh.

The color was definitely vivid…

‘Shit. What am I thinking!’

I looked at Six-Two with eyes demanding an immediate explanation.

“If only you are naked, it seems embarrassing.”

… Is she crazy?

If both are naked, the number of embarrassed people just increases to two.

‘Wait, “only you” she said?’

I used my arms to cover the important parts.

Honestly, I thought about blasting her out, but if other people came, the situation would only get weirder.

[Activate – Saint’s Robe]

For now, I brought out any equipment to cover my body.

Since it’s already embedded in my body, I can’t give it to Six-Two, but if at least I cover up, the embarrassment is halved.

“Pretty. It suits you.”

“Shut up and tell me the reason.”

“Just. I came to talk about old times.”

Is it because of the Hwaryong Group?

They drafted many hunters as heroes, but didn’t see good results, so there must be chaos internally.

Six-Two’s appearance wasn’t captured, but she seems worried.

“Hwaryong won’t take action yet. So don’t worry.”

“What are you talking about? I really came to talk about old times.”

She raised her head and looked at my face.

I want to meet her eyes, but I might see other things too, so I had to turn my head away.

“You’ve grown a lot taller. In the past, you were similar to me.”

“Men grow until they’re 20.”

“You disappeared at 17. Didn’t you become a woman then?”

“No.”

Actually, that’s true.

But! If time had passed, I definitely could have reached 175cm.

“Your physique has improved from back then too. You were so skinny that your leg would break if someone kicked you once.”

“That was because the person who kicked was strange.”

Back then, I was a much skinnier, underweight human than Six-Two.

I was weak and prone to collapsing, but I was raised to deceive opponents with my appearance and then kill them.

It’s not that I would really break from one hit, but the leg of the human who kicked me was about half the size of a body, so that’s why.

“You became healthier by becoming a woman. It wasn’t like that in manga.”

“Reality is different from manga.”

In manga, when a man becomes a woman, they become weaker and smaller, but I was completely the opposite.

My body became healthier and I grew taller.

Honestly, if someone asked if I want to go back to the old days, I could say no.

My appearance back then was really miserable.

“You had a face more feminine than a woman’s, and then you became a real woman.”

“You must be the only one who saw a woman in that skeletal appearance.”

“Everyone around me was robust. It’s natural that you seemed unique.”

Albino with a skeletal appearance. I knew I seemed unique to people around me, but isn’t calling me a woman a bit too much?

“Not too much.”

… Should I really hit her?

“More importantly, you’ve been a woman for a long time, can’t you look at a naked woman?”

“I went through puberty as a man.”

“Haven’t you seen naked women while working?”

“I have, but it’s a different feeling.”

When I work, I see the other person as not human.

Just as no one can’t look at a dog walking around naked, their naked bodies give me no feeling.

I wonder if I could see Six-Two as an animal too.

For example, a cat.

“Would you like to meow?”

“Go out and die.”

I guess it doesn’t work.

“It’s not strange for women to see each other naked. What if someone else catches us like this?”

“There are various people in the world. We won’t be discovered by something like this.”

I kindly showed Six-Two out.

Now I need to lock the door and live.

If such a thing happened twice, I don’t think I’d live out my natural lifespan.

‘I’m a rank 31 ranker.’

This is ridiculous.

♦♦♦

“Are you kidding me right now! We’re putting so much effort into this project, and you ruined it!”

The secret location on the 7th underground floor of the Hwaryong Guild.

Some of the heroes who participated this time were gathered in one place.

All of them had been active in Hwaryong and now converted to heroes.

Specifically, they are people who became heroes because they couldn’t resist the guild master’s pressure.

“Fuck. You want to receive Hwaryong’s money while not even being able to defeat mere gangsters. What the hell is the HR department doing to keep such bastards on the streets!”

These people gave their full ability when they were hunters, but naturally, their skill in dealing with humans rather than monsters would be lower.

But Kim Sang-hyun, who valued Hwaryong’s prestige more, didn’t even think about that and started criticizing the hunters.

Bam-

“Do you know how much I’ve been berated today!”

Bam-

“They say I have no eye for people.”

Bam-

“Me, ranked 10th among awakened! I have to hear such words!”

As if the claim of being S-rank 10th was true, the people he kicked had small fractures at minimum, and in severe cases, some had broken legs.

But people endured the pain and maintained proper posture.

The person in front has a position that allows him to drown someone and get away with it as if nothing happened.

If the 10th ranked leaves Korea, the state would find a way to avoid punishment by any means.

Then not only themselves but also their families could be in danger.

“Somehow build up achievements. If your names come out of my mouth again! Know that you’ll all die then!”

Kim Sang-hyun treated them as usual.

But if there’s something he doesn’t realize, it’s that the entity that can bring him down is right nearby.

If just one person feels like reporting him, he could fall from his throne as guild master.

The day he falls from above is getting closer.