episode_0005
by fnovelpia“How on earth do you do this work!!”
Headquarters of the Korean Heroes Association.
The middle-aged men sitting at the long, wide table bowed their heads at the shouts of the middle-aged man in a fancy suit.
“It’s possible that the hero lost! Why are they saying that the hero is incompetent? Why!!”
“..That’s…the villain suddenly showed the heroes being trapped in real time…”
“Ha…”
A middle-aged man who suddenly loses his temper and then lets out a deep sigh.
He sat down in his chair, his head in his hand, as if he had a headache.
“Incompetent bastards..because they can’t even stop the media…”
“..I’m sorry, Mr. President.”
So how do we block the press?
The words were still on the tip of their tongues, but the middle-aged men had no choice but to hold it in and bow their heads to the boss in front of them.
“Here are the hero kids! What the hell are those kids doing!”
“…Those friends are also working hard..”
“What are you working so hard for!! At least catch the villain! If only the video didn’t get caught!!”
If we had caught the villain, the mistake made during the terrorist attack would have been forgiven.
If the video hadn’t been captured, it could have been said that it was an accidental terrorist attack by a psychotic villain.
But what the heck is this!
A hero! And even a hero of the highest rank is being toyed around by a lowly villain!
The association president thought that there was no figure like this.
“Let’s think before we speak! Let’s speak!”
“…I’m sorry, Chairman.”
When I glared at the middle-aged man who said that the heroes were working hard, he bowed his head and said sorry.
“And that guy. That guy, Macon Bacon or something. Did you find out any personal information about him?”
“……”
The association president’s face turned red as he saw the executives remaining silent in response to his question.
“Why isn’t that there!!”
“..I’m sorry.”
“Can’t you say anything other than “I’m sorry?” Isn’t that kid a person with superpowers?”
An executive nods his head to the association president’s words.
“Then, you should check this ability, you little punk!!!”
Check your abilities.
It is one of the special laws for people with special abilities stipulated by law in the country.
Abilities are discovered and researched at a young age when they cannot be hidden, and because each individual’s specific abilities are different, similar abilities are grouped and classified to collect information about them.
When he saw the terror, it was clear that he was a person with superpowers.
but.
“There was none.”
“..what?”
“I searched, but I couldn’t find anyone who seemed to be the maker.”
The executive ordered people to find the Maker among those with summoning abilities, but failed.
“Excluding the elderly and middle-aged who are already old, excluding elementary and middle school students who are newly born or have not yet reached secondary sexual characteristics, and finally, excluding all women. There were no results.”
“…Did you investigate it in a different series?”
“I thought about that too…but it was the same.”
When you see the video, he comes out with the gun empty handed.
It is clear that it is okay to think of it as a summoning type ability that can bring out objects or call forth contracted beings.
But the fact that no results come out from the ability search…
“Whether Maker is really a Summoner or a new type, he is either a hidden ability seeker or an acquired ability user.”
“…There’s no way he’d have hidden this ability since he was young, so he must be an acquired ability user who awakened this ability later in life.”
It felt like I was forcing a piece that didn’t fit, but it was the most realistic answer.
“Whew..what the hell is he doing.”
The association president seemed to be starting to get a headache at the thought that things would be busy for a while.
“..Anyway, this time, the guy who made a mistake. I’ll hold a press conference, so make him apologize there. And also put out a statement.”
The hero misunderstood the words of the association that gave the order.
We were told to carefully investigate the 15th floor, where civilians are presumed to be, but to also make sure to investigate the other floors.
And the villain got hit with a plan he had planned from the beginning.
It’s clear from the start that the guy had no intention of keeping his promise.
The association president instructed them to release a statement blaming only the heroes and villains, excluding their own faults.
A small number of executives felt uncomfortable at the chairman’s words, but they had to hide their feelings in their mouths again as the majority of executives soon praised him.
“This week, we will definitely make the citizens forget about this incident.”
It was a week before Maker committed a new terrorist attack.
***
Busy moving organization members.
And I am leisurely enjoying my tea time while looking at it.
-Really…I don’t know what you’re doing.
Astra’s voice, as if she had a headache, came through the speaker of the phone.
-Isn’t this the exact same terrorist attack, just with a different location from Area B?
“Yes.”
-No, why? Usually, when you commit terrorism, there is a two-month gap between the preparation time and it is efficient for people to remember, right?
“That’s right. But isn’t it difficult to see it as remembering the ‘Eclipse executive’ rather than the ‘maker’?”
Eclipse has been around for so long that no one is unaware of them, but they are not newbie villain makers.
If I were to say that I would commit terrorism two months from now, it would only be on the level of ‘Maker? Oh, that Eclipse executive?’, and there would be almost no one who would remember what I did as a villain.
In other words, this terrorist attack is an important terrorist attack that not only reminds us of the previous terrorist attack, but also shows us what kind of villain I am.
“And the New Year’s terror attack, wouldn’t it be even more memorable?”
-…Sometimes I see you as someone who is obsessed with revealing yourself.
You’re asking for something like this as compensation…
Astra’s grumbling voice.
But there’s nothing I can do.
That way, my influence will grow, and my every action will attract the attention of the top heroes and the main characters of the original story.
“But won’t personal information be hidden?”
-If you can’t even say anything…
If the original kids can defeat the final boss, they should immediately wash their identities and run away.
‘Come to think of it, it might be too late once the original is finished. Since I have a lot of money, it might be a good idea to buy a building in advance and open a cafe.’
I decided to think about it one more time, hung up the phone and focused on the terror.
“Anyway..I think it’s time to start terrorizing now. Astra, you have work to do, don’t you?”
-Yes, before that, I have one last thing to say.
Ahem.
Astra with a polished voice.
Then he continued speaking in a serious tone.
-These are the words of the ‘Chief’.
I listened to the word commander.
‘I heard that since our last phone call, you’ve been just resting.’
Having suffered a serious injury in the past and left her in very poor health, she was concentrating on recovering without any external activities.
It was my first external activity in nearly 10 years that they appointed me as an executive.
-He asked me to please show him what I expected.
“…Is that the end?”
-yes.
It may have been a bit blunt, but wasn’t it her best attempt at cheering?
Since you made me an executive, there has been no support whatsoever, so are you cheering me on out of a guilty conscience?
“Please tell them I will exceed their expectations.”
…Isn’t it? Or else.
-Yes. Then, thank you for your hard work, Maker.
“I hope you work hard, Astra.”
After the call ended, I looked at the members of the organization and they seemed to have already finished preparing.
“Then. Shall we welcome the guests?”
That’s how I started my second terror.
and.
“Your evil deeds end here, Maker!!”
“Ah, you came. As promised, I will release the citizens.”
“?”
I released the civilians as soon as the hero arrived.
***
Heroes who slowly move citizens to safety while glaring at me.
I was one of the B-class heroes of Sector E who committed terrorism today.
“What are you planning?”
A man with glaring eyes asks what I’m thinking.
‘Oh, that’s scary.’
I looked at him, took a sip of my tea and said.
“I just kept my promise.”
“Promise..Yeah, you said you’d release the civilians if we came.”
“I kept my promise, Unknown Hero. And now, the heroes must keep their promises.”
“Ha.”
A man with a dumbfounded expression.
When I saw the last civilians fall into the hands of the heroes, I got up from my desk.
“Okay, then I’ll give you a reward. Have a nice game..”
WHEEE!!!
The attack came before I could even finish speaking.
An uppercut that approaches and flies at a fairly fast speed compared to its size.
The stance was good, but the flow of the attack was so straightforward that I avoided the attack by leaning back.
“What are you doing?”
“The citizens have been released, so why should we be playing around with your pranks?”
“Hmm~ That’s why it was like that.”
‘Well, I knew this would happen.’
Where can you find a guy who is not a real idiot and does everything the villain tells him to do?
Plus, there are no hostages left who could have been in danger.
‘But now I’ve shown you everything I wanted to show you.’
“Okay! Now stop talking and just take a hit from me…!”
“Organization members.”
I raised one hand and interrupted the hero who was shouting and pounding his fists.
“Knock it out.”
“What? Hey, wait…Ugh!!!”
As soon as my order is given, the members of the organization instantly knock out a B-class hero.
I think it was a good idea to tell people to stay still before the last terrorist attack.
‘If I had done something wrong, my impact would have been lost.’
I thought about that for a moment and looked at the B-class hero who had passed out.
The rumbling coming from underneath the building made me feel like it was time to go.
I turned around and boarded the waiting helicopter.
“Let’s go now.”
““Yes!””
As soon as I gave the order to escape, the members of the organization quickly packed their belongings and boarded the helicopter.
Wheeing-
A helicopter with a propeller moving with a whirring sound and then rising into the air.
As if they knew we were leaving, the noise below the building grew even busier.
‘Catch them! Catch them! This time, no exceptions..!’
Click.
Kwaaang!!!!
I threw away the switch as I watched the building crumble.
‘It ended a bit blandly.’
It seems to have ended even faster than the last terrorist attack.
Free all the citizens and don’t kill the heroes.
The building had to be collapsed just before departure, but ultimately there were no casualties.
You may wonder what kind of terrorism this is since it didn’t achieve anything in the end.
It’s a win-win for me.
‘Because I showed my character.’
There are probably people who are analyzing this terrorist attack in the same way as the last one.
What kind of personality I have, what kind of behavior I dislike, and what kind of behavior I want.
A villain with a gentlemanly feel. A villain who causes no casualties if you just follow his words.
‘Oh, last time we fought without even letting the civilians go, so why did they let us go this time?’
‘The only difference is that these heroes really obediently listened to the villain and stood in front.’
‘If you just follow the words, will you keep your word?’
As a result, a situation is created where one has no choice but to follow the villain’s words.
More precisely, to make you think that following is more beneficial.
What if people who have completed their analysis, however vague, spread that information widely on the Internet?
The future is going to be fun.
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