episode_0044

At that time, the top floor of a certain building in Busan, the Haegeuneul Chairman’s office.

“What do you mean, Goblin’s patent application failed!!”

The short, balding old man let out a roar.

As he shouted, all the men in suits and directors had their heads down and were only looking at someone.

“Executive Director Kim! You say it! You are in charge of this!”

“…All domestic patents have been confirmed. Records from 2000 to 25 were reviewed 24 hours a day, and all data prior to that was also checked.”

“But why did the Patent Office reject it as plagiarism!!”

“…There was data related to goblins overseas and in the United States.”

Executive Director Kim operated the Taegeuk Watch while sweating coldly, and soon a report in English appeared on the screen hung on the wall of the chairman’s office.

“As you can see, an American company submitted a hero costume design as follows. That is at the end of 2024, around Christmas, about 4 months ago.”

“So you uploaded that design in the US first?”

“Yes. The Haegeun branch in the United States is checking to see if the company that posted this patent had a close collusion with Goblin. However, that is unlikely… They have registered a total of 30 patents for designs similar to the second form of goblin, ‘Doji Rider’.”

“One of them was identical to the goblin’s?”

“It’s not the same, but it looks quite similar. My personal impression is that it looks like it was taken from Goblin’s and was taken out to a certain extent….”

“Damn it!”

The Chairman of Sunshade uttered two curses and collapsed in his chair.

“Cancel all goblin related products! Everything from figures, stickers, and movable toys!”

“Well, in the case of the plastic model, the modeling has already been made…”

“Get rid of it! What’s the point in selling it if it’s not patented? Even if it’s us, we can’t sell something that doesn’t have official permission!!”

You can’t make something based on villain material and sell it.

If you do that for no reason, you will be criticized and asked what you have to do with the villain’s organization.

Or, when the villain commits a serious crime such as murder, all products sold with the villain in mind become trash.

So, as an expedient, I tried to secure the patent rights from Haeguneul in the same way as Haeguneul Rider, but that went awry from the first step.

“Damn, Hwanseong and Selji, how are they doing in Dayou?!”

“Although they were slower than us, they were also gathering relevant data and preparing for patent applications. In the case of Hwanseong, the patent examination was submitted the day before yesterday.”

“Those guys should be criticized too. If we don’t pass, then of course they don’t either. Damn it, there aren’t some goblins holding important positions in this country, so how do they even check patent data in foreign countries? Damn.”

The chairman gritted his teeth and clenched the side of his head.

“I somehow find out the list of people who reviewed patents. I need to know why they ripped up the patent. I really need to know why these guys who give a free pass to other foreign heroes and villains are so sensitive when it comes to goblins! Executive Director Kim, take responsibility and figure it out!!”

“Yes, yes! We will make sure to obtain a list of those responsible and find out the background behind their rejection of the patent! Is it really because it is similar to the contents of an overseas patent, or is there some connection to the goblin?”

“Yes! Be sure to find out!”

“Chairman, then what are you going to do with that little boy?”

“Little boy? Ah, are you just a fool who only believes in that ability and laughs?”

The chairman operated the Taegeuk Watch and played a video.

At the center of the video filming a certain place in real time was a boy, Yuk Gi-bong, who was somewhat hesitant.

“We need to let people know the coldness of reality. Cut it out.”

There was not an ounce of mercy in the president’s eyes.

“You sound like a Gibong rider. Tsk.”

“Chairman, if you go on a rampage…”

“Isn’t that Sejong Island? This is Busan. Oh, if we go on a rampage and become real villains, that would be great. The heroes will take care of it.”

After a while.

“Or a real goblin can come out and deal with it.”

In the video, Yuk Ki-bong started to ‘run away’.

* * *

I was already expecting that there would be a Goblin knockoff.

The reason I was expecting it was because from the moment I first appeared and became popular, what could be considered my default look was plagiarized.

black suit.

Goblin’s mask.

A hat that looks like an English gentleman.

Golden eyes shining inside.

It was just an ordinary monster wearing a suit, but they arbitrarily plagiarized it and called it a ‘heroic goblin’ or a ‘scattered goblin’.

Even a famous overseas men’s suit brand parodied me as an advertising concept.

Of course, I didn’t receive a penny of advertising fees, licenses, or modeling fees.

After transforming into a doji rider.

I discussed this with the head once, and the head checked my various appearances and submitted the design for an international patent.

-One day is enough. No, not even a day is a waste. We’ll do it within 1 hour.

-Is it possible?

-It’s me.

Isn’t the association legally impossible because it is a villain organization?

So, like the sunshade, I brought in a code that others could not say without permission and applied for a patent.

-Thank you, Chairman. We, the Fahrenheit family, will not forget the support of our Chairman.

Just as Sunshade included the design of a goblin among various design forms, we also joined hands with a powerful American family and created a design as a villain.

Those in the country probably don’t know.

The design that people call ‘Doji Rider’ has already been patented in the US.

Even in the shadow of the sun, you probably feel like you’ve been stabbed in the back.

When they find out that the reason why it failed the patent examination is because Goblin’s design is already registered in the United States, Haegeuneul and all other Korean villains have no choice but to think that way.

-Is the goblin an American?

In reality, I am a native Korean who cannot speak English, but those who tried to steal my design fell into the CEO’s trap and were unable to achieve what they wanted.

in other words.

‘Unfortunately, something like Gibong Rider can no longer exist in this world.’

Patents are a failure.

Yuk Ki-bong’s delusion of stealing money with the design of a goblin, and Hae-geun’s ambition of making money by seducing an immature high school student with fame and money, all ended.

the problem is.

“This can’t be like this…! I was abandoned? Ugh, these damn bastards…!! No, I’m a rider! I have to be the ‘first’ rider…!!”

They clearly made a mistake, but instead of acknowledging that mistake, they go on a rampage of their own accord.

“Kaaaa!!”

A huge amount of mana began to burst out from Yuk Gi-bong’s body.

Mana immediately created a wind and pushed those around her.

Clink!

“Aaaaa!!”

The wind pressure caused by Mana broke the windows and people fell.

“Cause of casualties! From now on, we designate Yuk Ki-bong as the villain’s ‘doppelganger’!”

As the police shouted into the radio, soon everyone’s Taegeuk Watch started sounding a villain alarm.

It’s funny to designate Yuk Ki-bong as the villain only after obvious casualties have occurred, but the police officer isn’t wrong either.

Click.

I covered the Taegeuk watch with my hand and turned off the villain alarm.

Meanwhile, the appearance of Yuk Ki-bong, or rather his doppelganger, began to slowly change.

[I, I am the number one rider…! I have to become the first rider…!]

It started to run away.

It started to become contaminated with madness.

Instead of being forcibly corrupted by the alien mana underground on Sejong Island, he tries to vent his anger at what he cannot obtain into a desire for destruction.

“Everyone, avoid it!!”

I gave instructions to people according to the manual.

Instantly, Yoon I-seon turned her head towards me, and I nodded sharply at her and ran back with the people.

A clear surge of talented people.

Until a little while ago, faculty and staff and incompetent people were also supposed to provide on-site support, but in a situation where there is clearly an influx of talented people, faculty and staff are just incompetent.

“Come to your senses, junior Yuk Gi-bong!!”

“Chairman! It’s late! That guy is already a villain! This is a guy who had the potential to become a villain from the beginning!”

“I have to convince you somehow! It’s not too late! If you can convince the villain before he turns into a devil…!”

[Khahahaha!!]

late.

Before the hero could convince him, Yuk Ki-bong had already become a ‘Gibong monster’ instead of just being a Gibong rider.

[The world is punishing me! I’m a real rider! I’m the first! Now that things have come to this, we are attacking the Patent Office!!]

Or the devil Yuk Gi-bong.

‘You’re so crazy that I can’t even communicate. is not it. Are you already so immersed in your own world that the common sense of the world doesn’t apply to you?’

So sadly, I was completely consumed by madness.

‘The surrounding circumstances are sufficient.’

I am.

He is a stranger.

I am not from this world.

no one knows me

The moment I thought that, it felt like the world stopped.

As the world becomes quiet, neither those who run away nor those who are confused notice me.

As if I wasn’t here.

I went straight into an alley with no people and no CCTV.

A place where no one sees.

If you quickly take off your clothes and then pack them up after transformation –

[Kaaaa!!]

The roar of the runaway Yuk Gi-bong.

It sends out sound waves in all directions, and the sound waves cause one of the electric poles to break and fall down.

“It’s dangerous!!”

see.

The sight of Yoon Yi-sun spewing out magical power like a tail behind her back and running toward the child under the telephone pole.

[I am the true rider!!!]

Come on.

I tried to leave with the child in my arms, but the magical energy wave that came from behind caused a large splash of red blood on my ankle.

“!!”

Yun Yi-seon stopped at that spot.

She pushed the child she was holding forward and she fell forward.

The electric pole is aimed at Yoon Iseon’s head –

Kwa-eu-ang!!

Suddenly.

My body had crossed the line.

He kicked the telephone pole that was falling towards Yoon I-seon and went out to the square wearing his usual black suit and mask.

“Do you…?”

[I am.]

After tapping the mask lightly with his finger, he took out the bat.

[It is a scholar goblin passing by.]