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‘Eunhang? I think I know the villain and the hostage.’

Anyway, it was definitely not good news.

As soon as I checked the text, I shook Lee Hye-ri’s shoulder.

“Ugh… Why…”

“I think something happened to Yuri. I may have been caught up in a villain’s terror attack.”

“……”

Jump up!

Lee Hye-ri, who had been in a half-asleep state, jumped up as soon as she heard the words villain and terrorism.

She snatched the smartphone out of my hand and looked at the screen.

Her hands were shaking as she read the text, forcing herself to focus with squinted eyes.

“This… Yuri must be in town right now…”

“Did you hear exactly where you said you were going?”

I quickly gathered my suit and equipment and asked.

If it had been someone else’s job, he would have hugged Lee Hye-ri’s shocked shoulder and comforted her, but Lee Yu-ri might have been caught up in the incident.

I couldn’t delay even a moment.

Hye-ri Lee also answered while searching her memory.

“Bank… I said I was going to the bank to do some work.”

“The word Eunhang in the text seems to refer to a bank. Do you know which bank it is?”

“Uh… If you ask Yuri…”

He grabbed Lee Hye-ri’s wrist while she was operating her smartphone.

“Do not reply.”

“Why?”

Hyeri Lee looked at me.

“If she is taken hostage by a bank robber, the vibration may sound and put Yuri in a dangerous situation.”

“Ah…”

“Don’t know exactly which bank it is?”

She thought for a moment and said.

“I can guess a bank in the city. It’s right near where we went to see a movie last time. Minho, when you leave, I will guide you through the communicator.”

“Okay.”

Drurrr

I opened the window, stood on the window sill, and looked back.

I saw Lee Hye-ri with her hands folded and a worried look in her eyes.

He spoke to her in a calm voice.

“I will definitely bring you back safely.”

“Yes.”

After seeing that he nodded to my assurance, I jumped outside.

Whick!

I don’t know what kind of people they are, but they are doing something that will inevitably involve Lee Yu-ri.

‘I need to make sure they can’t even come anywhere near here.’

***

After confirming that Minho was leaving, Lee Hye-ri put the communication device in her room to her ear and went out to the living room.

“Minho, can you hear me?”

-I can hear you well.

A voice transmitted through the communicator attached to Minho’s hero suit mask.

After confirming that the transmission and reception were good, she began guiding.

I guided the route while checking Minho’s location in real time on my smartphone.

“After two blocks, turn left.”

-okay.

“After that, keep going straight.”

Hye-ri Lee looked for the remote control while looking at the dots on the map moving at very high speed.

Robbing a bank is a very big event.

Also, this is a metropolitan area where there is a police station nearby and police officers are always patrolling.

There was also talk that the number of patrols had been increased these days due to villains.

If something like a bank robbery or hostage taking had occurred, reporters would have smelled it right away.

Beep beep.

Sure enough, breaking news was being broadcast on the lighted screen.

-There was news that a number of villains were occupying the inside of a bank in……. We will show you a video taken by a citizen near the scene.

The screen that illuminated the studio changed to a video taken with a smartphone.

-Quickly.

-Tadadadang!

-Aaaah!

After a short video passed, the screen switched back to the studio.

-……As you can see, gunfire and screams from citizens continued inside. The photographer said that he saw armed men dressed in black passing by on the street and took the video thinking it was a movie shoot.

If Minho had heard, he would have been astonished and thought, ‘A large-scale terrorist attack took place a week ago, so what kind of movie are you watching?’ But in this world, it wasn’t something special.

The announcer continued.

-As a result of our own inspection, it turned out that police personnel had already been deployed to the scene and surrounded the building.

Fortunately, the location was the bank that Hye-ri Lee had guessed.

She relayed that fact to Minho and focused on the screen.

If there was any information that might be helpful, I wanted to let Minho know right away.

And at the same time.

Between police cars surrounding a bank occupied by villains.

“Phew…”

Inspector Seo Min-jeong, or rather Inspector Seo Min-jung, who has developed serious dark circles thanks to the villains who have been causing a lot of trouble these days, sighed.

She subdued the villain Stone Golem without any special equipment during a time of chaos as a large number of super-powered people appeared.

Thanks to this, I caught the attention of the government, which needed to show results to the people, and was recently promoted to inspector.

After my promotion, I began to stop visiting the field due to the rapidly increasing amount of paperwork…

I ended up returning to the scene again due to a major incident involving a bank robbery and hostage taking.

“What is the situation?”

She also responded immediately after receiving the call, but since there were others who arrived first while patrolling, she questioned them.

The police officer who was aiming his gun at the bank responded.

“It doesn’t seem like there has been any movement inside the bank since they first took over.”

“Has the location of the hostages been determined?”

“It is difficult to see the inside situation as all the windows are covered.”

“Tsk…”

Seo Min-jeong resisted the urge to smoke and headed to her seat.

In the current situation, there weren’t many options to choose from.

Either rush in despite the lack of information, or surround and wait until the villains make some move.

The problem is that if you force your way in without knowing the location of the hostage, there is a possibility that excited villains will harm the hostage, and just waiting can also end up giving them time to achieve their goal.

Either that or…

Seo Min-jeong’s eyes were focused on one place.

There, a crisis negotiation expert similar to him arrived, wearing protective gear.

“You can try talking here first.”

After completing his preparations, the negotiator cautiously approached the bank.

He raises both hands up, showing that he is not armed with a firearm, and approaches cautiously, one step at a time.

As the negotiator got some distance from the police, a response came from the bank.

Jump up!

The villain, wearing a mask and holding a rifle strapped to his back with a gun suspender, walked out of the bank with confident steps.

“Stop there.”

Another villain’s voice was heard from behind the open bank door.

The negotiator listened to the villain and stopped making any further advances.

“My name is Kim Joo-won, and I am in charge of this negotiation.”

She speaks in a calm voice.

“What may I call you?”

“I don’t have a separate name to tell you. Depending on how things turn out today, there may be a name for us to be called by the public. Just call me whatever you want.”

“Okay. Then I will call you teacher.”

After saying that and clearing his throat, the negotiator opened his mouth.

“The hostages the teacher held inside the bank…”

“Oh, I’m fine. Everyone is in good health.”

The villain cut her off and answered.

“All the brave security guards died.”

“……Why did you do this?”

“That’s right, because there’s something I want.”

“What on earth is that?”

The negotiator asked with a stern expression.

Seeing as they have taken over the bank, money is clearly among their wants.

The problem is not just money, but also the hostage’s life.

They also had their own ideas, so they knew that if they killed the hostage, the police special forces and heroes would come out immediately, but since they had already committed a crime, they had to consider the possibility of them leaving at any time.

And the villain gave a completely unexpected answer that the negotiator did not expect.

“Ignis.”

“Yes?”

“Bring Ignis.”

“Ignis…?”

Seo Min-jeong, who was watching the negotiations from behind, muttered.

The name of a hero who made a brilliant debut by stopping the Ice Queen in the plaza, and has since actively defeated villains and recently even prevented a terrorist attack.

Seo Min-jung personally thinks that he is a bit too over-the-top and walks the line of being a hero, but the public’s fondness for him was very great.

It was great that he was a rare male with supernatural powers, and the citizens liked him because he was eliminating criminals with his outstanding skills.

“Are you planning on using this opportunity to deal with him? ”

Seo Min-jeong thought of the worst family she could think of.

Regardless, the negotiator was feeling difficult.

Most of the government heroes are also waiting in the background because they were not involved in crime until recently.

Ignis?

Not only did I not know who Ignis was, but there was no way I could bring in a third party unexpectedly in a hostage situation like this.

However, if this was said honestly, the villain could have acted unexpectedly, so the negotiator decided to speak in an appropriate tone.

“Well… I’ll try, but I can’t guarantee that it will be possible…”

“It doesn’t matter. Because I already know that they are active around here.”

Villain said.

“When large-scale terrorist attacks occurred across multiple locations last week, we confirmed that they only appeared in this area.”

The villain arrived before we knew it and shouted at the news reporters who were broadcasting live.

“Bring Ignis!”

A voice coming from behind the door echoed through the street.

“Ignis! If you’re watching the news, you’d better come here right now! Otherwise…”

Another villain, who was standing silently outside the bank, took out a grenade from his pocket.

Ting!

He then pulled out the pin and threw it at the negotiator.

“This is what will happen to the hostages in there!”

“Aaaah…!”

“Damn it!”

The embarrassed negotiator fell down screaming, and Seo Min-jeong rushed forward and wrapped her body when the villain took out a grenade from his arms.

The grenade that flew behind Seo Min-jeong, who was curled up like a ball, exploded with a loud noise.

Boom!