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    “A hero?”

    I looked at her closely.

    The simple make-up that complements the original, the half-tied hair, and the suit are not disheveled anywhere.

    Dressed like a perfect office worker, he looks like he came right out of an office drama.

    But somehow, I could feel an uneasy atmosphere flowing from her.

    “The building right next door is the office of our Supernova team.”

    For some reason, after the appearance of a woman named Kang Da-kyung, the villain stopped resisting and became calm. I looked at it out of the corner of my eye and said.

    “……My name is Ignis. What is Kang Da-kyung’s hero name?”

    “Although it is not enough, it is called ‘The Hand’.”

    After hearing that, I asked Silver Chaser, who was connected to the communicator.

    “Silver Chaser, is this area under the jurisdiction of the Supernova team?”

    -yes that’s right!

    “The team leader is The Hand, right?”

    -How did you know? It is said that he can use very powerful telekinetic powers, but no one has ever seen him actually fight. However, he is famous for his excellent performance.

    No one witnessed the battle…

    He seemed like the opposite type of person to me, who became a hot topic every time he caught a villain or prevented a terrorist attack.

    Kang Da-kyung, who had been quietly waiting for her identity to be confirmed, opened her mouth.

    “What hero team do you belong to, Ignis?”

    “Red Wyvern.”

    “The area you are responsible for must be a bit far from here.”

    “This guy suddenly uses abilities like space movement.”

    Kang Da-kyung tilted her head as if wondering.

    “Hmm… Isn’t that villain’s superpower to throw objects forcefully?”

    “That is correct. He probably had a helper.”

    While I was casually conversing with her, I felt something strange.

    “Wait a minute… This guy hasn’t used any superpowers since he came here. How do you know what superpowers he has?”

    “……”

    Kang Da-kyung quietly closed her mouth and stared at me.

    I tensed my body at the sudden silence.

    I was mentally prepared to respond by taking out equipment from my inventory at any time.

    I didn’t understand why I had such a tense confrontation with the same hero, but just because I’m a hero doesn’t mean I can’t do my best.

    The reason I joined the hero team was to find a clue to the organization, and that clue was currently being suppressed by one of my arms.

    If a battle broke out, I planned to somehow keep the villain’s life on the line.

    For a moment, despite the tense atmosphere, Kang Da-kyung obediently opened her mouth.

    “I guessed this from the fact that Ignis subdued the villain by hitting her arm, and the items she dropped.”

    “Is that so?”

    “……Anyway, there is a good reason why the teams are divided into regions.”

    Kang Da-kyung stretched out her finger and pointed to the spot where I landed.

    “What is the difference between a hero and a villain if he travels around the city and increases damage in the name of catching villains?”

    Where she pointed, a cracked and broken road was showing its insides.

    Kang Da-kyung’s point is not wrong.

    Apart from the casualties, the material damage I actually caused while working as a hero was considerable.

    While chasing a criminal, it is not uncommon for someone to hit the ground so hard that the floor cracks.

    There is no need to mention the buildings, vehicles, and roads destroyed during the battle with the villain.

    However, if you ask me if I agree with Kang Da-kyung’s opinion, I can say no emphatically.

    “I don’t care about that. The only way to catch a villain with the least amount of damage is to catch him as soon as you see him. If you give more importance to things like the area you are responsible for and the damage to the surrounding areas, you will end up paying interest in the future and causing even greater damage.”

    And above all…

    She imposed extremely strict standards for heroes that only appeared in comics, and I did not feel the sense of duty typical of someone who does just things.

    It just sounded like he was dryly spitting out memorized content.

    After listening to me quietly, she turned her body halfway and pointed to the building next to her.

    “It seems like an inappropriate situation to keep talking while standing in the middle of the street. Would you like to come into our office with us and continue our conversation? There are also many rooms to temporarily imprison villains.”

    “Hmm…”

    I like that there was no unnecessary conflict, but strangely, I didn’t have much faith in Kang Da-young.

    Should I say that it looks like a typical suspicious character?

    It seemed like he was hiding something real.

    And I had no desire to discuss the definition of a hero with a travel destination I didn’t even acknowledge.

    “It is done. I will take this villain with me, so if you have any complaints, please forward them to Red Wyvern.”

    “……”

    In front of Kang Da-kyung, I searched the villain’s arms, took out the remaining miscellaneous items, and threw them on the floor.

    Then I tore off the jacket the villain was wearing and tied her body to my back.

    Buzzing~

    I took out the bike, which was still in original condition, from my inventory and rode on it.

    Kang Da-kyung was either shocked by the sight of me pulling out a bike out of thin air, or maybe she lost the will to talk after the suggestion I had just made, but she didn’t say anything more.

    Buwaaaang~

    As I walked away with the sound of the exhaust sound, I could feel her persistent gaze clinging to me and not leaving me.

    Although there was an unexpected intervention by another hero, the targeted villain was safely secured.

    Tuk!

    “Ugh!”

    When I returned to the office, I threw him into an empty chair and sat him down.

    Whirling!

    Yoon Se-mi, who was on standby as always, moved the rope and tied the villain to a chair.

    Now he had completely given up resistance and asked the limp guy.

    “You are not working alone, but you belong to an organization, right?”

    “……”

    “I’m asking because I know everything. I already know that the last bank attack and the Ice Queen’s rampage in the square were all done by your organization.”

    “……!”

    The guy who had kept his mouth shut looked at me with surprised eyes.

    I guess he didn’t think I knew that much.

    This information was given to me by the villains I met at the bank in a fairly indifferent manner, but looking at their reactions, it seemed like they did not share all the facts with each other even if they were from the same organization.

    In the first place, it was hard to imagine that villains, most of whom were outlaws, would maintain a close relationship with each other, but maybe this guy I caught was a more insignificant minnow than expected.

    “I have just three questions for you.”

    He said, bringing his masked face closer to the villain.

    “The identity of your boss, the bases hidden by the organization, and a method of space movement that even a guy like you can use.”

    “I… I don’t know anything!”

    “Hmm…”

    ‘Should I at least torture him?’

    Although it was reluctant, seeing him stick out his flippers without giving the desired answer, such an option naturally came to mind.

    However, even when I was working as an agent, I did not have the confidence to do it properly because I had never tortured myself.

    At best, it would be like burning it with fire or stabbing it with a knife, and it wouldn’t look good for Park Seo-in or Yoon Se-mi who were watching.

    It wouldn’t be a pleasant experience at all for me either.

    ‘Should I look for a psychic who specializes in interrogation?’

    At this very moment, hero teams are springing up all over the place, so it’s likely that some of them will have psychic powers that can read a target’s memories or make them tell the truth.

    He looked down at the villain and said.

    “Do you think Kang Da-kyung was more scared than me? I couldn’t even open my mouth properly, let alone lie, in front of that woman.”

    “Hehehe… You, you don’t know… It’s all over now…”

    The name of Kang Da-kyung was brought up without much thought, and the boy reacted more strongly than expected.

    He looked like he was very afraid of something.

    “Did that person look that scary?”

    Yoon Se-mi, who was watching from the side, asked.

    “No, that wasn’t it. He just seemed like an office worker with a slightly unusual atmosphere.”

    “Oh… After all, if she is the daughter of a member of the National Assembly, does she give off an aura that is different from that of ordinary people?”

    These were Park Seo-in’s words to himself.

    I heard something unexpected, so I asked her back.

    “Member of the National Assembly?”

    “Didn’t you know? The Hand Kang Da-kyung is the daughter of National Assembly member Kang Hye-won. He is a very popular person whose children are famous heroes in their own right.”

    “Hmm… He was a greater person than I thought.”

    If I had really fought her, something very annoying could have happened.

    Perhaps the reason for imposing such strict standards for heroes was to prevent their parents, who are members of the National Assembly, from being attacked?

    As I was organizing my thoughts, someone opened the office door.

    Jump up!

    “Umm~ Is this Red Wyvern? This is where Ignis works!”

    “Don’t be too relaxed during a mission. Unless you want your head to fly off like last time.”

    Two women in ordinary clothes entered the office, having a conversation.

    The problem was that, unlike their outfits, their faces were identical to those of villains I knew well.

    The superpowers of body manipulation and invisible slashes I met at the bank.

    This time, he didn’t even cover his face, as if he had nothing to hide.

    I don’t know how they knew that Ignis belonged to the Red Wyverns and the location of the office, but they were calmly entering the room.

    Park Seo-in, who did not know that fact, approached the two people to get them out.

    “I’m busy with important work right now, so it’s a bit difficult to visit. Please come again next time……”

    “Dodge backwards!”

    When I saw the slashing villain’s hand moving, I grabbed Park Seo-in’s neck without even having time to show respect.

    Suddenly!

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