episode_0114

The S-class villain and devil, ‘Haftod’, has gone missing.

“Find ‘Geumbutosa’! It definitely disappeared this way!”

The hero who suddenly appeared like a magical girl, Geumbudosa, grabbed Halftoed with a red rope and kidnapped him.

What is the true identity of that woman?

We’ll figure it out gradually, but the important thing right now is the capture of Halftod.

This is a demon that has become S-class for the first time in a long time.

The devil of Mosol.

A fiery demon.

A devil who was transformed by a sense of inferiority about his own appearance and anger toward other people’s love affairs.

It also happens to be a male demon, so if you utilize it well, it will be of great help in ‘demon research’.

“Hurry up and move! hurry! This direction is definitely towards the forest! Spread out and search, and tell them to report anything unusual as soon as they find it!”

The academy’s president personally led the staff, heroes, and agents mobilized to subdue the demon and tracked down the Geumbudosa at the scene.

“You must find it! If that Geumbudosa is who we think he is…!”

The president swallowed his words.

“We will be able to find out about that ‘complete loss’ incident!”

It wasn’t that I was unconsciously saying something that I couldn’t say to others, but my heart was so filled with joy that I stopped speaking.

“President.”

“Ah, Professor Jeong.”

“Are you hoping that the devil Haftod will do Zenroth now?”

“…of course.”

The president couldn’t control his excitement as he repeatedly licked his lips at the question asked by the professor who accompanied him.

“If he shows up without this ability, of course we should try to get him back, right?”

“Do you think this ability may have been passed on to someone else?”

“Okay. I think so. Losing this ability is not simply about the ability disappearing, but about having this ability stolen by someone. Why, wasn’t there something like that in the cartoons you and I watched when we were young?”

“Because I’m not from that generation.”

“Grunt.”

The president frowned, but soon his face blossomed upon hearing the news from Taegeuk Watch.

[President. A searcher found Halftoad in a clearing. He is a white-haired human, not a devil. It appears to have been zen loss.]

“Hmm…! Did you check whether magical power was felt by deploying someone with special abilities?”

[I checked it myself. I didn’t feel it at all. It is clear that this ability has been lost.]

“Indeed…. Ah, it’s such a pity. Losing this ability…!”

The president’s eyes were red and he wiped them with the back of his hand.

“The academy is not a place where students are abandoned just because they have an accident. Our ‘Foundation’ will take care of Halftod. Just in case, seal the limbs and move them to the intensive care unit to monitor the progress. If it is confirmed that he is no longer running away, release the restraint to a minimum.”

[All right. If you are going to the foundation, do you even have to undergo ‘rehabilitation training’?]

“Of course. I lost this ability, but isn’t there a possibility of recovering it again?”

Although it is still within the realm of possibility.

“The academy does not give up on students. Hehehe, isn’t this a place that trains talented people who will lead our country’s future?”

[All right. I will carry out your instructions.]

“Okay. Thank you for your hard work.”

The president covered his hand with the Taegeuk watch.

As soon as the phone was hung up, the president took out a white paper bag with ‘Hallasan Mountain’ written on it.

“I really wish I could meet Geumbudosa. And if the goal is not to extinguish the devil’s supernatural abilities, but to take away the supernatural abilities of the person who has become a devil…”

Smirk.

“If this ability becomes like an object, wouldn’t it also be possible to transfer property without ownership to another person through legal procedures? So, if even people who are not gifted can become people with special abilities.”

The president’s eyes were shining like a child’s.

“This country will become stronger and stronger.”

* * *

[The devil’s heart is a little different from the one you extracted. However, the devil’s supernatural ability is similar in that it is something that came out of the devil himself.]

“The only difference is whether it is the heart or another part?”

[yes. It varies depending on the extraction method, but ultimately, coffee is coffee, whether it is leaching or hand drip.]

“When you suddenly say coffee, something feels strange. Does drinking coffee make you super talented?”

[This is coffee that gives you superpowers when you drink it. A certain ability.]

In this world, this ability is the basis of imagination.

[Until now, there has never been a case in this world where this ability became an object. Officially. However, just as you take away the devil’s abilities and keep them in the form of a lump of ether, there are people in the world who study devils and steal their abilities.]

Ymir thought she could take this ability from the devil, she had enough magical power to make it happen, and her will was in line with the laws of the world, so she extracted this ability from the devil.

[It is possible to take away this ability. Then wouldn’t it be possible to remove this ability?]

“That’s the goblin’s bat?”

[It’s one of the goblin’s various abilities. It’s difficult to ask how this is possible. because….]

“I’m using it because it became possible.”

[You know me well.]

Same goes for me.

[I can erase this ability. There are some abilities that mesh with yours, but these are abilities that I have had from the beginning.]

“How is this possible?”

[I can’t go into detail because it’s a company trade secret. However, if there is a condition, it is possible when this ability is presented in a form that is not owned by anyone.]

Information was secretly leaked.

If Ymir is quick-witted, he will definitely notice.

“……You mean there is someone with that kind of ability? To the death?”

I knew it.

Ymir is quick-witted.

It took some time, but it didn’t take just an hour or two to get the result, and it captured my intention exactly.

“I wondered if she would take Ermina’s ability and make it her own. I was trying to see what would happen. But goblin, you destroyed Ermina’s abilities in front of everyone. I had already guessed it from then, but as expected.”

[Erminara. That also seems like a pretty old story.]

It was less than a month ago, but it seems like a long time has passed because so much has happened in the meantime.

[It feels like I’m bringing up a story from a long time ago. Interesting.]

“The world is busy and there are so many things happening. I’m just bringing up now what I didn’t say then. And thanks to that… I was able to confirm it again. There.”

Ymir turned to me with a serious face.

“I also learned about something called the devil’s heart. Thanks to you, I became aware of it again. My abilities may seem special, but there may be others with the same abilities as me.”

[It is a good attitude.]

“There could be many people in the world with abilities like goblins, right? Combine with another person with a different ability, take out the rider suit, and erase this ability.”

[of course.]

The abilities I embody with the goblin bat are all abilities based on the subculture of this world and Earth.

“I guess there are more things in the world that I don’t know.”

[It’s a world of darkness that Platinum Sun doesn’t know about. And that world of darkness is more intense and bizarre than you think, and if you know that Platinum Sun’s special ability is to create the devil’s special ability into material, you will immediately chase after Platinum Sun.]

“For a non-skilled person to become a highly capable person?”

[okay. Whether it was Zenroth or something else, the Geumbu Taoist monk appeared. And I removed this ability from the frog demon.]

Human thinking is diverse.

And it’s not just those with special abilities who think.

[Even non-competent people can reach such thoughts. Has this ability been eliminated or taken away? If it is stolen, will it be transferred as is, or will it be stored in some form and then transferred?]

“The background for coming up with that is…”

[There were a lot of creative works released before 2000, and there were actually settings that fit perfectly with them. It is still being serialized.]

Devil Seed.

Devil’s Heart.

Considering that seeds grow well and eventually bear fruit, it would be correct to use the word fruit, but the reason not to use it directly is because it is impolite to refer to bad things.

‘Thanks to you, I’m enjoying it.’

The older brother was not executed and fought alongside his younger brother.

Perhaps because the world view has changed since 2000, or because this ability actually exists, many stories have unfolded that are quite different from what I knew.

In a boy’s magazine that gives children dreams and hope, the main character’s older brother dies?

People with special abilities who used to read cartoons may go crazy due to culture shock.

[The world will try to capture you and create a devil’s heart. We will start investigating you everywhere to find out your identity. The world will not pay attention to you and will begin to persistently dig into you.]

“…I am prepared.”

[really?]

“Yes. Isn’t it a bit much to say that it’s a billion…? Even if adversity and hardship come my way, I can overcome them. If my identity is revealed, I can live my life hiding the fact that I am an academy student.”

[Positive. You don’t know what it’s like to be chased by the world unless you experience it yourself.]

“Even the S-class villain Goblin is living this well now, right?”

[It just looks like you’re living well.]

Every time I go out, I have to take off my Taegeuk watch, every time I transform, I have to worry about getting naked, and I always have to worry about my magic power running out.

“That’s enough. And your resolve as a hero? Something like that…”

Ymir smiled at me and approached me.

“It was much more difficult to prepare myself to go into the house of a man I liked alone.”

[…Can it compare to that?]

“Goblin doesn’t know because he’s a man. The mindset that a woman goes into a man’s room alone.”

Ymir turned his back to the sea, bent his upper body towards me and grinned.

“If you are determined to take away the goblin as a woman against the group, doesn’t that mean you can go against the world as much as you want?”

I didn’t think I was ready.

It wasn’t.

[You were already a prepared hero.]

“Even as a hero. And….”

Sigh.

“Even as a woman.”