episode_0173

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A clicking sound is heard, click click.

The sound of keyboard keys being tapped.

Apple was using her laptop to write a document.

The screen was filled with rows of letters, and Spade stood like a doll behind Apple, unable to understand the content as she looked down.

Apple stopped writing the document, saved it, and sent it.

The recipient was her superior who sent her to this country.

She had already written and sent these reports several times, no, dozens of times, but she had never received a reply to those emails.

She never even received a formal response like “You’re doing well,” or “Keep going as you are,” so she even wondered if it was right to continue like this.

But Apple coldly shakes off that doubt and anxiety.

In the first place, there is no need to have unnecessary thoughts.

She is just a tool, a tool that silently carries out the orders given to her.

“Hoo….”

Apple closed her laptop and gestured to Spade behind her.

As Spade approached following her gesture, she turned her chair around and extended her foot.

“Will you lick it, Spade-ssi?”

Spade immediately lowered her body, took off Apple’s shoes and socks, and brought her mouth close to her foot.

Lick lick, she licks her white and beautiful foot.

A strong, confident, and dignified Hero is licking her feet in front of her, having become a cheap slave.

Apple’s expression as she looks down at it, however, seemed somewhat distant from enjoyment.

This act is something her superior… the woman who sent her here, often ordered.

She had her do it thinking, ‘What’s so enjoyable about it?’ but now she felt like she understood the feeling a little.

It does feel somewhat fulfilling. But, it seems to be a slightly different kind of pleasure than what Apple desires.

“…Just do it that much, Spade-ssi.”

Spade stopped licking her feet.

And looked up at Apple as if waiting for the next command.

Hmm, so what should I do this time to play with this woman?

It seems like I’ve already done most of the things that I’ve been subjected to. None of them were very enjoyable.

Slightly, empty. I feel emptiness.

‘Spade-ssi is strong, pretty, and cute… she’s definitely a very good person.’

‘But Spade-ssi alone wasn’t enough after all.’

‘…That man…’

Ah.

She realizes what this emptiness she feels is. She ends up realizing.

Apple is now regretting the absence of No. 13. If things had gone a little better, No. 13 would have been in her hands by now.

Making Spade sit as a human chair, taking a bath together, making her lick her feet.

It was pointless for her to do it herself. It’s not fun.

Inside that 7th Squad base, pretending to be his slave doll and watching the 7th Squad members being toyed with by No. 13… that was, more thrilling than she thought.

When she saw her real superior in that far-off country doing that to her subordinates, she only thought of it as bad taste, but what he did was bad taste and made her heart race.

It’s a shame.

It’s a shame.

It would have been nice if that man was here too.

If she had properly taken that man into her own hands, it would have been good for sure.

“Hoo….”

She sighs lightly as she thinks that.

Spade only looked up at her from her feet, as if wondering.

And.

Knock knock knock!

-Excuse me! Boss, urgent report. May I come in!?

Along with the knock, the voice of another subordinate, not Delta, was heard.

When Apple let her in, the subordinate, who rushed in, shouted in an urgent voice.

“Boss! In the sky, in the sky, an aircraft has appeared! It’s the 7th Squad… it’s the 7th Squad!!”

And the incident occurs faster than expected.

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Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-

[Hey No. 13. No problem, right? If Apple’s magic suddenly hijacks the controls or the instrument panel, you’ll just crash and end up dead.]

“Don’t say such scary things, I’m already scared to death. I know everything.”

No. 13 replied to Dorothy’s special long-distance radio communication with an annoyed voice.

She’s already riding a helicopter that she’s not used to, and she’s being wary of Apple’s magic as Dorothy said, so it’s a continuous series of tension, tension, and tension.

In addition, the helicopter was provided by 『Abyss』.

The 7th Squad has vehicles for the unit, but not helicopters.

In the first place, everyone can fly in the sky as much as they want by putting strength into a few jumps, so they may not need a helicopter.

[Well, don’t worry too much. We’re properly monitoring the situation over there. We can tell when the magic that woman Apple uses is activated. If the data we’ve analyzed so far isn’t wrong.]

“If you don’t have to worry, why did you say that a little while ago?”

[I didn’t think it would be good to reassure you too much. It’s just right for you to be a little too nervous. You’re stupid, so you’ll get careless soon.]

It’s always the same nagging.

It’s too much, but I have nothing to say in response. Really.

While thinking that, she arrived at the operation area.

“I can’t believe I’d come here….”

This place is a slum district close to the F City closed area.

It would look like that to ordinary people, but it was a place with a slightly different meaning for villains.

『Black Market』.

The worst underworld market where forbidden drugs, firearms, and even people that should not be distributed in the first place can be bought and sold.

Thanks to this, the security around this area is the worst.

The reason why this hotbed of darkness remains so blatantly is because the person who governs this place hires and uses a large number of Awakened as escorts.

A place that is too dangerous for the state and the police to intervene in.

It is left as an ‘untouchable spot’ in secret, with priorities pushed back with the reason that some sacrifices must be accepted if touched.

However, that’s not all.

There must be various high-ranking people’s interests and communication involved in why the state and Heroes can’t dare to touch it.

But at least, those things were not stories that the villain No. 13 needed to know. And it would be a story that the 7th Squad under No. 13’s command would not care about either.

“I was wondering how such a large-scale emerging organization was created without being known….”

They must have won over the Awakened who were here.

It has already been confirmed that the Awakened of the ‘Warp’ magic that Apple borrowed power from when she left is one of the people escorting this Black Market.

Apple clearly took this whole street as her own.

Most of the 『Lesserat』 must have been recruiting Awakened who were here as members.

[Hey No. 13, did you know? If you touch this place, various villain organizations will be in trouble too?]

“…I know. And in the first place, it doesn’t matter anyway. The Boss told me to do this.”

[That’s hot.]

“It’s hot.”

And it’s like a villain.

Villains, by nature, must be able to do what they want.

In addition, even when No. 13 still had power, the villain organization 『Abyss』 had done everything it wanted.

Boss Violet’s opinion was different from those of many villains, so there was naturally a lot of opposition, and No. 13 was now being ostracized by the Villain Alliance after losing her power… until now, that’s what she thought.

“But that alliance was also being manipulated by Apple, for sure. Everything was in that bitch’s grip.”

Anyway, if things continue like this, the villains, the Heroes, and this country will be over.

Someone had to do it, even if they were prepared to be criticized.

“The preamble is over. From now on, Operation Start.”

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[Side: Entrance to the Black Market]

A communication came in that a helicopter had appeared in the sky.

With that alone, the Awakened who were on standby throughout this slum district… the Black Market, began to gather at their respective locations.

They are all talented Awakened who boast great skills and have the power to not lose to any Heroes.

In addition, they had previously been hired to work for money and security, but now they were ready to risk their lives with blind loyalty to Apple-nim.

Talented, vicious, and mercenaries who don’t know how to save their lives.

In front of them, someone slowly approached from the darkness of the alley.

“Hey, stop for a second. Are you a Hero?”

“Huh? I’m a Hero.”

A surprisingly docile answer came back.

Even though men who looked vicious at first glance were blocking the road, she had a light voice as if she had no fear or worry.

“Sorry, but we’re closed today. In the first place, it’s not a place where a Hero of justice should come. If you don’t want to cause unnecessary trouble, get out of here.”

“I can’t do that.”

From the other side of the alley, she slowly reveals her appearance under the light.

The opponent was a somewhat tanned woman with orange hair styled like dumplings on both sides.

Some of the rogue Awakened here knew who she was and immediately became tense and ready for battle.

“I came to kill you trash. It’s a problem if you chase me away like this.”

The vanguard that entered the Black Market. Check, the deputy commander of the 7th Squad, declared menacingly with her favorite weapon, an iron rod, in her hand.

A terrifying blue mana soared up like flames from her whole body.