episode_0297

A hero is an enemy of a villain.

In other words, they are an enemy of No. 13.

The heroes of Squad 7 are the same.

They are nothing more than puppets of No. 13 and 【Abyss】.

Brainwashed using a cheat, they are puppets who listen to and obey everything No. 13 says.

Spade is a slightly special case, but in any case, she is just a pawn on the board and a useful tool for No. 13 and his organization, just like her colleagues.

Okay, so.

Considering that fact, let’s look at the situation again.

A narrow, enclosed space, where two people are sitting naked on chairs, restrained.

The combat uniforms and underwear they were wearing are half-torn and roughly placed at their feet.

Their scarred bodies are covered in roughly drawn graffiti with markers.

[Squad 7 Slut Hero Spade]

[Squad 7 Rookie Whore Club]

There were a few other vulgar graffiti and drawings, but those two sentences were prominently engraved in places where they could be clearly seen by the camera.

—Stay calm.

—Calm down, No. 13.

Squad 7 are heroes who have given No. 13 and 【Abyss】 a hard time in many ways.

Even if they don’t match the full power of No. 13, Spade is also a very excellent hero.

Club, although a bit lacking in experience, her skills are comparable to those of top-tier B-class heroes.

To capture and restrain those two in such a mess, whether by surprise or trap.

It wouldn’t be the skill of the three 【Mud】 here.

I know they all have their own excellent abilities, but they are just small fry in front of A-class hero Spade.

‘The client’s people helped catch them, they said.’

From the beginning, that client——I’m sure Olivia’s people contacted 【Mud】 just to put them forward and use them as scapegoats to take the blame.

So, suppressing the heroes is the work of Olivia and her people.

People with the skills to subdue powerful heroes are moving as Olivia’s lackeys… I guess that’s what it means.

—Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm.

—Be cool. Cool.

—Cool your head.

No. 13 released Chabi, whom he was holding and fondling, and ordered her to masturbate in the corner.

He glanced at her as she began to rub her clitoris and nipples with her own hands, then No. 13 approached the two restrained heroes.

Both of them had been roughly wiped down, but traces of dust and mud remained on their bodies.

In Club’s case, there were almost no injuries. However, she was not in her right mind, drooling or muttering nonsense.

This would not be related to Hwaltal’s ability.

Hwaltal’s ability is currently only restricting their movements.

As proof, Spade does not show the same reaction as Club.

‘They used drugs.’

Probably some kind of hallucinogen.

I don’t know what kind of drug it is, but it’ll be fine.

If it’s a drug, there are many people who can help, like Dorothy, and the awakener’s body is healthy and strong, so they can withstand this kind of drug once or twice without any aftereffects.

The problem was Spade.

‘She’s really, hurt badly.’

No. 13 moved his hand, which had been reaching out to check Club’s condition, to Spade next to her.

Spade was a complete mess.

Fortunately, the lacerations were shallow, so there were no injuries that could lead to death.

However, the bruises were extremely severe.

Specifically, there seemed to be no area on her body that was not bruised.

Beaten by fists and kicks, and internal bleeding in abnormal shapes as if they had even used weapons such as hammers.

Her beautiful face was also covered in large bruises.

A normal person might have died.

Even among awakeners, Spade would have a particularly strong body, but she’s in this state.

…No, is it because she has a strong body that she barely ended up like this?

Deciding to diagnose by touching her directly, there seemed to be no broken bones.

Her teeth were all there, and her eyes and ears were fine.

However, when touched, she complained of pain, as if there were cracks in the bones in various places.

I want to lay her down somewhere, wrap her in bandages, and treat her.

“…Who did this?”

Hold back, I have to hold back.

Endure. I have to endure.

I mustn’t explode.

I mustn’t burst.

The opponent is the enemy hero. Just a simple puppet.

Stay calm.

Stay calm, Villain No. 13.

“I couldn’t get… information about the client…”

Hwaltal, who was still putting magic power into the talisman attached to the foreheads of the two, answered No. 13’s question in a disjointed manner.

“But… the people who… injured these two… name…”

“Ruby… and, Lapis…? That’s what they… called them…”

Concentrating on pouring magic power into the talisman, Hwaltal barely recalled the names and reported.

No. 13 heard the names and muttered them several times in his mouth.

Muttering, he engraved them in his head and mind.

Ruby… Ruby… Ruby…

Lapis… Lapis… Lapis…

He mutters.

He mutters in his mouth.

He is calm.

He thinks he is calm.

It’s okay, nothing happened, it’s just that the annoying heroes were acting up without knowing their place and got hurt… that’s what he thinks. That’s what he’s trying to think.

『Hieeek?!』

Koo-oong!

Suddenly.

Eumchim, who was setting up the camera a little further away, fell backwards, landing on her butt.

Did she step on something wrong?

Anyway, she’s clumsy.

A villain with no skills who is also clumsy is a total disaster.

With a head that he couldn’t tell whether it was cold or hot, No. 13 placed his hand on Spade’s white and slender shoulder.

Whoosh…

Then, steam seemed to rise faintly from Spade’s body, and a change slowly occurred in her body.

Starting with the small ones, the bruises disappeared one by one, and the swelling on her face subsided.

She’s being healed.

Her injuries are healing, and her body is recovering.

Although it is not visible, her internal organs would be healing as well.

The exposed skin, her belly, and her entire body returned to normal.

Spade’s face, which had been moaning in pain until just now, now had a comfortable expression like a baby sleeping in a cradle.

The 【Healing Magic】 he uses cannot be used on himself, only on others, and consumes several times more magic power than the 【Resurrection Magic】 he favors.

Thanks to that, No. 13’s magic power is completely depleted now, but looking at this face, he didn’t think it was a waste.

No. 13 then touched Club’s body and erased her minor injuries as well.

Then, he ordered Chabi, who was masturbating, to bring wet wipes and wipe off the mud stuck to her body.

“Ruby… Ruby…”

“Lapis… Lapis…”

However, during that time.

While healing their bodies and cleaning the dirt from them.

No. 13, from beginning to end, kept muttering the names he had just heard, almost without blinking.

Ruby, Lapis.

Occasionally, Olivia’s name came up as well.

No. 13 is not even aware of what he is muttering.

He is calm as ever, and he finishes treating and grooming the two in that way.

***

‘Ugh, ugh…!’

Eumchim, who stood up from the fall and devoted herself to setting up the camera and lighting again, had been unable to stop shivering and trembling since a while ago.

She was embarrassed because she couldn’t do anything about this strange reaction of her body.

‘I was scared…!’

A little while ago, while setting up the camera.

While checking the camera’s zoom-in function, she zoomed in on the screen for a moment.

Just then, the camera lens captured No. 13’s face.

Likewise, just then, No. 13 had just heard the names of the perpetrators who defeated the two heroes from Hwaltal.

‘A demon….’

‘It was a demon…!’

As she recalled that moment, that scene, Eumchim’s body shuddered.

Goosebumps rose all over her body and did not subside.

No one else saw it.

Neither the senior (Chabi), who was masturbating naked according to that man’s orders, nor the leader (Hwaltal), who was concentrating on the magic to subdue the heroes.

A little while ago, the face of No. 13 that was briefly captured by the camera——was the demon itself that only comes out in stories.

I think it’s a corny name, but in the head of Eumchim, who is completely tense and about to faint, no other words came to mind.

Moreover, the fact that the trembling, tension, and fear have not subsided even now, just from seeing someone’s scary face, was so strange.

From the moment she saw that face, something inside her was constantly warning her.

Do not go against that man.

Fear that man.

Like a herbivore born in the wild, fearing the first predator it sees without being taught by anyone.

Her instincts were warning her.

Eumchim, unable to control her trembling hands, hurriedly finished setting up the remaining camera.

What should I do… I feel like I’m going to pee myself….

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Rahe was worried.

Because the squad members who had been dispatched late last night for a mission designated by headquarters had not yet returned.

From the beginning, there was no contact when they arrived, even though they had promised to do so beforehand.

Panicked, Rahe repeatedly tried to communicate with the dispatched squad members——Spade and Club, but failed.

In the end, unable to bear the anxiety, she went directly to the designated site.

She would be punished for leaving the situation room, but it was nothing compared to the safety of her subordinates.

However, even though she arrived as quickly as she could, Rahe could not find any trace, and she ended up spending the night continuing her search.

Fatigue was evident on Rahe’s face, but it was closer to mental fatigue caused by worry and anxiety rather than fatigue caused by staying up all night.

‘If only I had been more careful….’

And now.

Rahe, who had done everything she could do right now and had nothing left but to wait, was sitting alone in the squad leader’s office, blaming herself.

She was too naive.

She was so naive that she drove her subordinates to their deaths.

‘It’s an order from headquarters, and I have detailed information in my hands. So, I made a naive judgment. I should have requested a reconfirmation.’

‘…But why, me….’

Why did she just slack off and not properly conduct a second or third review of the information before sending her subordinates out?

Why didn’t she take more care to coordinate her subordinates’ schedules and send them together?

Even if that wasn’t the case, couldn’t she have requested reinforcements from other units?

Thinking and thinking, Rahe fell into deep agony because her judgment and decision the day before were so strange.

She wouldn’t have done this normally.

But why, was she so naive this time?

As if she had been possessed by a spirit of delusion… as if she were just following a malicious scenario written by someone….