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At that time, near the Amazon rainforest.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok…!”

A black-haired man in a disheveled suit exhaled heavily and placed his hand on a tree.

Perhaps due to the humidity of the dense jungle, his entire body was drenched in sweat.

“Woman, is it okay to come this far?”

“Ah.”

The man in the suit looked middle-aged, but he treated the hippie-haired young man following him with respect.

“Uruguayan Rounds, we won’t be able to chase them anymore.”

The young man was wearing an orange prison uniform and had the name ‘Mephisto’ tattooed on his chest.

That name is the nickname of a vicious S-class villain who once terrorized the entire Americas.

“Someone assassinated the [Magic Suppressor], so there is no longer anything that can suppress our magical power.”

Without breaking a single sweat, Mephisto lightly broke the handcuffs on his wrists and stretched out his hand towards the man in the suit.

“Thank you, Mr. Choi.”

“…Choi Kang-cheol.”

“…Best Iron? Or, Choi Iron?”

“It’s hard to tell jokes even though you know everything about Korean. That’s what people call ‘old man gag’.”

“It’s not you.”

Mephisto waved his hand as if he was disappointed, and Choi Kang-cheol held his hand and took a deep breath.

“Then… it’s clear that you’re helping me, right?”

“Of course. Mr. Kang Cheol Choi, President of Haegeun Electronics Uruguay Branch. Since we were able to escape safely thanks to you, I will grant your wish.”

Mephisto spread his arms and pointed behind himself.

Clap, clap, clap.

Like Mephisto, people wearing orange prison uniforms break the handcuffs and throw them to the floor.

Most of them were in their early 20s and looked like Mephisto’s age, and there were some boys and girls who looked as young as middle school students.

What they all have in common is that they are all frowning at the broken handcuffs as if they are disgusted.

Only after entering the deepest part of the Amazon can you breathe a sigh of relief.

and….

“Oops. Everyone hide! To the sky!”

Coo coo coo coo.

They are hiding from the surveillance network of helicopters flying over the Amazon and are being as careful as possible about their pursuers.

“Huh, did you go?”

Of course.

They are villains who killed the prison guards and other guards and escaped from prison, but if they are caught by their pursuers, it becomes quite a hassle.

“I guess I haven’t confirmed it up to this point. Shall I shoot it down?”

“Are you planning on advertising your presence here? If you break the helicopter while running away, American heroes will immediately fly to the place where the helicopter exploded.”

“They are nothing anyway.”

“They are not the problem, the kids behind them are the problem.”

As they freed themselves from the magic binding and began to recover their mana, they gradually became more confident in using this ability, but their magic power was still quite weak.

“I have to somehow go to the East, to Korea. Whether it’s a few days or a few months, you have to stay there and recover your magic power.”

Uruguay is on the other side of the world from Korea.

It is the most difficult area to recover magic power, in fact it is an area where magic recovery is impossible naturally.

“Well, then you’re in a state where you can’t use magical power at all…? Yes, if an S-class hero appears…”

“Don’t worry. At least I have the ability to hide. Mr. Choi should stop worrying about how to take us to Korea.”

Still, the prison escapees strengthened their bodies by gathering as much tiny mana as the Amazon’s tears and making it their own.

“Because if we go to Korea, we can run wild like we did in our prime. World Cup? If we had come forward, wouldn’t we have had to redraw the finals bracket? Hehehe.”

“Ah, okay. Because I know your skills are amazing…”

Choi Kang-cheol stretched his fist forward.

“Make me the chairman of Sunshade. If only I could control the sunshade…”

“No problem.”

Mephisto clashed fists with Choi Kang-cheol.

“Just take us to Korea. Then you…”

“Oh my, oh my.”

Beyond the jungle.

An unidentified voice rang out.

“I thought they were pretty strong-looking people, but maybe they were escaped convicts.”

“…….”

The escaped convicts took their positions all at once.

The unidentified ‘woman’ who appeared through the bushes was wearing a red suit –

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Ah, devil…?”

It had red skin, large eyes, and white horns on both sides of its head.

The most distinctive feature is the sharp fangs protruding from in front of her red lips.

“Vampire…?”

“It doesn’t matter what you call me, but for now, I am what you call the ‘devil’.”

The woman, the devil, simply revealed her identity to Choi Kang-cheol and other prison escapees.

“What does the devil do to us?”

“Ah, it’s nothing else. I need a lot of colleagues who say I can use my talents.”

“For what…?”

“That’s right.”

The devil woman clenched her fists and struck a fighting pose.

“To win!!”

“…….”

“You guys said you wanted to go to Korea, right? I’ll take you right away.”

“What?”

Murmur.

The escaped prisoners, including Mephisto, began to notice each other.

“If you make a careless deal with the devil, won’t you become a devil…?”

“No, we also have devil-like villain names, but that woman really seems like a devil…?”

“It’s okay if you’re a devil with glamor and a slim body. I will follow.”

“Now, wait!!”

As the atmosphere of the prison escape villains became strange, Choi Kang-cheol rushed forward.

“What do you mean? I know what that devil will try to get in return!! In the first place, that devil can freely take you to Korea-”

“Have you ever seen something like this?”

When the devil spread the red handkerchief from his arms to the side, a red circle was immediately drawn in the air.

“Um, that’s…!”

“…Magical Girl Platinum Sun’s Teleport Gate?”

“Different, but similar. Anyway, do you see what’s on the other side?”

“Ah.”

Mephisto’s eyes lit up, and he whetted his appetite at the sight beyond the red portal.

“Namsan Tower.”

“Okay. It’s Seoul. If you make a deal with me, I’ll take you to Seoul. No, I’ll take you to Seoul, so why don’t you go there and hear the story in detail?”

“And what if we run away?”

“If you run away, just gather other colleagues as soon as you run away.”

“Now, wait a minute!! What the hell are you-”

Suddenly.

When Mephisto lightly swung his hand to the side, Choi Kang-cheol fell forward with his hand still stretched out.

“Sunshade Takari talks a lot.”

“…Wow, I don’t really like killing people.”

“Huh? Aren’t you the devil?”

“The devil is a devil, but I am the ‘devil of victory’.”

The woman grinned, her white teeth shining.

“If you keep yelling at the devil and the devil, then I’m sorry…”

The woman bowed and greeted the villains with an elegant posture.

“Would you please call me [The Reds]?”

* * *

Throwing mud at Chairman Choi Ho-jeong, who is already dead, or has been turned into gold by the devil’s curse, will not solve anything.

The villains made a great escape, and although the Uruguayan government, the Hero Association, and the American Hero authorities expanded the search to all of South America as much as possible, the villains will do their best to hide their bodies.

‘The number of villains recaptured is about 60%.’

Six of the 10 villains who escaped from prison were all recaptured due to the authorities’ close action.

Although it is said that America’s core heroes came to Korea for the World Cup, there are many A to A+ level heroes who did not advance to the World Cup remaining in America.

Since Yoon Hye-ra is directly commanding and arresting them, as time goes by, up to 90% of them will be able to be captured again in prison.

‘The accident is caused by one other person.’

May as many people go back to prison as possible.

“Hey, Mr. Jihwan. Are you ready?”

“Uh, yes.”

When Baek Seol-hee called me from outside the door, I changed the death watch to a regular Taegeuk watch, calmed my voice, and sat down.

This is a special room at Daegu’s World Cup Stadium with soundproof walls.

It is a place where no one from the outside can enter without permission, and only those who have received permission can come inside.

“What is the interview script?”

“I checked everything.”

I picked up a piece of paper containing an interview request from a broadcasting station.

Inside, there was already interview material that Baek Seol-hee had skipped several times through external coordination, and soon a reporter would come inside and ask me various questions.

“That game….”

“I’ll be there on time, so don’t worry.”

“…Yes.”

The image of myself reflected in Baek Seol-hee’s eyes is not Doblin, but ‘Patriotic Master Do Ji-hwan.’

The current interview is with Do Ji-hwan, and Baek Seol-hee had no choice but to be interviewed.

“I’ll take care of it, but if something happens…”

“I will immediately sort out the situation and talk to you, so you can leave with peace of mind.”

“Yes. Then…please come in.”

Baek Seol-hee opened the door with a very wary look on her face.

Sigh.

“Hello!”

A small girl with glasses who greets you brightly as soon as the door opens –

“My name is Han Seon-ah, a reporter at NBS broadcasting station! Nice to meet you, patriotic commander!”

No, reporter Han Seon-ah, dressed in an OL suit, came inside, greeting us cheerfully and with a bright voice.

“I have so many questions for the patriotic general! Snow White! If you don’t mind, here are a few things-”

“Oh, I have to go to the stands of Daegu Stadium to make a barrier.”

Baek Seol-hee left quickly.

Although the time was tight, reporter Han Seon-ah, whose eyes were sparkling, was very burdened.

“Ah…. I wanted to hear directly what I fell in love with Do Ji-hwan.”

Another reason is that there were some very difficult questions.

Baek Seol-hee would have been very embarrassed if she had been asked off the record, even in an official interview.

Well, you probably asked how I am patriotic.

“Then, Do Ji-hwan? In the official interview with the Hero Association, I would like to talk about [Crest of Awakening].”

“Ah, yes.”

The core of the interview is, of course, a sentence of awakening through the function of a patriotic master.

Even before the preliminaries, the collaborators of the organization showed off the power of the emblem engraved on their lower abdomen, so I had to inform people of the details related to it.

The woman chosen to represent the interview was a reporter named Han Seon-ah.

“……?”

Somewhere, a sense of déjà vu.

“Okay, first question!”

Just right.

As soon as reporter Han Seon-ah snapped her fingers, a magical barrier spread around her and covered the room.

“The patriotic general Do Ji-hwan is.”

Han Seon-ah took off her glasses with her fingers.

“Is it a goblin?”

He smiled brightly at me.

“…….”

I stretched my hand forward.

“Seonshaman catches people.”

The glasses were put back on her face.