149 – Monsters and Heroes (2)
“This is amazing…”
The man, who was sitting down with blood bleeding from his mouth, wipes his mouth with his sleeve and begins to mutter in a low voice.
“I never thought my powers wouldn’t work at all…”
“Put your hands up and get down on your knees. If you don’t, I won’t be responsible even if your teeth come out in a few weeks.”
“…Mr. Justia, I have just one question.”
Then, a man asks Justia, who was approaching him with a businesslike expression, a question in a low voice.
“I don’t really want to hear questions from someone worse than a villain~”
“…It’s a very simple question, so please let go of your anger.”
Justia, who had been walking away ignoring his words, silently stops walking when asked the following question.
“Your ability. Is it really a ‘concept’?”
And then the silence began.
“Your ability was originally kept under wraps, but seeing it with your own eyes makes it feel real again.”
“……..”
“It’s very mysterious. And you could even say it’s foreign…”
“What do you want to say?”
Justia, who was glaring coldly at the man who was talking incoherently in the silence, asked a question. The man, who was coughing as if there was still damage left, soon answered in a low voice.
“…You are a variable.”
“What?”
“The will of the Great One and the plan that was steadily being implemented according to the child’s prophecy may come to naught because of you…”
At the same time, the man begins to emit black smoke from his entire body.
“Justia! Be careful!!”
“…So, are you saying you want to get rid of me now?”
When Justia, who was standing steadfast despite Kang Ha-neul’s urgent shout coming from behind, asked a question in a low voice, the corner of his mouth quietly turned up.
“Of course, it would be a shame to attack you now. Considering your overwhelming ability and the difference in personnel, that would not be a very humble action.”
“…Wait.”
“So, I dare to judge that it would be the right decision to retreat.”
And the next moment, the man slowly blends into the shadows and begins to scatter in all directions.
“Wait!!”
“See you again soon…”
In order not to lose sight of him, Justia hurriedly began collecting red sparks in his hands, but all traces of the man had already disappeared.
“…Ugh.”
Justia looked at that scene with gritted teeth, but momentarily lost her balance and began to stumble.
“Gwae, are you okay?”
“…Sky.”
Fortunately, just before she falls to the ground, the river Haneul, who ran towards her, extends both her hands and supports her body.
“The injured area is…”
Looking at Justia in such a situation, the river sky clouded the end of her words for a moment.
– Jureuk…
Although it was clearly a one-sided attack, blood was flowing from Justia’s mouth.
– Parr…
“…Mr. Justia.”
Kang Haneul stares at that figure blankly, then reaches out his hand and steals the blood.
“The heterogeneous ability he was talking about… Do you mean this recoil…?”
“…………”
“…Now that I think about it, you said that ‘ability’ comes with a price.”
Justie Aga, who stared at him in silence for a moment, began to quietly raise the corners of her mouth.
“You don’t have to worry about that!”
“But…”
“So I’m an invincible hero?”
Soon, she opens her mouth with a quite clear expression and voice.
“It’s just a bit of a rebound. I think I’ll get better soon if I eat the food that Haneul prepares a few times…”
“…………”
“So, you don’t have to worry too much. I’m already used to it, right?”
She trembled ever so slightly, but then she turned her arms around as if nothing had happened.
“Look, there’s nothing wrong with turning it like this…”
However, while she was speaking, she let out a sigh and bent her waist forward.
“Oh, I’m not feeling well today? hahahaha…”
“Yep.”
“…Ugh.”
As she was quietly looking at Justia, Haneul poked her side with a finger, and as she tried to walk with courage, she completely lost her body’s balance.
– Sigh…
“…..Ah?”
Then he took hold of her arm, and quietly wrapped his arms around her shoulders and began to support her.
“Now you don’t have to hide it even if it’s hard.”
“Oh, no. I…”
“…At least in front of me.”
He quietly turns her gaze to the side and whispers in a low voice.
“If you want to fall, you can fall.”
“…………”
I will support you at any time.”
And then silence began to flow between the two for a moment.
“”……..””
Although they didn’t notice because they were secretly looking from side to side, their faces were quite bright red.
“…Well, then. Let’s get out of here quickly. Because he might appear again.”
“Well, that would be better… hahahaha. Ha…”
How much time passed, the two finally couldn’t stand the awkward atmosphere and started walking while opening their mouths at the same time.
“You should also report it.”
“Yes, because he was a mean guy who tried to harass Haneul and Mystic Shine…”
“…Wait a minute.”
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Then suddenly Kang Ha-neul stops walking and begins to mutter in a low voice.
“Now that I think about it, that guy came to visit Mystic Shine.”
“…Really?”
“And where is she now?”
Soon, Kang Ha-neul started looking around and looking for Mystic Shine.
“When I looked at it earlier, it looked like it was in pretty bad condition. Even though I told it to run away with all its might, it couldn’t go even a few steps before it stumbled and almost collapsed.”
“Really?”
“Yes, so we need to find her quickly…”
“…Here.”
“Oh?”
His search ended with the sound of a small voice coming from the edge of a wall that was slightly away.
“Hey. It’s okay…”
“…Listen to me carefully from now on.”
As Kang Ha-neul and Justia approach Mystic Shine, who was sitting there with blurry eyes, she begins to talk with difficulty, exhaling heavily.
“I have been controlled by that son of a b*tch until now.”
“Yes?”
“I can’t disobey that guy. For some reason, he has control of the command system as a magical girl…”
Her dark eyes, which have lost color, are directed towards Kang Ha-neul and Justia.
“Since you guys realized that, they’ll probably try to manipulate me and harm me.”
“”……..””
“Before something like that happens, end it.”
It seemed as if not a single ray of light was visible on her face.
“There is no need to…”
“You can’t simply hand him over to the police or report him to the Hero Association… That bastard reigns above the law and regulations…”
“…………”
“…All of my classmates were disgusted by that bastard and died.”
River Haneul, who heard her words, quietly frowns at her and asks.
“You mean the incident that wiped out the Magical Girl Association? That was just an accident…”
“Big… Damn.”
Then, Mystic Shine coughed up phlegm mixed with her blood and stuttered out her words.
“Do you know that magical girls in Japan are raised through normal education methods like heroes…?”
“…Then.”
“We pick up the overflowing orphans who have no way to go, and create them by performing f*cking human experiments.”
Even the complexion of Justia, who was calmly listening to her next to her, began to turn cold.
“Is that true?”
“Right now, I’m the one responsible for the experiment… Cough… I can’t not know…”
“…………”
“After receiving those damn experiments consistently for several years, I was lucky enough to awaken to an unidentified concept specialized in slaughter… And that guy promoted it to the public, calling it the concept of a ‘magical girl’….”
“Such…”
“Of course, he was mobilized like a private soldier to do all sorts of disgusting things… But I had no choice but to participate in that nonsense, being controlled by him down to my toes…”
She gritted her teeth as she said that, then quietly lowered her head.
“…Being with you guys and requesting a spar with Kang Ha-neul were all on his orders.”
“”…………””
“This guy’s target is you. I heard you’re a key element of his plan… Cluck, cluck…”
She, who had been conveying information with her cracking voice, begins to cough and mutter, her face becoming even more distressed.
“…I can’t hold on any longer. In a little while, I’ll probably go on a rampage trying to kill you all.”
“Then…”
“I can’t bear to ask you to kill me because of my last remaining conscience. Either maim my entire body and incapacitate me, or if that’s too much of a hassle, just kill me…”
And then the silence began.
“…Hey.”
As the river Haneul, who was looking down at her, took her steps forward with a determined expression on her face, Mystic Shine, with her desperate eyes, spoke to him insinuatingly.
“…I’m sorry.”
After finishing her words, she quietly closes her eyes.
“What is your name?”
Kang Ha-neul, who watched the scene for a moment, asked a question in a low voice.
“…Hina.”
After answering with a slightly wistful expression, Mystic Shine suddenly lost consciousness.
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“…Hmm?”
She, who had so quietly given up on her life, opened her eyes again with a hazy expression.
“……!!”
Surprisingly, it was neither a prison nor hell, but Kang Ha-neul’s house.
“W-what…!!!”
“Are you awake?”
“What did you do!!”
When she realized that fact, she became contemplative and raised her body.
“Didn’t you understand what I said? If you leave it like this, I will…”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
“…Ugh.”
But Kang Haneul, who grabbed her and laid her down on her bed again, opens her mouth in a low voice.
“The concept I have is actually ‘hypnosis’.”
“…….?”
“So I tweaked your perception a little bit.”
After hearing his next words, Mystic Shine began to make a blank expression.
“Don’t worry, I own you now.”
“…..What?”
It was the day the monster first saved someone.