I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With chapter 338

338 – Shock and Aftermath

[Egostic, shocking retirement announcement!]

After Egostic officially declared his retirement on the broadcast.

That day, South Korea was, quite literally, in chaos.

…

No.

Can this be described as just chaos?

Just. In other words.

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[sh*t, if it feels like everything is f*cked up, give an upvote lolololol]

Starting with me lolololol

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[A world without mango? Just gonna go k*ll myself, bye!]

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South Korea was turned upside down.

Completely.

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[Real Fact) 104 Reasons Why the Country is Ruined]

[If you just don’t want to live anymore, give an upvote lololol]

[Stop talking nonsense, stop talking nonsense, stop talking nonsense, stop talking nonsense]

[How is it possible to retire without saying anything? Damn it]

[Dad, where are you going? I’m cold… Dad, where are you going? I’m cold… Dad, where are you going? I’m cold…]

[It feels like the country’s defense capability has dropped by 50% lololol]

[If your hands and feet tremble at the thought that you might not be able to see Egostic anymore, give an upvote lolol]

[Is it true that an S-class hero, the number one streamer in audience ratings, and a living legend of South Korea are all retiring overnight?]

[Now, even just looking at mangoes in the supermarket makes tears well up…]

[The reactions of the foreign fans are just hilarious lolol…]

[Breaking News) Egostic, turns out he’s emigrating to Japan?!]

[Today, my world crumbled.]

As it turned out, what if Mango was mistaken for April Fools’ Day? What if it was a mistake?

[Breaking News) Korea’s Destruction) Notice up on the Ego Stream homepageㅋㅋㅋ]

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It wasn’t just the Ego Stick fan cafe.

In other general communities, on SNS, in the news, and even in casual conversations.

The topic of all conversations was dominated by Ego Stick.

In fact, it was a strange thing to think about.

Shouldn’t everyone be happy if an S-class villain decides to stop terrorizing and retire?

Yet, far from it, everyone was in a state of great shock, as if they couldn’t believe it.

To understand why this happened, it’s necessary to take a closer look at who Ego Stick is.

Ego Stick, also known as Mango Stick.

Although officially an S-class villain,

In reality, he has stopped as many crises in South Korea as the S-class hero Stardust.

When Korea’s only mega-corporation conducted illegal bio-experiments in the heart of Seoul, and a monster escaped,

It was Ego Stick who stopped it by cutting off its legs in advance.

When that corporation went insane and tried to invade Seoul with their own machines, it was Ego Stick who stopped them.

When a cult-affiliated bioweapon neutralized heroes with a storm and tried to destroy Seoul, it was Ego Stick who intervened and took her away, stopping the situation.

When one of the world’s strongest villains tried to invade Earth through the sea, it was Ego Stick who formed an alliance and prevented it from happening in South Korea. When the King of Evil, known as the Devil, tried to resurrect in the World Trade Center, it was Ego Stick who stepped in and stopped him. When a cult summoned cult monsters to destroy the Earth, it was none other than Ego Stick who stopped them.

Although he is still called a villain, he never killed anyone during his regular acts of terror. He only shed blood when dealing with other villains. In fact, he has saved thousands of lives by handling countless villains to date.

Moreover, he founded the villain alliance called Ego Stream, created a Korea-China-Japan alliance, went abroad as K-Villain, and provided plenty of material for nationalistic TV shows…

In a way, he was already popular enough just considering the number of people who were saved thanks to Ego Stick, how much help he provided to national security, and the economic ripple effects that occurred thanks to him.

In fact, even if that wasn’t the case, he already had a solid fan base for another reason.

[Hello everyone. This is Ego Stick!]

The greeting, which is his signature, was broadcast every time he committed an act of terror.

In fact, if you think about it, terror is not much different from a blockbuster movie. Aren’t flashy abilities flying around? The only problem is that it’s a real situation where people actually die.

However, Ego Stick solved this problem by never killing anyone. In addition, his natural eloquence and regularly updated broadcasts were enough to create fans for him, even if they didn’t care about anything else.

South Korea, as a result, had such powerful firepower that whenever Ego Stick caused a single act of terror, the real-time trends were dominated by Ego Stick for several days.

…And then, he suddenly declared his retirement.

Without a single notice.

Anyway, today’s event… seems like it will be my last amusement.”

With those words,

He shut down everything, including the website he had been operating, and disappeared.

The first to be affected was,

None other than the financial sector, which was influenced by all variables.

“Team leader, foreign capital is flowing out like crazy! All the stock prices are in the blue!”

“Damn it! We need to sell everything right away!”

South Korea is actually a very unique country.

Its economic level is quite high, but with a relatively small population, it has only two A-class heroes and one S-class hero… On the other hand, the villain population is boiling to the point where it rivals that of developed countries with larger populations.

However, what offsets these issues is the fact that this country has never once collapsed due to a large-scale terrorist attack. They even managed to stop the Wolgwanggyo incident, which almost led to the destruction of the entire world, with their own power.

A country with many terrorist attacks, but strangely enough, a low death toll and good public safety. That was South Korea.

And those who knew who was at the center of all this, knew well.

So when the news of Egoistic’s retirement became known,

The South Korean financial market, which had prepared for terrorism but not this kind of economic shock, was quickly collapsing.

The butterfly effect caused by Egoistic turned the world upside down, creating a situation that would have led to a great depression in other countries.

…However,

South Korea was different from ordinary countries.

“…Buy everything.”

“Yes, Chairman!”

In the heart of Seoul, a giant building towered over all others.

In the CEO’s office at the top,

A woman with sky-blue hair spoke with a cold expression.

After the dissolution of the Han Group, she rose to power as the head of South Korea’s largest conglomerate and,

In fact, the real ruler of South Korea, controlling the shares of other companies and lurking in the shadows,

Lee Seol-Ah.

Only she, who had predicted this entire situation, was single-handedly supporting the South Korean economy after the chaos following Egoistic’s retirement.

When foreigners sell stocks, Lee Seol-Ah buys them.

When foreigners sell a lot, Lee Seol-Ah buys them all.

As the plummeting stock prices began to stabilize as mysterious ghost companies started buying them all up.

It was only possible because Lee Seol-Ah had taken control of the entire South Korean refining industry and had an astronomical amount of cash in her hands.

“Sigh…”

“Chairman. The defense was successful. You can relax now.”

“Alright… You can go now.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

After the subordinate who bowed his head left the room.

Leaning back in her chair, lying down with her face covered by her hand, Lee Seol-Ah groaned.

“…Well, it was mine to begin with.”

South Korea belongs to Lee Seol-Ah.

In fact, even the stocks thrown by foreigners originally belonged to Lee Seol-Ah.

So, since she reclaimed what was hers, shouldn’t it be okay?

And so, the A-rank hero Icicle quietly saved South Korea(?) from behind.

“Ugh…”

…Preventing the collapse of South Korea that she had worked so hard to obtain was the same thing as preventing the collapse of her own company, so she managed to save the economy.

However, it was true that she shed blood, sweat, and tears, losing an enormous amount of cash.

“…Da-In, seriously, sigh…”

…I will definitely get this debt back.

If not with money, then with my body.

As Lee Seol-Ah was murmuring, exhausted all by herself.

Once everything was settled.

Suddenly.

When she looked at the darkened sky outside, she thought of something.

“…Come to think of it, our Ha-Ru.”

Is she okay right now?

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At that moment.

“…..”

In a dark apartment room.

Inside it, a woman with blonde hair was staring out the window with her empty blue eyes.

“….”

Stardust.

She was still unable to accept the reality.

Ever since this afternoon, she had been in a daze.

Egostic had retired.

It was true.

What would happen now?

There would be no more opportunities to meet him in the future.

Because he had retired. He said he wouldn’t commit any more acts of terror.

…That’s right.

It meant she couldn’t see him anymore.

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“…..”

She couldn’t see Egostic?

He wouldn’t come looking for her anymore?

It was hard to believe. It felt like she could still hear his voice clearly.

Smiling mischievously from behind his mask, it seemed like he would cheerfully say, “Hello, Stardust!” at any moment.

…Now.

She realized she wouldn’t see him like that anymore.

“Ah.”

When she finally grasped the reality,

She realized that a tear had fallen from her eye.

Quietly.