42 – Super Hero Brave
I came back home and took off the bandages that were wrapped around my body.
My body was already in a state of recovery thanks to the grid.
ㅡ I am hungry!
Grid started whining that he was hungry, probably because he had consumed quite a bit of energy.
Even though I share my body, Grid’s meal doesn’t make me full or anything.
I’ve seen research results showing that people with superpowers have a higher basal metabolic rate than normal people. Is Grid a similar situation?
Grid put eggs and Vienna sausages from the refrigerator on the frying pan and started to grill them.
I took out the stew from the refrigerator and warmed it up while defrosting the frozen rice in the freezer.
About 5 minutes passed, and three times the amount of food was prepared for an adult male.
Grid started eating skillfully using chopsticks and spoons.
It’s a very familiar sight now, but every time I see it, I think it’s strange.
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After finishing the meal, Grid began humming along feeling that it was all right.
Now I felt like I had one more annoying roommate.
After eating and taking a shower, I took the core I got from the mimicking monster in my hand.
ㅡ Go!
At the same time that the grid receives energy from the nucleus, psychometry was used as the nucleus.
Then my vision darkened and I felt as if I saw something, albeit only for a moment.
It was like seeing someone face to face in a building that looked like a warehouse.
That was the end.
“Is this the end?”
ㅡ Yes, you have the ability to interfere with psychometry like me.
I closed my eyes and recalled the video I had seen for a very short time through psychometry.
Someone was standing in front of the monster.
The appearance is blurry, so I can’t even tell if it’s a man or a woman.
However, it is important that he is quite tall and that the monster did not attack him.
“Because monsters do not attack humans….”
ㅡ Maybe that human being is also a monster.
“Either that… A monster trainer?”
ㅡ I don’t think so.
If the being in front of you was a human, the secret about the monster might be solved in 20 years.
Where do monsters come from? The secret of why it appears and repeats the act of destruction.
If the existence in front of you is not a human but a mimicking monster, it means that communication with the mimicking monster is possible.
It means that the monsters who were only doing destructive things began to possess intelligence.
It was a complicated feeling in many ways.
ㅡ Is your stamina still okay?
Of course.
Thinking just in case, I wrapped myself in black clothes and went out through the window with a mask on my face.
I felt the strangely sticky air as I jumped over the roof of the building.
Still, he hadn’t caught the cold since the grid came into his body, but the heat seemed to be a separate issue, and his face was slightly sweaty.
ㅡ Over there.
The place I arrived with Grid was the same place where I fought the monster today.
Originally, because of the size of the monster, a subcontractor was mobilized to deal with it, but since it was a human-sized monster, it seemed that the competent response team immediately took care of the site.
Still, the ruins of the roads and broken buildings remained untouched.
I wonder if the owners of the broken shop are okay….
ㅡ I must have bought insurance anyway.
Even if you have insurance, you can’t afford it.
The government should pay well….
ㅡ Now there are more important things than that!
Grid patted me on the head and urged me to investigate quickly.
I removed Grid’s hand and carefully looked around.
We crossed the barrier that prevents people from approaching and investigated the place where the monster’s body was.
The current time is 1 AM.
I couldn’t feel anyone’s presence, but I was afraid that someone would find out, so I used my ability.
However, contrary to expectations, no income was obtained.
ㅡ I want to be full even after the first drink!
Grid started to lose his temper as I returned home without any results.
I wonder if this is anger control disorder….
***
The next day.
I woke up a little later than usual and started preparing.
I was tired physically and mentally from fighting the monster yesterday, but I didn’t have the option of resting.
Today is Friday, the day I go to work at the Hero Office.
ㅡ Rather than being a hero, this feels like seeing an office worker going to work. Heh heh!
Grid laughed at me as I washed my hair with half-closed eyes.
But I can’t even refute it because it’s not wrong again.
In a society where heroes have become jobs, there are times when I feel this strange….
ㅡ Yummy, Yummy!
While I was drying my hair, Grid took out ingredients from the refrigerator and started cooking.
The main culprit is that he often talks nonsense, acts like a nuisance, and pays a lot for food and electricity bills, but now I’m used to it.
ㅡ Yummy!
The guy who inhaled ketchup stir-fried sausages with ketchup and vegetables in the vinaigrette in the fridge now exclaimed a very familiar exclamation.
“Eat in moderation.”
If I was alone, I would have eaten for 2 weeks since it was 1kg, but I can’t go for 3 days.
I’m almost afraid that the money I’ve saved might run out.
ㅡ Monsters become money. Catch the monster like a hero!
To sell out your kind? He is a man without blood or tears.
ㅡ I hope you don’t put them on the same line as beasts without intelligence.
Grid drew a line between himself and the monster with a rather serious feeling.
Although I thought he was a very strange guy, I thought that Grid deserved such a reaction.
Even the monster that imitated a human pretty well was embarrassing to be called a beast compared to Grid.
“Since you said money, you said you would buy the monster corpse and core from the research center?”
ㅡ Even if you have a nuclear weapon anyway, you will only raise suspicion. Better to make money by selling it.
“Is that so?”
It was an unexpected response.
I thought I’d bring up the idea of using it since I had a nuclear weapon.
ㅡ These days, you don’t have to go hiking because you have developed the ability to control your psychic powers.
The grid has adapted to my body and has reached the level of substituting food materials for the energy produced by the nucleus.
I think I’ve been able to afford it since I can reduce my energy consumption and make nuclear weapons at home without having to go hiking.
ㅡ It would be better to prepare a suit by quickly selling nuclear weapons and by-products.
Grid seemed to want to get in touch with the suit of his own design as soon as possible.
I don’t know how much the mimicking monster will cost, but I think you’d better not expect too much from him.
ㅡ Why?
“Why, why, because it is small?”
A monster appears and South Korea… No, the world has changed.
Due to its size, the monster causes considerable human and material damage once it appears.
As a result, there were no insurance companies left, and the surviving insurance companies broke the upper limit of insurance premiums.
Kaiju is like an unpredictable natural disaster.
If the monster appears in one’s own house, it will lead to family collapse.
So the state had no choice but to reach out.
But no country can afford to continue to suffer such damage.
Money did not come from selling land, and taxes were finite.
In the meantime, with the advent of heroes, a supernatural power called black technology appeared.
The beings with supernatural powers have created everything from small monster detectors to new concept alternative energy.
A new concept of alternative energy.
It was a new technology that used the corpse and core of a monster that had no potential for environmental pollution and was highly efficient.
Since then, the situation in the world has changed.
The government spends its defense budget on fostering heroes.
Heroes receive subsidies from the state, prevent security vacuum caused by villains, and prevent additional damage caused by fever weapons by eradicating monsters.
The corpses and cores of monsters processed by the hero are purchased by the state, and quite a lot of tax is attached.
The monster deals damage. -＞ The state hires heroes with subsidies to hunt monsters. -＞ Buy the by-products hunted by the hero at a low price. -＞ Use the money to prepare subsidies and compensation for damages.
Such a circular structure is taking place.
ㅡ So, what is the main point?
“The monster we caught was about the same size as a human, so I thought it wouldn’t be worth it.”
ㅡ Tsk.
“Let’s go.”
It’s time to become a hero.
***
I opened the door and came out and started on the way to the Hawkeye Hero office.
As usual, I head to the bus stop about 6 minutes away from my house and wait for the bus.
After getting on the bus and going about 15 minutes, you will find the Hawkeye Hero Office.
It is an unchanging daily life as usual.
I’m sure it is… I can feel the eyes strangely.
ㅡ Not the enemy.
Yes, I can understand that much now.
It was different from the sticky gaze that followed me and the author.
What can I say… Should I say it’s a gaze that feels a little warmer and hotter?
The lady who was sitting in front of me got up and headed for the back door of the bus.
I was about to sit down when I saw her grandmother standing near me, so I slipped away.
Then her grandmother met her eyes and thanked her and sat down in her empty seat.
“Thank you, bachelor.”
“No.”
It was something I always did, so there was nothing new about it.
But for some reason, I felt that the gaze looking at me became more intense.
“Oh!”
Just before the bus left, a boy who looked like a middle school student hurriedly got on and pointed at me.
“Huh?”
“The man I saw on the news!”
News? Mister?
Are you talking about me?
“Mister, are you the hero who fought the monster around here yesterday?”
The middle school kid still pointed at me and asked me that.
ㅡ I want to break it up and put it in ketchup stir fry.
Greed, a scholar monster who woke up in Korea, doesn’t seem to like this situation.
And that was the case with me too.
Since he is 23 years old, most people call him hyung, but this kid….
“Right?!”
“Uh, I don’t know about the news, but I guess I’m right?”
I was busy looking for traces of the monster yesterday, so I didn’t have time to check the news.
Grid also consumed a lot of energy, so I took a rest last night.
The little boy put the bag on his back on the floor with a rather excited expression, then pulled out a notebook and held it out to me.
“Please sign me, mister!”
Starting with the little boy’s cry, the bus started to get engulfed in strange heat.
ㅡ Oh my, I guess that person is on the news?
ㅡ Hey, awesome! I’m on the bus right now, and the guy from yesterday’s news is here!
Restly.
People’s gaze became even hotter.
Something was itching on my back and I wanted to jump out of the car.
ㅡ Khehehe. This is Super Hero Gridman!
Listening to Grid’s nonsense, my mind, which had been far away, became relatively clear.
I fully showed off my signing skills that I practiced in preparation for an event like this one day.
I was tired from people’s hot stares, but seeing someone smile happily because of me made me happier than I could have imagined.