81 – Hide and Seek (4)
Before the other hero arrived on the scene, he pulled himself out and hid in the shadows of an alleyway.
ㅡ What do you plan to do now?
I have to go to the guy who made this monster.
Preliminary work is needed to bring this corpse to headquarters.
The appearance of my hero suit right now is a bit different from usual.
The color of the suit was changed to black to reduce exposure by hiding in the darkness of the night.
I’ve grown taller so people don’t recognize me by my body shape, and the muscles in my upper body have swelled up as well.
With this appearance, he chased the monster and ran through the streets of Seoul at night.
It is unlikely that it was captured on CCTV as it was chased by jumping over the roof of a building.
However, if my appearance was captured on camera, the story would be twisted.
I brought the corpse of this monster to the headquarters, but a situation like ‘why are you bringing it out?’
So, in order to avoid that situation, Humbert, you have to go see the son of a b*tch.
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I was frustrated with this situation and worried about the citizens, so I went to see Humbert separately.
I was able to confirm that he had plans to meet with me separately from the previous video.
I apologize for making an arbitrary judgment.
… It should go like this
ㅡ Don’t trust him too much, Brave.
I don’t trust you.
Would you trust such an asshole?
Still, he is surprisingly a crazy guy who enjoys fair competition.
I enjoy activities that take place on the game board, but I don’t really like things that happen outside of it.
As long as I’m a participant in the game, they won’t slit my throat right away.
I ran towards the bar where I thought he was.
I returned the suit to its original shape, checked my surroundings, and headed down to the bar.
The bar was still open despite being attacked by agents.
The bartender was the one I was suspicious of.
“Well, welcome.”
He’s someone who knows what kind of commotion I’ve caused here, but since he’s acting so carefree, he must be related to that guy.
No, maybe he’s dressed up?
I took a seat at the counter without relaxing.
“One gin and tonic.”
“Okay.”
I have no intention of drinking.
I just had a hunch that if I came here and ordered this menu, he would appear.
Since one of the monsters he hid has died, he must react in some way.
“To visit a bar at a time like this… You seem to have plenty of room, Brave?”
As expected.
He showed up here as if it was natural.
He sat a little away from me and looked at me with a pleased expression.
“The criminal always returns to the crime scene. That monster is Brave, you must have dealt with it, right?”
I didn’t bother answering his question and just fiddled with the glass containing the cocktail.
I couldn’t answer carelessly because it was unknown if the monster shared sight.
There’s no problem if we can’t share sight, but if it’s the other way around, it’s like letting him know that I have the ability to change the shape of the suit.
“What is interesting?”
When I asked, he smiled and ordered a cocktail from the bartender.
Then he looked at me and raised his index finger.
“There is a story about a shepherd boy in Aesop’s Fables. Do you know?”
I replied with a slight nod at his words.
He took a small bite of the cocktail in front of him and smirked.
He looked very happy, as if he was telling a funny story to a friend.
“I gave the monster a few orders. What do you think?”
Aesop’s Fables, The Shepherd Boy.
It is a story about a boy who is obviously a liar and loses trust by repeating lies, and then regrets killing all the sheep by a real wolf.
No way?
“Kaiju detector malfunction?”
A bright smile appeared on his face after hearing my words.
“Exactly, Brave!”
He started clapping for how great he was.
Do you like it when you throw hints that are infinitely close to the answer and get the results you expect?
Such a bastard….
“Fourteen more, Brave. Do you know what will happen if we don’t catch all the monsters?”
He laughed at that, and then he suddenly erased the expression from his face.
What is it?
I suddenly felt as if the temperature around me had dropped dramatically.
It was a strange discomfort, as if something were crawling on my body.
“By the way, Brave. You… What is your true identity?”
After saying that, he glared at me with an expression as if he was observing me.
“What?”
“They said there were 13 victims, not 14? I can’t do that….”
After saying that, he started tapping the table with his index finger.
“I missed the timing to ask you because you were so excited. But isn’t it strange? There must have been 14 of them, including the one who had his heart pierced….”
He looked at me with an interesting expression.
“Your ability to prevent the deterioration of that substance is an ability close to stopping time, right? It’s great, it’s a really great ability.”
Even as he said that, he gave me a look as if he was looking at me somewhere.
It was as if they thought there were more secrets hidden from me.
“Oops, I don’t think I have any intention of telling you. You really… He is a ‘hero’ worth getting to know.”
After he said that, he turned his back and left.
ㅡ That bastard….
Yeah, that’s a lot of sh*t.
ㅡ It’s been a while! Heh heh heh.
I want to rip that son of a b*tch’s thread-splitting face.
Puppy like a dog….
***
After getting ready early in the morning, I headed for the headquarters.
When I arrived at the headquarters, everyone except me was already gathered.
“Sorry for being late.”
“No, we just got together. Go sit down.”
I bowed slightly to the people sitting around me and sat down next to the author.
“Now, since Brave is here, let’s finish talking.”
When the boss said that, Psycho got up and activated the hologram placed between the round tables.
What came to mind on the hologram was the content related to the chase with the monster that took place past midnight.
“Yesterday… No, the press reported that the monster detector malfunctioned between 0:00 and 1:00 today, did you see it?”
Psycho said that and displayed the area where the monster detector malfunctioned on the hologram.
It was confirmed that the monster detector floating on the hologram was connected with a solid line, leading to one side.
And at the end of it, a picture of a building half destroyed by the explosion came to mind.
“But I don’t think it’s a malfunction. It’s the same line from the monster detector that reacted first to the one that reacted last, and at the end of it is this half-destroyed building. Maybe there was something here.”
Anyway, the CCTV didn’t seem to capture the monster and me chasing him.
I looked at it moderately and then raised my hand.
“Uh, Brave. What’s the matter?”
“Yesterday, Humbert, I went to the bar where the bastard is.”
When I said that, the atmosphere around me turned violent.
I felt like I was worried about why I had gone to such a dangerous place alone, and I felt like I was reprimanding myself for doing such a thing on my own.
“Oh, sorry. He brought up the story with a nuance as if he would only appear when I visit alone. In a frustrated heart….”
The situation is the situation.
The current time is 8 am.
Yesterday, 20 pieces of equipment were sprayed, and an additional 30 pieces were sprayed today.
There was no improvement even after a day, so I had no choice but to act because the time of a week felt too tight.
No one could criticize my actions.
“Now, isn’t that why you came here with a strange monster on your body?”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
In case you didn’t know, I burned my body once with the lightning ability.
I handed the monster’s corpse to Psycho.
“I need to hear what happened first. Is this the corpse of a monster?”
“Yes.”
I started telling the people in my seat how I brought this body here.
I jumped out of bed feeling stuffy and headed for the bar where he was supposed to be.
I ordered a cocktail there, waited for him, and he actually showed up.
Since he bravely came all the way here, he said that he would give a hint, saying, “The criminal will definitely return to the crime scene.” Then he disappeared.
I pondered the story before heading to the area where the researchers were reported to have been kidnapped.
And I witnessed a strange phenomenon there.
“What is this strange phenomenon?”
No one looked at me with a reproachful gaze.
I could only feel the eyes that begged me to hurry up and tell them what to say.
ㅡ Speak carefully, Brave. If you open the door and go in, there will definitely be a problem.
I know, man.
I tried to open the door and go inside, but the door was locked and I couldn’t get in.
So, knowing that there would be a controversy, I decided to break the window and go inside.
Anyway, no one will know how I got in because the window was smashed during the fight with the monster.
When I brought up the story of illegal trespassing, there was no good response.
So I went straight to the point.
“Walking around the inside, I came across a wall with a strange feeling.”
“A wall?”
I nodded at Psycho’s question.
“The line was very finely misaligned. It feels like a wall has been created where there shouldn’t be one?”
So the moment I stroked the wall, it attacked me.
“Oh, no way!”
I think everyone understood what I was trying to say.
“It was possible to imitate as a human, not just as a human.”
After that, I told the story of fighting the monster.
The monster showed quite strong power at first, but it gradually weakened.
In particular, its weight was so light that it was incomparable to the monsters it had fought so far.
So, the moment I thought I could easily subdue the monster, the monster suddenly became stronger.
“External battery… Umm, Brave was a bit like an old man, but he has a bit of sense, doesn’t he?”
Who is this?
“Anyway, I chased him, but at the end he self-destructed with a nuclear weapon.”
“… Are you hurt, senpai?”
“Oh, I jumped out of the building before it exploded. This is the monster’s corpse. Nuclear would have been best….”
“No, Brave. This is a great income. And I found a new way.”
“A new way?”
Psycho nodded and looked at the author.
“Can you help me, intern?”
“Are you going to work again? Uh….”
I felt like the author knew something.
“What is it?”
“So you’re saying that the monster carries the inactive core like an external battery? So we’re building a device that detects the inactive monster’s core. He judged that there was no nuke, but if there was, the story would be a little different….”
This, too, is bound to be a formidable labor.
Nevertheless, I found a clear solution.
Six days until the date specified by Humbert.
It’s dim, but it seems like a breakthrough has been made.