Dr. Cube and his crew (2)
Lifeless skin, lethargic eyes, split hair.
The bold and arrogant look of the past was nowhere to be found.
“How did you drink so much?”
“Just…”
While saying that, Yu Hee-won smiled weakly once more.
Seeing that smile, Han Min-ha’s heart felt like it was being torn apart.
Always confident and seemed like he would never lose.
When she entered the academy and became her professor’s supervised student together, Yu Hee-won offered to help Han Min-ha adjust to the academy.
He gave her a workout and took her with her so that the other kids wouldn’t bully her.
During vacations, he took her to his house and kept her from being alone.
Yoo Hee-won is Han Min-ha’s first and best friend at the academy.
Now, it was more painful for Han Min-ha that Yoo Hee-won had become like that than without the professor.
“What about rice?”
“I didn’t eat…”
“Do you want to go eat?”
“Then I’ll tell the secretary to prepare…”
“No, let’s go out and eat. Let’s get some fresh air.”
“Is that so…? Then wait. I’ll change my clothes and come back…”
As Yoo Hee-won staggered into her room, Song Do-yoon sighed.
“It’s crazy, really…”
Today is the day Professor Hyun went missing after fighting the green villain.
The gallows disappeared, and the golden viper and gray mold were completely ruined.
Han Min-ha didn’t want that, so she suggested that at least one day a year get together and have a meal, and that is today.
* * * * *
The children moved to the city of Grafford.
It was because Yu Hee-won insisted on going there.
It was quite a distance, but Yu Hee-Won came out of her house after a long time, so Han Min-Ha decided to listen to her whatever she wanted.
So they became the first customers of the Bulmakchangjip, which opens in the afternoon.
“Three servings of fire-makchang, please.”
“Corn cheese…”
At the end of Song Do-yoon’s spell, Yoo Hee-won said.
“Because the professor liked it…”
“Corn cheese too.”
Song Do-yoon sighed lightly when the boss who took the order entered the kitchen.
“I’m really going crazy…”
After those words, silence fell over the table for a while.
After a while, Yoo Hee-won smiled awkwardly and looked at Song Do-yoon.
“How’s the sidekick life…?”
“Good. Hero-nim is good, co-workers are nice, salary is decent. These days, I’m crazy about North.”
“I see… Minha, you…?”
“The fugitives are under arrest. Most of them fled during the terror attack at the 3rd Training Center last time, so there are still a lot of them on the run.”
Han Min-ha’s answer brought a faint light to Yoo Hee-won’s face.
“So, how did it go…? He thinks he can find him…?”
The green cloud villain who fought the professor is actually not a priority for Secreto.
Even though they killed seven officially registered agents, there was no active hostile act such as terrorism.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t touch it.
This was Secreto’s keynote for that villain.
Currently, the capacity and resources of the Administration Bureau and Secretto are being mobilized to catch North, an alliance of fugitives and villains, and its vanguard, Dr. Cube.
However, I had no intention of telling this directly to Yu Hee-won.
“I’m trying. Maybe I’ll catch him sooner or later.”
“I see… Everyone take care of yourself. What if things happen to you guys too… I…”
Yu Hee-Won lowered his head and shed tears.
“Boss. Soju, please.”
Song Do-yoon, who saw that scene, eventually couldn’t stand it and ordered him to drink, filling his glass by himself.
“Min-ha, you have to drive, and Hee-won has been drinking since morning, so I’ll just drink. I don’t think it’s okay if you don’t drink.”
While Song Do-yoon emptied his glass, Han Min-ha turned his attention to the news on the TV hanging on the wall.
In an overseas city, I saw rescuers and people climbing up and down the completely collapsed ruins.
A few hours ago, Dr. Cube and his gang were attacked.
In the corner of the screen, there was a small data screen of Dr. Cube wearing a face shield.
“You are the most popular star.”
Seeing that, Song Doyoon murmured lowly.
“We tried to catch him at our office, but we kept failing. We have to catch him by the tail, but he’s so new.”
“It must be more difficult now that Goshawk has been attached. But you must catch him. If he dies, North’s power will greatly diminish.”
Yoo Hee-won, who was listening to the conversation between Han Min-ha and Song Do-yoon, asked.
“The villain who fought with the professor was a defector from the 3rd training center…?”
“I guess so.”
“Then there might be a villain in North…?”
“I don’t know that far.”
“Anyway, if you catch that Dr. Cube, you’ll know, right? An important person in North?”
“Well, maybe.”
Suddenly, golden sparks flew from Yoo Hee-won’s eyes and the TV screen was smashed.
As Han Min-ha and Song Do-yoon looked back, Yu Hee-won said with a murderous look.
“Then grab it quickly.”
Han Min-ha couldn’t suggest that Yu Hee-won go out and hunt him.
Yoo Hee-won dropped out of the academy and could not become an official hero.
It is against the law for a non-hero to activate an aura and act.
This is the case for both villains and runners.
If Yoo Hee-won had become her official hero, Han Min-ha would have set up her office with her by now and traced the traces of her bastard.
“Yeah. Okay. I’m like that, so calm down. What if I break someone else’s TV?”
When the surprised boss ran out, Doyoon Song explained the situation and bowed his head in apology.
Soon, Yoo Hee-won became that lethargic look and slowly pulled her wad of cash out of her purse.
“This… TV cost….”
“Yes. Thank you.”
“Give me a drink too.”
Watching Yoo Hee-won stretch out her arm and take the bottle, Songdo-yoon sighed.
“I’m going crazy…”
* * * * *
After a meal in a calm atmosphere.
Standing in front of the cash register, Yoo Hee-won rummaged through her pockets.
“Boss. Can I still use this…?”
In Yoo Hee-won’s hand was a coupon with several stamps.
It was found in the inner pocket of the coat hanging in Professor Hyun’s laboratory, and Yu Hee-won had kept it until now without throwing it away.
“Do you still have it?”
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“I’ll save it and use it later when the professor comes back…”
Yoo Hee-won smiled as she put the stamped coupon deep into her pocket.
“Then… Let’s go back now. Everyone is busy.”
While in the back seat of the car, Yoo Hee-won continued to sob while Song Do-yoon looked out the window in silence.
Looking at the children in the rearview mirror, Han Min-ha thought.
When will things get better?
Can things get better even if the professor doesn’t really come back?
I don’t know either.
* * * * *
NOS.
The name comes from the Latin sentence ‘Novus ordo seclorum’, which means ‘new order of the century’.
An organization created to counter the administration’s stance of treating all trait displayers as villains, excluding those who became formal heroes after graduating from the academy.
Their motto is to break down the existing order led by the Bureau and to create a new world where all those who display characteristics can live without discrimination.
Over the past few years, they have been carrying out guerrilla activities, rallying traitors and villains who have been culled to avoid the control and surveillance of the Bureau.
Usually, a trap is dug, and when a hero from a certain office comes, they suddenly attack and kill it.
Originally, heroes who did not have prior intelligence because villains did individual activities were unpredictable and prone to sudden ambush.
For that reason, the Hero Academy even changed their education method to a different ‘team system’ to counter it.
Then, with the strike and escape from the 3rd training center two years ago, the capture of Goshawk, and the recruitment of a character manifester called Dr. Cube, the power increased explosively.
Now, it has become a full-fledged terrorist organization with a decent organizational system, not the old resistance.
And Dr. Cube is at the forefront.
S-class villain. The Administration’s Nightmare. The worst criminal who was sentenced to death by the International Criminal Court and ordered his immediate arrest. The first target to be killed with the highest bounty of 70 billion in history.
Dr. Cube, a rare giant with grandiose adjectives that are unmatched by others, was coughing while covering his mouth with a cute handkerchief that did not go well with his notoriety.
“Cool! Cool!”
After a long cough, Dr. Cube cleared his throat and looked down at the bear-patterned white handkerchief.
It’s the handkerchief I’ve been carrying since I was knocked unconscious by the authorities and rescued by North.
Was I like this?
I tried to refresh my memory, but as always, I gave up.
The stuffy feeling of being blocked by something like a wall of mist.
Maman said it was because I severely injured his head while fighting the administration heroes.
It’s no surprise that they kill all the escapees to prevent the horrors of the 3rd Training Center from being known to the outside world.
It’s fortunate that only his head was injured and his life was spared.
But it was also uncomfortable.
Just looking at this handkerchief makes my heart ache with unknown emotions.
What is it?
I wonder if there was something related to the handkerchief in the past that I can no longer remember.
“Cool!”
“Your cough seems to be getting worse, Doctor.”
Goshawk standing next to him opened his mouth.
“Never mind.”
“When you return from this mission, you should go to the doctor again…”
“It’s okay, cool! It’s okay.”
Putting the handkerchief into the tactical pocket, Dr. Cube stood up wearing the famous mechanical face shield.
[Let’s go.]
As soon as he commanded with a bizarrely altered voice, Goshawk and his men standing behind also activated their auras while wearing face shields.
The renegade hero Goshawk, the powerful Harvester called the building threshing machine, and the phased portal-specialized villain Torodor.
All of them are heinous criminals with a bounty of 100 million units on their heads.
[Today’s mission sounds like a lot of fun, right?]
[What is fun?]
Dr. Cube answered indifferently to Torodor’s clear radio.
The four Nos exploded their auras at once and soared into the sky.