18 – Those who are determined move on from hell
The sixth chapter must have ended successfully, but why is it not so refreshing?
“Whoa…”
Hyunwoo sighed, rubbing the area around his eyes due to the fatigue that was flooding in him.
“Can’t a priest fix it?”
“It was there two years ago. If it had been possible to fix it, it would have been fixed a long time ago. They say it is impossible to cure because it is a disease of the mind, but what is a disease of the mind…”
Hyeonwoo waves his hands and smiles as if it is no big deal. But the man in front of him was still looking at him with worried eyes. Because the villains of Repentance, including the five senior executives, already knew that he would never be okay.
A place created to protect themselves and their heroes by criticizing lax laws and killing villains. The reason he created Repentance was for the students and Jihyun. There was no way the villains there didn’t know that fact, and furthermore, there was no way the man didn’t know what Hyunwoo’s vice and trauma was.
If I wasn’t mentally ill, I continued to behave in a way that would have been strange for two years, and even this time, the plan that should have been perfect went a bit awry.
Hyeonwoo is a student and not yet an adult. He is still young. He’s probably annoyed and sad at the same time. Their god was an obvious but very human villain.
What would it have been like if he had revealed his identity to Ji-hyeon and relieved her of some of the burden on her heart? Wouldn’t the burden on their hearts be a little lighter if they revealed all the plans they knew about, and plans that even they knew vaguely about?
A man is troubled when various thoughts come to his mind. It might be possible to make Hyunwoo feel better with a little consolation or a little advice.
But-
“It was more difficult than that.”
“What trouble did I have to go through? “I’m just reciting certain lines anyway.”
In the end, he just nodded and shrugged his shoulders at Hyunwoo, who pretended like nothing was wrong and spoke to him. Anyway, the leader here is Hyunwoo, and he is just his subordinate. He’s not in a position to give advice on this or that.
Furthermore, they are villains after all, so even if you try to contact her, if you make a mistake, you will end up heading straight for a bad ending. Moreover, even if you tell the heroes the plan, those incompetent things are likely to mess things up, and the final plan is I knew he would never say it out loud.
“Still, you’re having a hard time. “He is leaking information little by little, not only to Jihyeon, but also to other people, and even to the evil brigade.”
“As long as you don’t get caught, there won’t be a problem. Besides – considering what you have done for me, this is still not enough.”
If Hyunwoo does not ask for help directly, there is no way they can help him. However, Hyunwoo only sees them as tools to be used only when necessary. Although that fact breaks his heart, he still smiles and stays by his side to assist him.
“I can’t believe my wife is still alive and smiling.”
Because that is the minimum atonement he can make to the God before him, and the only means by which he can repay the favor.
“Please say thank you to Eugene. “If you think about it, I didn’t do anything.”
“Of course, I am grateful to the Priest, but that doesn’t change the fact that you came to me and suggested it yourself, doesn’t it?”
“That’s just-“
“Regardless of the reason, showing favor to someone who sold his information to those who became his enemies does not change anything. “My wife and I will probably never forget that grace for the rest of our lives.”
They are villains, but they still return the favor. They adhere to the minimum human standards, and that is probably why they are ‘important characters’ in the ‘game’. Of course, the fact that those who can kill people with a smile are maintaining humane principles is a contradiction in itself.
Hyeonwoo smiled bitterly and looked out the window, and the man followed him and looked out the window at the scenery. There was a moment of silence like that.
They spent time like that, listening to birdsong and voices coming from outside the building and outside the room –
“It changes so quickly here.”
“Isn’t it because it’s a famous shopping district?”
Hyunwoo was the first to break the silence. The man accompanying Hyunwoo, who spoke, quietly nodded his head.
He, or more precisely, the place where they are – unlike that shabby tavern, a busy street lined with numerous buildings. The top floor of the commercial complex built in the middle.
“It seems like it’s been a while since I’ve been to the hideout.”
“It’s been a while. It’s already been 6 months. “But it hasn’t changed that much, right?”
“That’s right. It’s still noisy outside-“
-Hey! Who stole my pudding! You!
-It’s not me! You crazy b*tch! Turn off the lights! Turn off the fire!
“…It’s still noisy inside. “It’s the same.”
Do people know? The headquarters of Repentance, a villain organization that suddenly appeared and made their name known, is located in the middle of the shopping center where they are walking around laughing and chatting. Those who attacked the Justice Academy and not a single person was caught are resting here.
“It’s still dangerous. “What are you doing here if you get caught like this?”
“There may be a risk of being caught because there are restaurants right below, but the heroes who came recently also just had drinks and food and left. “I have no intention of rising to the top.”
“Is it really dark under the lamp?”
“Yeah, like this guy.”
“…Hmm.”
Just as their hideout went undetected because it was hidden by countless people and shops, the same goes for the evil brigade guys we found this time. Hyunwoo and the man looked away from the window, which was still lively even though it was night, and got straight to the point.
“What we gained from this incident – do you know what it is?”
“We eliminated the head of the Gangseo-gu branch and at the same time disrupted the plans of the evil brigade and announced Repentance to the world.”
What they gained from this attack on the Academy was a total of three things. They disrupted their main enemy, the Evil Brigade, and at the same time eliminated the Wild Pigs, and at the same time proudly declared the existence of Repentance to the world. The man pours wine into the glass again and continues her words.
“And- Weather, the villain you are targeting next, was also chasing after him.”
“And this time we caught evidence.”
“Zero has done another thing.”
“Because he’s that kind of kid.”
A human being who never fails. If the original game had been played, the guy who would have been the most difficult assassin in the evil brigade has now become a capable pursuer who works on their side. Does the man in front of me know how fortunate that fact is? Hyunwoo chuckled and took a sip of the drink in front of him.
“So, where is it?”
“Cheongju City.”
“…It’s far away. “Where is it?”
Maybe it’s because he’s a villain who manages Chungcheongbuk-do itself, but the location is quite far away. The man sighed and asked where they were, but-
“Heungdeok Police Station.”
“…Ha?”
“That whole building is their base.”
I took a deep breath at the answer that came back soon, and then took a sip of the wine.
“…Isn’t that a very high alcohol content?”
“I don’t know if I’ll be able to do the next thing with a clear mind. “I’d rather get drunk.”
His face, smiling bitterly and continuing to pour drinks, instantly gave the illusion that he had aged dramatically. Well, if you heard this news and then instinctively knew what to do, you would have done something like that.
“Heungdeok Police Station. “Did you hide your identity and infiltrate as a spy?”
“Then you wouldn’t have been able to get your hands on the entire building.”
“Does that mean that the evil brigade occupied the place without permission?”
“Then I will call you directly and ask for a favor?”
The man continued to ask him questions, and Hyunwoo answered quickly and looked at him.
“Let’s not deny reality. “You know what I’m talking about.”
“…From the beginning, it was the den of the evil brigade. “You mean that?”
“That’s it.”
“That’s right. I feel dizzy. “What should I do with this?”
A man complains and drinks wine repeatedly. Hyeon-woo, seeing his face getting redder, thought about stopping him, but then he shook his head and started drinking soju in silence.
“Who knows this?”
“At least the government doesn’t know. “He may be incompetent, but he is not corrupt.”
“Then are those who were originally police officers part of the evil brigade? Or did they plant villains in the police and send them there? There are too many cases.”
“At least what we have to do is fixed. “If we handle it anyway, the police will find out on their own, so let’s not even think about finding out the whole story.”
Not even Hyunwoo knows the full story of what happened. In the first place, the game only progressed the story, there was no back story, and I was never curious about it. The fact that he was not even a major character, but just the boss of the seventh chapter, made him not even the slightest bit curious.
“So- this time too, do we have to move and kill him ourselves?”
“You have to secretly work behind the scenes anyway. “It’s always up to us to step up.”
“But wouldn’t this job be too dangerous? This is it. “I think it would be difficult to get information.”
The man smiled bitterly and grumbled, but Hyunwoo put down his soju glass and handed him a document.
“Well, of course we won’t step forward this time.”
“…Ha?”
He took the document and read it little by little, then frowned and looked up at Hyunwoo.
“…Where on earth did you get this information?”
“I jumped in and found out.”
Actually, this is information learned in the game, but the fact is not revealed. Hyunwoo shrugged his shoulders and laughed, and the man continued to look at the document and at Hyunwoo in disbelief.
“Anyway, I will leave this matter entirely to the heroes. “Don’t they have to work too?”
“…What should I do?”
“First, we leak information about the Heungdeok Police Station and Weather to trustworthy people. For example – a few heroes or high-ranking people who use information dealers.”
If that happens, the heroes will have no choice but to target them. However, another problem arises here.
“If this is true, isn’t there a possibility that high-ranking people in this country are involved?”
“Of course, I won’t tell you everything, just let me know that something is going to happen there. And when they watch there, we cause accidents.”
But Hyunwoo is not a fool. Because he had already planned out in his head what he should do.
“The villains are simply targeting that place. Just this much is enough. This is what we are aiming for. It’s about taking advantage of the gaps between heroes and villains fighting. We step forward and do something? There’s no need to do that. “They just give us a motion saying we’re going to attack a police station, and then we move on to a different goal.”
If you leak information that the villain is after you, attention will be drawn to Cheongju and the police station, whether you know it or not. In that case, all we have to do is put up a fight and run away. And-
“After that, we aim for the bigger one.”
At the same time as they fight, all we have to do is target and kill the guy that the hero can’t catch, and then easily escape.
“It’s easier said than done, but if you make even the slightest mistake, it could be the end.”
We already know that it is full of danger. He already knew that everything was not going his way as the original story was going astray little by little. He is the one who changed the story in the first place, and isn’t this a fact that can be seen just by looking at Ji-hyeon’s pursuit of his existence?
“Well, I know roughly. Still have to do it? “It’s our job to destroy the evil brigade’s plans and prevent them from doing anything.”
If you allow the evil brigade to run wild, a bad ending is guaranteed in the game. Even though they are now intervening to reduce the burden on the heroes, they are at a loss, so it is certain that the moment they stop here, not only them but also the world will become dangerous.
In the first place, a happy ending is a peace that comes only after most of the main characters are ruined. Hyunwoo had no intention of leaving it like that.
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“Besides, we need to make our name more known so people will come to us. “We must move more to expand our power.”
“That was also the reason for attacking the academy. But- I still have doubts.”
“What?”
“Why on earth do we need to increase our power?”
Hyeonwoo laughs bitterly at the man’s words. Because I immediately understood what he was trying to say.
“Certainly, if there are more people, we won’t be able to live like a family like we do now. If so, cohesion may decrease and it may be difficult to control.”
“Then-“
“But you have to do it. “We can’t take down the evil brigade on our own right now.”
The man frowned, but did not deny Hyunwoo’s words. Because that’s true.
The Evil Brigade is the most dangerous villain organization in Korea. Since they have almost completely swallowed up the entire back world, it can’t possibly be small, right? Just by looking at the fact that they all have branches in most regions, you can see how big they are.
“We need power to confront them. Even if each person is strong, if the number of people is limited, they will eventually be crushed.”
“…That could hold us back.”
“I know. If impurities leak in, we will be exposed to even more threats. But – in this world, not only crazy people become villains. For example, you, Eugene, and even me.”
“Are they villains with a story?”
“That’s right. “After all, there aren’t that many psychopaths who were villains from the beginning.”
Just as violence begets revenge, and revenge begets violence – villains create victims, and victims become villains.
He lives to take revenge on the villain for the damage he suffered from the villain, and then either dies without being able to complete his revenge, or becomes a new villain after completing his revenge.
There are not many people who want to die just because they have achieved their goal of revenge. Cherishing life is the same for everyone, regardless of whether they are heroes or villains. Since he already used the courage to take his own life for revenge, there is a good chance that he will just become a villain after that. Because the world they live in is a hellish place that repeats itself over and over again.
“That’s why we force them into one place. Those who first pledged revenge are brought in to become allies, and those who have already achieved their goals and become wandering villains are also drawn in to become allies. That condition is ‘named’. The more our names become known to the world, the more villains who have the same thoughts as us gather. As its power continues to expand, the influence of the evil brigade will decrease, and after that-“
Hyunwoo continued talking, but only stopped at the end.
“-After that?”
“…We will win. “The world will become a little more peaceful.”
I swallowed the last words and spit out a white lie.
“-Did you see it?”
“That can’t be possible.”
Is it because of the alcohol? Hyunwoo’s expression hardened at the fact that he had blurted out part of the final plan, and then he looked at the man-
“However, I feel good that I heard at least a little bit of my true feelings. “I feel like my efficiency will increase because I realize that even hard work can be helpful.”
“…Then please take care of me.”
“Just leave it to me.”
The man, whose face was clearly red, stood up, chuckled, opened the door, and walked out of the room.
“-A son of a snake.”
Remembering that his complexion was surprisingly normal, Hyunwoo let out a small curse.