63 – Those who look beyond the ideal
Bucheon Wonmi Police Station.
Interrogating villains, answering civil complaints, or dispatching to prevent terrorism – it would normally be a place with a chaotic atmosphere with the police busy moving around, but today for some reason it was very quiet.
“-So, you brought us all together?”
“That’s right.”
“Are you still busy?”
“…Still.”
Not only nearby heroes but also top famous heroes are gathered here. It must have been quiet because the people who had gathered in response to the sudden call were settling down and starting the meeting.
Hangyeol, who saw the gathered heroes frowning and starting to express their dissatisfaction, smiled bitterly and looked back at Handsome, but as if Handsome hadn’t expected this, he looked at the woman in front of him, sweating profusely. I started shaking.
“Hyeoncheol.”
“Yes.”
“Do you want to die?”
“Where on earth would anyone want to die?”
“Baby, keep talking and answering.”
“hahahahaha… Please at least listen to the story.”
“Story? “Did you say it was a story, just now?”
Jeong Hyeon-cheol, Hero Handsome. Even so, he is a famous hero who is linked to the Top 100, and a hero with a career and recognition that will not be overlooked anywhere.
He whose skills are not low enough to be a teacher at the Justice Academy, but who would stand out proudly in any other place – why is he so embarrassed?
Hangyeol looks at the woman glaring in front of him-
“You want to listen to this little guy’s opinion? “For me?”
“Senior…”
“What I’m saying now when I call the No. 1 Hero is-“
To be exact, he is the current No. 1 Hero.
“Are you telling me to listen to the opinions of such a young child and act? Sincerely?”
Hero Gladius. Although his skills are a bit lacking compared to the currently retired Judgment, his performance was even better when he was still active – a monster.
Upon hearing that she was glaring at him, Hangyeol, who stiffened like a rat frozen by her snake-like gaze, soon swallowed her dry saliva –
“Hey, I heard you were going to listen anyway.”
“What?!”
“Anyway, the tsundere temperament doesn’t go anywhere. “When they first received my call, they were excited to see their golden generation juniors.”
“Noisy!”
“She is now a middle-aged woman, so even though she is a tsundere, there is no merit-“
Handsome shook his head at her words and continued teasing her, and soon Gladius huffed and refuted her words, repeating this.
“…Huh?”
Hangyeol looked at Handsome and Gladius alternately, embarrassed by the sudden release of the atmosphere.
Puck. Quang!
“Kkuek.”
“This bastard, to a senior who is like the sky…”
When he took one last look at her, glaring at the handsome man who had been sent flying by her fist and crashing into her wall, the tension had disappeared from his face and he had an apologetic look on his face.
“A junior is a junior, and work is work. Hey, kid. “The moment you call up the current No. 1 Hero and spew out outrageous opinions, I will regard you as a useless bastard and leave immediately.”
“Is that so?”
“Okay. Stop thinking that you will just trust that bastard and help you. So – are you confident?”
Why did he, his teacher, lighten the mood so much? Wouldn’t that be obvious even without looking at it? I guess it’s just to relieve my despondent tension.
Then-
“Yes.”
“Is that so?”
You shouldn’t just be rigid and live up to his expectations.
Hangyeol, feeling much lighter, nodded and looked into her eyes. Gladius, who had been looking at him for a while, soon smiled and fell down in his seat.
“Then tell me. “I will listen to you a little bit.”
Permission finally granted. Hangyeol smoothed his hair, sat down again, looked at him, smiled at the handsome man who winked, then immediately looked back at the heroes seriously and opened his mouth. The other heroes looked at him, crossed their arms as if asking him to give it a try, and were ready to listen –
“Vocalist Jo Yu-mi. “I suspect she is a villain from the Evil Brigade.”
“…Are you crazy?”
While everyone was frozen by the bomb that fell from Hangyeol’s mouth, even Gladius was embarrassed and questioned him.
“No, I am completely sober.”
“…But you say that confidently?”
“Yes.”
“No, haaa…”
That would be embarrassing. Vocalist Jo Yu-mi is literally a living cultural festival.
She, the voice of God who is causing a stir all over the country, and who lives without lacking anything – is she a villain?
“Is it because I’m still young?”
“It’s definitely not worth listening to.”
The other heroes shook their heads at his words, and soon seemed to ignore him-
“Everyone shut up.”
The conference room suddenly becomes quiet at one word from Gladius.
“Keep going.”
“Do you believe me?”
“No, I think I should leave you here, but first I have to listen to the end.”
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If I can’t convince you, will I die? Hangyeol thought like that and broke into a cold sweat,
“The first thing that made me suspicious was the day the first terrorist attack occurred.”
For some reason, I started to smile and express my opinion to them.
“If it was your first time – was it in Seoul?”
“Yes, it was the day that the entire opera house was blown away.”
Handsome responded to Gladius’ words. Hangyeol immediately looks back at him, then turns his gaze back to the other heroes and continues his words.
“Her people, presumed to be her Repentance, started a terrorist attack to attack her, and it was an incident that I and other heroes stopped.”
“I know that, so just get to the point.”
“…Did you also know that the villain Guardian and Ash appeared at that time?”
“Okay. Since it was Repentance, of course they were there too. So?”
“Are you saying that they were hostile to the terrorists who attacked them?”
“…Is this your first time hearing that?”
Hostile? Guys from the same organization? Why?
Hangyeol clenched his fists as curiosity appeared in Gladius’ eyes, and soon continued speaking.
“Villains are hostile to each other, it is possible. “Fights occur even within the same villain organization, and of course there can be internal strife.”
“But- you don’t think so, do you?”
“Yes. I don’t think the guys who showed up wearing masks are the Repentance, but the evil brigade. And that they didn’t try to kill her.”
“Why?”
“Because Repentance’s villains don’t show up unless it’s in an incident involving her brigade of evil, and the latter – the goons who unleashed her terror on a grand scale rush to kill her, but they don’t do her justice. Because the attack was not directed at her.”
Has Repentance ever carried out a terrorist attack on such a large scale? If you ask this, the answer is yes. However – if you ask whether there was ever a time when they were involved in a terrorist attack involving the evil brigade, the answer would be no.
“Well, it’s all been like that up until now… But, there could still be an unexpected situation, right?”
“Then, do you have any idea as to why they are targeting her?”
“Not really.”
Gladius answered as if he was uncomfortable, then thought deeply about his words and frowned as if he had guessed something.
“…A self-made play?”
“At least I think so.”
“It seems like I’ve gone too far, but why do you think that?”
“You probably wouldn’t believe it even if I told you it was a gut feeling. Even if you fought it yourself, you wouldn’t believe it. Performance has improved recently, but it is still young. So, based on her actual situation, the evidence is that at least Guardian and Ash tried to kill her out of sheer sincerity.”
Those who caused terrorism were those who appeared wearing masks. However, they did not try to kill Yumi. This is an intuition that only those who have directly confronted and fought against them can feel.
However, there is provable evidence that Guardian and Ash, who should have been on the same side, were against them and at the same time had a firm will to kill Yumi. Of course, there is no physical evidence, but-
“…I need to be able to see the situation at that time to make a judgment, right?”
“I confirmed it, so it is the ‘truth.'”
Hero Handsome is someone who can turn insufficient evidence into solid evidence. When he answered positively, the other heroes seemed to agree.
“So it’s an original play?”
“Yes. “Isn’t it honestly strange in this attack and the last one?”
“I won’t ask why it’s strange. To be honest, I was dumbfounded as I looked through the data. “I thought these bastards looked down on heroes.”
During the two terrorist attacks, no one who could be called strong emerged. Of course, the villains who appeared in the first attack – Guardian and Ash – can be said to be strong, but if we assume what Hangyul said, they are on different sides, so they are excluded.
“Even if we assume that the first terrorist attack was okay, there are many strange things about the second terrorist attack. Aside from the fact that only those who could be called bastards came in the first place – the problem is the ones who transported them and ran away.”
“You mean the ones who went missing after being attacked by someone?”
“Yes. Looking at the traces at that time, there were signs that a firearm had been used, but the biggest thing was that they had been neatly ‘cut’.”
Both the vehicle and the concrete pile were cut into pieces as if they had been cut by a huge knife. That’s another proof.
“Are you saying that Repentance chased them down and caught them?”
“Yes. And that’s why I thought they were an evil brigade.”
“It’s definitely a story with potential. “Tell me more.”
Hangyeol nodded as Gladius’ voice became a little softer and continued speaking.
“Repentance opposes the evil brigade. I don’t know the reason for this either – but anyway. So, if we assume that the guys who have been causing terrorism so far are the evil brigade, then the current situation makes sense.”
If the evil brigade is causing terrorism by blaming themselves, it makes sense that they are continuously appearing and attacking. If that happens, the story will flow a little easier.
However, another question arises here – why are they targeting Yumi?
“There have been ordinary people who have been harmed by Repentance’s actions so far, but at least there have been no casualties, right?”
“That’s right. “Most of the damage is property damage.”
“But her guys are definitely targeting her. “I was the one who blocked the swords and flames they threw, sir?”
“Yes, I guarantee it.”
In any case, it is true that they acted to kill her. If she was just an ordinary civilian, why would there be any reason to kill her in the first place? Even while antagonizing heroes and villains.
“Of course, there are other reasons – but since there is no evidence for this yet, I will skip it. But-“
This is just a intuition. But this assumption is too uneasy to just ignore.
“…Still, I think we need to be careful.”
That’s why Hangyeol wants to tell them.
“The fact that Jo Yu-mi has some kind of connection with the evil brigade.”
She said she might be a villain.