Chapter 356 – The Secret Life of a Sidekick (2)

I traced Choi Xian’s memories and opened the secret closet.

Instead of the navy blue, almost black suit that I am currently wearing, there was a red and colorful suit inside.

“Wear this and go to Blaze King at night… Ugh…”

Goosebumps appeared slightly on my arms.

No matter how natural this is in a world like this…

Considering that the assimilation rate does not increase even after finding out various secrets, it seems that limited possession fixes the assimilation rate and the ex assimilation rate, but since the difference from the main body is so large, it seems that perfect integration is difficult.

“First, let’s find out why I’m stressed.”

I roughly took off my suit, laid it on the floor, then turned on my computer and checked the internet.

It was easy to find articles about the battle between heroes and villains on the Internet, and there was already an article about the concrete villain fight between Impact Girl and Shadow Fang.

-Boom!

-Clap!

-Quaaaaang!

There was a video attached that could be said to be the highlight, and it contained the moment when I possessed Choi Xian.

As I stood there dazed by the Concrete Villain’s punches, Impact Girl kicked his arm away, and then I moved in the shadow created by the Concrete Villain’s large body. And with the dagger of shadow, he cut down the armor tightly covering his body.

And with a kick from Impact Girl, who was waiting right behind him, the concrete villain was disarmed as if he were peeling off his shell.

Below the video, there was a text briefly explaining the origins of the villain. It was said that the villain had been bullied by a senior at a construction site and had his face smashed into concrete.

He said that after experiencing something like that and having a ‘seed’, he came out and killed all the seniors who committed such an unfair act and those who stood by.

“Hmm… I think I did well.”

I thought that if he was going to mess with others, he should be prepared to mess with himself too.

‘Is this why I became a dark hero…? ?’

No matter how you look at it, I couldn’t be said to have a pure hero’s heart.

And when I scrolled down and looked at the comments, there was some criticism of the guys who played a role in creating the villains, some praise for Impact Girl, and some praise for me as well.

-That bastard could have done it until now, but he didn’t?

-I guess there was water on the concrete haha

-Did Kokok do something today?

“I guess ‘Kokkok’ was his nickname.”

Because all Shadow Fang has shown so far is to create a weak point that Impact Girl can target.

I used the Shadow Knife skill to create a shadow dagger.

When I looked at it properly, it wasn’t in as good a condition as it was when I made it and held it.

It felt heavy, and its sharpness was lower than that of weapons using shadow craft.

It took quite a bit of mana to maintain it, but it disappeared the moment I let go of it.

It looks like this even when I am possessed and receiving assistance from Shadow Mastery, so it looks like it was used for stabbing by concentrating all of its power on the stabbing area.

“Oh… I’m weaker than I thought.”

I also wanted to try Blaze Whip and Fractal, which received the effects of Flame Magic, but it was clear that their performance would not be that great.

I closed the Internet window, thinking I could understand why Impact Girl, which uses Wave Wheel and instantaneous acceleration, was at the top.

“But how does Blaze King work?”

As Choi Xian traced his memory, he remembered that there was a smartphone for dark hero activities where the Blaze King’s suit that he had seen earlier was located.

When I opened the secret closet again and looked at the smartphone, there was a smartphone made of a special material.

Are there three smartphones: a personal smartphone, a smartphone provided by the Hero Association, and a special smartphone that can avoid radio detection and GPS tracking?

It felt strange to see three smartphones lined up.

“I did something complicated for no reason…”

Is it because you think you’ll become a hero if you let people know that you can even control fire? I felt like my desire to be by Yuna’s side as a sidekick was hiding another power.

At that time, the association’s smartphone rang.

[A class B villain appears in Hero City’s D area. Urgent assistance requested.]

“Emergency support means a hero has been hit. Shall we go?”

The sun is slowly setting, so it’s time for Shadow Fang, who can’t control his strength at night, to stay home.

I got up to put on Blaze King’s suit.

*

Wearing a flashy red and gold suit, I used Shadow Jump to teleport to the rooftop of a nearby building in Area D.

Thanks to Shadow Mastery, I can definitely shadow jump to places I remember, so I thought it would be great if I could get this.

Is there anything else like this technology that allows you to move all your clothes and equipment? It was like having an extra-standard skill in a slightly shabby world.

Fortunately, because there was a huge fight below, the flashy hero suit was not noticed by anyone, so I looked down below where the fight was taking place.

Tukwakakakakakaka!

A guy who looked like a villain was holding a huge firearm in both his hands and firing bullets like crazy.

Even though the police were controlling people’s entry and exit from a distance, people wearing hero suits were using their bodies to block shots that seemed to be enough of a threat.

‘Is support a human barrier?’

Other heroes also attempted to approach behind the blind spot, but were immediately hit by fire and had no choice but to retreat.

Is there no Impact Girl? I squinted and checked down, but I couldn’t see it.

“Let’s go.”

I used Shadow Jump to move onto the building with the villain’s back to me and jumped right down.

‘Should I do something flashy for the sake of fame?’

Blaze Fractal.

A fountain of flames rose up where I was going to land.

The shooting villain also frowned, and the heroes who tried to approach the villain also backed away slightly.

And I landed on the fountain with one knee slightly bent.

Haha. The strange guy has arrived again!”

The double-gun villain pointed the gun in his hand at me.

“It’s not a strange guy, it’s the Blaze King.”

Blaze Whip.

I created a whip of flame in both hands, wrapped the whip of flame around the muzzle of the villain’s gun, and used Blaze Fraction to pull it to where the flames were spewing out.

Originally, it would have been impossible for Choi Xian, but since I was using the Yeonyeomshingung (連炎神功) to absorb heat and increase my strength, I was able to bring the villain to me at once.

“Ugh?!”

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tang!

Even as he was being caught by me, the villain fired indiscriminately, and I ran over and kicked him while feeling pain from the shooting.

Whoa, whoa!

Clink!

The force of the whip pulling and the force of me running and kicking were combined, and the kick was stronger, so the villain broke the glass of the building behind him and flew inside.

I pulled the whip again, took him out of the building, and swung the whip loudly.

Kwaang!

The guy who crossed over to the other side of me fell to the ground with a loud noise, and I pulled the villain back towards me.

“Kwaaaaah!!!

The guy was scratching his body on the floor and screaming, so I stretched out my leg and kicked his head.

Tduduk.

The sound of the villain’s neck breaking echoed loudly throughout the surroundings.

Seeing as the barrage of bullets fired like crazy stopped even while he was being held captive by me, it seems like he definitely ended his life.

“I never thought I could handle a guy like this.”

I said something to the heroes who were watching the fight, threw the villain and ran into the destroyed building.

The rule is that heroes register themselves with the association and capture villains alive, so now I can be seen as the villain who actually killed the villain.

I ran towards the building before the gathered heroes became my enemies, and suddenly Blaze King’s phone rang, and I answered it at will.

“Did you do something today?”

A young man’s voice. According to Choi Xian’s memory, it is a guide.

He calls himself gray and is a bat-like guy who can freely join both groups of heroes and villains.

“What is the escape route?”

“Go straight, left, go straight, left, there’s a green door in front of you. There’s no CCTV there, so it’s the same for vehicles equipped with black boxes.”

I moved right away after hearing what the guide said.

After seeing the green entrance, I hid in that building and used the other abilities of the Blaze King’s suit.

My clothes changed into regular sweatpants and a brimmed hat, and I waited for a moment.

And then I heard the guide’s voice.

“That’s it. The surrounding CCTV manipulation is complete. If you want to defeat all villains, register and come out. You don’t want to volunteer for free, right?”

“I will do that next time.”

I turned off the smartphone I was talking on with the guide and slowly walked out.

I didn’t run away that fast, but the guide may have confused the surrounding people by manipulating the CCTV, so there were no heroes chasing me.

I wandered around Area D a bit and then headed home.

*

『Quest-2』

〈Increase your reputation as Blaze King.〉

-Reputation: (165/1000)

– Upon completion: Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功) achievement increases.

Upon returning home, I checked that the quest had made some progress.

“If it’s like this, I should be able to catch quite a lot, right?”

Perhaps because the villain he hunted was unknown compared to his power, his reputation did not increase much.

Perhaps because the villain died, articles tended to come out late, and the Internet was filled with only stories about me killing the villain.

-That’s how he was originally.

-Isn’t it cheaper to die?

-The villain did something villainous.

“Dark heroes are shit, I’m just treated like a villain.”

When they were Cian Raven, the Raven family, famous for their assassins, assassinated people who clearly committed evil deeds, but in the end, they were assassins.

When I said I was going to the Raven family, people would ask if I was going there to commit suicide.

‘Isn’t this increasing notoriety rather than fame?’

After thinking about it carefully, I came to one conclusion.

‘I have to complete the quest.’