Chapter 360 – The Secret Life of a Sidekick (6)

We put the suits in a special washing machine in the Association building in Area E, where we were originally supposed to be patrolling, and took them out.

Since the job of being a hero is to fight against villains, various liquids splash onto the suit, so a special washing machine was needed as it is made of special materials.

‘The science and technology here is strange.’

It seemed to be the most developed of all the worlds I had possessed so far, but there didn’t seem to be much difference.

The original world developed moderately because people with abilities were intentionally not involved, and does it feel a little better than Isian’s world where there were no people with abilities?

Impact Girl, Yuyeonah, took off her mask and sat next to me as I waited for my suit to be washed.

“I reported that you took down the villain today.”

“Ah. It’s something I have to do.”

“I think if I entrust you with reporting, they will try to give me a little more stake. You should report that you did what you did.”

Clearly, Impact Girl did little to help subdue the villain this time.

How about knocking a guy with a big hole in his thigh to the floor? That alone was quite helpful.

“You said you would be my sidekick, but when did your skills get so good?”

“It was because the opponent didn’t have a suit. I was lucky like yesterday.”

Would the spiral flow (螺旋) work against an opponent wearing a suit? Since Choi Xian lacks physical ability, even if he uses his rotation skills, it is unlikely to have that much of an effect.

Breakthrough seems to be more suitable for opponents with strong defenses, but Shadow Fang was originally called Pokkok because it only aimed for one point to deal with enemies with high defenses.

“But if there’s an enemy that doesn’t have a suit, you can do it like today, right? Considering your ability to move, I think it would be quite helpful to just kill villains who haven’t yet secured a suit.”

“I feel a little sad that they seem to want to keep me away.”

“Hmm…”

Yuyeon-ah paused slightly, opening and closing her attractive lips.

I laughed a little when I saw that he was holding back when he wanted to say something.

“I endured it well.”

“Kuh… “I guess not?”

Yuyeon-ah let out a little sigh and frowned slightly on her pretty face.

Luckily, my smartphone didn’t ring anymore, as if there were no more villains near the E area where we had to patrol.

After I sat down and spent some time comfortably, the suit was finished washing.

I put on Shadow Fang’s fully dried suit, got in the car again with Impact Girl, and patrolled Area E.

In the afternoon, I returned to the association building in Area E and changed my clothes.

After changing first and waiting, Impact Girl, who had returned as Yuyeon Ah, gently waved her hand at me.

“Go in well.”

“Yes. Let’s meet tomorrow at the association.”

Yuyeon, who left for Zone C first, I live in Zone B, so I had to go a little further.

Originally, I couldn’t use Shadow Jump when the surroundings became dark and there were many shadows, so I took the bus and went home, but now I can use it even at night due to the effect of Shadow Mastery.

The large mana consumption of almost half is a problem, but Shadow Fang is a hero who uses shadows anyway, but is not active at night.

Shadow Jump.

I arrived home right away.

“This is so convenient.”

Teleportation, honestly, I think this possession was very successful even if we just get this.

I need to think of a way to further narrow the distance between me and Yuna. I like the strange relationship I have now, but I have to steadily complete each quest one by one.

*

I had dinner delivered in moderation and turned on the news.

If the villain comes out, he’s thinking of going to the Blaze King to break his neck, but if he doesn’t come out, well…

“What did the guide say yesterday?”

I heard he could do something before doing the villain thing.

I took out my smartphone from the secret closet and turned it on.

Although it is similar to an ordinary smartphone, a few strange apps caught my eye.

“Villain Station.”

It’s an app with a name that sounds like a game, but I was able to roughly guess what kind of app it was.

It was a gambling app where the villain’s life was at stake, a private gambling house where the villain’s life and death, how soon he would be subdued, and by whom he would be subdued.

And he could have uploaded the gambling content himself, but Choi Sian opened a villain church gambling house in the name of Blaze King.

‘Blaze King kills a villain.’

People raised the money they sold based on success and failure, and Blaze King, which was held, had a structure in which they received a portion of the money they sold.

Anyone who could make a board like this needed certification from strange people like guides, and Blaze King opened about four cases and succeeded in all of them.

The money he received was well-laundered in his bank account, so Choi Sian had plenty of money.

“The other thing was like a chat room, but I don’t think there was any specific information.”

Living villains were almost always one of two things.

A person who awakens his/her abilities without a ‘seed’ and commits a crime at a reasonable level without being detected by the hero.

A person who uses a ‘seed’ to awaken his abilities, complete his purpose, come to his senses, and hide himself.

To be honest, there were very few crazy people like me who tried to make a name for themselves.

Even though he was there, he wasn’t good at fighting against A-level heroes, so he was quickly caught.

So, the villains who share information through such apps are no different from petty criminals.

“The truth is, you make things happen yourself.”

Of course, there is a need to exchange information to determine the best time to blow things up, but I have a different experience.

At that time, an alarm came up saying that a board had been opened at ‘Villain Station’.

[5 civilians killed – Slasher]

This means that there are 30 minutes left until the stake closes, and the slasher starts work 30 minutes later.

Success and failure, tens of millions of won were raised in an instant, and it felt like there were more people betting on success.

‘Should I stop it?’

In order to raise the name of the Blaze King, it is best to kill villains who work at night, so I decided to find out about the slasher first.

According to the information posted on the villain station, Slasher committed 3 crimes and successfully escaped 3 times.

The number of casualties so far has exceeded 30, and the death of 5 people this time was a condition worthy of that guy.

“But the number of people who see this is quite high…”

The smartphone used for hero activities still did not ring.

Since it’s posted on Villain Station, it’s almost like a crime notice, but no one seems to be reporting it.

Of course, I’m just watching because I’m halfway to being a villain.

“If the slasher succeeds in escaping after being killed, the reputation of the dark hero who can catch the villain will increase.”

In order to minimize his activities as Blaze King, he had to be clearly present even when he was not around.

I turned off the villain smartphone and put it back in the secret closet.

While I was spending time watching dramas or news, an emergency breaking news message came across briefly with subtitles.

[Area J villain slasher terror, leaves 5 casualties and escapes.]

It was difficult to say it directly, so I said it was a casualty, but it would be more accurate to say it was a death.

The slasher moved and ran away just by meeting the conditions.

“Is this the villain’s way of surviving in the world of heroes…”

Even if you don’t rob a large bank or cause a huge incident, you can make a lot of money just by predicting your evil deeds through an app called Villain Station and playing around there.

By saving up money like that, you can get a hero suit through the dark route and become a more famous villain.

Of course, with the money I made through Shadow Fang, I acquired Blaze King’s suit and started working as a villain, so I am somewhat of a silver spoon in the villain world.

“I’m going to get a lot of criticism from the executives at the Hero Association tomorrow.”

If you think about it, this kind of guerrilla terrorism may be the most frightening, as it is a terrorist attack by a villain that ended before the association could even properly understand it.

Villain Community might be surprisingly useful, right? I glanced at where the secret closet was and went back to watching TV.

*

As I waited a bit at the entrance to the Hero Association, Yuna, who was happy to see me but couldn’t smile brightly, came up to me with an awkward smile and gently waved her hand.

“Hello. Will you hear from us again today?”

While citizens were already fearful and distrustful of heroes due to villains appearing every day, an incident unfolded overnight that revealed the association’s incompetence.

“That’s right. There is no answer to such guerrilla terrorism in the middle of the night.”

“They will also say that they will increase night patrols. There is no other way, right?”

All you can do is prepare in advance by collecting information from applications such as Villain Station, but if information leaks a few times, you can use it to disrupt information. For now, I plan to keep quiet about it, so I decided to skip it.

“In times like this, I think it’s a good thing that I can’t control my abilities at night.”

“Ugh. I just need to do well during the day.”

So we went into the auditorium to hear the morning briefing.

After sitting down and waiting for a while, an executive came in, looking even more upset than yesterday.

“I think you all heard everything that happened that night. I’m sure you all heard that there was a villain who killed five people and escaped without any worries, right?”

The heroes remained silent at the executive’s words.

“Of course, I know that a villain with a purpose is harder to catch than a villain who goes on a rampage in anger at night when there are fewer patrols! We fought five villain terrorist attacks during the day while minimizing the number of victims, but we were unable to prevent a single terrorist attack. I don’t like it when our heroes get criticized!”

After shouting loudly once, the executive took a breath.

“Let’s slowly look back on the incident that happened yesterday during the day.”

Just like that, the screen floating in the auditorium began to move.

Impact Girl and I solved one of the three cases in the morning and the two cases in the afternoon. We could also see ourselves.

Then we moved on to the slasher terror that took place at night, and the conclusion that came from that incident was that the night shift of the A-class heroes, the main force, should be made a little more rigorous.

“Bad. A villain like Blaze King should have killed Slasher on a day like yesterday.”

Such stories were often heard between Class B and Class C.

If the villain’s terror is neglected a few more times and the matter is resolved, the Blaze King’s reputation may build up in an instant.

But the next time the slasher moves, I will kill him.