Chapter 368 – The Secret Life of a Sidekick (14)

Before using Shadow Jump to Yuyeonah’s house, I bought a light lunch box.

We had a leisurely lunch, developed affection through some gentle skinship, and then went out for an afternoon patrol.

Recently, a lot of the outskirts have been entrusted to us, but the factory area was a good place to secretly hold hands because there were few people wandering around.

“You said before that you didn’t like it because you thought you would fall out with me if you became an A-class hero, right?”

Impact Girl spoke to me carefully.

I was able to answer easily because I had thought about it quite a bit.

“I said that. I still think that way.”

Since I have already cleared the quest to tie the knot with Yeon-ah, there is a way to erase the existence of Choi Xian and Shadow Fang from this world and act as the Blaze King while running to clear the remaining two quests, but I am not willing to take such an extreme action. None.

“Of course, I like patrolling with you like this and subduing villains…”

“It’s good… If I become stronger and become an A-class hero… The days might become a little more relaxed.”

I carefully inferred the story that Yuyeonah did not say out loud.

Yuyeonah seemed to think the same thing as I did, so she nodded her head carefully.

When an incident occurs during the day, she has the ability to immediately go to any scene and shadow jump, but since she is not an A-class hero who can take down villains on her own, Shadow Fang acted as a sidekick to create a gap for Impact Girl.

But what if you could defeat the villain on your own? At least I will be able to suppress half of the people who do nonsense during the day.

Of course, if multiple villains appear at the same time, you won’t be able to respond at once due to lack of mana, but A-level heroes will still have a bit more time at work.

“Recently, there are unique villains like Blaze King who only appear at night, right? There are more villain incidents during the day, but villains tend to cause bigger incidents at night. So, I wonder what it would be like if heroes could properly protect the night.”

I felt a little guilty about the story about Blaze King, who only appears at night, but if I become a proper A-list hero, Impact Girl’s night shift hours will increase.

Wouldn’t that increase the number of days you can work as Blaze King and build your reputation? In such a situation, it was worth thinking about hitting the hero instead of the villain hitting the villain.

“Didn’t I think too much…?”

“I’ll leave the day to me, so it’s good to have a good night’s rest. I have the disadvantage of not being able to be active at night, but that doesn’t mean I can’t show outstanding results during the day, right?”

“I didn’t mean to say that. And you’ve taken down quite a few villains by yourself recently with the Shadow Knife, right? You’re the one with the greatest chance of getting promoted next time.”

“Should I really aim for Class A…”

I’m quite satisfied with the fact that I possessed Choi Xian and strengthened Shadow Dive, but I honestly don’t know much about the rest.

Perhaps because the assimilation rate was fixed at 50%, it was undeniable that they were walking around with a sense of play.

Weakened physical abilities, enemies weaker than that.

There was no need to fight with all your might unless you were an A-class hero.

In order to gain even a little more in this world, I had to learn how to fight using my ‘body’.

And I think the perfect fit for that is Shadow Fang, who engages in close combat with an enemy while holding a knife…

‘The spiral flow spreads out in one stroke.’

When there is a large hole in the thigh, the villains lose the will to fight.

Like the Dark Wing we fought yesterday, struggling to defeat the opponent even if there is a big hole in the wing…

‘It’s because my life is at stake.’

The rule for heroes is to subdue villains without killing them.

If you surrender to a situation where there seems to be no answer, your life can be saved even if you get trapped somewhere.

A maniac like Blaze King would fight desperately until one of them dies.

While I was thinking those thoughts alone, Yuna said in a low voice.

“When we become A-listers, let’s go public with our relationship… Weren’t you worried about that now?”

While I was thinking about battles, growth, torn flesh, and blood splattering, Yuna shoved a sweet cake into my head.

“I’ll think about it a little more. I haven’t given up on being an A-level hero, but… I need a little more time to make up my mind.”

“I understand.”

“But isn’t it okay to start dating publicly from now on?”

“It doesn’t matter to me, because there are a lot of people who will say bad things about you.”

“It’s very difficult to meet a pretty and strong girlfriend.”

Yuyeonah seemed to like those words and playfully tapped my arm.

And as she continued to think about it during her afternoon patrol, she decided that she needed to become an A class as quickly as possible.

The knife used as Shadow Fang was mainly a sword when possessed by Cyan Raven, but he also used a dagger in his own way.

Most of the time, it was used as a throwing method.

I have very little skill with the whip I use when working as the Blaze King. Wouldn’t I grow faster if I experience real combat with an A-class hero?

The Blaze Whip is a weapon capable of wide-area attacks and long-distance attacks, the second to be used after the Greatsword of Shadow.

It can be helpful when using shadow strings, so make sure you learn it.

*

When a villain comes out during the day, Yuyeonah fights by giving me a chance, so the number of villains she kills alone has increased considerably.

The sight of me, who had excellent mobility skills, effortlessly subduing the villain alone was impressed on the association’s executives and citizens, and as a result, the promotion review was held today.

There were two A-level heroes who observed my promotion review: Impact Girl, who could be considered my superior, and Air Diver.

‘The compatibility isn’t that good?’

Although he could subdue two people with pure close combat ability, it was quite difficult when it came to a battle of abilities.

I, who has to approach and attack, is powerless against Impact Girl’s time acceleration, while Air Diver is a class A hero who can fly and manipulate the air.

It was impossible to suppress it unless it was a surprise attack using Shadow Jump and a special strike using Yeonhwanryu Spiral.

‘If I win like that, I’ll look more like an assassin than a hero.’

“The battle involves only basic fighting without using abilities. If he fights continuously and shows appropriate results, Shadow Fang will temporarily qualify as an A-class hero.”

An executive of the association who cursed during daily briefings spoke with a rather solemn expression.

Because he was the person who knew my growth best, as he watched all the battles I had with the villain several times.

“I understand.”

“Impact girl first.”

“They won’t see me as a sidekick.”

“Even if she’s an Impact Girl, she’s pretty good at it, except for her abilities.”

“I know that well!”

I ran towards Impact Girl, who was running towards me, holding a sharp dagger instead of a shadow knife.

People who didn’t know much thought that Impact Girl used her instantaneous acceleration ability to eat raw food, but she was quite good at fighting skills.

Even if you use instantaneous acceleration, if your body doesn’t follow suit, you won’t be able to use that speed to land a proper blow, so in a way it was natural.

So, surprisingly, Impact Girl and I, who didn’t use our abilities, had similar physical abilities, so when we made love to Yeon-ah on a recent night, we often went back and forth.

Impact Girl, in a boxing stance, quickly extended her fist and I tried to use her left hand, which was not holding her knife, to turn her fist away from her body and cut her with the dagger.

The moment I turned her arm, Impact Girl quickly spun around and threw a high kick using her legs that were longer than her arms, and the attack was immediately ducked to avoid it.

There is also a way to rush in and take the mount, but Impact Girl used her rotational power to spin and kick again.

This time, considering my low posture, I moved my feet slightly lower and avoided the kick by falling back.

Impact Girl, standing firmly on her two legs, ran towards me again.

“Ha!”

It was faster and stronger than the first punch, so it seemed difficult to change direction with one arm, so I decided to finish quickly by doing what Shadow Top used to do.

I moved my entire body outward to avoid the punch, and I tried to stab Impact Girl’s outstretched arm with the dagger. While Impact Girl was throwing her fist, she lowered the angle and narrowly avoided the stab.

However, as the movements were almost forced, Impact Girl lost her sense of speed, and the atmosphere was instantly transferred to me.

I quickly swung my knife and rushed towards Impact Girl, and tried to hit her as much as I could while backing away, but the number of cuts started to increase.

Since he moved his body so that he could get hurt as lightly as possible, the attack did not go beyond the hero suit, but it was still enough to make him lose his composure.

“Stop.”

The attack stopped at the voice of an association executive.

“Haa… Haa…”

“Whoa… It’s hard…”

As we exchanged attacks and defenses with all our might, Impact Girl and I took deep, fast breaths, and the air diver who was watching said.

“Hey, I’m not that type of martial artist. Do I have to fight with my body too?”

“You have to do it if you don’t want to be demoted. And isn’t it true that you can use your abilities indefinitely?”

“That’s true, but I think I now know for sure that Shadow Fang is qualified to be Class A.”

An air diver approached me while I was catching my breath holding a long pole.

“Since I’m not a martial artist, I guess we can continue fighting, right?”

“What… Like a villain…”

“Now that’s not so bad!”

The air diver swung the pole sharply, and I slightly dodged the attack, then quickly lunged forward and held the knife to his neck.

The air diver, who still looked relaxed, probably wasn’t too surprised that I had defeated him in one go, said something to me.

“I know it’s urgent, but you know that it’s not hero-like to subdue an opponent by killing him, right?”

“Yes. I will be careful.”

Subduing without killing was still unsuitable and difficult for me.