Chapter 371 – The Secret Life of a Sidekick (17)

Due to the effect of Shadow Mastery, I had vision unaffected by darkness, but strangely I could not see inside the alley.

Since I answered the slasher’s words, it seemed like there was something inside the alley, but I felt reluctant to go in.

‘Has the survival instinct been activated to its fullest?’

At least, I got the feeling that if I encountered something in the darkness while possessed by Choi Xian, it would be difficult to save my life.

[You are invisible. Amazing.]

“I can’t see it?”

[There is something that is certain to exist but cannot be interfered with.]

When I heard the story of interference, Choyulja, the most recently acquired EX skill of survival rules, came to mind.

So, this guy is said to be able to interfere with people’s fate, but if he has that ability, then of course he is not a being of this class.

[But it would be impossible to do anything to me with the weak power you have. I am an enhancer, a person who blooms talents.]

“If you are an enhancer, then the guy we call a seed seller is an enchanter…”

[So, dear, once you have gained what you have from our playground, leave.]

The presence of the enhancer who left those words disappeared in an instant, and the darkness inside the alley cleared.

The inside of the alley visible beyond the darkness was a dead end, and the guy who introduced himself as Enhancer disappeared without leaving a trace.

“But the playground is too big.”

Although I was distinguishing between Yusian and other possessed entities through self-establishment, I did not think of it as simply a playground.

But that guy… No, everyone I met in the underworld seemed to think that they could do whatever they wanted with the underworld.

When I looked back, the slasher who had been hit in the chin by me and fell backwards was still lying on the floor. At first glance, he didn’t look that good.

Not only was he hit hard by a fist full of the force of the parryun, but the bleeding on his right arm did not stop.

Even if I leave him alone, he will die from excessive bleeding, so I slowly walked over and stepped on his neck.

Pop!

“Cuckoo!”

The guy who had fainted also came to his senses the moment his neck broke and twisted his body before falling limp.

Looking at the little commotion outside, it seemed like the heroes were coming from the explosion created by the blood-exploding guy earlier, so it seemed like it would be a good idea to leave.

‘My physical condition is not normal.’

Since I would have to lie down for a full day to recover from my internal injuries, I thought it would be better to run away rather than seek more fame.

Still, it would be a shame if I didn’t earn fame at all.

Blaze Fraction was installed at the feet of the blood-exploding villain, who was lying in half and lying a short distance away.

If you create a fountain of flames like that, it will be proof that there was a Blaze King.

I returned home using mana, which seemed to be a little insufficient to use Shadow Jump.

‘I used up all my mana.’

If you used too much mana, negative energy would have formed in your body, but fortunately, no negative energy was created.

As I took off Blaze King’s suit and went into the bathroom to wash it, I thought about the meeting that had happened earlier.

“Enchanters, enhancers. You can’t catch them because they are invisible.”

When I think about the level of heroes in this world, I was ranked at the top.

Although he gradually grew as a Choi Sian for several months, using the shadow energy that can cut down intangible beings was impossible with his mana full.

“First, it’s right to only think about clearing the quest. They can’t touch me anyway. Let’s think of it as just creating a villain for me to catch.”

After clearing all the quests, I thought it would be right to ignore it unless I increased the assimilation rate so much that I could use my original power.

But then one thing suddenly occurred to me.

“How are talented people born?”

By patrolling as Shadow Fang, getting closer to Yeon-ah, and running amok as Blaze King at night, I cared less about finding out information about this world.

You can only do three quests, but if you look at the quests that appeared at first, they were ones that didn’t require me to delve too deeply into the world.

When I searched through Choi Xian’s memories, nothing in particular came to mind, so I put Blaze King’s suit in the bathtub and picked up my smartphone.

“How to become a competent person.”

As expected, I searched on the Internet and found the answer quickly.

They either had abilities from birth or gained abilities as they grew up, and the latter included gaining abilities through seeds.

If you think about it, there are 40 heroes in Hero City, and the number of villains I killed after possessing was at least over 100.

By eating seeds and gaining abilities, surviving one big runaway was several times more likely than gaining abilities normally.

“And the term ‘playground’ also bothers me…”

If you think about it, this world is a bit narrow in scope.

I have a smartphone and a car, but I can’t travel far by plane or train, so it definitely feels a bit out of place.

It feels like there is only Hero City, with no other cities nearby.

“If I dig any further, I think my head will turn crazy.”

I decided to erase all my miscellaneous thoughts.

There’s nothing I can do right now anyway.

“I should wash the Blaze King suit.”

I felt like I wanted to take it to the association and wash it thoroughly, but I had to handwash the villain.

*

‘I washed my suit and slept well, but I still don’t feel well.’

I could still feel the aftereffects of the broken wheel in my stomach.

Fortunately, the mana that was completely consumed was completely recovered, but I thought I shouldn’t overdo it today.

“Haaam…”

“Uh… How many people went on night patrol yesterday?”

Sleepy-looking heroes sat in the auditorium yawning.

In the past, when there were few heroes working night shifts, they would go home and sleep right after work, but now they had to go home after the morning briefing.

Otherwise, it would be a strange situation where it would be just me and the C-level hero.

As he sat down next to Yuna, who was sitting in front of him, he spoke to me with a tired look.

“Shadow Fang, did you sleep well last night? I was busy.”

“There was an explosion in Area B and I had to do something.”

“Oh. There? Because of that, I’m going to hear it again today.”

When I woke up in the morning and checked my reputation, I saw that it had risen to close to 900, so it seems like the hero who arrived later found Blaze Fraction well.

As I sat down and waited for a while, an executive from the association came in with a tired face.

“Let’s begin today’s briefing.”

The villain incident that occurred yesterday slowly appeared on the screen.

I am familiar with the electric field villains that appeared during the day because I killed them, and quite a few more villains appeared at night.

Among them, one worth noting were the four villains from Area C, where the association’s executive spoke strongly.

“There was a high possibility that a seed seller would be here, but this time too we did not get any real results.”

‘There are four villains in one area?’

It seemed like I wasn’t the only one surprised, but the other heroes seemed quite surprised as well.

There were many people who skipped other heroes’ reports and then listened to the briefing.

Air Divers and Gold Punchers patrolled Area B, but when they saw the explosion in Area B, they could see why they could not act immediately.

“You might think it was a coincidence that four villains appeared in quick succession, but I think it was the seed seller who did it.”

The association’s executive sighed and moved on to the next page, probably regretting not being able to catch the seed seller and enchanter.

“At almost the same time, a villain appeared in Area B as well. Due to the villain during the day, we were unable to check the scene through CCTV due to a power outage…”

A photo of the incident was uploaded.

Photos emerged of a corpse cut in half and burned, a corpse of a slasher with his right arm blown off and his neck broken.

“The report was received of an explosion. The guy who seemed to have been picked up by the Blaze King appears to have already been killed by the Slasher, and the Slasher’s body was so badly damaged that it was impossible to believe that the Blaze King had killed him. The guy’s eyes and right arm disappeared without a trace. It does not appear to have been done.”

“Hmm…”

“Sure, even though he burned the body, he didn’t damage it.”

The heroes in the auditorium also thought that although Blaze King would kill the villain, he would not do anything more dangerous than that.

During the few months I was working as Blaze King, I thought I had done a good job of creating the image of not crossing the line.

I didn’t know fame because I only saw it as a number, but I didn’t know even heroes could think like this.

“Still, a villain is a villain…”

It seems like Yuna, sitting next to me, doesn’t think of Blaze King that way.

“There is a possibility that the psychopathic villain who subdues the famous slasher villain and steals his body parts is still alive, so patrols must be done in groups.”

As he said those words, an executive of the association briefly glanced at me sitting in front of him.

“It doesn’t matter because Shadow Fang can leave during the day.”

“Well, that’s right.”

“The briefing is roughly over. Everyone worked hard last night. Get a good rest.”

After finishing a somewhat weak briefing rather than the usual energetic briefing, the association’s executives left the auditorium first.

“Whew… It seems like there have been a lot of villains lately.”

“There’s definitely something there.”

“Wasn’t yesterday an opportunity?”

Before leaving the auditorium, the heroes talked about the recent phenomenon, but no clear conclusion was reached.

“Xian, what do you think?”

“I don’t know if the hero can handle it like it is now. If we show up like this both in the morning and afternoon, won’t we get tired first?”

“That’s right. It’s hard for you too if you come out in succession at once.”

After hearing my story and nodding her head a few times, Yuyeon picked up her smartphone and wrote down her message and sent it to me.

[No patrol tonight♡]

[I’ll come find you at night. What should I eat?]

[I♡]

Yuyeon walked away without showing me her face, and her ears were slightly red.