## Chapter 14 – 아저씨 그 게임 몰라? 아저씨 딸피야?
“Then, Oppa! Have a good night!”
“Yeah! Do-hwa, you too, and Ji-woo, be careful going home!”
After dinner, Do-hwa and Ji-woo waved goodbye to Si-yoon as he left.
“That was so good, right?”
“Yeah! How can someone buy such delicious food? Is he really an angel?”
Ji-woo looked utterly satisfied.
No matter how delicious the menu was at the Hero Association dormitory cafeteria,
she usually couldn’t eat more than a few bites and would leave the rest.
The cafeteria ladies, worried about her, tried making various dishes for Ji-woo,
but she was rarely satisfied with any of them.
She couldn’t really enjoy any food and would just stop eating,
but Si-yoon made her finish an entire bowl of rice.
Ji-woo felt satisfied but also a little sorry towards the cafeteria ladies.
“Was it that good? Should I buy it for you next time?”
“You’re going to say you’re trying to lose weight and not eat it.”
Do-hwa’s eating habits involved enjoying delicious food only once or twice a week.
It was one of Do-hwa’s principles of life, emphasizing thorough self-management.
“I want to eat it again.”
“Then Ji-woo can just go alone next time.”
“How can I go to a BBQ place alone!”
She really wanted to go, but going alone was a bit awkward.
But she didn’t have any friends to bring along.
Ji-woo had teased Do-hwa about not having any friends before coming out,
but she despaired at the fact that she wasn’t much different.
“Or you can go with Si-yoon Oppa again.
Ah! We’re going to visit Si-yoon Oppa’s store next holiday.”
Do-hwa subtly threw out the topic of meeting Si-yoon to Ji-woo.
“Oh! Then let’s tell him to buy us beef.”
Ji-woo bit the bait like a fish going after a lure on a fishing rod.
‘Hehe… Ji-woo will soon find out. The joy of becoming Dominator-nim’s sex slave…♥’
Do-hwa smiled slyly, watching Ji-woo fall into the trap.
Also with the hope that Ji-woo would feel the pleasure that Do-hwa herself had felt.
***
“Ugh! Why do I have to sortie at 7:30 in the morning!”
“What? I didn’t get any call.”
A call request arrived on Ji-woo’s terminal from early in the morning.
Ji-woo seemed to have woken up in surprise at the sudden request.
“Ugh… I was going to sleep in today!”
“Then tell them to pass it on to another hero.”
Heroes aren’t obligated to respond to every sortie call from the Association.
Heroes can’t always step up and sortie for every little thing.
To respect the heroes’ personal lives and manage their condition,
their dedicated terminals are also equipped with a function to reject calls.
However, if call rejections happen too often, the evaluation within the Association worsens,
and salaries may be partially cut or, in severe cases, the hero’s rank may be lowered.
“I… If I reject this call again, my salary will be cut.”
“I knew it! It’s because of that raid or whatever, right?”
Of course, using it once or twice a week doesn’t have a big impact,
and there’s no rejection penalty outside of regular working hours from 9 AM to 6 PM.
However, that’s only if the cumulative number of call rejections is low,
and it doesn’t apply to Ji-woo, who rejects calls two or three times every day, using sleep or games as an excuse.
In other words, if her evaluation worsens due to too many rejections, she’s expected to work even outside of regular hours.
“Ugh… Where’s my hoodie?”
“You threw it on the sofa. And you always forget!”
A tank top, hot pants, and a black hooded zip-up made of special material.
Ji-woo’s hero costume is so simple that you might ask, “How is that a hero outfit?”
“Th-Then, I’m off!”
“Okay. Have a good one.”
Ji-woo hurriedly threw the hooded zip-up over her shoulders, which had been tossed on the sofa,
and ran out of the dormitory.
***
A main street in the heart of S City, crowded with office workers on their way to work.
“Kyaaaaaaa!! What’s going on from this morning!!”
“Ughhhhh!! I’m going to miss the subway!!”
Due to a villain who suddenly appeared during rush hour,
people were stuck and couldn’t go anywhere, stamping their feet.
“Kehehehehe!! Go to work? Why do that! I can’t be the only one who can’t!!”
This man is blocking the commute of thousands of people.
He had been a job seeker for 15 years and eventually failed to get a job,
and he’s venting his frustration at never having experienced going to work.
“Bwahahahaha! How is it, the power of Mudguy-nim! Hahaha!”
The villain ‘Mudguy’ destroyed the bus stop where buses should stop, turning it into a wasteland,
and blocked all the entrances and passages to the subway.
This man with the ability to fire clumps of mud from his hands,
was only terrorizing the transportation facilities that people desperately needed.
“Hey! How can you do this!”
A brave citizen approaches the man and protests.
“What! You… You’re wearing a suit…?”
However, Mudguy doesn’t hear the man’s protest,
but rather notices the suit the citizen is wearing.
A suit is usually worn by office workers to go to work.
For Mudguy, who hates office workers, it’s the enemy itself!
“Ughhhhh… Uwaaaaaaaa!!!”
“Hey. Just stop there.”
Someone lightly taps Mudguy’s shoulder, who is furious.
“Wh-Who is it!!! Who’s touching me!”
“Are you the one who kept me from sleeping this morning?”
The one who tapped his shoulder, more angry than he was, was
A-class hero ‘Player’ Yeon Ji-woo.
Ji-woo glared at Mudguy with a sharp expression that she doesn’t usually show.
“Hey, mister. Have you ever played War of Champions?”
“What?”
“Don’t you know War of Champions? Are you low HP, mister?”
“L-Low HP?”
The reason she’s mentioning her game ‘War of Champions’ right now
is because it’s closely related to Ji-woo’s ability.
“There’s a champion I’ve been practicing with lately…, a character who uses dual pistols.”
Ji-woo tapped her index finger and explained the concept of her recently favored character.
“Wh-What is that! You little runt….”
However, Mudguy doesn’t care about games.
He fired a clump of mud at Ji-woo, which he was going to throw at the man in the suit.
– Splat!
“What? Runt? Ha… I was going to go easy on you….”
However, Ji-woo easily dodged the clump of mud.
Immediately, blue light began to emanate from her hands, which she stretched forward.
– Whoooooosh!
Light particles in the shape of pixels or cubes took shape in Ji-woo’s hands,
and two pistols, shaped like something a game character would use, were held in her hands.
“You’re no good, mister. Just get hit a little.”
Her ability is 〈 Weapon Manifestation 〉, which allows her to manifest the weapons of game characters she imagines.
If it’s a weapon of a character she’s played in a game she’s experienced,
she can manifest and use anything in her hands.
– Bang!!!
Two bullets fired from the end of the golden muzzle.
“Kaaaaaaaagh!!!”
One bullet lightly grazed Mudguy’s pants leg,
but the other accurately hit the center of his right thigh.
“Y-You damn brat!!!”
– Pow pow pow pow pow!!
Mudguy screamed in pain and fired countless clumps of mud from his hands.
“Ugh… This is so dirty.”
– Thud thud thud thud!
What Ji-woo was holding in her hands had already changed from dual pistols to a huge shield.
She changed the weapon she was manifesting to that of another character while the mud was flying.
If you ask why she changed to a shield, which is a type of defensive tool, even though it’s supposed to be a weapon!
Then those who knock people out by hitting them on the head with a shield or fire ice chunks would feel sad.
“Ugh. That’s why my arms hurt every time I use a shield.”
Just because she manifested a weapon doesn’t mean her strength is the same as the champion who uses the weapon,
so Ji-woo tries not to use heavy weapons like shields or greatswords.
However, the speed of the mud clumps was faster than she thought,
so she quickly manifested a shield to defend herself.
“E-Eeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!!!”
Mudguy screamed as he desperately fired his sincere mud shots, which were blocked in an instant.
“Ugh… You’re so loud. You can’t die if you get hit by this, okay?”
Blue light swirled again in Ji-woo’s hand holding the shield,
and this time, a weapon that looked like a wizard’s staff emerged.
– Fwoooooosh-
“Kuaaaaaaaagh!!!”
The electricity that was instantly fired from the end of the staff wrapped around Mudguy’s body.
“Gggggggleaaaaaagh!!!”
Mudguy writhed in the electricity that wrapped around his body like a net,
and soon stopped screaming and collapsed on the spot.
“Who’s the runt and who’s the little kid? Geez.”
After subduing Mudguy, Ji-woo stretched out as if she was tired,
and turned around without a word.
“Th-The hero-nim? H-How about… this….”
The citizens expressed their gratitude for defeating the villain who appeared on their way to work,
but questioned her for trying to leave without resolving the situation.
“Ah… Other people will come and take care of this later.”
Ji-woo’s lazy and annoyed answer and expression, as if saying, ‘Do I have to do this too?’
The citizens seemed quite embarrassed by Ji-woo’s attitude,
but soon enough, Hero Association personnel appeared and began to clean up the scene.
“Ughhhhh! I solved a case today… I should get some sleep.”
