## Chapter 101 – Hero Hunting (1)
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The scorching sun turned foreheads into rivers of sweat that summer.
That particularly sweltering season passed with the flow of time, and a season arrived where cool breezes blew and the trees were painted with vibrant colors.
Due to climate change, some say that autumn isn’t what it used to be, but the consensus is that it’s still much better than the weather that necessitates running the air conditioner all the time.
Because of this, many people find autumn better for outdoor activities than summer, and in reality, it’s a season where just as many people enjoy leisure activities and travel as in summer.
And beneath the cool autumn breeze and clear sky, a performance by a popular group was unfolding at an outdoor concert venue located in downtown S City.
“Alright! Everyone together!”
A rare band-style idol group in the recent domestic music scene. They were enjoying great popularity with their dazzling instrumental performances, vocal skills, and the members’ attractive appearances.
“Waaaaaaaah!!!”
The cool autumn breeze was nowhere to be found, replaced by the intense heat of cheering as if summer had returned. That heat, combined with the passionate performance, was creating a fantastic harmony.
– Whaaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ!!!
A discordant sound suddenly crashed into the harmony. A harsh, piercing electric guitar sound that could tear your ears apart overwhelmed the speakers.
“What’s that sound? Why is there a weird noise coming from the speakers all of a sudden?”
The people enjoying the concert covered their ears at the sudden loud noise, and the band members, seemingly flustered, stopped playing and looked around.
– Screeeeeeeeeechㅡ!!!!!
– Whaaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ!!!!
Even though the performance had stopped, a painful roar continued to erupt from the speakers.
– Tringㅡ!!! Tringㅡ!!!! Trilly-rilly-rilly-ringㅡ!!!!!
– Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzㅡ!!!!
Even worse, a very loud roar began to ring out from the smartphones of people inside the concert venue as well as from the venue’s speakers.
“Why… why is this happening?! What is it?!”
“Is this… a, a villain?”
A roar that threatened to pierce eardrums even through the gaps between fingers covering the ears.
“Kaaaaaaah!!! Uaaaaaaah!!”
“My ears!!! Uaaaaaaah!!!”
Victims whose eardrums had actually burst from the roar, bleeding, began to appear.
“Uaaaaaaaah!!! I don’t like this!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaa!!!”
Upon witnessing the victims with burst eardrums, people scattered in panic, and the concert venue was filled only with screams and roars instead of a passionate harmony.
The audience members rushed out of the concert venue like a tidal wave, leaving behind those who had collapsed with burst ears and one other person.
“Hoo… that was really unpleasant.
I need to show these ignorant fools what real rock is…”
A man kicked at the victims who had been watching the concert, chuckling as if in a good mood. The man went up onto the empty stage and picked up a guitar that had been thrown to the ground.
“Keee heh heh heh… Heh heh heh heh…!!!”
Holding the electric guitar in his hands, the man began to play the guitar while shaking his head madly.
– Screeeeeeeeeeeechㅡ Screeeeeeeeeechㅡ!!!
A melody completely opposite to the refreshing sensibility of the band group that had been the owner of this stage.
Despite the rough melody that seemed to tear and destroy something, it was an amazing performance that evoked the spirit of burning art rather than unpleasantness.
– Whooooooooshㅡ
At that moment, something large and heavy flew towards the electric guitar the man was holding.
– Kwaaaaaaaaaashㅡ!!
“What…!!! My guitar is broken…!!!!!!!”
A piece of wood that had been part of the concert stage crashed violently into the electric guitar, smashing the body and strings of the guitar and stopping the performance.
In front of the man, who was stomping his feet as if very angry while holding the broken electric guitar, a hero wearing a jet-black suit appeared.
“I think it’s best to stop that unpleasant performance there, villain ‘Bad Spirit’.”
The identity of the man who had turned the concert venue into a mess was the villain ‘Bad Spirit’.
He had been praised for his genius guitar playing talent since he was a teenager, but he had not been able to realize his talent due to clashes between commerce and artistry, and the walls of genre.
The time when he debuted as a band was a time when idol groups were rampant and dominated the music scene, and there was no place for him, who shook his long hair and showed off a rough singing style and performance.
Eventually, as the band fell apart, he fell into despair, and he began to use his acquired ability to disrupt the performances of successful idols or bands.
“What… do you want your eardrums to burst too, huh?”
Bad Spirit threw the broken guitar at the hero who had interrupted his solo performance, then trembled his hands and feet in anger.
However, the broken guitar did not hit the hero and stopped in the air, then fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
“Throwing something like that won’t work. Because it won’t hit me.”
– Whooooooooshㅡ Kwaaaaaaaaaashㅡ!!!
“Kaaaaaaah!!!”
Rather, the fragments of the electric guitar that had fallen in front of her floated up and flew into Bad Spirit’s body, piercing his legs and shoulders.
“Keee heh heh… you… are you a hero…?”
“That’s right! I was waiting for you to ask.
I’m the hero ‘Psychokinetic’. A hero who protects citizens from guys like you!”
As if she had been waiting for the villain to ask her identity, the B-class hero ‘Psychokinetic’ proudly introduced herself, spreading her fingers.
“Keee heh heh… my legs and arms… won’t move…!!”
The ability of the hero ‘Psychokinetic’, as you can tell from the hero name, is to freely control and move large and small objects using telekinesis.
She had fired small pieces broken by telekinesis at Bad Spirit to inflict damage.
“We’ve received reports that you’ve already messed up two concert venues in the city.
I heard that a roar was heard from all kinds of audio equipment wherever you went… is that right?”
The ability of the villain ‘Bad Spirit’ is ‘Discord’, which emits a roar from devices with audio equipment, and confuses people’s minds with the roar.
Ordinary people feel fear from the roar caused by his ability, and sometimes cause accidents where their ears burst, as in the current concert hall.
“Yeah… but what are you going to do about it. What are you going to do…!!!”
– Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ!!!!!!
– Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeechㅡ!!!!
A roar starts to ring out again from several smartphones that the audience members dropped on the floor, and from the large speakers in the concert hall.
“Keuh…!”
The roar was so intense that the hero Psychokinetic was having trouble keeping her balance.
“Anyway… the loudest roar is coming from this…!”
Psychokinetic hid behind a pillar in the concert hall to avoid the effects of the sound waves as much as possible, then reached out her hand and began to control the objects that had fallen inside the concert hall.
– Whoooooooshㅡ Kwaaaaaaaaaashㅡ!!!
Several cheering sticks that fans had dropped pierced and broke the large speakers, and the loudest roar stopped.
“The roar from the smartphones… should be okay…!”
– Whooooooooshㅡ
When the sound from the speakers stopped, Psychokinetic moved the fragments of the broken speakers and fired them at Bad Spirit.
– Pow pow pow pow powㅡ!!!
“Kehaaaaaack…!!!”
As the body of the speaker violently struck the back of Bad Spirit’s head, Bad Spirit, who had suffered a great shock, lost consciousness and collapsed.
Then, the roar from the smartphones subsided, and the union’s escorts, who had arrived late, began to support the injured citizens.
“Hero ‘Psychokinetic’, mission complete. I’ll finish up here.”
“Ugh ugh ugh… guitar… the guitar….”
Special restraints were tied to the arms and legs of the unconscious Bad Spirit. Psychokinetic brushed the dust off her shoulders and transmitted a mission completion message to the terminal.
– Whoooooooooooshㅡ
“Hero-nim!!! Be careful!! Behind you!!”
“Uaaaaaaat?!”
– Kwadududududududududududududㅡ!!!
At that moment, something flew in from behind Psychokinetic at an incredible speed, and crashed into the concert stage wall on the opposite side, piercing it.
“Was there an accomplice villain nearby…?!”
But no matter how much she turned her head, there was no one who looked like a villain, only escorts wearing the union uniform.
“Who is it! Come out now! Face me like a man!”
– Whoooooooshㅡ
– Kwadududududududududududududㅡ!!! Kwaaaaaaaaaashㅡ!!!!
“Kaaaaaaah!!! Hero-nim!!! It’s an ambush!!!”
“Uaaaaaaah!!!”
However, during the brief moment when she had not yet identified who had attacked, an attack flew towards the escorts who were evacuating the citizens and cleaning up the situation.
Numerous ice picks pierced the escorts’ stomachs and legs, and thick blood poured out onto the chairs and floor in the concert hall.
“It’s dangerous… should I request support…?!”
– Kwadududududududududududududㅡ!!!!
Just as she was quickly retreating behind the stage to request support through the terminal, a large ice pillar that had risen from behind Psychokinetic pierced her back.
“Keheok… quickly… sup… port…….”
– Woodudeukㅡ Pasasakㅡ!
Pierced by the ice pick, she dropped the terminal on the floor while bleeding profusely, and someone stepped on the terminal and crushed it.
“Telekinesis… it’s a pity, but there are many guys with similar abilities.
Above all… her face is ugly, so I don’t think the master would like her….”
“Who… are… you…….”
A woman muttering something while stepping on and crushing the terminal. Psychokinetic, barely holding on to her mind, asked the woman’s identity in a trembling voice.
“You haven’t lost your mind yet? For a B-class… you might be pretty good.”
However, the woman did not reveal her identity and only chuckled, then left the scene, scattering her silver hair.
“SLAVE 04… I have completed the master’s orders…♥”
