Chapter 42 – #43 Be Kind, Ask
#43 Kindly Ask
“The clothes you made are pretty good. They don’t get pierced even when shot, and they don’t tear even when cut by knives. The defense is completely unimaginable for clothes made with ordinary technology. I really like it.”
I changed my tone. This kid was just a kid just by looking at his appearance. It was young enough to believe that it was at most mid-twenties, at least in late teens.
Compared to that, I haven’t been through all of the sanjeonsujeon? Anyway, I’m older than this guy. I plan to pressure Peter into following me with an overbearing tone.
“…”
Peter, stunned, didn’t answer. It would be more accurate to say no.
“How on earth did they create such a masterpiece? Highly developed technology? Or a special fabric? If not… Superpowers?”
“…”
“Right to remain silent? Well, it doesn’t matter. I’m not a cop or a prosecutor, so there’s no reason to answer my questions as a villain. Besides, that suit is your trade secret, right? I’m not so bad as to tell you a trade secret.”
“If I… Just mend your clothes, will you go?”
After a while, Peter answered. Are you going? You’re welcome!
“Didn’t I tell you? I’m going to buy other clothes too. Are there any other suits that will fit me? I love yours, comfortable and sturdy.”
“Unfortunately, there is no suit like this… I will fix it right away, so please just go back. As I said before, I won’t charge you for the repair.”
“You keep trying to send out customers. It looks like you’re on a date with your girlfriend today.”
“I’m still single. I don’t have a girlfriend.”
“Oops. I’ve been ignorant. I’m sorry.”
A meaningless question and answer followed. Shall we get to the point soon?
“I’d like to scout you. How much money do you need?”
“I refuse. I don’t need money. Right now, the tailor shop is enough for me to live on my own.”
“It can’t be. There are people who can live without the law, but no one can live without money.”
“You don’t know the world yet. I can live without money.”
“…”
Peter firmly rejected my offer. Then he started threatening me with one more drink.
“I just reported it to the Hero Association. The heroes will be dispatched to arrest you soon. You will have to run now.”
“Didn’t I see you calling?”
“In addition to calling, cell phones have a great communication feature called texting.”
Peter showed me his phone and said. The phrase [Report has been received] Was written on the cell phone. Looking at it, I smiled.
“It’s quite good. The quickness is excellent.”
“Thank you.”
“But you don’t know much about me.”
“Yes?”
“Since when did online shopping malls become hero associations? Or is it the secret headquarters of the hero associations I don’t know about?”
“…”
I thought Peter wouldn’t be able to see it, but I could see [12th Street] Written on the blurry screen.
The eyes of body enhancers are much better than others. It doesn’t even get that bad. None of the body enhancers wear glasses.
How much more am I not the strongest among body enhancers? It was clearly visible.
Huhuhu… You’re cute, kid.
“Anyway, I can’t help this because the heroes are dispatched. I have no choice but to kidnap you right now.”
“Ha…”
When the illegal method of kidnapping came up, Peter finally let out a sigh.
“What do you want?”
“Didn’t I say Scout?”
“I’m sorry, but I have no intention of working for a villain.”
“Okay? Then work for me.”
“Why should I? And as I just said, I’m not going to work for you…”
“Oops. Then it can’t be helped.”
“…!”
Peter’s eyes widened as he sighed and approached. He pulled out a pistol hidden in his waistband and pointed it at me.
“Stop! If you don’t…”
“You can’t even shoot it. My body is as strong as steel. If you don’t believe it, why don’t you try shooting it?”
“…”
Peter, knowing that I was not lying, did not pull the trigger. Body enhancers who died after being shot were extremely rare.
“Ugh.”
“What are you doing?”
I approached Peter, crossed my arms, looked down at him for a moment, and sat down in the chair next to him. Peter looked at me with puzzled eyes.
“What can I do? I’m waiting for repairs. I thought I’d buy more suits, but unfortunately I don’t have anything I like. I’ll buy the suits later, so please fix them first.”
“Can… Line?”
“Yes. Repair. Oh! And I’ll ask for a mask that looks just like this one. Of course, the same type of suit you’re repairing.”
“…”
Peter looked at me pointing at the mask with bewildered eyes.
I don’t know what the story was about him, but he seemed to hate villains very much. Oh, do you hate all villains?
Anyway, I have no intention of forcibly dragging people who don’t like it. It’s obvious that it won’t work properly.
To be honest, Peter wasn’t exactly what I needed. Because my body is much stronger and stronger than the suit Peter made.
Nevertheless, it can be said that the reason Peter so persistently proposed scouting was for the exclusive use of talent and for the future.
After a while, my harem palace will be full, but I will never see my women get hurt or die by a stern guy. It is a suit that blocks guns and knives, so it is to secure the minimum safety.
“I don’t have any clothes I like, so I’ll have to come back every day until I find clothes I like. And I’ll have to scout you every day. Then, even if it’s annoying, you’ll eventually accept my offer.”
“…”
“Ah. Don’t even think about running away. Then I’ll have no choice but to ‘kindly’ ask the merchants around here where you are.”
“…!”
Peter’s eyes widened at my words. His eyes filled with anger. Huh? Anger?
“You, you coward! That’s good. Come see me someplace every day! But I don’t have the slightest intention of accepting your offer, so you’re wasting your time. You said you’d die if I just mended your clothes, right? I’ll do it right away, so just wait a little bit.” !”
“…?”
After venting his anger at me, Peter takes out a bag full of suits and bangs! I slammed the door shut and went inside.
Looking at Peter like that, I tilted my head.
“… Did I say something wrong? Why are you angry?”
I’m sure you said you kindly ask the merchants around you? No, those nobles aren’t criminals, so there’s no way I’m torturing them, right? I am a man who learned etiquette in the Eastern Kingdom of Courtesy!
After a while, I felt uneasy on the inside where Peter had disappeared.
As I expected, Peter Elaine was psychic.
*****
“Next, Aqua Girl? Aqua Girl, please come in.”
“Yes.”
Yuna Reyes and Aquagirl entered the room at the words of the helper.
Today was the day of the superpower re-evaluation of the heroes. The Hero Association re-evaluates the superpowers of heroes every six months and maintains and raises their ratings accordingly.
Coincidentally, today was the day of the re-evaluation review that comes back once every six months, and after meeting Steel Armor, Aqua Girl, who had greatly strengthened her psychic powers, participated in this re-evaluation review.
‘A B-class will be more helpful to the master than a C-class.’
To be honest, Aquagirl was no longer interested in hero activities. Her only interest was Steel Armor and Master.
However, the reason Aquagirl applied for this re-evaluation review is because B-class heroes have more and can have more important information than C-class heroes.
Master wants to get information from the Hero Association. Then, as a slave who loves her master, she must faithfully follow his orders.
‘I am a hero. I am a hero.’
As Aqua Girl, she hypnotized herself, worried that she might unconsciously do something unheroic. She shouldn’t have the slightest suspicion from others.
In the room, there were A-class hero [Ice Queen], B-class hero [Lonister], [Singing Simon], And [Jelly Master].
Aqua Girl greeted her senior heroes first.
“Hello! I’m Aquagirl, a C-class hero… Huh? Seo, senior?”
The aqua girl’s eyes widened as she nodded at 90 degrees and straightened her back. It was because the Jelly Master, whom she thought was dead at the very end, was smiling and waving her hand.
“It’s been a while. How are you?”
“Senior-nim was killed by the scorpion at that time… No, wasn’t he dead?”
“Half-legged porridge? A scorpion?”
Unconsciously, my master called me by the title of the Scorpion King. Embarrassed, Aqua Girl hurriedly corrected it.
“Ah, no, the Scorpion King. But that day, I’m sure senior…”
Haha. Have you forgotten my ability?”
“Yes? Ah…!”
At the words of Jelly Master, Aquagirl belatedly realized what his superpower was.
Jelly Master’s psychic power was the ability to turn his body into jelly like Hero Name.
No matter how much the body is torn to pieces, it can be restored to its original state because it turns into jelly. However, the downside is that it takes quite a long time to recover from the wound.
Jelly Master was a hero whose combat and defense powers were vastly lacking compared to other heroes, but his survivability was the best.
“Then, have you been receiving treatment at the association up until now?”
“Yeah. You woke up two days ago. I was rather worried about you. I heard you went missing on the day of the scorpion hunt? I was very worried that something was wrong. But seeing you so fine, I finally feel relieved.”
“Oh what what?”
Class B hero Simon intervened between Aqua Girl and Jelly Master.
“What is it now? A pink current is flowing between the two of them. The world just turned pink. Could it be that the two of you…?”
“What are you talking about, Sir Simon?!
“…”
The bewildered Jelly Master hurriedly made an excuse. However, while trying to make excuses about whether he had no feelings for Aquagirl, he glanced at Aquagirl.
Seeing that figure, the face of the Aqua Girl inside the mask hardened coldly.
‘It’s disgusting.’
How dare you look at me with those eyes. Only the master can see me like that! Only the master can possess me!
Aquagirl wanted to pluck out the eyeballs of the Jelly Master who was glancing at her right away.
If this state had been maintained for a little longer, the anger Aqua Girl felt would have turned into murderous intent.
Fortunately, thanks to the appropriate intervention of the Ice Queen, the anger did not turn into a murderous intent.
“Let’s talk about that later and let’s do our own business first. Aqua girl?”
“…”
“Aquagirl?”
“Yes yes?”
“What are you doing? Let’s start.”
“Ah yes!”
“Ol~ Aqua Girl’s hot eyes are on Jelly Master? Ah~ The world is pink!”
“…”
Aquagirl wanted to pull out the tongue of Simon who was talking next to her.
*****
Aqua Girl demonstrated her abilities to her senior heroes. As she reached the 4th level, she cast [Water Protection], An active skill she obtained, and became able to generate more water than before.
For reference, when the horny man looked at Aquagirl’s status window as a psychic power analyst the other day, the 5th level attribute that was not confirmed was [Increase water (+300)].
The judges nodded their heads, comparing Aqua Girl’s former abilities to her current ones.
“Certainly, this is the level of a B-class hero. What do you all think?”
“I agree.”
“That’s a B-class hero. Hiya~ There are a lot of talented people this year.”
“…”
Lonister and Simon the Singer agreed with the Ice Queen’s words. But the Jelly Master didn’t say anything.
“Jelly Master, why are you silent… Huh~ I’m crazy, I’m crazy. The world is a beautiful pink pink~”
“Yes? Oh, I’m sorry. Aquagirl is a B-class hero. That’s for sure. More than that, stop teasing Simon.”
“Pink pink~”
The four judges unanimously concluded that Aquagirl is a B-class hero.
“You’ve worked hard, and a new license will come out in a week. Looking forward to your future activities, B-class hero Aquagirl.”
“Thank you! I will do my best!”
Although not very happy, Aquagirl greeted the heroes with a thrilling performance. When her judging was over and she came out, she was followed by the Jelly Master.
“Hey Aqua Girl!”
“Yes? What are you doing?”
“Uh… That’s why…”
Seeing the hesitant jelly master watching Aquagirl’s eyes, Aquagirl realized what purpose he had called her.
‘It’s annoying. I want to pluck out those eyes.’
Unable to imagine what Aqua Girl was thinking, Jelly Master took a deep breath and said,
“Would you like to join us tonight if you have time?”
“No, I’m sorry. I have work today…”
“Oh, yes? Then tomorrow…?”
“I’m sorry. I have work tomorrow.”
“Ah…”
The Jelly Master, who had been spurned, was sullen.
“If you have nothing else to do, I’ll leave.”
“Yes, yes. See you tomorrow.”
“Yes.”
After bowing to the Jelly Master, Aqua Girl quickly turned around. But after taking a few steps, he stopped.
‘No wait.’
Aquagirl has just become a B-class hero. However, Jelly Master has been active as a B-class hero for 6 years. He will know much of the information the master needs.
She called out to the Jelly Master, who turned her body around and powerlessly returned to the screening room.
“Hey… Senior!”
“Huh? Why?”
“I’m busy until tomorrow, but there’s no work the day after tomorrow.”
“Really?! Then, shall we have dinner together that day?”
“Yes, I like it.”
“Really? Okay! See you then. I’ll treat you to a nice dinner.”
“Yes, I’ll look forward to it.”
“Okay! Then see you tomorrow! Good job today!”
“Yes, senior. Let’s go in first.”
“Yes! Goodbye!”
The Jelly Master waved her hand at Aqua Girl’s back until she disappeared. She and she smiled and she went into the screening room.
“Hey~ The world is pink~ It’s a good time~”
“Muh, what are you talking about! We’re still like that…”
“Come~ yet? Did you hear, senpai? It’s still like this. Not yet. So, doesn’t that mean you don’t know what will happen next?”
“Whoops.”
“Oh really! Why are you doing that!”
Unaware of Aqua Girl’s true intentions, the Jelly Master was ashamed of her colleagues’ teasing. Even so, the smile on his lips didn’t seem to disappear.
