Chapter 52 – Episode 52. Obtain the Second Star’s Oath (3)
Episode 52. Obtain the Second Star’s Oath (3)
“I guess it’s suspicious, right?”
I asked after finishing the phone call with Hye-ri Jang.
“So far, she has been one-sided and ignored my contacts because of her own feelings… But she suddenly wants to come to the fan meeting?”
“Are you going to allow it?”
Songhee Choi asked.
“I guess it has to be that way.”
I said with a grin.
“There is also information from Mr. Boyun.”
The magical girls who are the main characters of our night game are non-killers, so no matter how villainous they are, they don’t seem to have any intention of killing me.
I tried to force it using the star oath.
If the Star’s Oath to Jang Hye-ri malfunctions because I am an outsider, there is no guarantee that it will work properly for other magical girls.
So I’m going to test it.
In fact, I lost interest in Jang Hye-ri.
It is clear that there is an unknown shield between her and me, like the same poles of a magnet.
It was good that she trapped me in the fire hell, but in the end she couldn’t catch me or kill me.
What I’m aiming for is Juyena.
Although she has a weaker heart than Jang Hye-ri, she is simple and naive, and at the slightest provocation she might go crazy and swear that she will kill me.
This time, let’s make my contract with her properly without anyone interrupting her like last time.
However, how will she lure her alone?
Meanwhile, Hye-ri Jang received a call.
[Fan meeting, can I attend?]
To that, I made a counteroffer.
‘Miss Scarlett, I’m surprised that you suddenly call yourself my fan. ‘Are you falling in love with me?’
[…
Jang Hye-ri said after being silent for a moment.
[Oh, yes. I think that’s what happened. So I want to go. I want to see you in person at the fan meeting and know why my body reacts this way when I see you. You definitely promised, too. Star’s Oath… Let’s find out why it works this way.]
I never thought it would go this straight.
Of course, I don’t believe that she really fell in love with me or became a fan.
Rather, it means that he has a different ulterior motive for reacting so casually to my taunts.
Anyway, outwardly, I responded.
As she said, wasn’t there something she promised by receiving her ‘loyalty pledge photo’ through Song Bo-yoon?
A photo that I still keep in my phone.
A photo of Jang Hye-ri, the proud leader of a magical girl, showing a strange pattern on her lower abdomen.
It’s not like he didn’t have any ideas, so he cleverly covered the upper part of the neck, but everyone knows the unique red hair and the body silhouette.
‘Well, I understand how you feel. You were expelled from B.H, right? Well, in effect, I was kicked out. The possibility of going back is extremely low, so maybe it would be better to act like Joker and Harley Quinn with me at this point?’
I babbled arbitrarily.
Nevertheless, Jang Hye-ri kept her composure.
He may be speechless, his face may be red and his breathing may be short, but he doesn’t refute it anyway.
It’s so obvious that she’s hunched over, waiting for her next leap.
However, I didn’t just receive it.
‘There is an interesting event at this fan meeting.’
[What? Anything…]
‘Ah, Miss Scarlett, if you really want to get closer to me, there is something you must do this time.’
I chuckled and continued.
After hearing my explanation, Hyeri Jang did not immediately refute, but she was so shocked that she was silent for a while.
I wanted to see that face, but it was disappointing.
And after a while, she answered.
[I will do it.]
A much more benign answer than I expected.
With this, I am convinced.
I can see too much in your head, Miss Scarlett.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
That’s probably more likely.
As long as it stays close to me somehow, there will be a chance to kill it, so I’m aiming for that one shot.
I’m not particularly scared.
I don’t know what she’s thinking, but if she wants to kill me, all she has to do is touch her heart.
The condition is to be killed by a magical girl.
Because it’s still valid.
If not?
Let’s use this as an opportunity to bring Joo Yena.
She checks to see if her Star Vow is working properly and then says everything is ok once she gets what she wants.
The stage of the play will be a fan meeting venue.
“I guess we should slowly raise the level.”
I said.
I feel like I am becoming complacent.
Just as if you stay in one place for a long time, you get used to it and fall into mannerisms, after I possessed Smile Face, I started to feel less and less inclined to go back.
In the past, recoveries were natural and civilians were just characters in creative works anyway, so I was prepared to kill them at any time if they got in my way.
I’ve never really killed anyone.
The magical girls in the night games that I took up a hobby of when my wife was pregnant have now become real people to me.
It shouldn’t be like this.
I must go back.
You must be strong-hearted.
I received a report from Song Bo-yoon.
I didn’t give any specific instructions, but based on the information she gave, it seemed like she was gaining a lot of Kang Ga-hyeon’s trust, perhaps because she and Choi Song-hee were a good match.
Was it surprising that you had talent in this area?
Anyway, according to her, B.H’s policy is to completely prohibit star oaths.
He also adheres to the policy of purifying ‘human’ villains, including recoveries, rather than killing them.
There is no end to this.
Every day, as if checking attendance, I kill a few recoveries, and they tighten the siege to catch me, but even if they catch me, they won’t actually execute me.
Moreover, the clear goal is to be killed by a ‘magical girl’.
If you just end up in the electric chair, it’s all in vain.
“… But are you really going to kill me this time?”
Songhee Choi asked.
“Is that okay?”
“… I promised to follow Mr. Dojin’s wishes, but if they publicly ‘publicly execute’ the recovered person at this fan meeting, the government will no longer be able to tolerate it. “Fan sites will be blocked, and of course YouTube channels will be blocked.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I said with a grin.
“I really don’t want you to tie me down.”
It’s true.
I am becoming one with this world.
In this world, I feel sympathy for a single magical girl, and I am overly immersed in their drama.
We need to break the chain before it gets worse.
So I planned.
The main event of the 2nd Smile Face Fan Meeting.
That was to incite the fans gathered there to torture and directly kill the person who recovered, and broadcast it live.
It’s terrible even when I think about it.
But this is the world of creation.
I don’t really want to be serious.
Of course, to me it may be a creation, but to these people it is the real world, and live-streaming the killing of people would be morally objectionable.
I knew that would be the case, and to ensure smooth progress, I invited a lot of community names and idiots who have always been very into me.
The atmosphere will be very scary.
So much so that even the magical girls’ shoulders stiffened.
Of course, I won’t hide the fact that I am behind this incident, and if that happens, B.H and the magical girl will seriously rush to kill me.
So how will we lure Joo Yena?
Choi Song-hee’s ultra-small drone was a great help.
Unlike Jang Hye-ri, who lost her magical girl abilities and lost her unique sensitivity, Joo Yena was a bit insensitive to begin with, so he did not notice her tailing.
Naturally sociable kids tend to be a bit insensitive.
Who would like it if everyone was uncomfortable and sensitive?
“… It’s really obvious. Sincerity.”
From the academy to the way home from school, Joo Yena follows behind Jang Hye-ri, wearing rather eye-catching sunglasses.
She followed Jang Hye-ri’s movements and figured out what Jang Hye-ri was planning.
It could have been an order from B.H. But seeing as there was no report in the middle, it must have been Joo Yena’s unique simple sense of justice and responsibility displayed.
She probably feels a sense of crisis when her colleague loses her magical girl status, and she tries to vent.
Hye-ri Jang lost her magical girl abilities and lost even the slightest sense of awareness, and she didn’t seem to notice that obvious follow-up, and that was an opportunity for us.
If Jang Hye-ri finds out that she attended her Smile Face fan meeting, Joo Yena will definitely follow her too.
Because I wouldn’t want Jang Hye-ri to be in danger.
And this is our hideout.
When she was beside herself with the sight of sacrifices being made with the blood and flesh of her restorers, Bossam.
… It’s such a perfect plan.
In this process, Jang Hye-ri was nothing more than bait.
She felt better now.
***
[You are invited. Smile Face.]
“…”
A few days ago, Yena Joo discovered the identity of a text message that she thought was spam, but which she kept instead of deleting.
Today again, she tried to shake off her whining friends and even skipped her dance club practice to follow Jang Hye-ri, and unlike usual, I saw her going somewhere paying attention to the eyes of those around her.
And what we arrived at was a shabby building.
The ground floor was almost like an abandoned building.
Jang Hye-ri went down to the basement.
Zhou Yena got an ominous look from her and chased after her, but two of her big guys stopped her.
“Please show me your pass.”
“… I don’t have anything like that…”
“Then please go back.”
Joo Yena was embarrassed.
She didn’t really have the sense to use her wits like this, but she had to get inside somehow.
Are you just trying to force it through?
You will be thrown around by big guys.
She is not a fighter like Mayuri.
Transform into a magical girl?
That’s her belly button bigger than her belly.
If she only knew what was inside, if she knew it was related to Smile Face or Paramas, she could somehow come up with an excuse and transform.
Zhou Yena timidly adjusted her necklace.
Joo Yena, who knew that Jang Hye-ri was obsessed with Smile Face like a crazy woman recently, guessed that this place was also related to that.
There is just no clear evidence.
As she was standing like that for a while, she suddenly received a call from somewhere.
“All right.”
Her size approached Yena Zhou.
“Joo Yena? The admission ticket is said to have been sent by our boss. Please confirm.”
“… To?”
It was only then that Joo Yena realized.
The identity of the spam email I received a few days ago.
But it’s still confusing.
Why does Smile Face send invitations?
Still, B.H headquarters was recently concerned that Smile Face’s ‘fan meeting’ was recruiting.
Even so, her security was so tight that I couldn’t find her location and date, but I couldn’t believe that by chance, no, I sent her a challenge to her so openly.
…Isn’t this ignoring it?
Joo Yena is having trouble.
Of course, she is a little simpler than other magical girls, and she is also a bit timid, but it hurts her pride to ask her to come to their hideout like this.
Joo Yena passed between her large men.
And inside the dark club that looks like a drug party, as seen in the media –
It was full of red and blue lights, and several people sat on chairs and stared at the stage in front.
Five men and women were sitting there.
… But they were all tied up.
Next to them, a man was smiling.
Smile Face!
Joo Yena gasped and took in her breath.
How could it be possible to see this so soon?
She instinctively squeezed her own transformation tool into her hand again, then released her power back.
There are a lot of eyes watching, but there is such a dramatic transformation here.
After taking a moment to catch her breath and look around, she felt a shock as if she had been hit on the back of the head.
Jang Hye-ri was going up to the stage.
There was a knife in her hand.
Smile Face gently grabbed her waist.
“Are you ready, Miss Hyeri?”
“…”
Yena Joo did not understand.
Why is Hye-ri Jang entrusting her waist to her smiling face, and is she biting her lip as if she is holding back something?
Smiling Face was wearing white gloves and spoke into Jang Hye-ri’s ear like her caring older brother.
“The scum of society are cutting off the head of the person who has recovered. Blood festival, carnival! Everyone, are you all recording? Let’s protect the world from aliens!”
“Oooh!”
People shouted in agreement.
