Chapter 5 – #2 First Brainwashing, Hero Spade (1)
“I’m here~ egogo….”
“Thank you for your hard work, Spade-senpai. How was this mission?”
The base of the 7th Division of the Hero Association. Spade, who had just returned from a mission, entered the base’s waiting room and rest area.
The club of fellow heroes who were lying sideways on the couch in the break room and playing smartphone games met that spade.
“It was nothing. The number was small, and it was all over in less than 10 minutes. It took a lot of time to find a hideout and infiltrate to check the situation.”
“Five….”
The club put down their smartphones and applauded lightly without emotion.
But originally, it would have been just a mission to check the situation, but did it change to a subjugation mission before I knew it?
“Were there any Awoken?”
“No.”
“Who is the subject of the purge?”
“… The number of people who exceeded the standard, one person.”
“Did you kill him?”
Spade replied by taking off his glove and tossing it.
“Killed him.”
There were strange stains on the black gloves. It is not difficult to see that it is a blood stain.
――The subject of the purge.
Among the villains, it refers to a dangerous person who is judged to be difficult to accept even if arrested.
They can be ‘purged’ at the discretion of the hero in charge.
It doesn’t have the capacity to accommodate it, so it means to kill it.
In addition, the standard for him is also very different, so the hero in charge of them will make a judgment ‘on his own’.
In the case of the 7th division, there is a detailed standard table, so I memorize it and apply it to each mission,
In the case of some units, there are those who completely kill and get rid of villains without such criteria.
In the past, there would have been people who said that it was too much, and that human rights were all over the place.
Just a few years ago, the country was shaken by a villainous crime on an enormous scale,
Even now, in this situation where the scars still remain and the society is struggling, few people tried to question the human rights of the villains.
In most people’s minds right now, villains are not human beings and will only be seen as pests to be killed.
In fact, the government decided to declare it clearly, depriving the villain of human rights.
Even if someone on the road suddenly picks up a stone and smashes the villain’s head, no one will hold him accountable for that.
Of course, how many villains would be able to be beaten by ordinary people on the street?
Anyway, villains don’t have human rights.
They are not human
He is just a vermin to be killed.
‘That… Heroes too….’
A useless thought seemed to come to mind for a moment, but he shook his head to shake it off.
It’s because that unpleasant sensation still lingers in your hands.
Because he killed the villain who exceeded the standard for purging by crushing his neck with one hand on the spot.
Like the body temperature at that time, or the feeling of life slipping out of his hand his, anyway, even though this does n’t happen once or twice, I still have n’t gotten used to it.
So it can’t be helped that my heart goes wild, but I can’t play the role of a hero until I’m immersed in sentimentality because of it.
Rather than that, let’s think pleasant thoughts.
“More than that, the club, what happened to those teeth?”
“Those idiots from [Abyss]?”
“Yes.”
“I took out as much information as I could, and now I am listening to a lecture in the basement rehabilitation room. A 144-hour full course of hellish EBS lectures.”
“Wow… That’s true….”
It is a punishment that seems light at first glance, but it is to watch 144 hours in a row without a break under the supervision of a hero.
There is even a room in each seat, so you have to take care of your errands on the spot without taking a break.
They are not allowed to sleep and eat energy supplements in the form of jelly. A devilish torture that increases your viewing time by two hours if you don’t watch it properly.
I shudder just thinking about it. Usually, around 30 hours, there are people who fall into a frenzy, saying that it is better to die, but around 70 hours, there is no energy to cause a riot, so it becomes quiet, and if all 144 hours are filled, most people will be reborn and become new people. It is a terrifying rehabilitation method that has been verified many times.
Oh, i’m scared
Oh wow, that’s terrible
‘But Mr. Apple will be watching….’
Seomu-gye, D-Class Hero Apple.
A fellow hero with oversized glasses and a calm style, he is soft-hearted and kind, so he doesn’t see others having a hard time.
A little while ago, I said that I watched EBS lectures for 144 hours without a break, but it is clear that I will secretly take a break or snack time in the middle.
It’s almost an open secret to accommodate the villains you’ve arrested in that way.
Nonetheless, the reason why no one is stopping it is because each time the villains in question call Apple a “Saint” And follow her crying her.
There are big and small, but no one is an exception.
He cried and pleaded that he would never eat anything bad again, that he would never break Apple’s heart, and left.
In a way, she might be the biggest mystery of the 7th division and the most terrifying woman.
Anyway, if Apple is in charge of it, the villains will be happy too, I think.
“No, senior. Mr. Apple is on vacation right now. I’ll be back tomorrow.”
As the club resumed playing the smartphone game, they denied Spade’s words.
“Okay…? Then who is in the rehab room now?”
“This is Coco.”
Oh dear.
Even though they were villains, I felt a bit pitiful.
Coco is a little… Wow… What to do… That’s terrible….
Former Abyss people… Cheer up… If you’re alive, good things will come someday….
* * *
Shoot aaaaa-
‘The villain organization [Abyss]….’
The lodging floor on the upper floor of the base.
Spade’s room, the bathroom.
Spade was immersed in her thoughts, washing her body her, which was stained with sweat and various filth, with water from the shower.
A group of perverts who commit trivial crimes every time and are intent on irritating people.
Nevertheless, the level of executive-level personnel was high, so the villain organization was judged to be high-risk.
However, that organization also began to disintegrate to the extent that it could be called a fall from two months ago.
Not too long ago, the club was nearly annihilated by the arrest of the last remaining members of the gang.
After interrogating the captives, were there only four top executives left?
That’s really devastating. Hopeless.
Even one of them seems to have been completely incapacitated.
‘No. 13.’
The villain, who has a bad relationship in many ways, barely escaped after being beaten to the point of being half-dead by a spade during contact two months ago.
Even though he’s a man, he’s an Irregular who’s an Awakener.
I chased him several times, but I couldn’t win even once, and the days when I was only beaten on the contrary.
Because of his pride, his as a promising A-class hero was trampled on very closely and became a miserable situation,
He desperately pursued No. 13 in an attempt to somehow restore his honor his.
And it came to a very pointless conclusion.
I don’t know why, but from what Spade saw himself, it seemed that he had fallen into an incompetent, non-awakened person who no longer had any ability.
It also coincides with what I heard through the interrogation.
Shoot aaaaa
“Something… It’s futile.”
I chased after him so much, and even though I beat him to the point where I felt relieved, I still feel like I’m lacking something.
Is it called incomplete combustion?
Should I be missing something?
… Anyway, I feel bad for some reason.
Maybe because of that, I have no motivation for anything these days.
“Eh, what are you talking about?”
Spade murmured lamentably as she brushed her wet hair up.
Anyway, even if Villain 13 is completely depowered, he’s not yet under arrest.
If he suddenly loses his power, he may just as suddenly regain it.
So be sure to arrest him.
I will arrest you this time.
And if you kill him by breaking his neck with this hand or taking out his heart his…
At that time, I had a feeling that the whereabouts of this unpleasant heart would finally find its place and end.
* * *
Buuuuu…
After washing off my sweat and fatigue with warm water and coming out of the bathroom, my smartphone on the table was vibrating and ringing.
Oops, I didn’t even know you were calling because I put it on vibrate.
I hurriedly reached for my smartphone, but it cut off as if it had hit it.
When I checked the absence history, my God, there were three calls.
Really, my God.
‘Are you Apple?’
You must be on vacation.
If you called three times, you could have come directly to the room, but seeing that it wasn’t, it didn’t seem to be in the dorm.
I wondered why Mr. Apple would call me, but I couldn’t figure out why.
I wondered what was going on and tried to walk the other way, but the smartphone he had been holding in his hand before that started ringing again.
I’ve called you four times over this. I thought there must be something important, so I hurriedly touched the screen to answer the call.
“Hello. I got a call.”
I received it at best, but somehow I felt a strange presence over the speaker. I felt like I was in a hurry, like I was nervous and took a deep breath.
“Apple? It’s a spade. I got a call.”
Something was wrong, so I tried to say it again, but there is no answer yet.
Did I get it wrong? But since I called four times, I don’t think so.
Thinking that way, while I was wondering, I heard a couple of clearings that didn’t suit Apple.
[–Long time no see. How are you, Spade?]
For some reason, I heard a thick male voice from Apple’s number, not from Apple.
