Chapter 10 – #11 There Is No Reason
#11 There is no reason
‘It was fun.’
After knocking out the 5 heroes who stood in my way, I immediately ran to the emergency stairs. Concerned about being caught on CCTV, I hid the clothes I was wearing in the bathroom downstairs from the lab.
I didn’t want to get caught in my tracks, so as I headed to the lab earlier, I destroyed all the CCTVs in sight. They even broke down the emergency stairs down to the 5th floor to confuse the circulation.
Without CCTV, there were no eyes to watch over me. All the staff evacuated at the news of the villain’s appearance.
So, after changing clothes in the bathroom to avoid people’s eyes, I came out again. And people went to the place where people were gathered with a puzzled expression.
I could see my mother comforting people there.
“Mom!”
“Son! Are you okay? Are you not hurt?”
“Yes. But what happened? I was in the bathroom and suddenly there was a loud noise from above?”
I pretended not to know anything and pretended not to know anything.
“That’s… Uh, there’s a bit of a problem. But don’t worry. It’s taken care of right away.”
“Is it so?”
Fortunately, my mother didn’t seem suspicious of me. Her eyes looked at me with concern, and I was a little sorry.
It was completely unexpected that I was the culprit behind this incident. Um… I’m sorry, but it was so fortunate.
“Oh, is mom okay? Is she hurt?”
“Yeah. Mom’s fine. Shall we go to Dad instead?”
“Dad? Is Dad here?”
“They say they’re in the president’s office. Come up quickly, Seonghwa.”
“Then let’s go.”
As it was, I went up to the president’s office with my mother.
*****
“…”
Dr. Krumola stared blankly at the ground. There were corpses of guards and fainted assistants around him, but he didn’t have time to pay attention to them.
Right now, only the conversation with the Shadow Killer was repeating itself in his ears.
‘When will you be able to put the doctor’s research to practical use by experimenting with animals? Let’s skip the middle bridge and do the human experiment right away. I will find the humans needed for the experiment.’
‘Human experiment… You mean?’
‘Okay. Old-fashioned people will stop you from experimenting on humans, saying that it is ethics and human dignity. You’ve had a lot of experience so far, right?’
‘Why…Why do you want to help me with my research?’
‘Doctor, your dream is a world where everyone uses psychic powers? Me too. I also want to see a world where everyone uses superpowers equally. So join hands with me I’ll prepare everything you need. I sympathize with your dreams and have already decided to help you. Helping you will be the shortcut to achieving your dreams, no, ours.’
‘…’
‘It’s okay if you don’t decide right now. I’ll visit you tomorrow, so think about it seriously in the meantime. I wonder who being with will help me achieve my dreams.’
‘…’
After saying that, the Shadow Killer disappeared. It was truly a ghostly skill.
“Human experiment…”
The Shadow Killer was not wrong.
Why did Dr. Crumola conduct animal gene combination research on animals? This is because the shareholders of Sanctuary, including the chairman and his wife, opposed human experimentation.
So, he first experimented with animals and showed the results to shareholders to get approval for human experiments, including additional support.
“Dream.”
I started this research to see a world where people are not discriminated against, at least because of their superpowers.
Until now, he explained his dream to many people, but no one sympathized with his dream.
Until yesterday.
Today, only one person sympathized with his dream. He told me they were having the same dream.
The problem is that the person is a villain, especially a dangerous S-class villain with a high bounty.
“Science is a study for the advancement of mankind, and there is no good or evil on the path of science.”
As if possessed by something, Dr. Krumola murmured. The empty eyes began to come alive.
“There is no good or evil on the path of science.”
As if pleased with the doctor’s words, his shadow swayed.
Kick kick kick kick kick-
Like a smile
*****
“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m not hurt, so don’t worry.”
“…”
I tilted my head as I saw my dad staring blankly at me. Why is that man like that? Did you eat something wrong?
Anyway, this got me to meet all the parents I set up.
Despite her age of 50, while she looks to be in her late 20’s/early 30’s, like her looks mom, her dad is also quite a while. He was a handsome man with dark eyebrows, short blond hair, and a tall, well-mannered appearance.
[Name: Bal Ji-woon (Male / 50 years old)]
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[Psychic Power: Unidentified in the Fog (Lv.9)]
[Psychic Tree]
Lv.1 [Fog]
Lv.2 [Body Restoration]
Lv.3 [Partial Fog]
Lv.4 [High Speed Movement]
Lv.5 [Materialization (Active)]
Lv.6 [Heavy (Active)]
Lv.7 [Fog Control]
Lv.8 [Shroud of Fog (Active)]
Lv.9 [Unidentified Monster]
‘Why is level 9 so common?’
I tilted my head inwardly at the sight of my father’s psychic powers. Level 9 supernatural powers would never be common, but everyone who saw them was level 9.
My mother was also a level 9, and the A-class hero ice queen Han Ji-min, who fought with me, was also a level 9 psychic. With my dad, this was already the 3rd level 9 meeting.
‘Is it because of the supernatural talent as a prize?’
When setting up the parents with the parental option, both supernatural talents were set to high, middle, and low.
It was because, no matter how much I thought about it, I felt that the possibility that an unprecedented crazy psychic was born from a non-psychic person or a person with a low level of psychic power was lacking in probability.
When I was writing the story, I thought very seriously.
‘What’s good about me.’
Mom and Dad were my absolute allies. It’s good if those people are strong, and it’s never bad.
‘But why are you staring at me like that? Burdensome.’
“But what if Dad went out?”
“…”
“Dad?”
“Honey?”
“Huh? Oh, sorry. What?”
My mom and I called at the same time, and then my dad came to his senses. What? He wasn’t looking at me, was he just wandering?
“I heard you went out.”
“Huh? Oh yeah. It’s been a while since I came back.”
“But where are you sick? Why does your expression look blank…”
“It’s okay. I was just worried about the news that your mother was in danger.”
“Then, since you’ve confirmed that mom’s okay, you’re worried about her son, too, right?”
“You look fine at first glance, but what? If you want your family to worry about you, make a girlfriend.”
“Billion… I was stabbed in the stomach…”
“Ho-ho-ho.”
Mom laughed at my playful conversation with Dad. Dad, who had been laughing with her mother, shook his head.
“Are you two at work?”
“Huh? Why? Are you leaving already?”
“I have to go. I came to the office today to see Dr. Crumola’s experiment, but now that it’s like this… By the way, is the doctor okay?”
The nobleman should have been unharmed. Because I was a preliminary villain who scored points.
“Sure. How secure is our Sanctuary company.”
“Did you get robbed today?”
“Hehe… Honey, my son is harassing me.”
“Get out. Don’t bully my one and only wife and get out right now, you bastard!”
I hugged her whining mom and her dad yelled at me.
This child? No, it’s true that I’m biologically your son, but I created you in the first place! But what about this child?!
“Ugh. I’m so sad about being single. I’m leaving. I’ll see you at home in the evening.”
“Okay, let’s go. Whoa~ Whoa~”
“See you later son~”
“…”
Where do you see that, 50 years old? Aren’t they just a young couple who don’t flinch?
He sighed and left the company.
*****
“Hmm.”
I sat in a cafe and stared blankly out the window.
The sun, which had been shining brightly in the sky, disappeared before I knew it, and darkness fell thickly. But even the darkness could not cover the light of the city.
I saw people walking on the street. The streets were as lively as many people.
‘And night is the time when the villain likes to move the most.’
Since I decided to become a villain, compared to other people, I have to live a much busier day, splitting even the time I sleep.
An ordinary chaebol second generation during the day, but a villain that everyone fears at night.
That was the identity of the villain I caught.
So, during the day, I had to play the second generation of a chaebol, and at night, I had to do bad things while reducing my sleeping time. Serious offenses such as assault or murder.
The reason I want to be a villain rather than a hero is that a villain is free from everything around him. Villain is a symbol of freedom.
Heroes must uphold justice.
I always have to be conscious of the gaze of others, and I have to risk my life to save people who have nothing to do with me from villains.
Even if you do the right thing 100 times, if you do the wrong thing 1 time, you will be cursed like a person who sold out the country. Public perception of heroes is just as frightening.
And crucially, heroes are always tested for justice.
A person who has his own beliefs shakes sharply the moment he thinks that his beliefs are not right. Confidence was the pillar that supported the hero and at the same time a fragile branch.
‘Even if I pack it well like this and that, in the end…’
I explained at length that villains symbolize freedom and that heroes have many negative aspects, but to put it simply, I wanted to live my own life.
Honestly, what kind of freedom is a villain? He’s just a crazy asshole psychopath.
And I want to be a crazy idiot psychopath with my own beliefs.
Why do you want to be a villain? There is nothing like that.
It came into the game for unknown reasons. It’s not that I don’t have any guesses, but that wasn’t the point.
My environment in the game is much better than in reality.
He has powerful psychic powers, and his parents in the game are conglomerates. What better environment could there be?
If there is no answer anyway, wouldn’t it be nice if I could live my life the way I want to?
‘Shall we go?’
Jjoooook-!
I drank the last remaining coffee and got up from my seat. Now it’s time to hang out with the villains.
*****
‘Heh… Heh…’
Aquagirl, a C-class hero from the Hero Association, hid behind a box and breathed heavily. Nervous, she was breathing silently, fearing that her breathing would be louder.
‘Why did this happen?’
Tonight, the Hero Association launched an operation to wipe out [Scorpion], One of the villain organizations that distribute drugs to the underworld.
Scorpion was not a force so large that the Hero Association conducted a separate sweeping operation in terms of power alone.
However, it has only been 10 days since the Scorpion appeared, and it has already occupied 3 of the 144 districts of the Dark City.
The Hero Association kept a close eye on Scorpions growing at a terrifying pace, and determined that they had great potential, so they decided to wipe them out.
It was also good for the future to trample down the sprouts before they grow. I didn’t want to give the rising powerhouse time to grow in a situation where it was difficult to deal with the villains who are now infamous in Dark City.
Operation Name: Scorpion Hunt began, and one B-class hero, two C-class heroes, and K.T.V (Kill The Villein), a special unit against villains belonging to the Association, participated in the operation.
The Hero Association does not operate with only heroes. Even though they don’t have superpowers, they needed people who would support the hero to do his best, and K.T.V was one of them.
‘I said there is no villain higher than class B!’
According to the information obtained by the association, there are no villains to be particularly wary of in Scorpion, except for the Scorpion King, the boss and C-level villain.
Since a B-class hero took part in dealing with a C-class villain, this scorpion hunt should have ended easily.
An operation order was given from the operation headquarters, and the three heroes and K.T.V agents raided Scorpion’s hideout all at once.
However, it was the Scorpion King and his men armed with all sorts of heavy weapons that greeted them.
I don’t know where the information was leaked, but Scorpion already knew about the Hero Association’s sweeping operation and, conversely, dug a trap.
In addition, the information about the Scorpion King, who is known as a C-class villain, is also wrong. The Scorpion King was not a C-level villain. As a C-class villain, he cannot kill a B-class hero by tearing it in half in one blow.
The operatives, who lost their focus due to the Scorpion King’s counterattack, scattered, and Aquagirl was running away alone.
“Where is our cute cat?”
“…!”
Aquagirl’s eyes widened at the sound of a voice coming from beyond the box. It was the voice of the villain Scorpion King, with a strangely neutral high tone.
For a moment, the image of the B-class hero Jelly Master being cut in two by the Scorpion King appeared in Aquagirl’s mind.
And he seemed to be superimposed on the Jelly Master’s appearance.
‘Oh, no…’
Aquagirl hoped that the Scorpion King would not find her.
