Chapter 151 – #152 the Masked Duo (3)
#152 Mask Duo(3)
Steam was definitely a fun thing.
It gives ordinary people without superpowers physical abilities equivalent to those of supernatural powers. Where in the world is there a drug that has such an effect?
Of course, the side effects are quite serious, but if it can be improved here, it must be something that can definitely make a mark in history.
Anyway, the reason why I suddenly say something like praising Steam is because these guys don’t die very often. Even if assault is applied to the level of beating a normal person, steam users do not die. How good is it to be able to keep the no-kill principle?
“This isn’t the animal kingdom, why are you doing everything like this?”
The first man who ran into me acted like a real dog. The next man ran into me and punched me like a cat, and the last man tried to hit me with his head, probably possessed by a cow.
These guys acted like real animals, to see if any of the side effects of Steam reduced their intelligence like animals.
“Are you okay, Rabbit Armor?”
“Don’t call me by that fucking name.”
“Forcibly going to Hong Gil-dong…”
I couldn’t call my father father, and I couldn’t call rabbit armor rabbit armor. Gildong Armor is back…
“But what about that bastard? Couldn’t he have run away?”
“They ran away.”
“… Why the hell did you go upstairs confidently?”
I was dumbfounded by the confidence of the rabbit armor that said it ran away confidently. Maybe it’s because he’s S-class, so his shamelessness is also S-class.
Rabbit Armor added a word.
“Exactly, I let them run away.”
“Huh?”
What is this again?
“What do you mean?”
“All of the guys who are now downed are his subordinates. If he has so many subordinates and sells steam himself, it must be related to the steam maker. That guy was attacked by me who looks like a villain.
“No way?”
“Yeah. I put a location tracker on his body. So now we can follow him while looking at this.”
“You bastard!”
He just looks like an alcoholic and he’s so cunning!
“Then let’s go.”
“Let’s do it. But are you okay? I saw earlier that you were beaten up by those bastards.”
“Because I knew this would happen and brought this.”
“Ohhh? What’s that?”
Rabbit Armor lifted the jacket she was wearing and showed me the inside of her. There were clothes inside that fit her like tights.
“It’s a defensive suit. It doesn’t have as many functions as the White Knight wears, but it has the effect of absorbing shock.”
“Wow. Where do you buy this? I want one too.”
“… Covet this with that body?”
Rabbit Armor scanned me up and down. It seemed absurd that the body enhancer wanted to have a defensive suit.
I said I wanted to have it too, but of course I have no intention of wearing it. He is wearing a suit made by Peter the Elder that blocks all kinds of attacks on his body, which is plastered with defensive characteristics. She had no reason for me to wear that.
Even so, the reason I want to have it is because I want to give it to my kids. My women, unlike me, were weak.
“Anyway, let’s go now.”
“Okay.”
We started following the man who escaped through the locator.
*****
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
Not knowing that he had a location chaser attached to his body, the man-Eldimo drove the car himself and ran away from the club. The sweat running down his face like rain could tell how nervous he was now.
He slapped the extension handle and cursed.
“Who is it?”
Eldymo thought of the assailant who attacked him. He was horrified to see his excellent marksmanship making holes in the heads of his men.
Eldymo only ran a few clubs in Precinct 59, but he wasn’t a villain. He was frightened by the gunman shooting like a ghost and ran away.
“Henry? Lemos? What the fuck hired a hitman…!”
There were many enemies who were in a competitive relationship over the usual club management, so it was not possible to identify the culprit. Eldymo gnashed his teeth.
“Where should I run to?”
Eldy Mo eagerly shook his head. Then his nervous eyes turned to his cell phone.
“…”
There was only one person who could help him.
He is the man who entrusted Steam distribution to himself.
He was a normal person with no psychic powers, but he is still himself immersed in the underworld. At a glance, you can tell if your opponent is a big player or not. The man may not have been of any size, but he had the ability to handle this situation.
Even if he had to give up the club, he had to keep the distribution rights on Steam.
“…Would that bastard help?”
But will the man really help him?
It was the order of the world to be abandoned if you did not have the ability. He was not a man who would help if he abandoned himself for not even keeping his own club.
“Damn it. I can’t help it. I have no choice but to promise the future with the money I’ve accumulated so far.”
Eldymo, caught in a dilemma, chose to run away.
Fortunately, he was able to make a comeback with the money he had saved from selling steam.
And at that moment-
Bang-!
“Oops?!”
-Something suddenly jumped out in front and hit Eldymo’s vehicle. Having fallen from the sky, Eldy Mo, who was completely unprepared, put his head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness.
In front of the half-destroyed vehicle stood two men wearing masks with skulls and rabbits on them.
“Aww… You damned bastard. You should talk and then jump!”
“I told you. Hold on tight.”
“How does that mean you jump!”
“Don’t grumble over trivial things.”
“Four, trifles? Jumping off a building is trivial?! Billion… Blood pressure…”
At the sight of Steel Armor shrugging his shoulders, Rabbit Armor eventually grabbed him by the back of his neck.
*****
We took a man with a blue bruise on his forehead to one of my precincts, Precinct 73. Area 73 is managed by one of Carinbia’s subordinates, and we rented a warehouse in an off-the-beaten path from him.
“Shut up… Still hungry…”
As I was tying the man to the chair, Rabbit Armor was rubbing his stomach.
Of course, I did not move by car, but I carried him and the man on my shoulders like a burden. Rabbit armor was shoulder-bumped by the ship until it reached Area 73.
“Why is that guy so bad? I jumped off the roof of a 60th floor hotel and I’m fine.”
“Damn it.”
When I scolded him, he made a face and approached me. There were so many things I wanted to say, but it seemed like I was holding back. Giggle! So, who wants to blow my porridge?
“Anyway, let’s start.”
“Okay.”
The memory hunter held the man’s head with both hands and used his psychic powers.
‘Now.’
And I, too, used my psychic powers on the memory hunters.
[Name : ? ?(Male/?Three)]
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[Psychic Power: Memory Stalker (Lv.10)]
[Psychic Tree]
Lv.1 [Memory Read (Active)]
Lv.2 [?]
Lv.3 [?]
Lv.4 [?]
Lv.5 [?]
Lv.6 [?]
Lv.7 [?]
Lv.8 [?]
Lv.9 [?]
Lv.10 [?]
‘Memory Stalker…’
I was curious about what kind of psychic power the memory hunter had, but it was a psychic power called [Memory Stalker]. I thought it was Psychometry, but I think it might have been renamed in the style of Dark City.
‘Can I check all the remaining attributes before this job is over?’
The investigation into the new drug steam has not yet made much progress. So if you work this way, maybe one day you’ll be able to confirm all of the memory hunter traits.
Right now, we are maintaining a good relationship, but we did not know when this relationship would change.
After all, I am the villain and he is the hero.
I was more afraid of memory hunters than other S-class heroes.
Even if an S-class hero comes, I have the confidence to fight and win. There is nothing to reveal my identity.
But the memory hunters were different. He was the only one among the heroes who could figure out my identity. Perhaps, for the sake of the future, it might be better to kill him here and now.
Swoop-
I reached for the nape of the memory hunter’s neck reading the man’s memories. If you grab the scruff of the neck and give it strength, the memory hunter will die.
‘… Tsk.’
But I didn’t do that and put my hand back down.
I owe a debt to the memory hunters. He had never been helped when rescuing Rachel. If he hadn’t helped, he might never have seen Rachel.
‘Even if I kill, I have to pay off the debt before killing.’
It didn’t suit my personality to go to the US without paying off the debt.
“Ha…”
“It’s over?”
“Okay… Take a break.”
“Okay.”
He helped him stumble and sat him down in a chair. When I took off his mask and handed him some water, he emptied the entire bucket in one go.
“Have you got anything?”
“Okay.”
“Eh? You got it?”
I was surprised to find a clue. He said that he had read the memories of the distributors caught by the Hero Association, but had no clue.
But now that I’ve found a clue, it’s nothing but a surprise.
“I checked the face of the person who handed steam to that guy.”
“Really? But how do you know who it is?”
“Be quiet for a moment. I’m thinking about it.”
The memory hunter, who reached out to me, pressed his thumb to his temple, thinking that his head hurt. I kept my mouth shut so he could concentrate.
After a while, after thinking, he opened his mouth.
“I remembered. Yes, it was that bastard.”
“What is it? Do you know who it is?”
“Yes. He’s not very important, so I didn’t immediately remember him, but he’s definitely someone I know.”
“Who?”
“My name is Carvo Sesta. I’m a B-class villain [Invisible] Active in District 39.”
“… What kind of computer brain are you? How do you know that in detail?”
“I have no choice but to know.”
“Huh?”
Knock-!
Suddenly the memory hunter gnashed his teeth. And he clenched his fists so tightly that they turned white. He seemed to be trying hard to suppress his anger.
“Do you know who rules District 39?”
“Area 39? Well?”
If the districts I rule are in the eastern part of Dark City, District 39 is located in the northwest. It was the opposite of mine, so I didn’t know who it was.
“Who rules?”
“He’s someone you know.”
“Eh? I know?”
“Okay.”
The memory hunter opened his mouth, glaring with furious eyes as if someone were in front of him.
“Shadow Killer.”
“… Who?”
“Shadow Killer. District 39 is one of the districts ruled by him.”
The memory hunters gnashed their teeth.
*****
I couldn’t hide my absurdity when the shadow killer, who had suddenly lost to me, jumped out. However, if you think about it, the most likely suspect for plotting against me was also the Shadow Killer.
He was torn in half by me, but he ran away like a dog.
You may not know it, but you must be sharpening the blade of revenge on me.
“Anyway, you’re saying he played tricks on me? He’s dead. You bastard. Hey, where’s that bastard? Let’s go get him right now.”
“It’s probably not intended to target you.”
“What? Why?”
“Because it was before you fought the Shadow Killer when the steam started to spread.”
“Oh yeah?”
“And above all, I don’t know where the Shadow Killer is now.”
“As for the association? Even if you don’t know, the association might know?”
“Then I must have known. The Association knows the area of the Shadow Killer, but they don’t know where he is now. He’s such a newcomer. A lot of things about him are mysterious.”
The prime suspect is the Shadow Killer. But there was also something strange.
“But Invisible? I heard that bastard rules District 39? Then it’s said to be an executive level, but an executive is selling his own footsteps?”
“That must mean that Steam is so important to the Shadow Killer. To the extent that the executives step forward.”
“Hmm…”
“Nothing has changed. We just have to go as planned and catch the guy hiding behind the curtain. Whether it’s the Shadow Killer or not.”
“All.”
I give the memory hunter a thumbs up.
The Shadow Killer is a notorious villain that even heroes are afraid of, but the memory hunter didn’t look intimidated at all. Rather, he was burning his fighting spirit.
“So, then. Shall we wake that bastard first?”
I doused the man with water from a bucket.
