Chapter 156 – #157 Take a Breath
#157 Take a breath
“Those guys… I think they’re a little different?”
Rabbit Armor, who had been hiding and watching the battle between Steel Armor and the steam users, murmured.
Although there are differences in the number of doses of steam users I have met so far, one thing is certain: they still talk in the middle of crying.
But those guys who appeared now couldn’t speak at all. In addition, the unique characteristics of animals such as skin, mane, and tail were revealed.
“I just want to check the memory of one of them.”
Then you will be able to see more clearly what is different and what happened here.
But…
“Kyarrureureung-!”
“Kyao-oh-!”
“Kreung-! Kreung-!”
“… Let’s wait until he clears everything up.”
I didn’t want to go ahead and read my memory while watching the steam users who were madly charging at Steel Armor like a fearless beast.
Steel Armor won’t fall to them anyway, so it’s much better to just wait for him to sort it out.
Haha! Who can defeat me and become a beast! That’s not enough to defeat me! More! A little more violently! Rush like a beast and bite my flesh! Haha!”
“It’s definitely comfortable.”
The rabbit armor nodded his head as he watched the steel armor knocking down the steam users one by one with a burst of light.
The memory hunter’s method of investigation was so rough and arbitrary that it was hard to see it as a hero’s method.
No matter how much it is a villain’s business, you can search the business once you get a warrant. However, the memory hunter ignores the procedure and searches the workplace for once.
If the villain who is angry with the coercive investigation pushes him, ‘Huh? Did you hit me now You fell behind.’ While doing this, he brings the heroes who are investigating together and destroys the business.
If the memory hunter had been an ordinary police officer, he would have already been sacked.
This behavior was disliked by the same heroes, and even within the association, there were those who were reluctant or ignored memory hunters.
When you do an investigation with such people, you have no desire to investigate, and you don’t really listen to what they say. Even if they show enthusiasm for the investigation, the emphasis on procedures and laws is to die for.
That’s why when you work with heroes, you get annoyed and annoyed.
On the other hand, what about steel armor?
As a villain, there is no hesitation in using illegal acts or violence. Also, like some guys, they don’t talk about the procedures and the law. He just goes and catches them all when told to, and brings them back.
He shouldn’t have thought like this as a hero, but when he joined forces with Steel Armor, the synergy that occurred was considerable.
“…Can I get help later?”
Rabbit Armor muttered while looking at Steel Armor. A calm voice told him that he was not feeling well.
Rabbit armor, no, memory hunters have an opponent they must avenge. However, the opponent is so powerful that he cannot avenge him with his own power alone.
But if it’s steel armor, if it’s steel armor over there.
I was able to fill the lack of strength.
“…”
The memory hunter agonized and agonized over the steel armor.
*****
When the steel armor took care of all the steam users, the hidden rabbit armor appeared.
“The difference in power is overwhelming, so it’s easy to subdue.”
No one was dead except for those who were unluckily caught up in the first grenade explosion. Rabbit Armor admired Steel Armor’s skill at subduing so many people without killing them.
“It’s not that easy. All of this is thanks to my usual hard work, I was able to subdue it neatly.”
“Efforts? What efforts did you make?”
“Efforts not to kill the opponent? That’s why I’ve never killed a single person so far. I’m a perfect immortality master.”
“…Why are you?”
“Huh? What?”
Rabbit Armor asked me as if he didn’t understand.
“Why do you keep the no-kill principle?”
“Then what do you do by killing people? Killing people only filth with your hands. And you can’t just kill people like that.”
“…”
Rabbit Armor tilted her head and looked at me. It was as if he was asking, “Is what I just heard true?”
Anyway, I took the rabbit armor and approached a man. He was a man-lion man who felt he was the leader of this group.
Soon, the rabbit armor began to read Lion Man’s memories.
“Kuk!”
“Are you okay?”
“Damn it…!”
While reading her memories, the rabbit armor grabbed my head and hit her backwards. He felt like he was about to fall, so he hurried over and grabbed his arm.
“You bastards…”
“What’s wrong? What did you see?”
“You’ll remember too. Rachel was kidnapped.”
“Huh? Yes, I remember.”
“At that time, kidnappings weren’t just happening to children. Adults, children, men, and women were all abducted at random.”
How can I forget
If I hadn’t stopped by Rachel’s house, she would never have seen Rachel or her mother Emily again.
Anyway, why were the people who were kidnapped all of a sudden… Huh? No way?
“Hey, can you?”
“Yes. The people who were kidnapped at that time were used for steam development. Random people were kidnapped and human experiments were conducted!”
“What the fuck?”
Steem wasn’t just a drug. It was evidence of sin made from countless human blood and protein!
“Most of them died because they couldn’t bear the side effects… Those here were the survivors who barely survived the side effects.”
“…”
I looked around. It was full of steam users who fell by my hand. I thought they were just crazy people who abandoned themselves because they were addicted to drugs, but they were victims…!
“Can you cure them?”
“I’m not a scientist or a doctor, so I can’t be sure. There is [God’s] Elder in the Association… But if it’s a drug side effect like this, even God’s Elder might not be able to cure it.”
“Faith?”
Oh, that grandpa?
I tilted my head at the word trustworthy and immediately remembered who he was. He is a class A psychic with healing psychic powers and is a great person who is known to have no incurable disease. To put it simply, you can think of it as a hero-exclusive doctor.
God’s grandfather… It’s such a pity, right?
If Sinui was a female hero, he would have attacked right away. Healers are very valuable in any game. But I gave up on attacking because I was just a grandfather, not a woman.
Shinui is a hero as famous as an S-class hero, so I looked at the picture a few times on the Internet, and the first impression I got at that time was that of a quack doctor in a poor neighborhood. Even with cold symptoms, he is a quack doctor who starts with a scalpel, saying that this is a serious illness that can lead to death.
However, I was surprised to hear that such a person could not cure diseases or injuries and that it was faith.
After all, you shouldn’t judge people just by looking at them!
“Are you going to take all these people to the Society?”
“It should be.”
“Then let’s lock it up for now.”
“Yeah… Huh?”
Kiki-Ik-! Queek-! Kik-!
“End!”
“…”
They made a large cage by bending steel bars and trapped the fainted steam drinkers inside. Rebars were driven into the ground to prevent escape with the cage.
“What’s the matter?”
“… You look like an ignorant bastard.”
“What?”
“I didn’t say anything. The lab and production room are down there. Come this way.”
I went down the rabbit armor.
*****
Occasionally there were members of the gang blocking our way, but it wasn’t that many. Also, there were no villains.
With such a meager force, he could only buy a little time against us (me, to be exact), and it made me wonder why he kept sending people.
And those doubts were dispelled when we arrived at what appeared to be a manufacturing plant.
“Fuck.”
No steam was visible. To be precise, there was not a single steam that was in perfect condition.
“It’s burning brightly.”
Apparently, he sent his subordinates to buy time and ran away with just enough steam. I burn all the steam I didn’t get. Paper and USB were also on board. Perhaps steam production methods or experimental procedures were not written.
“Now what?”
“…”
Rabbit armor blankly looked at the roaring flames. One annoying thing about masks is that you can’t read people’s expressions.
Now that her tail has been cut off in this way, what is Rabbit Armor thinking?
“… So far.”
“Huh?”
“This is enough.”
“What? What do you mean? You’re not going all the way?”
“I’m going. But now it’s time to catch my breath.”
“Catch your breath?”
Nodding her head, the rabbit armor turned her body.
“The amount produced here alone cannot explain the amount of steam released throughout the city so far. There must be other production plants besides here. And we also found out that there is a shadow killer behind this. If so, find another factory. It’s easy to pay.”
“Hey! Still, wouldn’t there be something we could salvage? Are you really going to go on like this?”
“Then you searched further. I have no regrets.
“What? Why?”
“From now on, I’m planning to move as a hero memory hunter rather than a villain rabbit armor. Receiving your help ends here. Villain, go home now.”
“…”
I crossed my arms and looked at the rabbit armor. Suddenly stopping the investigation here? I glared at him to see if he had other plans behind him. I can’t see my eyes because of the fucking mask! I can’t use the interest method!
“I wonder who the baby was made.”
“I’ll let you know when I find out later.”
“Really?”
“Yes. And I have this mask.”
“Huh? Why?”
It was unexpected, so I was puzzled. Because he hated me calling him Rabbit Armor. So I thought he would just throw it away, but when he said he had it, it was just strange.
“Later, when I go to kill the Shadow Killer, I’ll wear this and call you.”
“… No. Then you’re welcome. I don’t want to miss a bite of meat.”
At his words, I smiled bitterly.
Because I understood the meaning of the memory hunter.
In any case, the person in charge of the tracking and investigation of the steam currently roaming the Dark City was a memory hunter.
However, if it is known that he solved this not as a memory hunter, but as a rabbit armor, and with me, an S-class villain, the Hero Association cannot just reward him.
Moving with me is like crossing a line that a hero shouldn’t cross.
So, I plan to catch the big fish called Shadow Killer hidden behind it with me, assuming that I have taken care of the steam factory together with the heroes.
Not as a memory hunter, but as a rabbit armor.
But if there is one thing…
“But how are you going to report this to the Association? There, we will be diligently asking how you chased it this far and how you subdued the brute men and women outside? They say that there are many people in the Association who hate you?”
“You don’t have to worry, we’ve got our thoughts. Anyway, go back first. I’ll call the people to take those sleeping upstairs.”
“Then I’ll stay until they come. If you leave it alone and search for it, you’ll be in trouble.”
“Do as you please.”
The memory hunter shrugged and called someone and told them to come here quickly with the hero.
And after about 30 minutes, I could see several cars stopping outside the fence. The people who got out of the car were people in uniform clothes and people in various costumes.
It was the hero and association staff who were dispatched after receiving a call from the memory hunter.
“You worked hard. I have severe dark circles under my eyes. Go get some sleep and catch your breath.”
“Yes. You worked hard too.”
After fist bumping into the memory hunter, I sprinted backwards and out of the building. Unfortunately, there was no use for the body. It would have been fun if there were strong villains.
I’m very sorry about that alone.
