Chapter 186 – #187 Sidekick
#187 Sidekick
Steem users gain superhuman strength like a psychic, but as a side effect, their appearance changes to that of an animal.
Cheetah Girl, for example, was originally human, but as a side effect of taking steam, she developed a tail and black spots on her orange-turned skin. Her look reminded me of her cheetah, so I call her her cheetah girl.
The moment I saw the man holding Rachel, no, the old man, I was able to clearly realize how steam users change.
The old man has a tail instead of legs in a body that should have legs. The pupils were vertically elongated and the nose was lowered so that the bridge of his nose was not visible, only the nostrils were visible. He had a face that reminded him of Voldemort.
Besides that, the old man’s skin was scaly, like a snake’s.
If my thoughts are correct, the person taking Steam acquires the ability or characteristic of an animal, and as a side effect, it has a similar appearance to that animal.
‘As expected, I was the world’s greatest genius, no, the universe’s greatest genius!’
I noticed the characteristics of steam users simply by looking at them. I was definitely a genius.
Anyway, that’s not important right now…
“Can’t you let go of that hand?!!!!!”
Sparks flew out of her eyes as she looked at the old man holding Rachel. How dare you hold Rachel, who wouldn’t hurt even if you put it in your eyes, with dirty hands like that!
… FYI, it’s not that it’s dirty because it looks like it, but my hands were really dirty. It hadn’t been washed for a few days, so the stain was very dark.
With Cheetah Girl and Dark Lady on her side, she ran to the snake old man and kicked him.
“Keuk?!”
The snake old man’s head fell off his body and flew away. It’s like kicking a real soccer ball.
I received Rachel over the Cheetah Girl and Dark Lady I was holding. The madness that was filling me melted away at the body temperature of the little girl who came snugly into my arms.
“Ah…”
“Are you okay? You were very scared? I’m sorry. You came too late. Did you get hurt? Take a look.”
“…”
This! It seemed that I was very late. Rachel’s face as she looked up at me was filled with sadness.
Damn it! Disappointing Rachel! You make me sad!
It is said that others have been kidnapped three times in their lifetime, but it was an experience they could never get used to. Besides, didn’t he say that the guy who kidnapped Rachel was wearing something like a strange octopus tentacle?
It must have been scary and was waiting for me to save it.
But a guy like me was putting on a strange show saying he was mad! In time for a show like that, he should have found Rachel sooner.
“Damn it! I’m sorry Rachel!”
“Oh, mister?”
With her apologetic heart, I pierced Rachel with a gran clause. Granjeol that you can only do it when you are sorry enough to pierce the sky! I hope that Rachel’s sadness will be relieved after receiving my Grandezel. I’m so sorry…!
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? Get up quickly.”
Embarrassed, Rachel tried her best to get me up. But I couldn’t get up.
‘Rachel didn’t accept my Granzel…! I must have been very angry because I came too late…!’
How angry would he not accept my apology and just tell him to get up? I couldn’t get up until Rachel accepted my apology. No, it doesn’t deserve to happen.
A guy like me is garbage…! What is a bosom dad? It must be just heartbreaking!
“Sorry Rachel! You came so late? I’m so sorry! I should have come a little sooner, or I should have stayed by your side! It’s all because of me! I’m so sorry!”
“… Mister.”
“Ugh?!”
Rachel’s oriole voice sank. It was my first time hearing something like this, so I was very embarrassed. Could it be that you’re so angry that you can’t forgive me?! Oh, i’m scared! Rachel will hate me!
“Why is it your fault?”
“… Huh?”
“The bad thing is the kidnapper who kidnapped us. But why… Ah!”
Rachel, who was talking to her, exclaimed as if she had suddenly remembered something. Then she grabbed me by the waist and started shaking me.
“Mister! Help me! Isabella… My friend!”
“Oh right.”
I jumped up at the word friend. Rachel isn’t the only kidnapped girl. Isabella, Rachel’s friend and granddaughter of the head of the Hero Association, was also kidnapped.
“Do you know where he went?”
“I broke up with me on the contrary. What should I do, mister? If Isabella is in danger… Black!”
Rachel cried.
Hey, these bastards! How dare you make Rachel cry?! Can never forgive!
“Rachel, do you have any of Isabella’s items?”
“That’s… Ah! I have this!”
Rachel showed her arm to me. It was a bracelet made of weaving grass leaves. It must have been a bracelet made by Isabella.
“Cheetah girl. Smell it.”
Sniff-! Sniff-!
Cheetah Girl came over and sniffed the bracelet.
“Kyarleung…”
“This.”
But Cheetah Girl shook her head. Rachel’s body odor was so strong that I couldn’t smell her other scents.
“Aaaaa…
“Duk! Don’t worry Rachel! Just trust the old man!”
“Sniff… Can you find Isabella?”
“Of course! The fact that he has a man is ignorant and looks strong, but his IQ is 3 to 500. So don’t worry!”
“Yes?”
Rachel tilted her head. Well, I wonder if Rachel has ever met a genius like me anywhere. Perhaps an IQ of 3 to 500 is a phenomenal figure that only I have in Dark City.
It’s just that I didn’t study, but my brain is really good!
“For now, let’s go to the place where you were. Can I find you?”
“I’ll try it.”
“It was good.”
If the best brain in Dark City and Rachel, who is loved by the brain, unite, there is no case she cannot solve.
Hmm! Why do famous detectives and Conan come to mind now?
“Oh, really. Rachel?”
“Yes?”
“From this moment on, you are my sidekick [Cutie Armor].”
“Yes?”
“Hero goes in a team of two with a sidekick, but there’s no law saying we can’t. It’s the moment when the two of us combined our strength and brains, so from now on we’re a team. I’m the villain, you’re my sidekick.”
“Am I a hero?”
“Eh?”
What kind of hero are you suddenly?
“Am I a villain?”
“But I’m a hero!”
“Ugh…!”
Then there is nothing you can do
“Then you’re the hero [Cutie armor]. I’ll be your sidekick [Cutie steel armor].”
“Cutie Steel Armor?”
Rachel tilted her head. Why? As for me, I’m very cute.
“Now that’s not important! Your friend Isabella is in danger! Let’s go, Cutie Armor!”
“Oh right! It’s this way!”
“Slow down!”
“Wow?!”
I jump much more than Rachel does, whoaaaaa! It was fast. So she put Rachel on my shoulder and ran.
“Kreureung!”
Cheetah Girl chased after the Dark Lady from behind. Our cheetah girl is so smart, I really like it. Shall we go to Animal Farm? I want to let the world know that my cat is super smart!
But I don’t know if there’s a program like Animal Farm here.
*****
Meanwhile, outside the secret underground base at that time, Shadow Killer’s subordinates guarding the base and heroes dispatched to help the president of the Valencia Association were fighting fiercely.
Standing at the forefront of the heroes were Ice Queen and Tough Guy.
“Hurry up! The president of the association is in danger!”
“Get out of the way, kids!”
Both heroes and villains fought desperately, and it was the villains who had the upper hand.
First of all, the key executives of the Shadow Killer, such as Viper, Vipner, and Gargoyle, were fighting hard, and above all, the building built on top of the secret base was no different from a fortress.
Starting with heavy weapons, various high-tech weapons such as bombs, laser beams, and automatic turrets were installed.
Ping-! Ping-! Ping-!
“Keah!”
“Phi, avoid!”
It was so cutting-edge that it was possible to identify friends and family. The laser beam did not attack the villains, but only the heroes.
“Get out of the way you motherfuckers!”
“Never get out of the way!”
As the closest aide to the president of the Valencia Association, the Ice Queen, who received a lot of instruction from him, began to get more and more nervous as the entrance was not open.
Because he had been taught a lot, I knew at once what he was thinking about going to rescue Isabella alone with the nine-tailed fox.
I don’t know why, but the president of the association came here to die. I don’t even know why he went to die. But you can guess.
Perhaps the president of the Valencia Association would classify the kidnapping of Isabella as a private affair rather than a public affair. If the kidnapper is a real shadow killer, there will be many casualties.
Even though Gumiho’s fighting power is low, his movement is faster than anyone else’s. In terms of speed, he was on par with Windline, an S-class hero who can handle wind.
In other words, the head of the Valencia Association would have risked his life to buy time, and in the meantime, he would have drawn up a scenario in which a nine-tailed fox rescues Isabella.
‘It was a plan with too many gaps! Ah… President of the Association! Why did you make such a mistake!’
The Ice Queen lamented inwardly. As she sees it, her association president’s plans are full of gaps. Perhaps it was because he had been away from the field for so long that he conceived this plan.
Of course, this is just her guess. But other than this, there was no reason to move alone with the gumiho.
“I’ll never let you in here… Huh?”
The A-rank Villain Gargoyle, who was standing in the way of the Ice Queen, raised his head with a frightened feeling. And he found a man floating in the sky.
“I-that guy…!”
The gargoyle’s eyes widened when he saw the man.
His hair was white, and his skin was as white as snow. His battle suit and cape were also white.
A man who was painted white all over could have looked ridiculous, but no one would laugh at him if they saw him. Especially the villains.
Because although this man’s stock price dropped somewhat after losing to a villain recently, he was still the strongest hero in name and reality.
“White Night!”
“Fuck! White Knight!”
“What? The White Knight? Why is he…?”
The sudden appearance of the White Knight was as embarrassing as the hero or the villain.
Of course, the appearance of an S-class hero, especially the strongest hero, is very welcome from the standpoint of the same heroes, but because we know his personality, we couldn’t figure out why he came here.
S-class heroes don’t do well unless it’s really dizzy. Especially in the case of the White Knights, who were united by pride and arrogance, it was all the more so because they were so selfish.
He was so selfish that he refused right on the spot even when the head of the Valencia Association asked for an explanation.
“I will have to pay the debt.”
The white knight’s eyes shone white as he muttered an incomprehensible word. It was a laser beam, one of his signature skills.
“Damage! It’s a laser beam!”
“Aaaaagh!”
And the heroes and villains who saw the laser beam started to run away.
While the laser beams installed by the Villains can identify friends and family, the White Knight’s laser beams were unable to identify friends and family.
“Get out of the way, bugs.”
Geeeee-!
Laser beams poured from the White Knight’s eyes. A laser beam cut a straight line in the middle of the street and cut the entire building in half.
Aaaaang-!
The building, which had the same strength and firepower as a fortress, split in half and exploded. Then, a secret base hidden under the building was revealed.
“Oh my god…”
“Under Area 34… There was a place like that?”
The heroes who saw the secret base were terribly embarrassed. It was far away just by looking at it as a small gap, but I had no idea how deep it would be once you actually went inside.
“Oh!”
The White Knight entered the gaping hole. The villains and heroes outside didn’t seem to care at all.
“Anyway, that bastard… Ice Queen!”
“… Huh? Yes, tough guy!”
“I’ll take care of this! You go in and save that fool!”
“Yes, I see! Let’s go!”
Ice Queen, who came to her senses at her tough guy’s cry, took Aqua Girl and other heroes from her own team to chase after the White Knight.
*****
Guided by Rachel, no, SSS-class hero, Cutie Armor, armed with cuteness, they arrived at the place where they were with the kidnapper.
It was so well hidden that there was not even an entrance to this room. The only entrance was the ventilation.
“You were here, right?”
“Yes.”
“Did Isabella get kidnapped a second time on the other side of the vent we entered?”
“Yes. Shouldn’t we go get him quickly?”
“Bitter! It’s not Mister, it’s Sidekick Cutie Steel Armor. Call me Cutie Steel Armor?”
“Mister!”
“Sorry.”
When I said nonsense, Cutie Armor screamed. I apologized right away. He apologized within 3 seconds. The national rules must be observed.
“Finding Isabella is the most important thing. But we need to get a clue about her kidnapper. We don’t have any information on him, do we?”
“That…”
“Huh?”
“Can’t we just call Mr. Marktu? You can ask Mr. Marktu to investigate here.”
“… Wow.”
Did you remember Mark Two? Are you Rachel?
“Uh… That’s kind of hard.”
“Why?”
“Because…”
Right now, except for Marksa, my alter egos have work to do. Unfortunately I can’t call them here-
“Huh? White Night?”
Then, suddenly, through the eyes of the clones, I could see the White Knight entering the secret base. Why is that bastard here?
