Chapter 368 – #369 Mind Manipulation
#369 Mind Manipulation
The people who met the host did not particularly hide his identity, but each described his appearance differently.
Some said he was a young man, while others said he was an unparalleled beauty. Others said he was a kid, and others said he was an old man with many age spots on his face.
Why do people who met the host remember him differently?
The reason was simple.
It was because the host had manipulated their memories.
‘Could it be Mikhail?!’
To be honest, when I was chasing the traces of the host, there were times when I was slightly suspicious of Mikhail the Memory Hunter. If you manipulate other people’s memories, you can make people remember you as a different look without covering your face.
‘Ah, no matter how much, it’s not Mikhail.’
Of course, I didn’t think of him as a host. Couldn’t my friend Mikhail be like that?
Anyway, like this, I suspected that the host might be a psychic with powerful psychic powers.
And my suspicions were half right.
The moment I woke up as a chaotic giant, I could feel an invisible building in the black market.
The black market can interfere with my body, which was a giant of chaos, and everything that happens in it, and I was able to know what was going on.
Inside, I saw two men exuding unusual energy.
One was Zero, the asshole who should really be beaten, and the other was a middle-aged man with a familiar face.
It didn’t take long before he realized that the middle-aged man with a familiar face was the Hive Master, an S-class hero of the Hero Association.
S-class heroes were people of interest and, at the same time, people with well-known faces. With a few searches on the internet, you can find out what they look like.
I also remembered all the faces of the S-class heroes. However, the Hive Master had never directly collided with me, so he just couldn’t think of it right away.
He had only seen the Hive Master in person only twice in his life, once from afar while fighting the White Knight, and the other right after defeating the Siren.
The former was too far away to be seen, but I remembered the latter because I saw it nearby.
The Hive Master’s psychic ability is mind manipulation, unlike the memory hunters who can see the traces of a human being, the Hive Master can control the human being itself.
He used his psychic powers to make people perceive him differently, so people portrayed him with a different appearance.
A psychic who can manipulate the minds of others, and a host who is also the owner of the black market, is active as an S-class hero of the Hero Association.
This was by no means an easy matter to get over.
“Maybe most of the heroes are being manipulated by him.”
And if his ability is more than I thought, maybe even S-class heroes are under his mind control.
In addition, the New Hero Association, Heroes, also belonged to the Hive Master.
“It won’t be easy.”
Catching the S-class hero and owner of the black market was likely to be a much more difficult mission than I thought.
“Let’s fight with all our might.”
So I will do my best.
*****
“The S-class hero hive master, he is the owner of the black market, the [Host].”
“… Yes?”
“… What?”
“… Who is it, Master?”
Upon mentioning the host’s shocking identity, the three heroes looked at each other in bewilderment. It was to make sure that he had heard it correctly, and that others had heard the same thing as himself.
And they heard it right.
“The Hive Master… Is the host?”
“Nonsense! Aren’t you misunderstanding something?”
“That Hive Master…”
Everyone’s reaction was hard to believe. If, like them, I had heard that the Hive Master was a host without knowing the truth, I would have reacted like this.
To the public, the Hive Master was a hero known for being kind.
His dignified appearance reminiscent of an English gentleman and his eye-witness and eloquence in finding out and praising the strengths of others like a ghost added to his charm.
In addition, he was able to participate in battles between psychics, unlike memory hunters with similar psychic powers of mind manipulation.
An attack flying from afar would be enough if nearby defensive heroes blocked it, and the approaching villain could be manipulated into an ally by manipulating his mind on the spot.
In addition, there were always citizens who would film the scene and post it on social media, despite the danger when heroes and villains sometimes fight.
Heroes are at a disadvantage because they have to fight while protecting them, but in this case, if the Hive Master stepped in, the disadvantage could be offset. This is because he can control the minds of citizens and evacuate them from the battlefield.
With these factors added, the Hive Master was an S-class hero who was loved by the citizens and strongly supported by the heroes.
“Reason! What is the basis for Hive Master being the host?”
Ice Queen asked me. She couldn’t believe that the Hive Master, who had been an S-class hero for a long time, was the host.
“Ice Queen. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true.”
“So! Please tell me the reason.”
“…”
I was just embarrassed by the Ice Queen’s attitude to ask for a reason. Reason? I saw it myself, so how can I prove it? Should I have taken a picture?
“Trust me, Ice Queen. The Hive Master is the host. And there’s no way I frame the Hive Master and attack the Hero Association for no reason.”
“That, that’s true! But tell me the reason. Isn’t there a reason why you thought the Hive Master was the host?”
“Hey, calm down, sir.”
“… How dare you go against the Master’s wishes, Ice Queen? Do you want to die?”
Aqua Girl, taken aback by the more intense reaction than expected, tried to calm down the Ice Queen. And her flame position revealed her life to her.
“Ha! Then you’re telling me to believe that? Flame Witch, you know the Hive Master well! No, you know better than I do! But you believe that word without any basis?”
“Uh. Trust me. Because the person who said that is none other than the master.”
“…”
“…”
The Ice Queen and the Flame Witch looked at each other with cold eyes. At any moment, he raised his psychic powers and was ready to fight.
“Ah, ah…”
Thanks to this, Aqua Girl, who was sitting between the two of them, was very embarrassed.
She usually said that she was the number 1 slave and acted as her senior, but she was actually the weakest of the two in her psychic powers. She was the new Chinta Girl, Aqua Girl following Cheetah Girl.
“Lord, master? Hehe… Shouldn’t it be stopped?”
Eventually, Aquagirl asked me for help. Anyway, Chinta are cute.
“What are you two doing in front of me now?”
“…”
“I’m sorry, master.”
As I interjected, Ice Queen turned her head around and her flame position apologized to me.
Was it not enough just to have a threesome or a foursome the other day? Judging from their present appearance, it was clear that there was still a remnant left between the two.
“Jimin.”
“… Why?”
“Can’t you just trust me? I saw the Hive Master in person on the black market, so I can’t give you a reason to convince you.”
“…You saw it yourself?”
“Yes. I swear to the sky, I saw it myself.”
“…”
When I said I saw it myself, the Ice Queen bit her lip. She pondered for a moment before she opened her mouth again.
“… I can not believe it.”
“Seniors!”
“Ice Queen! How dare you, this cheeky bitch…!”
Aquagirl and Flame Witch jumped up from their seats when they said that they couldn’t trust me. Flame Witch’s hands soared with hot red flames, and this time Aqua Girl couldn’t stand it either, so she also used her psychic powers to create water.
“…”
“…”
Even in a threatened situation, the ice queen looked only at me, and I too stared into her eyes.
“… Ha! Was it like that?”
Sensing something in the eyes that felt a bit cloudy somewhere, I let out a blank laugh. Then he got up and gave orders to Aqua Girl and Flame Witch.
“Repress me.”
“Yes! No matter how shocking it is, you say you don’t believe in Master?!”
“I’ll kill you right here, Ice Queen!”
“Don’t kill, subdue without hurt.”
“…”
Flame Witch turned off the fire at the word to subdue without hurt. This is because her flame cannot be subdued unscathed by any means.
“Protect the water!”
Instead, it was Aqua Girl. Unlike Flame Witch, who has no choice but to injure her opponent unconditionally, her ability to deal with water was able to subdue her without hurt.
“Igloo!”
The Ice Queen didn’t stand still either. Using her skill, she formed a wall of ice around herself to block the Aqua Girl’s water.
“Oh!”
Aqua Girl, not expecting the Ice Queen’s counterattack, was taken aback. Since her psychic level is higher than Ice Queen’s, the water that touched her ice wall froze as it was.
“Tsk.”
Eventually I had no choice but to move. He stretched out his hand toward the ice wall.
Kwaji Jijik-!
The ice wall surrounding the ice queen was pushed by my hand like a can of sorghum and shattered powerlessly. Inside the broken ice castle, I saw the Ice Queen condensing her ice power.
She was preparing [Ice Fury], The strongest skill she could use as a 9th level Frost Queen.
“Quit! Ice Rage!”
Seeing me approaching her, the Ice Queen bit her lip and blew her uncondensed coldness at me.
‘It’s cool.’
Even when she was weaker than she is now, her skills didn’t work on me. Now that she’s stronger than before, she was just holding her ice in her hands.
“I’m sorry Jimin. Sleep for now. Everything will be resolved when you wake up.”
Match-!
The Ice Queen, who was slapped by me, fell down. She fainted just like that.
“Uh…”
“This goddamn bitch… Master, are you all right?”
“Uh, it’s okay. Rather than that, the flame position?”
“Yes?”
She called out to Flame Witch, gnashing her teeth as she looked at the Ice Queen.
“If you curse at Jimin one more time… Then you will be punished very severely. Got it?”
“Severe… Punishment?”
“Yes. I’ll just caress you for a week. I won’t fuck you.”
“Oh, no, master! That’s all…!”
Her frame position freaked out when she said she wouldn’t fuck him. Knowing how much pleasure my cock gave her, her refusal to fuck her cock was a huge punishment.
“Uh… Master? I don’t understand right now… Why is Slave No. 2 suddenly like that? Attacking the master…”
“Haa… What is it?”
I sighed and lifted the ice queen into the princess hug position.
“You got hit by the Hive Master.”
*****
“Whoa… It’s like shit, really.”
After confirming all of Ice Queen’s memories using the memory reading skill, I sighed and stood up.
Should I say that it is definitely the owner of a black market?
The host, the hive master, has already spread the black magic beast to the Hero Association.
I don’t know when he started preparing, but he manipulated the minds of the heroes and made them absolutely believe in himself.
If he went further than that, the head of the Valencia Association and other S-class heroes could notice the strangeness, so he just made them believe in himself. If you act differently than usual, it’s easy to attract suspicion from those around you.
The Ice Queen was also mentally manipulated by the Hive Master. So when the Hive Master said he was the host, she screamed so hard to stand her ground.
Ice Queen was a very attractive sale. She is the strongest of the A-class heroes and is a strong candidate as the next S-class hero. There was no way for her to leave her alone like that.
“Master. Are you finished?”
“Yes. Mind manipulation is gone.”
“Ha… I’m glad.”
“Therefore.”
Fortunately for her, she was able to use her memory stalker psychic powers to erase her mind manipulation from her. By erasing the situation itself from her memory, the mind control that had been applied to her also disappeared.
‘I almost killed him right away.’
Looking at the soundly asleep Ice Queen, he gnashed his teeth into her.
If the Hive Master pup got his hands on the Ice Queen’s body, he would have immediately stormed into the Hero Association and killed him. Even if he becomes an enemy with all the heroes of Dark City.
