Chapter 377 – #378 the Hive Master(2)
#378 Hive Master(2)
“Get on quickly!”
“In action!”
A few months ago, the Hero Association was busy with the news that the monster siren, which had terrorized the citizens of Dark City, had reappeared.
The atmosphere of the dispatched heroes was dark and heavy.
It was a battle with monsters that resulted in deaths even after preparing everything possible. It was possible to kill monsters without death until medium-sized monsters, but large monsters like Siren could not be killed.
It was the same when the siren appeared last time.
The head of the Valencia Association prepared a lot and planned a strategy centered on S-class heroes, but there were still deaths.
If I hadn’t stepped forward then, there would have been more deaths. Maybe some of the S-class heroes died.
Even S-class heroes have to risk their lives, but what about weaker heroes? It was safe to say that he was just going to die.
Still, the heroes move to stop the sirens.
Because it’s a hero
No matter how much the heroes of the current era were drunk and corrupted by the sweetness of money, there were definitely heroes who did not.
“How are you going to get out?”
My eyes were busy watching the dispatched heroes. The only opponent I was looking for was the Hive Master.
The hero currently residing in the Hero Association in District 7 was the Hive Master. Each of the 9 heroes, including the president of the Valencia Association, is assigned to the Hero Association in Districts 1 to 8.
Of these, the president of the Valencia Association and the White Knight reside in District 1, but the president of the Association is the only one who can control the crazy White Knight.
Perhaps by now, S-class heroes from other districts will lead the heroes to District 105, where the Siren have been appearing.
The last time the Siren appeared, all S-class heroes except for the memory hunters were all out.
Will the Hive Master move again this time?
“Depart!”
Moments later, the vehicle with the heroes set off for Area 105.
“Also.”
Seeing that, I nodded. As I expected, unlike the last time, the Hive Master did not dispatch.
Now that the black market has collapsed, the safest place for the Hive Master is the Hero Association. What villain would attack the Hero Association for being crazy?
The Hive Master saw me awakening as a giant of chaos in the black market. Sensing my change, he ran away without looking back and locked himself in the Hero Association.
He had already expected that I would target him. If it wasn’t for that, there would be no reason for the S-class hero to settle for lodging at the Hero Association.
As you can see from the mansion of the Flame Witch, S-class heroes possessed enormous wealth. It plays the role of a human suppressor that can suppress S-class villains with just its existence, so the Hero Association and the Dark City City Council provide a lot of financial support to S-class heroes.
To put it simply, it means that you get paid that much.
The Hive Master leaves that nice home and lives in the Hero Association.
What could this mean?
It meant that he knew I was targeting him.
“But how did you know?”
Is it simply a good feeling? Or is there something in him that I don’t know about?
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
Shrugged.
As long as I drew my sword, it didn’t matter what the hive master had. The important thing was that I was going to catch the Hive Master today.
It is also in the Hero Association, which can be said to be the home of heroes.
Smart-!
Has it been about 30 minutes since the heroes arrived? Someone knocked on the window of the car I was in. I saw someone doing it, and it was Jungbo. I lowered the window.
“Everyone has gathered, boss.”
“Okay? Shall we start now?”
I got out of the car when I said everyone was gathered.
Taking Joongbo with him, he took one step at a time to the Hero Association.
Ki-yi-yi-!
Baaaaang-!
As I crossed the middle of the road, the cars that stopped abruptly rang loudly. The loud sound attracted the attention of people walking on the street.
“What? Is it an accident?”
“Huh? Isn’t that guy… Steel Armor?”
“What? Really? Huh? Really?”
I heard the voices of the people who found me talking. Some people have already taken out their cell phones and started filming me.
People’s faces were full of strange excitement.
That would be the case, and the S-class villain openly appeared in front of the Hero Association. It was a material enough to attract people’s taste as much as celebrities’ gossip.
Down there, people are hurriedly evacuating because of sirens, but people here are filming with their cell phones.
It was so heterogeneous that I wondered if it was true that the situation was happening in the same city.
“Uh, uh? Hey, wait a minute.”
“That… Oh fuck! God!”
People who looked at me with expectant faces were immediately shocked.
Because behind me, a bald legion in a black suit appeared. It was a spectacle to see more than a hundred bald legions following me.
In front of the Bald Legion were the villains I hired to manage the district, including Carinvia, Red Gorilla, and Light Head.
The villain organization, the Skull Head, went all out.
“…”
“…”
Is it because the war with the heroes is right around the corner?
The jerks didn’t show their usual stupid looks. Their expressions were stark, and their eyes were alive as if they were going to commit murder at any moment.
“Uh…Hey let’s bounce.”
“Well, then. I’ll search after you stay here!”
Citizens with weak walls started to run away. For me, that’s better. Isn’t that how you can run amok? The only annoying thing is that there are people who do not run away until the end.
Well, even if they die, it’s none of my business. You have to take care of your own life.
Sensing that my subordinates were standing behind me, I opened my mouth.
“Today.”
The commander’s words before battle boost the morale of the soldiers. Our tight guys, we need to raise our morale.
“We live someone’s grudge. Let’s go. To destroy the Hero Association.”
After those words, I started to take one step at a time towards the Hero Association.
Like the principal’s instructional words, if you speak at length, morale will drop.
“…”
“…”
His subordinates, including Jungbo, followed me.
*****
S-class villain Steel Armor’s villain organization, Skull Head, attacks the Hero Association!
This news spread quickly and reached the ears of Kirax, the head of the Heroes Association.
“Really? That went really well. It went very well when there was no reason to attack the Hero Association.”
Upon hearing the report from his subordinate, the president of the Kairax Association smiled in repentance.
Kyrax is one of the operators of the black market and is also Zero’s underling. Although he was human, he fell in love with Zero’s power that appeared like a comet and became his ardent believer.
His goal was the downfall of the Hero Association and Zero’s domination of the Dark City.
As long as the black market that supported the Heroes was ruined, the only places Kairax could rely on were Heroes and Zero.
When the black market was fine, it was easy enough to destroy the Hero Association based on the enormous capital that came out of it.
However, as the black market collapsed, he could no longer act as leisurely as he had before. He had to destroy the Hero Association as soon as possible and take Dark City into his hands.
Only then could the damage caused by the collapse of the black market and the future damage be compensated.
“I hope Steel Armor takes this opportunity to completely destroy the Hero Association.”
The president of the Kyrax Association supported Steel Armor.
For reference, the only people who knew that Steel Armor was the culprit that ruined the black market were the owners of the black market, Host (Hive Master) and Zero, and the people trapped in the black market.
Of these, only the host and Zero escaped safely from the black market, and they did not inform the other black market management.
The Host had other plans, and to Zero, the Black Market was only a stepping stone to swallowing the Dark City whole, so he deliberately didn’t tell him.
“Um, but the president of the association.”
“Why?”
The staff member who had told this to Kairax, who was blissfully happy, spoke cautiously.
“There was a message from the host to help the Hero Association kill the Steel Armor right now.”
“…”
At those words, Kirax’s expression immediately darkened. It was absurd to ask someone who was waiting for the Hero Association to collapse to help the Hero Association.
“… The host said that?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm… Okay. Get out.”
“Yes. I, but what should I convey to them?”
“I’ll take care of it, so get out!”
“Oh, I see!”
As Kyrax shouted, the staff hurriedly left the chairman’s room.
“Hmm…”
‘Do I really need to follow the host’s orders?’
Kyrax, left alone, was lost in thought.
The black market was ruined anyway, so I didn’t have to follow the host’s orders anymore. Besides, isn’t he himself a line of zero?
“I’ll have to report it first.”
Kyrax contacted Zero. He intended to help the host if Zero asked him to help, and ignore him if he told him to.
*****
“It’s quiet.”
The Skull Head group surrounded the Hero Association, but the Hero Association did not show any reaction. No one came out except one person.
“Should I just break it down like this?”
Not all heroes came out to stop the Siren. Heroes who were not helpful in fighting monsters remained in the Association.
Those heroes need to come out. That way, Flame Witch and Aqua Girl, who are hidden within the association, can move more comfortably.
“Shall we do an armed demonstration? Huh?”
The moment the hero association was shaken by using the superpower of the ruler of gravity, a hero slowly walked from the hero association.
It was a gigantic hero with a large square shield in his hand in a hero suit. Who was he? Was it the Class A Hero Shield Champion?
“Hmm. Somehow, it reminds me of a scene from a movie.”
The image of a hero walking alone toward countless enemies could not help but remind me of a scene from a movie I saw on Earth.
“Is something not familiar, brother?”
[Ah! PTSD!]
Brother Thanos appeared next to me at some point and grabbed my head in pain. In that battle, Thanos-nim was really fucking beaten by Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel.
My older brother seems to be really strong, but if you get to know him, he’s a dick. Except for the finger flicking skill, there was no skill to speak of. Tsuba: Isn’t this enough to change the name from Thanos to Tagaepi (Thanos + Togaepi)?
Thud-!
Standing at the entrance of the Hero Association, the Class A Hero Shield Champion raised the shield he was holding in his hand and slammed it into the ground. And he shouted.
“No one will pass behind me!”
“Ohhh. You have spirit.”
Even in the face of numerous enemies, he showed no sign of fear. He was a pretty tough guy and I like them.
So I walked to him alone.
“Are you sure you won’t let me jump behind you?”
“Kuh…! That’s right, steel armor! Even if you’re an S-class villain, I will never accept you into the Hero Association!”
“Really?”
“Yes…”
Bang-!
“What’s up?!”
“What is that strange noise?”
As he kicked the shield with his foot, the shield champion flew back with the shield making a grotesque sound.
“Now then, let’s get rid of the small rodents.”
He smiled and stretched out his hand towards the Hero Association.
And shouted
“The One Who Controls Gravity!!!”
Ku-goo-goo-goo-!
As if an earthquake had occurred, the Hero Association began to shake violently.
