Chapter 378 – #379 the Hive Master(3)
#379 Hive Master(3)
Ku-goo-goo-goo-!
“Ouch! What is it! An earthquake or something?!”
“S, Steel Armor! It’s clear what Steel Armor did!”
“But he’s a body enhancer!”
“There might be a villain among his minions who can cause an earthquake!”
As soon as it seemed that the building would collapse, the heroes remaining in the Hero Association were devastated.
The walls are cracked and the windows are broken. Stone dust fell from the ceiling.
The building of the Hero Association is a place where heroes live, so of course it was designed to be earthquake-resistant, but the supernatural power of Steel Armor was so frightening that earthquake-resistant design could be ignored.
‘You’re using shallow numbers. Are you asking me to come out?’
There was a man who was the only one who remained calm in a situation where everyone was confused. It was the S-Class Hero Hive Master.
Standing by the window, he looked at Steel Armor, who was reaching out for the Hero Association. He recognized Steel Armor’s plan at once.
Due to the sudden appearance of the Sirens, most of the Hero Association’s best forces were in a state of departure. Originally, he should have been on the side, but he didn’t go out, making excuses for safety.
The appearance of the Sirens, the power of the weakened Hero Association, and the appearance of Steel Armor.
The Hive Master thought that this whole series of events would be Steel Armor’s strategy to bring him out.
‘Contrary to appearances, he’s cunning.’
At first glance, Steel Armor seems to solve everything with its power. If this he catches a person walking on the street and asks him, he will hear the answer that he seems ignorant.
However, Steel Armor was not simply a strong man.
He was a bear equipped with the cunning of a fox. It was like an ecosystem disruptor.
‘If I don’t leave, it looks like the building will really collapse.’
The Hive Master stared at the cracked wall. The vibrations got stronger and more and more stone dust fell from the ceiling.
‘I can’t be beaten from my seat.’
“Get out everyone. It’s impossible to deal with the villains inside the building. You fight the enemies outside.”
In the end, the hive master decided to send the heroes out.
While holding a sit-in within the association, I was going to wait for the S-class and A-class heroes who had been dispatched to defeat the Siren to return, but since this happened, I had to buy time outside.
“Ha, but there are steel armor and skull heads outside!”
Despite the Hive Master’s orders, no one lifted his heavy butt. He was dangerous inside, but he was also dangerous outside.
In particular, no matter how different the ratings were, it was not possible to show the citizens how a hero was defeated by a villain.
“… I told you to leave? Then you can leave.”
“Ah…”
As long as the Hive Master met his eyes, the A-class hero’s eyes widened in a hazy way.
“Outside…”
“Let’s go…”
And soon after, people in the same space as the Hive Master, no, everyone in the Hero Association began to go outside, muttering that they had to go outside.
The Hive Master’s psychic powers were activated.
Including ordinary employees without psychic powers, there were well over 100 people, but not one was left out and was caught in the mind manipulation of the Hive Master.
It really can’t be a terrifying superpower.
“Now… Then what would you like to do with Steel Armor?”
The Hive Master, who sent everyone outside, looked at the steel armor outside the window.
“…”
However, there was one unanswered question.
He couldn’t understand why Steel Armor was targeting him.
Could it be that he really found out he was the host? If so how?
The Hive Master hid his identity thoroughly, very thoroughly. Even for Zero.
He used psychic powers all the time and made people perceive him as a different person. Moreover, he used it differently each time, such as the cell phone, perfume, gait, handle, etc. That he uses every time.
But then he finds out that Steel Armor, who has never come face to face with him, is the host?
No matter how much I thought about it, this was incomprehensible and nonsensical.
‘Perhaps then?’
The Hive Master remembered what had happened in the black market.
He watched everything that happened in the black market from a transparent building that could be called the core of the black market.
Obviously, they were the ones who suffered, but they couldn’t help it. Because the opponent was strong, and above all, it was to fight at the main base.
But what is clear is that they were able to annihilate those who attacked the Black Market, including Steel Armor, without fear.
However, things started to go strangely.
Suddenly, the steel armor stopped, and the energy I felt from him changed. He felt as if he was not a person, but a monster.
He had an ominous feeling that he could die if he continued to hold his position.
He dared not compare to the time he fought the Siren with S-class heroes. At that time, he still did not have the ominous imagination of dying, but at that time he thought that he would die if he did not run away even for a second.
So he ran right on the spot. The instincts and senses of the psychics who reached the level of S were incomparable to those of the criminals.
And it was the right choice.
The passage of Dark City and Black Market was closed. If he had stayed there… He himself would have died on the spot.
‘If at that time Steel Armor had become a non-human being, so what if he saw me there?’
“…”
Chills ran down my spine.
It’s obviously an exaggerated imagination, but I didn’t feel like an exaggeration at all.
“You’ll have to run away.”
The Hive Master neatly chose to escape. He doesn’t feel the ominous feeling he felt in his black market, but he decides to take care of his own safety.
But he didn’t even realize it.
That the traps set by the steel armor were much more dense than I thought.
*****
The heroes who had been hiding in the Hero Association came out all at once. The number is about 30 people. This was an overwhelmingly small number compared to over 100 people.
“They’re out!”
“Everyone prepare for battle!”
“Yeah!”
When the heroes came out, the Skull Head team’s executives encouraged them. But I didn’t have to.
The scammers were already at the peak of their morale, and the numbers were much higher this way.
Most of all, it was with me. I, the strongest S-class villain, was with him, but there was no reason for his morale to drop.
“Cheeky hero bastards!”
“I’ll kill you all!”
“Don’t kill them, you fucking assholes. For every hero killed, we’ll confiscate your salary.”
“… I’ll beat them all!”
He had a fight with the Hero Association to capture the Hive Master, but he had no intention of killing them. Because if the hero dies, the ice queen will be very sad when she returns to the dark city later.
I can’t see my girl sad Because I’m a sweet boy!
“Where is this!”
“I’ll kill you pests!”
Despite being outnumbered, the heroes charged with burning fighting spirit.
“It’s great.”
Sensing the heterogeneous energy felt by the heroes, I was able to see how they could burn their fighting spirit to such an extent. Currently, the heroes were in a state of mind manipulation by the Hive Master.
“Help the heroes!”
“If you don’t have superpowers, you can do it!”
“Do we look like hot pants on the ice bridge?”
People continued to pour out of the Hero Association building. The first 30 heroes came out, and the people who come out now are the Hero Association employees who do not have supernatural powers. They too were under the control of the Hive Master’s mind.
“Hhhhh!”
“Die!”
Bang-!
The Skull Head and the heroes clashed. The battlefield expanded in an instant, and melee battles unfolded everywhere.
“Is everyone listening?”
-Yes, my master.
-Huh.
Two women responded to my words.
The woman who called me master was Flame Witch, who was with Aquagirl, and the woman who answered later was Gina, who was waiting in the underground parking lot of the Hero Association with Raonjena and Succubus.
No matter how much I thought about it, I wondered if it would be impossible to capture the Hive Master with only Flame Witch and Aquagirl.
So the members of Team Steel Armor, excluding Dark Lady, also joined the operation.
“The nest is empty. Go and steal the eggs.”
-Yes!
– Loyalty!
Now that the Hero Association has been emptied, it’s time for them to play an active part.
“Then, shall I loosen up a bit?”
And it was time for me to act too.
“Ahhhhh!”
“One room!”
“Ahhh?!”
I hit the star of the hero who was running towards me. The hero fainted without dying because he controlled his strength gently.
“Bouncing.”
I threw the fainting hero out of the battlefield using the repulsion skill. Because he’s a hero, he won’t die like this.
“You have one room too!”
“Kick!”
Defeat the heroes one by one. I couldn’t end the battle too quickly, so I was adjusting my strength.
*****
“Here!”
“Going!”
After entering the Hero Association through the underground parking lot, Gina, Raonjena, and Succubus soon joined Flame Witch and Aquagirl who were waiting.
“Where are you?”
“Follow me.”
Flame’s location already knew where the Hive Master was hiding. For this moment, she deliberately chewed up the call from the Valencia Association president to come and catch the sirens.
“However…”
Before turning her around, Flame Witch looked at the little child hiding behind Gina’s back. What was so embarrassing, the child stuck out her head and looked at her frame position, then hid behind Gina’s back.
‘Ears, cute!’
That cute figure made Flame Witch’s face red. But she soon came to her senses and looked at Gina.
“Hmmmm! Who is that kid? You’re not going to take him, are you?”
They have to go catch the hive master soon. Dangerous things could happen, so I couldn’t take such a young child with me.
“Oh, boy?”
In response to Flame Witch’s question, Gina gave a playful smile and tapped the head of the child hanging from her waist.
“A secret weapon for this operation?”
“Yes? A secret weapon?”
“Yes. Anyway, I need this kid’s help to catch the Hive Master, so take him. Oppa agreed.”
“Then… Instead, Miss Gina should be responsible for the child’s safety. Can you?”
“Of course. Of course I’m not going to step out.”
“Yes?”
“No. I’m going up now.”
“Haa…Then let’s go.”
So, 5 women and 1 kid went up to the top floor where the Hive Master was.
“As expected. You betrayed the Hero Association, Flame Witch.”
And on the stairs going up, they bumped into a man.
“… Hive Master.”
A middle-aged man in a white suit and bowler hat, he was today’s target, the Hive Master.
Wearing a white suit rather than his usual black hero suit, he stood on the stairs and looked at the women with Flame Witch. Among them were familiar faces.
“You… Right, I remember. Class B hero Aquagirl, right? I remember how brave the white knight didn’t run away to protect the citizens when the kid went crazy.”
“…”
Aqua Girl glared at the Hive Master strongly.
I respected him as a hero.
Just as she remembers the first time the Hive Master met her, she also couldn’t forget the moment she first met the Hive Master.
At that time, the Hive Master had told him that he was a great hero.
But to think that it was all a pretense… Aquagirl felt a great sense of betrayal.
“And you’re Miss Raonjena. I heard from the president of the association that you quit, but… I never thought you’d end up with Steel Armor. The president of the association will be very disappointed in you if you find out about this.”
“Who is calling whom a traitor…”
Raonjena clicked her tongue at the Hive Master’s words. It was the Hive Master who betrayed the Hero Association, not himself.
At that time, the flame position stepped forward.
“Hive Master. Please surrender meekly.”
“Surrender? Why am I? Rather, I think that’s what I’m going to say… As a hero, betraying the Association isn’t enough, so should I surrender to you who attacked along with the villains?”
“You keep talking about betrayal… If you have a conscience, you can’t do that, mister.”
“Who are you?”
Gina intervened. The Hive Master did not know who she was, as her mask covered her face.
“You don’t need to know that. The real traitor is you. But why do you keep calling us traitors?”
“A traitor? What did I betray?”
“Do you keep pretending? Mr. Horst?”
“…”
At Gina’s words, the Hive Master shut her mouth. He stared at the women without a word, and then smiled twistedly.
It was a mask off.
“As expected. This attack was aimed at me. But… Do you think I will be caught easily?”
“You’ll know that when you stick to it.”
“Okay. You’ll understand when we stick together. So… Let’s stick together.”
The Hive Master’s eyes turned black.
*****
There were a lot of familiar faces, so I didn’t see the Hive Master or the host.
“… Hee hee!”
Grab Gina by the hips and her little boy hiding behind her.
