Chapter 444 – #445 Invest in the Future
#445 Invest in the future
“Intercessor.”
“Yes boss.”
“It seems like this world is about to end.”
“Yes?”
Intercessor, who rushed to the boss’s call, thought that the boss was starting to bullshit again. Jungbo, who had learned early on that listening to the bullshit of the boss with one ear and letting it out with the other, was good for mental health, and tried to do the same this time.
But this time it was a little different.
“Am I not the villain?”
“It’s a villain.”
“That’s the most heinous and evil villain among the villains, isn’t it the S-class villain?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“But why do people like me?”
“Yes?”
“No, it’s absurd that I showed up and no one is afraid of me. Everyone likes it. They hurrahed? Even in District 14, the police chief popped out and suddenly asked me to take good care of him. ? Is this correct?”
“…”
Joongbo was able to understand why the boss was acting like that. And while he remained expressionless on the outside, he smiled on the inside.
‘That’s because the boss is both a villain and not a villain at the same time.’
What villain heals his henchman’s dying mother back to health? Even setting up a real ghost company to hide the fact that his son is a villain.
That was not the only eccentricity of the S-class villain Steel Armor.
He hates crime despite being a villain, so when a crime is committed by villains in the area he rules, he runs first and beats them up.
I ordered the Skull Head members to clean the streets. The streets are clean and people thank the Skull Head members. They were at a loss for what to do with the people’s favorable response, and now they clean up on their own without giving a separate order.
They donate a significant amount each month to service facilities such as orphanages and nursing homes. Even the police and firefighters said they were having a hard time and donated a considerable amount of money or replaced them with the latest equipment. For free.
He built a house for his subordinates because it was shabby. The salary is also higher than that of large companies. He established an addiction treatment center and treated people addicted to drugs.
If there are elderly people selling goods on the street, they go to the park like an old man and ask to play chess, pay a premium, buy all the goods, and drive them out.
In the east and in the west, when people are in danger, they rush to rescue them.
He saved people during the hero bank terrorist incident. It was very famous that he was holding on to a collapsing building to save people.
What kind of villain in the world does good deeds that others cannot do in their lifetime?
In addition, Steel Armor didn’t know it, but thanks to his actions, the house price in the area he ruled doubled or tripled compared to before he appeared.
Even before the police or heroes were dispatched, they rushed in and beat the villain, but there was no big villain who dared to commit a crime in the area of steel armor.
Security is not good Steel Armor built convenience facilities for a strange reason, and land prices could not rise.
Steel Armor was no longer an S-class villain to people.
He was an S-class hero, no, an S-class angel.
It wasn’t that young people came to me just because they wanted to shave their heads and become members of Skull Head.
“Why is that? Why do people like me? Did they do drugs as a group? Should they all be sent to an addiction rehab?”
‘You have to commit a crime so people will be afraid of the boss. But don’t bosses commit crimes?’
Joongbo wanted to say so, but held back. This is because the boss who was genuinely puzzled was fun and cool.
I felt like I would really fall in love with that figure of doing good but not thinking of it as good. Oh, of course, it is said that it falls in love with personality. Let’s not get weird misunderstandings.
The mediator looked at my boss with satisfaction.
“It can’t go on like this.”
“Yes?”
“I think I’ve been too calm all this time. Like a villain, I had to bully good people, but I stayed quiet.”
“Uh… Boss?”
Why do you talk like that? The mediator was perplexed.
Yes, that would be natural for a villain, but… It was very strange that the icon of good deeds, Steel Armor, said such a thing. What are you trying to do?
“I’m going to plant a bomb in an elementary school and set it off.”
“Bo, boss? What is that?!”
You’re going to commit a bombing?!
“Isn’t it? Then the kids might get hurt, so that’s not okay.”
“Ha…”
Seeing the boss shaking her head, Joong-bo let out a sigh of relief. But it was still too early for her to be relieved.
“Let’s plant bombs in middle schools instead of elementary schools.”
“Boss?!”
“Um… But actually, middle school students are still children, right? Then you pass middle school.”
“Ha…”
“High school.”
“Hey?!”
“Um… Not even there. In high school, there are only poor kids who are tired of studying. Poor kids who know how to date when they go to university, but you can’t blow up the school. After all, the university…”
“Haa… Hee?! No boss!”
“But college is also a place where there are kids who are just starting out in society.
“Boss!”
Every time Steel Armor said something, Intercessor was frightened and let out a sigh of relief.
*****
“How do I get people to be afraid of me?”
I was worried. If people aren’t afraid of me, then I don’t deserve to be called an S-class villain.
“Shall we rob a bank like we robbed a hero bank?”
Um… No. It’s not appropriate to rob a bank with each S-class villain. That’s what low-level villains do.
If you’re an S-class villain, you have to look good enough to match that, and when everyone hears about your crimes, you have to be at the point of trembling, saying, ‘There are people that bad in the world!’ Bank robbing is a bit of an understatement.
“Then shall we kidnap the politician?”
Um… Not even that. If I kidnap a politician, people will rather like it. It is the same to hate the earth or this world or politicians.
However, there is a feeling that kidnapping is not enough to think that kidnapping is a crime of an S-class villain in the first place.
“Ghmm…Then what should I do? Serial murder of innocent people?!”
There is no crime that terrifies people more than serial murder. What if I committed a serial murder and left my mark on the crime scene?
People will be afraid of me right away.
Okay! Serial murder is the answer…
– My father was a very good man. He never said anything bad about anyone and devoted himself to his family. How nice it would be if everyone were as nice as my father… But that’s not the case. The world is a cruel place for good people.
“…”
I remembered something my godmother told me a few days ago.
Godmother said that this world is a cruel place for kind but powerless people to live.
Her godmother spoke of her past in a calm manner, but how could she be so indifferent. She was able to speak calmly because a long time had passed for the wound in her heart to heal.
It takes a long time for the grief of losing a family member to heal.
What would be the feelings of the family members left behind if I killed innocent people at random to gain my notoriety? Even if the people I kill have children?
It is to give a terrible nightmare to the children who are the future of the Dark City.
“Serial murder…Don’t do it…”
Serial murder is also dismissed.
Then what should I do… Huh?
“Is that… Rachel?”
What is our cutest daughter in the world doing over there? Rachel was walking down her alley with her sisters, who were about a head taller than her.
“Those fucking bitches?”
How dare you cheat on our Rachel!
Fire-!
Fire gushed out of his eyes. It was not a metaphorical expression, but a real fire spewed out. It was because he was applying Flame Witch’s psychic powers to the tattooist.
“I can’t forgive you!!!”
Basically, I like children. So, I wish my children a happy childhood.
The girls who were dragging Rachel to her deserted alley were also children. But I don’t like kids like that.
A child who strays and walks the wrong path!
Adults should give such children a tingling discipline so that they can walk on the right path.
And i’m a grown up
I had a duty to discipline those children.
“How dare you try to rip off the cutest Rachel in the world?!”
But putting all that aside, if there’s someone who touches our Rachel, whether it’s an adult or a child, I can’t forgive it!
His eyes spewed fire and he ran to the alley where Rachel had been taken.
“You bastards! How dare you touch Rachel… Huh?”
And I was able to see an unexpected scene there.
“Sisters! You said it wasn’t! It’s not scary at all!”
“Well, but… We’ve never taken anyone’s money, so we don’t know what to do…”
“Right… So don’t be mad at Rachel…”
“Huh… Maybe it’s good?”
“…What?”
What I saw was not Rachel being robbed, but rather Rachel chastising her sisters. The older sisters who were taller than Rachel were having a hard time with Rachel.
“The… Rachel? What are you doing there?”
“Huh? Huh? Dad!”
Rachel, who looked behind her and found me, said Uda Dot! She ran and jumped up. I accepted Rachel skillfully. She grew heavier than before. She was a Rachel who was growing up day by day.
“What are you doing here? Who are those sisters?”
“Is that… Hot?”
Rachel was about to say something, but her eyes suddenly lit up. Then she suddenly started crying.
“Huh… Dad, I’m so upset and sad…”
“What?! No, why! Our Rachel, why are you upset and sad?!”
She was taken aback by her words of sadness. How sad is our Rachel who is lacking even though she is the happiest in the world! What kind of cockroach made our Rachel sad!
“Heeing… Dad help me…”
“What is it! Just say it! Dad will help you!”
“Hot! Really? Are you really going to help me?”
“Then! Just say anything!”
“You know what…”
Rachel whispered to me-
“Huh. Yeah… Huh? Ughhh? Hot?!”
I lit up my eyes.
He found a way to spread his notoriety.
*****
The next day, I visited an orphanage with Rachel.
“Oh! It’s a big deal! The scariest villain in the world has appeared!”
“Kyaaak! What should I do!”
“Aaaaa!”
“No! The princess sister is in danger! There must be a hero!”
When Rachel, dressed as a princess, stepped onto the stage and shouted out, the orphanage children who were huddled together to watch the play screamed. One child even burst into tears because he was so immersed in the play.
Anyway, now it was my turn.
“Kuang! I’m the scariest villain in the world! I’m the Demon Lord Armor!”
Like an animal threatening an opponent, he went up on stage inflating his body. Inflating the body was easy thanks to his body mutation and psychic powers.
“Ahh~! The princess sister is in danger!”
“You bad devil king armor! Don’t bully the princess sister!”
The children yelled at me not to bully the princess sister.
“Kuaang! Then I’ll have to eat you guys!”
He approached the audience and lifted up a child. Then the child burst into tears.
“Aaaaa~ I’m not tasty! Don’t catch and eat it!”
“Let go of Kevin, you bad devil king!”
“Someone call a hero! Kevin is in danger!”
“Yap!”
At the children’s cry, Rachel came from behind the stage with a flashing glow stick and hit me on the back.
“Kwaaang! Who are you!”
“Hot! Princess sister!”
“Waaaaa! The princess sister is so sexy!”
When Rachel stops me, her kids cheer. Rachel vigorously waved her glow stick, then spun around in place before putting her hands on her hips and shouting.
“Actually, I’m not a princess! My true identity is Hero Princess Armor! I’ll defeat you, Demon Lord Armor! Yap! Princess… Punch!”
Rachel threw her glow stick behind her and punched me with her bare fists.
“Ugh! The Great Demon King Armor loses…! But don’t worry, humans! The world’s scariest villain, the Great Demon King Armor, will always come back! Aaaaa!”
I let out an exaggerated scream and fell to the floor. Then, the children who were immersed in the play jumped up and cheered.
‘Ku-k-k-k! Everything goes according to plan!’
I opened my eyes and laughed inwardly at the delighted children.
When I saw it, it was difficult for a moderate crime to make hard-headed people afraid of me.
But that didn’t mean there wasn’t a way to get rid of my notoriety.
Those kids were the answer I found.
The next 20 or 30 years will be the future where those children will lead the Dark City. Then, if I make those children afraid of me, my notoriety will naturally grow.
Just as stocks must be long-term investments, I will invest my notoriety and dignity as a villain in the future over there.
The seeds of notoriety will grow and thrive by feeding on children’s fears.
‘Ku-k-k-k! Keuk keuk, keuk, keueuk… Oh, Mr. Hyeonta is coming.’
Thinking about having to do dozens of more plays like this in the future made me go crazy.
