Chapter 471 – #472 Operation Octopus Hunt (1)
#472 Operation Octopus Hunt (1)
– Visit the Hero Association today.
It was three days after the temporary alliance was signed when the president of the Valencia Association called me.
“That’s right. They call quickly.”
As I prepared to leave, I clicked my tongue. Three days was enough time for the White Knights to devour the entire Hero Association, so I didn’t understand why they called me so late.
Or do you underestimate the contagious nature of the tentacles?
“Tsk.”
I clicked my tongue at the president of the Valencia Association, who was complacent in many ways, wearing a bast face mask and checking the mirror.
“Mmm! You look more handsome than usual today!”
Maybe because the bathroom buff came in, he seemed more handsome than usual.
Huh? How do you know how good you look while wearing a bast face? That’s because the face I recognized on the bast face is my real face.
A mask with a white skull on a black background, a magnificent skeleton, and a black suit are symbols of steel armor widely known in Dark City.
But among them, the mask, the one with the skull on it, could be said to be the identity of the steel armor.
As evidence of that, even if I take off my mask and walk around the streets eagerly, no one will notice that I am a steel armor. Even though the externally known body shape and suit of Steel Armor are perfectly the same.
So, even if I did reveal my true face, no one would doubt that I was Steel Armor.
Why do you still use bast noodles?
It was to hide my identity more completely from the head of the Valencia Association.
If you go bare-faced, the president of the Valencia Association might be suspicious, so we prepared a double trap just in case.
If I appear wearing a bast mask, you will not have any doubt that Jeongnam, the son of President Bal Ji-woon, is a steel armor.
“Then shall we go?”
To ruin the White Knight’s plans.
*****
“Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve been to the Hero Association.”
Strictly speaking, I have already been to the Hero Association several times, but at that time I came with a complete steel armor wearing a mask.
Although wearing a bast face like this, this was the first time he came with a bare face.
‘Ah, this is not the time.’
It was not the time to look around. A psychic analyzer was used to identify people roaming the association.
Originally, the status window did not appear even if the psychic analyzer was used for ordinary people, but it was possible to check if it was a miracle (Unlucky), that is, if you took a tentacle and became Benum.
[Name: Han Ji-won (female/27 years old)]
[Super power : -]
[Miracle given by a great and old one (Unlucky): Body Transformer (Lv.8), Regenerating Slime (Lv.8), Eyes Looking Through Walls (Lv.6), Body Enhancer (Lv.9), Rise of Wind (Lv.6), Steel Mole (Lv.7),…]
[Name: Charles (male/36 years old)]
[Super power : -]
[Miracle given by a great and old one (Unlucky): Body Transformer (Lv.8), Regenerating Slime (Lv.8), Eyes Looking Through Walls (Lv.6), Body Enhancer (Lv.9), Rise of Wind (Lv.6), Steel Mole (Lv.7),…]
[Name: Kizakoi (Male/48 years old)]
[Psychic Power: Aesthetics of Violence (Lv.6)]
[Miracle given by a great and old one (Unlucky): Body Transformer (Lv.8), Regenerating Slime (Lv.8), Eyes Looking Through Walls (Lv.6), Body Enhancer (Lv.9), Rise of Wind (Lv.6), Steel Mole (Lv.7),…]
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“Ugh fuck.”
After using the psychic analyzer, I sighed. In the lobby of the association, there were quite a few people infected with tentacles, both heroes and ordinary people.
‘Should I call this a relief?’
I honestly thought I’d been infected for the past three days. As a percentage, it was around 20%. We should be glad that none of them were infected.
‘… No. It’s still too early to be relieved.’
Most of the people walking around the lobby were ordinary people. The number of heroes was only a small fraction.
Tentacles can absorb the host’s psychic powers, so if it were me, I would have spread the tentacles around heroes rather than ordinary people.
And there’s no way that the White Night couldn’t have thought what I thought.
‘Let’s take a picture for now.’
Filmed all the tentacle-infected people. We plan to collect these people in one place and deal with them later, and the president of the Valencia Association will help with that.
‘Then to the next floor…’
“Uh?!”
“Huh?”
Then, a familiar voice was heard. When I turned my head that way, I could see Aquagirl pointing at me with one hand covering her mouth.
“Lord… Oppa!”
Aqua Girl, who used to call me master out of habit, noticed her surroundings and called me oppa.
“Hmm… Oppa…”
‘Isn’t that bad?’
It’s not bad to be called an older brother besides master. No, it was rather good.
‘Well, I can’t treat Yuna as a slave forever.’
Marlowe called her aqua girl her slave, but rarely actually treated her as her slave. Now, master, you’d better play slaves only in bed.
Besides, Aqua Girl was a little clumsy, so there were a few cases where she called her master even outside.
Actually, didn’t I get caught calling the Jelly Master a few days ago? Of course, at the time, the Jelly Master, the fucking pervert bastard, had turned into a chair.
‘Anyway, it’s not bad if you’re careful.’
“I… My real brother… Is that right?”
Aqua Girl looked around and approached me and asked. I laughed at that look and nodded.
“So, do you have another brother?”
Saying that, he whispered in Aquagirl’s ear in a small voice.
“You fucking slave bitch.”
“…”
Then Aquagirl’s face turned red. She bowed her head and wiggled her fingers, perhaps in her embarrassment.
‘Oh right. She didn’t want to be called a slave.’
Not even a minute had passed since she made the pledge, but she again called Aqua Girl a slave. Um… But since this is a joke, you don’t have to count it, right?
It’s so cute how she’s fidgeting and not knowing what to do.
“But Lord, no, what are you doing here? Rather, can you come here?”
As an S-class villain, I was in the middle of the Hero Association, so it seemed quite embarrassing.
“What else can’t be done? And I’m just a normal person right now. You’re not wearing a mask, are you?”
“Ah… Well, that’s true. People… Don’t even recognize you.”
Few people actually cared about me. Even that, he was looking at me because he was naturally conversing with Aqua Girl, whose stock price was rising within the association.
“So what are you doing here without contact?”
“Um… Shall we go over there for a minute?”
I couldn’t talk about something important in the middle of the lobby, so I headed to the corner with Aquagirl to avoid people’s eyes.
“Today we are going on an ‘octopus hunt’.”
“… Really?”
Aquagirl’s atmosphere suddenly became serious. Operation ‘Octopus Hunt’ meant the treatment of people infected by tentacles in the Hero Association.
On the day she held her hand with the head of the Valencia Association, she returned to her house and explained her operation to her as well.
“But why didn’t the president of the association say anything?”
“That’s what I told you not to say.”
“Yes? Why?”
“Only S-class heroes will participate in this operation. Even if you’re an A-class hero, it won’t help much in this operation.”
“… Only S-class heroes participate?”
“Huh.”
What I was worried about was that the tentacles absorbed the host’s psychic powers and shared the absorbed psychic powers with other tentacles. Doesn’t that mean that in theory you can have near-infinite power?
If you took the tentacle, even an ordinary person could instantly become an S-class psychic. So, even if low-level heroes were involved in the operation, only minor damage would occur.
That’s why I suggested to the president of the Valencia Association that only S-class heroes participate rather than increase the damage, and he accepted it.
For reference, there were no S-class heroes who ate tentacles and turned away. I confirmed it myself while tracking them for the past 3 days, when the head of the Valencia Association had not been contacted.
“Uh… Joo, brother?”
“Keuk keuk keuk. Doesn’t the title oppa stick to your lips like that?”
“… Yes.”
When I asked with a smile, Aqua Girl scratched the back of her head with a puzzled face.
“Anyway, what are you curious about?”
“So… Why are you worried about the damage of the heroes?”
“Huh?”
“Honestly, isn’t it better for you that the heroes take a lot of damage?”
“…”
I stared blankly for a moment to see if the woman talking about this was truly a hero. Hmm! Hero is right And she was my woman before she was a hero.
In Aquagirl’s world, I was the center, and everything else was incidental. Even if it’s the same hero. That’s why she can say things like this without hesitation.
And the one who made Aquagirl like this… Is none other than me.
Aqua girl who only thinks of me.
‘It’s fucking sexy.’
It was an octopus hunt, and it was Nabal, and Aqua Girl was sexy enough to eat it right away.
“I haven’t thought about it either.”
Even though I have joined hands now, it was only a temporary alliance to deal with the monster.
I am a villain and the president of the Valencia Association is a hero.
After all, he, the heroes, were my enemies.
However, the reason I worry about the damage to the heroes is because it is the innocent people who will suffer the most from this incident.
I didn’t think that people infected with tentacles were only in the Hero Association.
It was because it was the hideout of Oberon, an S-class villain, that I first discovered the monster, the person infected by the tentacles.
What would happen if I couldn’t deal with all the monsters, but the White Night sprayed them?
Dark City will be full of corpses.
It was good that there were many allies who would fight together to prevent the worst. And since I couldn’t trust the villains except Godmother, in the end, the only ally I could fight with was a hero.
“People need to be protected.”
“Brother…”
Aqua Girl looked up at me with tears in her eyes. It seemed that my words were so touching.
“They’re all my money, I can’t let them die.”
“Really, brother… Yes?”
“How much money do I earn per month? But when everyone dies, who fills my pockets? I protect my pockets! Even the heroes protect my pockets!”
“…”
Who really thought it was the perfect plan. Isn’t this honestly supposed to give me the Universe’s Strongest Genius Award in the Dark City dimension?
I am the only person in the world capable of planning such an Awesome plan.
“Huh? Aqua girl, why are you looking at me like that?”
“… No.”
The teary-eyed Aqua Girl looked at me with cold, salty eyes, then turned her head. What? Is it puberty?
“Anyway, you’re off to work.”
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
“Honestly, even if you help, it won’t help much. I checked earlier, and the tentacles already have over 20 superpowers. There are 28 to be exact.”
“…!”
At the word 28, Aqua Girl’s eyes widened to the size of a lantern. That meant that there were 28 hosts with psychic powers. There will be hosts with the same superpowers, so there must be more than 28 of them.
“The octopus hunt will start soon. So Yuna, get off work quickly, okay? I’ll take care of this.”
“… Yes.”
Aquagirl became sullen as if she thought she was of no help to me. The figure was cute and I didn’t fall down, but she couldn’t help it.
Because monsters with multiple psychic powers are that dangerous.
Besides, if you’re lucky, you can call the White Knight to this spot as well. Because that bastard is also an S-class hero.
*****
“…”
Aqua Girl came out and looked back at the Hero Association with her bitter face.
I want to help my beloved master, but I couldn’t help this time either. She was angry that she could be of no use to her master. She speaks to her helpless self.
She turned her body around forlornly.
“…”
But she didn’t even budge. Her feet didn’t move as if they were glued to the ground.
‘I have to protect people.’
I remembered what he had said.
“… I can’t go back like this.”
The owner told me to get off work quickly… But I couldn’t go back like this. If I couldn’t help because I was weak, I wanted to help him in some other way.
