Chapter 89 – #90 Definition of Steel Armor
#90 Definition of Steel Armor
“Tell me Steel Armor. What’s the definition?”
“Justice is…”
Oh I don’t know
I slowly opened my mouth to the ice queen who was longing for an answer.
“I will ask you a question.”
“What?”
I asked her, remembering her story from her past.
“There is a track divided into two branches. Five people and one person are tied to each track. You are off the track and you have a switch in your hand. Five people are about to die from being crushed by a train. Would you press the switch in that situation?”
“What? All of a sudden, what…”
“Think carefully and answer my words. Are you willing to sacrifice one and let five die?”
“…”
The Ice Queen closed her mouth and looked at me. I crossed her arms, meaning I had no intention of opening her mouth until I heard her answer.
Perhaps understanding my meaning, the Ice Queen bit her lip and fell into her thoughts.
“Five… One…”
The Ice Queen, whispering in a small voice, finally made her choice.
“I’ll save five people.”
“Then the one left will die?”
“That’s… But you can’t let five die.”
“I see. Then what if five are adults and one is a child?”
“What?”
The Ice Queen furrowed her eyebrows at the ensuing question. It’s really really out of the blue, but when she saw that, she wanted to see the ice queen’s bare face. How pretty is her face hidden behind her mask?
Statistically speaking, if she has a high level of superpower, she also has excellent looks, whether male or female. Huh? So what is Alice? Alice has an SSS-level body.
The Ice Queen opened her mouth as she was wandering around anyway. It seems that while I was thinking about her, she was also thinking of her own.
“I’ll save the child…”
“Is that the choice you made? Even if five people die because of your choice?”
“Yes! But is that important? More than that, what is justice…”
“Shh. It’s important. That’s why I’m asking this question to you who are looking for an answer.”
“…”
At my words, the Ice Queen shut her mouth.
“Next question. What if your family were included in the five soon-to-be-dead? Would you still change tracks to save the first child you saw?”
“… What?”
“Answer me. Would you sacrifice your family to save a child you never knew?”
“Ah… My family is crying, ‘Ice Queen! Ice Queen! Help me, Ice Queen!’ I’m calling you. Can you let your family die to save an unknown child?”
“…”
The Ice Queen’s fingertips trembled.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes… Time passed helplessly, but Ice Queen did not answer.
But even if she didn’t hear the answer, she knew what choice she had made.
She couldn’t answer because she was just a hero who had to protect the weak. She chose to save her family instead of sacrificing her child.
“…Now tell me. What the hell did you want to hear from me, what kind of words did you want to ask such a question?”
“Will you ask me the same question I asked you?”
“Ha… Really. Okay. Let me ask you. Depending on your choice, five people may die or one person may die. Are you going to save five people or one?”
At her words, I shouted confidently.
“Seek ‘everything’!”
“… What? No, that’s not the answer to your question.”
“Why not?”
“What?”
“The question didn’t say not to use other methods. I’m an S-class villain and a body enhancer at the same time. I can save all six people before the train runs over them.”
I’m a fucking body enhancer!
Even if you don’t have to kill anyone by using a line changer, you can use your superpowers to save everyone.
However, the Ice Queen seemed unable to accept my answer.
“I can do that too!”
“But you didn’t tell me your choice. Every time a new condition was imposed, you reversed your choice.”
“…”
“Why did you reverse your choice? The answer is simple: Justice has not yet taken root in you.”
After taking a deep breath, he spoke again.
“Justice is not taught by others. It is created by oneself while facing rough waves. If I said that justice is killing all the guilty, would you follow it?”
“That…”
“But people sin regardless of age or gender.”
“An old man on the verge of starvation stole bread. The crime of theft is established. Ice Queen, will you kill the old man according to the justice I said?”
“A child hit a friend and continued to harass him. Assault is established. Will you kill the child according to the justice I gave you, Ice Queen?”
“… No.”
“My justice is only my own. Following the definition of others can never be your definition.”
“What I… Decide…”
The Ice Queen bowed her head, as if she realized something from my words. Would this be enough of an answer?
‘No, but why the hell are you asking me what justice is?’
Of course, it seems like I threw rice cakes, but that doesn’t mean that justice asks a villain after becoming a hero. I thought I was dying from scratching my head.
‘Do you think I can go now?’
Since you threw the hwadu, you will agonize over justice and set up your own will. The conversation you just had has raised your affinity for it, right?
“Ice Queen.”
“…”
I was going to go back like this, but I turned around and called the ice queen. I have to pick the mulberry for those who have little crush.
“The definition of a villain is simple. But the definition of a hero is difficult.”
“… What does that mean?”
“Normal people, non-psychic people, and citizens. They cannot kill villains. Why? They are weak to villains and are targets of plunder. There is no such thing as a villain definition. Hit them, steal them, and then kill them. One of these three. It will work.”
“If a villain turns crime into justice and people curse at it, the villain doesn’t die. Because he is a villain.
“But not a hero.”
“For a hero, citizens are the weak and the object of protection.”
“Not all citizens are good. Among them, there are even worse people than villains. The standard of good and evil lies in conduct, and it does not matter whether they have power or money.”
“That’s why the words of citizens can become a dagger that pierces the heart of a hero.”
“It’s not the villains who kill the heroes. It’s the citizens.”
“…!”
The Ice Queen’s eyes widened.
‘Why are you like that?’
The reaction was more intense than I thought, so I was embarrassed when I brought it up.
“Then I’m leaving. I’m saying this just in case, but don’t try to stop me. It will hurt a lot.”
“…”
After saying that, I turned around. Now I really want to go home and stretch out and sleep. But when are you going to get rid of this ice? Should I just break it and go?
“Wait, steel armor!”
“What?”
“I still want to hear it. Your justice! What the hell is your justice?”
“My justice…”
Don’t you have anything like that? Oh, there is one.
“Don’t touch the kids.”
“What?”
“That is my definition.”
“…”
Kids can’t touch it. It is a national rule that everyone, regardless of hero or villain, must abide by. Bastards who touch children won’t let go.
Looking back, the ice blocking me was gone. I left the ice queen in the alley and left first.
*****
Steel Armor was pulling away, but Ice Queen couldn’t catch him.
Of course, her attacks don’t work against steel armor. But not even trying to catch it was not a hero’s job.
The Ice Queen was well aware of this, but until the steel armor disappeared, she didn’t move a single step from her place.
‘Justice is to establish oneself.’
The Ice Queen repeated the words to herself.
Yes.
Justice is what I build.
No matter how much others say that this is right or just, in the end, it is you who decides whether to do it or not.
The Ice Queen subconsciously knew that. She just wasn’t aware. That’s why there were many times when she felt uncomfortable and regretted even though she enforced justice while acting as a hero.
But her conversation just now made her aware of that fact.
Her head wasn’t blown open yet.
The definition of ice queen is not something that can be decided in an instant.
“Steel armor.”
The Ice Queen looked at the spot where the steel armor stood. Before he left, she left these last words.
It is not the villain who kills the hero. Is a citizen
The moment she heard that, she remembered what the Valencia Association president had said a few days ago when the White Knights were defeated by Steel Armor.
‘We have to make the citizens continue to support us no matter what. The moment the citizens do not support us, we become a mere armed group. Should I stop doing that? Everyone, roll your head.’
At the time, I didn’t understand what that meant.
I just thought he was trying to avoid the situation by using the black and white theory that the white knight is a good hero and the steel armor is a bad villain.
However, after hearing what Steel Armor had just said, I could understand why the president of the Valencia Association had said such a thing.
Even the president of the association knew.
It is not the villains who can kill the hero, but the fact that they are the citizens who define themselves as the weak and want to protect them.
That is why he ventured to manipulate public opinion in order to support public opinion.
“… Amazing.”
The image of the steel armor nestled inside the Ice Queen has been revised again.
*****
It was already well past 12 o’clock when I woke up, probably because I used a lot of energy. Normally, after only 1 hour of sleep, the fatigue went away, but now I am still tired even after sleeping for over 8 hours.
“Wow.”
I couldn’t hold back my admiration as I watched the Internet while eating the cereal Ellis prepared with milk.
The Internet and the news were all covered with the fight between the Hero Association and the villains following the Shadow Killer the night before.
What’s even more surprising is that the ratio between those who support and encourage heroes and those who support villains is approximately 8:2.
“No, you’re defending the fucking villain? Anyway, kids these days don’t have a concept.”
How mindless are you to defend a villain who commits a crime? Anyway, it is said that all places where people live are the same, and there were tumor-like guys everywhere.
“There’s nothing to look for.”
After browsing the Internet for another 30 minutes, I turned off my computer. I couldn’t find any specific information because I was at the scene of the incident.
The only thing they found out was that they couldn’t arrest a single villain worthy of a name like the Demon Baron or Viper?
Anyway, the Hero Association didn’t do anything right. Tsk tsk tsk.
“By the way…”
After drinking the milk, I stood up, took off my clothes, and stood in front of the mirror. The body, which was about to explode due to poor health, was covered with tattoos. It was hard to find flesh color.
“They say it’s not worth paying too much… I raised my EXP too much yesterday. It’s fortunate that I didn’t get any tattoos on my face or hands… But, is this too harsh?”
What kind of drawing is your body and why do you have so many tattoos?
[Because I want to kill half of them.]
Oh purple, no, Thanos hyung-nim, please giggle. Kill half
“This won’t work. First of all, I need to raise some experience points.”
Through the system, the experience of body enhancers and clone magicians has been increased. Unfortunately, there was no psychic analyst or psychic with a ruler of gravity. It was very disappointing.
