Chapter 359 – The Secret Life of a Sidekick (5)
I entered the Hero Association’s building in District E, changed my clothes, and waited for a while. Then, an impact girl wearing a slightly red suit with a black base, Yuyeon Ah, walked out, putting on her gloves.
Looking at her perfect body without any modifications just a moment ago, seeing her body covered and compressed with a hero suit, I can see how much her defense has increased.
“Shadow Fang, shall we walk today?”
“Let’s go in the car. I’m the type of person that people recognize and say hello to, but Impact Girl drives people around.”
When a shadow top passes by, it is a shadow top. I could get past that, but Impact Girl appeared in area E. So the rumor spreads around.
It’s very difficult to move around when people gather, and it’s easy for villains to run amok, so it’s better for her not to show up.
And when I was alone, I could quickly move to the scene with a shadow jump, but Impact Girl had to conserve her instantaneous acceleration, so she had to run on her own two feet.
“Is that so? Then.”
Impact Girl was convinced, so we took the car parked at the association and slowly began patrolling Area E.
Because it was in a C-class area rather than a B-class area, the buildings were a bit low, but quite a lot of people went here and used it as their home.
Here too, security gets a little worse when it comes into contact with industrial areas, but heroes only have to worry about villains who are difficult for ordinary people to deal with.
I was driving slowly on an empty road, and Impact Girl was holding her association smartphone and constantly checking to see if any villains had appeared nearby.
“Which of the three opened their mouths this morning?”
In response to my question, Impact Girl glanced at me, turned her head back to face me, and answered.
“It may not have recovered yet. And wouldn’t the seed seller have been around since morning?”
“That’s right. It’s known that the germination times are different.”
“Whew… I shouldn’t get used to it.”
Impact Girl sighed and spoke in a low voice.
Since I was driving, I had to look straight ahead, but when I slightly turned my gaze in Impact Girl’s direction, I saw that they were repairing a broken shop.
Since villains have a strong tendency to destroy, the first floor of each building is reinforced, but it breaks down often.
I don’t know about interior design companies, but because of the risk, building owners rent out the first floor at a very low price, and their stores are run by people who don’t want to be caught up in villains.
The result is, if you’re unlucky, you have to do construction like that.
“It’s surprisingly scary to get used to it. A world where five villains kill people every day and fight against heroes, and thinking that the heroes will always win…”
As I was saying something, I seemed to say more strange things.
The hero must defeat the villain and bring peace to the citizens, and I think Blaze King’s opinion was slightly reflected without me even realizing it.
“That’s true. We make it a rule to destroy villains first, so if there is a villain secretly emerging in an industrial area far away, we are giving him a chance to grow.”
If villains who achieved all their goals but were not caught and such guys gather strength, the Hero Association should consider an all-out war with the villains.
There are strange guys who cooperate with the villain, such as an unknown guide, so it would be very difficult if the association couldn’t use force to suppress them.
Because heroes are people who have many things to protect.
“Definitely, the guy who escapes from mania and quietly develops his strength is scarier.”
While I was driving like that, my smartphone and Impact Girl’s smartphone rang at the same time.
“Area F, bank robbers hostage. Step on it.”
“Yes.”
I remembered the location by tracing Choi Xian’s memory and stepped on the accelerator.
As soon as we received the association’s order, Area F, where we quickly arrived, was already in chaos.
C-class heroes were forming a line with the police, but the sound of commands was filling the surroundings.
As we approached, the police blocked our movement by waving red light batons, and immediately the impact hanger opened the door and came out.
“I leave first.”
“I’ll park and go.”
After telling Impact Girl that I was going through the crowd of people to the area where the accident occurred, I parked nearby and got out.
I immediately went to the simple situation room and found Impact Girl listening to the report with other C-class heroes.
“Impact Girl, how many people are inside?”
“Twelve hostages, including employees and customers, three armed robbers, and one villain.”
“What are the villain’s abilities?”
“They say he is strong. He even ripped off the iron door of the safe with his hands.”
Impact Girl spoke clearly and to the point.
If the number of hostages is small, I can do something with my shadow jump, but twelve was a bit much.
At that time, Impact Girl turned her head towards me and said.
“Shadow Fang, please take charge of the villain for a moment. I will immediately subdue the three armed robbers and stick with them.”
In some ways, it’s an insignificant operation, but it’s the hero who makes it possible.
“I’m not confident, but I’ll give it a try.”
“Others can follow me and rush in.”
“I understand.”
We left the temporary situation room and approached the bank.
On the way, I backed off a bit and checked where to enter the bank.
Bang!
“It doesn’t matter what happens to the hostage!”
As Impact Girl and C-class heroes approached, he fired a gun into the air to warn them.
I decided to ignore that and try using presence detection for now.
Most of the skills are weakened, but wouldn’t it be possible to determine the visible distance?
When I closed my eyes and concentrated, I felt like I could see the movement of people inside the bank.
Ten hostages sitting on the floor with their hands and feet tied, two people standing and being held by one person.
I think I could save one hostage by entering, but two were a bit difficult.
No, is it okay because I have Impact Girl? Impact Girl’s voice was heard from the mask with short-range communication turned on.
“Let’s set the timing. Three.”
“Two.”
“One.”
I used Shadow Jump right away to match one.
When the villain holding the hostage looked at me with his eyes wide open, he immediately took out his shadow knife.
And at that moment, Impact Girl rushed in.
Kwaaang!!!
The villain slowly turned his head when Impact Girl came in with a loud noise, and I aimed for that moment and took a step forward.
Perhaps because he was a strong villain, he had mechanical devices attached to his arms. I stabbed his relatively weak thighs with a shadow knife, and when his arm strength to hold the hostage weakened, I grabbed him and threw him among the hostages.
“Aaaaah!”
“Pfft! On the topic of sidekicks!”
A hostage flying among the hostages screamed, and the villain screamed when he saw the wound on his thigh.
“Better than a villain.”
Boo!
At that moment, it swung its right fist.
Even if I was wearing a hero suit, it would be dangerous to give my head away. I immediately ducked to avoid the attack.
‘You can fight a little better just by using calmness.’
In addition, the villain is not even wearing a hero suit, and the shadow knife can cause damage to all parts except the mechanical gauntlet.
In the back, Impact Girl seems to have quickly subdued the gun-wielding villain, but it’s my time now.
The villain, who missed with his right fist, twisted his waist again and attempted an uppercut with his left fist.
I immediately used the technique again by stabbing my thigh.
Circular flow spiral
Puhwaak!
When he twisted the dagger that had stabbed his thigh once and learned the art of rotation, the rotation occurred more than the actual twist, and the thigh muscle was completely torn.
A hole large enough for blood to gush out appeared in his thigh, and even the villain couldn’t overcome the pain and screamed.
“Aaaaah?!”
Kwaang!
And the moment the villain screamed, Impact Girl grabbed the villain by the shoulder and knocked him to the floor.
“Fuck! Heroes kill people!”
The guy who was holding the hostage and robbing the bank by the thigh with the big hole in it screamed loudly, and Impact Girl screamed.
“Handcuffs!”
“Yes!”
As he grabbed his punctured thigh with his left hand and swung his right hand wildly, impeding his handcuffs, Impact Girl stomped on his chest.
“Aaaaah!”
And other heroes placed handcuffs on the weak guy’s hands, sealing his abilities.
“Take it out!”
When I saw the C-class heroes dragging the subdued bank robber outside, I got rid of the shadow knife that was still in my hand.
When I removed the shadow knife, I saw that there was quite a bit of the villain’s blood on my hands and suit.
I was in a bit of a bad state to turn around and talk to the hostages, so I raised my head and spoke to Impact Girl, who was staring at me.
“I need to wash up a bit. Please take me out to the public.”
“Okay. I’d better take a shower.”
I went into the bathroom at the bank, turned on the water, and wiped the blood off my body.
‘I think I need to restrain myself a bit from this.’
Today, it was as if I had defeated the villain by myself.
If I had held on to a few hits or avoided more attacks, Impact Girl would have taken care of it, but did I use too much force?
After washing my bloody gloves, I grabbed a few paper towels and roughly wiped the blood off my body to make it look okay and came out of the bathroom.
The C-class heroes were being greeted by Impact Girl as they released the hostages, and I also walked up to their side.
“You did well today.”
“I was lucky. Since the villain didn’t wear a suit, the knife stuck easily.”
“If he had succeeded in robbing the bank, he would have appeared in a suit differently. It was also good that he lost the use of a leg.”
Maybe it’s because I worked in a field where blood splattered and arms were broken, but my favorability doesn’t seem to change even if I commit something like this.
“Let’s go to the association building, wash our suits properly, and then go on patrol.”
“I don’t feel like going to the end of patrolling.”
“Cleaning the suit might take a long time, right?”
I nodded my head slightly in agreement.
Even for Impact Girl, patrolling seems troublesome.
