## Chapter 102 – Hero Hunting (2)
– Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ
“Citizens! You must evacuate immediately!”
“Aaaaaaaah!!!”
The peaceful downtown of S City is suddenly filled with the sound of sirens.
Dozens of Hero Alliance staff members are running through the streets, evacuating citizens.
The reason is a villain organization’s city attack.
It was observed that about a dozen villain organization members had begun to attack the city center en masse.
– Kwaaaaangㅡ Boomㅡ!!!
Fortunately, most citizens have evacuated to subway station exits or building basements in a short amount of time.
“They’re coming from that direction…”
“Okay… I understand.”
Two heroes are waiting to counter and subdue the villains’ attack.
Two girls who are rising like idols in the hero industry these days.
Magical Girl Seraphina and Magical Girl Aquamarine, along with their staff, are hiding in a blind spot,
preparing to ambush the villains, concealing themselves and getting ready.
“Seraphina… did you take your medicine properly today?”
“I’m… okay. I can still manage.”
Aquamarine was worried as she looked at Seraphina’s face, which didn’t seem to be in good condition,
but Seraphina smiled faintly as if she was fine, even while sweating.
After undergoing another enhancement procedure a while ago, the two girls
began to show significant side effects to the point where they couldn’t live without taking medicine.
Instead, their ability output became so strong that they could take on dozens of villains single-handedly,
but in the process, they sometimes lost control of their minds and abilities due to going berserk.
Aquamarine is concerned about Seraphina even receiving an sortie order, as she has experienced such incidents several times.
“I heard that… methods of targeting heroes from behind have been prevalent for a few days.
It’s dangerous… so don’t worry about me and just hold my hand tightly.”
Then, she held Aquamarine’s hand tightly, who was rather worried,
and waited for the villains to fully reveal themselves at the scene.
– Kwaaaaangㅡ!!!
Not long after, a roar and explosion grew closer,
and a huge, pitch-black mass began to reveal its silhouette on the empty road.
“Gwahahahahaha!! There’s no one here. There’s no one!”
And a man who appears to be the leader of the group.
A giant man who seems to be 3m tall was striding along, stomping his feet and cackling loudly.
“They must have been scared and ran away knowing that you were coming, boss! Hahaha!”
“Is that so?! Gwahahahahahahaha!!!”
The huge thugs, who were as big as the leader, were flattering him from the side,
throwing cars blocking the road or throwing explosives.
As such, the distance between the ambushing heroes and the giant villains gradually narrowed…
– Swooooshㅡ!!!
Hundreds of sharp water droplets fly towards the thugs who were trampling the streets while laughing heartily.
“Kuaaaaak!! It’s an ambush, boss!!”
“What…! Are they heroes again?!”
Aquamarine’s Magical Bubble Shower transforms into thin, sharp rotating blades just before impact,
her application technique that pierces the enemy’s flesh and skin.
Thanks to the power of her abilities becoming even stronger after several enhancement surgeries,
its strength is enough to cut through diamonds.
“Kuaaaaak!!!”
The moment hundreds of water droplets touch the thugs’ black and hard skin,
their shape changes sharply, inflicting deep wounds as if cutting through hard wood.
Dark red blood pours out from the gaps of the deep wounds,
and the thugs scream grotesquely but do not stop advancing.
“Gwahahahahahahaha!!! Don’t hide cowardly behind us, come out and fight!!!”
Rather, the leader in the center shouted loudly enough to make the street echo, raising the morale of his subordinates,
even though he suffered a large wound in the center of his chest due to the water pressure blade.
“Ugh… my ears hurt…!”
However, Aquamarine and Seraphina did not fall for the provocation,
carefully identifying the specific locations and numbers of the villains and preparing for the next attack.
“Exactly… twelve people. Five of them seem to have deep wounds.”
Aquamarine observes the situation through water droplets floating in various places on the street in advance,
and Seraphina carefully begins to move her body through the shared information.
“Except for the leader in the middle, there are five in front… six in the back.
I’ll hold the still intact guys with my thorn vines… so take care of the guys in front for sure.”
“Wa… wait a minute…!”
“Huh?”
Aquamarine grabs Seraphina’s wrist as she tries to run out after sharing the plan.
“You don’t have to overdo it… let’s go back safely today.”
“Haha! I told you not to worry.”
– Tatatatatatㅡ!!!
Seraphina quickly hides behind cars and buildings, moving to catch up with the thugs from behind,
and Aquamarine once again waves her magic wand to create hundreds of water droplets.
“Take this! Seraphina Expert Vine!”
And along with Seraphina’s brave shout echoing in the street,
dozens of thick thorn vines burst through the road surface and grabbed the giants’ bodies.
“Wh-what?! This time from behind!!”
“Boss!! Kuaaaaak!!!”
The thorn vines are thick and tough enough to tightly constrict the giants’ huge bodies without difficulty,
and are very powerful with even poisonous thorns growing on them.
As Seraphina had planned just now,
the bodies of the six giants guarding the rear of the leader were instantly bound.
The confident voices of the thugs disappeared, and only bewildered screams were heard,
and the leader in the center also turned his head as if embarrassed, trying to find the source of the attack.
“That b*tch… it’s that b*tch!!! Attack, you bastards!!!”
Then the leader saw Seraphina’s face, who had summoned the thorn vines from behind.
He instructs his subordinates, who are groaning while holding onto the wounds from the water pressure blade, to attack.
“Grrrrrrr… Gyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The subordinates moan in pain, but the pain seems to be a stimulant,
and they rush towards Seraphina with the large hammers and axes they were holding in their hands.
‘Now’s the time…!’
Then, as if she had been waiting for the moment, Aquamarine fires the water droplets she had floated in the air in advance
towards the remaining thugs who had turned their backs.
– Swoooooooooooshㅡ!!!
“Kuaaaaak!!! Water droplets again!!”
They hit the backs and shoulders of the thugs who had turned their backs to attack Seraphina, inflicting large wounds,
and water droplet blades flew into their arms and legs, cutting them off cleanly.
“What?! From where again… Gyaaaaak?!!!”
They also fly into the leader’s shoulders and back, creating huge wounds in an instant,
and the explosives he was carrying on his back are also shattered and explode.
– Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ!!!!
“You heroes!!!! Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!”
More than a dozen giants, whose screams were very loud, were subdued in an instant,
and the Alliance staff who had been watching the situation began to transport the binding devices to the scene.
“Magical Girl ‘Aquamarine’, mission complete.”
“Magical Girl ‘Seraphina’… mission complete.”
“This way! This way!”
“Okay! One more will arrive soon!”
The bound giants are loaded onto trailers equipped with large containers using machines,
and the staff recover dangerous explosive debris and weapons.
“Seraphina!”
“I told you I’m okay! Haha.”
“Just a moment! Please stop cleaning up the scene for a moment.”
Aquamarine confirms that Seraphina has returned safely.
She stops the staff who are trying to quickly clean up the scene so that citizens can walk around again.
“Recently… there have been frequent incidents of attacking heroes who have been dispatched after villain attacks.
You guys might get hurt too… so please don’t move rashly.”
Hero attack incidents that have been occurring for the past few days.
Due to recent incidents occurring regardless of the hero’s rank or abilities,
news has been reported that 7 B-rank heroes and 2 A-rank heroes have been seriously injured or killed.
This news has also been conveyed to the heroes belonging to the Hero Alliance,
and Aquamarine is preparing for a possible attack in preparation for this.
“Heuaaaat…!”
And once again, she floats dozens of water droplets,
checking if there are any villains hiding in various places on the street.
“There’s no one… I think it’s okay to move now!”
Aquamarine confirms that the people reflected in the water droplets are all herself, Seraphina, and the staff.
“Move quickly! Citizens shouldn’t be inconvenienced!”
“Yes!”
The staff who heard her words start moving busily again to normalize the street.
The broken cars and building fragments are quickly transported using the Alliance’s equipment,
and they carefully inspect the area so that citizens can pass through the streets again.
“I think we can resume traffic now!”
“Okay!”
In less than an hour, the street is quickly cleaned up,
and the staff give an okay sign, announcing the end of the operation.
“Hero-nim! Thank you for your hard work! Thanks to you, the operation ended quickly.”
A man who appears to be the leader of the staff runs up to the two magical girls and bows,
conveying his gratitude to them.
“No! It’s something we hero magical girls should do, of course.
Please tell the staff that they worked hard too!”
Aquamarine and Seraphina smile brightly and rather leave a message of hard work to the staff.
“Then… eugh…?!”
“Why… what’s wrong?! Staff-nim?!”
The staff member was smiling brightly and exchanging greetings with the two girls, but as he bowed his head,
he suddenly made a painful expression and collapsed on the spot.
“My body… eugh… Euaaaaaaaaa!!!!”
“Wh-what…!? Are you okay?!”
– Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangㅡ!!!!!!!!
