## Chapter 143 – Unstoppable Hero Hunt (1)
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“Don’t you think… we’ve been dispatched a lot more lately?”
A burly male hero with a robust physique stretches his arms as if loosening his shoulders, speaking to the female hero standing next to him.
“I know, right? They say the frequency of villain appearances has increased several times over.”
The female hero sips from a small carton of soy milk, checking her hero suit for any defects.
“It’s fine since we’re making a lot of money… but the problem is that people are in danger.”
“Exactly. Until recently, I even thought it wasn’t worth the money, but these days, it’s almost too much to handle.”
The two heroes, a senior and junior with quite a bit of experience working together.
As the two heroes mentioned in the car on their way to the scene,
many metropolitan cities, including S City, have been struggling with villain problems recently.
Among them, the most problematic is the hero assault crime.
Unidentified villains are ambushing heroes dispatched to the scene, causing losses,
but the Union has not been able to properly identify their location or identity for weeks.
This fact has become known to the public, and incidents imitating it are also frequently occurring.
Due to this problem, many heroes are being harmed, causing losses to the Union’s power,
and there are even rumors that villain organizations that have been quiet for years are slowly raising their heads again.
“Just how… strong are those guys who are attacking the heroes?”
The man had been a veteran hero who had fought in many battles for years,
but he was quite nervous as this was the first time he had experienced such a situation.
“It’s okay. If we just follow the guidelines from the Union… at least we won’t die.”
– Screechㅡ
Along with the woman’s words of encouragement, patting the man’s shoulder,
the vehicle leading the two heroes to the battlefield comes to a rough stop.
“It’s already noisy outside.”
“It’s the alley up ahead. It seems they’re already… causing a ruckus.”
The agent points to the scene where several villain combatants are causing chaos beyond the window.
“Okay.”
“Let’s go!”
To protect citizens from threats to the city and the fear of death,
the two heroes and agents open the doors of the vehicle and rush into the battlefield swarming with villain combatants.
– Boomㅡ!!!
– Whooshㅡ
“This… doesn’t look easy today.”
A tremendous sight unfolds before the two heroes who rushed out with enthusiasm.
Several commercial buildings were already so badly damaged that it was difficult to recognize their original form, with debris scattered on the street,
and broken traffic lights and street trees were lying on the road.
“Grrr… Grrr…!”
“Aaaaaah!!! Help me!!!”
About ten villain combatants with grotesque and obese physiques were uttering unintelligible screams,
attacking citizens who had not yet evacuated and destroying the streets.
The situation on the ground appeared to be much more serious than what was reported by the Union.
“I’ll mark the front of that building for now… so please take care of the citizens who haven’t evacuated!”
“Leave it to me!”
They couldn’t just stand by and be shocked,
so the two heroes quickly divided their roles and jumped into the battlefield in earnest.
“Haaaah!!!!”
“Grrr… Grrr…?!”
A powerful punch is delivered to a combatant swinging his fist at the exterior wall of a building.
– Thwackㅡ Crashㅡ!
“Grrr…!”
The combatant, who appears to be twice the size of the man, is instantly knocked away and collides with the wall.
“Hoo… seems like they have considerable durability.”
A simple yet powerful ability to explosively amplify instantaneous strength.
The ability to strengthen muscle power instantaneously is a fairly common ability,
but the level varies greatly from ability user to ability user.
The man can increase his strength to the point where he can forcefully blow away a car,
so he has shown quite a strong side in hand-to-hand combat with villains.
“Grrr… Graaaaaaa…!!!”
“Not a chance… Haaaah!!”
To the combatant who rushes in again while letting out a painful scream,
this time, he plants a kick with tremendous force into the combatant’s abdomen.
– Thudㅡ Thudㅡ Boomㅡ!!!
Then, the combatant breaks through the debris of the destroyed building as is,
and the combatant who flew helplessly collided strongly with the exterior wall of the opposite building.
“Grrr….”
‘Even though I attacked with considerable force… to think they’re unharmed.’
If it were a normal villain, their bones would have already been crushed with just one punch,
but the combatants were in pain but unharmed without any major injuries.
“Where is their leader? Is he hiding?”
Most villain organizations have about ten to twenty combatants at a time,
and one or two leader-level villains lead those combatants.
Usually, the leader-level villain must be nearby, even if they are at a certain distance,
as they have to directly command the battlefield and give orders.
However, only monster-like combatants were swarming and destroying the city,
and there was no one who seemed to be giving them instructions.
‘For now… it’s not too late to take these guys down and then see….’
“Graaaa…!!”
“Tch… Haaaah!!!”
Combatants who keep rushing in like zombies without falling down.
The combatants who confirmed the appearance of the hero now begin to rush in in droves.
“Senior! How’s it going over there?”
“Not easy… Haaah!”
The man barely responds to the radio request coming from the woman,
and fended off the attacks of the combatants who were rushing in.
“The injured have been put in the vehicle and sent to the hospital,
and all the citizens who were in the building have been moved to a safe place!
I’ll join you over there soon!”
“It’s… urgent…! Hurry…! Come! Haaaah!!”
The woman’s radio that she will join after safely evacuating the citizens.
The man is relieved at the good news, but he does not stop punching and kicking.
“Graaaa… Graaaaaaa…!!!!”
“Kuaaaaaaat!!!”
– Boomㅡ!!!
– Crashㅡ!! Rumbleㅡ!!!
“Huk… Huk… These zombie bastards…!”
Combatants who don’t seem to get tired no matter how much they are attacked and kicked far away.
– Ratatatatatatatataㅡ
“Graaaaa…!!! Grrr…!!”
The woman, who had evacuated all the citizens, runs up with a large Gatling gun in both hands,
standing back-to-back with the man who was tired and catching his breath, firing countless bullets at the combatants.
“Unlimited ammo! You zombie bastards!”
– Ratatatatatatatatatatatataㅡ
– Rumbleㅡ!!!
“Grrr… Graaaaaaa…!!”
The ability ‘Unlimited Ammo’ is literally the ability to fire indefinitely without bullets as long as there is a gun.
It creates a situation as if using a cheat mode in an FPS game where zombies appear.
“Grrr… Ugh….”
In a situation where some impact has been accumulated by the man’s powerful punches and kicks,
when high-powered armor-piercing bullets are poured out, the zombie-like combatants finally begin to show injuries.
“How dare you! Haaaah!”
“That side is completely incapacitated… the opposite side…!”
The man with strong strength and durability blocks the rushing villains,
and the woman who can pour out powerful attacks from a distance stably pours out firepower under cover.
With the perfect balance of attack and defense stirring up the battlefield,
the villain combatant group, which has been accumulating damage little by little, is now starting to be pushed back.
As the battle that had lasted for dozens of minutes slowly heads towards the end,
the combatants who had been standing up without falling down like zombies fell down.
“Senior! That’s the only one left!”
“Grrr….”
A situation where all combatants except for one villain combatant are incapacitated.
“You bastard… eat this!!”
– Bangㅡ!!! Crashㅡ!!
As a powerful punch, as if firing a cannonball, hits the staggering head,
the combatant collides with the exterior wall of the commercial building with his spine twisted and his neck bent.
“Gaaaaak!!! Graaa….”
“Hoo… that should be enough.
There wasn’t a guy who looked like a boss either.”
The man confirms that there are no combatants who show signs of getting up again.
“I’ll call the clean-up crew now!”
After confirming whether they are incapacitated and judging that the battle is over,
the woman takes out a hero-only device to request follow-up support, at that moment…
“Wait a minute… we need to get out of here…?!”
– Cracklingㅡ!!!!!!!
“Cough… Ugh…!”
Suddenly, with a crackling sound, sharp and huge ice spikes rose from the spot where the two were standing.
“Se… Senior?!”
She succeeded in pushing away the woman who was standing right above the spot where the ice spikes rose,
but the man couldn’t avoid it and was pierced through his thighs and abdomen.
“We should have… gotten out of here… Cough…!”
The man’s blood gushes out and permeates the ice spikes that pierced through his solid body in an instant,
and a huge amount of blood poured out onto the floor in an instant.
‘I… I made a mistake…!?’
The Union’s guidelines to call the agents in advance when the battle with the villains is nearing the end,
and to quickly escape from the hero hunt after the battle is over.
The two were so engrossed that they forgot the guidelines because the battle was not easy,
and they let their guard down in the moment of joy that they had won the battle.
– Swishㅡ
“Haaat?!”
Running into the empty building now to avoid the body,
another ice spike is aimed at the woman’s neck, who was desperately requesting support.
“To be negligent and unguarded in the joy of victory… you’re disqualified as a hero.”
The silver-haired villain with his face covered with a black mask began his full-fledged hero hunt.
