## Chapter 147 – How To攻略 an S-Class Hero (1)
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“Aside from a slight sprain in her leg… thankfully, it doesn’t seem like she’s seriously injured.”
Lumi had urgently retreated from the battle with the S-Class Hero, Iron Maiden.
Jiwoo, who was examining Lumi’s condition, said that thankfully, she wasn’t seriously hurt.
“An S-Class Hero… I’ve never even heard of one.”
Siyoon had encountered A-Class and B-Class Heroes countless times, but he had never heard of a higher rank like S-Class existing.
“I’ve been a Hero for years, but I’ve never heard of them.”
“Me neither….”
“Even the Heroes active in the Association probably don’t know about S-Classes, and… even the confidential information I have doesn’t have much on them.”
Dohwa and Jiwoo, who were both Heroes, reacted as if the existence of S-Class Heroes was completely new to them.
Lumi added that even Heroes affiliated with the Association probably didn’t know, so it was natural that Siyoon wouldn’t know about S-Classes.
“Even though Master gave me enhanced abilities… I’m really sorry that this happened.”
Lumi felt guilty for not being able to win and having to run away, even after receiving an ability boost from Siyoon.
She limped forward and bowed deeply to Siyoon.
“It’s okay. I’m just grateful you came back without getting seriously hurt.”
However, Siyoon hugged Lumi tightly, patted her shoulder, and reassured her that she had done nothing wrong and had nothing to apologize for.
The relationship between the Slaves and Siyoon was not simply a superior-subordinate relationship within a villain organization, but a bond formed through physical and mental connection.
Siyoon didn’t want his Slaves to get seriously injured or burn themselves out in order to follow his orders to hunt Heroes.
This was why he always had Chaeryeong’s clone accompany the Slaves on their hunts, and why he asked Jiwoo, who served as both a maid and a secretary, to relay the situation on the ground.
“I don’t want my precious Slaves… to get hurt.
So you don’t have to feel sorry for me.”
Rather, Siyoon felt sorry for entrusting the task of hunting Heroes to his Slaves, while he remained in the base doing nothing.
‘I don’t want to make my beloved Master… worry.’
Hearing Siyoon’s words, Lumi finally raised her head and vowed not to do anything that would worry Siyoon in the future.
“So… if Lumi, who received an ability boost, had such a hard time, then the S-Class Heroes must all be at least that strong, or even stronger.”
“If the information I have is correct… there are a total of three S-Class Heroes.
There’s a high probability that one of them is the Iron Maiden we fought today.”
Lumi had a lot of data from when she was carrying out various secret operations for the Association.
That data contained some vague information about S-Class Heroes.
“S-Class Heroes are chosen as the strongest individuals in preparation for truly exceptional circumstances, so they rarely move or do anything in normal times.
So, instead of revealing themselves and operating domestically, they are often dispatched to resolve major incidents overseas.
That means… the Association must be keeping a close eye on our movements.”
The fact that individuals whose identities were unknown to even the Association’s Heroes had begun to move meant that, as Lumi said, the Association was watching Utopia’s ‘Hero Hunt.’
With A-Class and B-Class Heroes being helplessly defeated by unknown villains, they had decided that S-Class Heroes had to step in.
“Master! Lumi Unni! I think I found some information about Iron Maiden.”
Lumi and Dohwa had been continuously connecting dozens of USBs to the laptop to find information.
Dohwa seemed to have found something and showed the laptop screen.
“The Hero rank isn’t specified… but the alias is the same.
It seems like she’s registered as an executive rather than a Hero….”
The screen Dohwa pointed to displayed some personal information about Iron Maiden.
Apart from the alias ‘Iron Maiden,’ she was registered as an executive rather than a Hero, and contained her real name, Yoo In-young, and some activity history.
“That’s probably to hide it from the system administrators.
They register them as executives instead of Heroes, or they omit some information altogether.”
In cases like Lumi’s, where they had to hide their identity because they were carrying out secret operations, or in cases like Iron Maiden’s, where the rank itself was confidential, they would omit some information.
“It seems like she even has a personal secretary, just like the actual executives.
I can see the secretary’s information is also briefly listed….”
Along with Iron Maiden’s information, Chaeri’s information was registered as a related member of the organization.
Siyoon carefully examined Chaeri’s information.
“This person… was active as a Hero until last year!
I was even deployed with her on a joint operation last spring.”
Dohwa seemed to recognize Chaeri’s face immediately.
She said that she had worked with her as a Hero last spring.
“A Hero? She doesn’t look like one.”
With her short, black hair and haggard face, she looked more like a typical office worker exhausted from work than a Hero.
“Her impression wasn’t that different back then, but I don’t think she had such dark circles under her eyes.”
“It might not be a bad idea to use this one.”
If she was in charge of the secretary of Iron Maiden, who was the target of攻略, she would have some level of trust, so if he could coax and use the secretary well, the攻略 might be easier than he thought.
If Lumi, who was in an ability-enhanced state, had a hard time enduring, it might be better not to choose a frontal battle in the first place.
Of course, the option of ‘Corruption Amplification’ still remained, but he didn’t know what level it was, so he was thinking of using the secretary for now.
“Dohwa, you said you’ve been frequently visiting the Association headquarters recently.”
“I sometimes go out for Hero activities.
It’s helpful to maintain my Hero status in the Association.”
“Then… this time, let’s go to the Association headquarters together.
I need to secure the secretary directly.”
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The day after the battle between the S-Class Hero Iron Maiden and the silver-haired Hero Hunter.
Chaeri was in her office, focusing on her work with a haggard face.
“Ugh… why do they keep asking me to computerize battles when there’s no proper data….”
Chaeri was grumbling about the higher-ups’ order to record and computerize In-young’s battle from yesterday, saying that she couldn’t computerize a battle without related video or photo data.
“It’s enough to just know that there was a battle… right?
The higher-ups don’t really care anyway.”
In addition to her secretarial duties, she was in charge of things like the Association’s Emergency Response Committee, so she knew that no one would even look at the detailed records of these battles.
But as is always the case with office work, no matter how unreasonable and impractical it is, you have to do as you’re told if the higher-ups tell you to.
The data sent by the department in charge of follow-up was only a few photos, so it was impossible to record and computerize without the person involved.
“Where did Iron Maiden go again…?
I need her to be in the office so I can ask her and record it….”
In-young was definitely with her when she first came into the office.
But while Chaeri was briefly focusing on her work, she had disappeared from the office.
“Ugh…! She’s not answering her phone either… I have no choice but to postpone it for now.”
She decided to postpone the task for now, raised her arms to stretch, and took a sip of coffee from her mug.
“I need to stop drinking this coffee now.
I can’t seem to come to my senses without it.”
It was nice that they had accepted her as a secretary since she could no longer be a Hero, but Chaeri had unintentionally been given too much work.
In addition to basic secretarial duties, there was battle data computerization, Emergency Response Committee-related work, on-site personnel management, and other miscellaneous tasks.
A life with no time to rest except for the time she was exhausted and sleeping after work.
“Ugh… well, it’s better to do this and make a living.
I get a pretty good salary, so….”
But the fact that she could do such busy and exhausting work was perhaps a fortunate thing for Chaeri.
As the secretary of the Association’s top power, she received a considerable annual salary, so she was planning to work hard and save money for a few more years.
– Knock, knockㅡ
“What is it… another executive? Ugh….”
As if thinking that another executive had come to give her work, she sighed deeply, but loosened her expression for work and slightly opened the office door.
“What brings you here? The person in charge of the office isn’t here.”
“I’m not here for the person in charge of the office… I came to see Team Leader Han Chaeri.”
