Surviving as a Brainwashing Villain in a Hero World 192

## Chapter 192 – S City Occupation Operation (2)

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“Headquarters… has been completely taken over by those guys…!
And… for some reason, the heroes are destroying the city too…!!”

The agent, who had rushed from the scene in a panic, delivered an unbelievable report.

The executives in the conference room were all greatly shocked and couldn’t help but sigh,
and even the general manager, who had been mocking the Chairman and acting leisurely, seemed flustered.

“Those guys… what kind of guys are they that we were so easily defeated!!
We had thousands of agents… and hundreds of heroes, including A-ranks!”

“That’s… it was about ten women and one man…”

Covered in black agent uniforms and splattered with crimson blood, he trembled as he described the situation,
his fear seemingly unyielding as he closed his eyes and lowered his head.

“What?! Just ten chicks and one guy… defeated that many people?!”

The combined number of guards, field agents, and regular agents was about 5,000.
In addition, nearly 500 heroes were defeated by just around ten people.

What’s even more shocking is that S City, where the Union headquarters is located, is the capital of modern South Korea,
so many A-rank heroes are stationed there to protect not only the Union headquarters but also numerous national institutions.

“Aren’t there still many heroes and agents left…?
If we only knew what tricks those guys were using, suppression wouldn’t be difficult.”

Of course, there are still tens of thousands of agents and thousands of heroes nationwide,
but the problem is that thousands were defeated in less than an hour.

Moreover, aside from this agent, it’s unknown who else survived from the scene,
and it’s possible that they haven’t even grasped the combat methods of the perpetrators in the first place.

“What are you planning to do? Chairman.
You said you wanted to lead the meeting, so I’ll give you the opportunity.”

“That’s right! Chairman, how will you overcome this situation!”

The general manager and executives are not only giving the Chairman the floor now that the situation has worsened,
but are also practically trying to pass on the responsibility for this terrorist attack.

“Kuh-heuk….”

However, the Chairman couldn’t come up with a solution.

After the Chairman’s father suddenly passed away,
what could she do, having been bedridden since childhood?

“I’m… I’m sorry….”

She could only lower her head deeply in front of the executives who were relentlessly blaming her,
shedding tears and repeating words of apology.

There’s no one to side with a powerless leader,
and there’s no strategy that can come from the head of an incompetent leader.

“Then, we’ll assume that the Chairman will continue to focus on recuperation…,
and we’ll take care of it ourselves.”

At the general manager’s gesture, the agents inside the conference room dragged the Chairman out,
and the meeting continued in an even more chaotic atmosphere.

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Meanwhile, at the Union headquarters and its vicinity, which had been completely occupied by Utopia.

As the slaves and temporarily brainwashed heroes moved according to the orders of Chairman Siyoon,
the Union headquarters, where the explosions had stopped, slowly entered the recovery phase.

“It seems like we’re still short on manpower…,
but if I don’t like it, I can just build a new building later.”

Among the brainwashed heroes who were mechanically clearing the debris of the explosions without any expression,
Siyoon was heading to the Chairman’s office alone, looking at the documents organized by Chaeri.

“It’s not like I’ve never been here before… but it feels different coming like this.”

He had secretly entered the building not long ago to target Chaeri and Inyeong,
but it felt quite different to come here as the new owner of the building.

He, who was just a low-ranking combatant who couldn’t even handle a B-rank hero alone,
had now become capable of easily capturing the Union headquarters, so he was deeply moved.

“According to the structure diagram Chaeri sent me… this must be the Chairman’s room.”

After going up to the highest floor of the Union headquarters’ main building and wandering around for a while,
a very heavy and luxurious-looking large wooden door appeared before him.

And next to the door was the phrase ‘Chairman’s Office’.
It was clear evidence that he was standing in front of the Chairman’s room.

– Clunkㅡ Screeeechㅡ

He gave strength and opened it forcefully, feeling like it was slightly stiff,
and the sound of a clunk was heard as if it had been locked from the inside, and the door creaked.

“It smells dusty… what is it?”

The interior reeked of a musty dust smell, as if it hadn’t been ventilated for a long time,
and dust was piled up on the luxurious furniture.

Despite being the workplace of the head of the Hero Union, which protects South Korea and S City and defends its citizens,
it was desolate like a haunted house that no one had entered for a long time.

“The reason why she didn’t show herself to people… did she really disappear somewhere…?”

The Chairman hadn’t appeared at official events for several years,
and even the slaves who were former heroes had hardly heard any stories about the Chairman.

“That’s right… Chaeri and Lumi said they hadn’t even seen the Chairman, let alone heard any news.”

All that had been known to the public so far was that the Chairman who founded the Hero Union was a man,
and that he had been performing the Chairman’s duties without appearing in public due to health problems for several years.

In addition, based on Lumi and Chaeri’s information, it could be inferred that
most of the external affairs were entrusted to the executives, and that the general manager was the de facto power.

“It’s become clear that the Chairman’s position was vacant.
That general manager guy was controlling the Union instead.”

Looking at the desolate and dilapidated interior of the Chairman’s office like this,
it felt like a puzzle that he couldn’t fit together had finally fallen into place.

“To think I’d be sitting in a place like this… now I feel like a proper villain leader.”

Siyoon smiled slyly, feeling relieved that his worries had been resolved.

He dusted off the chair that was piled high with dust,
and sat proudly in the seat that the Union’s Chairman should have been sitting in, reveling in his conquest.

“Master!”

A welcome voice was heard from beyond the open door of the Chairman’s office.

“You were here! I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

It was Dohwa, the former A-rank hero ‘Ignition’ and Siyoon’s first slave, who ran into the Chairman’s office with a flushed expression.

Looking at the leotard and the bloodstains that were soaking wet in various parts of her body,
it seemed like she had been in a very fierce battle until just now.

“Ah… I wanted to come here once.
If you came without even using the radio… is there something urgent you need to tell me?”

“It’s not that! I was wondering where you had suddenly disappeared to.
I sent you the situation on the ground with Chaeri’s tablet!”

“Ah? Come to think of it, I didn’t return the tablet after looking at it.”

Siyoon hadn’t returned the tablet that Chaeri had given him and had been keeping it.
Instead, he was using the equipment Dohwa had to record the situation on the ground.

“First of all, we’ve sent about 40 A-rank heroes to the National Defense Headquarters and the Police Headquarters,
and the remaining personnel are primarily deployed to clean up and guard the area we’ve occupied.”

“Hmm… it seems like it’s impossible to continue fighting any further.
It seems like it’s proceeding smoothly as I said.”

The content of the report was that the brainwashed heroes had temporarily stopped attacking the citizens,
and were reorganizing to solidify the area occupied by Utopia.

“There’s news that the Police Headquarters and the National Defense Headquarters are also trying to do something,
but it seems like the guys we sent there are taking care of it on their own.”

In fact, in this society where the concept of superpowers exists,
the military and police, excluding the Hero Union, are just manpower to maintain minimal public order.

Since the emergence of superpowered beings, the military has only been focused on protecting the nation’s territory,
and the police have also shifted their role to office work after establishing a cooperative relationship with the Hero Union.

In other words, the Hero Union was solving most of the problems related to force and violence occurring in the country,
and the fall of the Union was tantamount to a crisis of the nation’s existence.

“According to the news on SNS, it’s become clear that other cities have already lost control and entered an ‘Apocalypse’ state.”

Apocalypse means that humanity is on the verge of destruction due to a great disaster.

It’s not enough to say that Utopia’s influence is reaching the whole world,
but it’s certain that South Korea is being shaken by his hand.

“Ah! Master! Can you hear me?”

While talking to Dohwa about the war situation,
Aquamarine’s urgent voice calling him was heard.

“Yeah? What’s wrong?”

“That’s… a woman who introduces herself as the Chairman has come to find you.”