## Chapter 28 – The Whereabouts of the Missing Executive Villains (2)
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“The commander of my combat unit… even information on the high-ranking executives is here?”
The amount and scope of information organized in the presentation file, which was probably dozens of pages long, was considerable.
It contained information ranging from the commander of the combat unit when Si-yoon was active as a combatant, to the personal information of high-ranking executives he had barely seen a few times.
“The scope of investigation varies for each executive…, but there are even executives with recently taken photos.”
In addition to basic personal information such as name, age, and gender, there was also analysis of their abilities and recently taken photos, if they were known in detail.
“There’s even information on executives I never saw when I was in the organization. Where did you get such high-quality information?”
“I received a special mission from the director of the Allied Support Division.”
“Special mission?”
“It seems they haven’t arrested a single core executive of the Dark Knights yet. So they assigned me and other heroes the task of investigating and suppressing them.”
Si-yoon tapped his forehead with his finger, recalling the memory.
When the combatants and lower-ranking executives were fighting hard to protect the organization, the high-ranking executives and the leader had all run away, as if they knew in advance.
When he came to the command center, gasping for breath to request support, it was empty with expensive items scattered everywhere.
“Cowardly bastards. I almost died.”
Seeing the faces of the cowardly executives who abandoned the hideout and thousands of members, Si-yoon bit his lip, clearly displeased.
“If the Dark Knights’ structure is what I remember… those numbers are roughly right. Especially those four. They’re called the ‘Four Knights’.”
The organizational chart of the Dark Knights was very simple.
A high-ranking executive called the ‘Four Knights’, who led the organization with the Kaiser leader, was in charge of headquarters, and beneath them were dozens of combat units, each with dozens of members and a commander leading each unit.
In addition to the members and executives who existed to operate the organization, they were also nominally part of the ‘Special Combat Unit’.
Si-yoon carefully examined the information on the ‘Four Knights’, the leader’s direct executives, who could be said to be the core figures of the organization.
“I’ve seen that dirty-looking bastard a few times. He was our unit’s direct superior.”
A man with long, tattered hair like seaweed, a pale face, and a strangely shaped body that was tall but had surprisingly little muscle.
Known within the organization as ‘Executioner’, his unpleasant appearance was vividly etched in Si-yoon’s memory.
“Real name Park Gyu-han… 34-year-old male. There are quite a few records of sightings.”
“He already stands out a lot. Even if he tries to hide, people who know him will recognize him.”
Park Gyu-han, whose real name was Park Gyu-han, had the most recent sighting records and updated information.
His height, which exceeded 2 meters, was very noticeable, but so was his pale skin and deformed physical features, which made him look almost like a corpse.
“It is presumed that he has the ability to create and wield blades from his body… it says here.”
“It seems the Hero Alliance also considers him a particularly dangerous figure.”
He was the only male villain among the high-ranking executives on the list, and the report stated that he had the most violent and destructive tendencies.
There were also records of him surviving encounters with several A-class heroes, inflicting significant damage.
The goal is usually to subdue and resocialize or imprison villains, but highly dangerous villains are sometimes targeted for ‘elimination’ rather than suppression.
Therefore, the Alliance’s goal was to ‘eliminate’ the Executioner, not to subdue him.
“I think it’s best to put this guy on the back burner for now.”
“Yes.”
Si-yoon’s ability only works on ‘women’.
Moreover, he is a very violent and dangerous person that the Alliance aims to eliminate.
“Crazy Chain… Trickster… Firecracker. The rest are all female villains?”
“Yes.”
It is estimated that about 5% of the world’s population has abilities, and women account for more than 70% of them.
Therefore, the ratio of heroes belonging to the Hero Alliance is about 7:3, and similar results were obtained when the information of the villains identified so far was statistically analyzed.
In the case of villain organizations, most of the combatants are well-built men, but most of the executive-level villains are women.
The Dark Knights can be seen as a similar situation.
“I’ve never seen those two, Crazy Chain or Firecracker, except for Trickster.”
Si-yoon was active in the Dark Knights for a long time, but he was only a regular combatant, so he didn’t remember much information.
Therefore, his memory of the high-ranking executives is likely to be inaccurate, and there may have been changes without his knowledge.
“Crazy Chain. Her real name and age seem to be unknown… she has the ability to control chains.”
The villain ‘Crazy Chain’ has almost no photo data or personal information.
Other than the fact that she is a ‘female’ villain and possesses the ‘ability to control chains’, the Alliance did not seem to have much information about her.
However, there was a story that kiss marks were always left behind where she passed, and a composite sketch based on the testimonies of victims who had been harmed by her.
“Ah. Could it be that girl?”
“Why? Have you seen her?”
Ji-woo sat next to Si-yoon and carefully looked at the information about Crazy Chain, and then started talking as if she had seen her somewhere.
“I think I saw her once in B City last year? I don’t know about the kiss marks… but I recognized her from the composite sketch and the chains.”
Ji-woo said that she had witnessed Crazy Chain in last year’s operation in B City, which is located directly west of S City.
“Do you remember anything else? Like a hero who went on the operation with you. Or any other characteristics.”
“I went alone, so the other heroes probably don’t remember anything. Besides, I couldn’t subdue her at that time and just ran away…”
Unfortunately, Ji-woo didn’t seem to have much information left in her memory.
“Ah! But… her voice was very husky, I think. Really unusually so.”
“Her voice was husky?”
Ji-woo pulled out some pretty specific information from her memory: ‘voice’.
“It was a voice that I don’t think anyone could imitate. It was really unique.”
“I see… okay. That composite sketch and a unique voice…”
They found good clues, a composite sketch and a unique voice, but the problem was that there were no reports of recent sightings or photos taken.
“Firecracker… this girl is Chinese.”
Several photos of a woman with long, green hair wearing a colorful cheongsam.
The villain ‘Firecracker’ is listed as an unnamed Chinese person residing in Korea.
“The ability to touch objects and turn them into bombs… I think I’ve seen this in some comic.”
A villain with a simple yet powerful ability that could have appeared in a popular comic that is famous for being quite bizarre.
According to the report, she has been carrying out destructive activities several times in downtown S City, but even A-class heroes have struggled with her overwhelming power and have been unable to arrest her.
“Lastly… that executive called Trickster. I’ve seen her a few times too.”
Compared to the other executives with unique appearances, she is a woman with a fairly ordinary and neat appearance.
Along with several photos showing off her mature appearance with long black hair down to her hips and red eyes, it was stated that she is estimated to be a woman in her 20s named Chae-ryeong, although it is unknown whether that is her real name.
“I always thought she was so sexy whenever I saw her. She was very popular among the members.”
She had both a beautiful appearance and a glamorous figure, so much so that a fan club was formed among the combatants who saw her.
Si-yoon also had his heart flutter several times when he saw her.
“In a cafe on the outskirts of S City… at the airport in B City… where has she been traveling?”
Strangely, there was a considerable amount of reports and sightings about her, and it seemed that sightings had poured in from a really wide variety of places in an unusually short period of time.
There was even information that she was discovered at a subway station in S City and then sighted near the airport in B City 5 minutes later.
The distance between the subway station and the airport in B City is about 60km.
Even if you take the shortest route with the fastest means of transportation available, it takes more than 50 minutes.
Perhaps because of this strange behavior, the following was written at the end of the report on Trickster.
‘Her ability has not yet been observed, but according to reports and sightings, it is presumed that she has the ability to teleport, disguise, or create clones.’
“Information about the leader… it seems they haven’t figured it out yet.”
“I’ve never met the leader in person either. I’ve only seen him in silhouette at occasional organizational events.”
He suspiciously hid his identity from the members, and only revealed his silhouette even at major organizational events.
He did not appear externally, leaving it to the executive ‘Trickster’.
Perhaps the reason why Si-yoon remembered Trickster’s face so well was that she replaced the leader at most organizational events.
Si-yoon paused for a moment, looking at the many places where Trickster had been sighted, and fell into thought.
“The one thing that’s certain… Trickster.
We need to find that girl named Chae-ryeong first.”
“If she’s been discovered in so many places…, wouldn’t it be difficult to find her?”
As Do-hwa said, ‘Trickster’ Chae-ryeong had been sighted in many places in a short period of time, and it was certain that it would be difficult to find her.
“Looking at the places and times she was sighted… there’s something I can see.”
