## Chapter 79 – How to Track a Villain (2)
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“I thought she was a pretty decent talent…
But in the end, she’s no different from the other hounds of the Union.”
Exequtor turned his back to the wall, his words laced with disappointment.
“Mr. Park Gyu-han, what was your reason for becoming a villain?”
But Lumi didn’t give up, calling him by his real name, ‘Park Gyu-han,’ instead of his villain name,
annoyingly sticking to him and throwing questions.
“Could it be… because of your sister?”
Exequtor twitched slightly at the mention of his sister,
then approached the transparent wall, leaned his face against it, and said with a serious expression.
“How do you… know about my sister?”
“It’s been over ten years, but… everything is recorded somewhere.
Including what happened in that Union experiment your sister participated in.”
The ‘Hero Development Through Ability Manifestation Experiment’ that the Hero Union was still secretly conducting.
Back then, it was certified by the medical community as very safe,
and it was common to pay ordinary citizens who weren’t ability users to participate in experiments.
However, perhaps because there hadn’t been much progress in the experiment for several years,
they secretly began to conduct more dangerous experiments to increase the success rate.
The targets of these dangerous experiments were still ordinary citizens who were tempted by the promise of earning money with a simple experiment,
or who wanted to have abilities.
Even when some pointed out that they were continuously conducting too dangerous experiments on citizens,
the Hero Union would only respond that it was ‘to nurture heroes to protect the world.’
At the time, society was suffering from the numerous villains that frequently appeared,
so the Hero Union’s claim was taken for granted.
Then, 11 years ago, while he was running a regular gym in B City,
the incident occurred when his sister, who wanted to go on an overseas trip to earn money, participated in the experiment.
His sister and 24 others who participated in the experiment.
They all died from the side effects of the drugs administered during the experiment.
However, as always, the Hero Union covered up what happened in the experiment without informing the public,
and the bereaved families didn’t even know why their sons and daughters weren’t returning.
“She’ll come back someday. I’ll find her for sure.”
At the time, Park Gyu-han traveled around the country for two years trying to uncover the truth behind his sister’s disappearance,
and he happened to meet a retired researcher who had participated in the experiment and heard the truth.
“Why… why did you do such a dangerous thing?
If it was such a dangerous experiment… couldn’t you have stopped it?!!!”
Park Gyu-han grabbed the old researcher by the collar and shook him violently, venting his anger.
“I’m sorry… back then… we couldn’t help it either….”
Not only did he learn the reason why his sister had suddenly disappeared,
but his anger soared when he faced the person directly involved in her death.
“I will… avenge my sister.”
The old researcher lost his life due to Park Gyu-han’s ability, fueled by his anger,
and from that day on, completely driven mad, he began his path as a villain.
To destroy the Hero Union and the existence of heroes who had caused his sister’s death.
“The past… is already gone.
Don’t make me suffer anymore by reminding me of her.”
“If Mr. Park Gyu-han can tell us something helpful…
you might be able to get an apology from the Union for it.”
“Now that it’s come to this… you’re saying you’ll apologize if I tell you something?!!”
His expression was even more furious than when he first saw her and knocked on the transparent wall.
He was angry at the audacity of touching him, reminding him of his already dead sister,
and then pretending to apologize now that he said something.
However, he had no right to be angry at that audacity.
It was clear that the Union’s experiment had sacrificed her sister, a blatant crime of the Union,
but he used that as an excuse to act as a villain and create countless victims.
He, too, had become an ugly villain after facing the ugly side of the Union.
“…Right. I’m no different from those guys after all.”
Park Gyu-han covered his face with both hands, as if falling into self-loathing, and slumped down.
His veins were bulging, and his hands pressed down on his face as if to crush it,
but before long, he turned back to the wall and lay down again.
“Now that it’s come to this… it might be too late to regret what I’ve done.
Nothing will change even if I tell you something.”
– Creeeeeakㅡ
While he was lying down completely and listening to his monologue,
exactly 30 minutes passed, and a guard came and opened the iron door of the solitary cell.
“Hero-nim!”
“Just… wait a moment.”
Lumi stopped the guard who opened the door and tried to take her out.
“The airport in B City. If you go there, someone will be lurking inside.”
“The airport in B City…?”
“This is the only thing I can tell you.”
His last words and only testimony to Lumi, who had listened to him until the end.
With those words, he didn’t move a single step from the solitary cell,
nor did he say a single word.
“…I understand.”
Lumi also listened to his last testimony,
and with a rather complicated expression, she left the detention facility with the guard.
***
“Ugh….”
Si-yoon was sprawled out on the bed, covered with a blanket, taking a nap in the middle of the day.
His face looked quite tired, and his eyes were half-closed.
“I can’t even remember the last time I took a break….”
Si-yoon had defeated Exequtor while searching for the Kaiser’s leader and the Dark Knights’ executives,
and after that, he couldn’t even track the heels of the other guys.
Then, he met Lumi and gradually tamed her into a female,
leading to a wild sex party with females disguised as his birthday party.
“Since Lumi has returned to work anyway… should I rest for a few days?”
He was not only traveling almost every day throughout the metropolitan area to track down the leader and executives,
but he was also having intense sex more than four times a day.
No matter how much strength and stamina he had,
it was a tight schedule that even a human couldn’t endure.
“Master! Master!”
Chae-ryeong climbed onto his bed, where he was trying to take a nap in the middle of the day due to exhaustion,
and leaned against him, wagging her tail.
“I have good news for you, Master!”
“Huh…? What news…?”
Usually, it was a typical pattern of talking about very trivial things,
such as boasting about the delicious food that Ji-woo made for cooking practice.
Si-yoon was listening to Chae-ryeong’s words with his eyes half-closed, thinking it would be such a story.
“I found out… where Firecracker is!”
“What… what?! Is that true?!”
Si-yoon was startled by the word ‘Firecracker’ and threw off the blanket and got up.
At the same time, Chae-ryeong was also startled and jumped off the bed, standing on all fours with her tail raised.
“Ah… I startled you. I’m sorry.
So… where is Firecracker?”
“It’s at the airport in B City!”
“When I went there last time… I remember there was definitely no one there.”
The airport was one of the many places he had visited after defeating Exequtor.
However, he couldn’t find anyone when he searched the area all day.
“When I went to the airport… I left a clone just in case.
The airport is a place where executives gather, especially when there is an external summons.”
The airport in B City was one of the places where executives who were moving from outside gathered.
Especially since the frequency was high, he had left a clone just in case and was watching the situation.
“He’s sitting quietly alone in a cafe inside the airport right now.”
She was even accurately reporting where he was and what he was doing.
“Nyaaa…?!♥ Master♥”
Si-yoon was overjoyed and jumped up from the bed,
then hugged Chae-ryeong tightly and stroked her ears and head.
“Good job… really good job!”
“Nyaaa…♥ I’m happy too because Master is happy…♥”
Then, he opened the door and urgently called Ji-woo, who was cleaning the living room of the hideout.
“Ji-woo! Ji-woo!”
“Yes? What’s the matter that you’re in such a hurry…?”
“Let’s go to the airport. Firecracker is at the airport right now.
It seems Chae-ryeong left a clone and was watching.”
Ji-woo was also surprised to hear that they had found Firecracker’s location.
“Doha is out because of a summons.
I’ll contact her to come to the airport as soon as she’s done!”
“Okay. Let’s leave quickly. Before we miss him… let’s capture him first.”
