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“Hmm…”

Seo Jayoung.

It’s already been a month since she started living in Egostic’s house.

Actually, she just came here without thinking because it looked good, but she’s satisfied because her life is much better than she thought.

And the people were all nice.

Apparently, she heard it was a Villain Union, but she had no idea why it was nice, she didn’t think deeply. What’s good is good.

Anyway, it was good that everyone was nice.

Especially compared to people that she’s met before.

“…”

As a child, quite a few people avoided her once they knew her ability…

She ignored it, thinking they were just bullshitting, but she still feels slightly bad whenever she thinks about it.

Anyway, compared to those who did, the members of this Ego Stream welcomed her without prejudice. Maybe it’s because they all have superpowers.

After entering the Ego House, Seo Jayoung was always lying on the floor on one side of the living room all day. The sun warms her up, and there’s nothing better than that.

And she met and observed several Ego Stream members there.

First of all, Han Seo-eun, who has silver short hair, is a little shorter than herself. Cute. Nice personality. They say she’s smart, too. She thought the kid was great.

And Seo-eun and Eun-wol are always together. She has long black hair, which is completely opposite to Han Seo-eun’s. She sometimes wears a shaman’s outfit at home. As expected, she’s cute and nice. And they had a lot of conversations, especially because the girl thought her abilities were somewhat similar to hers.

Lee Soobin… She kind of felt like a mom in this house. If Egostic, who is also known as Da-in, works outside, Lee Soobin manages the house. The woman is always smiling, but it’s a bit scary. She feels like a real mom.

Choi Sehee. She was one of the few people in this house who was the same age as her. Maybe that’s why they got close quickly.

Death Knight…? This Black Knight ghost seemed to love cleaning. She sometimes helped them do chores with him. Only once.

Was it Ha-yul and Cha-yoon? She hadn’t seen the two of them since they were busy studying.

And. Da-in, the center of this house.

In fact, he was the longest-watched person.

When she saw him on YouTube and the first time she met him, he definitely looked like a crazy man, but he was better than she thought.

She continued her stream of consciousness.

At first, she thought something weird because only women were in the house, but from watching, he seemed to have no indecent desires. She feels like he only likes a girl named ‘Stardus’.

‘Do you like Stardus?’

‘Yeah, I like her.’

He must really like her, given that he answered the question she asked before without any hesitation. She doesn’t know if it’s because he likes her as a woman or just normal. Fyi, the others were shocked when she asked him that. Well…

“…What are you doing?”

And by the time she dazedly continued to think about it, such a voice came in front of her and got her out of her thoughts.

Blinking her eyes and getting to her senses, she’s lying on the floor by the window next to the living room sofa.

And Da-in, who was working while sitting on the sofa, looked down and asked curiously.

…Oh, come to think of it, she’s been lying there looking at his face for a while.

She smiled and answered honestly to Da-in, who must have been surprised to see her staring at him.

“Thinking of you.”

“Really?”

She smiled at her answer, put his laptop next to the sofa, and stood up.

And he said, still smiling, looking down at her lying down.

“I guess you’re bored because you’re thinking about useless things, but let’s slowly go back to training.”

“Oh, no…”

“Yes.”

Soon he raised his hand and made her rise with telekinesis.

Jayoung desperately tried to grab the mat in the living room, but it was already late.

He’s a good man, but he has a big problem.

That he’s going to keep her training.

It was unwilling for her to stay at home all the time, but somehow it was a bit hard to refuse when he asked. Maybe it’s because of the landlord’s tyranny…

So she was being dragged into the yard again today.

“Help me…”

“Jayoung, fighting…”

Fyi, she sent an SOS request to Baek Eun-wol, whom she met while being dragged, but only an awkward smile came back.

Everyone in this house seems to be on Da-in’s side.

***

The forest in front of the house

Training Seo Jayoung there, I pondered.

…How many more terrorist attacks will I do myself in the future?

Now, after some time has passed by the original standard, and Stardus is strong enough, I don’t have to step out.

Whenever I make terrorist attacks, I want to retire, it may be time to seriously think about the future.

‘…Ego Stream is getting stronger now.’

Of course, it is still not enough. We need a few more people here to be perfect. However, finding a villain with good ability and personality is difficult, so I wonder how many more people can be recruited in the future.

And mango squads that I’m thinking about making with low-level villains, including Le Peace. No, Ego Squad and Lee Seola will collaborate to make PMC.

My head hurts when I think about how to prepare for the power inflation in the second half of the original. And Stardus alone has a lot of other villains who she has to fight.

Oh, my head hurts. My head hurts. Yeah, retirement or whatever, let’s think about it later and prepare for this terrorist attack.

So I said to the struggling Jayoung.

“Stop floundering, try shooting a fireball!”

“…Eh, Fireball-“

She’s swinging her hands roughly, hanging out like she is having difficulty.

But unlike dry movements, the intense burning purple light bounced out of her hand.

“Wow…”

As soon as it touches the tree, it explodes with a roar of purple.

Additionally, this flame controlled the heat and spread, so the fire did not spread and only burned purple in the spot where it was hit.

Yeah, look. You can do it.

Much stronger than when she first came. Thanks to her first-class villain instructor’s education, she’s getting used to fighting.

“Wow…”

“Hey, you can come down now…”

…So used to it, she made a vortex of purple flame and ride on it.

Hmm. Anyway, that seems enough.

“Hmm. I was having fun for the first time in a while.”

“Now you’ll have real fun, so wait a bit more. Let’s terrorize.”

“…Oh, finally?”

Floundering while approaching, she looked amazed for the first time.

“Are you confident that you can terrorize?”

“Yes, that’s not hard. I can’t just run away once I feel like I’m about to be caught by the hero, right?”

She said so in great peace.

…As well as the lover who caused the terror alone in the original work, she’s quite penetrating the essence.

“Oh, and you know you’ll be on live, right?”

“I know. Don’t worry, I’m good at fan service.”

Seo Jayoung raised the corners of her mouth slightly as she said so.

…It’s even scarier to come out like that.

After returning, we finally started making specific plans.

The date and time of the attack, the place of the attack, the progress of the attack

And most importantly, what will Seo Jayoung’s villain name be?

“What about ‘Black Spirit’?”

I asked that first.

Well, she named herself this in the original work, so she’ll go with this again. I’m sure she’ll be surprised how I knew.

Contrary to my expectation, Seo Jayoung only looked back at me with cold eyes.

“…Wow. You really don’t have a sense for naming.”

“Da-in, who names a girl ‘Black Spirit’…”

Seo-eun, listening to me, also said that to me as if she felt ashamed.

…So unfair! That’s how she named herself in the original!

But I can’t say that.

Apart from my injustice, Seo Jayoung’s villain name was finally decided to be ‘Mist’.

The name had nothing to do with ‘Black Spirit’…

Anyway, time passed after all the preparations.

Finally,

The time has come.

***

In the evening. At Shadow Walker Kim Ja-hyun’s house.

He was sitting down, recalling his previous conversation with Lee Seola.

“Hmm… Egostic is terrorizing for Stardus.”

Everything she had told him was as he had guessed.

Egostic, a hero who was protecting Korea from behind, pretending to be a villain. He was a hero who defended Korea enthusiastically, comparable to Stardus.

“Terrorism to grow Stardus?”

He tilted his head.

So the reason Egostic is terrorizing is because of the Stardus. He’s trying to grow her up. Somehow, there was a reason for terror only during the day.

“Why Stardus…?”

Of course, it was a little questionable why it was Stardus.

After a moment’s thought, he realized. Oh! It’s because he likes Stardus. Oh, of course.

“…I can’t believe you act like that even when she hates you to grow your loved one. Egostic. What is he?”

Egostic is the real man among men.

When he was thinking about it, the phone rang suddenly.

He was wondering who it was, and it was the association.

And what he heard as soon as he got it.

[Shadow Walker! Villain Egostic started the terror. Since it’s nighttime, you need to come!]

“Hmm?”

He was a little taken aback.

Why me…?

Everyone knows that if terrorism is in the evening, he, Shadow Walker, will step up.

There’s no way Egostic wouldn’t know that, so why did he terrorize at night?

After wondering for a moment, he just concluded neatly.

Well, it’s hard to just deal with Stardus, so he seems to try growing me up.

Yeah, that’s it.

Well, then… I can’t miss it.

“Yes! Egostic, I’m coming. Wait for me!”

Shadow Walker prepared to leave with a big grin.

…a little curious about what terror he might have prepared to deal with him.

***

[Shadow Walker is already on the move, so just wait, Stardus…]

“….”