Ep.155 Her Anger

Egostic.

It’s difficult to catch him because of his unique ability let him able to run away, and he’s also forming his villain force.

Korea’s most dangerous person.

In addition, his attacks include not only citizens but also villains, which may be coincidental with the support of extremist people, and his concept of not killing any civilians, which is why he has a fan base among the general public, so there are many problems. His broadcasts also have high ratings.

In other words, even though he hasn’t caused anything big

He’s still like a time bomb that can explode South Korea at any time he wants.

There are two S-class villains, an A-class villain who is believed to be immortal, and a hacker whose ability cannot be defined yet.

All right. Egostic. He’s a dangerous man, who must be stopped by any means. This is something that all renowned experts on terrorist attacks in Korea point out in common. Unlike the first time, he’s now too intimidating.

…And so far, the public knows about Egostic.

As she always fought against him,

Stardus knows a lot more, even the thing that the general public doesn’t know.

With the simple fact that Egostic has a biological weapon called Behemoth.

‘..Next time, don’t come forward.’

Strangely, he seems to know her real identity, but he never makes any moves on her but rather worries about her.

‘You… complete me.’

Like cheering her on to stop the terror he committed.

‘This time, you owe me one.’

…In the past, Egostic even sacrificed for her.

This is all a story the general public doesn’t know.

Of course, they know that Egostic considers Stardus as his opponent. He started off by sniping at Stardus when he debuted as a villain, and later through his actions during the train terror or other thing, he usually only called out Stardus.

But Stardus is the only one who knows more about him.

In other words, Egostic actually seems to be thinking much more deeply about Stardus than it seems to the public.

However

“…Haa. Seriously, I’m speechless.”

At the association

Another day where Stardus clenched her teeth.

The reason is none other than Egostic.

The potential and blatant dangers of Egostic and the occasional worry if he’s really bad. It was no different than usual for Shin Haru to think about Egostic

‘Kiss-.’

‘Good job, baby.’

This time, she was thinking something different about Egostic.

“…Haa. I’m really speechless.”

The thing happened that night.

Mist with purple hair, touching Ego Stick as if they were a couple.

She remembered them kissing each other in front of her, and she felt her hands get tensed all of a sudden.

“…Let’s put up with it.”

You can’t break down a desk again.

She tried to calm down her anger and loosen her fist, but the deep irritation she felt every time she recalled the scene again.

…You’ve been going around and blabbing about how I complete you.

But then you were kissing and cuddling with another girl behind my back?

“Haa…”

Grabbing her throbbing head, she closed her eyes for a moment and sighed.

Actually, she has no idea why she’s so angry. The moment she saw them together… doing that, she felt… She felt like her brain went numb for a moment. Because she has never imagined Egostic with another girl.

And when she came home in such a daze and lay on her bed, she thought about it all over again, she felt mad. The mere thought of the scene makes her boil up inside. It feels like something is cracking in her heart.

Why on earth does she feel this way? Who cares what he does?

Stardus had been thinking about him for a while.

‘All right. It’s Egostic being close with another S-class villain, isn’t this a big problem and a potential threat?’

That’s how she got her mind straight.

Yeah, no wonder why she’s angry about him. If you’re a hero, it’s a given. Again, it’s not strange at all.

Hypnotizing herself, she soon sought a countermeasure.

So what should I do?

Of course, I must break them off.

“…Yes, Egostic, how dangerous he is.”

Egostic, terrorist, and head of a villain union.

As expected, she has no choice but to catch and imprison him quickly.

Once she locks him up there and convinces him over the next few days, wouldn’t she be able to edify him?

Let’s catch him first and lock him up.

Egostic might be going to have goosebumps listening to her thoughts.

“Oh?”

At the time that she unexpected the most

Egostic started a broadcast.

A live broadcast started suddenly.

And.

He grinned and said something she had never thought of.

[There’s nothing between Mist and me!]

“…?”

Having seen him turn on the broadcast and ready to run out at any time, she paused and looked back at his sudden words.

[She’s my colleague, so please don’t misunderstand. Mist was just joking around.]

The image of Ego Stick on the screen, smiling proudly.

Stardus, who stopped changing her outfit and looked at him for a while, realized.

It’s the truth.

Even with her own intuition, that doesn’t sound like a lie.

In fact, she lost trust in her intuition due to the last series of events, but this time she had no choice but to admit it. It’s true.

“…Hmm, well, why would he say that?”

He only spoke up now, but Stardus already knew. Yeah, Egostic would never do that.

She looked comfortable without realizing it while having that thought in mind.

Soon after Egostic’s broadcast ended, she muttered.

“…He’s going to hunt a villain?”

It’s been a while since she heard that word.

…And, come to think of it, she first found out about Egostic because he hunted a villain and wrote her name in blood.

Recalling what happened a few years ago, she was ready to go out.

I have to stop him first.

“Stardus, we can’t track Egostic’s location at the moment, so please stand by for now.”

…and as she was about to leave, she was soon stopped at the association staff.

***

A few hours later.

Someone set fire to a mountain, so they went there and found a suspicious cave there.

The association staff and Stardus were sent there.

Back to the present.

“….”

In a mysteriously huge lab-like place that followed the cave.

After Stardus saw a man who had fallen coldly and the message Egostic left her next to him.

She took another step and looked around.

“Yes, sir. You can see that a significant number of weapons are found. Everything seems to be operational.”

[Hahaha! Doesn’t it mean that all the latest weapons are ours now? Wow, this is a vein of gold. What a vein of gold! Bring back everything right away!]

“Yes, sir!”

She caught a glimpse of the staff making a video call with the association’s president and held up a weapon on the table.

Anyone can tell those are modern-style weapons. Putting it down, she looked around, and her expression stiffened.

Weapons, weapons. Weapons all over the place.

Unlike the president, who simply likes the fact that they’re all theirs now, Stardus felt serious.

…So in the middle of Seoul, there were these much lethal weapons.

And apart from Egostic, no one knew this.

The anxiety that Stardus felt became even greater as she listened to the staff’s explanation in another basement.

“…Probably, he was trying to kidnap people and turn them into machines. In short, it’s a conversion. According to his plan, the explosives and weapons he developed seem to kill at least thousands of people in Seoul. I’ll have to look into it, but I think the action plan is quite specific, so it’s highly feasible…”

“….”

As the staff muttered, Stardus’ expression stiffened.

…At least thousands dead?

So, the more she looked around this weapon storage, the more she found out.

Her thought grew stronger.

…While such a massive terrorist attack was planned underground in Seoul, the association had no idea about it.

Is this the only place?

After looking around with such a disturbed mind, she returned to the room where the villain died.

The body has already been removed, and only blood stains are left.

Stardus stared blankly at the message Egostic left.

…She used to get angry looking at Egostic killing others as if she were justice.

Now… she’s not sure anymore. She wonders if she’s wrong.

If he didn’t do this, it wouldn’t be weird if thousands of people died.

To you, Stardus.

“Haa…”

But even in this situation, you left a message for me.

What does this mean?

Are you asking me? Is he really wrong to kill a villain trying to kill thousands?

Or is it a gift to her to stop his terror?

Shin Haru, who was staring down at it blankly. She concluded at once.

…As expected, she doesn’t need anything else.

Egostic. She must do everything to catch him.

It seemed like a sudden conclusion, but she had a reason.

He’s a person with a huge risk in the first place, so of course, it’s right to catch him.

The meaning of this message is a bonus. How he figured out the location of this villain, the reason he’s terrorizing. To find out all this.

…And even because Egostic is playing with another girl again… or to stop colluding.

Stardus renewed her commitment.

It’s really time for her to do everything she can to catch Egostic.

***

“Da-in. But why did you write the message to Stardus at the end? What does it mean?”

“What?”

On our way home.

I answered to Eun-wol like it was an obvious thing.

“There’s no particular reason.”

“…What?”

“Well. In the past, I left a message like that when I assassinated another villain, I would make an aggro toward Stardus. But it reminded me of that time, so I tried it again. It’s fundamental.”

“Aha…”

Leaving Eun-wol behind with an ambiguous expression, I was thinking more seriously than that.

…I even explained the love scandal because I felt anxious.

Somehow I still can’t get rid of my anxiety.

What is it?

This ominous feeling that it’s going to be harder in the future.