CH 6

[Egostic’s followers are causing a bomb attack in the center of Incheon. They are now claiming to cause more explosions with bombs placed on the building. They are currently on a sit-in and share their desire of dying without any specific conditions. It is estimated that at least three people have died to this moment.]

I frowned as Seo-eun showed me the news.

Who are those bastards? Why are they selling me out while proclaiming themselves as my followers?

And what? They even caused casualties? They killed people?

Something twisted inside me.

Yesterday I tried so hard to raise awareness and create my public images.

And everything fell apart on the very next day.

Do you know that you are crossing the line, you bastards?

How dare you use my name and cause terrorism?

And in such an uncivilized and violent way. A shallow way that doesn’t suit me at all!

“……”

And people have died.

I swore to myself that I would never cause casualties to the people as I walked on this villain’s path.

But three people have died.

And now I am the one to blame because my followers did it.

The lives of those three.

With a stiff face, I said to Seo-eun sitting on the chair.

“Seo-eun, help me one more time. I have to deal with those brats and do something about the aftermath.”

“I knew that would happen, so I prepared it beforehand.”

Seo-eun searched through the drawer and handed me a phone.

Holding it in my hand, I walked towards the lift.

“Ha, haha.”

I forced a laugh.

Seriously.

Working non-stop two days in a row is a little too much.

***

The Superhero Association of Korea.

However, no one calls them that, the Hero Association.

Right now, the atmosphere of the Hero Association is intense.

“How is the current situation?”

Hearing the question from the president’s deep voice, the agent sitting at the front quickly spoke up.

“The criminals are still staging a sit-in at the scene. Right now, I believe there are about 300 hostages being isolated inside the building.”

“Any additional casualties?”

“Not yet.”

“Okay, I see. Are the heroes on their way?”

“We have C-class and B-class heroes on standby. But they’re threatening to detonate the bomb, so it’s hard to approach.”

“Damn it, those bastards. Did that Egostic bring them here?”

“We’re investigating their connection… but we still don’t know.”

“Alright, I see. Oh, yeah. Where is Stardus now?”

“She’s currently watching the situation nearby. She will probably make a sudden attack in case of an emergency.”

Like he said.

Shin Haru, Stardus, was watching the situation closely from the rooftop of a nearby building.

‘Damn it, what am I supposed to do…’

The reason why the Hero Association exists is simple.

It is hard for the police, which are just ordinary citizens, to catch other villains who can use superpower. 

Technically, they want to use the superpowers to catch the superpowers.

Terrorism in this generation is almost entirely caused by people with superpowers.

Most of the terrorism are caused by either those who want to show off their power, hate the world, or who have been awakened as villains.

So, this is the first terrorism that was caused by normal people who do not use superpower.

The reason is…

‘Egostic, that punk.’

Shin Haru gritted her teeth.

The man clearly did not use much superpowers, but he still inspired others by the way he made pressure on the hero with only bombs.

‘No. It’s because of what happened the next day after what he caused.’

Yeah, the possibility will be rather high.

Or that he organized another large-scale terrorism in one day, which is impossible.

A planned crime is self-evidence.

‘I should have killed him yesterday… Wait, that?”

As soon as she found something, she got a call from her in-ear.

[Stardus, that Egostic guy has finally appeared. I repeat. Egostic himself seems to appear on the scene. Right now, the criminal is doing a live video of himself on Youtube. Please check it out right away.]

Even without hearing the urgent call from the headquarters, Shin Haru could see him at the moment.

Because there he is, Egostic standing in front of the building where the criminals took hostages.

“Youtube…?”

One of the contacts from the headquarters did say that he was doing a live video on Youtube.

She hurriedly turned on her phone and went into the app.

The video is currently topping the chart on the main page.

[Egostic LIVE]

She clicked on the video.

***

A building filled with cold tension.

A street that no one can see.

Something black appeared.

A black robe covers the whole body.

Black hair looks just like the clothes.

And a half-mask hides the face.

Yeah, it’s me, Egostic.

[What’s this?]

[Shit, a villain’s live broadcast]

[I think this Egostic bastard is live streaming the terrorism now.]

[The best villain of this generation, Egostic. Hahahaha]

[I had nothing to do today, but now it’s going to be interesting.]

[There are so many crazy bastards in the chatroom. It’s a crime scene, you punks.]

[Sure, as long as it’s not me~~~~]

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[Shit, this chatroom is fucked up.]

[Are Youtube not going to take this off?]

[Thinking about his hijacking yesterday, Youtube might not be able to take it off.]

…And the sight of me walking was live streaming on Youtube.

The filming phone is fixed with my telekinesis.

I have no other choice since I have to revive my reputation which seems to be falling apart.

I peeked at the chatroom, and I started to regret it.

Anyway, I kept walking.

At some point, I was standing in front of the building.

As I went in without any restrictions, the dark interior caught my eyes.

A lot of people were sitting inside.

And the people standing were wearing black clothes and masks just like me.

Not a mask that covers half of the face but covers their entire face.

I entered through the entrance to the lobby of the large building.

Holding guns in their hands, they were surprised to see me at first.

Soon after, several people cheered when they recognized me through my black robe and the half mask.

Then a voice from one of the terrorists echoed.

He looked at me and said in a funny voice.

“Our hero, Egostic, come to join himself!”

Ha… What’s wrong with these fuckers?

Why am I the one to feel embarrassed?

Starting with the guy who spoke first, the followers began to chant together.

“Egostic! Egostic!”

“He came! He really came!”

“Woohooooooo!”

The rioters start screaming at me.

The hostages were just crouching in between.

Even if I decided to be a villain.

I was also a regular Korean citizen until I came here.

Something was burning inside me.

Hey, you ignorant brats.

This is just a riot.

It doesn’t have any feelings of intense pressure, original ideas, or psychological stress. 

Shallow terrorism that uses only primal fear and intimidation.

You call yourself my followers but sell my name out and create this mess?

I have not said a word ever since I entered the building.

I just turned my head slowly and carefully read their faces.

Black robes and masks. They are all holding guns.

And one of these guys must be holding the detonator somewhere.

[The one standing in the 3 o’clock direction is holding the detonator.]

A voice spoke up from my earphones.

As expected, Han Seo-eun is indeed a genius hacker.

She knows exactly what I need.

…Although I don’t know how she figured it out.

Between where they stand, it was packed with people.

About 300 people, I guess.

“…..”

Now, what are we going to do with these brats?

Hmm… Okay.

First, let’s laugh.

“Haha, hahaha.”

I lowered my head, giggled then smiled.

And then I laughed again.

“Hahaha, hahahaha! Hahahahahahaha!”

I laughed like a maniac.

Inside the quiet building, only my laughter rang out.

The self-proclaimed followers were also silent as if they noticed something strange.

After laughing my heart out, I stopped and spoke up.

“I heard something about ‘my followers’… so I came. It is, it is…”

The tension swept through the room as my words flowed out.

“You’re doing very, very well! Excellent!”

The followers seemed to be relieved immediately as they heard me.

Yeah, relax yourselves.

A man, who seems to be the leader among them, spoke up.

“Ha, haha! Thank you, sir! We’re Egostic’s passionate–”

“Such an excellent…”

I interrupted him coldly.

And I put my hand inside the coat.

“Such an excellent bullshit–”

As I was talking, I grabbed the man who appeared to be the leader and the man who was holding the detonator with my telekinesis.

“-right now,”

Then I took the gun from my coat and shot them both.

Bang, bang. Such an enjoyable sound.

Thanks to my telekinesis, two of them were shot pathetically and collapsed while bleeding.

“AAAAAAAAAH!”

The hostages started to scream at the sight of collapsed people and the sound of the gun.

Standing among the self-proclaimed followers hiding their faces behind the masks, I put my gun back.

Now, it’s time for ‘Moral Education’.