CH 49

I rushed to Lee Ha-yul’s house after I heard about the gang’s attack .

Damn it! Why are they already making a fuss?

I finally arrived at Lee Ha-yul’s house after running, riding different things and even teleporting.

Some noises could be heard from a shabby house standing alone in the darkness. 

“Huff… Huff…“

After taking a breath, I eavesdropped from the door. They didn’t set up any watchmen? Well yeah, who would come to this shabby house at night? Even the thieves might just walk away after seeing this crumbling scene.

Anyway, I heard something from inside.

[P-Please save me… Spare my life…]

Well, I guess I came on time.

I’m glad he’s not dead yet. If he died, it would be a mess.

All I have to do now is find the right time to come in.

So I went to wait in front of the door.

After waiting for a while, the men finally were about to beat up Lee Ha-yul’s brother.

Yeah, now’s the time.

I took out the bomb that I had prepared.

Ego-styled Bomb Level 4.

Threatening Bomb.

THUUUUMMMMPPP.

The door exploded with a loud roar.

Of course, if I use a regular bomb on this shabby house, the door wouldn’t be the only thing that blew up, so I had to choose a bomb with moderate force.

“What the fuck!!!”

I could hear them cursing from inside.

How dare those brats curse at me in our first meeting!

Well, these kids need to be educated.

“Brother, I’ll go and take a look!”

I can hear some guy shouting from the inside.

Hmm, the first scapegoat.

Adios, man.

“Who the hell are you?”

It’s a pity that it’s his last will.

I shot him in the head in silence. A bullet in the head is good for your health. Probably?

“Fuck!!!”

“Take out your guns! The youngest member got shot!”

Well, are we going into the full-pledged fight now?

Let’s start then.

I manipulated and cut off the house fluorescent lamp with my telekinesis first. The atmosphere is important.

… And because this is my first fight during night time, I wanted to do it in a darkened atmosphere. I’ve never been out at night because of Shadow Walker. The atmosphere doesn’t have any vibe during the day, but only the night can give off that intimidating feeling.

I cut off the electricity.

I could feel them nervous inside. No, I can actually see them getting nervous. The mask I wear has a built-in night vision. It feels like my mask is becoming a high-tech crystal, but it’s probably just me, I’m the only one who thinks so.

Anyway, I went inside to help them. A hysterical voice spoke up as soon as he heard footsteps. “Shoot!”

And the bullets started flying madly towards me. Oh my, so scary. However.

I haven’t used my telekinesis for three months, you know. 

Well, I’m not saying that it got improved or anything like that, but I can easily flick their bullets away.

I quietly flicked all the bullets.

As I flicked them all, the bullets hit the wall of the shabby house and dust began to fall off.

I stayed still, holding my breath.

One of them, who could not see an inch ahead in the dark and dust, muttered quietly.

“Did you do it?”

Would you have done it?

I let go of the fluorescent light that I had fixed with my telekinesis for a while.

What they saw after the light was on again, Peekaboo! Me.

“Shoot!”

They shouted.

But instead, I shot and swept them away.

At the last minute, a man who appears to be the leader took Lee Ha-yul’s brother as a hostage…

I just simply took care of him with my telekinesis.

Gosh, has he never seen me on the news? He didn’t know that my power is telekinesis?

Hmm… I can’t believe that I’m still not that famous yet. I need to work harder.

Anyway, I was  able to prevent the death of Lee Ha-yul’s younger brother in the nick of time.

And now.

The house is covered with blood. It looks almost like a Gore horror movie. If they film this and sell it as a movie, kids under 19 will be banned from watching it no matter what.

And they were both underage kids. Ah.

Lee Ha-yul looked at me in fear while her hands, feet, and mouth were tied tightly.

Well, it seems like I gave her the worst first impression.

She probably saw me as the killer who killed five people. I was just trying to help you…!!

It wouldn’t be strange if her elementary schooler look-alike younger brother fainted. Well, he didn’t faint, but… he’s also looking at me with trembling eyes, I think he’s afraid of me, too. Oh, shit… First impressions are the most important thing.

What should I do now? Should I just go with the horror mode? The moment when I was hesitating.

From the front, Lee Ha-yul’s younger brother spoke up.

“M-Mango Stick…?”

To be honest, I had a slight brain freeze when I heard it.

Huh?

I was expecting “Save me” to come out of them but all of a sudden?

Looking at the child again, his eyes glistened at me.

Alright, here I realize.

Maybe it was worth it.

***

Back to the present.

I released Lee Ha-yul and her brother.

Lee Ha-yul seemed to be trying to resist something, but her brother was faster than her.

“M-Mango Stick. I-I-I’m a big fan!”

He looked at me with sparkling eyes.

Ugh, stop it.

It makes me feel bad looking at a child’s innocent eyes!

It’s like a pool of blood behind me. How can he still be so bright?

Ha-yul, how did you raise him?

His sister, Lee Ha-yul, was already on alert hugging her brother. Hey, I think your brother is already into me.

“Are you here to save me?”

The kid spoke with his eyes sparkling.

Yes, that’s right. That’s right… but if I say so here, it’ll be a bit confusing.

“Ahem, hmm… No. Actually, I’m here to catch you because your sister picked my wallet.”

Lee Ha-yul’s face turned pale in an instant.

I quickly continued.

“But when I came here, there were some bullies running around. I don’t like guys like that. You know what I mean?”

The kid nodded crazily at my words. Do you really understand? I don’t even know what I’m talking about.

“Anyway, that’s how it turned out…”

I looked around and sighed.

Then I shrugged my shoulders and continued.

“Kids, you should just follow me first. It’s night time and the gunshots rang, so we’ll be in trouble if anyone comes and sees this tragedy.”

Lee Ha-yul opened her mouth for the first time.

“How can we trust and follow you?” 

Apparently, she’s wary of me.

Yeah, I understand why Lee Ha-yul is acting like that, she can’t trust humans easily now because of that director from the orphanage. Well, it’s weird to follow the killer who killed 5 people that you just met, right?

Anyway, since she said so, I have nothing else to say.

I can’t just threaten them to follow me.

Of course, it’s not going to be very appealing if I threaten them. I mean, it will be a negative element for long-term relationship development.

This is why I was going to build up with my wallet all this time.

It would have been a very difficult case.

Well, there was one variable. A highly positive variable.

“Ha-yul, what are you talking about? Egostic is such an amazing person!”

Her brother makes a sudden leap saying so.

He immediately began to address his sister about how great I was.

I think 80% of the content is mixed with exaggeration and fabrication. I decided to stay still since it’s going well. Instead, there was a problem that I was somehow embarrassed to hear compliments about myself right in front of me.

After his fuss ended.

Lee Ha-yul became very troubled.

“Cha-yun… Still, how can we believe and follow someone we’ve never seen before?”

“It’s not my first time seeing him! Mango Stick! I mean, Egostic is a hero!”

That’s not it. I’m not a hero.

Anyway, no matter how much I think about it, I think Lee Ha-yul’s younger brother is a member of Mango Union..

And this is a big chance…!

Lee Ha-yul especially. She’s so weak towards her younger brother.

Look at her now. A while ago, her expression was strongly filled with resistance, asking how they can trust and follow me, but she became really troubled by her younger brother’s words. What a dramatic change!

This is my best chance when her brother is rebelling and she has to go with it.

“Follow me, kids. Shadow Walker or the cops will come and see these bodies in five minutes”

“Yes, Ha-yul! Let’s hurry up and follow Egostic!”

She looked confused as I mentioned the police, and even her brother supported me next to her.

Then eventually, she said in a slightly quivering voice.

“…If you do anything to us, I won’t stay still…”

I answered as soon as she said so.

“What can I possibly do to you guys? I’m not going to do anything, so just follow me. Hold my hands.”

When I reached out my hand, her brother grabbed first.

Her brother stepped forward first, and she had to grab me with a trembling hand.

Good.

So we teleported to my underground basement, all together.

All right. Now everything can go as planned…!