CH 60

C60: Public Opinion

The next morning.

“Are you sure you’re okay now?”

“Yeah. Told you my condition got better again!”

“That’s weird… It’s impossible for you to get better in a day. Aren’t you pretending to be better because you don’t want to go to the hospital?”

In the living room, I told them that I felt better after I woke up.

However, no one believed me even if I told them, so I had to show them by going around the whole room teleporting. Why am I doing this in the morning?

“What… I guess you’ve really gotten better”

“Huff, huff. I told you so. Have you been fooled all of your life?”

“That’s weird… How did you get better in a day?”

Everyone seemed to be wondering when I suddenly became lively, while I was still vomiting blood until yesterday, but it was an atmosphere where they fell for my words, “It’s just a lucky thing”.

Only Ha-yul, who was stroking her younger brother’s head, saying, “It’s a relief anyway,” was smiling quietly.

She must be feeling better today. To be honest, she seemed a little scary yesterday when she became a monster obsessed with early morning emotions. I felt a little sorry that she blamed herself while feeling so guilty.

Well, even though she looks like a grown-up, she’s only in his second year of high school. A new class year is coming next month, so I think she’ll be a senior in high school?

Come to think of it, Seo-eun is in her third year of middle school, so she will be a high school student next month. She still seems like a middle school student. Tsk.

Anyway, everything is better now, so I decided to get a report on the results of the last terrorist attack.

Soobin organized all the data. She seemed very busy taking care of three kids these days, when did she do all of this?

In conclusion, the consequences of my terrorist attacks are as follows.

The complete collapse of the Mapo Bridge

All the columns exploded, so it disappeared neatly as if there was no bridge there. They say they don’t know how many years it will take to clean up all the debris and build a new bridge.

Good. Perfect.

Now that incident where the crazy black tentacle monster turns Seoul into a mess won’t happen like in the comic.

I was excitedly advancing forward without knowing that I was scared of the world, and I was already happy to think of the guy who would be stuck in the Han River. Oh, I’m going to take out the popcorn and watch it live.

The beginning of exhaustion? There’s no such thing! In the future, I will remove the elements that will make my life a waste in advance. For Stardus, and for myself.

Anyway, for Mapo Bridge, they said it will be difficult to rebuild the bridge after the collapse even for about three years, so I can say that all preparations are perfect.

I remember that incident happens in March next year, so about four months later. Like when Ha-yul was recruited, I was worried that I remembered the wrong time or the incident could happen ahead of time, so I set aside enough and destroyed it. There’s nothing to be afraid of now!

That’s how I completed my goal of breaking the bridge perfectly.

I also heard unexpected news.

“What? More people curse at me?”

“Yup, Da-in. Now, most of the public are swearing at you.”

“Well… I mean, let’s say I could get cursed at because my goal was to be a terrible villain in the first place. But all of a sudden? I tried to explode the ships, tied people to the train rail, and even dropped the plane. Now?”

When I tried to exterminate 50 people at my disposal, they stayed still, but this time it was even a public participation vote. Why?

“What happened was…”

The story that Seo-eun told me was absurd.

When I was doing the terrorist attack, everyone was like, ‘Hehe, $100, jackpot’ and people were shocked when I concluded that I had given $100 to 7 million people.

Everyone thought that I couldn’t even reach five million in such a short time, all those people who doubted that it wouldn’t get over one million shut their mouth and played dumb.

But here, the problem has become a little strange.

The fact that foreign countries started reporting this incident on their country’s news.

Dealing with the incident in South Korea, a country on the small eastern peninsula, they reported that ‘7 million Koreans were actively involved in causing terrorism for their own benefit’ giving news of the nuance that it was a tragic missing of humanism.

So in a word, Korea has become a bit of a disgrace. As a result, foreign netizens teared up to see the selfish scene.

Then there comes those channels of the cognitive dissonance nation lovers. They have to produce a video about how great Korea is by getting sources from the foreign communities, but they were shocked because people were cursing at Korea there.

In response to the anger over Egostic who caused all this, those Gukppong TVs began to post videos of people bashing Egostic altogether, not being able to live up to their names.

The general conclusion is that all of these reactions by foreigners are due to the sinful and immoral Egostic, and the Korean people are scapegoats who played with his tricks.

These unfounded and illogical videos quickly spread around the elderly who were heartbroken by foreign news…

In conclusion, reporters brought this back and mass-produced articles, and in conclusion, they were damaged by Egostic who played with the human mind like garbage.

Honestly, they completely turned the table into Egostic’s fault, rather than criticize that they shouldn’t receive money.

As a result, the likable Egostic suddenly became a traitor.

“Uh…”

I was a little shocked to hear that.

Yes, it is true that I have been shocked by the public opinion about how they like me since I became a villain.

So I thought I wanted to get cursed at to be a true villain.

It’s kind of funny that it turned out the way I wanted.

“Well, I mean. It happened because of the attack I planned and induced, so I guess it’s really because of me?”

“Why is it because of you? It doesn’t make sense to blame you now that 7 million people participated. All you did was lead them.”

“That’s right! It’s not your fault!”

Ha-yul’s younger brother Cha Yoon, who was coming out after drinking water, also defended me as he passed by. Haha…

“Tsk… Then there’ll be no Mango Union? Did the people who used to be in Mango Union turn around too?”

“Oh, the Mango Union? No, they are rather even more united.”

“They’re united?”

What the hell?

“Do you think people only cursed at you? Of course, they even cursed at your supporters. That’s why they became even more united. Look.”

Yeah?

I turned on my cell phone and went into the official Egostic fan cafe.

When I went into the popular article and looked at the list, the titles of the posts were burning.

*

[Why did they take the money and curse at our Mango?]

[Look at them cursing after receiving $100 from Mango]

[They should’ve admitted that they’re selfish. Why are they cursing at our Mango?]

[I taught those who cursed at our Mango a lesson(I have proof)]

[If you’re sick of people who use Egostic, I fucking recommend Hahahahaha.]

[Real-time at our school… What is that brat doing?]

*

“Hmm…”

I looked at the list of popular posts and I fell into deep thoughts

Just by looking at the top ones, I can already tell that it’s a mess.

“Ha. Of course, I don’t mean that you did a good job, but it’s ridiculous to drive you to it as if it was only you at fault.”

Seo-eun, who was sitting on the sofa and looking at the phone behind me, soon fell down.

“Da-in. The reason why you exploded the bridge this time is that a monster would come out during an experiment of the HanEun group in front of the bridge, right? If there’s a monster, it’s going to cross that bridge?”

“Oh? Oh, that’s right.”

“Ha. I wonder what will happen if it really works out as you said.”

Seo-eun said with an evil smile.

“So if we really stop the monster because of you, how will people react then?”

What?

Yeah.

I forgot all the swear words that I just saw for a moment, but if a monster as big as a building hits the Han River, the whole country will see it. There’s no way it can be hidden.

Well, people’s reactions will be funny then. No, would they turn into my strong supporters then? I think they’ll claim that it was a coincidence. Or else they’re the only ones who will look stupid.

Well, that’s a story we’ll find out then.

I just hung around while watching the news. For the time being, I have to spend free time at home and have a plan before the black monster incident.

While I was watching the Internet news, an article stood out to me.

[Kim Sunwoo, the technical advisor of HanEun Group, is released after being sentenced to parole]

“Oh.”

I shouted out loud.

Finally, he came out of jail like in the original.

He’s the starting point for all this.

The first person in charge of the collapse of the HanEun Group.

And the reason why I exploded the bridge, the guy who worked on the black monster project.

“Now that he’s out, it’s only a matter of time.”

The big one is coming.

***

Seoul. Under the Han River.

Inside the deep underground laboratory, researchers in white gowns bowed their heads in unison.

“Dr. Kim Sun-woo. Welcome back.”

“Oh, that’s enough. Assist me.”

“Yes!”

The one who made everyone bow, was a man in a study suit, wearing glasses. He has a hollow face with thin hair.

He is the technical advisor to the HanEun Group.

The final supervisor and director of the secret project, ‘De-human’.

Kim Sunwoo.

“First of all, the others report later, and how long has ‘it’ been completed?”

“It’s almost done. It seems that he is slowly gaining intelligence.”

“Good, good. Let’s see.”

Other researchers guided him, while he was tapping on his tablet.

In time, they continued going through the dark corridor and passed through dozens of iron gates.

What comes out is a huge auditorium that you can’t believe is underground.

There was a huge tank that could not enter the naked eye, and numerous researchers were busy moving around.

On one wall of the vacant lot is glass, not a wall. Except for where the researchers were, this large area was all one big tank.

A tank filled with something light-green chemical instead of water.

Dr. Kim Sun-woo quietly walked forward and touched the glass wall of the tank, which was several tens of times his height.

“Behemoth Beta’s condition is very stable right now.”

“Okay, alright. That’s what I’m saying…”

Looking into the tank with sentimental eyes.

Inside the green trough, a black tentacle mass the size of a large house rolled around.

“…Soon, I will complete you. Behemoth.”

The doctor looked into the tank with burning eyes.

His eyes were burning with pure madness.

***

“Yeah~ Bechimos Han River is going to disappear in no time, right? Five years of research will be useless and the company will be ruined, right?”

“Da-in. Where on earth did you learn to speak in such a strange way? That’s a term for internet broadcasting!”

I was mumbling excitedly after reading the article about Kim Sun-woo’s release from prison, but I was scolded by Seo-eun telling me to write normal Korean.

A middle school student scolds an adult to say something serious instead of using newly coined words that look light.

…Is this right? I’ve seen an adult scolding a middle school student to say something properly. The other way around…

No, Seo-eun, it’s a good thing for you, too.

Of course, my defense was ignored.

You are mean.