CH 195

*TN: The title means “The product is as fresh as it directly delivers from the production place”

A sunny day.

Sitting in the sunlight shining over the veranda, I was sitting in the living room and working.

The sound of television in front of it.

[Stardus dealt with a new A-class villain. The peculiarity is that it took less than 10 minutes to get rid of the villain…]

I looked up at the news from Stardus after the economic news. Then Stardus on the screen. She’s standing tall after defeating a villain.

Her expression looked so relaxed.

It seems that star punch, which has definitely been enlightened since the Devil’s castle last time, was strong, and is breaking everything by itself.

I feel like smiling seeing her smiling like that as at this period in the original she would’ve been running over by this and that villain, and she would’ve been spending her impoverished life catching a few demons that escaped from the Devil’s castle.

But now that I think about it, it’s not the time to smile like this.

Stardus are strong now, but she needs to be stronger for the future. Especially to prevent the coming destruction.

In other words, if she catches only such weak ones, her body may get used to it and her skills may decrease, so she should continue to attach strong enemies. There is a reason why I always made a stronger pile to deal with when I raised our PMC.

Anyway… It’s really time to prepare for the next terrorist attack.

Shouldn’t we show her something as her arch-enemy, who is spending a calm day without any major incidents after the last Devil’s Castle incident?

Yeah, it’s a new terror. A new terror. To test the limitations of Stardus.

…What could there be.

“Hmm…”

I folded my arms and fell into agony.

In fact, the solution is surprisingly simple. We just need to get our Ego Stream members back on the ground. Electra and Seo Jayoung will be enough to face Stardus with Ha-yul’s buff for a while, and basically Seo-eun, who is making the fourth Starbuster, and Desik, who will be the hidden gem.

In other words, if I combine a few of them, it’ll be over. This is actually the simplest way to end it. Because I don’t even have to step up. Fight moderately and make it stand out, and that’s it.

…But if that’s a problem.

It’s a terror that comes after the greatest terrorist attack of all time… If I show her another terrorist attack that I’ve seen before, my position as an arch-enemy…’

Yeah, that’s the symbolism of terrorism.

It will be my first terrorist attack after the Devil’s castle, so this is bound to draw attention.

Especially last time, I came out with a window of light in the Devil’s castle, and the media still talk about me…

“Hmm…”

I think the best solution is to recruit a new villain… New wine must be put into fresh wineskins…

“Right now… The timing is…”

I tried to think quickly.

Yes, terrorism using our Ego Stream members will take place after the Moonlight Gate event anyway. I mean, I don’t have to do that for now. It’s not too late to concentrate on gathering the members.

It’s been two months since the Devil’s castle incident, and it’s been a while since I went out wearing Seo-eun’s suit…

I thought about the original schedule while looking at the calendar, and soon made a decision.

Yeah. Now, let’s get a new villain and go terrorize Stardus. If I’m going to call myself the arch of Stardus, shouldn’t I do this?

“Okay, let’s go!”

I made a decision.

Yeah, how about… that person? After meeting the spirit, it would be perfect time to recruit him, make him a villain, then it’ll be perfect time to do the attack. Considering the power he showed in the original… Stardus will have hard time dealing with him. She’s definitely going to grow.

Having concluded so, I began to plan my next work, recalling the original.

Not a bad plan.

After a while.

“Haa, it’s finally over. Hey, what are you doing?”

The members who were training and fighting outside returned.

They are like ‘I’ve been watching Stardus lately, and I’m going to beat her!’, and have been working hard even when I don’t ask them.

Especially these days, Choi Se-hee seems to be working the hardest.

“I was planning for the next terrorist attack. Hmm…”

Choi Se-hee, who was wiping her wet hair with a towel while watching me do it next to me, soon leaned back on the sofa.

And Seo-eun followed and walked toward me with a sound like she’s dying. It was her who stumbled and sat next to me.

“Da-in… I’m dying.”

Recently, she was busy doing this and that, saying that she would make the 4th Starbuster perfect, and also training.

Soon it was Seo-eun, who started to doze off while sitting down.

…How tired are you?

As I was covering Seo-eun with a blanket nearby, Eun-wol also appeared tired on one side.

“Hmm… Da-in, I’ll take a nap, too.”

Then she sat next to Seo-eun, who is dozing off, put on a blanket together, and started to doze on the sofa.

… Originally, Eun-wol was relatively fine after the battle as she was strong, but as everyone became strong, it became too much to deal with, so she must have gotten tired quickly.

Watching Seo-eun and Eun-wol dozing off while leaning on each other like that, I suddenly remembered and turned my head.

Wait. If Seo-eun and Eun-wol are this tired, what about Seo Jayoung, who always looks tired?

So when I looked around my head a few times, I could find Seo Jayoung right away.

She’s already sleeping in front of the entrance of the living room.

…That’s fast.

Everyone looks tired.

As I was quietly turning down the TV watching it.

“What the? Are you all sleeping?”

Such a voice was heard.

Choi Se-hee’s eyes were shining as I looked around and identified the origin of the voice.

As everyone was dozing off because they were tired, she was drinking banana milk alone on the sofa.

“Hey, aren’t you sleepy? Just by hearing the sound here, it seemed like they had a fierce fight.”

“Oh, I don’t know. I’ve always been confident about my physical strength though?”

She said so and smiled coolly.

Well, but the kids are dozing offI can’t hear you well because you’re speaking in a low voice.

So I got up from my seat and sat down next to the sofa where Choi Se-hee was sitting.

When I sat next to her, Choi Se-hee was drinking banana milk.

I said impulsively, unknowingly, looking at her yellow eyes and slightly short-haired orange hair that came down to her shoulders.

Yeah. I was going to go alone, but I think it’s better to go together than that.

“Would you two like to leave together?”

“…What?”

When I brought it up like that, she suddenly tapped the straw in her mouth and missed it, and started to panic.

“L-Leave? all of a sudden? No, wait a second. To where?”

I spoke calmly as I saw her start to gibberish out of the blue.

“To recruit a new villain. I was going to go alone, but I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea if us two go.”

“…New, villain. Yeah, I knew it… But wait, just you and me?”

Her eyes, which turned cold for a moment at my new villain mention, returned to their original state when I suggested going by us two.

“Yeah. It doesn’t seem necessary to go all together.”

Actually, I don’t mind going alone, but I thought it would be bad to go with at least one person just in case. And when Choi Se-hee said she had good stamina, I thought of it impulsively and asked.

Why is physical strength important?

Because we have to go hiking.

“Well, all right. Let’s go, anywhere.”

Choi Se-hee answered like that with a smile without noticing the tragedy that came to her.

I smiled at her and thanked her.

…Thank you.

I didn’t want to go there alone.

***

After a few days like that.

I told everyone that on the day I decided to recruit a new member, and soon I started preparing to go to the opponent’s place.

“…No, why do you have to pack a duck down padded jacket? It’s not even winter yet.”

“There’s a reason for everything. Now, put in your scarf.”

“…We’re not going to Antarctica, are we?”

“Here’s the heating packs, Da-in.”

“Oh, thank you, Soobin.”

“…Da-in, you’re not doing anything dangerous, are you?”

“Don’t worry, it’s not real this time.”

…As long as there’s no problem.

After running around Choi Se-hee, who was grumbling from home, we packed our winter clothes from the beginning of autumn and went on a trip.

Across the river, across the bridge, across the tunnel, we finally arrived at our destination.

After getting off like that, we had to walk after looking at the map for a long time to reach our destination.

“Is it here?”

“Yeah.”

Where we arrived after damaging so many grass and trees.

It was a huge snow mountain that was suddenly covered with snow deep in the valley.

“…How can such place exist in South Korea?”

“It’s hidden, so ordinary people don’t know.”

“Anyway, can I go up here?”

“Yeah. It’s probably on the top.”

“Oh… It’s exciting since it feels like I’m going on an adventure after a long time.”

She looked at the high mountain and said so with a subtle excitement as if she wanted to try, and asked me as if she had suddenly remembered.

“No… Wait, but come to think of it, who the hell lives on top of this snow mountain? Are you sure it’s a human?”

“Should I call her… a human?”

“What?”

She’s more of a god than a human being, but… Maybe she can change into a human. I’m not sure.

“Anyway, let’s go up. You’ll know when you see it.”

“Well, then… Okay, let’s go!”

Choi Se-hee, who said so, smiled and began to take the first step toward the mountain.

I also started following her, moving my feet.

Wait a little more, Stardus.

I’ll bring you a fresh villain!