68 – Doubt(1)
After finishing her morning workout, Song Soo-yeon enters the store.
“…Ah, hello.”
She waves her hand at me with a stiff movement.
I was slightly puzzled by his unusual appearance, but I also returned my greeting.
“I’m here? I was thinking of going to wash up now.”
“…”
Song Soo-yeon slowly walked towards me and stuck her head out. Then I start to sniff my sweat.
I was startled and pushed her away.
“Smells…! what are you doing?”
“…just. I was curious how much it smelled.”
“…it was very teasing, but I heard the taste.”
Song Soo-yeon smiles and sits down on a chair.
She smoked for a while, then rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly and proposed to me.
“… Mister, I’m thinking of going to look for a studio today, would you like to go with me?”
“Are you looking for it today?”
“We need to return the room quickly.”
“…Umm…yes. Come with me.”
I accept her request without any hesitation. A small smile bloomed on Song Soo-yeon’s face.
“Then I’ll wash up. then let’s go These days, I seem to be looking for it a lot through the app, but I’ve been looking at it for a while.”
“yes.”
The moment I grabbed my cell phone and was about to leave, my cell phone started ringing.
“hmm?”
It was Solas.
Song Soo-yeon looked at me.
I got a call on my way out.
“hello?”
“Yeah, cum brother?”
“okay. Bom, why did you call?”
“….just.”
I burst out laughing. At that moment, Song Su-yeon stands up next to me, clings to me and speaks on her cell phone.
“I have one too.”
“……Are you Suyeon?”
“yes. I feel like I’m eavesdropping, so I’m going to let you know.”
“…Thank you for your consideration. Are you with your brother?”
“Because it’s near my house.”
Song Soo-yeon puts the ball on my forearm. He kept pulling me in and trying to join the call.
I turn on the speaker phone as much as I am conscious of the smell of sweat.
And then I push her away from me.
At the same time, Minbom made a stretching sound and lamented at me.
“Ah…Brother. i’m so tired I worked overtime yesterday.”
“…Because of Mayhem?”
“…huh? Ah yes?”
“I saw it on the news. It was a shock.”
I don’t sympathize with Mayhem. Even before returning, I didn’t care what he did as long as he didn’t cross the line.
But even for me, who was indifferent, his death yesterday came as a shock.
In fact, as me and Song Soo-yeon got out of the way of villains, I thought that Mayhem was the most influential as the next villain ranking.
It was hard to believe that he was killed by Trino and Liquid, villains who weren’t so famous in my day.
Certainly, a lot has changed with the world of regression.
I wonder if Trino also developed the strength to win first place.
Solas is worried.
The fight between her and Trino, who will gradually grow, can now be seen as inevitable. I just hope the trino doesn’t have strength outside of the standard.
Not knowing my worries, Minbom giggled.
“Didn’t you know that my brother was interested in something like this?”
“…rather than interest…I know a little bit.”
It was an honest statement, but for some reason, my conscience was stabbed.
Since he was a villain, these are things he had no choice but to know. But I couldn’t reveal this fact.
I turn around to hide this shameful truth.
“Anyway, are you going to work now?”
“Um…no.”
“huh?”
“…I’m off work soon. I still have work to do.”
“What, wasn’t it home? You said there was still work left to do by this time…?”
When I wondered, Minbom was silent for a moment.
“sorry. I guess I can’t tell you why. From there, it’s confidential.”
At the sound of her sinful voice, I immediately withdrew.
“No, what are you sorry about? If it’s confidential, it’s natural.”
But many questions popped up in my head.
Why did you work until morning?
Did you find out something? Did you have a countermeasure meeting? Any other undisclosed incidents?
“…”
I shook my head.
It’s none of my business.
The sound of Solas talking to someone came over.
“yes? Ah yes. I’ll go! Brother, I think I have to go now.”
“…okay. Cheer up, spring.”
Even if I say it, I realize that the words I just said won’t be very helpful.
I thought about it and added my honest thoughts.
“…I always think it’s cool.”
“uh?”
“Trying to catch the villain. protecting citizens. Thanks to you, many people will sleep with their legs stretched out. I respect you.”
“…”
Perhaps surprised, Solas, who didn’t answer for a while, let out a cute, awkward laugh.
“……..”
Then he thanked me and ended the conversation.
“Thank you, calling my brother was the answer. It gives me strength. I’m really going, hang up! Goodbye too Suyeon.”
– Knock.
The phone hangs up. I looked to the side.
Song Soo-yeon was looking up at me with a slightly serious expression, not knowing when she was sitting in the chair.
“…was it quiet?”
i told her
Even when he interrupted the phone, I knew he wanted to talk.
Song Soo-yeon ignores my words.
Instead, he leaned on his chin and told me.
“…Do you also watch news like that?”
“…?”
“News about heroes…villains.”
Song Soo-yeon brought up the topic that she had been shy about.
I sighed and answered.
“…I haven’t seen it normally, but look at it these days.”
“…why?”
“Because of spring.”
“…Did you say you hate villains?”
“…”
It was a strange question to hear from her. Does she know that she could have walked the path of a villain herself?
What would your face look like if you heard that I was once a villain?
It seems like yesterday that they called me Hoguna or Chinta.
Wouldn’t it be very disappointing if I knew that I, who had been so harmless, was actually a heinous criminal.
I didn’t want to use the ability again. Going back to being a villain.
The current situation was so precious to me.
So I promise once again, I hope she doesn’t become a villain.
And with a little bit of self-loathing, he said it firmly.
“I hate it. Villain.”
“…………”
Surprisingly, Song Soo-yeon remained silent for a long time.
Then he looks up at me and asks.
“…But then, weren’t you a bit happy yesterday?”
“huh? why.”
“…That…Mayhem is dead. I heard he was a dangerous person among the villains.”
“You were killed by the villain. Not a hero.”
“Isn’t that what it is?”
I clicked my tongue and shook my head. And he frowns and says.
“…the only one more vicious survives.”
“…”
Again, I want to get off this topic. I gesticulate and smell my clothes.
Then he smiled and said to Song Soo-yeon.
“Anyway, I’ll wash up now, Soo-yeon. It stinks.”
****
Minbom relieved her stress by listening to Jeonggyeom’s voice.
Secretly, he exhales a long, quiet breath through his nose.
Then he returned to the conference room where the intense meeting was taking place.
As the break time everyone promised is over, one by one they appear.
Head of Villain Countermeasures Management Headquarters, Drug Investigation Team, Head of Hero Association, Shake, etc…
The giants were all gathered.
Min Bom also goes to her seat and sits down. I checked the documents handed over to her again.
The meeting was long, but to be honest, I didn’t pay much attention.
I just wanted to go home quickly.
…But is it because of Jeong-gyeom’s praise? Decided to pay a little attention.
I wanted to be a hero he admired.
Last night, Mayhem had one more burst with death.
“…Villain Luna.”
Sheikh murmured.
One by one, the people who heard that voice spurred the meeting.
The head of the countermeasures department says:
“…must be announced. We have a duty to inform that such an emerging villain has appeared. This ability to control and surrender more than 100 gangsters is by no means light.”
The person who opposes the announcement of Villain Luna replies.
“It’s not that it’s not light. But you can’t play into the hands of villains. Do you really not know why I sent you this letter?”
In the letter he heard, there was a sentence written in a pretty handwriting.
‘Luna’s gift.’
“To control 100 members and send them as gifts is a show of strength. Villains are the biggest moneylines in fame. There is no need to announce a villain named Luna and let them do whatever they want.”
Again, in favor of Luna announcement.
“It can’t be hidden. Luna has appeared, and it’s going to be a headache in the future. You might be seeing the rise of a more dangerous villain than Trino. We do not know the limits of this ability. It might work for a hero. Even Mayhem could have been manipulated and killed unilaterally. I have to announce. You can’t hide it.”
the other side again.
“no? If it were that powerful, it wouldn’t be under the alliance of Trino and Liquid. I would have gone alone. There is no need to be too scared to announce Luna’s appearance. It’s just that people are anxious, and Luna moves as she wants.”
Shake chuckled and interjected.
“…It’s not that I’m afraid that people will be anxious, but I’m afraid that there will be more things to make excuses and apologize for.”
Everyone’s attention is drawn to Minbom also looked at Sheikh.
Shake raises his eyebrows and says.
“Isn’t it? In the position of having to stop Luna…we’ll only have excuses. In that case, it might be better to hide it.”
the head of the countermeasures management headquarters asked.
“…Shake, are you trying to hide Luna too?”
“… Either way, it doesn’t matter. Let’s end the meeting quickly.”
Everyone let out a long sigh at Sheikh’s words. The voices, which had been intense for a moment, subsided, and they expressed dissatisfied frustration by loosening their throats and clicking their tongues.
Then, the head of the Hero Association asks.
“Solas. What do you think?”
“yes?”
“You’ve been quiet, haven’t you? Let’s talk.”
Minbom feels that attention is drawn to her.
In fact, she felt strangely different from others.
First of all, the name of the villain is…Luna.
It was as if the name appeared against Solas himself.
I was distracted by the name, and to some extent I wasn’t interested, so I couldn’t prepare an appropriate answer.
Minbom pondered for a moment.
Imagining what to say, if I can show a bright side, and if I will act like Solas…
Jeong-gyeom’s words come to mind.
‘Trying to catch the villain. protecting citizens. Thanks to you, many people will sleep with their legs stretched out. I respect you.’
“…”
She smiled a little behind her mask.
I didn’t even have to think about the citizens.
What should I do for him?
“Solas? comment-”
“-Hide it.”
Min Bom replied coolly. He smiles and looks at everyone.
“Someone told me earlier, but if I was that powerful, I would have revealed myself. Since I can’t show myself, I’ll hide and send only my name like this. There is no reason to announce it.”
“Then the damage to the citizens-”
“-If you want to harm the citizens, you have to show yourself first. in any way.”
“…”
Minbom said as if he had promised.
“And when it appears, I will catch it. Hide it until then.”
Shake began to nod.
The head of the Hero Association also gave a small smile.
Min Bom says: Reminds me of Jeonggyeom’s smile.
“…Until then, there is no need for the person you love to be anxious, right?”
