This Villain is Soft - Chapter 112



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Episode 112

‘What does that have to do with making a wiretapping device?’

Ha-on was puzzled, but he hoped that his relationship with Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong would remain smooth, so he thought deeply and opened his mouth.

“I’ve been timid and shy since I was young, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been timid at every moment in my life.”

“Maybe,” Haon added to himself as he continued.

“There were people around me who were cheering me on, and I didn’t want to mess things up by hesitating at an important moment.”

“… … .”

“Some things are innate, and some can change depending on the environment, but shouldn’t your own will come first? If the environment is such that it hinders even such efforts, then there’s nothing you can do.”

As he finished speaking, Ha-on raised his head and thought that he had met the eyes of Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong.

I don’t know if it was actually true because of the hat that was pulled down so low, but I was worried that I might have said something irresponsible, so I quickly added it.

“Well, that’s just my opinion.”

“… …Is that so?”

Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong remained silent as if lost in thought, then smiled gently and spoke.

“But I guess Haon is good at talking in front of people he knows.”

“Me, me?”

“Yes. I didn’t know you were so good at talking.”

“Ah, ahaha… … .”

Ha-on, who had been smiling awkwardly, shut his mouth tightly and lowered his gaze to the wiretapping device.

She wouldn’t have known.

When I hear things like that, I suddenly become unable to speak well.

* * *

That evening.

Ha-on and Ju-yeol, who had returned from the shooting range together, were in the middle of a meal.

Ha-on, who had been reluctant to talk to the villains about Bae An-jae for a while, was now talking naturally again.

“Now that I think about it, the analysis results for the elixir came out, and they were a bit strange.”

Joo-yeol summarized the chemical analysis team’s briefing and then made a face as if he didn’t understand.

“I’m not sure, but it seems to have the opposite effect from the existing potion. That’s probably why it’s called an elixir.”

At those words, one thing came to Haon’s mind.

When I was mistaken for a potion maker and created a nullification patch gun, I was suspected of selling both the potion and the patch gun to double my money.

“Are they intentionally causing side effects in the potion and selling the elixir?”

“I have some guesses, but I don’t know exactly what they are.”

Haon, who was chewing on the plump shrimp flesh and pondering, came up with another hypothesis.

“What is it used for for the Awakened? To temporarily prevent the heroes from using their abilities.”

“If that’s the case, then it’s serious, but I don’t think anyone would drink the elixir quietly.”

“Wouldn’t it be possible if you could hit it by shooting it, like with a nullifying patch gun or a sleep gun?”

“… … !”

Joo-yeol’s expression hardened.

Even with just the bullets from the two-shot, the Mana bullets from the Bae An Jae, and the claws from the mechanical warts, it seems difficult to break through, but if you add the Elixir gun… … .

“I’ll have to talk to headquarters tomorrow.”

“Can’t I see the chemical analysis team’s data?”

“Umm… … .”

Ha-on suddenly felt anxious when he saw Joo-yeol worrying and quickly waved his hand.

“Don’t steal! I didn’t mean to tell you to sneak it out!”

“What do you think of me?”

“A ghost who breaks headquarters rules so much.”

Joo-yeol shrugged his shoulders as if he had nothing to say.

“I’ll ask you once.”

“Thank you. And… … .”

Haon changed the subject as he searched his memory.

“You said that Bae An-jae emptied the underground parking lot.”

“Does anything come to mind?”

“Where I lived, the terrorists would always build a cooler in the basement. They would bring in a lot of water to cool down the turbines and generators.”

“Cooler… … I’ll tell headquarters about that too.”

Joo-yeol nodded and checked the meeting schedule for tomorrow.

Looking at that, Haon felt regretful that he could not tell her more accurately and clearly.

‘Is there anything more I can do?’

I was doing my best in the engineering lab, but I always felt like something was lacking.

‘I also need to find out about Juyeol’s younger sibling. I gave up while hacking… ‘

Since I couldn’t use magic, there wasn’t much I could do for the main office and the headquarters.

Ha-on put down his chopsticks and took a deep breath, when suddenly an idea flashed in his head.

‘No. Rather, since I can’t use magic, I’ll be completely careless.’

Eunhaon who can’t use magic engineering.

His current presence would be no more than that of an ant to Bae An-jae.

‘Maybe now is the chance.’

Haon jumped up from his seat.

“I need to hack the shipyard.”

“Suddenly? Now?”

“now!”

And then I ran straight to the research lab on the 4th floor.

From behind, Juyeol’s voice was heard shouting, “There’s dessert too!”

* * *

Haon, who sat down in front of the computer for the first time in a long time, stretched his clasped hands forward and stretched them with his palms facing outward.

Joo-yeol ended up cutting the apple into the shape of a rabbit and putting it in Ha-on’s mouth.

“Can you hack without magic engineering?”

“It’s possible. It’ll be difficult against a magician, but it’s not impossible.”

“Isn’t Bae An-jae’s computer protected by some kind of mana shield? You don’t have to go all the way to where the computer is?”

“We’ll get there. Just in a slightly different way.”

Haon swallowed the apple and took a deep breath.

Juyeol thought that the sight looked like a dragon ready for battle, but decided not to say anything.

“We have to infiltrate a place that Bae An-jae can’t see. A place he can’t even imagine.”

“Where is that?”

“You’re riding in from outside of District 3, no, outside of the old city. Blue!”

Juyeol flinched at Haon’s habitual calling of his name.

Haon, who had stopped with his hands on the keyboard, looked at the unresponsive cell phone with trembling eyes.

Joo-yeol bit his lips and thought, ‘It must still be painful.’

But Haon’s eyes quickly hardened again.

“… … No, Blue. You rest a little more. I’ll do it.”

That small voice sounded unusually clear and distinct in Juyeol’s ears.

His back flinched at the feeling of the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end. He felt over my heart as if possessed.

Haon turned his gaze to the monitor and started fiddling with the hacking tool.

It would take longer than if I were using magic engineering, but I was sure it wouldn’t be slow.

Letters appeared on the black screen.

Haon carefully tapped on the keyboard and first hacked into the CCTV company used by Twoshot.

Then, he dug into the CCTV monitoring computer that was being used at the base of the two-shot and investigated other computers that were using the same internet as that computer.

‘This is it.’

He broke into a computer with an alarm system installed and set off both the fire alarm and the hero intrusion alarm.

At that moment, there was a computer sending signals to a huge number of AI software.

Haon, who infiltrated the place without hesitation, discovered a very familiar spiderweb-shaped library.

The form of archives created by terrorists.

It was Bae An-jae’s.

‘I am an ant. I will eat them all.’

Haon muttered and sharpened his concentration.

And then, at the end, the sound of keyboard keystrokes piled up like sawdust.

“Okay!”

As soon as the information was stolen, access was blocked.

“Whoa.”

Haon, who had relaxed, was gasping for breath. He didn’t realize it, but it seemed like he couldn’t even breathe properly.

‘I did it.’

I tried to clench my trembling fingertips, but I couldn’t get the strength into them.

‘I did it without magic engineering.’

Haon slumped back into his chair, exhausted. Unlike his limbs that had lost their strength, his heart was pounding rapidly.

‘There really is a person on top of Mana.’

My heart was filled with a sense of elation and fulfillment.

Then the chair swiveled backwards.

“it’s okay……?”

Joo-yeol muttered in a dazed manner, with both hands on the handle.

Haon opened his eyes wide as his vision suddenly changed and soon smiled bashfully.

“Juyeol-ah, that’s fine. There will be information about your younger brother in here too.”

“… … !”

Joo-yeol lowered his body as if his legs were losing strength, and rested his forehead on Ha-on’s knee.

As Haon flinched, he spoke in a belated, ringing voice.

“Actually, regarding my brother… I thought there was no way to investigate further.”

“… … .”

Haon knew that it was because he had lost his magic.

Still, I was very grateful to Joo-yeol, who had not shown any sign of showing concern about the problem until now.

He rubbed his head against my knees as I stroked his curly hair that suited him so well.

Haon, who was smiling slightly at the ticklish feeling, spoke in an apologetic tone.

“But you can’t see it right away.”

When Juyeol raised his head with a puzzled expression, Haon opened the file he had stolen and told him to look at it.

Then, a very complicated puzzle pattern appeared. If I didn’t solve it, the hacked information would be useless.

Joo-yeol glared at the monitor with an angry expression.

“I thought it was finally here… … .”

Haon gently grabbed his hand.

“I haven’t looked into it in detail, but it might take a long time to unravel all of this.”

“… … .”

“But if you take your time with something that takes a long time, you’ll be able to figure it out.”

Haon spoke again to Juyeol, who was looking at him with agitated eyes.

“I will definitely solve it.”

Strength entered his grasping hand.

Joo-yeol slowly nodded his head, his eyes intently fixed on Ha-on’s clean face.

“Yeah. You will. I don’t doubt it.”

Haon looked into the eyes full of trust and thought of another goal of his.

‘If we solve the puzzle, we might be able to find a way to restore magic engineering.’