This Villain is Soft - Chapter 128



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Episode 128

An hour ago, District 5, Old Town.

Nova glared at the iron door with a sullen expression.

In his hand he held the doorknob that had fallen off while opening the iron door.

The thick iron door leading to the basement had a lock that didn’t even work as intended, but it was unlocked as soon as Haon attached the hacking device he had prepared in advance.

‘I guess I’ll have to put in some effort after a long time.’

He tossed the dented doorknob aside and placed both hands on the iron door.

I started pushing the door with all my might, but it didn’t budge, as if it was made that way.

Nova’s eyes narrowed and his hunched expression became increasingly angry.

He leaned forward and pressed his feet hard into the floor. The veins on the back of his hands stood out and the tendons on his arms bulged.

By the time his arms were shaking and sweat was dripping down his jawline.

Giggle.

The enormously heavy iron door finally moved.

“Ugh… … !”

Nova held her breath and pushed the door with all her might, even though her toes scraped the floor as she was pushed away.

Benefits of joining─.

Soon the door slid open with a sharp noise, creating a gap just big enough for Nova to pass through.

“ha.”

Nova gasped, rubbing his sweaty chin with his sleeve.

I couldn’t even remember how long it had been since I had exerted myself so vigorously that I sweated like this.

‘What door is heavier than a fire truck?’

He shook his hands, as if to shake off the thumping feeling in his arms and shoulders, and stepped through the door.

Only then did I see that the blue mana chain blocking the inside of the door was torn and tattered.

‘somehow.’

Even though I didn’t know exactly what it was, I knew it was the same technique Haon used.

Nova, who was catching her breath and looking around the basement, discovered another door.

Looking through the glass window on the door, it was as Haon had guessed.

Inside was a circular stadium-like structure large enough to fill the entire basement of District 5.

‘Is this really a particle accelerator?’

As Nova was marveling at the particle accelerator of a scale he had never seen before, his phone vibrated.

“Installation complete. Moving to port.”

It was a message from Chaser.

Nova opened the sealed door leading to the particle accelerator, mulling over what task Haon had entrusted to them.

‘It looks like Area 3 was just as our boss expected.’

Haon ordered Chaser to find the generator in the building covered with a tarpaulin in Area 3 and plant a bomb there.

And Nova was tasked with sabotaging the particle accelerator in Sector 5, located between the generator in Sector 3 and the portal in the port.

“What, what is this! How is this place… …!”

At that moment, another Bae An-jae appeared through the crack in the door that was forcibly opened. Judging from the white coat he was wearing, he seemed to be the scientist in charge of this place.

“If it looks like someone forced open that door and came in, you should just hide quietly. What if they crawl out here?”

Nova smiled gently and flicked her hair.

“Ugh!”

The hair tie hit the scientist’s forehead with a snap, and he fell to the floor, unconscious.

“Oh, dear. I haven’t been exercising for long so I can’t control myself. I’m not sorry though.”

Nova’s long white hair flowed down and covered her back.

He pushed his hair back over his shoulder and slung the huge bazooka he had been carrying on his back over his shoulder.

I heard that the bazooka’s rockets were connected to the bombs installed in the Zone 3 generator and would explode simultaneously, but I didn’t know how that worked.

Even more mysterious was the task of predicting the actions of the Milky Way.

‘When I begged you to love me like that, you didn’t even make me a knife. Now that I surrender, you’re giving me this. You said I could only shoot once, right?’

Nova aimed the bazooka’s muzzle at the particle accelerator and thought back to what Haon had said.

“I won’t make even a single bullet for Nova.”

“Nova is someone who hurts people.”

“If you become someone who protects others instead of hurting them, I’ll make it for you.”

“promise.”

Haon’s slender little finger dangled before my eyes.

‘Is this why the leader is important? I don’t have the heart to do it, but I end up doing what I’m told and end up protecting someone.’

Nova muttered with a sly smile, his finger on the bazooka’s trigger.

“promise.”

And the moment I pulled the trigger to launch the rocket.

Hug~

A small, blue sphere of energy like a dandelion seed slowly flew away with a very refreshing and cute sound.

“… … ?”

Nova furrowed his eyebrows and peered into the bazooka’s muzzle. There didn’t seem to be any particular problem.

‘… … Did I make it wrong?’

When you tilt your head and look at the energy sphere flying by so slowly that it is frustrating.

Tsk tsk tsk─.

Suddenly, the sphere that had hit the particle accelerator began to grow in size and make a loud noise.

Nova, who felt a sudden sense of uneasiness, grabbed Bae An-jae who had fallen on the floor.

“I said it’s unpredictable anyway.”

Then he immediately threw himself outside the thick iron door.

───!

A deafening roar shook the earth.

Nova kicked off the shaking ground, making it difficult to keep her balance, and emerged onto the ground.

In the aftermath of the explosion, a gust of wind blew from underground, causing white hair to flutter wildly.

Nova, who had thrown the backpack onto the sidewalk, stared blankly toward the basement.

The ground in Sector 5, where the particle accelerator was hidden, collapsed.

He rubbed his ringing ears and then burst into a hearty laugh.

‘It was the best weapon I’ve ever received as a gift.’

* * *

At the same time, the border between the Old City Districts 1 and 2.

As soon as the mechanical cranes Lulus and Mimi sealed the bunker door, the ground shook.

A series of explosions occurred in areas 5 and 3, causing a long, loud noise.

Bunny, who was observing people from inside the bunker, trembled with a frightened face.

“If this continues, won’t the entire old city disappear?”

“Don’t say that.”

As Solmae whispered as she passed by, Bunny looked around at the frightened people with a look of surprise and quickly corrected herself.

“Oh, don’t worry! This place is well-built and safe, and the old town has been through a lot over the years, but it’s still intact!”

“Okay. So don’t worry too much either.”

Chacha, who was handing out water to people, also gave one to Bani.

And then I glanced around at the people sitting mixed together in various districts of the old town and stuck out my tongue.

“I was criticized for making the bunker so big. It turned out that it was all useful.”

They say that they experienced war in another dimension, and that Eunhaon was putting all his efforts into preparing bunkers and relief supplies.

“It seems that everyone who took refuge in other bunkers is safe.”

Solmae approached and told the staff at Hero Headquarters the news she had received.

This wasn’t the only bunker, and the Hero Headquarters staff evacuated the Old Town residents together.

Thanks to this, there were no casualties despite the large explosions in areas 3 and 5.

Bunny asked nervously, holding the water jug.

“Is your sister okay?”

“I hope it’s okay. We’re guarding the people here so that he can focus on that. Got it?”

At Chacha’s words, Bunny blinked and then smiled.

“It’s not the Galaxy Gang, it’s the Galaxy Rescue Squad.”

“… … .”

Chacha recalled the days when he robbed a bank, made a fortune, and then blew his money at the casino to print counterfeit money.

I’m on the villain list, but I’m a member of the rescue team. I was thinking that words like that don’t suit me.

The days when I met the new Haon and managed the old town came to mind one after another.

No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t something a ‘gang’ would do, but I never felt any repulsion towards Ha-on.

‘I could have lived like this.’

As he watched Bunny smiling with all his teeth showing, the corners of his mouth also went up.

“A rescue team. Well, that’s not so bad.”

* * *

Bae An-jae, who was staring at the old city where the explosion had occurred with a shocked expression, looked back at the dimensional gate.

Bae An-jae 2 and Bae An-jae 6, who are in charge of manipulating the dimensional gate, were trying to restore the dark energy pillar.

They exchanged anxious glances while moving their hands busily, as if things weren’t going as planned.

Bae An-jae stared at Ha-on coldly.

“… … How did you know? I didn’t let them set foot in areas 3 and 5. The mantises would have taken care of the drones too.”

Haon answered those words with pride.

“I won’t teach you.”

A generator and particle accelerator were built and installed in the dimensional gate on the 5th floor of the Haondo Research Institute.

I thought that if the dimensional gate of Bae An Jae was emitting such powerful energy, its generator and particle accelerator would definitely be much larger.

Since they play a very important role in operating the dimensional gate, they would have been hidden by covering them with a tarp or hiding them underground.

But that’s why it was easy to infer.

As soon as Haon saw the energy pillar at headquarters, he was able to recall the locations of the generators and particle accelerators.

“And what else do I know?”