This Villain is Soft - Chapter 138



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Episode 138

That night, Halo stroked Woo Hye-seong’s cheek as she slept peacefully, then quietly woke up.

As I opened the door to the hospital room and went out, my eyes met with the hero who was guarding outside the door.

He didn’t even look surprised, just pointed to the ceiling, as if someone had told him in advance that Halo would appear.

Halo nodded and went up the dark hallways and stairs to the rooftop.

Judging by the lack of any signs of following, it seemed that the hero was still guarding the front of the sickroom.

The light gait, without any sound or fuss, became weaker and weaker as it got closer to the rooftop.

“… … .”

Halo stood still, holding the doorknob leading to the rooftop, then pushed the door open.

A cool breeze blew, causing her hair to flutter. Halo, with her expression now much more refreshed, approached Hunter, who was leaning his arm on the railing of the rooftop.

“How is it?”

The hunter asked without even looking at Halo. Her gaze was turned towards the dark night sky.

Halo stood next to her, throwing her arms over the railing.

“Hyesung is much better. He fell asleep today without any painkillers or sleeping pills.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Sorry.”

The hunter only then turned to Halo at the sudden apology.

Halo opened his mouth, rubbing his bruised neck where someone’s handprint had left it.

“I didn’t know that the one who kept talking about ‘Eunhaon’ catching lab rats was your son.”

“… … .”

“I found out about it too late and let her go right away, but… … . She must be very traumatized. I helped her give birth to that child and almost left her to die.”

Hunter thought back to when his son Chaser and Seongdanthe, who had been missing for several days, were found in an alley in the old town.

As the son of a hunter who had captured numerous villains, Seongdante was the first villain to target him for revenge, but he disappeared without a trace.

Moreover, he was kidnapped and tortured by ‘Eunhaon’, not by any other villain.

At that time, the hunter, who had lost his mind for a rare reason, went alone to the Galaxy On research lab, but he could not meet anyone there.

‘Eunhaon’ hit the player and went to the police station to confess.

At the time, I didn’t understand why he suddenly released the kidnapped Seongdante and confessed first, but now that I look back, it seems that it was due to pressure from his business partner, Halo.

After being tried, ‘Eunhaon’ regained his freedom by paying a huge bail amount, but it seemed that Seongdante was still imprisoned somewhere.

I couldn’t sleep properly, my abilities were impaired, I was seeing things, and I would break out in a cold sweat just looking at a picture of ‘Eunhaon’.

At headquarters, he was subjected to persistent interrogation because he had been kidnapped by ‘Eunhaon’ and then safely released, and he was even subjected to various tests to check for any signs of brainwashing.

However, Seongdante did not quit being a hero. Rather, he wanted to rest as briefly as possible and return quickly.

“Mother. A hero is also a symbol of justice. I have to go out right now and show everyone that I’m okay. I’ll show ‘that woman’ and the other villains that they can’t bring down a hero with that kind of thing.”

Even though he said that, Hunter couldn’t possibly urge his son to rest any longer.

Chaser returned after a month and ran the streets at night.

There are still times when I flinch when another galaxy approaches me.

The Hunter was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of a police car siren in the distance.

At the same time, I realized something new.

“Despite what happened, Dante will overcome it in the end. He’s a strong guy.”

“Of course he is, since he is your son.”

The Hunter hesitated at Halo’s smiling answer before asking.

“… … If you were always going to carry a sniper with you, there was no need to hide the fact that she was your daughter, right?”

“No matter how much we destroyed the labs they owned, there was no end to it. It seems there were more than a few who coveted the comet that was the test subject.”

“What happened to your father?”

“I killed him.”

Halo responded very calmly and even laughed heartily.

“It was he who stole the child and put it in the lab. He originally wanted to use the child of a strong Awakened person as a test subject.”

“… … .”

The hunter hid his bewilderment and took a long time to decide what to say before asking quietly.

“Does your daughter know that too?”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll find out someday.”

“… … Even so, what you did─”

“I know that too. It’s unforgivable. I made others suffer what she suffered while trying to save my daughter. But at that time, Hyesung really felt like she was going to die at any moment… … .”

Halo, who had been holding onto the railing and suppressing her pent-up emotions, smiled bitterly.

“What’s the use of making excuses? That’s just the truth. Threatening the doctor to steal the patient was also a collaboration with ‘Eunhaon.’ It’s all my fault.”

The hunter looked intently at the woman who had been his rival for a long time.

There’s been a lot going on with Halo, and there’s still a lot to come…

In fact, Halo’s future was already decided. But Hunter wanted to ask this first.

“What do you plan to do from now on?”

“Hmm. Now that there’s a new order in the old town, I guess I should retire. And do what I have to do.”

Halo laughed out loud as the Hunter’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“Don’t run away. I said I would do what I had to do. I’ll turn myself in.”

With those words, he extended both hands to the hunter.

“So you do what you have to do.”

“… … .”

A long gust of wind mixed with the smell of gunpowder blew in.

At that moment, the two recalled a day in their twenties when they first met each other.

The time when we were lost fighting while rolling around in the snow and spent three days together in a cave.

A faint smile appeared on Hunter and Halo’s lips.

Those who read death and those who held light in their hands eventually met the ending they had predicted as a joke.

Crunch.

The Hunter cuffed Halo’s wrists.

And some time later, Halo and Sniper were imprisoned at the Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center.

* * *

“Your hands are so cold. Can’t you relax?”

“Yeah. I guess so.”

Joo-yeol pulled Ha-on’s two hands and blew warm breath on them.

The two men waited for Hunter’s call in the hallway of a private meeting room near the Capitol.

It was to prove Haon’s identity to this world.

Before removing the remaining remnants of the Chaser’s Awakening Orb shield, I decided to try using the last remaining traces of dark energy.

Chaser was ready to give up if he refused, but he readily agreed.

It seemed that he thought that once he clearly recognized that Ha-on was a completely different being from ‘Eunha-on’, he would not feel instinctive fear when he saw Ha-on.

Ha-on felt his hands slowly melting in the warmth of the fire, but he still had a sad expression on his face.

“What if they try to dissect me?”

“Is there a country you want to visit?”

“Why is that?”

“Immigration store.”

“Run away… …not this?”

When Ha-on asked with a puzzled look, Ju-yeol raised the corners of his lips.

“I dare not make you a fugitive. I will somehow help you find your footing and live comfortably. Even if I fall into another universe.”

“… … !”

Ha-on, whose cheeks were flushed, buried his face in his hands and groaned.

“Why do you say that?”

“I’m serious.”

“Ugh. My heart feels like it’s going to burst.”

“… … .”

Juyeol, who had stopped at the mumbling words, grabbed Haon’s face and lifted it up to look at him.

“This is so cute, what should I do? I can’t help but do something about it.”

“Hey, don’t ask! I have to go in soon.”

When Ha-on suddenly fell and covered his cheek, Joo-yeol made a dumbfounded expression for a moment and then burst out laughing as if he couldn’t hold it in anymore.

“That’s right. The most I can do to you is bite your cheek.”

While he was muttering, Ha-on tilted his head, wondering if he was going to ask, and then realized that his cold hands had regained their body temperature.

Click.

Just then the door to the meeting room opened and Chaser popped his head out.

“Come in.”

Haon, startled, straightened his hair and clothes and took a deep breath.

Then Juyeol stood with his back to the door and crossed his arms in front of him.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be here.”

He wasn’t allowed into the private meeting room, but he insisted on coming anyway.

It was to reassure Ha-on, who was obviously afraid.

Haon smiled bashfully at the sight of Juyeol standing firmly.

“Okay. I’ll be back.”

Then, in the meeting room we entered, there were key figures from the headquarters and people who appeared to be politicians sitting there.

Behind them, bodyguards also stood like a wall.

“Oh, hello. My name is Eunhaon.”

There was no return greeting, and the atmosphere in the meeting room only became more tense.

As Ha-on swallowed dry saliva due to the tension that was building up again, the hunter nodded and told him to start.

Chaser held out his hand, and Haon placed a black coffin on it.

It was a trace of dark energy that had already completed the necessary process in the old city.

“Chaser. Then please.”

As mana was injected into the coffin, traces of dark energy stimulated the Chaser’s abilities.

Chaser closed his eyes tightly at the resonance of rough mana.

The moment Haon held his hand, vividly recalling a specific time and place.

Phew!

An afterimage unfolded before people’s eyes.