This Villain is Soft - Chapter 43



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Episode 43

“That’s blood!”

“What on earth have you been doing?”

“Oh! This is my nosebleed, so don’t mind it.”

Haon answered hesitantly and hid his hands behind his back.

“Dr. Eun.”

“yes?”

I turned my head in surprise at the voice coming from behind me, and saw the hunter standing there with his arms crossed.

‘Oh, that’s right! You said there were four heroes.’

Haon muttered to himself and rolled his eyes, unable to meet Hunter’s gaze.

“Let’s talk.”

“Okay, Joe. I had something I wanted to say. Would you… …sit here?”

“… … ?”

River couldn’t hide his puzzled expression as Haon’s crawling voice and helpless hand gestures continued.

When I came to arrest Gowon, I saw that he looked different as rumored, but it wasn’t as messy and draining as it is now.

Hunter didn’t sit down hastily, just glanced at the sofa.

When there was no response from the heroes, Haon fidgeted alone for a while before hurriedly bringing out drinks and snacks.

His steps were hesitant and his hands were shaking so much that he felt as if he was going to spill everything.

“Oh no! Be careful… … here… … .”

River grabbed the tray with great difficulty and held on to Haon, then froze.

The other heroes looked at River with surprised eyes, but the one who was most surprised was Haon.

“Go, thank you.”

“… … .”

River put the tray down on the table with a creaking sound as if something was broken, then looked down at his hands.

At that moment, I did something unconsciously because the person named Eunhaon seemed so sloppy.

Just like when a child next to you is about to fall, you instinctively try to catch them.

Sitting across from Haon was a hunter.

River stood behind Haon, and the other two heroes stood behind Hunter. It was a natural movement, as if they had planned it out in advance.

Haon handed one of the four glasses of orange juice on the table to River behind him, then awkwardly withdrew his hand and asked.

“Hey, would you like something else? We have coffee and cola─.”

“Why on earth are you doing this? It feels like we’re the ones bullying you!”

“River.”

When River, unable to bear the awkwardness and discomfort, finally shouted, Hunter gave him a brief warning.

As Ha-on became more intimidated by that spirit, River shut his mouth tightly, feeling as if he was going crazy.

Ha-on was also dying.

‘It’s my first time meeting heroes without Juyeol… … .’

It’s hard to deal with four ordinary people I’ve never met before, but four heroes coming at once. I wasn’t this nervous when I first met my advisor.

“… … Now, I would like to talk.”

“Oh, yes!”

Haon raised his head at the hunter’s words.

“I already knew that you were the one who created the short-term stimulant.”

“yes?”

“You said you wouldn’t take any more production requests from villains. Was it because you were looking for an easier way to make money?”

“……yes?”

“I understand. Dealing with villains is annoying.”

The hunter said in a nonchalant tone.

Haon was embarrassed and couldn’t open his mouth. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t something he did, but it didn’t seem like anyone would believe it either.

“No, I didn’t spread it.”

“Do you have a partner? It seems that among the villains, potion deliverymen are called phantoms.”

“That’s not it. I had no intention of spreading such a dangerous drug in the first place! And I know who spread it!”

“You know who Phantom is?”

“No, I know the guy who hires those delivery men.”

The hunter’s eyes narrowed. He didn’t seem to believe Haon, but he kept his mouth shut as if telling him to speak.

Haon swallowed dry saliva, leaned forward, and whispered in a voice the size of an ant.

“That’s what Halo is.”

“… … .”

“… … Are there any awakened beings who can discern lies?”

“I always think it would be nice to have an Awakener like that. But why do I think of Halo?”

“that is.”

Haon hesitated and hesitated. If he answered like that, it would be like admitting that he had made the potion with his own mouth.

No matter what I said, they would think I was the creator of the potion, but it felt really wronging and miserable to be accused of something I never did.

“… …Halo invested in research into stimulants. They know how to make them, so they’ll bring in other scientists to continue refining them.”

The hunter kept his mouth shut as if lost in thought, then asked.

“How can I believe that you broke up with Halo?”

“I found a way to nullify the potion!”

“That’s smart.”

“Oh, thank you.”

As Haon smiled awkwardly, the heroes standing behind the hunter exchanged glances with strange expressions.

The hunter also stared at Haon with slightly confused eyes before opening his mouth.

“Selling stimulants to the villains and a means to nullify them to the hero headquarters? Isn’t that a pretty classic method?”

“Huh? That’s not it… … !”

It was an unexpected suspicion.

Classic, huh? Does that happen so often here?

Only then did Haon realize that what he had said about ‘intelligent’ was sarcastic.

“How about this? I have a few prototypes, so I’ll just give them to you. Take them, try them on the villains who drank the potion, and let me know how it goes. No money required!”

Then, for the first time, the Hunter showed blatant suspicion. His eyes looked as if he could not believe it.

Ha-on, who was feeling anxious, jumped up from the sofa. He felt dizzy, but he could hold on.

“Mom, I understand you don’t believe me. Then just wait a minute. I’ll get the prototype.”

“Where are you going with this!”

As I was about to step into the elevator, River grabbed my arm violently.

“I’m not trying to take it out, I’m trying to bring it in as a prototype.”

“You can’t go alone. You might come out with something dangerous or a weapon. How can I send you out alone?”

“River is right, Dr. Eun. You have to understand this much. I will move with you.”

As the hunter stood up with those words, Haon’s mind became dizzy.

The prototype of the stimulant nullification patch is in the 5th floor laboratory. It was the very laboratory where dimensional gate research was in full swing.

It was clear that if they found the ceremonial weapons lined up in a row, they would all be confiscated.

“Hey, you can rest here. I’ll go and come back right away by myself.”

“Don’t you know that the more you do that, the more suspicion you’ll have?”

“I know it looks suspicious, but it’s true… … !”

The more they floundered in confusion, the more the heroes’ expressions hardened. Now, anyone could tell just by looking at their faces that something was extremely suspicious.

Then Blue spread his wings and chirped.

[Haon! A welcome guest has arrived!]

“… … !”

Haon glanced back at the entrance as if a rope had been lowered from the sky.

As Dr. Eun’s expression suddenly brightened, the heroes also looked in the same direction with wary eyes.

Then I doubted my eyes when I saw a person coming in with a sloppy gait.

“……ghost?”

“Are you always a welcome guest?”

“Juyeol! Come quickly!”

“Juyeol-ah?”

The heroes were astonished at Haon’s warm and welcoming voice calling Ghost.

The moment Haon met his eyes, he felt the tension that had been stiffening his shoulders melt away.

It felt even more reassuring and welcome to see the face of a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

I tried to approach him with a big smile, but River wouldn’t let go of my arm.

“Hey, please let this go.”

“You called?”

“yes?”

“Tell me the truth, Dr. Eun. Why are you approaching Ghost?”

“Tch, are you a friend?”

“Friend? You’re not doing this to draw Ghost into being a villain or to find out about Hero Headquarters?”

Haon looked up at River with a resentful expression.

If there was something you wanted to find out about Hero Headquarters, you could have just hacked into their servers. Why bother doing such a thing?

As I listened to River’s interrogation, the back of my neck started to tingle, my head started to feel dizzy, and my legs kept losing strength.

Meanwhile, Juyeol, who had been approaching with brisk strides, stopped at the arm of the hunter blocking his way.

He didn’t seem surprised at all by the presence of heroes in the lab.

“What is it?”

When he asked with a frown, the hunter whispered softly.

“I told you to be careful not to get tangled up in something complicated.”

“Does it look complicated? Let’s clean it up before it gets more complicated.”

He pushed away the hunter’s arm and approached Haon.

“Hey. Can you fix something right now?”

And then, out of the blue, he pushed River’s hand away, turned Haon around, and asked.

River’s expression was distorted, but he didn’t even look up.

Haon nodded with surprised eyes.

At that moment, my vision suddenly became dizzy.

“Uh, why me… … .”

My body tilted to the side as I wondered why the world was spinning.

The last thing I saw in my blurring vision was Juyeol’s hardened face.