Chapter 7

Chapter 006

It had been about two days since the Red Scarf incident.

I immediately fled and hid in the Gangwon area, then stole some clothes from a rural market and took a taxi back home.

Just return as a goblin?

-That's where the goblin disappeared! Launch a missile!

-Sir! That's a densely populated civilian area!

-It doesn't matter! We can disguise it as an accident caused by the goblin's explosion! It's a sacrifice for the greater good! Kill it!

If I return home as a goblin, a missile might suddenly fly into our apartment in Banpo Jai while I'm sleeping.

This is the kind of neighborhood.

After the Red Scarf incident.

After dealing with Red Scarf, I immediately hid to avoid those who were running towards me from a distance.

Snow White didn't chase me.

It seemed she was greatly shocked by the 'execution' of the villain, and I didn't have time to care about it.

-See you next time. Sorry, but I don't have time to exchange greetings now.

-There's the goblin!! Catch it!!

Those who were running from a distance were the government's 'execution squad'.

Unlike me, a villain who captures or kills other villains, the government also formed a special team to eliminate villains.

[It's a deal! If you bring the goblin, the villain executioner, we'll put you on probation. But you'll have to follow orders from above.]

[What? I can get out of prison, and if I follow orders, I can even kill people, and most importantly, I can capture that bastard goblin with my own hands? Bring me the contract!]

As a villain I captured.

This is a so-called 'resocialization' process, where they can be considered true dogs of the government.

And these government dogs manipulate, cover up, and manipulate situations to avoid any disadvantage to the state.

As the headline reads:

"Goblin smashes Red Scarf's head."

What the government dogs did is changed at will by the media and V-tube leakers.

"How cruel. How can you burst the head of a newly adult, just-released juvenile?"

"That's your story."

"That's what I'm saying."

I exchanged greetings with the woman I met at a sparsely populated café.

"President, don't you think it's too much? Just because they're villains, the country treats them like this."

"Being a villain is like this. If you want to fight back officially, you have to show your face. Become a V-tube star and gain fans."

This small blonde girl, who is about 20 cm shorter than me and looks like a child, is the leader of our evil organization, 'Imaemangnyang'.

"Director Do, how about debuting as an idol? A villain idol. If you become a male idol that people gossip about, the so-called fangirls will defend you even if you kill villains."

"No. Thinking about what will happen when the transformation wears off... sigh."

I waved my hand at the leader's suggestion.

"You're strong now, right? Honestly, being a villain executioner is quite popular. To those who have lost family to villains."

"Those people will change their minds when my transformation wears off."

When I transform into a goblin, I become incredibly strong.

The secret to my current strength, which was just an ordinary villain, is the intense training I did to survive after the possession.

While the original goblin was just a regular officer A under the four officers, I am now rightfully one of the top 6 in Imaemangnyang.

The top 1 to 5 are, of course, the leader and the 'Four Kings' under her.

"When the transformation wears off, you become naked. Who would like that?"

"That's why you're building your body, right? To prevent social suicide?"

"Ugh."

The leader's gaze fell on my body.

After the possession.

I did my best to build my body.

In case the transformation wears off, I want to be at least at the level of 'Damn, look at that guy's body...' rather than 'Look at that guy's body, lol.'

"If the well-dressed goblin turns out to be a fat, bald uncle, his popularity would plummet. But if he has a body like a bodybuilder? And..."

The leader's gaze moved down, and she began to lightly stroke the ice tea cup in front of her.

"Goblin's...dick..."

"President, that's sexual harassment."

"Director Do, you can be proud. You're hiding the goblin's dick, right?"

"That's sexual harassment."

This woman.

If she weren't a minor, I would have taken care of her long ago, but I'm holding back because she is.

Well, because she's a minor, she's running an evil organization that seriously dreams of world domination.

A woman with a genius-level intellect far beyond an IQ of 200, using it to run such an evil organization.

-Because the world is so messed up, I will rule it.

After much contemplation for world peace, she concluded that ruling the world herself was the most certain and fastest way, and thus created the evil organization 'Imaemangnyang'.

Thanks to her, I can live well as a villain, and thanks to her, I was able to escape the murder frame-up this time.

"Got it, got it. We'll postpone the Director Do idol project and talk about 'Red Scarf' right now. Anyway, the situation isn't as bad as I thought because of this."

The president took out a tablet and played a video.

"Director Do, it's really a stroke of luck, isn't it? Luckily, a nearby CCTV was working. Hehe."

"Isn't it being deleted from V-tube right now?"

"Once it starts spreading on V-tube, everyone who needs to see it has already seen it. Ta-da."

It's a fairly old video, a CCTV image from the Gyeongbu Expressway, with me and a white-haired ability user in the front.

Red Scarf, with his wings torn off, lying on the ground.

Snow White, using freezing magic to suppress me.

I approached Snow White, carrying a bat on my shoulder like a gangster.

Then, from a distance of over 20 meters, Red Scarf's head suddenly exploded.

"Because of the distance, there's no sound, but anyone can see that it looks like Director Do is starting a fight."

"I was trying to warn him because he was interfering with my mission to subdue Red Scarf."

The reality is different.

What I actually said was that I was grateful for her cooperation, and I told her that it wasn't cooperation but my own action.

But since there's no sound, the video alone makes it look like I'm attacking Red Scarf and then going to attack Snow White.

"See here? When Director Do bends down and gets close? I thought you were going to kiss at that moment. Eek...!"

"What kiss? What kind of kiss with a goblin mask?"

"Kissing through the mask and saying 'Next time, I'll really kiss you.'"

"No."

"Disappointed."

The leader pouted.

"Next time, try it. You need to shake Snow White's heart to bring her to our side."

"...Sigh. Are you serious?"

"Yes. I'm always serious."

The leader straightened her posture seriously.

"I want to bring Snow White, an S-class hero, to our side."

That's why I didn't kill Red Scarf but subdued him.

The recruitment of Snow White, an S-class hero.

If I have to describe the leader in a metaphor, she's like a 'bratty kid'.

She has a strong desire for talent.

That's why she came all the way to Seoul to meet me.

Why?

Because I became a direct subordinate of the leader in just half a year!

"It's good to rise from the bottom like our capable Director Do, but it's also good to scout people whose abilities are known. Especially those who are treated unfairly by the government."

"That's a fair point."

"Currently, all government-affiliated heroes are under the government's influence, whether they know it or not. Red Scarf wasn't wrong to call them 'government dogs.' While there are some true watchdogs, most are tied to the government."

The leader openly frowned.

"Family, money, patriotism, friends, religion, land—anything that can be a leash is used to suppress heroes. The biggest leash is...?"

"Sejong Island?"

"Right! What ability users want most. The very source of their power...mana. Just by living on the island in the East Sea, mana increases, so ability users can't leave the land easily."

The leader shook her head.

"Mana is the power of ability users. Increasing mana is their goal. That's why they're not afraid to touch such a terrifying thing."

The leader swiped the tablet screen to the side.

"In foreign countries, it's called 'Devil's Eye.' Devil Eyes. Magic Eyes. The name doesn't matter, but what's important is that it instantly amplifies an ability user's mana...like a forbidden drug."

I know.

That's the root cause of all the incidents in this world.

"The government is making it. The place where it's being made is probably... 'Sejong Island.'"

Far away.

Ulleung Island, southwest, fifty li by boat.

"Sejong Academy, a training ground for ability users. It's highly likely they're researching the devil's power there. So."

There's a huge island.

An island more than ten times the size of Yeouido.

"Director Do?"

"Yes, Leader."

"You need to infiltrate the Academy."

"......"

In the end.

Is it going to be like this?