Chapter 94

The Planned Play

The battle planned as the main event of this terror.

Egostick vs. Icicle.

The curtain of that battle has now risen.

"Hahaha! Try to withstand this as well!"

With that shout, I manipulated the ship to fire several more cannon shots at Icicle.

Boom—

Boom—

With a loud firing sound, countless cannonballs rained down toward her.

Seeing the dozens of cannonballs flying toward her, Icicle paused in mid-air, took a deep breath, and then spewed ice in all directions.

"Whoa!"

The blue ice enveloped her body and spread out in all directions, and the numerous cannonballs flying toward her were all frozen and stopped mid-air.

"Oh ho..."

Seeing this, I inwardly marveled.

Icicle... She handles her powers better than I thought.

In the original, the focus was so much on the Stardust that Icicle was mentioned less often, but seeing her like this, she seems to fight quite well. Her ability to spew ice is also refreshing and cool.

Anyway, that's not important right now.

I glanced at the chat window.

[How did she block that?]

[What, Icicle is fighting better than I thought???]

[Well, Lee Seol-a also fights pretty well, doesn't she? She's a Busan landmark.]

[The third-generation tycoon who spews ice so coolly ㅗㅜㅑ]

[I didn't know she had this much presence compared to Stardust. She really fights well, doesn't she?]

The chat showed a rather positive reaction to Icicle.

Realizing the situation was flowing in a not-so-bad direction, I nodded slightly and refocused on the battle.

She had already broken through the bombardment and was creating ice platforms in the air, moving closer to my ship.

I gave her a sardonic smile and shouted again.

"Hmm, you're quite good! How about this? Go, No. 1!"

"Huh?"

I handed the gun to No. 1, who was operating the controls, and threw him at Icicle.

But, after all the pre-rehearsal, how can you do this?

"Haah!"

No. 1, who had been thrown out of the ship by my telekinetic power, regained his composure and shouted at Icicle with a trembling voice.

"U, U, Uaaaaa!"

...It sounded more like a scream than a shout.

Anyway, he fought well. He charged at Icicle with a fierce cry, firing his gun.

"Hmph! Do you think I would be hit by something like this?"

As bullets rained down on her, Icicle crossed her arms in an X and created ice in front of her to block the bullets.

She continued to advance slowly, blocking the bullets with ice.

"U... Uaaaaa!"

Finally, No. 1 reached right in front of Icicle, grabbed his gun, and tried to hit her, who was surrounded by ice.

Taking advantage of the moment when the bullets stopped, Icicle extended her hand and shot a freezing beam at the approaching No. 1.

"Uaaaaaaah!"

With a final scream, No. 1 turned into a solid ice statue.

Ah... He was a good extra.

I wiped away a tear and moved his ice statue back to the ship with my telekinetic power. I'll melt him later.

[No. 1 lol lol lol lol lol lol lol Why is he so pitiful lol lol lol lol]

[No kidding, the treatment is ridiculous lol lol lol lol]

[No. 1's to-do list today: Self-introduction, pep talk, shooting, and then ice...]

[In the struggle between whales, the shrimp's back is torn. While Egostick and Icicle fight, only No. 1 gets hit lol lol lol]

[Icicle could probably take out any villain with her ice beam lol lol lol]

[She's so cool lol lol lol lol]

The chat expressing condolences for No. 1.

With No. 1 gone, what's next?

"Next is you! No. 2, go!"

"Yes? U, Uu. I understand! Uaaaaa!!!"

And so, No. 2 also went out.

Soon, two ice statues wearing rabbit helmets appeared on the deck.

"Phew... No. 3, you..."

Seeing No. 3, who was trembling and looking at me with a yellow rabbit helmet, I changed my mind.

Yeah, someone needs to steer the ship.

"Great! Good job, Icicle. You've taken down all my loyal subordinates!"

[You called them friends just a moment ago, but now they're subordinates lol lol lol lol]

[Friends?]

[So they were just subordinates all along lol lol lol lol]

[Of course, who would throw their friends to the enemy lol lol lol lol]

[The Mango Gang's subordinates, the Rabbit Gang... This is getting intense]

[I'll buy ice statues, anyone selling?]

[You're sending your subordinates first and not moving yourself, that's really despicable lol lol lol lol]

Don't worry, I'm coming now.

Seeing Icicle run unimpeded toward the ship after taking down No. 2, I finally moved.

"Amazing, amazing. It seems I have to take you on myself now!"

I said this, flapping my cloak, and leaped off the ship.

At the same time, numerous weapons scattered around the deck began to float.

I?

Still floating in the air, I extended my arm, pointed at Icicle, and shouted.

"Attack!"

As soon as I finished speaking, a barrage of weapons rained down on Icicle.

Seeing the weapons coming at her, Icicle gritted her teeth and spewed freezing beams in all directions.

The intense battle began.

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[No, Egostick is so annoying lol lol lol lol]

[Really, he just stands there and taunts]

[Feeling sorry for Icicle ㅜㅜ]

[Has Icicle moved 5 cm? She's just blocking with ice and can't move]

[Move, Egostick!]

Phew.

These people really think it's easy to do this with telekinesis.

Do they know how hard it is to lift all these things with telekinesis? I've already reserved a cup of blood.

But a first-rate villain never shows how hard they are working.

I just stood there, smiled, and said:

"Icicle, is that all you've got? Hahaha! I had high expectations, but this is disappointing!"

I said this with an exaggerated voice, flailing my arms. Icicle, still encased in ice, continued to endure my weapon bombardment.

As the viewers started to feel sorry for Icicle,

a change began to occur.

Icicle, who had been silently enduring, suddenly lowered her arms that were covering her face and started spewing ice forward!

"Uaa!"

With her shout, she unleashed the power she had been storing while enduring my attacks in one burst.

A freezing beam, much thicker and more powerful than usual, or rather, a destructive ice beam, shot toward my airship.

I quickly teleported to escape, but

that attack wasn't aimed at me from the beginning.

Crack.

The ice beam hit not where I was, but the front of the airship.

As her concentrated power hit the ship, the front part began to freeze.

The blue ice quickly spread over the front of the ship.

"Ah! Boss! Save me!!! The ship is tilting!"

Hearing No. 3's scream from the control deck, I turned around and saw the airship, which was almost completely frozen at the front, tilting precariously.

And I?

Seeing this, I slapped my forehead as if I had been hit and shouted at Icicle.

"Impossible! I thought you were aiming for me, but you were targeting the airship itself!"

I said this, chuckling.

"This is a hit for me."

What a hit. It was planned from the beginning. Attacking the ship was our idea.

But the viewers couldn't know this. They were sending us the enthusiastic support we expected.

[Wow, I didn't know this]

[Icicle's big picture ㄷㄷㄷ]

[Is this a feint or something?]

[Egostick got hit wwww]

[The ship looks like it's about to capsize]

[But No. 3 is trembling so much, it's hilarious lol lol lol lol]

[The ship looks unusable now, what will you do?]

What will I do?

"Egostick! The airship you prepared is now useless. What will you do now?"

Seeing Icicle shouting from a distance, I smiled.

"What will I do? I'll do this!"

Now, what will I do?

"I'll run! Goodbye!"

The play is over.

The sudden sound of my running shocked the viewers.

[????????]

[No!!! How can it end like this!!!!]

[Don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go]

[Already over? Already over? Already over? Already over? Already over? Already over? Already over? Already over?]

[When Stardust fought, it didn't end so quickly... It's because Icicle is the opponent...]

[Where's the final showdown? What's this?]

[No, I just got my chicken, how can you do this!!!]

Sorry. This is how it's done.

Despite the viewers' pleas, the airship started its engine and began to move.

"Are you running away cowardly! Fight me properly!"

"Cowardly? This is a proper retreat. Next time, I won't back down so easily, so be prepared. Oh, and if you chase me, I have a few dozen bombs prepared in Busan, so stay put!"

"Tch..."

Seeing Icicle's disappointed expression as I delivered my lines, I turned to the camera and said goodbye.

"Then, everyone! The Egostream Show ends here! Goodbye!"

[Don't go...]

With that final chat, the camera turned off.

I, still standing on the deck, leaned against the bow as soon as the camera turned off.

"Ah, I'm so tired..."

"Are you okay?"

Icicle, who had been looking at me with a worried expression, now looked at me with genuine concern.

I weakly replied to her.

"Ah... I feel like I'm about to die, but I'm okay. More importantly, can you talk to me like this? Isn't this being recorded?"

"Hehe. What do you take me for? I have everything under control, so don't worry."

"Is that so? Then I'm relieved."

"Anyway, thank you, Egostick. My name is already in the news with yours. The stock price of Yuseong Corporation is already rising. This is really effective."

"Yeah. Be grateful. I can't do this often, so don't expect it. Oh, and melt No. 1 and No. 2."

"Ah? Okay."

As soon as she snapped her fingers, the two ice statues melted.

The three members of the Rabbit Gang reunited with tearful eyes and started operating the ship.

The ship began to pick up speed.

"But your ice powers are stronger than I thought. I didn't expect it."

"I'm disappointed. I'm just as strong as Stardust... Let's have a proper fight next time."

"Sure, sure."

I smiled and replied.

But thinking about it, is this really okay?

Just a moment ago, we were fighting to the death, and now we're laughing and chatting like nothing happened. If someone sees this, it could be a big problem.

Just as I was about to say goodbye to Icicle, who was still chatting in front of me,

I saw something approaching from far behind her.

Wait, what's that? Could it be the president launching another missile? Is he still not in his right mind?

"Hey, wait."

"Yes?"

As soon as I pointed behind her, she turned around, sensing something was wrong.

Is that really a missile?

No, it's too small to be a missile.

...Is it a person?

While I was momentarily confused, the object continued to fly toward us.

When it was close enough to see with the naked eye, I recognized the person approaching.

A woman in a red latex suit, with blonde hair flying in the wind, was flying toward us.

...Stardust?

"Wait, why is she here?"

I muttered without realizing it.

Lee Seol-a also seemed surprised.

Before I could fully grasp the situation, my reflexes as a first-rate villain kicked in, and I quickly shouted to the Rabbit Gang.

When an unpredictable situation occurs, use

Ego School Secret Technique No. 36—

Great Escape (大脫走).

"Hey!!! Full speed ahead!"

I don't know what's happening, but let's run first!!