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Chapter 207 : Chapter 207
Chapter 207: The Subordinates
The reason Ho-cheol had left the academy was not just to catch the fake Smiley and the Society.
In fact, if that had been his only goal, it would have been much better to mobilize manpower through the cooperation of the academy and the Association.
To him, it was as important, no, more important, that the students and the people around him did not get hurt.
The good thing was that both the fake Smiley and the Society were blatantly aiming for him.
Ho-cheol sat on the railing and thought.
“But as expected, they won't be fooled by that.”
The fact that he had simply quit the academy and started a villain business was not enough to attract the attention of the fake Smiley and the Society.
Since they also had eyes and ears, if he continued to act lukewarmly, they would realize that Ho-cheol had left the academy as a simple deception, and he would still be fully playing the role of a threat and a hostage.
In fact, since he was farther away, it would be more difficult to respond.
For Ho-cheol, a more shocking scene was needed for them not to even pay attention to the academy.
“Then I’ll have to hit the academy and the Association hard once each.”
Ho-cheol had to first create a situation where he had completely broken with the Association and the academy, and furthermore, had a falling out with them.
As flashy and as grand as possible.
As he was tapping a calculator in his head for a long time, he looked to the side.
“Which one should I start with?”
At Ho-cheol's question, Wolf Fang just shrugged his shoulders as if it didn't matter, but Ha-rin glanced at him and gave her opinion.
“Should we start with the Association?”
For her, the Association was none of her business, but since her grandfather was the dean of the academy, it was natural for her to want to care for it.
“Well. Right.”
In any case, since he was planning to mess with both of them, and the order was not that important, Ho-cheol readily accepted her opinion.
“But how are you going to hit them?”
For Wolf Fang, he could not even guess Ho-cheol's plan.
If it were a simple villain act, maybe, but this time, it was just a simple show.
But if there was no casualty or property damage at all, that would also be too blatantly transparent.
A WWE is more intense than any UFC.
It was by no means an easy task to create such an image.
Of course, Ho-cheol had a plan.
“It would be a shame to just cause trouble and move on. We should also take what we can.”
Their scale and human resources were overwhelmingly lacking.
Although they could still use the dreg villains who could do odd jobs, they were in absolute shortage of personnel of semi-S-rank or higher, with capabilities greater than Wolf Fang or Ha-rin.
And although it couldn't be called lucky, Ho-cheol knew well where to get them.
“We’re hitting the Association’s treatment facility.”
“That is, not just any facility, but if we torment the general patients and heroes, the public opinion will be very bad.”
“What.”
At Wolf Fang's worry, Ho-cheol scoffed.
Public opinion will get bad just because we torment the patients?
That's only when the patients are ordinary people or heroes.
“Does the treatment facility at the Association only treat those two?”
“Ah. Ah!”
Wolf Fang let out a sound as if he had belatedly realized.
The thing Ho-cheol was most worried about right now was someone getting hurt in this kind of a show.
But in his current plan, he had nothing to lose even if someone got hurt.
And Wolf Fang, in turn, had a second shocked expression.
“Don’t tell me, boss? Them?”
“Yes.”
“We have to use them when we can.”
Although Ho-cheol had said it nonchalantly, Wolf Fang could not hide his bewilderment.
Was he really thinking it was okay?
“Why, what is it? Share with me too!”
Of course, Ha-rin, who was relatively lacking in villainous thinking, was getting heated up, looking at the two who were having a vague conversation.
Wolf Fang clicked his tongue softly.
Although he had always been polite and friendly in front of Ho-cheol, he was not a particularly good person either.
And he found Ha-rin's presence a little annoying.
He had served him for several years, and he was still so loyal.
But that newcomer was so shamelessly speaking informally to the boss.
I want to speak informally too.
Just as Wolf Fang was about to explain something.
“Before you hear that explanation.”
Ho-cheol cut him off.
He came down from the railing, passed the two of them, and stood in front of the door.
With his hand on the doorknob, he said.
“This is the turning point. Right now, you’re just villains in name; you can still stealthily pretend you’re not and go back.”
Right now, it was just a matter of cutting off contact and going into hiding.
But the things that would happen, the things he would do, after going out this door were all clearly illegal.
“If you follow me and cross this door, there’s no turning back. Isn’t it better to just go back?”
It was a warning of sorts, and sincere advice.
He had a clear goal, but the two of them did not.
Wolf Fang could wash away all his past sins and live a new life after a few more years of hard work as the Association's hunting dog.
And Ha-rin could also wash her past and return to a normal life at any time through the dean's power and connections, as long as Ho-cheol kept his mouth shut.
Of course, it was a good thing that they were helping him, but it was also a close call for him to take responsibility for their lives, considering what he was already carrying.
I'd like them to help.
But still, shouldn't I send them back?
Even while feeling two contradictory emotions, Ho-cheol tried to send them back somehow.
Tadadak—
Kwang—
Ha-rin, who had run over, kicked the door and smashed it.
She, who had passed by Ho-cheol and had gone out the door, shrugged her shoulders.
“What happens if I cross the door?”
Looking at Ho-cheol, whose expression was so dumbfounded that he couldn't even control it, she smiled.
“Do you know what I regretted the most while I was suffering under that bastard Hong Beom-do for nearly a year?”
Ha-rin raised her thumb and pointed to herself.
“I didn't get a cool villain name. I'm finally getting one. I'm going to get a cool one.”
Although the dean would be grabbing the back of his neck, what did it matter?
For such a reason?
Is she crazy?
Ho-cheol was about to say so, but Ha-rin waved her hand first and added.
“Right now, you’re thinking, ‘For such a reason? Is she crazy?’ But of course, that’s not it.”
Looking at Ho-cheol, who had been hit on the mark, she reached out and patted his shoulder.
“You helped me with my revenge. I heard everything from my grandfather. If you were just going to grant my grandfather’s request, you probably would have just subdued me and sent me back home. But you gave me a choice until the very end.”
Ha-rin was now stroking his shoulder.
“This time, it’s my turn to repay that kindness.”
Ho-cheol, who was at a complete loss for words, scratched the back of his head.
“You’re out of your mind.”
“In the first place, if you were in your right mind, you wouldn’t have joined a villain’s side for revenge, would you?”
That’s true too.
In the end, it seemed that Ha-rin was planning to follow him.
Giving up on persuading her, Ho-cheol turned back instead.
Wolf Fang had just been forcibly dragged here by him.
He would surely want to run away without getting any more involved in this.
Since he was a guy who could think a little, he would not get involved in such a loss-making business and would just go back quietly.
But Wolf Fang, who had been standing behind him until just a moment ago…
“Where are you looking?”
Was already standing outside the door, having passed him.
He asked, as if puzzled.
“You honestly looked like you were about to die every time I called you to use you. I’m giving you a chance to run away.”
“Well, it’s not a bad job to just catch escaped convicts as the Association orders, but after a few months of that, I got so restless I couldn’t stand it. It seems my constitution is to play in a bigger league.”
“You madmen.”
Ho-cheol let out a hollow laugh and shook his head.
Well, if you’re sane, you can’t be a villain.
“Who’s the craziest?”
Ha-rin retorted.
She had seen many madmen and villains while she was a villain, but Ho-cheol was the most unique.
He threw the broken doorknob to the side and came out the door.
“Then let’s go. Let’s make the Association guys unhappy first.”
***
The Hero Association's villain treatment center.
This was a treatment and detention facility in charge of seriously ill patients who could not be handled in the awakened person’s prison, including Zero Chain.
Tukakakakagang—!
Ho-cheol blocked the pouring bullets with the torn-off iron door as a shield.
The moment the security team's magazines were empty, Ho-cheol laid the iron door on its side and threw it at them.
Kwajangchang—!
Ordinary people are armed with just guns.
They fell, unable to withstand the weight of the iron door.
“Is that all?”
Ho-cheol muttered, looking at the guards who were crushed under the iron door.
Although he was using his strength delicately so as not to cause any serious injuries, you never knew what would happen.
If there were any seriously injured, he was planning to pull them out right away.
Fortunately, it was just a broken arm or leg.
Ho-cheol, who had confirmed that everyone's breathing was fine, walked towards the deeper part of the facility, the section that treated high-grade villains.
After that, the security team would occasionally appear and block his path, but they couldn't even buy him time properly.
In fact, it couldn't be helped.
Since it was a facility that accommodated seriously ill villains who couldn't even fight properly, the level of the security team could not be higher than other facilities.
In the first place, since there had been so many incidents recently, it was difficult to invest additional manpower in such a place, no, they were even taking away the existing manpower.
In fact, the heroes who had been in charge of this facility had all left and were on external missions.
After entrusting the upper floors to Wolf Fang and Ha-rin, Ho-cheol had at some point arrived at the basement of the center.
The reason he had chosen this place was not just because the facility's security was easy.
A narrow corridor, so narrow that it was difficult to even spread your arms, and thick iron doors that were stuck close together, with a small, narrow barred window that was difficult to even stick a finger through.
No matter how you looked at it, it was a prison, and a solitary confinement at that, but the fact that it was labeled as a hospital room on each door was a gag point.
He glanced through the gap.
A villain with burns all over his body was tied to a bed.
Every time a yellowish pus flowed continuously, the villain would let out a painful scream.
He didn't feel sorry for him.
This place only imprisoned heinous villains who had been refused hospitalization at external facilities, so it served them right to be in such a state.
After passing that section, a solid alloy door with not even a small breathing hole greeted him.
Just four doors.
Unlike the doors he had seen before, they were all sparkling like new, as if to boast that they had been installed recently.
Ho-cheol stood in front of one of the doors and tore it off.
At his boisterous entrance, the head of the man who had been leaning against the wall with his forehead on it, like a wreck, snapped back.
However, his hands were handcuffed, and his eyes were covered with a pitch-black blindfold, so it was impossible for him to see Ho-cheol.
A hoarse and raspy voice, as if he had not spoken in years, came out.
“Who is it?”
“Long time no see. How have you been?”
Well, judging by his appearance, he didn't seem to be doing well.
In fact, he had asked half-jokingly.
Ho-cheol leaned against the doorframe and called the man's name shortly.
“Vulture.”
The man who had finally noticed the owner of the voice, Vulture, his body flinched.
“Don’t tell me! Don’t tell me you’re!”
“Ah, I don’t want to give the same explanation four times, so should I get the other guys out first?”
Ho-cheol looked at the 3 remaining doors next to him and smiled lightly.
“Good grief. It’s been 10 years, so I should have at least brought some drinks.”
Come to think of it, this was also a hospital visit.
He had already torn off three more doors and had gathered them in one place.
Vulture, Greed, Breaker, and Assassin.
They were all villains who had once been under Ho-cheol, who had been active as executives of the organization.
Looking at them, Ho-cheol smiled.
“Wow. It’s been a long time, but you all look great.”
So the day to use these guys has come again.