The Tough Guy Hides the Villainess

049 – The Prisoners Are Too Strong #2

049 – The Prisoners Are Too Strong #2

The basement, which had felt quite spacious, became cramped with three people in it.

The problem was that the two women were noisily chattering.

“This water is mine alone. Yoo Yeoreum, you starve.”

Seo Ga-eul gulped down the water from the PT bottle in front of Yoo Yeoreum, looking as if she were in a commercial.

Her thin, white neck looked like that of a swan.

Of course, Seo Ga-eul’s personality was closer to that of a fierce fox than an elegant swan.

Seo Ga-eul had been oddly excited since Yoo Yeoreum’s kidnapping. It was because she had requested Yoo Yeoreum’s kidnapping herself, unable to hide her joy.

Come to think of it, Seo Ga-eul’s kidnapping was also because she had requested it from me.

I had a feeling that Seo Ga-eul might have a s*xual preference for requesting someone to be kidnapped.

It could be possible.

There are men who like being whipped.

Kidnapping request fetishes are quite mainstream.

“So, Yeoreum, did you starve again today?”

I had made ketchup ramen for Yoo Yeoreum.

The bowl was completely empty, but it seemed like Seo Gaeul had eaten it, not Yoo Yeoreum.

Seo Gaeul seemed to enjoy taking all of Yoo Yeoreum’s share for herself.

“I told you. I can’t eat food.”

Yoo Yeoreum frowned deeply.

Just as she said, Yoo Yeoreum couldn’t eat food.

Should I say she had difficulty chewing solid food and swallowing it down her throat?

“Trauma? Do you have some kind of trauma related to food?”

“I won’t tell a criminal like you.”

Yoo Yeoreum’s heart, which had once been as light as an open clam towards me, was now as solid as a heavy iron fortress. But it was certain that Yoo Yeoreum had some reason for not wanting to eat food.

Maybe liquids were her limit.

Usually, she absorbed nutrients from light through a concept called “photosynthesis,” so it wasn’t a problem.

But since being trapped in the basement, Yoo Yeoreum hadn’t seen sunlight.

Completely drained.

So Yoo Yeoreum had been starving for days, and it wouldn’t be strange if she collapsed or became weak, but her unique awakened stamina was still strong.

“Yeoreum, you’re not secretly eating something behind my back, are you? Or are you storing surplus nutrients somewhere in your body?”

“Where would I store it? Probably in those fat lumps on my chest!”

Seo Gaeul laughed loudly.

Of course, Yoo Yeoreum frowned deeply and turned her back, lying down on her mattress.

It seemed there was nothing more to say to me.

# # #

A dark briefing room somewhere.

The expression on Kim Jangdong, the section chief of the “Superhuman Management Agency,” was unusually heavy and stiff.

It was because the man receiving the report in front of him was an extremely important figure.

Superhuman Management Agency Director Seungkwan Han.

He was the head of the newly created ministerial-level department, a key figure in the current regime, and the top contributor to the constitutional amendment and the president’s re-election. Everyone knew this.

Hence, his nickname was the “Little President.”

But Han Seungkwan’s face was as gloomy and depressed as the rainy season these days.

“Section Chief Kim, is there any more information about the disappearance of Seo Gaeul and Yoo Yeoreum? If you’re just going to say sorry again today, you can turn around and leave.”

“……”

“Chief Kim! This is an unprecedented case where the daughter of the opposition leader and the daughter of the ruling party’s biggest supporter have disappeared! Such a thing has never happened in the history of South Korea! I’m telling you to consider all possibilities !”

Tap, tap, tap-!

Although Seung-kwan Han, who was pounding on the table in anger, his lips were secretly loosening.

Because what was happening now was not bad for him.

The “Seonam Group,” a supporter of the ruling party, had grown too big to control over the past 10 years.

Even though they had divided their group and raised the affiliate “Jeowang” to check the situation where the dog they were raising might bite their neck, it was not enough to stop Seonam from becoming a megacorp.

But with the disappearance of “Seo Ga-eul,” all of Seonam’s projects came to a halt.

The “Private Security Team” they were planning around Seo Ga-eul was also left hanging in the air.

‘If their security team had been completed, our necks would have been in danger.’

Seung-kwan Han had painfully realized through the experience of “Villainers” how dangerous and terrifying a group of excellent awakeners could be.

If a corporation had such power, their influence within the country would grow even more.

‘The timing of Yoo Yeoreum’s disappearance was also good.’

The opposition leader Yoo Do-gwan was an adversary who clashed with the current regime at every turn.

Moreover, his adopted daughter ‘Yoo Yeoreum’ was a promising talent among the awakeners, known as ‘Invincible.’

The fact that the opposition leader held an asymmetric force capable of striking national facilities and key positions alone was a significant threat─.

But that problem was also resolved with Yoo Yeoreum’s disappearance.

‘Things are going too well. Could it be that someone on our side gave direct orders? It’s strange that everything is turning out so favorably for us.’

Director Han Seung-kwan took off his glasses and pressed his dry eyes with his index finger and thumb.

His conclusion was always formal.

“Chief Kim. Continue the investigation as it is now, and if there is any new information or findings, call me immediately. As long as it’s not in the morning, you can call my personal phone anytime.”

“Yes.”

“Oh, and about that student you’ve been keeping an eye on. What was his name again? The male student who said he was living a hard life as a family member of the N-Mart victim. He had a name like a singer.”

“Han Nam-jin?”

“Yes, Han Nam-jin. Nam-jin. It’s been quite a buzz these past few days. He took down Yeomra and Pinocchio. Thanks to that, our shoulders, which had been working hard on the construction of Yeongsa High School, naturally “How about trusting him with it?”

“…If you say entrust, with what?”

“Oh, how can you be so clueless! That’s why you’re still a chief!”

“I’m sorry… So what are you planning to assign to Nam-jin?”

“Finding the missing students! Wouldn’t it be a good picture of friendship and love between students from the same school? It would be good for drama too. Hey, it’s perfect. Proceed as it is.”

“Ah…”

“Did you hear that he even caught the president’s son and put him in jail? Wow, that guy is something. Really something. Maybe we should bring him in after he graduates. Should we invite him here?”

“But, Chief. Namjin, that friend… he’s a special management target. Bringing him here might be a bit difficult. Security-wise, there are various issues…”

“Special management target? What is he? Are his parents communists? Is he a North Korean spy? If not, what’s the security issue?”

“Please, lend me your ear…”

Whisper, whisper.

At Kim’s whisper, Han Seung-kwan’s expression crumpled.

As if he had heard something he shouldn’t have.

“…Besides you, who else knows about this?”

“With what I just told you, there are now three of us.”

“Don’t tell anyone else. About that student… let’s keep it as it is. Just as it is.”

Nod.

As Kim retreated, Han Seung-kwan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

He felt as if all the blood in his body had turned cold.

A sharp blade seemed to be pressed against his neck.

He opened a drawer and took out a document hidden deep inside, then threw it into the trash can.

Whoosh.

As he lit the lighter, the document began to burn.

“Awakener Control Act─.”

“Anti-human rights law─intentional incident─shock─”

“N-Mart─number of victims─”

“─Final confirmer─Taegun─”

Many words were swept away by the red flames.

“Is there really such a thing as fate?”

# # #

“Han Namjin, congratulations. You’ll never die a peaceful death. You kidnapped the daughters of two powerful men, didn’t you? You’ll end up in a drum, turned into a concrete cake without anyone knowing.”

Evening. Seo Ga-eul sneered at me.

She said I was going to die.

It was laughable.

“Ga-eul, no flower blooms for ten days.”

In a world that will collapse in a year, what does it matter if you’re the daughter of a chairman or a congressman? It’s all meaningless.

The really important thing is that my ketchup bottle is rechargeable, so I can practically eat unlimited ketchup.

That was truly an incredible power and strength.

However, Seo Ga-eul, who knew nothing, shook her head and insisted.

“There might be red flowers for a thousand years. Look at President Nam Tae-geon. He’s thinking of changing the constitution to allow presidential re-election and then making it hereditary.”

“Hereditary presidency?”

Yu Yeoreum, who had been irritable and annoyed for days, took an interest in the conversation. Hereditary presidency, it was a ridiculously funny story.

Is this North Korea or something?

Anyway, with that feeling, the dark night passed.

Swoosh-.

Just in time, it rained, and even the moonlight was obscured by clouds, so I thought it was an opportunity.

“Then, Yeoreum, let’s go take a bath.”

“What? Damn, what are you talking about?”

Seo Ga-eul objected more than Yu Yeoreum herself.

“You said Yu Yeoreum smells. Since there’s no moonlight, I’m thinking of giving her a shower and changing her clothes. “I’ll try to wash her every night if possible.”

“Hey! What’s that about! I didn’t have anything like that! You b*stard! Hey! You discriminatory b*stard! If that’s the case, take me too!”

Seo Ga-eul raged like a fox caught in a trap.

Even her whining was very adorable!

“Ga-eul, you have ‘Lady’ concept, right? Thanks to that, you don’t need to bathe or go to the bathroom. But Yeoreum doesn’t have such a convenient concept, so it can’t be helped.”

“Then give my concept to Yeoreum! “What I have!”

Giving ‘Lady’ concept to Yu Yeoreum?

It was an interesting story.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“I can awaken a new concept again, can’t I? This time, I’ll awaken a concept like ‘Angel’ or ‘Fairy’. Anyway! I’ll give my concept to Yeoreum, so don’t wash her!”

It’s not that she wants to be washed too because it’s unfair that only Yeoreum gets washed.

She wants to prevent Yeoreum from being washed because she can’t be washed herself.

Not a win-win, but a lose-lose.

When crabs are put in a basket, when one tries to escape, another grabs its leg and pulls it down, just like that.

But if Seo Ga-eul gives her concept to Yu Yeoreum, and with the resulting void, Seo Ga-eul awakens another concept─.

If this process repeats, wouldn’t Seo Ga-eul also become a stronger person?

“Can you give a concept?”

Yoo Yeoreum’s eyes narrowed sharply.

Come to think of it, the fact that Seo Gaeul could transfer concepts to others was our little secret.

Now, even Yoo Yeoreum knows.

“It’s not something I can give to just anyone. I need to know that person well enough to trust them. So, Yoo Yeoreum, you’re out.”

Out? Does that mean Yoo Yeoreum will never get 《Lady of Elegance》?

Then it was right to go up to the surface once a day to bathe.

“Yeoreum, let’s go.”

“……”

“Yaaah! Hanamjin, you crazy b*stard!”

Leaving the raging Seo Gaeul behind, I took Yoo Yeoreum up to the surface.

I was slightly worried that Supergirl Yoo Yeoreum might break free from the handcuffs and run away, but she was too drained from lack of light and food to have that kind of strength.

By the way, I got the handcuffs from Jin Ramen Noona.

Since I often fight with third-class wanted criminals, I might need them again.

━Yingyingyaing.

When we got home, Yingying was sitting in the living room.

Yoo Yeoreum shuddered slightly.

“……”

Ziiiiing.

Yoo Yeoreum’s eyes glowed red for a moment when she saw Yingying.

“Yoo Yeoreum, she’s a good monster, okay? Don’t bully her.”

“There’s no such thing as a good monster. Not only did you kidnap people, but you’re secretly raising monsters too. Hanamjin, you’re really a bad guy. You’re worse than the Villainous terrorists.”

When did she start calling me Jin-ah affectionately, and now she’s calling me Hanamjin the monster.

I’ve really earned her hatred.

In that case, it seemed better to fully embrace the role of the bad guy.

“Then, Yeoreum, go into the bathroom and take off your clothes. I’ll wash you.”

“……!!!!”