That’s How They Became Villains

#19. The Villain is Good at Being Behind -4-

First_2329 [Live Broadcast] [ ] X

A.G.O_003, God_Eugene, Last_0102, and 5746 others are watching.

[A.G.O_003] -?

[A.G.O_003] -Live broadcast?

[God_Eugene] -Why are you suddenly doing a live broadcast?

[God_Eugene] -More importantly, why aren’t you answering your phone, unnie?

[God_Eugene] -Why did you go to Cheongang Station? I heard there are terrorists there causing chaos

[ch297] -Where is this?

[22bceu3734] -I keep hearing something like explosion sounds?

-Knock knock.

“Ca-can you hear me!?”

Chae Yu-ha’s voice played on the black screen.

[4y8kwvygib] -We can hear you~

[ch297] -Where is this?

“So-sorry!! This is my first live broadcast, so I don’t know how to do it properly!!”

An extremely urgent voice resonates through the microphone.

“Just a moment, if I do this, can you see…?”

With a rustling sound, the screen suddenly brightens.

[7h468jnrb0] -Ack, eye terror

Soon the white-out subsides.

What the viewers saw was footage from an angle that looked like a phone peeking out into the corridor while hiding behind a train seat.

“Can you see…!?”

The image chaotically shows a speeding train, terrorists armed with weapons from head to toe, flying bullets, and passengers cowering in fear.

[A.G.O_003] -???????

[God_Eugene] -???????????

[4y8kwvygib] -OMG it’s a terrorist scene

[7h468jnrb0] -Is it okay to film this?

[Last_0102] -Where are you

“I really wasn’t planning to turn on a live broadcast or anything like this…!!”

“Bang, boom!” Bombs thrown by terrorists exploded in succession and a strong backdraft blew.

A girl in a white robe caught in the explosion flew dramatically and hit her head.

“This is inside the train headed for the 7th Track Elevator!! Please, someone, anyone, help us!!”

“Pretend to be hurt?”

“Yes.”

Nazha tilted her head as if wondering why she needed to do that.

At her feet, an overwhelming number of terrorists were already dead or twitching as if about to die.

Chae Yu-ha found this rather eerie. She thought that if she said the wrong thing, she might end up under those feet someday.

“It’s hard to explain right now.”

“Did you see the future again or something?”

No. It’s for extremely personal reasons.

Chae Yu-ha, who absolutely couldn’t say that, smiled awkwardly and avoided eye contact.

Seeing this, Nazha made a rough guess and sighed as if thinking this was hopeless.

“Well, if I agreed to help, I should help until the end.”

And thus began Chae Yu-ha’s one-sided apology operation.

The goal was to make Kim Seok-ho, a 33-year-old sister-complex enhanced human, perform so well that people would remember him as a civilian hero.

Here, “perform well” meant Kim Seok-ho protecting people from terrorist attacks in place of Nazha, who would be temporarily incapacitated (pretending to be).

“Of course, purely by taking hits with his body.”

“What did you say?” Kim Seok-ho questioned. Couldn’t he just fight normally? Nonsense.

As long as he has nanomachines in his brain, Kim Seok-ho cannot attack humans.

And Minos’ terrorists are mostly humans. They’re just wearing illegally modified military exosuits.

After hearing the story, Kim Seok-ho felt like he was being tricked. They said they would make him a hero, but in the end, weren’t they just telling him to get beaten up by troops armed with heavy weapons from head to toe?

“Are you ready, Mr. Kim Seok-ho?”

Completely ignoring Kim Seok-ho’s thoughts, Chae Yu-ha asked.

“Let me warn you in advance, don’t get any funny ideas. You know how many eyes are watching, right? It’s not just one or two people who’ve seen you throw a knife at me, you know?”

“I know.”

“Good. I’m trying to help bury that too, so please do your best. It would be better to go see your sister as a hero rather than a villain, wouldn’t it?”

Kim Seok-ho glared at Chae Yu-ha as if dumbfounded.

Chae Yu-ha, feeling embarrassed, slapped him on the back.

“Shall we begin?”

After clearing her throat with a “Ahem!”, Chae Yu-ha installed the electronic terminal to turn on the live broadcast.

And now the perspective returns to the present.

“U-unnie…are you okay?”

“My vision is blurry…I don’t think I can move for a while…”

Blood trickled down from Nazha’s head. The viewers thought it was due to the impact of hitting the floor after being caught in the explosion.

[qblufgorbw] -Is this for real?

[Last_0102] -I’m coming, please hang in there a little longer

[py67fj1ecb] -**;; Save Saint;;

The chat exploded at a phenomenal speed. The current viewer count was about 50,000……60,000. Back to 50,000, then 70,000.

Chae Yu-ha almost lost her focus due to the viewer count fluctuating wildly like surging waves, as if coordinates had been marked somewhere.

“That monster of a woman…!!”

“Now’s our chance!! Attack!!”

The terrorists who had been cautious shouted upon seeing Nazha’s weakened state.

The terrorist at the front charged with a hammer that spewed fire at its end.

Chae Yu-ha signaled to Kim Seok-ho.

Kim Seok-ho, who had been timing his move from behind a seat, quickly jumped out and stopped at the most dramatic camera angle.

‘Bang!’ The flaming hammer hit Kim Seok-ho’s back.

“Kuhek…!!”

Kim Seok-ho momentarily showed the whites of his eyes from the unexpectedly powerful impact. It felt as if the vibration was transmitted beyond the outer armor to the core module. That was despite Nazha having equipped him with impact-absorbing armor in advance.

“You…!?”

Chae Yu-ha let out a shrill cry upon seeing Kim Seok-ho’s face as he protected her.

Chae Yu-ha knew his face. The perpetrator of the department store hostage incident, a berserk enhanced human who tried to escape using her as a hostage.

Instinctive fear arose. He was a criminal who almost took her life. It would be strange not to feel that way. But on the other hand, she was also puzzled.

If it weren’t for him, Chae Yu-ha and Nazha would have been crushed to death by the terrorist’s hammer. Why did you save us?

Yes, with just that kind of feeling, Chae Yu-ha infused fake emotion into her voice.

“Why…?”

In response, Kim Seok-ho, as they had rehearsed, spoke with labored breathing as if seeing Chae Yu-ha for the first time.

“Are you…alright…”

‘Bang!’ The hammer struck again.

“Kuhek…”

It was much weaker than before since it wasn’t accelerated, but due to the lingering effects of the previous attack, Kim Seok-ho had to struggle not to lose consciousness.

[221s72nlxg] -Why isn’t he counterattacking

[4y8kwvygib] -He’s an enhanced human

[qblufgorbw] -Could it be that he can’t counterattack because of the nanomachines and can only take hits?

[7h468jnrb0] -Those terrorists are just humans wearing exosuits.

‘Bang! Bang!’ Each time the hammer struck, Kim Seok-ho’s eyes rolled back.

“Don’t worry… don’t worry… I will, I will protect you… fuck… my life…”

Nevertheless, the sight of him not losing consciousness and shielding Nazha and Chae Yu-ha ignited a spark in the hearts of the viewers.

“Tch! Damn it!”

The terrorist wielding the hammer backed away as if struggling with the effort.

“Get the guns!”

With a click, countless gun barrels pointed at Kim Seok-ho as they loaded rounds simultaneously.

“Take him down!”

The mixer blew out from the sound of projectiles fired almost simultaneously.

The screen went white, and viewers were too stunned to even type in the chat.

However, when the white-out cleared again, the scene that appeared was hopeful.

Kim Seok-ho had collapsed in tatters, with Chae Yu-ha holding him. And Nazha’s barrier, who had sufficiently recovered her strength, successfully blocked the barrage of projectiles.

“Phew…I, completely revived.”

Nazha confidently smiled as she wiped the blood flowing down her cheek with the back of her hand.

The terrorists flinched, feeling cosmic horror at that sight.

Nazha glanced at Chae Yu-ha once. It meant whether they had gotten enough footage.

Chae Yu-ha checked the explosive reactions in the chat and gave an OK sign with her hand.

“Be careful, something’s coming!”

The terrorists shouted pathetically.

It was no wonder. Until just now, a woman who was beating them to death like rats suddenly pretended to be weak and collapsed after taking just one bomb, and then got up again as if nothing had happened and was now posturing—how frightening must it be?

“Armed Chase.”

Nazha murmured softly.

Then, millions of nanomachines sleeping inside Nazha’s core module began to bloom like flowers and assemble into the form of armor.

“W-what is that!”

“Is it an Unhwa exosuit?”

“No! It looks different from ours!!”

It was both the prototype and the final form of the exosuits that Unhwa was handling as if they were their own.

[qblufgorbw] -Wow what is that?

[CYS_5042] -What is she doing there?

[ch297] -So cool…

The chat heated up to the point of explosion, somehow forgetting the seriousness of the situation.

And finally, just as Nazha in her suit and the terrorists were about to clash.

-The broadcast has ended.

[A.G.O_003] -Huh?

[God_Eugene] -What?

[22bceu3734] -Teacher?

The live broadcast was forcibly terminated by an invisible force.