Chapter 300: Grasp
Chapter 300: Grasp
"Uh-huh..."
It's a clear day in the offices of the Hero Association.
Stardus sat there, her jaw clenched tightly as she pondered over something.
How to get through to Egostic....
'....'
...Actually, she wondered if there was anything more to it...?
They already have a relationship. They've saved each other's lives and experienced a lot together.
But the problem is that it's a hero-villain relationship.
"Ha..."
...She just wanted to spend more time with him, that's all. Why is that so hard?
Is it because he's the villain and she's the hero, or is it because there's so little time for him to be active in the first place?
...As her mind raced through the improbable thoughts a hero would have for a villain, she clenched her fists and decided.
'I see. Next time we meet...!'
I'll be proactive.
She hadn't really thought about what she was going to do, or how she was going to do it, but... But that was her resolution.
Seola had also advised her but in fact, all of this is only possible when Egostic causes terrorism.
He hadn't been seen since the last time he deceived her and fled from Busan, vaporizing into thin air.
Yeah, he took that Ariel girl with him.
...She thought about it again, and for some reason the thought made Stardus stomach churn, but she decided to swallow it. In fact, there wasn't much she could do about it except put up with it, unless she wanted to put them all in jail...Actually, that would make him sad, so it wasn't easy to do either.
"Egostic...When are you coming?"
And so it was, in the midst of unexpectedly peaceful days, three days in a row without a single terrorist attack.
Even today, the heroine was waiting for the villain to attack.
She leaned back in her chair, her blonde hair flowing, and thought quietly.
Suddenly, she realized something.
'Yeah, that's right, I was thinking...'
Isn't it always at times like this that Egostic unleash his terror...?
Waiting and waiting and waiting, and now she's tired of waiting...Just when she thought about it her instincts told her, because she was an expert.
~A few hours later that day~
[Hello, everyone!]
"...Yes, indeed."
"Stardus, Egostic is at the bank!"
"Yes, I'm aware. I'll be right there."
Finally,
To the horror of the long-returned Egostic, Stardus quickly changed her clothes and flew out the window.
The employee who opened the door and rushed in with the news, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and muttered.
"By the way, the only time I've ever seen her smile so brightly was when I told him that Egostic had caused a terrorist attack..."
...When it's another villain causing terror, she always turns a frightening shade of red.
The Association worker thought so, and left the room.
...For the record, almost all of the Association's staff believed seriously in the story of Egostic and Stardus' affair.
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It's been a while since I caused a terrorist attack.
In terms of official terrorism, it was last winter. In other words, it had been almost half a year since the last missile attack before the Moonlight Gate.
As such, the chat box on the official broadcast was nothing short of insane.
"Hello, this is Egostic!"
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[I've got terror in the title.]
[Ego, you can have me...] [Ego, you can have me...]
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[No. 1 man in the world who drives everyone crazy with just one terrorist attack. Just the GOAT]
[The number of viewers in a few minutes is fucking insane, is this the number of people in our country????]
[Chat window is just so fucking fast I can't read anything...]
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In that place that had become a chaos of chaos.
Egostic just smirked, standing on the rooftop above the building as he always did, still masked.
"Yes folks, I'm back with another round of terror, what have you all been waiting for?"
That's how he says it, grinning broadly at the camera, his cape flapping.
And in front of him.
"Egostic..."
Stardus, who had just flown in, arrived quickly, exhaling.
Just like that, Stardus saw him again and she saw him again, smiling brightly she was thrilled.
Without realizing it, her heart leapt at the sight of him.
Finally turning away from the camera and meeting Stardus' eyes, Egostic smiled even wider, and turned to her.
"Hello Stardus, it's been a while!"
Hearing his voice say that...and seeing his eyes flicker slightly as he remembered what he had done last time Stardust couldn't help but smile, and opened her mouth in a crooked grin.
...Now she was, just by looking at him. Just hearing his voice made her feel better.
"...Hmph. So, what do you want to do today?"
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[Wow, did he just make Stardus laugh?]
[Stardus is really cute when she smiles lol]
[Egostic alone makes her laugh right away, it's good when it's good]]
[[A plate of knowledge] There was a time when Stardus was known only for her face before she was made famous by Egostic.]
[Appearance is also GOAT Skill is also GOAT Personality is also GOAT It's not just Stardus, it's Stargoat...Big Yellow Star Goat]
[Star Goat is a lol]
[Those two don't even bother to hide that they're dating now, lol]
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Stardus smirked as she said that while Egostic chuckled, relieved, and then spread his hands.
"Anyway, Stardus is here sooner than planned, which is a bit of an embarrassment, but... let's get right to the terror."
Having said that, he held his hand out in front of him and
-poof.
"Huh?"
Before Stardus could react, the bomb exploded in front of her and before she could react, through the thick smoke a black sphere of tentacles began to wrap itself around him.
The black tentacles wrapped around both of his hands, forming them into thick gauntlets...
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[???What is that, a Dark Evolution?]
[Wow, you know Behemoth, Behemoth is the black tentacled enhancement suit that was first used by Egostic during the last Moonlight Gate disaster, and I believe he first got it during the HanEun Group incident a few years ago!]
[Thanks!]
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After finishing his own transformation, he chuckled and opened his mouth.
"This terrorism...I'm the only one doing it! The theme is sharing money and bombs."
With that, he pulled out numerous bombs from nowhere and threw them into the air.
He then flew off into the distance and said.
"Folks, I'm on the roof of Korea's largest bank, that's right. You can probably guess what I'm going to do, right?"
And with that
-Boom.
The sound of something popping, much louder than before, on the bank side was heard as money began to fall from the sky.
"The theme of today's terrorism is tax payback, so collect your money now, though you'll have to risk your life, because I'll keep throwing bombs at you!"
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[aaahhhhhhhhhh]
[tax payback ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]
[This is terrorism, I'm coming now]
[Fan meeting and sharing at the same time just GOAT]
[Association employees are out in full force and can't even go near that place ahhhhhh]
[But the bank didn't even get blown up, where is the money coming from?]
[??? Come to think of it, yeah...]
[Do you think mango causes terrorism and compensates people?]
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"...And Stardus, if you want to stop me, you can try grabbing me, hahaha!"
With that, Egostic flew off into the sky.
Stardus sighed and ran after him.
...Looks like she'll be working out with him again.
***
The hours of terror that followed were fairly routine.
Bombs dropping in the background of the bank, Stardus stopping them, her trying to get him...
He's pretty good at teleporting and Stardus stops all the bombs, so time passes.
Of course, the bombs were easy to catch in the first place, as he was throwing them one by one, so the attack itself was easy to stop. A call from an association employee told her that the money was fake, so she didn't mind burning it.
Some time passed, and Egostic looked quite exhausted but seeing him like that only made Stardus more nervous.
'...What the hell am I supposed to do here?'
He runs away when she approaches him.
To make matters worse, today's attack seemed to be coming to an end. No casualties, little damage, but...she felt sad for some reason.
"Ha, ha, I'm getting tired..."
"Then let me catch you...!"
Saying that, Stardus stretched out her arms toward him as she flailed in the air, slowing down.
She knew he was going to teleport away anyway.
Still, she thought, I'll try one last time.
But
"Huh?"
Her hand, which she thought was going to cut through the air, somehow found his arm.
"Oops, I got caught, haha."
He grinned in embarrassment, sweating profusely, and stood in front of her in a hug, his arm still held.
"...Huh?"
Stardus made a dumbfounded sound as she locked eyes with him.
"I surrender, my first defeat."
"...Uh, you're not going to run?"
"...? Yes."
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Korea's worst villain, S-class villain Egostic, has been captured by Hero Stardus.
That was the moment when Korea was turned upside down.