Chapter 49: The Aphrodisiac King (1)
Chapter 49: The Aphrodisiac King (1)
Shin Tae-geon was left alone in the empty room. As the owner of the invisibility ability, he simply stared at his phone, which had been ringing incessantly. He rested his chin on his hand at an angle, having absolutely no intention of answering.
"Hmm."
The reason he had sought help from the Hero Association was simple: he truly needed the heroes' assistance. Within Shinhwa Pharmaceutical, the existence of the Aphrodisiac King was being treated with extreme gravity.
Not only had the company's vision been leaked, but the fact that someone was developing and supplying all sorts of illicit drugs using that vision was a major problem. This wasn't just about the financial blow from a technology leak. If the media ever caught wind of the fact that the Aphrodisiac King was a former employee of Shinhwa Pharmaceutical, a literal hellscape would unfold.
As his name suggested, the Aphrodisiac King mainly supplied R-rated aphrodisiacs and pseudo-superpower drugs. The aphrodisiacs were something he had created from scratch based on Shinhwa Pharmaceutical's formulas, so they could be managed, but the pseudo-superpower drugs were a different story—the sparks from that fire could easily spread to Shinhwa Pharmaceutical itself.
It’s obvious people from all over would come crawling in, demanding to know why we were making such things in the first place.
If this fact were to be made public, who would attack Shinhwa Pharmaceutical the most fiercely? It would inevitably be the group that stood to lose the most from the pseudo-superpower drugs Shinhwa was developing.
The Hero Association.
The commercialization of superpowers was essentially the nullification of the privileges heroes enjoyed. Of course, the existence of heroes would never completely vanish. As the CEO of Shinhwa Pharmaceutical and an invisible man himself, Shin Tae-geon knew this better than anyone.
It was practically impossible to grant proper superpowers through drugs. Michael was just one of many common examples of that failure. That was why they had been delaying the product launch in the first place.
Regardless, whether the Aphrodisiac King was caught or not, if evidence surfaced that Shinhwa Pharmaceutical had been trying to develop pseudo-superpower drugs internally, they would be under fire from the Hero Association. Shin Tae-geon knew the hero organizations and the nature of heroes quite well, and he knew that the Association Chairman, Hwang Cheol-jin, was no pushover.
If he truly decides to draw his sword, Shinhwa Pharmaceutical won't come out unscathed. I’ve heard his connections are extraordinary.
In fact, even before Shin Tae-geon had reached out, the Hero Association had already caught wind of the pseudo-superpower drugs and was prioritizing the search for the Aphrodisiac King above all else. If a hero's job was to save people, the Association's role was to ensure those heroes' rights were protected first.
That was why he had contacted the Hero Association before the police. It was a preemptive declaration of surrender before things went to shit.
We really have no intention of infringing on the rights and interests of heroes. It was purely for research purposes. Look, if we had those kinds of intentions, would we have asked for your help?
...That was the angle.
Of course, Hwang Cheol-jin, the head of the Hero Association, saw right through those intentions. He wanted to give them a hard time just for the sheer audacity of it, but he couldn't exactly give a cold shoulder to someone who was essentially acting like a puppy showing its belly to sue for peace.
So, Hwang Cheol-jin put Floss forward.
The surface reason was that Floss was the right person for the mission. The deeper reason was to resolve the bad blood between Floss and Shinhwa Pharmaceutical. And the hidden reason was to send Floss—who had previously arrested Shin Tae-geon for being a groper—to publicly humiliate the cheeky CEO.
Recalling these thoughts, Shin Tae-geon let out a sigh. The phone was still ringing.
...I was trying to play nice.
Shin Tae-geon had also realized that Hwang Cheol-jin intended to mock him, but in this situation, Shinhwa Pharmaceutical was the one asking for a favor. Business and personal matters had to be kept separate, so as long as he finished the job with the hero named Floss, that was all that mattered.
An A-rank hero means they’ve at least considered our circumstances enough.
But even considering that, Floss was acting far too obnoxious. She kept bringing up his past karma as a groper to tease him, and she even insisted on testing the invisibility right then and there. Shin Tae-geon had reached the point of wondering if she was desperately trying to get under his skin on purpose under Hwang Cheol-jin's orders.
Of course, that wasn't the case at all; Floss was simply excited to meet the man who had taken her virginity again. Shin Tae-geon didn't even know that Floss was the same woman he had sex with in the bathroom back then. She was just lost in a one-sided sense of intimacy.
However, Shin Tae-geon, who interpreted Floss's behavior as "a common trait of arrogant heroes who don't know how big the world is," felt the need to take her down a peg.
I need at least some level of control. I’ll have to put a proper leash on her through this job.
That was why he didn't answer the calls coming from Floss. It was obvious she had rushed out without listening to the precautions properly and was now panicking because her invisibility had worn off.
The duration of human invisibility varies from person to person. If it ended this quickly, her constitution must not take to it well. I wonder if she can even carry out the mission properly.
"Maybe I should find another hero now—" he muttered, leaning back into his chair. The phone was still ringing, and he thought to himself leisurely.
If she’s a woman with any sense, she’ll have hidden herself somewhere, so there shouldn't be any major problems. She should be sufficiently humbled by now, right? I’ll ignore it just one more time, then answer the next call.
But after that missed call, no more calls came. He started to feel a creeping anxiety, wondering if she had gotten involved in something serious. To begin with, before he met Floss, he was a man so timid that he had thoroughly hidden even his voice while groping people under invisibility.
—SLAM!
That was why, the moment the door suddenly flew open, he couldn't help but be struck with horror.
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As soon as I slammed the door open with a menacing thud, Shin Tae-geon's face came into view. It was a face I had never seen when he was the Invisible Man.
Unlike his aggressive sex style, he looked surprisingly intellectual, perhaps because of the glasses. He looked like an elite office worker. In reality, he was born with a silver spoon and had taken over a subsidiary CEO position in his early to mid-thirties, so he was on a different level than a simple employee.
Is now the time to be admiring his face?
A man's face wasn't important to me in the first place. Some women say they can easily get off even if the guy has a small dick or poor technique as long as he's handsome, but I wasn't like that.
To me, a man's face held little value—so much so that my favorite position was doggystyle. There were countless other things more important than that. The crushing pressure from above, lewd dirty talk, sexual technique, and dick size. In defeat play, those were far more meaningful elements than a man's face.
But this time.
However, for the first time since becoming a woman and realizing my preferences, I was planning a play that wasn't defeat play.
I will definitely get my revenge.
I gnashed my teeth, glaring at Shin Tae-geon, who had undoubtedly ignored my calls on purpose. Since the invisibility hadn't worn off yet, he was looking in my direction but couldn't see me clearly. Looking at his ridiculous expression, I decided once again that I would be taken by him.
No, this time, I’m the one taking him.
That was about as much as I could do for "revenge." I couldn't exactly hit someone who wasn't even a villain now that I was a hero, and I couldn't put economic pressure on a proper company CEO. I had to pay him back with what I was best at and enjoyed most, second only to hero work.
I’m fairly confident, too.
Of course, if you looked at the sex record between me and Shin Tae-geon, there was no denying I was 0-1. I had been fucked like a dog during my first experience, with a strange dick and a strange man. I had been so overwhelmed I couldn't even keep my head straight, and I'd even allowed an internal ejaculation, so that said it all.
But things were different now. Setting aside the mating with the slime, I had gained experience thanks to the week I spent as the basketball club's onahole manager. In game terms, I must have leveled up several times.
If nothing else, the me from back then and the me now were practically different people when it came to sex. It wasn't a black man's dick or a slime's dick coated in aphrodisiacs. Of course, Shin Tae-geon was what you'd call "well-endowed," but I had a feeling I could handle it.
...Well, I say that, but I might just get pinned the moment he thrusts into me.
Since I was now somewhat aware of my own incompetence, I couldn't confidently guarantee victory. I just engraved it in my heart to keep a close eye on the right moment to get taken by Shin Tae-geon.
In a way, it was a new challenge. This was a first. Until now, it was just "I want to enjoy defeat play with anyone," but now, I was determined that it had to be Shin Tae-geon. Strictly speaking, it wasn't even defeat play.
"Did... did you return?"
"Why didn't you answer the phone?"
"The invisibility hasn't worn off yet. That's a relief. You ran out before I could finish explaining..."
"I asked why you didn't answer the phone."
Shin Tae-geon rambled on with a long explanation about how the principles of invisibility applied to others and how the duration varied wildly from person to person, but in the end, he gave a brief, simple answer to my core question.
"Oh, I didn't see it."
"And you expect me to believe that?"
"I'm sorry."
Since he was being so blatantly shameless, I didn't even feel guilty. Fine, I'll definitely get my revenge. I'll squeeze him until he begs me to stop, until only clear juice comes out.
"Sigh, I have my faults too, so let's move on. I'm going to go put some clothes on, so could you undo the invisibility?"
"Um, about that, Miss Floss."
"What now?"
I grimaced at the sudden tremor in Shin Tae-geon's voice. What was he going to say now? If he said something like he didn't know when the invisibility on others would wear off, I was going to flatten his nose.
"I missed the timing to tell you, but it's already worn off."
"...What?"
"The invisibility, yes. It's gone."
For a moment, I thought he was joking. A joke in this situation? It was so absurd I almost scoffed, but then I saw the clear flesh tones reflected in his eyes and nearly died of shock.
"...Really?"
"For the record, I didn't undo it. I really didn't. Undoing the invisibility requires physical contact, just like casting it."
Shin Tae-geon scrambled to explain, but his words didn't reach my ears.
Just a few minutes ago, I had been praying that if I had to show my naked body to anyone, let it be just Shin Tae-geon, and please don't let anyone else in the hallway see me. But now that I was actually naked in front of him, my breath hitched.
I had already been groped by this man; we were in a relationship where I'd shown him not just my naked body but my pussy after he'd creampied it. Even though this was the first time I was showing him while transformed, I couldn't understand why I was so embarrassed.
"Ah, bu, abubu..."
Having lost my ability to speak, my lips trembled. I turned and fled toward the bathroom where I'd left my clothes at the highest speed a magical girl could muster.
...With my bright red face buried in both hands.