Chapter 22
Chapter 22
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 22
Chapter Title: Hero of Justice, or Villain Corrupted by Pleasure? (2)
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◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 'Could it be... that there's some condition needed to evolve the Imprint to the next stage...?'
Clearly, when he'd evolved the Imprint from stage 1 to stage 2, there hadn't been any conditions required.
It had simply been possible once the Corruption Level hit 100%.
As Ha Si-yoon's worries deepened, the Corruption System provided a clear answer to the issue of Yoon Do-hwa's condition growing increasingly strange.
It was just like the first time he'd obtained this supernatural ability and it had explained how to use it.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Command: 'Perception Alteration' may conflict with the target's deep psychology.] [Additionally, evolving a 2nd-stage Imprint to the final 3rd stage requires a special process.] [When the target's 2nd-stage Imprint Corruption Level reaches 100%, all commands applied to the target are automatically released.] The content stated that when the Corruption Level of a 2nd-stage Imprint reached 100%, all commands would be automatically released.
In other words, it would revert to the state before applying commands like body control or Perception Alteration.
"What the hell? The commands get released?"
Ha Si-yoon couldn't help but panic upon seeing this hidden condition for the next evolution.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [If you obtain a declaration of submission from the target while all commands are released, the conditions are fulfilled, and it reaches the final evolution stage.] The content stated that he had to obtain a declaration of submission from the target while all commands were released.
He might be able to neutralize Yoon Do-hwa with Yeon Ji-woo's help, but getting a declaration of submission was on another level entirely.
- Crash!!
"What was that?!"
Ha Si-yoon was slapping his forehead over the grueling condition required for the final evolution when a rough door-opening sound came from behind him.
"S... Sis?"
"You piece of trash..."
Yoon Do-hwa stood at the doorway with the handle broken off, her eyes blazing fiercely.
True to the Corruption System's guidance, she had regained her sense of self with all commands released and now stood before Ha Si-yoon.
"I don't know why, but... I remember everything. Everything you made me do."
From the moment she'd first encountered him as Hero Ignition during the Dark Knights suppression op,
to being ruthlessly violated by his mysterious supernatural ability.
Obeying his words like she was entranced, enduring all sorts of sexual acts,
and even offering up Hero Union intel—and her roommate little sister on top of that.
All of it lingered intact in Yoon Do-hwa's memories, now freed from every command.
"I'm not letting you get away with this."
The flirty, seductive gaze of the bitch slave fawning over her male master was gone,
replaced by eyes burning with shame and humiliation.
It was rage so intense that heat could be felt even without her igniting a single spark.
- Fwooooosh—!!!
Flames infused with fury toward Ha Si-yoon shot from Yoon Do-hwa's hand, which radiated an aura so intense it distorted the air like a scorching desert mirage.
- Sizzle...
"Gahhh?! Gyaaah!"
Ha Si-yoon, caught completely off guard by the fireball launched at him, took it full-on across his body.
"Urgh...! M-My... shoulder..."
It wasn't a fatal wound that would make him bleed out or pass out,
but he'd suffered severe burns on his right shoulder and left thigh.
"Even standing up, even swinging your arms—it's all going to hurt."
She no longer resembled the confident, lighthearted Hero Ignition who faced villains with ease.
Her eyes blazed as if they might ignite just from looking at them, yet her voice was calm and quiet as she recited the punishments awaiting her target of wretched vengeance.
It showed the depth of her genuine fury.
Besides, if she lost control in her excitement and rampaged, it might not just destroy this hideout and that damned man,
but cause innocent casualties including Ji-woo.
This was another thought she wouldn't have had before Perception Alteration was released.
Yoon Do-hwa suppressed her impulse to burn everything to ash right then and there,
calmly expressing her rage toward Ha Si-yoon.
"Urgh...! Commands... the commands aren't working..."
Ha Si-yoon endured the burning pain in his leg and shoulder, desperately trying to reissue commands,
but not only were they released—they couldn't even be reapplied.
In short, he had to subdue Yoon Do-hwa, who was on the verge of exploding with rage.
- Bang bang bang bang!!
"J... Ji-woo...? How did you..."
Gunshots rang out from behind Ha Si-yoon, who was clutching his shoulder in agony.
"Even if it's you, sis... I can't forgive an attack on Master."
Yeon Ji-woo wielded the twin pistols of her favorite character from the AOS game War of Champions.
She had fired warning shots at Yoon Do-hwa for attacking her precious master, Ha Si-yoon.
"You're being tricked right now! Get away from that guy!"
"What are you talking about? I'm Dominator's maid. I have a duty to protect Master."
The gun barrel, meant for evil villains or monsters, was trained on Yoon Do-hwa,
and she couldn't help but feel complicated emotions staring at Ji-woo like that.
'It's because of me... Because I was controlled by that guy's supernatural ability, Ji-woo got dragged in too...!'
The guilt that Ji-woo had changed because of her own manipulation by Ha Si-yoon's power.
That guilt kept Yoon Do-hwa from attacking Ji-woo.
"Hoo... Fine."
"H-Huh...? How are you even standing?"
Contrary to Yoon Do-hwa's words that he wouldn't even be able to lift his arms, let alone stand,
Ha Si-yoon endured the pain and stepped in front of the hesitating Yoon Do-hwa.
"Ji-woo is... my maid, Dominator's maid.
And you're my sex-processing slave... and Utopia's spy villain."
There was one thing Yoon Do-hwa, who'd attacked Ha Si-yoon, had overlooked.
Before becoming Villain Dominator, he had been Dark Knights veteran Combatant No. 505.
A man who'd survived countless battles against heroes wielding powerful supernatural abilities,
possessing tenacious vitality and a sturdy body.
The flames Yoon Do-hwa had fired would be unbearable for an ordinary adult male,
but for Ha Si-yoon with his superhuman physical durability, they were tolerable.
Her naive consideration that it might harm Ji-woo and others.
Her carelessness in assuming that crippling his arm and leg would make subduing him easy.
It was Yoon Do-hwa's mistake for not unleashing a devastating blow from the start.
- Fwooooosh—!!
"Urghhh...!"
- Sizzzzz... Boom!!!
She fired flames far more powerful and faster than before,
but her disrupted focus caused it to merely graze Ha Si-yoon's left arm before slamming into the wall beyond and exploding.
"Is that all an A-Rank Hero's got...?"
'Damn it... How is that bastard so tough...? He's not even a monster...!'
No matter how it was just a glancing fireball,
the sheer destructive power was enough to melt flesh on contact.
The fireball that grazed his arm caused a massive explosion against the wall afterward.
Yet Ha Si-yoon advanced on Yoon Do-hwa step by step, relying on his monstrous toughness and mental fortitude to endure the pain.
'Damn... No choice? The building might collapse...'
Her main method was firing fireballs, combined with
powerful strikes propelled by flame thrust for strength and speed.
Using those attacks inside the hideout—narrow and filled with support pillars—could cause the building to collapse,
leading to the very casualties she feared.
But right now, she had no choice.
"That's far enough, Do-hwa sis."
"Wha—?!"
Just as she prepared to ignite flames at her feet, willing to risk the building's collapse to prioritize subduing Ha Si-yoon,
Ji-woo caught on to her intent, rushed in, grabbed her arm tight, and yanked to prevent her from charging.
Having often teamed up with Yoon Do-hwa on missions, Ji-woo knew her fighting style well
and could predict the attack just from her stance.
"Let... go...!"
There was a clear difference in build between Ji-woo and Yoon Do-hwa, visible to the eye,
but if she could hold on even for a moment, it was only a matter of time before Ha Si-yoon closed in.
"P-Please snap out of it! Ji-woo!!!"
"No? The one who needs to snap out of it is you, Do-hwa sis.
You're... Dominator's loyal bitch slave, just like me, right?"
The mad glint in her eyes said she'd do anything to protect her master.
Ji-woo's gaze was just like Yoon Do-hwa's own from a few days ago, when she'd brought Ji-woo here
and acted coquettish toward Ha Si-yoon, begging for praise.
- Grip!
"Kyaaah?!"
"Hoo... Thought I was gonna burn to death."
With her arm restrained by the comrade and little sister she'd betrayed,
she was ultimately grabbed by Ha Si-yoon at her throat and shoulder.
"A few days ago, you were craving my cum, then immediately groveling for forgiveness...
Guess I didn't train my bitch properly."
"Guhhh... Kkh!"
Her throat squeezed until she could barely breathe,
both arms pinned tight, leaving her utterly helpless in this desperate situation.
'Against a monster like this... there's no way I could win...!'
Even without manipulation of body or mind,
and free to use her supernatural ability, Yoon Do-hwa still couldn't bring down Ha Si-yoon.
"I just have to make you submit. That's what it said."
Before the raw power of his arm, thick veins bulging,
Yoon Do-hwa—with her arms and neck effortlessly locked—was nothing but helpless prey.
'As the apex male, imprint an indelible mark on that prey until the moment of her death.'
...With that sole conviction, he tore off the Hero suit she wore.