Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Interest, Trouble
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Interest, Trouble.
Before homeroom in the classroom.
The early students were busy chatting.
It was because of yesterday's massive breaking news.
[(Breaking News) B-rank Hero 'Medusa' Killed. Perpetrator Likely 'Dark Knight'...]
['Medusa' Murder Scene Leaves Recorder Instead of Usual Ashes... What Did It Say?]
[Shock! Hero 'Medusa's' School Days Murder Confession. How Did 'Dark Knight' Know...?]
[Korean Superhuman Ability Association 'Deeply Regrets' Dark Knight's Hero Killing... Vows Tough Response...]
[Dark Knight Now Targeting Heroes Too—Birth of an Anti-Hero...?]
Netizens couldn't ignore this prime bait, sparking fights between 'Dark Knight' fans and haters.
So much attention poured in, it deserved to be called a 'grand victory.'
From skimming communities yesterday, the defenders of 'Dark Knight' had a slight edge, but the criticism was no slouch either.
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[Undeniable Facts Proving Dark Knight is a Villain.txt]
Dark Knight haters rushing in, shove this up your asses first lol
[Voice Recording (2:15) ▶]
B-rank Hero 'Medusa' School Days Murder Confession Original lolol
Medusa was the real villain lol Dark Knight haters can dislike and leave lol
Petrify people, smash 'em to bits, then flush down the toilet?
You gonna defend that? Laundry machine? lololol
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[Dark Knight monster theory gaining traction, how'd he know to raid her?]
└[Tip from Dark Knight fan cafe?]
[Watch these social misfits praising villains lol]
└[Hero wannabe? Fr, from a commoner's view, no reason to hate Dark Knight]
└[So his detective skills beat police/prosecutors? What if he fucks up and kills an innocent?]
└[Then hate him then.]
[Even with a hero murdered, mindless pro-Dark Knight wakies lol]
└[Hero? She's a villain lol Did you all kill a friend in school too?]
└[Praising villains even when heroes die, who’d work with a sense of duty?;; Sigh]
└[Next hero wannabe lol]
└[Powerless punk yapping off, he'd avert his eyes if we met on the street]
└[Oh~ villain wannabe lolol Next ash candidate right here~]
[No idea why people hate on Dark Knight fr, hasn't done a single wrong thing]
[That student Medusa killed wasn't really Dark Knight, he didn't know, total respect, real hero]
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[Dark Knight Actually a Cutie?]
Voice is modulated and features obscured, so body type unknown...
What if it's a total babe underneath???
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[Bullshit.]
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I was just hunting for the 'Inheritance' skill, but with so much attention, it was starting to feel burdensome.
Even my group members were crowding around my desk, talking about it.
Yang Min-seo, who usually emphasized law and rules, was oddly favorable toward 'Dark Knight.'
"No matter how I think about it, Medusa wasn't fit to be a hero."
Ji So-yeon cautiously raised an objection.
"B-but messing with heroes is kinda... Min-seo usually doesn't like those lawless types anyway."
"Uh, um. Dark Knight's different."
Yang Min-seo blushed as she defended him.
Ji So-yeon looked puzzled.
Meanwhile, Oh Ha-na was fired up.
She clenched her fist and declared.
"If he comes at me, I'll catch him and make a name for myself."
She added that she practiced against 'Dark Knight' at the training grounds.
Yang Min-seo subtly smirked.
Whether Oh Ha-na didn't notice or was oblivious, she went on about her self-devised plan to crush 'Dark Knight' if they met.
I was just embarrassed.
'Go tell him yourselves, you idiots. It's cringey!'
That's when the classroom door opened, and the new homeroom teacher entered.
A stern-looking middle-aged man.
And bald.
"Attention. Starting today, I'm Yoon Seon-do, your new B-Class homeroom teacher. Your previous teacher, Song Si-yeol, was relieved of duty for neglecting student supervision."
Teacher Yoon Seon-do wrote his name on the board and introduced his career.
His voice brimmed with pride.
"Unlike the other academy teachers, I'm a former 'hunter.' I even joined S-rank hunter 'Blood Sea' Dokgo-seong's final expedition. Though I'm B-rank, I proudly claim my combat prowess rivals A-rank heroes."
The students all tilted their heads.
'Blood Sea,' Dokgo-seong—events from when they were too young to remember.
The teacher frowned slightly at the reaction.
"Ahem. Hunter curriculum will be added to the academy soon, so expect my role to grow."
Teacher Yoon Seon-do said that and started homeroom.
He kept subtly bragging about his career afterward, making us grimace.
Self-praise is fine, but he kept downplaying heroes.
Claiming hunters who catch villains were weaker than monster-hunting hunters.
'Is there no decent teacher at this academy?'
I sighed inwardly.
By the way, Jang Seo-yoon's ashes(?) from the academy annex bathroom were partially recovered and given a funeral, apparently.
Her family said in an interview.
[Finally, the truth is out, ending our endless wait. We want to thank Dark Knight for uncovering the case.]
They'd believed she was missing and kept searching.
Early on, they handed out flyers with her face; later, hired private detectives.
But the academy strictly bans outsiders.
Even detectives couldn't access the scene or uncover the truth.
I felt a sense of accomplishment from their gratitude.
Strictly speaking, Hwang Ha-rin wasn't a target for my growth.
It was a ghost's request I didn't have to heed.
I took it as a favor.
Touching a hero carried huge risk, especially with plenty of villains around.
So their thanks hit harder.
***
Seoul somewhere, detention center.
I sat in my cell, lamenting my fate.
"That damned Hwang Ha-rin bitch is useless in life."
Because of Hwang Ha-rin's recording, not just me—Kim Eun-hee and Na Mi-hyang got nabbed too.
Honestly, only Hwang Ha-rin and Lee Yeon-hwa did the killing; we just stood watch or bagged the powdered remains. Felt so unfair.
Plus, Na Mi-hyang quit hero work after graduation for office life, so maybe okay, but Kim Eun-hee and I were active C-rank heroes.
'No coming back from this...'
Suddenly resented 'Medusa' anew.
When the handcuffs and Awakener-exclusive bomb collar went on, I bitterly regretted my past.
Hwang Ha-rin, our school gang leader, ghosted us the moment she joined JW Management.
We lower-tier C-ranks apparently weren't worth her time.
We'd lost contact for a while, then this bolt from the blue.
Bang.
Suddenly, commotion outside the cell.
I focused to eavesdrop on the guards.
"What!"
"Dark Knight's invaded!"
"Why's that guy here?"
"Those bitches who just came in!"
"Damn it."
My body shuddered.
'Dark Knight after me...? I only helped hide it, didn't kill anyone.'
Things outside worsened.
"Argh!"
Desperate shouts and pained groans.
Multiple footsteps running.
Intense fighting.
Then gunshots rang out.
Bang. Bang.
"P-please... We're not villains... Ugh."
A dying gasp echoed through the detention center.
The door flew open as a guard entered the cellblock corridor.
Leg injured, he couldn't walk—crawling desperately to escape something.
Soon, a black-robed figure appeared.
Chills ran down my spine.
'Dark Knight.'
He'd come.
"Fuck. Fuck."
I trembled in fear.
My friends in other cells were probably shaking too, unseen.
The guard reached for his holster pistol.
'Please. Shoot him!'
I prayed desperately.
Hoping 'Dark Knight' wouldn't reach me.
Even cheering for the guard I usually cursed as rude.
But nothing.
His holster was empty.
"Wh-where... I grabbed it..."
"This what you're looking for?"
'Dark Knight' held the pistol.
One shot, and a hole blew through the guard's head.
He kicked the corpse aside, stood in the corridor center, and declared.
"I'm Dark Knight. Here to exterminate you criminal scum! Uwahaha."
Mechanically distorted voice.
Oddly playful tone.
I was convinced 'Dark Knight' wasn't the dark hero people thought.
He vanished from sight.
Then reappeared with oil drums in both hands.
'Teleportation...?'
Quick-witted inmates started clamoring.
"Hey, hey! Why kill us! Just take out Medusa's crew!"
'Dark Knight' nodded as if savoring their cries.
"Light offenders like you, dying innocently—feels unfair, right? Despairing? Heheh."
Every inmate realized what 'Dark Knight' planned.
They went berserk.
"Spare me! Please!"
"What's our crime!"
"I just stole bread!"
"Please, just me! I'm innocent! Framed!"
'Dark Knight' shuddered in delight.
"Ahh. Perfect. Why didn't I do this sooner!"
After dousing the detention center in oil everywhere, he lit it and vanished.