Chapter 90
Chapter 90
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 90
Chapter Title: Confrontation
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"What's this? This place is a total riot!"
Creep brushes the dust off her body with a bright, innocent laugh. It's an honest, unsettling grin that sours the mood.
"But there are too many people. How about we start with quick introductions?"
A chilling silence sweeps through the corridor, like a bucket of cold water dumped over everyone.
It's not Orca's ability at work. It's the anxiety planted in everyone's hearts by this troublemaker named Creep.
"Cut the crap. Guard, remove the ice wall at the entrance. Personnel dispatched from the Association are waiting to enter."
Justice cuts Creep off sharply and asks Orca for cooperation.
"...We'll talk after everyone's subdued."
Following Justice's orders, Orca quietly melts the ice wall. As the blockade eases, intense cold begins to leak out around her once more.
The battle descends into unpredictable chaos. An asura field where no one knows who will fight whom, a battlefield where even the enemies aren't clear.
In the midst of it, Lily spots a news helicopter hovering in the sky and thinks of a brilliant option.
If they fight on the rooftop where everyone can see,
Justice will have no choice but to mind public opinion.
Crow is still treated like a villain.
Justice,
under the camera's gaze,
won't be able to save Crow.
"Oppa..."
Crow, tightly embraced, stares blankly at Justice. Even if Lily is now a suspect, her fierce hostility toward Justice remains unchanged.
"...Could you duck your head for a sec?"
At the same time, the hole in the ceiling begins to widen. The ice wall melts, and the prison rooftop crumbles.
In proportion, the floor tiles under the eight people's feet slowly lift into the air. Following Lily's gentle hand motion, everything floats upward.
"Eek! Ugh...! W-wait! I have a fear of heights! Fear of heights!"
No one pays any attention to the panicking Deoksoon. The seven heroes and villains accustomed to battle feel nothing from merely floating.
Rain seeps in through the melting ice wall.
Everyone's clothes get soaked.
The sticky, unpleasant feeling clings, amplified by the darker, muddied colors of their drenched outfits.
"No one touches Oppa."
Lily shouts with a matching sticky expression. Her tightly clutching hand gives off the vibe of a pure young girl. Like a child anxiously trailing after her mother, refusing to let go.
"Oppa, they're lying to split us up. You believe me, right?"
Her words seek confirmation of love and trust, like a young lover's plea. Yet Crow doesn't open his mouth, just stares down at his own legs planted in midair.
The gray rooftop, where rainwater starts to pool.
The man and woman entwined in the story.
"Lily, you..."
Finally, Crow speaks from the center.
He shows no anger,
no outburst of rage.
Just quiet sorrow as he gently grasps Lily's shoulders.
"Why did you do it."
His voice is calm and serene instead.
The rain intensifies,
and his small voice gradually drowns in the downpour.
"Why to me."
No,
maybe Lily's mind isn't processing Crow's words properly.
Lily's dilated pupils
and Crow's half-closed eyes
gaze at each other steadily.
"...Oppa."
Lily hesitates over what to say,
but the women below looking up at the siblings allow no such leisure.
"Lily!"
Justice's voice rings out. Even with villains like Creep and Scardi right behind her, Justice flies up to eye level, points at Lily, and yells.
A long bond
and a short grudge.
"Justice."
Lily no longer calls her sister. Her left eye weeps for Oppa, while her right glares defiantly at Justice.
"Can't you see the villains down there? The public will be disappointed. Seeing Justice swayed by emotions..."
The three women's unexpected reunion
is being broadcast live on news and the internet.
Their voices won't carry,
but the emotions mixed in their expressions are crystal clear.
Tales of other heroes and agents rushing into the prison are sidelined for now.
Only the hostage drama of the eight on the rooftop,
and Justice shining bravely amid it,
captivates everyone's attention.
But their expectations clash sharply with Justice's hopes.
Dragging out time like this doesn't look good. With just two villains right in front of her, Justice seems to hesitate, unable to start a proper fight.
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"I've given you plenty of chances."
Below, Orca commands the inmates. The blue chill swirling around her turns the falling rain into hail.
To prevent any villain escape, her domain has already expanded around them.
This isn't some spell—it's a space saturated with cold, allowing her to unleash her ability anytime.
They could break out. But doing so would cost them at least one leg due to Orca's technique.
"Subdue them all..."
But cooling the 6cm spike Creep silently shoots is impossible. She barely dodges by twisting her head mid-sentence, yet a vivid gash mars her clear skin.
"...Disgusting. I wasn't done talking."
"What? You dodged?"
Creep claps in genuine surprise. Black foreign matter twitches excitedly from her fingertips, thrilled by the battle's intensity.
"Impressive! Hey, Boss. We're still on the same side, right?"
"Something like that."
"Got a plan?"
"Hold out for 3 minutes."
"Okay, got it!"
Scardi and Rin, still recovering their abilities, stick to Creep. Naturally, guards and inmates form opposing factions, eyeing each other warily.
"Uh... umm..."
In this mess, only Deoksoon glances around dumbly. Her position's awkward, right between the two groups.
"H-hey! Liliiit!"
Amid the battle-ready tough women, Deoksoon sniffles and calls to Lily, but up top, no one's got time for her.
"You said you'd take me too!"
"What's that idiot doing?"
Even Creep can't hide her bafflement, clicking her tongue at Deoksoon. Shivering uncontrollably in Orca's domain, Deoksoon looks especially pitiful.
"Kiddo! What are you doing there? Read the room!"
With Lily too busy scrambling in the unexpected plan shift, Creep drags Deoksoon over instead.
"Eek! No! Nooo!"
Her sticky gel morphs into tentacles, snatching Deoksoon's baggy clothes and marshmallow-soft body, yanking her to their side.
"Nooo...! I-I didn't wanna fight...!"
"Thought you were just a hostage. Guess you're with them. Fine. You're all getting the death penalty."
"Eek! N-no, I said!"
Deoksoon flails to shake off Creep's tentacles, but soon realizes her pristine, delicate hands can't do a thing.
"Hic... Mommm..."
All she can do is sob limply, wiping tears.
"Hic... Hic! Eek! What!"
Of course, when a swift ice shard flies amid her tears, nearly piercing her brain, they dry up instantly.
In the now-full-on battle, Creep tosses Deoksoon aside casually and coats her entire body in gel, forming a new shape.
It evokes a pitch-black monster from urban legends. Normally worn like a hoodie, in serious combat, Creep encases even her face.
A mask forms. A grinning mouth with sharp teeth, eerie eye holes—perfect for a Halloween party.
Her movements become incomparably agile. Add spiderweb-like projectiles and freely morphing black matter, and fighting Creep is exhausting.
"Hup!"
To avoid a prolonged fight, Orca unleashes her ability at max output right away.
Like a flower,
Creep charges to block the growing ice pattern, but
"Ah, shit. Hold up!"
Realizing the danger, she twists away and warns behind her.
"We're screwed!"
"Huh?"
The surroundings start freezing over. Beyond mere cold, Orca's icy vortex encases everything but her.
"C-cold...!"
That's plenty. Creep notices her gel hardening. Nude Scardi, Rin, and Deoksoon are even more exposed to the chill.
Simultaneously, the ice flower from Orca's fingertips swells and plummets into the villains' center.
It's a bomb.
A piercing bomb that sprays razor-sharp petals.
Creep briefly considers wrapping it in gel,
but judges it can't neutralize the internal blast, no matter the layers.
"Everyone, dodge on your own!"
"Huh?"