Chapter 92
Chapter 92
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 92
Chapter Title: Resolve
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Crow gazes out at the world. The citizens who had come to gawk at his tragedy are now screaming and fleeing in terror.
Orca's massive ice wall encircling the prison symbolizes the severance from society, but
the outside world that Crow beholds is nothing more than an extension of the purgatory within these walls.
"…"
He falls silent.
Justice and Orca rush outside to evacuate the citizens,
Creep, Scardi, and Rin slip away amid the chaos,
leaving only Lily and Deoksoon by his side.
As he watches Creep wink at him even while fleeing, he starts to say something,
but soon seals his lips and remains silent once more.
All the malice in this world feels at times like a mere string of chaotic incidents, and at others like a malicious organism, alive and breathing.
In the end, the villains have been unleashed back into the world,
the citizens have been hurt again today,
and amid it all, he stands atop the crumbling rooftop.
"Oppa, we should go too."
Lily says to him. Justice and Orca, off saving the suffering citizens, won't return for a while yet.
"Oppa, I can fix everything. Your aching heart, those lost souls—I'll take responsibility for it all. I'll atone for the rest of my life, naturally. Whatever you want, I'll do it. From now on, I'll handle it all. First…"
She starts to lay out her plan. Even Deoksoon, who seems utterly detached from this mess, is surely part of Lily's scheme.
"No."
But Crow cuts her off and asks something else.
"Lily, I don't need to hear how far your plan goes. Tell me what I'm curious about."
His eyes fix on Lily for the first and final time. The beautiful girl with crimson eyes…
"Why did you do it?"
Crow asks, and
Lily pauses for a beat before answering.
"…"
A perfect answer.
"Because I love you, Oppa."
He turns the word love over in his mind.
Crow senses it might be something abstract, lyrical, poetic—or perhaps even religious.
"Because I love you more than anyone, Oppa. No matter what happens, I respect you. Nothing means more to me than you. I can cherish you forever, unchanging."
Thwack—
Lightning cracks through the air in a blinding flash. At the same instant, Justice's beam of light strikes Lily's head dead-on.
Lily's head is gone from the neck up. The intense, high-temperature ray infused with Justice's blinding light brings explosion and annihilation in its wake.
"Eek! Hiiiik…!"
Deoksoon freaks out, trembling violently. It's her first time seeing someone die—and her head completely vanished, no less. The kind of grotesque scene she'd only glimpse in late-night community feeds.
Yet Lily's headless body stubbornly rises once more. A new head begins to form, following the motion of her hands.
"Kyaaaaah! Wh-what the hell?!"
Deoksoon screams even louder than before. Seeing it stand back up like that terrifies her more than the head flying off.
Lily doesn't die. If anything, death fears Lily. She already feels like she's surpassed humanity.
"…Oppa, do you think that woman would love you forever? No. Her sense of justice will always be priority number one in her heart. And the other humans? Does anyone in this filthy world truly put you first?"
Lily doesn't stop talking.
Her voice reaches Crow directly.
"You know it. They're all revolting. Selfish to the core, ignorant yet arrogant, can't stand seeing others succeed—filthy bugs."
Even in this standoff, Lily's eyes stay locked on Crow. Justice and Orca stand right before them, seething with rage.
"Even you don't put yourself first, Oppa. What value do those things have that you'd sacrifice yourself to save the world?"
Lily gazes only at Crow.
"But I exist solely for you, Oppa. Forget it all and come with me now. I'll explain everything."
"…All units, focus on treating the injured and cleanup. The riot's over. Once that's done, we hunt the escapees."
Justice radios the order, her glare burning hot. Orca, beside her, checks on her subordinates before steeling herself to face the monstrous girl for real.
"No support needed on the rooftop."
"Women like that don't suit you, Oppa. Let's go far away together…"
Justice lunges at Lily first. She gives no room to create distance—any gap invites telekinetic headaches.
The two tumble away from Crow, locked in a deadly struggle.
At first, it looks like Justice is pinning Lily down again, but as time drags on, Lily's overwhelming power begins to dominate.
The energy surging from the girl carries some cosmic, otherworldly law woven into it. No matter how brightly Justice shines, Lily never yields—she overpowers and crushes it all.
Orca joins the fray for close-quarters support, but Lily doubles her pace, effortlessly deflecting attacks from both sides.
Neither Orca's ice nor Justice's energy can touch her body anymore. The [Wish of Reality] that Lily must die slips away like a dream.
In the midst of it, Crow fully savors the time left alone. Deoksoon, scared witless, has fled far off, leaving no one around him.
The trio's battle, brimming with raw emotion, lights up the entire view. Each clash scatters brilliant, prismatic light that pierces even between Deoksoon and Crow.
Forget justice or schemes—
they fight with genuine hatred. They won't stop until one lies dead.
"Get lost…!"
Lily especially. She needs to persuade Crow quickly, yet she desperately wants to kill the relentless Justice.
But she won't die easily. Lily's reality manipulation fails to warp or break Justice's body. The golden light within her preserves Justice's essence.
Intense golden light.
Justice counters Lily's reality-warping with a power she's never wielded before.
She must fell Lily,
convince Crow,
subdue the other villains,
and rush out to protect the citizens beyond.
In her frantic urgency made real, high-output beams lance through Lily's abdomen and chest again and again.
Intending to melt every cell,
to erase her existence entirely,
Justice collides with all her might.
Right behind her, Orca casts off all restraint and self-control, swinging ice blades with one singular focus: to skewer Lily.
Lily clings on desperately, for the sword tips barely graze her. But the distance narrows, bit by bit. Surely.
"Stop!"
But Lily's sharp cry sends Justice and Orca flying back. Her energy burst, mimicking a stellar explosion, ravages everything around—no matter how she dials it down, it's devastating.
Cement chunks crumple like snowballs,
light beams scatter in rainbow afterimages.
Lily, who never had a proper chance to unleash her ability before, now grows with every moment, wielding it freely.
"Ugh…!"
A terrifying power.
The Director's worries were well-founded.
Lily rarely used her ability under Crow's watch,
"Know your place."
but when she unleashes it in earnest, even heralded-top-tier Justice and executive-level Orca kneel.
"Just die."
Now she contemplates twisting their necks. Lily twists her hands in the air as if wringing a rag…
"…Oppa?"
Crow's hand rests atop hers. Despite the fierce battlefield, he approaches silently, ignoring his own body, and halts her.
The radiating energy waves from their fight have already ravaged him—muscles and flesh exposed in patches, clothes torn and blood-soaked.
Yet Crow doesn't care a whit. Lily briefly mistakes it for his healing ability returning.
But Crow can't heal himself. Blood still drips steadily from his wounds.
"Ah! Oppa! W-wait just a sec…"
Lily mends his body in an instant. A mere brush of her hand over the wounds, and Crow feels his carved-out flesh knit back together.
Despite the golden opportunity to slay Justice and Orca, Lily prioritizes healing Crow like a frightened child.
In that irony, Crow closes his eyes,
while Justice and Orca clutch their throats, coughing.
"You okay? Doesn't hurt anymore, right…?"
He offers Lily no further glance.
This girl, who shrinks endlessly for him,
he wants nothing more to do with the deeds she's wrought.
"…"
Yet he slowly opens his eyes again—
perhaps having accepted it all.
Crow caresses Lily's cheek.
His gaze turns to Justice and Orca.
"Oppa…?"
Lily, Justice, Orca,
and Deoksoon standing dumbly in the distance,
none comprehend his actions.
But they will soon.
Crack—
"If you see me as a villain, treat me like one to the end."
Crow snaps Lily's head precisely
162 degrees as he speaks.
"Then there's no need for guilt. See your beliefs through. Unleash the hounds and plaster the wanted posters."