Self-Proclaimed Hypnosis Breeding Guy vs Winterer (2)
Self-Proclaimed Hypnosis Breeding Guy vs Winterer (2)
Winterer had cared about nothing but bringing down Seol Hayeon.
But after she faced Yujin,
her mind became completely consumed by him.
The longer she looked at him, the more irritation gnawed away at her insides.
'What the hell? Why was that stupid bitch calling some random bastard Daddy?'
The source of this incomprehensible emotion was simple.
The woman clinging to Yujin's side with a broad grin.
The toy she had once played with. Subject 47.
It was because the child now called Haru was right beside him.
'The moment her brainwashing broke, she threw herself at some man? Filthy, vulgar bitch. She was better off as a doll.'
In Winterer's mind, this feeling was disgust.
The disgust of realizing that the doll she had played with was actually a filthy little whore.
It was an emotion unfitting for a villain, but...
No. Even if the doll was worthless, she had once had fun playing with it.
It held memories of its own. Of course she wouldn't feel fine watching it be defiled.
Her irritation was only natural.
That was how Winterer rationalized it.
"Yeah. Haru and Daddy are really close."
"......."
She should have accepted it. And yet...
The affection Yujin and Haru displayed.
As they rubbed cheeks, Haru's breasts naturally pressed against his shoulder.
The instant she saw that, a fresh wave of fury surged up.
The rage she felt toward Seol Hayeon, toward Korea, gradually spread to Yujin.
'I wasn't a villain? Ha. Did you have flowers blooming in your head? I wanted to kill you.'
He even slandered her by claiming she wasn't a villain.
Winterer was simply flabbergasted.
What? I wasn't a villain?
The day of the rebellion, still vivid in her memory. The day she picked up Subject 47.
Did he have any idea how many people she'd killed that day?
That day, she had frozen everyone within reach.
The people who had tortured her under the guise of research.
The star-wearing officer who had ordered it.
[W-wait. I....]
'Trying to protect the research material? Disgusting. He must have brainwashed and tortured her too, just like me.'
[You get the death penalty too~!]
-Crash.
Even the middle-aged researcher who'd stayed with Subject 47 until the end. Every last one of them.
It was a massacre, but the process had been so exhilarating that she could hardly stand it.
Someone who felt ecstasy from killing people—a villain.
That was the moment Winterer became certain she was a villain.
"What the fuck are you talking about? Maybe dying will knock some sense into—"
"Don't tell me... you were the one who let Haru escape?"
"Huh?"
Yet why?
The man before her, with Subject 47 at his side, declared it with absolute certainty.
That she was not a villain.
That Subject 47, Haru, was the very proof of it.
Her train of thought suddenly tangled.
'Had I really let that bitch escape?'
Inside her blank mind, memories of her past with Subject 47 flickered past.
Unlike herself, the girl was so stupidly brainwashed that Winterer found it amusing and took her along.
Her ability was useful enough that Winterer could exploit her and throw her away when the time came.
At mealtimes, she used Haru as a human garbage disposal.
Whenever they found food, Winterer kept the tasty portions and gave Subject 47 whatever was bland but filling.
She mocked Subject 47 every day for growing plump on it.
In winter, she'd pull the girl into her arms whenever she slept.
With no warm bed, she used her as human furniture instead.
That was how she had treated Subject 47 like a slave.
For well over ten years.
[Winterer~ what are we gonna do with your favorite doll? Is she joining the raid?]
[You want me to give that bitch orders while I fight Seol Hayeon? Are you holding a memorial service for my death?]
[No, I just meant to let her fight on her—]
[If you are stupid, shut up. Hey, go break down that wall so we can get out more easily.]
.........
......
...
[Fuck, she is stronger than I thought. Everyone, run.]
[Huh? You are not taking the favorite-doll bitch? If we leave her, she will be captured.]
[It is about time I threw away a toy like that.]
That had been about two months and two weeks earlier.
During the first academy attack, she had abandoned Subject 47.
She had done it without a trace of attachment, enough to impress the villains around her.
In other words, she hadn't treated Subject 47 well.
Instead, she'd worked her like a slave and discarded her like an old shoe.
And now someone was telling a person like her that she wasn't a villain.
It was only natural she dismissed it as utter nonsense.
'What a load of crap. That idiot was writing his own little story. That bitch meant nothing to me.'
-Beaming.
"Thanks to Big Sis, Haru got to play Merge too."
"...Wait, the fuck?"
It should have been nonsense. It definitely should have been.
Yet one phrase that reached her ears suddenly wiped Winterer's mind blank.
A torrent of emotion, unfitting for a villain, coursed hot through her blood.
"What the hell is this Merge game?"
"Haru rides on Daddy."
"She still does not know much about sex, so she kept pestering me to do it without realizing how embarrassing it was."
"Daddy is so mean. He won't let Haru do it. He keeps saying something about Haru's precious place."
Worse, she kept listening to the two of them.
Her inexplicable fury only grew.
It swelled so quickly that even she couldn't understand it.
Her insides burned.
'It was none of my business what that bitch did with her body, so why was I getting this worked up...?'
-Squeeze.
"Does Big Sis want to play Merge too?"
"I could do it with you too, if you'd like?"
"......!!"
He was even offering to have sex with her next.
That sent her rage soaring.
-Freeze.
'Wait. Now that I looked, he was handsome. Hearing the other bitches compare killing people to sex had made me curious too, so maybe just a little before I killed him...?'
Even then, she was slightly tempted—proof of why Yujin ranked first among the men villains wanted to kill.
Of course, a trifling curiosity like that vanished in no time.
That absurd rage swallowed everything else.
It burned hotter than it had even during the days when she was tortured and cursed the world.
And then, at last.
"H-how could you do something like that to a girl who calls you Daddy...?"
"Because she is like a daughter to me."
When she asked through rage-induced stammers, that was his answer.
Of course, Yujin literally meant that he had given Haru a shoulder ride because she felt like a daughter...
But to Winterer, it sounded very different.
Rage compressed to its limit became murderous intent.
The same murderous intent that had frozen everything on the day she escaped the laboratory.
Korea's strongest close-combat villain lunged at Yujin.
"Die."
-Whoosh!!
A short leap. Stones skittered.
Eyes gleaming with killing intent left a streak of red light.
At the end of that streak, Yujin failed to react...
'Why had she suddenly gone from zero to a hundred?'
"Daddy, danger."
-Wham!!
...But only Yujin had failed to react.
Haru beside him had reacted in time.
As Haru blocked Winterer's kick, a red aura was already billowing around her.
It was the effect of her Innate Talent, 'Awakening,' which briefly amplified her stats at the cost of aftereffects.
Winterer's eyes flashed.
"———Get the fuck out of my way!! That is an 'order'!!"
The word 'order' left Winterer's mouth.
It directly triggered Haru's brainwashing.
Haru's body, which had moved to protect Daddy, froze.
Like a broken machine, it locked up with a jolt.
-Freeze. Tremble, tremble.
"......Hnk."
Light flickered in Haru's pupils, and all four limbs trembled.
She had escaped it through Childhood Regression, but the brainwashing still lurked within her.
This was what happened when the brainwashing and hypnosis clashed.
Sparks flew from Yujin's eyes.
-Grit.
'That goddamn bitch had crossed the line!?'
He'd expected her to attack him.
He had never imagined she'd trigger Haru's brainwashing.
Had he been wrong to assume she wouldn't touch Haru?
The regret came immediately.
But it lasted only an instant.
Yujin knew all too well that no amount of regret would change anything.
"Haru. Cover your ears and get far away."
"Or-der? Haru... machine. So... obey orders."
Haru was confused even by the words of the Daddy she loved so much.
But,
"It's not an order. It is a request. If you listen to Daddy, I will grant any wish you want later."
"......!!"
[Despite the difference in Grade, the target falls under a "strong" hypnosis!]
The moment she met Yujin's golden eyes, the convulsions vanished as though they had never happened.
The light returned to her red eyes.
"Daddy, you made that promise to the 'real' me, right?"
"Promise. So hurry and go. Cover your ears."
"Okay."
—Scamper.
Once she regained her senses, Haru quickly retreated.
Only then could Yujin relax and prepare for battle.
A battle against the girl before him, whose status as a villain remained ambiguous.
"...Phew."
-Clench.
Winterer also reset her stance.
For some reason, her sigh carried a hint of relief.
And then,
"Die!!"
"Seriously, you scared the hell out of me when you did that to Haru!! Our kid is sensitive about things like that!?"
-Boom!!!
The battle began.
The self-proclaimed Hypnosis Breeding Guy, Yujin.
Korea's strongest villain, Winterer.
The two clashed.
-Murmuring.
"Association President, they're fighting!!"
"He will be in danger alone! We'll join him!"
The surrounding awakeners erupted in alarm.
But Seol Hayeon and Aika remained perfectly still.
As if they had no intention of interfering.
"...Ninomiya. That..."
"What is he doing?"
If anything, they tilted their heads as though they were witnessing something strange.
The awakeners could not make sense of it.
They could not hear clearly from that distance, but it was obvious that Yujin had been suppressing Winterer with hypnosis.
Then why had a fight broken out?
The hypnosis must have worn off. They needed to help him immediately.
Why were the two S-ranks not rushing in?
The questions piled up one after another...
To find the answer, they looked forward again.
Toward the spot the two S-ranks were watching.
A Grade 1 Villain was attacking an academy cadet there.
"I'll crush your crotch to a pulp and..."
"Shut your mouth!!"
-Grab. Boom!
"......Keuk!!"
A bizarre spectacle unfolded: Winterer was subdued in five seconds.
Despite being a Grade 1 Villain, she was hoisted by the shoulder and slammed into the ground.
Sprawled flat with her limbs splayed out like a crab, she looked exactly the same as the five villains who had attacked Yujin before.
"H-how...."
'My ability was sealed by hypnosis, but my physical stats were unchanged. How...?'
Winterer froze, unable to process the sudden turn of events.
The self-proclaimed Hypnosis Breeding Guy plopped himself down in front of her.
He seized her slender wrist and spoke firmly.
-Tight.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
"———Winterer. Have you ever heard of corrective education?"
And then,
"What does that mean...? N-no way!!?"
"A villain might be beyond reform, but you're just an ordinary awakener girl."
"L-let go of me!! You horny bastard! Die! Die!!"
"I'll make it so you can never say such naughty words again."
A hands-on lesson in manners began—one even Miss Sullivan would have admired.