I Became the Academy’s Kibitz Villain

Chapter 5: The Villain's Perspective (5)

Chapter 5: The Villain's Perspective (5)

There were many reasons why I needed to kill that delinquent, the Red Scarf.

He was impudent.

He used informal language with adults.

He spat on the street.

The Chief of the Secret Society had also directly ordered his elimination.

He destroyed my bike that Snow White borrowed.

‘He deserves to die.’

The last reason was entirely personal, but whether it was public or private, the fact that I had to kill that pyrotechnic delinquent does not change.

There were two obstructions.

“Ha ha…! Goblin! Where, how can you withstand my flames?!”

One was that insolent brat who was scared while looking at me but was still burning with spirit.

“Stop!”

And the other was the naïve hero who had wrapped my wrist with an ice whip from behind.

“We can’t kill people!”

“Snow White. He’s already caused casualties. Would you still say that in front of his family?”

“That’s…!”

I didn’t particularly want to use psychological warfare, but if Snow White interfered, I had to make her step back.

Overlook it, or let it go, or let him be judged by the law.

There was no such thing.

The Chief ordered me to execute him, and as an executive of the Secret Society and a Villain, I was just dealing with a devilish delinquent.

“Those who kill are sentenced to death. Anyone who studies Korean history a little knows this law.”

“That’s in the Gojoseon era!”

“Well, I’m a Goblin from the Gojoseon era.”

This was all to negotiate with someone who didn’t understand.

I wasn’t some kind of Goblin that had survived for thousands of years from the Gojoseon era.

“Getting him judged by the law is nothing but a hassle. Fists can judge faster than the law, so there’s no need to take a roundabout way.”

It was just a concept. That was it.

“Red Scarf. Try to kill me. Then you might live.”

“Ha, ha ha! How can you be so bold in front of this power? Let’s wait and see!”

Red Scarf was laughing loudly at me.

“Rise, Phoenix!!”

With an odd command, he spread large wings of fire behind him.

“Ha ha! This is the ‘power of darkness’! Through a pact with the devil, I’ve become stronger!”

“Tsk.”

“This, this…! That madman!!”

Snow White was flustered as she looked at the rampaging Red Scarf. I was simply annoyed.

The ‘Secret Society’ was the main villain, but there was another external factor besides them.

If the Secret Society was said to be the main human villain, the power of that devil came from the ‘malicious aura’ attached to a meteorite from outer space.

Of course, it was not only a blessing for humans to have mana. It also manifested as the power of the devil like that.

“Ha ha, ha ha ha! Now, I’ve become a superhuman with the power of S class!!”

Of course, the human influence – that was to say, the human calamity – was to blame for turning that delinquent, who was rampaging over there, into the so-called ‘darkness’.

“Snow White. Was Red Scarf originally an S-class villain?”

“Gulp…!”

“You can’t answer. It seems like a complex problem.”

I had some guesses, but there was no need to scratch at a scab at a time like this.

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll just kill him.”

Because my task was to deal with that burning delinquent, no, the villain.

“Die!!”

Red Scarf had turned into a Phoenix and blazed with crimson flames.

He flapped his massive wings behind him, a monster materialized from clumps of ether called mana, and he was roaring with laughter.

“This is the power of darkness…! From now on, I’m not Red Scarf! Call me Black Flame Phoenix..! Ha ha ha!”

“What a madman.”

I lightly gripped the baseball bat and ran along the asphalt road lanes.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

He spread his wings and spread flames down below him.

The crimson flames instantly melted the asphalt road, and he tried to block my path by creating a fire pillar on the path I was running on.

[So weak.]

I pierced through it with no effort.

The sticky asphalt clung to the soles of my shoes, and the crimson flames clung to my whole body, but I didn’t care and ran through the fire pillar.

“This, this…! This madman!!”

“Whether you’re Black Flame Phoenix or Dark Flare Phoenix, it doesn’t matter.”

I stomped heavily on the ground and jumped high.

“You’re going to die by my hand.”

Physical enhancement using magical power let me leap higher than a 10-story building. Red Scarf was taken aback when he saw me reach him in an instant.

“Ugh, Aaargh!!”

He tried to create distance by flapping his wings, but it was too late.

I’ve already put my power into the bat swung over my shoulder, and it would be over with just one swing-

“Tsk.”

I felt a flash of power from behind me.

At the coldness trying to grasp my bat and put out the flames on my body, I sighed involuntarily.

“You don’t have to kill him!!”

Snow White also flew into the air, flapping her white wings.

“Are you trying to stop me? That guy-”

“If you kill him, you’ll have a criminal record and be fined!”

“Oh.”

Those were really persuasive words for a hero to say.

“I almost got goosebumps just now. That’s quite aggressive for Snow White.”

It wasn’t a cliche saying.

Most heroes would shout, “We shouldn’t kill people!” or, “They must face the judgment of the law!”

Ah.

Maybe it was because I’ve heard it so often from others.

“What you said resonates with me more than what others say. But do you think I’d stop just because I might get a criminal record, or a bounty on my head?”

Swish.

Snow White’s ice whip was shattered in an instant.

Leaving a shocked Snow White, who saw her power neutralized behind, I leaped into the air and charged forward.

“Ugh, Ahhh!!”

He was already running away.

Turning his back on me, he flapped his wings as he fled toward Busan.

He probably wanted to flee to China from Busan, but there was no way.

“Speed.”

I turned into a missile.

I kept kicking through the air, ran, and aimed the baseball bat like a spear and stabbed it into his back.

“Cough, ack!!”

The mana shield prevented my bat from piercing him, but the shock hit his whole body.

“I don’t know what it is, but there’s no way you could suddenly be S-rank. Even if your temporary form is S-rank, your class is still A-rank.”

“Ahh…!”

Red Scarf fell, tears welling up in his eyes.

I threw my bat high up in the air, then climbed onto his back, grabbing his burning wings with both hands.

Blaze!!

“Ahhhh!!”

As I tore off his wings by hand, he screamed as if a real part of his body was being ripped off.

Seeing the red sparks spew out from the cross-section of the torn wing felt so real that I got goosebumps.

Thud!

His face planted onto the ground.

His face hit the solid lines of the asphalt road, and I landed using him as a stepping stone, stepping on his back and raising my hand high.

Clap.

The bat I had thrown into the air accurately landed back in my hand.

It wouldn’t have been cool if it had fallen beside me, but it went as planned.

Thud!

I brought my bat down beside Red Scarf’s face.

The asphalt, melted by the heat, stuck to the bat, and Red Scarf looked at me with a face consumed by terror.

“P-Please… spare me…! I don’t want to be caught in a country like this…!”

“A country like this?”

“Take me to China! Then I’ll compensate you! In China, I can….”

“This son of a bitch.”

I stepped on his neck with my foot, then raised my bat high.

“Even though I’m a crazy villain, I’m a villain of this country, Korea!”

Crash!!

I brought my bat down just like that.

I didn’t shatter his head; instead, I let it fall back to the side again.

“…….”

Perhaps due to the fear of death, he fainted with his eyes rolled back.

“Tsk.”

I intended to kill him.

I was about to smash his spine with a full swing to the back, but unfortunately, the order ‘changed’.

Chairwoman?

A signal from the boss was transmitted through the magic signal device attached to my mask.

[Red Scarf was just a means. The important thing was to repay the debt to Snow White. That applied even to a villainous goblin like you.]

In other words.

The boss’s order was to keep this guy alive and pay off the emotional debt to Snow White.

“Roger that.”

I moved away from him.

Snow White landed behind me, folding her wings, and I swung the bat over my shoulder and nudged the unconscious Red Scarf with my foot.

“Hey, Snow White. He’s passed out. Am I getting arrested for assault?”

“…If you’d actually killed him there, you’d be charged with murder.”

“Then this is self-defense. I hope I won’t get a criminal record or a bounty. Anyway.”

I nudged Red Scarf again with my foot.

“What’s the secret behind this guy suddenly getting strong? I’m curious.”

“…You don’t need to know. You’re already strong.”

I knew that.

But that was because I’m a reader and a goblin. On the outside, I should be ignorant.

“Is that so? Then forget it. I wanted to kill him, but the mood’s gone.”

“…Thank you for your cooperation. Even though you’re a villain.”

“I didn’t cooperate. I just act according to my own will.”

I approached Snow White, bending down to bring my face closer to hers.

“I just do what I want. Don’t misunderstand-”

Bang!!!

A gunshot echoed.

In reflex, I turned my body and stretched my hand back, but the bullet was not aimed at either me or Snow White.

In the distance, a man holding a rifle-like gun, running from the direction of Busan, was visible.

As the muzzle smoke flowed out, what was presumably the target was on the ground.

Red Scarf.

Crack.

Red blood spurted out, and Red Scarf’s head shattered.

[This morning at 11, Red Scarf, who was speeding on the Gyeongbu Expressway, was killed.]

[The infamous villain ‘Goblin’ who killed him smashed Red Scarf’s head by…]