I’m Not That Villain

45 – Misunderstanding (3)

Explosion. Flash. Flickering lights.

The sound of glass bottles breaking. The splattering of alcohol.

Laughter. Laughter. Laughter.

And then, roaring laughter.

The kind you can only experience on the scene…

The smell of blood.

“Ahahahahaha!!!!”

Ju Hwarin laughed. Ah. How could she endure this situation without laughing?

All the bullets aimed at the light hit their mark. Even without using magic bullets, her shooting skills were exceptional.

When it comes to handling firearms, she is confident that she won’t lose to anyone. The only thing she lacked was a supernatural ability…

But now, that too is filled.

With her own special equipment.

The screams of people mix in. The world darkens, and in the midst of it, the enemy’s curses can be heard.

A broken table. She swiftly passes by the furniture that was thrown aside.

In the end, she couldn’t gather any additional information about the enemy.

Indeed, supernatural abilities are like tightly hidden secrets. To look into them, one must also reveal their own cards.

But she couldn’t easily give that away. Ju Hwarin aimed her gun at the enemy in the darkness.

Pshuk.

It’s a small pistol. The bullets it uses are also small.

The silencer quickly erases even the muzzle flash. The bullet that flew through the darkness attacks the enemy.

And naturally

“…Ugh!”

It bounces off the enemy’s hand miserably.

“Bullets?! You think you can kill me with something like this?!”

The shout that burst out tears through the darkness for a moment. The furniture that flew wildly gets stuck right next to her.

Scattering fragments. A sound that makes her ears sting.

Ignoring everything that pours down, she fires the second shot.

The important thing is to never stop moving, not even for a moment.

Stillness has no place in a fight between those with supernatural abilities.

“Pathetic!”

The second shot also didn’t trigger a magic bullet. Even though the probability had increased, it was still like this.

But it’s fine. It’s actually good. If the enemy perceives it as ‘just an ordinary bullet,’ that’s even better.

As if adapting to the darkness to some extent, the enemy’s previously passive movements change. After deflecting the bullet, the enemy reaches for their waist and draws a cold weapon.

A heavy machete-like knife. Its tip moved menacingly.

Chuk!

In an instant, the knife he thrust pierced through the wall of the shop.

And then he tore everything in sight.

Crash!!!

It was a terrifying force. As if to prove it was specialized equipment, the blade itself became unbelievably hard, completely crushing the wall of the building.

Monstrous strength. While the physical abilities of those with supernatural powers can be enhanced through training, innate talent also played a significant role.

He couldn’t do that. But conversely, that guy couldn’t move like him.

Mobility.

That was the one thing he was confident in.

He moved as if sliding. Just because it was big didn’t mean it moved well. Just because it destroyed everything around it didn’t mean it was threatening.

What was more threatening was an attack that precisely struck the enemy’s body with each step.

He ran quickly along the wall. Dodging the raining knife attacks by a hair’s breadth, he fired the third and fourth shots.

The sound of the gunshot at close range. But this time too, the magic bullet didn’t activate.

The enemy laughed as if it was ticklish. Amidst the growling sound, the cold weapon immediately changed direction, trying to split his body into two pieces.

Ju Hwalin kicked the opponent’s upper body. Pushing the opponent away, he threw himself backward, widening the distance once again.

Crash!!

After roughly plowing through the missed ground once, it was pulled out from the floor. The bodyguard, who had caught his breath, gritted his teeth.

“You squirrel-like b*stard…!”

“Squirrel? I am a tiger!”

“You’re acting cocky… Damn it! I’ll kill you!”

For a moment, the ground vibrated. Ju Hwalin noticed an unprecedented power surging from the bodyguard’s body.

A warning emanating from his instincts. He narrowed his eyes to discern exactly what it was while keeping his body low.

“Thanks to you, all the conditions are met! You think darkness is your friend…!”

The bodyguard laughed.

“Let’s see if you can move like that in the ‘true darkness’!”

“What is that…”

Ju Hwalin flinched. At the edge of his vision. From that edge, an unknown blackness began to gather.

He was confident in seeing through the darkness. Wanting to be like his sister, it was the training he first received the highest score in at the Old School.

But then, in an instant, it was blocked. What should have been visible was no longer visible, and something like a black mist gathered, covering everything in darkness except right in front of him.

“…….?!”

His vision was restricted. He could hear everything else…

I can’t see a meter ahead.

“Die!”

I reacted immediately to the sound, but it was already too late. To be precise, I didn’t know where the enemy would come from, so I acted a moment too late.

I dodged the sword, but I couldn’t block the hand that followed. I was thrown to the ground, smashing it as I crashed.

Pain coursed through my back. My body was becoming a rag in an instant.

I barely twisted my head to avoid the successive blows. I tried to climb onto the opponent’s body, but he threw me off like lightning.

Boom!!!

A strange sound came from my body as it hit the wall. In the moment of blurred vision, I wiped the blood flowing from my mouth.

I can’t see. Still can’t see. A meter? No, it feels like everything within 50cm is shrouded in darkness.

The opponent laughs. It seemed he was intentionally hiding his footsteps, as if he wouldn’t make a sound anymore.

“I’ll catch you and cut off your head, you b*stard.”

I turned my head towards the voice. But the opponent didn’t attack rashly and kept his distance.

I fired a few more bullets, but they didn’t hit. It felt like luck was whispering in my ear that it wasn’t on my side.

“Where should I cut first?”

I heard the bodyguard’s whisper. The voice seemed to be right next to me, and I momentarily paused my finger on the trigger.

A brief silence emerged from the endless fierce battle. And in that moment, I lifted my head.

Visual obstruction. Yes. It’s visual obstruction. It must be some kind of ability like that.

I don’t know the exact conditions. But the way to break it is simple. Whatever the conditions are…

It doesn’t work on me.

“Even if I can’t see, I can hit because it’s a magic bullet.”

“What?”

“Even if luck doesn’t follow…”

It’s coming.

The feeling at my fingertips.

“I’ll pierce you.”

A heavy sensation. The clear feeling of the magic bullet beyond the grip.

With that, the vision trapped in darkness rushed in.

“What…?”

The ruined shop interior. The space was more messed up than the last time I saw it.

The man standing tall above was looking down at me. His eyes, which had slowly hardened, moved belatedly…

He belatedly realized the hole in his chest.

“A b-bullet… What the…?”

“It’s not just any bullet.”

Ju Hwarin stylishly swept her hair back.

“It’s a magic bullet!”

“You son of a…”

The body of the guard, who had fallen face-first, suddenly went limp. Ju Hwarin twirled the pistol and blew out the smoke from the silencer.

As expected, I’m a genius! Ahaha!

“Alright. Let’s wrap this up…”

BoooM!!!

In an instant, the broken furniture blocking the door was shattered and scattered. Ju Hwarin quickly stepped back and raised her gun again.

A person entered the wrecked store. Appearing to be a woman, she had her hood pulled deeply over her head as she surveyed the situation inside.

Their eyes met. Ju Hwarin lowered her voice.

“Who are you?”

An unexpected figure. She didn’t seem like a customer who would come in at this hour.

Her clothing was light, as if to hide herself, similar to Ju Hwarin’s own tightly wrapped attire.

“…….”

The hooded woman raised her hand. On her phone, a large message was displayed.

[Hand over Yoon Siwoo.]

…Yoon Siwoo?

Could she be… additional support?

Ju Hwarin quickly reloaded her magazine.

“Do you think I’ll hand him over?”

The second battle erupted again. But this time, unlike before, the magic bullet fired with just the first shot.

The heavy sensation in her hand. The movement of the bullet, certain to pierce the opponent.

Ju Hwarin smiled. She was sure that another hole would appear in her opponent’s body this time as well.

…But then.

KaaaNG!!!

A strange sound was heard.

A truly strange sound that shouldn’t have occurred when the magic bullet and the body collided.

“…Huh?”

In an instant, the woman’s head snapped back. Ju Hwarin herself saw the magic bullet that had precisely struck her forehead trying to pierce through her head.

But something was strange. The movement that should have caused a hole and brain matter to spill out was not visible, and only a single stream of blood flowed down as if she had just suffered a simple blow.

“…Ugh.”

Tears welled up in the opponent’s eyes. She briefly held her head as if her brain had been shaken…

And that was it.

Despite being hit head-on by the magic bullet, all she did was shake her head once.

“It hurts…”

“No, it shouldn’t just end with ‘it hurts’?!”

She wiped the blood flowing from her forehead and slowly raised her arms.

And then…

She slammed the ground.

BoooM!!!!!

A thunderous roar, unlike anything heard before, echoed through the ground. In an instant, the cracked wooden floor and cement shook wildly, tearing the ground apart.

Unseen brute strength. Even for someone with supernatural abilities, it was incomprehensible…

An unbelievable level of power?!

“Hiccup?!”

Ju Hwarin immediately leaped up and clung to a sculpture on the wall. The enemy moved unhesitatingly within the collapsing building.

Out of the five shots fired while clinging to the wall, two magic bullets hit. But the opponent only let out a faint groan.

She literally took the bullets that could easily pierce the heart of a supernatural being with her body and kept advancing.

Like a tank.

“This, this is insane?!”

BoooM!!!!!

A terrifying body slam that completely shattered a wall. The rough movement that uprooted the building’s pillar caused the ceiling to start collapsing.

No, no. This is beyond crazy.

Ju Hwarin, who screamed internally, barely dodged the onslaught by rolling on the ground.

Every movement was like a typhoon. A head-on confrontation was out of the question.

Lying flat, Ju Hwarin found Yoon Siwoo trembling among the debris of the collapsing building. At this point, she couldn’t openly use the Black Mirror’s power, but…

It was important to finish the task at hand!

Pshk!

The bullet, swiftly aimed, pierced through Yoon Si-woo’s heart. Along with him, the building that had been shaking could no longer withstand and collapsed completely.

Joo Hwa-rin crawled desperately through the debris to avoid being trapped inside.

“Next time we meet, declare yourself dead! I’m letting you off this time!”

BoooM!!

Joo Hwa-rin barely escaped the completely collapsed building, limping through the crowd that had gathered, covered in dust.

There was no actual damage from the assailant. However…

Blood was streaming down from the shoulder where the attack had barely grazed.

As if to say, if it had hit properly, it would have been fatal.

. . .

Drip.

Joo Hwa-rin slowly rose from the debris. She muttered to the bartender and a customer, who were sitting in shock, trembling, unable to speak, protected within the collapsing building.

“Go, go.”

“Eeeek!!”

They quickly crawled out of the debris. Seol Ye-won watched their retreating figures for a moment, then turned her head.

She dug through some of the debris. Even as people began to gather, she did not stop moving, and soon found Yoon Si-woo, barely recognizable, crushed under the debris.

For now… is he eliminated?

After confirming his life or death, Seol Ye-won turned her body. She pierced through the darkness and quickly left the scene.

And after confirming a safe place, she staggered a few steps…

Then slid down against the alley wall.

“Ha…”

It hurts. It hurts a lot.

Blood kept flowing from her forehead, seeping inside her mask.

This was the first pain she experienced since gaining and controlling her ability.

A regular handgun wouldn’t hurt. She could easily deflect it. But that bullet…

It was different.

She somehow endured the first shot, but as the damage accumulated, her body kept trembling.

An ability holder. Perhaps that was the bodyguard’s ability. Seol Ye-won tried to remember her appearance.

She couldn’t see clearly. It was too dark around. She identified her by scent, presence, and sound. Only at the last moment could she barely see her eyes, but that was all.

But for now…

It’s certain she’s not a good person. She tried to protect Yoon Si-woo.

Seol Yewon closed her eyes for a moment. She pressed the wound with a handkerchief and caught her breath.

Even before entering, the store was already damaged. But she clearly saw someone standing as if protecting Yoon Siwoo.

Probably his bodyguard. The person the hacker mentioned.

It was a mistake to think that all ability users were easy to deal with. If there were a few more people like her, it would have been herself who was at a disadvantage.

I need to become stronger. Stronger so that…

I can easily overcome such people and eliminate those who pose a threat to Uncle.

“……”

Did they say it would really be the end if we met again?

Seol Yewon opened her eyes again. She straightened her body, which had been leaning against the wall.

It’s rather what I should say. If we meet again…

It will be you who dies. Be careful not to run into me.

Mister Nameless Bodyguard.