Chapter 1003

EP.1003 Part 2 Chapter 10: We’re Going to Kill Now

Once again, in-game.

Dallyo successfully completed her debut.

The power that shattered an A-Rank Monster with a single blow led many to welcome Dallyo’s arrival, and they began investigating the background of another S-Rank hero.

“This long hair must have been grown for quite some time.”

“Could this be another magical girl pretending to be someone else just to inflate performance numbers?”

“Judging by her slightly off English pronunciation, she probably didn’t learn it in Korea. Koreans would say ‘rabbit’ as ‘raebbit,’ not like that.”

“Still, being a magical girl, she must have hooked up with the Commander already, right?”

As interest in Dallyo soared to astronomical heights, people definitively learned two things about her.

Dallyo appears to be one step stronger than the known magical girls.

And Dallyo has probably already slept with the Commander.

“Ahh, I’m going crazy with curiosity. Aren’t you?”

“Of course I am. Come to think of it, she might be some girl who grew up secluded in the mountains of Gangwon-do.”

“I don’t think she’s Korean? Probably just a foreigner with black hair.”

Curiosity about Dallyo reached fever pitch.

But if you could just meet the Commander through official or unofficial channels…

“We should get some official announcements through proper channels or even on CutTube.”

“If we only answer pre-selected questions, we’d still hit 100 million views.”

“Haa… If only we could milk those glitches for views… Damn, isn’t the Commander coming near the Association?”

This is New Seoul.

A café near the Korean Hero Association’s New Seoul branch.

While Huan’s café also draws crowds, the cafés around New Seoul are quickly filling up thanks to Dallyo’s debut.

Why?

To meet the Commander.

Though no one knows where the Commander will go next, it’s certain he’ll come to the Korean Hero Association’s New Seoul branch after leaving Yeouido.

“Dallyo hasn’t registered with the association yet, right?”

“Yeah. The fact that she hasn’t updated her profile means she’s not a registered member.”

Meeting the Commander is never easy.

So people devised new ways to bring him out officially.

“Isn’t it true that anyone with special abilities operating in Korea has to register with the association?”

Special Ability Licenses.

Just as you need a driver’s license to drive or a medical license to practice medicine, individuals with special abilities require formal approval from either the government or the Hero Association to use their powers.

“They aren’t completely ignoring the system, right? Even the magical girls have registered before becoming active.”

“Not all of them though.”

“Most Korean special ability users recruited by the association are registered.”

Established to manage special ability users by the government and the association, this system applies equally to the magical girls featured in Magical CutCut.

“Are these really magical girls? Their ranks seem different.”

“The Commander probably kept their identities secret intentionally. Imagine the chaos if an S-Rank was revealed during a routine check.”

“That’s true. If that happened, Sun Icheol would have immediately called them in for photoshoots.”

It was discovered that while the magical girls had registered, their ranks had been tampered with.

Or perhaps their original ranks changed due to the Commander’s magic power supply.

“Revealing too much beforehand wouldn’t have helped anything…”

“Sun Icheol”

“Eek!”

“Eek!”

“Eek!”

Regardless of which side of the argument you take, revealing their identities prematurely could have caused significant trouble with Sun Icheol, so most people accepted it while still maintaining their curiosity.

“Now that Sun Icheol’s influence is waning, shouldn’t we start revealing some information?”

“Don’t know. In movies, even when the leader dies, there’s usually someone left behind.”

“True, but if remnants of Sun Icheol’s network still exist, that’s scary. Still, with so many S-Ranks around, we should start getting more details.”

We want to learn more about the Commander.

We want to understand the magical girls better.

With so much remaining shrouded in mystery, we need to gather as much information as possible.

Amidst this atmosphere, Dallyo’s dramatic appearance in Uijeongbu felt like a golden opportunity.

“Special ability users must come register with the association!”

“There’s nowhere else besides New Seoul! They’ll definitely end up here!”

“Finally, our chance!!”

Around the New Seoul Hero Association.

Journalists, civilians, foreigners, and association members gathered to search for the Commander.

“If you don’t want to become a villain, you have to come to the association quietly!”

“That’s right! Those not properly registered with the association are considered villains!”

Following established procedures, those not formally licensed by the association were classified as “unregistered.”

Unregistered individuals are considered a type of villain.

Shouldn’t judging someone solely for not registering be excessive?

Such public opinion did not exist.

“Hey! In America, having a tank in your garage without a firearms license is illegal too!”

“What does a firearms license have to do with tanks?”

“It’s a metaphor! Why not compare special abilities to guns?”

Other countries also classify unregistered special ability users as criminals.

They are categorized as potential future criminals, subject to restrictions exceeding those placed on illegal immigrants or individuals with canceled residency registrations.

Therefore…

“Dallyo absolutely has to come to New Seoul!”

“She needs to register herself! That’s just how it is!”

“It would be perfect if the Commander came as her guardian!”

The Commander must come to New Seoul.

Public opinion spread like wildfire.

If one cannot meet the Commander in Yeouido, then bringing the Commander out is the solution.

“Deploy people immediately around the New Seoul Association! Whether it’s two or three shifts, if we don’t get at least one photo of the Commander, we’re all dead!!”

Public interest in the Commander reached astronomical levels, and amidst the prevailing opinion that Dallyo’s presence necessitates bringing the Commander to New Seoul…

“Hey.”

“What?”

“Isn’t it possible the Commander can turn S-Ranks into SS-Ranks?”

“That’s right, right? Seok Harang became SS-Rank that way.”

People of the world…

“…Then, if we close our eyes and just throw Light Blade into the mix, wouldn’t that make two SS-Ranks in our country?”

“What? Who’s spreading such nonsense?”

“I heard it online?”

No one knows where it started, but the strange rumor began gaining traction.

“There are quite a few countries with four S-Ranks, but none with two SS-Ranks anywhere in the world.”

The SS Theory of Light Blade.

With Dallyo’s arrival, people started looking forward to the emergence of SS-Ranks alongside the already numerous S-Ranks.

“Dallyo is great, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if Light Blade became SS-Rank too?”

“Hey, don’t you dare mess with that lolita with white hair? There’s a middle-aged man inside. He’s been serving his country since 2002!”

“Don’t you know it’s a national rule that TS people become cute military girls? I’d totally go for it.”

“Ahh, insane… So where is Light Blade anyway?”

“At the association.”

Light Blade is currently in New Seoul.

“After being pulled out of the Han River near Yeouido, they were barely brought here to New Seoul.”

“What? Why?”

“They dove into the Han River.”

Although it wasn’t reported in the media, various signs indicated issues with Light Blade’s mental state.

“He can’t accept that he’s a middle-aged man. His memory seems to have completely disappeared.”

“What? Really? That’s…”

“Do you care?”

“Damn, I do… While hitting it from behind, his memories returned, but despite continuing, the suffering of an old man and a female body persisted… Kkkh.”

Amidst the confusion…

I, the Commander, leisurely enjoyed tea with two women before me.

“Everyone’s in an uproar looking for the Commander and Dallyo. What do you think?”

“…I feel embarrassed.”

“What about?”

“To be exposed so openly in front of everyone like this.”

Soryeong sipped her milk tea through a straw hidden under her mask, glancing cautiously around.

Her casual outfit consisted of jeans, a white t-shirt, and a light cardigan.

Though her knee-length hair was somewhat unusual, carefully braiding and tying it back minimized its visibility.

“Get used to it. You were shamelessly bold when you wore that outfit, so why the sudden shyness now?”

“Exactly.”

Beside Soryeong, Hikari, dressed in a white gown, giggled while sipping her green tea latte.

“Isn’t it thrilling? The people they’re searching for are right here having tea, and no one knows.”

“Of course. It’s always darkest under the lamp.”

“I didn’t expect not a single person to recognize us.”

Hikari’s alias is Bitna.

“With two people being searched for like this…”

“No one would imagine we’ve already left Yeouido and arrived in New Seoul.”

How many eyes are watching Yeouido?

How many eyes are watching New Seoul?

No one would ever guess that the Commander appeared right in the heart of New Seoul, even directly in front of the Hero Association’s courtyard where all attention is focused.

Of course, we have no intention of revealing ourselves outright.

‘The Commander’s disguise is perfect.’

Though I ordered coffee instead of my usual strawberry milkshake, the disguise was flawless because of it.

Currently, my hair color is black, not blonde.

Even if I had my usual blue hair, someone might have noticed something odd, but a handsome young man with plain black hair is common around the association.

Especially when accompanied by beautiful women?

And subtly discussing sensitive topics related to the Commander or magical girls?

It might seem like we’d attract flies…

CutCutEveryday.

Thanks to our fake “CutCutEveryday” journalist badges, no one approached us.

“Shall we move soon?”

To register Hikari and Xiao Lin as special ability users.

And.

To kidnap Light Blade and return to Yeouido.

“When we enter, we’ll be three, but when we leave, we’ll be five.”

“Hey!! Breaking news!! The Commander is heading to the association!!”

“What?! Dammit, let’s head to Yeouido!!”

“Association president, what are you doing?! Dammit, I need to confront them!!”

As countless journalists entered the association,

One young journalist with a hint of blue in his hair and two female journalists with unusually long black hair successfully infiltrated among the crowd and entered the association.