The Arcane Goldberg Company dispatched their hound, Violet, to Joseon to verify the Yunsan gold mine held by the Joseon royal family.
However, the Joseon royal family, who plans to monopolize the gold mine, sends a hitman after Violet.
It was revealed at this fan meeting that Lee Myung, the hidden blade of the Joseon royal family, would make a surprise attack to assassinate Violet.
The reason I’m the villain here is obviously because this fan meeting belongs to Heavenly Yuah.
If it had been my fan meeting, the story would have gone the other way, wouldn’t it?
Well, that’s not really important.
What matters here is that Violet and Lee Myung, who were once on the same side, are going to have a showdown.
“d*mn it, d*mn it, d*mn it. How can someone lack basic morality? Is this really… the royal family?”
Violet, already exhausted from being attacked multiple times, mutters to herself as she takes the stage.
When Heavenly Yuah steps on stage in Violet’s outfit, the audience is already in a festive mood.
It must be due to Heavenly Yuah’s stunning visuals appearing on the large screen.
What’s impressive about this woman is that the stage is more akin to a theatrical performance than a broadcast recording.
Despite having never experienced theater before, Heavenly Yuah’s voice projection is remarkably clean and flavorful, achieved only through a few practice sessions.
She’s certainly gifted in this area.
-Siwoo, we’re about to start.
As I’m enjoying Heavenly Yuah’s monologue, the in-ear message signals the start.
Waiting on the lift, I jump beside Heavenly Yuah in accordance with the cue.
“d*mn it, this again!”
Violet, after rolling aside to dodge my attack, swiftly draws two revolvers from her holster.
-Bang bang!
-Ting!
The masked Lee Myung parries the bullets with a scimitar and charges at her.
-Clang!
“Hah!”
Violet blocks the incoming scimitar with the back end of her revolver’s handle, then kicks Lee Myung away with a surprise kick.
-Bang bang bang!
She fires her revolver again.
This time, Lee Myung dodges by spinning in the air and leaps back to swing his scimitar.
Violet rolls on the floor to evade, then charges in, pressing the revolver’s muzzle to Lee Myung’s forehead.
“Who are you?”
“The name of a subordinate to Mirit is… none of your business!”
In an instant, Lee Myung deflects the muzzle with a quick turn of his blade.
From here, an intense close combat sequence begins.
In truth, these kinds of fight scenes require editing and close-ups to truly showcase their brilliance.
However, the audience is simply thrilled by the fierce action sequence, their excitement palpable.
The stage is filled with enthusiastic cheers.
“What the Fuxk!!”
“d*e now.”
As the fight continues, the escalating madness is Violet’s defining characteristic and charm point.
Curses, screams, and insane laughter keep erupting.
Heavenly Yuah’s performance, once again in perfect sync with Violet, continues to elevate my own excitement.
With swords swinging, blocking, dodging, and rolling, the action scene crafted meticulously by the two elevates my emotions further.
Definitely, this woman has great synergy.
Even though it’s a staged act, if the choreography can be this precise, there’s nothing lacking.
Is this why action scenes should be done with her?
Fighting with her like this reminds me of the young days when I used to work in sync with Young Heavenly Demon.
Memories of those happiest and most comfortable times in my martial arts journey resurface.
“You d*mn b*stard!!!”
In a fit of madness, Violet rolls aside to retrieve her case.
She then pulls out her ultimate weapon, the Black Dragon.
-Ohhhhhh!!
The audience goes wild as the Black Dragon’s majestic presence is revealed.
-Boom boom boom boom boom!!
For this fan meeting, Heavenly Yuah heavily modified the Black Dragon to sh**t ping pong balls instead of bullets.
With the modifications, the Black Dragon spews ping pong balls with incredible power, to the enthusiastic cheers of the fans.
And me?
-Ting ting ting ting ting!!!
I deflect all the incoming ping pong balls while rolling around. This was a skill I suggested and practiced repeatedly, usable only when the Black Dragon isn’t at full power, but impressive from the audience’s perspective.
-Wow, insane!
-The hell, he’s deflecting all of them?
-What… is she… an actress?
Amidst the audience’s exclamation, Violet bursts out laughing.
“Puhehehe! You didn’t expect this, did you!!!”
She sets the Black Dragon’s output to maximum and begins firing ping pong balls wildly.
Of course, this kind of attack can’t be blocked without superhuman skills, even by someone like Elder Heavenly Demon.
“Aaahhhh!!!”
As the assassin is knocked down by the concentrated fire of the Black Dragon, our prepared stage comes to an end.
“Here, take this!!!”
-Ohhhhh!!
-Catch it, catch it!
Heavenly Yuah, caught up in the excitement, continues firing into the audience until the last ping pong ball is gone.
The fans, equally excited, scramble to catch the flying ping pong balls, creating a chaotic festival-like atmosphere.
This celebration seems a bit excessive for merely catching one common Joseon assassin.
After the fan meeting ended, a fan signing session followed immediately.
Even with just 30 seconds per person, it amounted to an over four-hour marathon.
Truly, at this level of stardom, it’s almost impossible to handle such events without extraordinary stamina.
Ordinarily, fan signing sessions would include at most 100~200 people.
Looking at it, hosting sign sessions for over 500 fans seems impractical.
If the fan meeting and signing session were separated, it might be possible to increase the number of fan meeting attendees.
But Heavenly Yuah, who doesn’t particularly enjoy fan events, probably won’t opt to split the events into two.
Frankly, it’s not an issue I feel the need to interfere with.
“You act so well.”
“Sister, you’re amazing!”
“Could you sign this please?”
Heavenly Yuah’s fan meeting seems to attract people from all walks of life.
The age range is quite broad; I even see groups of middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s.
But how do they manage work and still attend?
Their passion is remarkable, there’s no denying that.
Since her fan base is diverse, the messages left for Heavenly Yuah vary widely.
From fans who praise her acting and wish her participation in more good works, to hardcore fans cheering her beauty unconditionally.
There are strategic fans who prepare various items, seizing this as their only chance to pay tribute to Heavenly Yuah during such events.
Cool and confident as she usually is, Heavenly Yuah doesn’t reject any directly offered items from her fans.
Especially during such fan events, this is the only opportunity to witness Heavenly Yuah donning a rabbit ear headband, which is truly rare.
Whoa. Rabbit ear Heavenly Yuah? This is exceptionally rare!
“Oh my, what’s this? Yuah, you’re incredibly cute.”
“That’s right, this is pretty cute.”
“Do I look cute if I wear them too? Rabbit ears.”
“…Maybe.”
“Hmph, let’s see~”
While watching the rabbit-eared Heavenly Yuah with Moon Suyeon, I asked the staff if the current scene was also being filmed.
They nodded as if it was a given.
Though it’s the rabbit ears, the sight of a blushing, flustered Heavenly Yuah wearing them is quite stunning.
This footage would surely please fans to no end.
“…Hm?”
Right when I was basking in the thought of obtaining some good material for an interesting video, something caught my attention.
One by one, the fans were getting their autographs from Heavenly Yuah and leaving. A man, wrapped head-to-toe, approached the table to get her signature.
Winter was still here, and the indoor heating wasn’t exceptional, so being wrapped up wasn’t unusual. Still, this guy stood out for some reason.
“There are fans all bundled up like that, but…”
My intuition wasn’t good.
It’s hard to describe, but it was just a suspicious vibe.
Difficult to explain verbally, but it just didn’t feel right.
“Of course, there are guards too, but they’re busy with their own tasks.”
Though the security guards were handling the protection for this event, none were close to Heavenly Yuah due to her insistence to not intimidate the fans.
Of course, the guards are still watching her, but due to the nature of fan events, if anything happens up close, it would be quite difficult to stop.
“Moreover, this woman, trusting her own abilities, has a somewhat relaxed sense of safety.”
Slowly, I moved closer toward Heavenly Yuah.
Nothing might happen, but if something did, I’d rather be prepared.
We’re colleagues of the same company, and I’ve helped with her fan meeting, so there wouldn’t be significant issues with me lingering close by.
As I reached near Heavenly Yuah…
The suspicious man tripped just as his turn came to get the autograph.
“Are you okay?”
Coincidentally, the person nearest to the tripped man was Heavenly Yuah. So naturally, she stood up from her chair to help him up.
And at that moment, I saw something glinting from his sleeve.
“Stop!”
I jumped forward like a spring and blocked Heavenly Yuah.
Just at that second, the man pulled out a kn*fe from his sleeve.
Whatever his intention might have been, this guy was already doomed once I intervened.
As I was about to knock the kn*fe aside and…
“…Siwoo!? Don’t!”
…Hmm?
At that moment, I sensed something intense behind me.
An incomprehensible pressure, and a shiver.
A strange, chilling sensation ran down my spine.
In that instant, a dark shadow darted forward from behind me.
It was none other than Heavenly Yuah.
“d*mn.”
Heavenly Yuah, jumping in front of me, deflected the incoming kn*fe blade with just her index and middle fingers.
Even my jaw dropped at her remarkable technique of seizing an opponent’s blade with bare hands.
Without any evidence, how could she… pull this off? Even against someone not so skilled…
Having deflected the blade, she spun her leg and delivered a “Heavenly Demon Punch.”
“Could that possibly… the ‘Heavenly Demon Soul-severing Fist’?”
During the earlier days of Young Heavenly Demon, when the style of Heavenly Demon’s martial arts was still in its early stages, this was one of his favorite moves: the ‘Heavenly Demon Soul-severing Fist.’
For others, maybe not, but having lived life almost identical to Young Heavenly Demon’s, this was an unforgettable move.
Just like that, the man was struck by the punch and fell, and the fan meeting venue turned into chaos.
And I, amidst that confusion, could only stare blankly at Heavenly Yuah.
“…Unbelievable.”
In her gaze, coarse and eroded as if weathered, yet calm and reflective, a familiar essence lingered.
That essence was none other than… Heavenly Demon’s.
