1.
After that day, reports of a girl in a mask began to incessantly reach all across the Kiburatos Realm.
From subduing criminals causing public disorder to gangsters initiating gunfights and even the trivial disturbances like bicycle thefts—
She was appearing like a comet, spreading tales of good deeds throughout the Kiburatos Realm. Wherever she showed up, it was always where crimes and accidents occurred, and she acted to protect the citizens. To the point that some of the citizens were so moved by her actions that they began praising her as a ‘Hero’.
Thus, everyone in Kiburatos had the same question in mind.
Who is she? Where did she come from?
And furthermore,
What is her name?
The arrival of a hero, something akin to a tale, had everyone buzzing.
In response to this, the Valkyrie Police Academy criticized the individual’s vigilante activities and urged her to surrender immediately. However, everyone in the city shook their heads at Valkyrie’s claims.
“Mind your own damn business.”
“Quit messing around and go catch Kaiser already!”
“This is why we can’t trust the police.”
The citizens of Kiburatos knew well what kind of place this city was—how chaotic and insecure it was. Those referred to as cops couldn’t reassure the people. They always showed up after an incident had already ended, and what’s more, they themselves were factors that made the populace uneasy.
Thus, those who had ever been helped by her acknowledged her existence and rejoiced endlessly at her activities.
Moreover, all the villains also reacted similarly. Those whose operations had been interfered with by her were obsessed with uncovering her identity.
Kaiser Corporation and other minor organizations, along with other illegal factions who hadn’t been stopped yet, were also eager to find out about the mysterious girl.
The citizens, students, and villains of Kiburatos, with one heart and mind, all thought the same thing.
“Who on earth is she?”
However, no one could come up with a proper answer.
The mystery surrounding this unnamed hero only deepened.
2.
And,
What is the presence that deepens the mystery for everyone? What is the masked girl currently doing?
“Hmm, what should my name be?”
She was lying on the rooftop of the Millennium Autonomous District Building. Guessing her hero name.
After fighting against Kaiser PMC, I decided that I needed to come up with a proper hero name as soon as possible. That’s because there were more and more people calling me ‘Mask’ just because I wore a mask.
And—
[Nekozuka Hibiki – Hey, isn’t that you on the news? Answer me quickly. I’m really curious.]
[Shiraishi Utaha – I’ve already coordinated with Hibiki to ensure your information won’t be leaked. However, I am a bit worried after seeing the news. If you have time later, please visit the Engineering Department, Junior.]
I neither wanted to be remembered by the people who would support me as just ‘Mask,’ a rather uninspired name.
While observing the genuinely curious Hibiki and the concerned Utaha, I sent them a curt reply before putting my phone back into my pocket.
Piang—
Piaaang—
“Too much noise.”
From the rooftop of a highrise, I looked out at the downtown area. The view resembled Seoul from my previous life, only a bit cleaner and with more advanced signs of civilization.
And when I looked up at the sky, the sky was endlessly clear, with a faint circle painted in it.
A beautifully clear landscape I had only seen in games.
It has become my favorite view since I started my hero activities.
“…The scenery is beautiful. Just beautiful.”
Despite Sentum Tower being crippled right after my reincarnation, the city was still full of chaos. All kinds of accidents happen, and conflicts between people keep arising.
After the state of anarchy began, this tendency has sharply increased, to the point that I cannot handle all the crimes alone.
Well, it can’t be helped. I have one body and the city is vast, so there’s simply no way I can prevent every crime by myself.
“Spider-Man in movies must feel the same way.”
Every day, I either finish school and immediately switch to hero duty or leave the school in the middle of class for hero activities, but there isn’t a single day that passes without trouble.
Perhaps it will continue like this as long as the state of anarchy persists.
My only wish is that the teacher will come soon.
At least, the one fortunate thing is that among the areas I’m active in—Millennium, Central Autonomous District, Gehenna, and Trinity—my alma mater Millennium has the lowest crime rate compared to other schools?
…Of course, lower, not nonexistent.
These damn minor organizations always pop up and cause trouble everywhere.
Gently stroking my neatly tied ponytail of snow-white hair, I let out a bitter laugh.
It has been several weeks since I turned into a girl, but I still haven’t gotten used to my transformed voice and appearance.
I did consider dressing up, but decided against it, thinking it would be better to spend that time stopping more crimes. Besides, I have no idea how to dress up anyway.
‘There’s no one worth showing off for… Or is there actually?’
If I continue my activities, I will probably meet the main characters from games I’ve seen. I at least want to make a good first impression on them. There’s no point in looking too dirty and getting disliked.
Tang-! Tang-!
Suddenly, while I was lost in my silly thoughts but still focused, I caught the sound of gunfire in my senses.
The location was… a nearby restaurant about 300 meters from where I was.
‘It’s… a nearby eatery.’
I leapt from the roof and launched the web shooter immediately.
It was time to become a hero again.
3.
Arriving quickly at the restaurant through gliding in the air.
There were armed robbers—precisely three students from the Helmet Gang—who were swearing and shooting guns at everything, yelling about how the food was tasteless and how the employee had irritated them.
‘What nonsense is this after doing it every single day?’
I chuckled wryly and promptly entered.
The restaurant had a transparent glass wall that served as both the entryway and the windows, a standard format.
The helmet gang had made the patrons lie down and were now yelling loudly with their guns pointed at the employee who had angered them, without even bothering to scan the surroundings.
I swung inside via the web and immediately caught the eye of the guy nearest to the door.
“You, you’re Mask! You piece of…!”
“Do you know me?”
“Naturally—argh! What’s this?!”
I spoke, but I didn’t wait for an answer. I quickly shot webs at the helmet of the guy closest to me, then at the helmet of another who noticed me and ran over, pulling both down.
Kudang Tang!
The two helmeted guys couldn’t resist the force and fell. I fired more webs to tie them up.
They were shouting in anger but still conscious. I ignored them and glanced at the last one.
“Wha, what?”
“Don’t hesitate, come here.”
Panicked by realizing he was the only one left, the helmeted student started looking around frantically.
“Trying to take a hostage?”
Understanding what the guy intended to do, I quickly shot webs at his helmet and pulled.
And followed up with a swift kick.
Kwaang-!
With his helmet shattered, the unconscious figure fell neatly over the other two helmeted guys already lying on the ground. I fired another web over all of them to conclude the situation.
The situation was resolved in the blink of an eye.
I announced to the terrified citizens around in a calm voice.
“You’re all safe now. Everything’s fine.”
At my words, the citizens’ expressions immediately brightened.
“Wowww!!”
“The person we’ve seen on the news…!”
“Thank you so much for saving us!”
The strong cheers and words of gratitude echoed intensely around the restaurant.
Already, there are people who recognize me.
I scratched the back of my neck and nodded to the people celebrating while helping up the middle-aged man who had been threatened by the gun earlier.
“Ah. Are you injured anywhere?”
“No… Really, extremely grateful…!”
“You’re welcome. It’s good that you’re not hurt.”
Sensitive middle-aged man right here.
However, it’s weird when a big bearded bear cries.
“Ah, wait a moment.”
While I was about to leave through the applause of the citizens, I noticed some fallen furniture and decided to rearrange it.
Before completely stepping away, I instructed the citizens.
“This will disappear in two hours, so please report to Valkyrie quickly so they can take them away.”
“Yes, yes!”
“Sorry about the furniture. I’ll be on my way now.”
Saying those words, I slipped through and glided off into the city.
I had heard on my way here that another gunshot was ringing out nearby, so I needed to check it out.
“Damn city, seriously. There’s no rest.”
I murmured to myself while flying quickly through the sky.
…
…
…
And in the spot she had just vacated,
“Was that… really Mask…?”
A girl with red hair looked up at the hero with eyes filled with admiration.
“So cool!”
Her name is Aru Rikuhachima.
The owner of a private investigator firm who dreams of becoming a hard-boiled detective in the shadowy world and a girl who has now found a new dream.
4.
[Millennium Official Community_Issue Forum]
“Exactly what kind of person is Mask?”
Since appearing suddenly while the Kaiser guys were causing chaos, this person has been incredibly active.
He’s unbelievably strong; isn’t this guy about as strong as our school’s Neru, if not stronger? Even Neru can’t dodge all bullets, right?
[Comments]
– What are you talking about? Are you calling Neru useless?
└ It’s not about that; he is pretty strong. Sure. He swept an entire Kaiser PMC squad and has no reports of ever losing.
└ Definitely strong. But… Neru, eh…
– Is the name really ‘Mask’? That’s lame.
└ Seriously. Can’t we change that name? What kind of name is Mask?
– Setting the name aside, he’s definitely cool for saving citizens. Though some of his lines were cliched, I have to give credit for how he tries desperately to save people.
└ Agree. These days walking the streets is terrifying, but thanks to Mask, I have a little hope.
└ Ah! Student Council? Aren’t they even working?
└ Lol.
[Title]
“Damn, almost said goodbye to my life yesterday.”
I work at a restaurant.
Yesterday these crazy helmet gang kids came in yelling that the food was tasteless and the service from the employees was terrible, and they were aiming guns at us. I was terrified.
But suddenly, the Mask girl appeared out of nowhere, and it’s not exaggerating when I say she neutralized all of them within five seconds. Seriously.
Thinking I was screwed since they were inside, she somehow sensed it and appeared like a ghost, rescuing us. From that day onward, I’ve decided to venerate Mask.
Thank you sincerely for saving me.
By the way, when she put the furniture back after the fight and apologized, that was kinda cute.
[Comments]
– Hmm… What’s the name of your shop?
└ Bearded Pork Cutlet
└ Hmm, I’ll avoid that place. If it can shock helmet gang members, it must be… terrible. Making bad pork cutlets isn’t easy.
└ You bastards, shut up.
└ Haha.
– How did she locate it inside the building? ㄷㄷ…
└ It’s freakishly precise. Witnesses say crimes happen, and within minutes she’s there, resolving them quickly before flying off again. Every time you look, she’s handling another crime nearby.
└ I’m really curious about who this person is.
– Five seconds? That’s exaggeration, right?
└ No way. I swear on my eyes, it really happened. There were three guys with guns, and she entered, shot web-like stuff, and immediately subdued them all. She said to call the police since the web would disappear in two hours.
└ If you consider the details, it sounds real.
└ It’s true. I was there, and I was just in awe.
– I don’t know much else, but please change the name Mask.
[Title]
“Discovered Mask’s identity. Lol. Hurry up and delete this.”
(Image of Mask protecting citizens)
Internet friends, danger!!!!!
Oh… It was dangerous.
…Posts like this usually contain either hate images or tactical nukes, so be careful moving forward. Got it? Winking.
Ah. No thanks necessary.
This…is a hero’s mission.
(Nod)
[Comments]
– Dammit. Stop posting nonsense.
– Crying out loud, remove that s*!
– Haha…
└ Ahaha…
└ Murasaki ha ha ha…
└ What are these guys doing?
– But the picture is pretty cool…
└ I cried looking at that… T_T
– Why isn’t it a hate image…
└ ?
└ ?
└ ?
└ What is this guy…
[Title]
“Seriously, change the name”
What kind of name is Mask lol?
Seriously, can we call you something else?
Mask is too lame.
[Comments]
– Well, why don’t you suggest something? Don’t just complain.
└ Since she fights with threads, how about ‘Silk’?
└ Oh…
└ Oh…
└ Why does this sound good?
└ Silk actually suits her? G2G!
– I think it looks like spider silk… How about ‘Spider Girl’?
└ Too lame.
└ Super lame. What’s a Spider Woman?
└ You should leave.
└ Mask name is also bad. You should go.
– Considering her speed and white hair, ‘Quick Silver’?
└ With white hair, it should be ‘Moon Knight.’ What’s Quick Silver?
└ What’s Moon Knight, it should be ‘Silver Samurai’.
└ White Demon Night Stalker is leaving. Don’t call her Samurai; she’s not operating there.
– Since she’s not afraid of bullets, ‘Daredevil’.
– Being a fox masked girl with white hair, ‘White Fox’.
…
…
…
“Shit, they’re all plagiarism…”
After looking through the community, I put a hand to my head.
What should my name really be?
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