Although a Villain, My Wish is World Peace

Since we agreed to cooperate going forward, I passed the same mobile phone to Nam Ju-hyeon.

Apparently Nam Ju-hyeon was so startled to see an undead bird carrying the phone in its beak that she fell backwards, but fortunately she didn’t throw the phone away.

Anyway, I briefly explained the situation to Nam Ju-hyeon who received the phone via text message.

Only calling is prohibited, she can text this side as much as she wants. I also told her to leave a message if anything happens.

Though I told Han Seo-hyeon to monitor that side, it’s difficult to respond immediately if she enters a Gate or goes abroad.

While exchanging texts, I was able to hear about reporter Nam Ju-hyeon’s recent situation. She’s investigating the recent Sirius Department Store terrorism incident. She says she plans to cover various repercussions from this incident, I’m looking forward to what results come out.

I passed the information I knew to that side. Though I couldn’t reveal that Seol Rok-jin was behind this incident, it was enough to raise suspicions that the villains of the Top didn’t commit this act ‘just because’.

I glossed over saying I was there. Even if it’s Nam Ju-hyeon, I want to keep it secret that it was me who rescued the hostages.

—Why? Couldn’t you make your image better?

“Well, I don’t want Seol Rok-jin to know I interfered with his work. I don’t want to turn the villains of the Top into enemies either.”

I’m already on Seol Rok-jin’s bad side, imagine turning the villains of the Top into enemies too.

Nam Ju-hyeon is trustworthy, but there’s no need to say things that don’t need to be told.

I ended the conversation while cheering on Nam Ju-hyeon.

The problem is…

“Haah.”

I looked at the mobile phone after sighing. It’s time to contact Jeong Ho-san now.

I should stop dragging out time now.

I swallowed and immediately called Jeong Ho-san’s mobile phone. The call connected to Jeong Ho-san almost immediately before it even rang a few times.

[You!]

“Ah, hello.”

[How can you say hello?]

“Well, I’m doing very well. Absolutely no problems at all.”

[Is that all you have to say.]

Despite me saying I was safe several times, Jeong Ho-san seemed unable to believe my words. Well, it’s understandable to be suspicious since I was dragged away like that.

Still, it’s shocking that the notes I sent all this time had no effect at all.

[What exactly is your relationship with Weltschmerz?]

At those words suddenly striking at the core, I momentarily lost my words. Damn, how can you strike the crucial point like this!

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

[The people who took you away then were Weltschmerz.]

Though I tried to deny it belatedly after coming to my senses, it was of no use at all. As I expected, Jeong Ho-san had figured out everything.

This is all because Kim Jae-ho’s face was exposed.

This is why you should always wear a mask! It’s not for nothing that I’m obsessed with masks. This isn’t some magical girl show, just changing your hairstyle and clothes doesn’t protect your identity at all.

Anyway, I’ve been found out.

Though I expected this situation, I couldn’t find a suitable answer to this situation even at this moment while on the phone.

For now…

“So what.”

Let’s be shameless!

[You…]

At my shameless response, Jeong Ho-san couldn’t easily continue speaking.

What are you going to do! Unnecessary excuses will only stimulate this guy more. Today’s strategy is beyond just turning the tables, it’s the farter getting angry, it’s shamelessness.

If I can’t win with words, I’ll go with a mental attack.

—Is this right?

‘I have no choice.’

For now, I’ll just make his mind hazy with a mental attack and then gloss over it.

I’m not originally someone who lives like this, but since it’s an issue I can’t back down from, I have no choice.

Rather, it’s more of a problem if I come out serious here.

[Do you know what kind of guys Weltschmerz are while you’re there? No, why are you moving with those guys in the first place? What on earth did they say to lure you…]

But Jeong Ho-san, befitting someone with physical enhancement, quickly recovered his dazed mind. Ha, it’s words that would make someone who knows the truth laugh. Who lured me.

You still can’t think that I’m the person who created Weltschmerz. Well, someone who was just doing Gate mining work suddenly becoming the leader of villains who shake up Korea? Even I think it’s like an impossible fantasy novel.

“Well, there are many misunderstandings in the world, but those Weltschmerz people aren’t as bad as you think.”

[What? Do you know what Weltschmerz has done recently?]

Hmm, what did I do recently?

—Well, for reference, the most recent thing reported that Weltschmerz did was tearing Assemblyman Kim Seong-deuk to pieces.

At Ray’s words, I bit my lip hard.

Certainly, it’s not the timing to say ‘they’re not such bad guys’.

“Well, let’s move past such trivial matters.”

[Trivial matters! You’ve really been influenced badly being there.]

Influenced badly. He sounded like an overprotective parent thinking ‘It’s not that our child is bad, they just met bad friends and were influenced badly’. But as is usually the case when those words come out, and as in the current situation…

“I’m not influenced badly. I’m the bad one.”

The cause of all these incidents is me.

Jeong Ho-san seems to think he can separate me and Weltschmerz, but that’s impossible.

Because I am Weltschmerz, and Weltschmerz is me.

[Haah, Yi-sin. You seem to think of those guys as some kind of vigilante group, but that’s absolutely not true. Your thoughts will change if you know this fact too.]

“No matter what I hear, my thoughts won’t change.”

[Recently a girl who lost her father to Weltschmerz entered the country from China.]

“Huh?”

[The Weltschmerz you follow so much are terrible criminals who killed the father of a barely teenage girl and ran away to Korea!]

At those words, I made a stupid sound.

“Eh?”

To me who couldn’t continue speaking out of shock, Jeong Ho-san poured out words.

[Everything they’ve shown until now must have been all pretense. They killed the father of a child barely over 10 years old, and just abandoned that child. That’s the true face of the Weltschmerz you follow so much!]

No, this is too much as I listen. Who are you making out to be such trash!

“Maybe that child’s father was a bad guy who was better off dead?”

And then a terribly awkward silence flowed through the receiver.

[What?]

I made a mistake.

[Hey! Kang Yi-sin! What are you saying! You, staying with villains! What on earth are you saying? What? A bad guy better off dead?]

“Sorry, uh, the signal… Uh, I can’t hear you well?”

I hung up the phone and scrunched my face.

Fuck.

Ah, I was too flustered and said something I shouldn’t have.

But there was a bigger problem right now.

To think Xie Haozhu came all the way to Korea to find me.

Goosebumps rose all over my body.

* * *

Immigration officer Kim Young-eui smiled looking at the girl peeking her head out of the counter.

A round face with round eyes. She was a cute girl who would naturally be called adorable. Though she was quite tall, her features were round so she looked young.

Though the repetitive work couldn’t be enjoyable, she still forcibly pulled out the kindness buried deep inside every time she saw young children.

“Passport please.”

At those words, the girl fumbled around and took out her passport from her bag. The passport was very clean, as if it was newly made.

Nationality: China, name: Xie Haozhu. Age: 14 this year. It was her first overseas trip, let alone visiting Korea.

Kim Young-eui looked behind the girl, but there was no one who looked like a guardian.

“Did you come alone?”

At those words, Xie Haozhu tilted her head. Kim Young-eui nodded seeing Xie Haozhu looking at her with a puzzled face.

Well, entrants who can’t speak Korean were common.

“Why did you come to Korea?”

It’s a typical immigration inspection question. Many people couldn’t answer this either, but the girl in front seemed to have prepared in advance as she started clearly stating her reason for coming to Korea.

“My father, murderer, to find.”

The problem was that the reason was quite strange.

“Um, what did you say?”

Did she mishear? She thought she just heard the word murderer.

At Kim Young-eui’s words, Xie Haozhu clearly said once again:

“My father’s murderer. Came to find.”

Though the pronunciation was awkward, she understood clearly this time.

“Huh.”

And at those words, Kim Young-eui lost her words. Kim Young-eui just sweated profusely at the girl’s nonchalant expression as if asking what’s wrong.

“Just who is this murderer of your father…”

“Weltschmerz.”

And at that name, Kim Young-eui’s eyes widened.

“Weltschmerz, in Korea. Right?”

At that name, Kim Young-eui realized this was an issue she couldn’t handle on her own.

The immigration officer immediately handed the girl over to the police connected to the airport.

The girl named Xie Haozhu didn’t seem to understand what was happening to her at all, but the impact of the name she mentioned was tremendous.

A girl who seems to know about Weltschmerz, appearing just when police across the country are going crazy trying to catch Weltschmerz.

‘Maybe we can catch Weltschmerz.’

The stubbly-bearded man sitting in front of her smiled deeply and said:

“Hello, little one. My name is Song Cheon-gil. I’m the leader of Team 2 in the Awakener Crimes Department.”

* * *

Though I heard that Xie Haozhu had entered the country, I hid that fact for now. There were various reasons, but the biggest one was that I wanted to avoid Han Seo-hyeon’s nagging.

Thump thump thump. Until Han Seo-hyeon approached with an angry face and showed me his smartphone, my strategy was going very well.

“Huh?”

Seeing the words [Breaking News], I slowly read the rest. After confirming the whole article, I closed my eyes tightly.

‘To think it even made the news, this leaves no room for excuses.’

Because I had committed the nonsensical act of assassinating a current member of the National Assembly, Weltschmerz was receiving tremendous attention.

In the midst of that, a ‘victim’ of Weltschmerz appears.

The news was full of that story.

Ha, at this rate. After checking the article, I forced a smile and said:

“Haha, a 14-year-old girl. Though she looks like that, she must be quite old, but looking at it like this makes me look like a real bastard, doesn’t it?”

“I told you so!”

Even my joke couldn’t reverse the atmosphere. Seeing Han Seo-hyeon rushing at me like a yaksha, I turned my gaze elsewhere.

“Well, let’s see. What did you say back then?”

“I told you why make enemies unnecessarily! Why!”

I knelt down and sat demurely in front of Han Seo-hyeon. At times like this, just apologizing outright is the best.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think she would really come all the way to Korea to find me! I didn’t know it would make the news like this either. Huh? They’re publishing articles before even confirming the facts. This is the problem with our country’s media, right?”

Even if she came, I thought she would sneak in through illegal immigration, not boldly take a plane and say at the immigration desk that she came to find her father’s murderer.

I’m a victim here too.

Yeah, that’s right.

“Is that all you have to say?”

—What’s the use of just kneeling demurely! Your mouth is as unrestrained as ever.

At Ray’s words, I bit my lip hard.

Damn, did I make another mistake? How dare I again?

No matter what I say, this is a fight I can’t win. The mistake has already been made, now it’s time to clean up.

At that moment, Kim Jae-ho said with an indifferent face:

“We should have killed her back then too.”

“Eek!”

Cha Song-jin’s face turned pale hearing those words. Then he slightly distanced himself from Kim Jae-ho.

It seemed like he had just started to get comfortable with us recently, but it’s all for nothing now.

I jumped up from my seat.

“Haha, though things have turned out like this, it’ll work out somehow.”

“Haah, work out somehow? What exactly are you planning to do?”

“Well, first we need to find out information.”

I poked Han Seo-hyeon’s side and said:

“So where is Xie Haozhu now?”

Han Seo-hyeon glared at me.