Although a Villain, My Wish is World Peace

Xie Haozhu narrowed her eyes looking at the man sitting in front of her.

“Sa Ho-ju? That’s your name, right?”

The name of the man who said that was Team Leader Song Cheon-gil. He was a police officer belonging to the Awakener Crimes Department. Next to him was an interpreter who would translate all conversations between the two.

Xie Haozhu who received Song Cheon-gil’s words frowned and corrected the man’s words.

[Xie Haozhu. My name is not pronounced ‘Sahoju’.]

Xie Haozhu said her name and closed her mouth again. She didn’t understand why she had been brought here.

I wish they would just leave me alone.

The interpreter next to her didn’t know what to do with her uncooperative attitude.

“Okay, Ms. Xie Haozhu. You said you came here to get revenge for your father. Is it correct that the target is Weltschmerz?”

At those words, Xie Haozhu shrugged her shoulders. As if asking why are you asking that.

[It’s better to answer properly.]

At the interpreter’s words, Xie Haozhu frowned. She really didn’t understand why everyone was making such a fuss.

“Weltschmerz are now wanted criminals publicly for allegedly assassinating a current member of the National Assembly in Korea. If you know anything about them, you need to say it. Otherwise, you could be deported from Korea?”

Song Cheon-gil’s words were conveyed directly to Xie Haozhu who didn’t understand Korean. So they’re saying they’ll kick me out if I don’t spill everything properly.

He has a dirty personality as dirty as his ugly face.

Xie Haozhu who folded her arms said:

[I already said everything. Weltschmerz’s Shen killed my father. I came to Korea to get revenge on that enemy. That’s all.]

[Shen? Is that his name? Shen?]

At the interpreter’s excited face, Xie Haozhu narrowed her eyes. What’s with these people.

[You didn’t even know that person’s name?]

You guys don’t know anything at all? A dumbfounded look appeared on Xie Haozhu’s face. By the way, I thought the name had spread around since he confidently told me his name.

‘Did he only tell me?’

Xie Haozhu bit her lip at an inexplicable tickling feeling.

[What Chinese characters are used for Shen?]

At the interpreter’s words, Xie Haozhu raised her eyebrows.

[He’s mine.]

The interpreter’s expression hardened at Xie Haozhu’s words. The rude tone aside, the content was strange. The interpreter who barely collected herself organized Xie Haozhu’s words.

[…Does that mean you want to catch that person yourself?]

[Yes, I’ll kill him with my own hands.]

The interpreter was startled at that fierce tone. She heard she was a 14-year-old girl. What on earth is this spirit. Before the surprised interpreter could continue speaking, Xie Haozhu said with a resolute attitude:

[Anyway, so I can’t tell you anything about him. He’s mine and I’m going to kill him myself.]

The interpreter hesitated for a moment. Wondering if she should convey these words as is to Team Leader Song Cheon-gil. But the reason she came here today was for accurate interpretation. She couldn’t hide or conceal the content.

Song Cheon-gil who heard those words let out a hollow laugh.

“Huh, I knew from her coming to Korea alone. This young lady is no joke. But you know, reality isn’t so easy.”

The interpreter conveyed Song Cheon-gil’s following words:

[Ms. Haozhou, you’re only 14 years old. I understand your desire for revenge, but realistically there’s nothing you can do. Team Leader Song Cheon-gil here has been chasing Weltschmerz for a long time. If you pass on the information you know, it will be a great help in catching Weltschmerz.]

At those words, Xie Haozhu’s lips twitched. There was a lot she wanted to say, but not much she could say.

‘Who do you think you’re calling a child!’

She had only nodded when told they would get an identity matching her appearance, but now she was irritated at suddenly becoming a 14-year-old kid.

She couldn’t insist she was an adult with this underdeveloped body, but still, 14 years old?

Moreover, to say there’s nothing she can realistically do. If she wanted to, she could crush and kill the man in front of her or the interpreter next to her who was grating on her nerves.

The only reason she didn’t was one.

She was afraid that if she made a big fuss, that fox-like guy would get scared and run away somewhere. He’s mine. He killed my papa, so it’s only natural that I take his life with my own hands.

Xie Haozhu looked at the gruff-looking man in front of her. Hand Shen over to a guy like that?

Absolutely not.

The interpreter who observed Team Leader Song Cheon-gil’s expression carefully continued speaking:

[If you don’t cooperate, you could be deported from Korea.]

At those words, Xie Haozhu frowned deeply.

[Go ahead, deport me.]

[Didn’t you spill about Weltschmerz’s crimes at the immigration inspection to ask for help from the Korean government?]

At the interpreter’s question, Xie Haozhu scrunched her face.

[Well, they asked why I came to Korea. They said to speak honestly at the immigration desk.]

If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn’t have said anything about Weltschmerz even if I died.

Rather than having Shen taken away by that guy, being deported would be better. I can just enter Korea another way. I got caught this time because I stupidly spilled everything, but next time I’ll be more careful.

‘Is this why everyone lies.’

Xie Haozhu, who had never felt the need to lie until now, learned. That you shouldn’t spill everything too honestly.

The interpreter looked at the stubborn Xie Haozhu with a troubled face and asked:

[Are you really choosing to be deported?]

[Yes!]

[Even though you might not be able to return to Korea after being deported?]

[I’ll just find a way somehow.]

[Ms. Haozhou, illegal entry is much more difficult than you think. Besides, turning the Korean government into an enemy is not a good idea.]

At the interpreter’s words, Xie Haozhu swung her feet while keeping her arms folded.

Though she said it boldly, Xie Haozhu actually didn’t want to be kicked out of here. Because she had spent all her assets to come to Korea.

After the collapse of the Red Society, it wasn’t easy for her, who looked like a young girl, to earn money. To come this far, Xie Haozhu had to empty the pockets of people around her, and that wasn’t a very good experience. (tl/n: previously was translated as “Anti-Society”)

But still…

[I absolutely won’t say anything about Shen.]

But she couldn’t bear to see Shen fall by other people’s hands, not her own.

Catching him, taking his life. It was all her share.

Because she survived for that, because she endured and endured to come this far for that.

Because he told me to wait, and told me to come find him. It’s not something for someone like you to interfere with.

Song Cheon-gil sighed looking at Xie Haozhu who buried her back into the chair as if saying screw it.

“Haa…”

Team Leader Song Cheon-gil jumped up from his seat.

“Okay, it seems like there’s no use talking any more today.”

Team Leader Song Cheon-gil shrugged his shoulders and said to the interpreter:

“Just feed her and put her to bed early today. We’ll have to talk again tomorrow.”

The interpreter nodded with a pale face.

As soon as he came out, Team Leader Song Cheon-gil scrunched his face deeply.

All he could think about was cigarettes.

“I thought this would go easily, dammit.”

How delighted he had been at the news that there was a Chinese girl mentioning Weltschmerz whose identity no one knows.

It was the only moment to dig into Weltschmerz’s past that no one knows, but the witness he thought could be easily persuaded firmly closed her mouth.

Team Leader Song Cheon-gil frowned and clicked his tongue.

She’s just a 14-year-old girl after all.

“Let’s see how long she can hold out.”

* * *

That story was fully conveyed to Seol Rok-jin.

“A girl who knows Weltschmerz’s identity.”

Though Weltschmerz grew into Korea’s most recognizable villain in just one year, no one knew their past. Even the villains of the Top said they didn’t know his past.

So Seol Rok-jin had even thought that perhaps a huge guild was connected behind them.

But a ‘Chinese’ girl who knows his past.

“So he was Chinese?”

A 14-year-old girl from China. And the name Shen. It felt like a puzzle that hadn’t been solved was being solved.

If Weltschmerz’s leader wasn’t ‘Korean’ to begin with, so it was impossible to find information about them in Korea. Everything makes sense.

Though all they found out from Xie Haozhu’s uncooperative attitude was the name Shen, that was a big harvest too.

“She might know a lot besides the name.”

The problem is that she has no intention of opening her mouth willingly…

But to Seol Rok-jin, that was a very trivial problem.

“It wouldn’t be bad to meet her once.”

Seol Rok-jin smiled, smirking.

* * *

The dark web was very excited.

「Title: Weltschmerz Actually Chinese?

So they were Chinese lol. What they do after committing crimes in China and coming to Korea: Assassinate a member of the National Assembly?

What the hell are they doing」

The comment reactions were also crazy. Not a single person thought of me as Korean. They were all worked up unable to eat me, calling me Chinese or Korean-Chinese.

It’s unfair. I’m quite patriotic in my own way.

「Title: Reason Why Weltschmerz is Really a 10-Year-Old Brat

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Making a child like this an orphan; As expected of a heartless Chinese;」

Because Xie Haozhu’s age on her ID was 14, I was being severely criticized on the internet. Since I had committed so many acts until now, even my past deeds were dragged out and hung in the marketplace.

I’m sure I did good things too, but somehow all my good deeds were completely buried.

No, everything else aside, why do they think I’m Chinese?

「Title: Isn’t Weltschmerz Obviously Korean?

Totally patriotic Speaks Korean well Mainly active in Korea

Look at how they deliberately caught and killed a bad assemblyman

Aren’t they really a patriot?」

I logged into the dark web and defended myself. But no one listened to my words.

After confirming the comments that started to be filled with Number One Taiwan and Tiananmen stories, I closed the window.

Damn it. At this rate, my nationality will be completely preserved as Chinese.

Sure enough, crime wikis already had posts saying Weltschmerz’s leader could be Chinese.

Can they spread such false information so boldly?

It was extremely unfair.

‘Well, I don’t care what happens to my nationality, but Xie Haozhu being handed over to the Awakener Crimes Department is a big deal.’

Xie Haozhu knows my face. If she cooperates, it’s only a matter of time before my composite sketch is spread across Korea.

—All the various excuses we’ve made to maintain anonymity under the mask have become useless.

‘The composite sketch hasn’t been spread yet! It’s still okay for now, still okay.’

Han Seo-hyeon who saw me fidgeting opened his mouth with a thud:

“But that person, I don’t know what she’s thinking, but she seems to be very uncooperative. Everyone thinks she’s keeping her mouth shut because she looks like a child on the outside, but that’s not it, right?”

“It would be a big deal if she blabbed about me and the Awakener Crimes Department caught me. What Haozhou wants is to catch and kill me herself, right?”

“How can you say such things so nonchalantly!”

At Han Seo-hyeon’s words, I scratched my head.

“Anyway, this is a big problem.”

The people of the Awakener Crimes Department will persistently dig into me. Because it’s the only chance to catch the culprit who assassinated a member of the National Assembly. They say Xie Haozhu is firmly keeping her mouth shut now, but I know someone who can open her mouth regardless of her will.

Yes, this is the problem.

I hardened my face and said:

“Seol Rok-jin might target Xie Haozhu.”

At my words, Han Seo-hyeon scrunched his face.

“What?”