Being a Villain is My True Calling

‘Maker Gallery, huh…’

Established just yesterday.
Yet a surprising number of people were already congregating within this newly created gallery.

Sharing Ice Queen’s moaning sounds!

What are this sister’s measurements?

Is Maker seriously crazy?kkkkk How did he violate Ice Queen like that during a live broadcastkkkkkkk

Fuck, my mom and I kept awkwardly glancing at each other while watching that…

Who was the little kid next to Maker?

Kkkkfarmerkkkkk farmeeeeerkkkkk

‘Isn’t the association going to shut this down?’

While individuals might be tolerated, creating a collective gathering place like this would undoubtedly warrant intervention.
Normally, these places disappear within a day…

[Why isn’t this one disappearing? Aren’t villain-related galleries prohibited??]

Someone seemed to share my thoughts, posting a questioning comment.
Responses soon followed.

The Master here is a hacker.

A hacker?
Yeah, so he massively upgraded the security just for this gallery, making it untouchable.

“A hacker, huh…”

(OP) Shit; so this is what it takes to be a Maker fan…

‘Indeed.’

Who could it be?
If their skills are formidable enough to evade the association’s reach, they should have appeared in the original work in some capacity.

And it wasn’t just this instance.

During my previous villain hunting, an anonymous individual had also leaked footage of me eliminating villains.

‘I had assumed the organization was handling that…’

From the original work, three individuals immediately come to mind.

“Hmm…”

One is a hero, so they wouldn’t show me any favors.

Another has likely never even encountered me.

That leaves one person.

‘Alright, no point in mere contemplation. I should meet them directly.’

“Brotherr…?”

“Ah, Ga-yeon. You’re awake?”

“Mmm-hmm…”

As I rose to seek this individual, Ga-yeon had awoken and was observing me.

“Feeling sleepy?”

“Mmm-hmm…”

Still seemingly groggy, she sat on the bed, rubbing her eyes.

“Where are you going…?”

“I intend to meet with Yeri.”

“Chicken coop sister…?”

…When did Ahn Yeri start being referred to as ‘chicken coop sister’?
Regardless, I continued.

“Would you like to join me?”

Nod

After nodding, Ga-yeon slid off the bed and scampered over to me.

“Hee, heeheehee…”

Woooong- pop

“Heeheehee… uhuhuh…”

“Hello, chicken coop sister.”

“Kyaaaaaaaahh!!!!!”

Warping instantaneously into Ahn Yeri’s room, Ga-yeon’s greeting elicited a scream from Yeri, who had been chuckling to herself while viewing something.

“Why is sister’s face red?”

“You, you just suddenly spatial translated, that’s why…!!”

“Really? But what were you looking at?”

“!!…”

Her face flushing as if caught red-handed, Ahn Yeri hurriedly attempted to conceal whatever she had been viewing.

“Huh? Why are you hiding it?”

“Ah, I can’t…!”

“It’s okay. If it’s chicken coop sister, I’ll understand, so show me.”

“Ah, I really can’t…!! And I’m, I’m not a chicken coop…!!!”

Ga-yeon’s curiosity prompted her to pry, while Ahn Yeri frantically resisted.

“Hngh… I can’t…!!”

After some time, Ahn Yeri began to sniffle.

‘…I suppose I should intervene.’

The situation seemed unlikely to resolve itself.

“That’s enough, Ga-yeon.”

Tap

I lightly tapped Ga-yeon’s head with my fingertips.

“Why?”

“You mustn’t tease older sisters.”

Then, as she turned to question me, I pointed my finger elsewhere.

“Hic… sniff… Mak, Maker…?”

“Ah.”

“I see now.”

Exhaling a shallow sigh, I casually embraced the tearful Ahn Yeri as she flung herself at me.

“Waaaaaahhh…!! Ga-yeon… Ga-yeon…!!”

“Yes, yes, Ga-yeon was very naughty. I’ll scold her sternly later.”

“Uuuuuwaaaaaaahhhh…!!!”

“…Is she really the Instructor?”

I share your sentiment, Ga-yeon.
But to voice it before her…

“Hic. Hngh… waaaaaahhhh!!!!”

See, she’s only crying harder…

“There, there… it’s alright.”

“Ga-yeon… waaaaaahhh!!!”

Yeri, could you stop clinging to me…?

“Ga-yeon, you understand that you shouldn’t speak that way, regardless of the circumstances, don’t you?”

“Yeah.”

“Now, now. Look, Ga-yeon is remorseful, isn’t she?”

“Hngh… hueeng…”

“And you’re the adult here, Yeri. At your age, crying will only ruin that pretty face of yours.”

Ahn Yeri was twenty-three years old.
Not only much older than the fourteen-year-old Ga-yeon, but even older than my twenty-one years.

Pat pat

“Hngh… hueng…”

Yeri, please stop crying…

‘I had anticipated this to some extent… but I should have just walked here alone instead.’

While I had grown accustomed to this pattern over the past month, her tears came a bit too swiftly this time.

“Seeing such a pretty face in distress pains me as well. So please, stop crying.”

“Hngh… yeeng…”

After continuously consoling her, Ahn Yeri eventually ceased her tears.

‘Phew…’

Still, I had indeed grown accustomed to this, managing to calm her relatively easily.
…But should I really feel accomplished about that? It seems rather odd.

“Here, have some water.”

“Yeeng…”

As I handed her the water, she sipped it shakily.

“By, by the way… Mak, Maker, what brings you here…?”

It seemed she had only just realized the reason for my visit, inquiring tentatively.

“Then allow me to ask you directly.”

I showed her the Maker Gallery website.

“Was it perhaps you, the anonymous hacker who created this gallery dedicated to me, as well as leaking footage of me eliminating villains over the past month?”

One of the three exceptional hackers featured in the original work.
Admittedly, her hacking prowess was the least emphasized compared to the other two.

‘Her skills undoubtedly fall short of theirs. After all, those two specialized in hacking abilities.’

However, the fact that she had temporarily hindered the heroes’ hacker in the original’s latter stages,
Combined with her ease in infiltrating the research facility previously, clearly established her as a skilled hacker.

‘Above all, if not Ahn Yeri, who else could have assisted me to this extent?’

The likelihood of someone else seemed low.

“It wasn’t me, though…?”

And there went that assumption.

It seemed to be someone else after all.

“Pardon?”

“Yes, yes…?”

“Hmm?”

Then who could it be?

After a brief explanation of the circumstances…

“Oh, oh… is that so…?”

“Yes. Since you were the only one in my vicinity with hacking knowledge, I had assumed it was you.”

“Just, just me…?”

Ahn Yeri giggled bashfully at my words.

“Then, then is there anything I can help with?”

For instance… destroying that gallery?

‘Hmm.’

I contemplated it briefly.

“No, there doesn’t seem to be a need for that. Regardless, it benefits me, does it not?”

“I, I suppose so…”

In a sense, I was likely the first villain to establish a civilian fan club following the implementation of the relevant laws.
As long as they persisted while I continued engaging in terrorism, their influence would naturally grow.

‘The only issue is my inability to control them directly…’

But that would become a non-issue once I met them.

‘Eliminating the heroic hacker, and it obviously couldn’t be me, that leaves only one possibility.’

While I’m uncertain why a complete stranger would suddenly act in such an audacious manner, there was now only one eccentric individual capable of such brazen acts.

“Then we shall take our leave, Yeri.”

“Eh…? Al, already…?”

Ahn Yeri looked at me wistfully, as if disappointed by our impending departure.
While we had arrived early in the morning, over two hours had already passed. It was time to depart.

‘With a general sense of their identity, I should seek them out promptly.’

“My apologies for imposing without prior notice so early in the morning.”

“Oh, no, no…! I, I’m perfectly fine with it…!”

“Well, then…”

I nodded briefly in parting.

“I’ll come play another time.”

“O, okay…”

As Ga-yeon waved goodbye to Ahn Yeri,
Yeri responded with a faint, melancholic smile.

Woooong-

Through spatial translocation, Ga-yeon and I returned to my room.

“There. Arrived.”

Thanks to Ga-yeon’s spatial translocation, we had instantly returned to my room.

“Thank you, Ga-yeon.”

Grrrr… grrrr…

As I stroked her head in gratitude, she purred contentedly like a cat, evidently pleased.

Chuckling lightly, I withdrew my hand from her head and fetched a gray coat from the closet.

“Ga-yeon, I apologize, but would you mind accompanying me a bit longer?”

“A date?”

“…Something similar.”

“Okay.”

Well, since I would be seeking someone out, it could be considered a date of sorts if she tagged along, couldn’t it?

“By any chance, have you ever visited an arcade?”

“Arcade?”

Ga-yeon regarded me with a perplexed expression.

“Phew… that should stabilize things for now…”

Within a dimly lit room, devoid of any lighting.
A girl stared intently at her brightly illuminated monitor, then tapped the enter key and stretched.

“Damn bastards. What did I ever do to them to deserve all this harassment…?”

She had simply wished to experience fandom for the first time in her life.
And she had created the site to share that sentiment with others!

“Kicking up such a fuss just because I bent the law a little!”

This was precisely why she despised those stuffy, outdated heroes.

Grumbling, the girl noisily crunched on a piece of candy.

“Well, at least the defensive programs have been reconstructed, and the gallery’s traffic is stable… but the Maffia site’s traffic is hanging by a thread.”

The Maffia site’s traffic had abruptly surged following his recent act of terrorism.

‘It seems a large influx migrated here due to the Red Heroes’ downfall…’

In any case, this issue could be resolved by increasing the maximum allowable traffic.

Woooong- crackcrackcrack

Tap-tap-tap-tap

“Hmph… looks like I’ve handled everything. Time to go de-stress a bit?”

After addressing the major issues, the girl sprang from her chair and donned her coat.

“Let’s go~!”

Utterly oblivious to the events that awaited her.
Thus, she stepped out the door.