I Became a Police Officer in a Superhero Genre

In the face of this unprecedented situation – a sudden villain attack and kidnapping, lost powers – the girl named Mina trembled with a completely different kind of fear than she had felt until now.

It’s not that Mina had never had her life threatened while fighting supervillains before.
But those were dangers she faced because her own power was lacking, not like this where she trembled with helplessness because she couldn’t do anything at all.

The fear of powerlessness felt for the first time by a girl who had overwhelming power from the beginning. That fear made her not dare to think of doing anything, but.

Seeing the man with the bizarre mask and the spider-man not paying attention to Mina and looking outside the building as if waiting for someone, Mina was able to slightly ease her fear and think.

Having eased her fear, Mina first thought. Why did they kidnap me?

She wondered if they were people who had noticed her identity and were trying to take revenge, but the masked man’s gaze and the prepared camera seemed to be fixed elsewhere without any interest in Mina.

If so, then they have another purpose, but what is their purpose?

Money? If they intended to extort money by kidnapping her on purpose, there would be no reason to choose her. Because Mina has no family left now and no money.

Looking at the spider-man’s clothes, it seems to be the same religious group as those who tried to kidnap superpower users out of hatred as seen on the news yesterday, so perhaps they kidnapped Mina, who is a superpower user, to do something disgusting to her, but.

Thinking about this more, it’s strange too. If their purpose was really to harm her, it would make sense to kill her right away after bringing her to the construction site, not tying her up like this.

All of their actions don’t make sense. As Mina was pondering while chewing her lips, she realized the masked man’s purpose only after some time passed and she heard a familiar voice from outside.

“Yeah, I came alone, you bastard! Where did you put the kid! Let’s do this between adults, excluding the kid, you son of a bitch! I’m here! Do whatever you want, boil me or fry me!!”

A familiar voice. It was Detective Lee Mun-su’s voice.

Mina swallowed her breath at the dizziness that felt like her heart was falling to her toes.

Mina knew that as various incidents occurred, Detective Lee Mun-su became famous, and accordingly, the risk of being targeted by criminals who held grudges against him was high.

Then the reason she was kidnapped now is – bait for an attack by those seeking revenge on Detective Lee Mun-su.

“[He’s here.]”

The masked man was seen reacting and laughing softly when he heard Detective Lee Mun-su’s voice.

Mina’s heart trembled. Detective Lee Mun-su is certainly an excellent detective and a strong person, but he’s not at a level where he can do anything against that spider man.

The reason Mina fell victim to the syringe was partly due to her slight carelessness to protect the student behind her at the time, and partly because the spider man’s strength was much faster and stronger than Mina had expected.

At least – a monster with greater strength and speed than Sikgwi, whom she had fought before. There’s no way Detective Lee Mun-su could overcome such a terrifying superpower user.

Mina struggled and tried to untie the rope binding her arms. She mustn’t become a burden. If he comes up to the third floor of this construction building where she is, he will die.

Mina tried to untie and escape the rope somehow, even using her teeth, but failed.

Even as she was struggling, the sound of someone coming up could be clearly heard in the empty building. Mina could only make a tearful face as she heard the sound getting closer and closer every moment.

Because of me. He’s going to die because of me. Detective Lee Mun-su is going to die.

“No… No…!”

Please don’t come up. Just ignore me. Mina prayed inwardly, but contrary to her prayer, Detective Lee Mun-su arrived on the third floor.

“[Detective Lee Mun-su. This is a divine oracle. A trial from God has descended upon you. Accept this trial. And prove it with your death. That you are not a being worthy of God’s favor!]”

As soon as Detective Lee Mun-su arrived, the man activated the camera he had prepared and shouted in a voice tinged with joy.

A voice full of hostility and hatred towards Detective Lee Mun-su. Mina realized that this man would not stop no matter what happened.

The masked man, who was rejoicing as if killing him was the meaning of his life, suddenly injected a syringe filled with red liquid into the spider-man.

Mina didn’t know what was in that syringe, but seeing the spider-man change into a hideous appearance that could hardly be considered human, she was certain it wasn’t anything good.

A huge body that made the floor look cramped. A creature in the form of a spider with no human form remaining.

The power felt from that which should be called a spider monster rather than a spider-man was so strong that Mina was certain she couldn’t easily win even if she had her superpowers intact.

No. If a monster that was quick and strong enough to allow a syringe to be stabbed into her when she was careless has become even stronger, then, could she win?

.. Should I throw my body down to allow Detective Lee Mun-su to escape?

As Mina was rolling her eyes and pondering, the masked man threw Mina in front of Detective Lee Mun-su as if he wouldn’t allow such a thing.

Detective Lee Mun-su gritted his teeth and caught the thrown Mina. He stared at Mina’s face for a moment, then grinned with his characteristic tired face and put her on his back.

His hand gripping her legs tightly as if he would never let go. Mina felt she’d rather die, forgetting even the fear of powerlessness.

Detective Lee Mun-su has no intention of abandoning her at all. But if they stay like this, they will die.

In such a desperate situation, to think that she can only receive protection and can’t do anything…! Tears flow from frustration.

If only she hadn’t been careless, if only she hadn’t made a mistake, this wouldn’t have happened – while Mina was blaming herself, the monster started to move.

The spider monster, dripping secretions and wriggling its huge legs, was a creepy and disgusting sight, and was not a being that a helpless girl with tied arms and one detective could do anything about.

“[How foolish. Returning that girl was my consideration for you to use her as bait to extend your lowly life a bit longer. Don’t you know? How long do you think you can survive like that?]”

“[Is it because she’s a child you know that you hold her in your arms like that? Put down your stupid hypocrisy and act for yourself, Detective. Isn’t your life more important than the life of the worm behind you?]”

The masked man says. The ecstasy and madness felt in his voice.

He seemed intent on enjoying dropping him to rock bottom no matter what choice he made, filming Detective Lee Mun-su with the camera in his hand.

In front of such a masked man, Detective Lee Mun-su answered by making Mina put her arms around his neck and gripping her legs tightly.

Kwung!

Right after, a huge leg flies in. The leg that flew in at high speed was swung horizontally as if to destroy everything in its path, and even the building’s pillars crumbled like styrofoam in front of the spider’s leg.

Detective Lee Mun-su dodged that attack by a hair’s breadth even while carrying her on his back, but it seems he didn’t completely avoid it as blood started flowing from his head.

It’s dangerous. He’s really going to die. Detective Lee Mun-su is going to die. Mina tried to shout at him to abandon her and run away, but she couldn’t speak out due to the continuing attacks.

Detective Lee Mun-su managed to dodge all those attacks, but it looked more like that monster was playing with its caught prey rather than Detective Lee Mun-su dodging well.

Is there no way? Am I helpless to do anything but this? Mina tried to muster up courage with the single thought that she couldn’t let Detective Lee Mun-su die and was about to throw her body out the window, but.

“[Are you planning to keep carrying her? I looked into that child. An orphan, without any special powers, and it seems she doesn’t even diligently attend school.

What you might call a delinquent? Her reputation at school is bad too. There’s even been a report of school violence. For such a child – should the renowned Detective die?]”

At the masked man’s next words, Mina felt her head go completely blank.

Those words weren’t lies. Mina had actually been disciplined for school violence at school. But that was an accident that happened when she stepped forward to save a friend who was being bullied.

Mina had only pushed lightly, but the perpetrator became the victim. People only saw that incident and didn’t listen to Mina’s words, so her reputation worsened,

And the fact that she was frequently late due to hero work was also exposed, so Mina was branded as a delinquent student and became an outcast at school.

Mina had actually been late frequently and accepted the disciplinary action quietly because she acknowledged that she had made mistakes, but she hadn’t told Detective Lee Mun-su this story.

As New Hope, she had made too many mistakes, but she wanted him to think that Mina, who wasn’t New Hope, was a proper person.

She had been hiding what happened at school for fear that Detective Lee Mun-su might be disappointed in her like other people.

No, all the above words are excuses. Mina simply didn’t want to expose the lowly kid who had nothing good about her except for the power of superpowers.

But to think that what she wanted to hide was revealed through the mouth of such a man. Mina was at a loss what to do out of fear.

“De-Detective……”

The girl felt her body trembling as she looked at the back of Detective Lee Mun-su’s head. What kind of face is he making? Mina wanted to check his face somehow, but.

Detective Lee Mun-su was just catching his breath with his gaze fixed forward without saying anything.

“[Are you not going to say anything?]”

“That’s right. You’re asking if I have anything to say.”

Lee Mun-su opens his mouth. Mina closed her eyes tightly. Because she was afraid of what he would say.

Feeling that tears wouldn’t stop as if it had been exposed that the incompetent, pathetic, and failed kid was hiding behind the hero’s mask. But-

“I have one thing. Everything you say is stupid.

You say you investigated this kid? Looks like you really did a sloppy investigation! School violence report? Yes! She got one! For fighting to save kids being bullied by delinquent bastards!”

He said he had been watching her, Mina, all along.

“Of course you wouldn’t know! You gather people while crying out for God and doing nothing yourself, and hating superpower users,

and when that’s not enough, you turn powerless people into monsters like that and use them? Don’t think about God’s whatever! It’s just that you’re incompetent! Unlike this little one!!”

He told her that she was a capable person.

“Don’t look down on this kid! She’s a much more wonderful person than someone like you! Even if she makes mistakes and does wrong! She tries to overcome it herself! She has guts!

I’m saying she’s not someone to be underestimated by a bastard like you who just babbles fancy words and does nothing!”

He… said she could do it.

Mina felt an indescribable heat in her chest along with tears welling up from inside.

“[-Enough. The plan is canceled. Kill him.]”

The masked man threw away the camera he was holding, his voice tinged with anger at Detective Lee Mun-su’s words. And at the same time, Lee Mun-su threw Mina into a hole that had appeared in the floor.

Lee Mun-su’s eyes met Mina’s. He was looking at the falling Mina with a face of genuine relief.

There was no fear or worry about the monster approaching from behind in those eyes.
The eyes that Detective Lee Mun-su had always shown when looking at her from before.

Seeing those eyes, Mina realized. That person has been – watching over me all along. He had been protecting me. He was, that kind of adult.

At the same time as Mina gained this realization, her body fell to the second floor with a thud.

The floor was a mess, but there was no pain. The unknown heat filling her chest and the sound of her heartbeat seemed to block Mina’s ears so that she didn’t even know what hurt.

Mina thought. She had wondered since she was young. Why was she born with such power?

Because she was chosen? Don’t be ridiculous. She couldn’t even protect her family. She couldn’t even properly protect people.

The girl berated herself that her life had been nothing but a series of failures. She couldn’t even see the path she should take and couldn’t even grasp how to proceed.

But she realized there was someone who had believed in her. She learned that the one she most wanted to give trust to had actually been believing in her all along.

Knowing this, even the fear coming from the powerless helplessness that had been pressing down on her until just now felt like nothing to Mina.

As much as those negative emotions disappeared, an indescribable emotion filled Mina, an emotion that made her feel like nothing else mattered.
A warm, tickling emotion that gave a burning pain to her heart.

Although it couldn’t be expressed with simple words like joy or happiness, Mina couldn’t quite know the word to describe this.

She was curious what this was. But rather than pursuing that question, Mina clenched her fists and lowered her body.

Then, as if burning away what had been blocking her power until now, heat rose up inside Mina and at the same time, the wounds on her body started to disappear.
The rope restraining her arms broke helplessly. Mina instinctively felt that her power had returned. No, it was more than that.

She knows what to do. It’s just doing what she has been doing until now. But if there’s a difference from usual – there’s no hesitation in Mina.

Feeling a strength burning inside her stronger than she had ever felt before, Mina released her power as she kicked off the ground.

Kwung!

Shot like a cannonball, Mina punched through the second floor ceiling to reach above.
Without hesitation, Mina pushed the spider monster that was attacking Detective Lee Mun-su on the third floor with all her might, blowing it away beyond the building’s roof.

“—Kiaaak!!!!!”

Even though the spider monster flew up to the blue sky, smashing through the building’s roof and walls, it was still fine and rushed at Mina, swinging its spider legs along with its fangs.

Its strength is similar to Sikgwi’s but its toughness is beyond that. It seemed that way thanks to its body being protected by the exoskeleton that arthropods have, despite having the outward appearance of a spider.

The Mina from before, at least from a few hours ago, wouldn’t have been able to easily blow this away.
But – not now.
Mina clenched her fist. If it doesn’t fall with one blow, then just hit it with even greater force until it’s smashed.

She swings her fist. She strikes down the flying legs as if to destroy them, smashes the fangs, and plunges her fist with all her might into the spider monster’s body.

Hit. Hit. Hit.

The girl’s fists left afterimages and drew lines, and even her body started to make creaking sounds as if reaching its limit in speed and power, but Mina doesn’t stop,
If there’s a limit, surpass it, don’t give up even if it’s impossible. Because I have – a reason I can’t give up!!!!

“Ki, kiaaak?! Kuaaaaaak!!!”

The spider monster screams in pain. Its hard exoskeleton soon couldn’t withstand the girl’s fists and cracked, and seeing this, Mina struck with all her might and threw the spider monster into the construction site’s empty lot.

Kwang! With a sound like a bomb exploding, the spider monster embedded in the ground twitches, but couldn’t move any more than that. After confirming this, Mina hurriedly headed to the third floor.

She succeeded in shaking off the spider monster that was pouncing on Lee Mun-su, but she was worried because she didn’t know what state he was in-

No honestly, rather than being worried about his condition, the reason for this urgency now is probably that she has something she can’t bear not to tell him.

Happy to be acknowledged, unable to bear it. She took a deep breath from a different kind of heat than before and jumped up to the third floor in one go.

Reaching the third floor, Mina saw Detective Lee Mun-su searching the unconscious masked man’s person in front of him.

For a moment, he was furrowing his brow as if puzzled while looking at a syringe containing the white liquid that had temporarily disabled Mina’s superpower,

and Mina told Detective Lee Mun-su what she knew about the dangerous drug in case he might touch it wrongly.

“- Be careful. The drug in that syringe seems to be something that temporarily disables superpowers. It worked on me too. I don’t know what would happen if it’s injected into ordinary people, but it definitely wouldn’t be good.”

“What? No way. There’s such a thing?”

He shouted in shock upon hearing about the drug’s effect, but Mina couldn’t open her mouth to say anything other than affirm it because she only knew about the drug’s effect from experiencing it directly.

But that wasn’t what was important to Mina right now. Detective Lee Mun-su pondered deeply for a moment, then as if realizing something was strange, he turned his head with a creak.

Detective Lee Mun-su’s eyes met Mina’s again. He looked Mina up and down with trembling eyes.

Her current state was at a level where anyone who had seen the battle just now would be able to recognize that she was a superpower user.

Until now, he had never brought it up separately as if being considerate of the girl, even though he knew she was a superpower user from seeing her red eyes.

But seeing the power Mina just showed, he would inevitably think of New Hope even if he didn’t want to.

With his personality, he must have been pretending not to know on purpose. No, he certainly knew her identity but didn’t open his mouth out of consideration for her.
But now Mina intended to directly tell him about her identity regardless of whether he pretended not to know.

Because she had gained confidence in herself that she was no longer a kid who couldn’t do anything.

Reveal her identity and fight together with the threats he faces. Even if he refuses, she will stubbornly find out by acting shamelessly, saying didn’t he say he believed in her.

She will absolutely not let him fight alone. That was the only will filling Mina’s heart right now.

“Um, Detective… I’m actually……”

Just as she was about to say that New Hope was actually her. Mina’s senses noticed that Detective Lee Mun-su’s condition was strange.

His breathing is rapid and his temperature is high. His heartbeat is irregular and his muscle reactions are strange too. And that hand.

When she broke through the second floor ceiling and came up, Mina had seen him block the spider monster’s attack with the cast on his hand, and perhaps because of that, one of Detective Lee Mun-su’s hands was turning purple.

“De-Detective?”

Right after, Detective Lee Mun-su loses consciousness and collapses.

His heartbeat decreasing moment by moment. It’s dangerous. He will die if he stays like this. Mina realized that now was not the time for her to hesitate about revealing her identity.

I mustn’t get the order wrong. Mina immediately put him on her back and ran to the nearest hospital. Hearing police car sirens in the distance, Mina gritted her teeth.