I Became the Academy’s Kibitz Villain

The people of the world had one question.

The four executives of the Secret Society.

Originally, they didn’t intend to use such nicknames, but the Korean government named them after the four evil creatures from Chinese mythology.

Gunggi.

Doul.

Docheol.

Chaos.

Were these four S-class villains suddenly created?

Were they suddenly made into S-class ability users by the secret organization known as the Secret Society?

Some of them were originally S-class ability users, and some started as B-class and grew stronger until they reached S-class, but none of them appeared out of nowhere as S-class.

In other words, they had a history as humans.

Although that history had been erased and disappeared at some point, they were undoubtedly people of this world, born after the year 2000.

Their names and aliases, everything they had before they died, had vanished and left no trace, but they remained in people’s memories.

Hyeon Se-rin was one of them.

There were people who remembered this S-class ability user, Doul Hyeon Se-rin, also known in Northern Europe as ‘Fenrir.’

And there was a problem that arose between people’s memories and the existence of the Secret Society’s Doul.

-“Fenrir, wasn’t she dead?”

The fact that a dead person was walking around alive.

Some might think this:

The government must have covered up their death!

Or, just before death, the Secret Society took them and revived them!

Or, they truly died, but now they’ve come back, saying they never actually experienced death!

However, those who witnessed their deaths thought differently.

Hyeon Se-rin did, in fact, die.

The government covered up the information because the target was dead, erasing all data about them.

They mobilized every method to confirm the kill.

They didn’t leave even the corpse behind, completely erasing it from the surface.

It was not that someone else wearing Fenrir’s dead skin was born with the name Doul - Hyeon Se-rin.

No, it was the dead brought back to life.

Resurrection of the dead.

And this woman, the Thunder Emperor Kim Yoon-ji, claimed to have witnessed Hyeon Se-rin’s death.

So it was only natural for her to feel strange.

No matter how much she looked at it, this person using Fenrir’s powers was alive and well, moving around.

Many possibilities could be considered, but it seemed the Thunder Emperor was keeping the possibility of a “resurrection” in mind.

[So you’re saying that under the condition of cooperating with the Secret Society, they’ll revive you when you die?]

“That’s right.”

[Why?]

“…Because I want to personally resolve the issues happening in the world beyond the garden, even if I’m dead.”

It seemed this woman had had some kind of awakening in a place we were unaware of.

Not everyone had a great spiritual awakening only in places where I could see them or know them.

There were times when they awakened and realized things on their own, in places I couldn’t witness.

This was one of those times.

“Is it possible?”

[Why do you think you were brought back from the dead?]

I bluffed slightly.

[Sorry, but the Doul standing there is not who you think they are.]

“What…?”

[Our Secret Society is a villain organization. We will use any means necessary for world peace.]

Hyeon Se-rin looked at me with questioning eyes, but I suppressed her doubts with my gaze.

Trust me.

Hyeon Se-rin may know more about this woman than I did, but I had the knowledge of a reader.

The Thunder Emperor was a logical type.

You had to approach her with logic, not emotion.

[Doul is actually a clone.]

“…What?”

Kim Yoon-ji’s mouth opened in shock, and Hyeon Se-rin’s eyes widened.

“A clone…?”

[Yes. A copy created from the original. Not the real Fenrir. They were cloned based on the genes the Secret Society secured from Fenrir before his death.]

“The Secret Society has the technology to create S-class ability users…”

[That’s right.]

I didn’t lie.

Cloning technology existed, but the Chief didn’t use it. Instead, they were researching artificial bodies capable of holding the souls of the dead.

Although it took 10 months to produce and there was no guarantee an S-class will result, the Secret Society had long since secured the technology to create S-class ability users.

[It seems you’re thinking of a necromancer, someone who raises the dead, but unfortunately…]

I didn’t deny it.

I just expressed my regret.

[So even if you die, reviving Kim Yoon-ji as a puppet of the Secret Society with necromancy is impossible.]

“……”

[It’s unfortunate. Whether you’re sincere or not, the Secret Society can’t grant your wish.]

At least not for now.

[What will you do? Will you still cooperate with the Secret Society? All we can do is use Kim Yoon-ji while you’re alive for the benefit of the Secret Society, and when you’re dead, create a clone to continue serving our will.]

With a slight hint of threat, I pressed the Thunder Emperor.

Even with such threats and the manipulation of truth, if she still wanted to join hands with the Secret Society…

By now, there must already be a black dot in her thoughts, which once resembled a white canvas.

The hatred toward the nation and the collapse of trust must be slowly spreading like ink on that canvas.

[If you still want to cooperate, I can lend you the Goblin’s mask. However, when it comes to the target-]

“There’s a condition.”

[…Huh?]

“If my clone is created, make sure that it dies… for this country.”

There was no hesitation in Kim Yoon-ji’s eyes.

“I am an S-class hero of this country. While I am alive, it’s only natural that I live for the nation in the light, and even after I die, I want to continue living for the nation, even as a clone.”

[What has this country ever done for you? Hasn’t it always hidden its dirty shadows from you and made you look forward?]

“It’s not about what the country has done for me. It’s just…”

Kim Yoon-ji placed her right hand over her left chest.

“I simply want to do something for this country. If up until now, I’ve walked the path of a ‘righteous hero,’ from now on, it will be different.”

[Do you have a rough plan? Borrowing the Goblin’s mask and killing villains, is that your method?]

“That’s right. If I merely subdue them, they’ll end up in the execution squad. I think it’s better to cleanly die rather than become a killing machine while alive.”

[That’s a difficult mindset to understand.]

At my words, Hyeon Se-rin also slightly nodded.

While I knew information that Hyeon Se-rin didn’t, Hyeon Se-rin was somewhat familiar with Kim Yoon-ji and was curious about why she suddenly became so gray.

Just because someone who was in a flower garden saw the dirty mud, it didn’rt mean they’d willingly crawl into that mud to clean it up.

[Tell me your true motive. The reason for all of this. Something that both I and Doul can accept.]

“…Saying that I’ve seen the abyss might not be convincing enough. Fine. I’ll give you an answer with this.”

Crackle.

Kim Yoon-ji placed her hand on Nut Crusher’s corpse and summoned her magic.

Both Hyeon Se-rin and I silently watched her actions, and soon we realized what she was trying to do with her abilities.

Crackle.

Nut Crusher’s body began to wither.

At the same time, it started to deform, and soon the stench of decay and burning began to waft out.

[Really, if you’re going to do something like this, give me a warning first.]

Hyeon Se-rin waved her hand lightly, causing the gas emanating from Nut Crusher’s body to gather in one spot.

As I watched her use wind to isolate the stench, Kim Yoon-ji channeled more magic into her hands.

And soon, that magic revealed its effect.

Whoosh.

With black smoke, the sound of something melting from the inside could be heard.

It was the sound of the components making up a human body completely disintegrating. The corpse was no longer a corpse but something burnt away from the inside by electricity and magic.

Like smashing a walnut with a hammer, Nut Crusher disappeared into a handful of ashes.

[What are you doing?]

“Just making sure the body isn’t desecrated.”

Kim Yoon-ji withdrew her hand, looking satisfied as if she had completed her task.

“Hwalbindang sent me some documents. They’ve been destroyed now, but the information was true. After seeing it, I decided to borrow the Goblin’s mask.”

[What was it?]

“It might be disgusting…”

[I’ve seen plenty of disgusting things already.]

Even in Thailand, that was the case.

[I’ve seen the dark side of the world for a long time. The abyss you’re thinking of might be the gateway to hell. Tell me, which hell are you talking about?]

“…The process of handling the corpses of villains who weren’t executed. Villains who don’t go to prison but disappear without a trace. Among them, Hwalbindang confirmed that someone was stealing the bones of ability users.”

[Did they make mana powder with it?]

“…It would’ve been better if they ground it into powder and consumed it as medicine.”

Kim Yoon-ji frowned as she continued.

“They boiled villain soup.”

[…….]

“They claimed it was good for the body, that consuming mana powder would increase the chances of giving birth to an ability user. They used the bones of dead villains…”

To birth ability users.

“There were crazy people boiling the bones of dead ability users and eating it like dog stew.”