I Became the Academy’s Kibitz Villain

At that moment, at the Sejong Island headquarters.

“Team leader, we’ve lost all internal mana response. It seems the assailant has disappeared.”

In a dark room, filled only with the light from a blue monitor screen, people in white uniforms diligently collected and organized data in front of computers. Among them, a black-haired man in a slightly different white uniform pushed up his glasses with a scowl.

“Darn it….”

Even though his impression was irritable and sharp, his scowling expression made everyone afraid to approach him.

The name on his badge was ‘Poong Baek’.

“What’s the identity of the attacker?”

“We…we.”

“You still haven’t confirmed? What about the analysis of the magic patterns? The CCTV?”

“It was all destroyed just before transmission. As you know, due to the facility’s closure before data could be transferred…”

“So, you’re telling me we’re blind and helpless?”

Poong Baek let out a scornful laugh as if it was absurd.

“Our facility, where the demon test subject was kept, was attacked! All the employees inside lost their life signals! And yet, all I hear is ‘We don’t know’, ‘We lack information’, ‘We’re confirming’?”

Poong Baek raised his voice and banged his fist on the table.

“When did such incompetent people become members of the ‘Gwan’? Huh? How can you sit here, collecting a salary of 3,000,000 a month, when you can’t even properly identify an intruder!”

“Mr. Poong Baek, this is just a speculation, but…”

“What is it?”

“…Could it be the Goblin?”

“……Oh?”

At his subordinate’s words, Poong Baek’s eyes twinkled.

“So, the only one who can completely block this flow of information is the Goblin?”

“Yes. Ironically, only the Goblin can hide their identity to this extent.”

“The basis?”

“The fact that the attack happened out of the blue without any response from the intruder, the researchers were all annihilated before they could even send out an emergency signal, and the head researcher only managed to activate the facility destruction and flooding protocols.”

“Hmm….”

Poong Baek stroked his chin and twisted the corner of his mouth.

“But that’s odd. If I know that Goblin, he should have prevented the facility from collapsing altogether. Even if the Goblin annihilates all the villains, they don’t act this clumsily.”

Poong Baek continuously shook his head.

“If it’s the guy I know, he would’ve killed our researchers before pressing the self-destruct button. If he purely attacked the research facility, it shouldn’t be self-destructing. Only the life signals of people should be lost.”

“Could it be someone else who intruded?”

“Someone else…?”

“Yes. That recent organization who challenged us…”

“Ah, those Hwalbindang guys?”

Poong Baek slumped into his chair with a serious face.

“A coincidental intrusion of a Hwalbindang member and the Goblin? Is there such a coincidence in the world?”

“But if not, can we explain the current situation?”

“It feels a bit too convenient, but… tsk.”

Poong Baek threw his hands up in the air.

“Darn it. Let it be. Start monitoring the community. Report and block any content related to demons immediately, and spread rumors that Hwalbindang is using a demon to plot something.”

“Understood!”

His subordinates all began typing on their keyboards at once, and Poong Baek, watching their backs, muttered under his breath.

“… Those without abilities should at least be useful for this. Tsk.”

In a small voice that no one could hear.

“Sigh. I need to ‘enlighten’ those who have yet to awaken.”

No one could hear his voice.

I made my way out of the underground facility through an emergency escape route similar to a long undersea passage.

Clunk.

After laying the unconscious Mattluk on the beach, I checked if he was, by any chance, drowned.

‘No need for CPR or artificial respiration.’

An S-class superhuman could survive without breathing underwater.

It depended on the degree of magic. In my case, I could hold out for about 30 minutes without an oxygen tank.

After all, I was a superhuman. It’s not like I’m fully submerged in water and unable to get out forever, but momentarily dipping in and out. Would that be impossible?

‘I don’t have a Taeguk Watch, so I can’t tell the exact location, but it’s definitely Sejong Island.’

The appearance of the terrain, the remnants of magic sensed in the surroundings, and even the soldiers roaming around.

Most likely, without a doubt, we had come out in a restricted area where general access was prohibited.

In other words, it was clear that Mattluk had invaded through the sea.

‘Was it a coincidence that our timing overlapped?’

Did he really attack the Demon Seed Laboratory coincidentally at the same time as me?

There must be something.

If there was nothing, that would be strange.

To find that out, I needed to wake Mattluk-

[Hmm.]

I checked Mattluk’s water-soaked body up and down.

Despite being damp from seawater, his physique was considerably smaller than I expected.

Fortunately or unfortunately, it seemed that it was not what I thought.

‘He’s a man.’

When I momentarily touched his shoulder, it felt pretty slender, so I had thought he was a woman, but looking at his soaked upper body, it seems that’s not the case.

‘Poor guy.’

Among men, there were often those who made you wonder, ‘Why is this a man’ due to their physique.

Mattluk seemed to be similar.

He has the kind of figure that, if he posted cross-dressing photos or just pictures, those dangerous folks up there might like them.

I hadn’t confirmed it with my own eyes and simply judged based on the fit of his clothes, but it was surely not wrong.

‘His voice is like that, his actions and speech are like that, and his hair is even on the short side.’

I wondered if this is the so-called tomboy trend these days.

Of course, whether a man or a woman, gender didn’t matter.

Gender was not an especially important issue for our Association.

What was important was ability and character.

And if they could properly follow the directives from above in our world conquest.

[If you’re considering joining the Association, contact us.]

I took out a business card and then whispered a quiet message to it.

[If you want to join the Association, send an email to the address on the business card. Then someone from the Association will find you.]

Yi Maemangryang, special agent, Goblin.

Even if it was not an official email, having a line of contact with the Association could become a problem later. However, the Association wasn’t the kind of organization to fall for pranks using the email address listed on the business card.

[If Hwalbindang messes with the email address on the business card, then I’ll go and smash Hwalbindang.]

He was still unconscious, but it seemed like he’d come around soon, so it was time to step back.

[Remember this. Whether it’s Hwalbindang or whatever, I’ll kill all the villains that pose a threat to world peace.]

I left the business card next to Mattluk.

And if someone asked, ‘What about the association?’

‘The association’s goal isn’t to threaten world peace, but to conquer the world.’

Though it sounded similar, these were emphatically different things.

[There are too many evil people in the world.]

The leader didn’t create the Association with just clumsy ambitions.

[I will become the king of the Earth and ensure there are no more wars on this planet.]

If Hwalbindang was the one who interfered with the world that the leader was creating?

Next time, it wouldn’t be the devil’s lab being destroyed, but Hwalbindang.

[Well then.]

“Cough, cough…!”

I moved away from Mattluk, who was beginning to come around with a cough and left the area.

A little later.

“……Cough.”

Mattluk, who barely regained consciousness, pressed his hand against his face.

“…?!”

The mask was on.

And he was looking up at a night sky full of stars.

“What, what is this…?”

Mattluk recalled the situation before he passed out.

Water was seeping through the tunnel he had infiltrated, and a strong shock came from behind, causing him to faint.

He had no memory of what happened after.

He could only understand from the circumstances in which he now found himself.

“What’s this…?”

A black business card was placed next to him.

It was one with gold letters, which was undoubtedly Goblin’s.

[Later….]

“Hic…?”

He heard the Goblin’s voice.

Perhaps the voice in the business card was left with a mana-imbued sound, but the Goblin had left a proposal and a warning in a serious voice.

A proposal to join the Association.

And a warning that they would not be lenient if there was interference next time.

“…I can’t do that.”

Mattluk got up and tidied her clothes.

“…….”

Click.

As she took off her mask along with her hat, Mattluk shook the wet strands of hair off her head and took a deep breath.

“…uh.”

The maskless Mattluk was a rather delicate-looking-

“They wouldn’t have done anything weird…?”

Woman.

Beep-beep.

A sound began to ring from Mattluk’s wrist.

Mattluk quickly grabbed her wrist, then carefully operated a smartwatch similar to a Taegeuk Watch.

[Are you okay? What happened?]

“Ah, Captain.”

Over the small screen of the smartwatch, a dark-skinned man wearing sunglasses showed himself.

“…I missed the target. Goblin showed up first.”

[What? Goblin?]

“Yes. The situation is….”

Mattluk quickly informed the man of what she had experienced.

[I see.]

The man with sunglasses swept his bald head with his hand.

[Return to your position. And until further instructions, keep doing your duties as a ‘student’.]

“I understand. But…is it okay? I couldn’t secure any evidence.”

[It’s okay.]

The bald, black man gave a thumbs-up.

[Our goal was to make contact with Goblin.]

“…What? Wait a minute, Captain, that’s different from what I knew?”

[I’m sorry. I deceived you.]

“…….”

[Goblin is the one who fits our Hwalbindang. I will teach you the real mission. From now on, you must bring Goblin to our Hwalbindang by any means necessary. If Goblin stands by us…]

The man, ‘Hong Gildong’, smiled, revealing his white teeth.

[It will be a great help in creating Yuldoguk, a country where no discrimination is made due to dark skin, a country where mixed race people can live as citizens of this country.]

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