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A follower of the Satan Church who attacked the Academy, causing many casualties, and is also the Apostle of Jealousy.

The 12th appointed Apostle, who, despite being at the tail end in terms of attack power among the Apostles, was assigned the number 12. However, due to Jang Gil-yong’s immortality factor mixed into their body, they can regenerate even if their limbs are severed. They even find such pain pleasurable, making them a unique individual.

If we only consider attack power, they might be the 12th, but when factoring in defense power and overall combat ability, they might not be able to kill other Apostles, but they won’t be killed either.

While imprisoned in the Association’s underground prison, they attempted to escape with Lee Cheol-jin, who dreamed of breaking out, and Fox Mask, who accepted the proposal. They severed their limbs to remove the restraints, regenerated, freed other villains, and made a run for it. However, they were swiftly subdued by Jeong Ha-yul and her team, who were having tea at the Association at the time.

This incident marked Jeong Gyeoul’s unofficial debut. Eventually, with the help of Chronos, she successfully escaped.

“Ah… I want to catch and kill her, but she’s too fast!”

“Wow! She’s like a spider guy!”

“Amazing, if you move like that, you can get through quickly.”

“If there’s an Academy speedrun competition, she’d take first place!”

Jeong Gyeoul was toying with her. While fleeing, sweating profusely, a smiling lunatic chased after her, not breaking a sweat, as if she were out for a stroll.

Whenever the distance closed, she’d suddenly stop to tie her shoelaces or inspect the building’s structure. She even threw coins from her wallet, pretending to pick them up.

“Ah! Someone dropped money!”

Her acting was so obvious, and the 12th Apostle couldn’t help but get furious. Eventually, they gave up running and turned to shout at Jeong Gyeoul.

“Fuck! I don’t know who you are, but stop playing around and just kill me!”

“…Wow, you guys really don’t remember the harm you caused.”

Jeong Gyeoul, who had evacuated Lee Ha-yoon and Choi Ye-na and was captured by the 12th Apostle, once pretended to be friendly with them. Just when hope arose that she might escape, the 12th Apostle suddenly attacked, crushing her hopes.

The 12th Apostle knew Jeong Gyeoul’s true intentions but played along, toying with her. In a way, she was paying them back for what happened then.

But… both Fox Mask and the 12th Apostle seemed to have forgotten Jeong Gyeoul, as if they had conspired to do so.

“Why can’t you remember? You psychos, after doing something so extreme, it should stick in your memory!”

Jeong Gyeoul thought she had suffered the most, but in reality, they had already massacred administrative staff and brutally killed other female students. The Academy incident wasn’t their first.

For the 12th Apostle, it was just bad luck getting caught, and they couldn’t remember who they had tormented or played with.

“…Wait, are you?”

“Finally, you remember! Yes, I’m that…”

“That girl who threw away the note back then!”

“No, I’m not!”

“…?”

Jeong Gyeoul, mistaken for a D student she met while patrolling as a Student Council member, was bizarrely thought to be someone else, even after being killed by their own hand.

Indeed, it seemed villains were all mentally ill.

“…Well, there’s no sane person among villains, so just go quietly. I’m getting tired.”

“…I can’t go back there!”

Jeong Gyeoul knew the Satan Church’s leader was on the lowest floor, and the 12th Apostle liked the leader, so it should have been a fun time. But the 12th Apostle was jumping around, as if rushing to work.

Trembling, it seemed something had happened while the Association’s prison was distracted. But Jeong Gyeoul wasn’t curious.

“Whether you can’t go back or your neck turns, let’s try it.”

“…?”

The Apostle paused, not understanding, then angrily summoned their magic power.

“…Is my joke really that infuriating?”

After making a joke at the Association’s entrance, Jeong Gyeoul was already feeling down, so the Apostle’s reaction hit harder.

“…It’s sad, so let’s finish this quickly.”

As the 12th Apostle charged at Jeong Gyeoul, she timed her punch perfectly.

A light movement, like a cute tofu punch, or perhaps a honey punch, but it packed an incredible force.

Boom——

The counter hit the Apostle’s face as they charged. They had only summoned enough magic to counter, but Jeong Gyeoul’s punch, with the power of an S-Class Hero, was unstoppable.

“Long live the Queen Mother of the West.”

After eating the peach from the Queen Mother of the West, her magic color changed, and her body transformed.

“This is great, really great, but I can’t explain it.”

Her magic’s color changed, but the total amount didn’t increase, nor did the speed through her circuits. Yet, the results of her actions changed.

A light punch unleashed a Demon King Punch comparable to Jeong Ha-yul’s S-Class power, something the A-Class 12th Apostle couldn’t block.

And if an A-Class Apostle couldn’t block it, neither could the Academy’s buildings.

“Damn it…”

After carefully avoiding building collapses, one punch took down three buildings. Fortunately, the students were in shelters, so no lives were lost, but the Association’s wallet would take a hit, and Jeong Gyeoul’s ears would suffer from Kim Yu-shin’s nagging.

The Apostle’s face was gone, the Association’s money was gone, the Academy’s buildings were gone, and Kim Yu-shin would blow his lid. Plus, three buildings.

Truly a one-hit, seven-damage punch.

“But didn’t they say this power couldn’t be used in the middle realm?”

Jeong Gyeoul realized she had been tricked by the Queen Mother of the West but couldn’t get angry, as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had indeed lost his power and turned into a cat.

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“Hey, I caught the 12th Apostle…”

“…Why do you sound so gloomy?”

“I, no, the 12th Apostle accidentally, no, deliberately blew up three buildings?”

“…………….”

Anyway, it wasn’t me.

Really, it wasn’t me.

“Isn’t this the Association’s responsibility?”

“…Yes. For other heroes, we’d investigate whose fault it was, but since it’s Jeong Gyeoul, it’s in the contract.”

Come to think of it, I don’t know the details of my contract. I was bored and didn’t pay attention, just signed it.

But there was such a nice clause?

“Wow, who did such a nice thing?”

“Given Jeong Ha-yul’s case, Chairman Jeong Ho-min probably pushed for it.”

“…If you expose freebies, you’ll go bald. Ask if he’s trying to make me bald too.”

“Stop talking nonsense and just return.”

“Okay.”

Sadly, the Academy’s cafeteria ladies were also in shelters, so I couldn’t eat school food and had to return.

The Association will probably feed me, right?

Running around all day catching villains, if they don’t feed me, he’s really a tyrant.

“Lee Cheol-jin’s location is up.”

“….”

In both past and present lives, North Korea has never been helpful.

“Can’t I just eat first?”

“Given the proximity to the military demarcation line, it seems he’s trying to escape to North Korea. This could lead to national conflict, and ultimately, Jeong Gyeoul might have to cross over to catch him again…”

“I’ll go! I’ll go! I’ll go, okay!”

What’s so scary about North Korea, which collapsed because it couldn’t stop monsters? It’s just Jeong Ho-min and the MZ operator trying to mess with me.

But as an employee, I have to follow orders.

What can I do?

Even today, I have to pay for the three buildings the 12th Apostle blew up.

Not because I blew them up and have to repay, but because I’m restoring what the 12th Apostle destroyed, like a donation angel.

 

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