Chapter 5
In the blink of an eye, Jeong Ha-yul, who had been standing in front of him, completely vanished from his sight. She was nowhere to be seen, as if she had never existed in the first place.
“W-wait… no way.”
Just as Gunman turned his head back, suspecting something, he locked eyes with Jeong Ha-yul, who was standing right behind him, grinning widely.
“Hi.”
“AAAAAH!”
Jeong Ha-yul, who had appeared behind the villain, greeted him and simultaneously crushed his gun—no, his finger—with her grip.
As the villain trembled on the floor, she tapped him lightly and asked, “Where’s your friend?”
“Pfft! You think I’d tell you that?”
Dodging the spit that flew right in front of her face, Jeong Ha-yul tightened her grip.
“You won’t talk? That’s fine. I have ways to make you talk.”
“W-what are you trying to do?!”
“Raise your hand if you feel like talking.”
“This is illegal! Even villains have rights!”
“What are you talking about?”
Jeong Ha-yul began to apply pressure to his wrist, slowly, savoring the pain.
“AAAAAH!”
The indescribable pain of bones being crushed. His wrist was completely shattered at an agonizingly slow pace.
“You… I’ll sue you! According to the Hero Treaty, torture is prohibited!”
“You studied the treaty? Too bad. I’m an S-Class with a license to kill.”
“…An S-Class came to catch two C-Class villains? Stop talking nonsense!”
As if further conversation was unnecessary, Jeong Ha-yul’s hand moved toward his elbow.
Seeing the murderous glint in her eyes, Gunman felt a chilling wave of killing intent.
‘This isn’t a bluff… she’s really going to kill me. She’s going to kill me!’
Even if Jeong Ha-yul didn’t kill him, he would end up wishing she had.
Desperately, Gunman surrendered.
“I’m sorry! I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! Stop! Stop that hand!”
But Jeong Ha-yul didn’t seem interested in listening.
*Crack—*
“AAAAAH! I’ll talk!”
His arm, which was supposed to bend inward, now had the new ability to bend outward as well.
As Jeong Ha-yul lifted and shook his arm, Gunman’s body trembled uncontrollably.
“You’re holding up pretty well, huh?”
“You… crazy b*tch… I said I’ll talk…”
“You’ll talk? Then why didn’t you raise your hand?”
“…How… am I supposed to raise… a broken hand…?”
“You should at least try, right? I came all the way here.”
“You… psycho! You crazy b*tch!”
“You said you’d talk, but now you’re spouting nonsense? Next up, the ribs?”
Jeong Ha-yul smiled, her beautiful face ironically evoking immense terror.
A sight befitting the title of Demon King.
Struggling to speak, Gunman hastily revealed Kidnap’s destination, his finger twitching slightly upward.
“Kidnap went to the Baekwa Point clothing store!”
“You should’ve said that earlier. It would’ve saved us both time and pain.”
“N-now, hand me over to the police!”
“Sure.”
Nodding, Jeong Ha-yul crushed Gunman’s collarbone and ribs as well.
“AAAAAH! I told you!”
“I never said I’d let you go if you talked.”
After crumpling Gunman’s upper body like paper, she threw him toward the police at the entrance.
“Hero! The villain is… ugh! What the hell is that?!”
What the police saw was a grotesque figure crawling desperately, with both arms bent in opposite directions.
“She… she’s a monster…”
“I’ll go catch the kidnapper. Just a moment.”
Jeong Ha-yul disappeared from everyone’s sight in an instant, just as she had done earlier in front of Gunman.
Two people in a car watched her closely.
“…Did she bring me here just to show me that? So I wouldn’t dare mess with her.”
Jeong Gyeoul, trembling at the Demon King’s cruelty, and Baek Kang-woo, who quickly covered Gyeoul’s eyes.
“Gyeoul might’ve been the reason she didn’t spill blood, but… that was still too grotesque!”
About five minutes later, Kidnap, the villain, fell from the sky in a similar state.
Behind him, the kidnapped branch manager and Jeong Ha-yul landed gracefully.
“Can I go now?”
“Yes. Good work.”
After finishing her job, Jeong Ha-yul asked Jeong Ho-min out of courtesy and headed to the car before he could even respond.
“WAAAAAH!”
“Jeong Ha-yul! Jeong Ha-yul!”
“That’s amazing… she’s so damn pretty…”
“Guys! The Demon King has done it again! Huh? Go hit on her? I might die if I do! Don’t you see that villain? I can’t risk my life for just 500,000 won!”
The onlookers continued to chant Jeong Ha-yul’s name.
***
Jeong Ha-yul, who had turned two people into mush in an instant, got into the car.
“The villains were in decent shape today… I should clean up better next time. It doesn’t look good for Gyeoul.”
…Decent shape after turning someone into a cripple?
What does she usually do, then? Drain all their blood and chew on their intestines?
“…I tried to be as gentle as possible.”
“I know that well. It’s impressive that their limbs are still intact. But try harder, for Gyeoul’s sake.”
“Got it.”
Jeong Ha-yul’s eyes still carried a murderous glint.
I stared out the window more desperately than ever.
‘If I accidentally make eye contact, I might just die…’
At this point, I should be planning an escape rather than worrying about being kicked out of the house.
…
If I get caught, my body and soul might separate.
I thought I had escaped the wolf only to enter the tiger’s den when I chose Jeong Ha-yul.
But this… I’d rather live with the tiger in its den.
***
Eun-chae, left alone at home, picked out clothes for Jeong Ha-yul to wear tomorrow and picked up her smartphone.
Monitoring the celebrities she was in charge of during her free time was a virtue of a staff member. Even if the subject was a hero, the routine didn’t change.
[(Exclusive) Demon King Jeong Ha-yul spotted at Apgujeong H Bank. Shocking incident involving police. Netizens in shock.]
“What… what is this?!”
How long had it been since they left, and there was already a headline article on the main portal?
Eun-chae’s heart skipped a beat as she clicked on the article without hesitation.
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(Exclusive) Demon King Jeong Ha-yul spotted at Apgujeong H Bank. Shocking incident involving police. Netizens in shock.
Hero Daily = Reporter Kim Bit-na
At 8 PM on the 25th, Jeong Ha-yul was spotted among the police barricades in front of Apgujeong H Bank.
The cause was C-Class villains Gunman and Kidnap.
When the two villains took over the bank, Team Leader Jeong Ho-min of the Hero Association requested support from Hero Jeong Ha-yul.
Upon arrival, Jeong Ha-yul swiftly subdued the rampaging villains and boarded her car without looking back.
Netizens reacted with comments like, “She’s a role model for heroes,” “That’s a real hero,” and “Thanks to Jeong Ha-yul, I can sleep soundly.”
However, some criticized Jeong Ha-yul’s excessive force, arguing that even villains have rights.
There were even calls for the Hero Association to expel Jeong Ha-yul, highlighting the seriousness of the situation.
The actions of Jeong Ha-yul and the Hero Association are under close watch.
1082 comments.
-I really want to kill that troll.
-How can they call themselves journalists?
-Kim Bit-na has always been famous for trolling.
-I thought the police were called because of Jeong Ha-yul and got scared;
-Hero Daily should take the lead in expelling Kim Bit-na.
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Like the netizens, Eun-chae had also fallen for the troll article.
“This b*tch… can’t we sue her or something?”
Ever since refusing an interview with Hero Daily, these kinds of articles kept popping up.
They used clickbait titles and always ended with netizens, insiders, or experts criticizing Jeong Ha-yul.
“Is this even allowed in journalism?”
Eun-chae continued to search for articles, fuming with anger, when Jeong Ha-yul and the others returned home.
“Perfect timing, Ha-yul! Look at this!”
“What is it?”
“Hero Daily wrote another article like this. Shouldn’t we do something about it?”
“Just leave it. It’s not the first time.”
“…What if Gyeoul sees it?!”
At Eun-chae’s words, Jeong Ha-yul’s expression, which had been full of annoyance, changed completely.
“…Then we can’t let that happen.”
“Exactly! Let’s tell the company or the association to handle it somehow!”
“No, leave it. I’ll handle it myself.”
“You…?”
Eun-chae, who had never seen Jeong Ha-yul use her connections or reputation, was naturally puzzled.
‘How is she going to handle it alone?’
But there was a more pressing issue.
“What happened outside? Gyeoul looks… down.”
Jeong Gyeoul, noticeably sulking.
“…Maybe she saw something grotesque?”
“Did you go berserk again?”
“No, not that. The villain’s elbow was bent backward, and he was crawling like that.”
“That’s understandable…”
Meanwhile, Gyeoul was more devastated by the fact that there was no food left on the table.
‘My food… I had a bad feeling, but did they really throw it all away?’
She glared at Eun-chae, who had cleaned everything up while they were briefly away.
“Ha-yul… look at Gyeoul!”
Eun-chae’s quick judgment caught Gyeoul off guard.
‘…She’s going to tattle to Jeong Ha-yul right away!’
Gyeoul quickly put on an innocent expression before Jeong Ha-yul could look.
“Why?”
“Ah… she was really cute just now.”
“…?”
As soon as Jeong Ha-yul turned her head, Gyeoul glared at Eun-chae even more intensely.
“Now! Now! Ha-yul!”
“…What now?”
“Ah… she was really, really cute just now.”
“Unnie, are you teasing me now?”
*Hmph.*
As Jeong Ha-yul seemed to get angry at Eun-chae, Gyeoul smiled contentedly and hid behind Jeong Ha-yul’s legs.
‘My revenge for the food has already begun. Be prepared, Eun-chae.’
The little girl who had almost died of fear in the car on the way back was nowhere to be seen.
The influence of food on Jeong Gyeoul was beyond imagination.
