A hero becomes an obsessed villain - Episode 287
"Write it..."
Busan, sky with waves over the sea.
There, with Lee Seol-ah in my arms, I clicked my tongue and looked toward the sky..
"My heart feels grand..."
A fantastic collaboration filled with rough waves and whirlwinds..
Now, there was even a swirling whirlpool on the other side of the sea, and I was starting to get confused as to whether this was Busan or the Caribbean Bay. It’s cool in Korea today too, everyone..
"It's all... Mr. Egostick. came?"
And Lee Seol-ah, smiling while being held in front of me.
I smiled and opened my mouth at her, who was rubbing her long light blue hair against my chest..
"Yes Mr. Icicle. what were you doing?"
"Can't you tell when you see it? I was preventing terrorism.."
She smiled and answered my words as if it was natural..
...This situation, where a villain is having a friendly conversation with a hero in the air, may seem absurd, but in fact, there have already been quite a few similar situations in Stardust, so it feels quite familiar. I didn't even bring a camera anyway, so I don't care what others think..
Anyway, with that in mind, I let go of Icicle for a moment and looked at the situation..
Kugugoogung Palace-
The situation didn't look very good on the surface..
It started raining in the sky, and there was even lightning. There, the sea seemed to be filled with eddies, whirlpools, tsunamis, and all other water-related disasters. From the outside it looks almost like a scene of destruction in Busan..
...However, if you look closely. If I looked closely at the situation without being scared by the overwhelming visuals, I could see something..
Contrary to the bloody visuals, all these disasters are not really destroying the city..
Things like whirlpools, whirlwinds, and storms.
They were all hovering over the sea with tremendous force, but they were not particularly heading towards the city. The tsunami was blocked and only hit the coastline..
Of course, I don't know how long that will last, but that's the way it is for now..
From what I saw at the scene, I was able to roughly guess why Ariel did this..
'...Is it a demonstration of force??'
Last time Ariel asked me to join the Egostream, I refused because she was weak..
...And I thought I had given up because I was so depressed at that time, but it seems I wasn't. Seeing it come back as a surprise like this.
Perhaps this terrorist attack was carried out to prove to me that I am strong. In particular, unlike terrorist attacks on a bloody scale that do not cause casualties, according to my style, when I look at passive attacks that do not occur,.
Yes, you can find out by talking to Ariel above the sea. I think it might stop if I say a few more words..
However, that was no longer a problem for me..
Rather, I had other thoughts..
"Ha, Mr. Egostick. how is it? Shall we go together to end it now??"
on the rainy sea.
That's what I thought as I saw Icicle looking up at me while making ice to dry the wet t-shirt that was sticking to his clothes..
Lee Seol-ah.
His nickname is A-level hero Icicle..
The president of Yuseong Group, the largest conglomerate in Korea, and Stardus' best friend. And even in the original work, there is a dark side that still rules Korea from behind..
Unlike the overwhelming image of the latter, who took control of the political and financial world and shook it up, playing with a country..
In fact, her heroic abilities were quite lacking compared to other A-class members..
Unlike Stardust, who was so strong that she was upgraded to an S-class hero on her own, and Shadow Walker, who only shows abilities beyond S-class during the night... she is only A-class with an ordinary ice creation ability. Therefore, she did not show much success as a hero in her original work. Even she thought of her own abilities as a means of self-promotion..
However, in the original work, a huge crisis came to the hero Icicle..
This is a disaster created by the Bank of Korea. A critical situation occurred where Behemoth had to be defeated..
A giant black earthworm-like thing created by the Bank of Korea through biological experiments. In the original, after destroying Seoul alone, the monster went straight to North Korea and entrenched himself there..
In response to the huge protests, threats, and signs of war from North Korea, who were angry that the shit you made had crossed the border and ruined our land, Lee Seol-ah ended up going as a representative to kill the monster who had settled in North Korea. Because that monster was weak to water. The logic is that she, who can make ice, is not a bad match... In fact, Stardust was busy at the time and Shadow Walker threatened the North never to come..
Anyway, that was the biggest crisis of Lee Seol-ah's life. Unlike before, when he solved everything with his head, he had to overcome the situation purely with his own abilities..
Still, in the end, she succeeded in winning by using 100% of her power in the battle with the monster..
In the process, it created an incredible sight that completely froze the entire sea near the area, and from then on, it was nicknamed the North Sea Ice Woman..
The defeat of Behemoth was the only growth episode for Lee Seol-ah as the hero Icyclo in the original work..
...Of course, this only happened in the original. I destroyed the bridge and killed the behemoth by making it fall into the Han River, so I no longer have anything to do with North Korea. As a result, Icicle was given the nickname North Sea Ice Girl and the opportunity to develop her abilities was lost..
So, actually, I was a little uncomfortable with this part, but I endured it because it wasn't urgent to improve Icicle's abilities right away. She thought about just taking care of Icicle after she retired, but then there was another child in Phase 4 that I needed to take care of separately..
I thought Icicle would just pass over without any growth opportunities....
what? It looks like this?
"...Why are you staring so hard??"
As I quietly looked down at Seol-ah Lee and thought about that,.
Seol-ah Lee must have felt burdened by my gaze, and turned her head slightly, covering her body with her arms crossed, with her ears turning slightly red. No, that's not it... what happened?.
"Mr. Icicle."
"...yes?"
Looking at the stormy sea like that, I smiled and said to her.
When she saw me smiling like that, she seemed to feel something ominous and trembled slightly..
I held her shoulder, pointed to the tsunami, and whispered to her:.
"I'll try to convince that villain... but before that, how about Mr. Icicle stop all those waves and whirlpools??"
"...Haha, ego stick..? What does that mean? All you have to do is teleport... No, Mr. Dain. how do i stop that."
"How do you stop it? You can just freeze it all.."
"...? No, yes? I'm going to freeze that thing.?"
"yes. When I thought about this opportunity, it seemed like the best opportunity to grow Icicle. Look over there."
After reminding Lee Seol-ah that the tsunami would not have much of an effect on the city center, I patted her on the back and said,.
"ruler! Icicle Fighting!"
"...Mr. Dain! Wait a minute, I'm not Stardust... No, egostick.!!!"
I teleported like that and escaped from Lee Seol-ah, who was trying to grab me from behind..
So the place I moved to was the sky above.
Among them, it was a place where a huge storm was raging..
Just by looking at it, I think Ariel is there..
"...It would be better to know the location in advance.?"
With that thought in mind, I was flying around.
...Out of the corner of my eye, I looked at Icicle groaning below me..
***
"Holy shit...."
Sea in front of Busan.
Lee Seol-ah was walking towards the waves, her light blue hair buried in the sea, as if she were an ice queen who had seen the ice there when she was a child..
...How do I freeze this? Perhaps because Dain only played with Starders, he mistakenly thought that all heroes had the same abilities. In the first place, I never heard of a hero whose abilities grow, other than Stardust, so I wonder if this will work?..!
As a smart businesswoman, she was good at objectifying herself, so she knew her own limitations. There's no way she could do this.
She had a devastated expression on her face as she looked at the water drops crashing in front of her..
'...Icicle Fighting!'
I was slightly shaken as I imagined Da-in cheering me on with an expression of firm belief that she could do it..
...okay. Still, it was said by the ego stick, not by anyone else. Of course, she said that because she had reason to believe she could do it..
.....If I give it my maximum strength, it will work out?
Oh, I don't know. If you fall while doing it, the ego stick will save you..
I'm a really rational person, but that doesn't work if I only get involved with ego sticks... Sigh. You really have to take responsibility...
With that thought in mind, she rolled up her t-shirt and took a deep breath..
okay. Let's give it a try. Maybe it's because I haven't had a chance to use all my abilities until now..
like that.
Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Watching the second wave, like a tsunami, come roaring and big enough to shadow her..
"Hehehe!"
Lee Seol-ah gathered her courage and created ice crystals in her hands with unprecedented strength..
Shoot aaaaaaa
Centered around her, the rippling seas began to freeze into sky-blue ice with tremendous force. Waves and whirlpools as well..
"Ugh....!!!"
And Lee Seol-ah grits her teeth and puts in all her effort, something she has never done before..
Finally, even the whirlwind rising into the sky.
Blah blah blah blah
In the end, it succeeded in freezing..
So, before I knew it, I was on a frozen sea like an ice kingdom..
Lee Seol-ah, who had used all her strength, fell down on the ice..
"haha. ...was it successful??"
"yes. You succeeded, Mr. Icicle. Of course, you can do it.."
at that time. A man clapping his hands and coming down from the sky with a flapping black cape.
Seeing Ego Stick coming back with a smile and holding out his arm towards him, Icicle smiled weakly without realizing it and grabbed the arm and said:.
"Mr. Ego Stick. As expected, all office workers seem to be doing well.."
It was so hard.
*
And at that time.
"....what?"
Stathers, who had just arrived and saw Egostick and Icicle smiling and holding hands, froze..
...When did you two become so close??
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