I Became the Academy’s Kibitz Villain

5:00 AM.

After leisurely finishing our shower together, Yun Hye-ra and I used our abilities to tidy the room and then opened the windows.

“Knock knock knock. Excuse me.”

“…Ah!”

Then we opened the window next door and went inside.

“Did you sleep well?”

“……I’m sorry. I couldn’t sleep at all.”

“Why? Could you hear something?”

“What? Oh, no. I was just nervous and worried…”

Nguyen seemed tired even though he was awake, as if he had been tossing and turning all night.

Still, having woken up even earlier than the planned 5:00 AM operation start time to get ready, he had thoroughly warmed up his body with what looked like home training exercises in the room.

“You two…”

“We caught a quick nap. About… 2 hours?”

“Have you been preparing for the operation since then? If so, you should have called me.”

“That’s absolutely not possible.”

Yun Hye-ra chuckled as she closed the window.

“If you’re ready, let’s move. There’s no way you haven’t made a decision yet. Where to?”

“…First, to the Sanctuary of the Gods.”

Nguyen had decided.

“I’ve had various thoughts, but at least the people at the Sanctuary of the Gods seem to be suffering more than those at Succubus’s island right now. They need to be ‘liberated’ soon.”

“Are you prepared?”

“…Even if it involves shedding blood, thinking about the blood that will flow and the people who will die, I must steel my heart.”

Nguyen had already made up his mind.

It seemed he still had many doubts even before we entered through the window, but he was reaffirming his resolution in answering us.

“Very well. Then let me formally greet you one more time.”

After double-checking the curtain behind me, I summoned my magic power and pressed down on my mask.

Whoosh.

In an instant, my clothes changed to a black suit along with a haze of black mist, and my vision shifted to what I could see through the mask.

[I am a Goblin of the Secret Society.]

[I am a Gunggi of the Secret Society.]

Do Ji-hwan and Yun Hye-ra stepped aside for a moment, making way for Goblin and Gunggi to step forward.

“…A-grade hero, aspirant of the Secret Society, Nguyen Ong Bak. However…”

Nguyen pointed at the Gunggi.

“That look…?”

[2025 model. Even executives aren’t always out of the fray.]

The Gunggi, dressed in a black and red mingled dress and wearing a mask, had a completely different mask from mine—more akin to those worn at European masquerade balls.

If there was a peculiarity, it was that there was a mask-like covering attached below the eye mask.

Originally without a covering, influenced by Yumir perhaps, the Gunggi now had her lower face covered by this mask.

[In reality, this is an addition here.]

Flare.

Engulfed by the Crimson Flame, the Gunggi instantly donned a black and red robe.

Though somewhat concealing her appearance, anyone could tell she was the Gunggi.

[Now, going out like this, it will be obvious that the Secret Society has openly intervened, even ‘executive level’. Your role is one.]

I lightly punched Nguyen in the solar plexus, tapping his chest.

[As a hero, do as you wish.]

“…….”

[We will handle all situations. Darkness with darkness, light with light. You are an ally and an acolyte of the Secret Society, but after the entity known as Laplace disappears, you will be the light of this country.]

Nguyen must become a hero.

[What this country needs is heroes, not villains. This is true anywhere, but only heroes can handle the chaos after the villains’ regime collapses.]

[Remember, the one you should be punching is the villain, Hero Nguyen.]

Gunggi shook Nguyen’s hand lightly and waved at him, while Nguyen bowed his head with a heavy expression.

“If you ever come back to Thailand, I’ll treat you with great hospitality.”

[Talking like that before a fight, it’s a flag.]

“Ah.”

[Just kidding.]

I patted Nguyen on the shoulder, then headed to the window with Gunggi.

[Today, as the sun rises, this country will undergo a transformation.]

Chaos will unfold.

Flutter.

Flipping the curtain aside, Gunggi and I leapt out the window.

The dawn was slowly brightening, and people had yet to appear on the streets.

[It’s been a while since we went on a mission together like this.]

[It hasn’t been that many times, has it?]

[Well, you only became strong enough to run side by side with me in the second half of last year.]

Gunggi and I climbed to the rooftop of the hotel and ran swiftly across the rooftops.

[Do you know what it means that the Chief has assigned you to perform operations with me?]

[Of course.]

The Secret Society was a villainous organization.

And they stopped at nothing.

[Look, there are already people crossing the bridge this early in the morning?]

As we ran across the rooftops and reached the end of the island, cars began to travel across the bridge leading to the Sanctuary of the Gods.

They were likely employees ‘clocking out’ from the sanctuary.

Whether they were Laplace’s minions or soldiers under the Red General, this time was precisely when the ‘shift change’ occurred.

[There might be supervisors on-site, but essentially, among those coming and going are the commuting supervisors.]

Only the lowest ranks live and manage on the slave island permanently.

Even if that weren’t the case, controlling access first makes things much easier.

[Gunggi. Let’s go.]

[Since the Secret Society is intervening, shall we make it definite and spectacular?]

[Of course.]

We jumped from the last building’s rooftop, landed on the bridge, and sprinted forward.

“Uh, what?!”

“Just now, something passed—aaagh!”

I chased after a car trying to cross the bridge, forcibly ripped off the driver’s door, pulled out the man in the suit inside, and took his place in the driver’s seat.

Thump!

Gunggi landed on top of the car, and I slammed the accelerator as the car began to slow down.

The speed quickly exceeded 100, and I sent my magic power beyond the steering wheel to reinforce the car’s body.

And then.

Boommmmmmm!!

A chain of explosions, ignited by the Crimson Flame, began behind us.

[Ahahahahaha!!]

With Gunggi’s clear laughter, the entire bridge to the island shook.

And then.

Boooommmmm!!

With a massive explosion, the middle of the bridge began to collapse.

Wailing sound!!

[Emergency! Enemy attack!]

A startled voice came from the radio installed in the car.

[What’s happening! Someone check!!]

[No need to check.]

[What…?]

[I have arrived.]

I spoke directly into the radio.

[If you recognize my voice, abandon all hope.]

[…Goblin?]

[Yes, I am.]

Boommm!!

Pushing through the cars in the way, I extended the Goblin’s baseball bat out the open door.

[We’ve come to kill the villains.]

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Wailing sound…

An alert for a villain attack began to ring throughout Phuket.

The alert, louder and clearer than ever, sounded not only through street sirens but also on everyone’s electronic devices.

“……Crazy.”

In a dark room, having a light breakfast of morning coffee and toast, Laichai dropped his toast in shock upon hearing the breaking news.

-Breaking news! In southeast Phuket, …the bridge to the island has been bombed! Those who attacked the bridge, wearing masks, were identified by the Hero Association as ‘Goblin and Gunggi’!!

“Goblin and Gunggi? The Secret Society? Ha, ha, ha….”

The toast, magically buttered with peanut butter, fell face down, but Laichai didn’t even think to pick it up and just slumped in his chair.

“Just when I thought Nguyen was enough, now two executives from the Secret Society show up.”

In a moment of thought, Laichai frowned while drinking his coffee.

“Logically, it wouldn’t just be the two executives, would it?”

That would be logical.

One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Darkness from the Secret Society appeared, and the executive-level Goblin was with her.

They had been traveling all over Phuket in his taxi just the day before.

Together with Nguyen.

“Are they really going to do what it says here? Seriously?”

Laichai’s eyes shifted to the remnants of a smashed USB.

“Are they really trying to clear this country of its darkness?”

If they intended to burn the deeply rooted darkness, then the flames would start at dawn’s first light.

“I thought they would start causing trouble from midnight, but it seems I was wrong.”

The villain attack began at dawn as the morning sunlight rose.

Had the villains appeared at night, those who were half-asleep would have been plunged into even greater chaos.

[The Secret Society has appeared! All citizens should follow the government’s instructions…]

“The government.”

Laichai swirled his coffee cup with his hand.

“I wonder if people will really follow the government’s instructions.”

“Let’s goooooooo!!”

A mysterious scream echoed from beyond the window.

Startled, Laichai looked outside, and there, a young man had come out, waving a flag and excitedly shouting something.

“You damn villains, die all of you!! Ha ha ha ha!!”

“Hey, what are you doing!! Come inside!!”

Although his family came out trying to calm the rampaging young man, he wasn’t the only one out of control.

“Kill all the bad guys!”

“The Goblin has descended in Thailand! Now, all evildoers will have their heads smashed!”

“…….”

The beginning of chaos and disorder.

“When a death-deserving villain is found, the Goblin appears.”

Since they had appeared to execute villains worthy of death, someone would surely die today.

The list of those doomed to die was securely kept within the destroyed USB and in his own mind.

“……They deserve to die.”

With a deep sigh, Laichai pulled an album from a dusty bookshelf.

“It’s scary. Gaining empathy and support through the anger of wanting to kill.”

[Where did all that mana powder come from?]

A faded newspaper article.

The last article written by a deceased acquaintance.

A dark truth that vanished from the world with the death of a friend, now impossible to find.

“I wish they would all just die. Really.”

The terrible truth he had been seeking would now be revealed to the world.

The reality of the ‘human farms’ that was previously only considered rumors.