Chapter 43: The Important Thing is the Message

“His name is Zeorgius…”

“That bastard…!”

Ji Se-hwa gritted his teeth in frustration.

There shouldn’t be time to care about it.

Lena had cleverly spared the monsters near the Dragon King Squadron, so they were still in battle.

[Breaking news! The red monster has been identified as Zeorgius, the leader of Vengeance, who had remained in the shadows!]

[Vengeance, which barged into the scene, is demanding obedience from the corporations in exchange for their survival!]

It’s being delivered well. I momentarily turned off the mic and communicated.

“Deep Dive. Send it.”

[Yes, sir.]

With this, electronic contracts were sent to the five remaining districts and five corporations.

The board members, CEOs, and chairs trembling inside the buildings. They were the ones with decision-making power, after all.

[If they have eyes, they must have figured out the situation by now. Can you see the pathetic state of the Dragon King Squadron?]

I pointed to Shin Yu-kyung, Ji Se-hwa, and Kang Ye-rin, one after another.

[This is the reality of the so-called world’s strongest heroes. They are incompetent, weak, and the most capable, Red

Dragon, was cut off by their own hands out of jealousy.]

“Shut your mouth! What the hell do you filthy villain bastards know to speak?!”

Ji Se-hwa seemed incredibly enraged.

[On the other hand, our villains have called a truce and formed an alliance. You must have all seen it. That just now

was the power of Elena, the leader of the villain ranking #1, Shingseongsu.]

Lena was still holding her arms, unable to snap out of her ecstasy.

Crack!

Her belt couldn’t withstand the power of the Supernova and sparked as it broke.

It wasn’t good for the belt to fall to the ground, so Lua immediately retrieved it with gravity control and tossed the switch to me.

[How did the villains set aside their selfish interests and unite? Because they all agreed. If the Galactic Empire isn’t

defeated, no organization will have a future!]

I pointed at Cancer and declared.

[Heroes deceive the public with false justice and buy the media with money. They have to hide their ugliness and

weakness. That’s why, even with hostages dying in real-time, they haven’t been able to make a move.]

I sneered at the Dragon King Squadron.

[Our villains have a simple logic. Show strength. If you obey, you live. If you resist, you die. And the sign of obedience

is the social norm that everyone knows—contracts.]

I sent the signal. Deep Dive hacked into the decision-makers of the five corporations and broadcasted their images.

They had no idea their appearances were being shown.

[What is this?! This is a complete s*ave contract!]

[How can we sign something like this?]

[It says to hand over the entire company.]

[But it’s clear we’ll die if we stay like this! We’re on the top floor! At least give us some time!]

[This is definitely a trick. The heroes will surely do something about it.]

The businessmen were flustered.

This is the picture I had hoped for.

[Anyway, the corporations that sign will be mine. Those bastards are going to take down the monsters anyway, right?

Then it doesn’t matter if they sign or not, they’ll survive either way!]

Some corporations were thinking that way.

I whispered into the mic.

[I’m not planning to give you much time. You have five minutes. If you want to obey the Villain Alliance, send the

contracts. If you still trust the heroes, then die there.]

They all know.

This unfair contract won’t hold any legal power.

Villain organizations can’t even walk into a court on their own.

It’s almost like a threat.

A statement saying, “If you don’t follow these terms, our organization will destroy you.”

The moment they sign, that corporation will be bound to Vengeance for life.

I made sure the contract was airtight so they couldn’t escape by splitting the company or finding another way.

“You bastards! How dare you cowardly threaten citizens! Aren’t you ashamed?!”

Kang Ye-rin shouted at me. I crossed my arms and sneered.

“You should be the ones who are ashamed. You’re not even an emperor, just a mere executive. After Pegasus, even

Cancer couldn’t leave a scratch. How about giving up your S Squadron title? There are many powerful heroes in

America.”

“No matter what you say, we are the heroes! There won’t be a single company that signs! You villain bastards want to

overthrow the Galactic Empire by forming an alliance? That’s laughable!”

Shin Yu-kyung retorted.

“You bastards were the ones who started the terror against us in the first place, Vengeance! You coward hiding

behind your brat. I’ll crush your head!”

Ji Se-hwa was fuming.

Should I add some spice to the situation?

“Why did Vengeance attack the Dragon King Squadron? Why do we have the legitimacy to overthrow the Galactic

Empire? Do you still not get it? Dragon King Squadron.”

“What did you say?”

I held up the Supernova’s switch.

“How did you get that?!”

As expected, Shin Yu-kyung recognized it immediately.

I grabbed the mic.

[Let me assist the corporations with their choice. I’ll explain why the Villain Alliance is strong enough to overthrow

the Galactic Empire and the legitimacy of that goal.]

I snapped my fingers. The optical camouflage of the airship was deactivated.

The doors of the airship opened.

A man appeared from inside.

“Ah…?!”

“Could it be…?!”

Shin Yu-kyung, Ji Se-hwa, and Kang Ye-rin were in shock.

Standing on the airship was a hero in a red suit.

It was Red Dragon.

Pop.

Red Dragon spread his arms. He held the mic in his hand.

I casually turned my body. I was planning to use ventriloquism, but I couldn’t show any awkwardness.

[This is to inform the world. The heroes are corrupt!]

Kang Ye-rin froze after hearing my words.

[The Dragon King Squadron betrayed me, the one who defeated Dark Arthur, and killed me! They did it because they

coveted my money, my switch, and my honor! The one who revived me was—]

Snap!

Red Dragon’s hand pointed at me.

[Zeorgius, the owner of Celtic Bio Research Lab! I acknowledge it! He is an enhanced human who evolved through biotechnology! He has the power to overthrow the Galactic Empire!]

Pfft, hahaha!

Lena couldn’t hold in her laughter.

I’ve never seen her laugh like that before.

Come on, hold it in.

[Of course, he’s a villain. He has no justice, the one I once protected. I’ve struggled with this for a long time. But it’s

true that he is the one who saved my life. It’s also true that he’s the only hope to defeat the Galactic Empire,

something impossible for the corrupt and weak heroes!]

Red Dragon clenched his fist tightly.

[This is Red Dragon speaking! If this is the only way for humanity to survive, then we must put aside our ideologies!

As the number one hero in the rankings, I declare my support for Zeorgius here!]

Red Dragon’s speech echoed loudly.

His voice reached across the world.

“The association president’s eyes were not wrong. As expected, he was being influenced by the villains.”

Shin Yu-kyung was completely deceived.

This is even better.

“…What the hell does this mean? If this continues, I’m screwed. Damn it. What the hell have I been worrying about? Stupid! F*ck!!”

Ji Se-hwa slammed his sword into the ground.

“Lie! Fake, it’s fake! Uiseok… there’s no way he’d deny being a hero…”

Kang Ye-rin swung her arms, denying reality. She was looking up at Red Dragon in despair.

The doubt about it being a fake isn’t good.

[Ji Se-hwa, Shin Yu-kyung, Kang Ye-rin. I’m sorry for the terror caused to you. It was Zeorgius who got angry after

hearing my story and did this. Se-hwa, the reason your left arm was cut off was because you cut my arm off

completely with the transformation device from the Dark Kingdom’s spaceship.]

If I reveal things only these guys know, they won’t think it’s a fake.

Moreover, I can also add some spice to what they’ve done.

“F*ck…! You, and my right…!”

[Ye-rin, you’ve been playing the leader role while I was gone. You’ve worked hard. Today, you’ve equipped your gear

with the US military’s cooperation. We talked about it about six months ago. But let me say it bluntly. You cannot

defeat the Galactic Empire with your current strength.]

I need to stop them from talking nonsense.

Kang Ye-rin looked completely dazed.

[And Yu-kyung, you…]

I don’t have much to say to her.

I gave Red Dragon a signal.

Red Dragon dropped the mic and collapsed, clutching his chest in pain.

[Red Dragon has collapsed!]

[Could it be a lingering effect?]

[It seems to be the aftereffects of the Pegasus battle!]

Alright, it’s about time.

I dismissed Red Dragon’s airship.

By the way, that’s not Kim Deok-bae. He has a very different body type than mine.

[Leader, mission complete. Are you going to give me a reward later?]

A communication came in. A captivating, mature voice. It was an illusion.

After all, it was from a great distance, and the Red Dragon seen until just now was an illusion’s clone.

Now that the time had come, I picked up the mic.

[It’s time. Let’s check the contract. Three out of the five companies have signed.]

I declared.

[The Gohangseok Foundation, D&P Finance, and Blue Sky Capital are now subsidiaries of the Villain Alliance. I will

guarantee your lives. And…]

I bared my teeth.

[The rest will die.]

Thud! Squeak—

The dropped mic made noise. I stepped on it and crushed it. In front of me, Cancer was reviving the combat mutant monsters.

“Lena, it’s starting.”

“Using the troublesome method again.”

“But isn’t the message the important part?”

“Heh. That’s true.”

Lena nodded while opening her fan. She sent the signal.

At the same time, a small noise could be heard from afar. The noise grew louder and struck my ears. What I thought

were a flock of birds turned out to be tiny dots that grew larger as they charged toward us.

[That’s…!]

[It’s a transport ship! A massive amount of transport ships is flying to the site!]

The transport ships arrived. Countless figures leapt down from above.

Parachutes unfolded, and some flew using their abilities.

The number already exceeded several hundred.

Before they even landed, lights flashed from their abilities, and the ground split apart. Combat mutant monsters

exploded and turned into pieces of corpses.

They were all A-rank or higher villains.

The reinforcements from Seongseongsu.

Lena looked at me with a relaxed expression.

“Zeorgius, do you like this?”