I Woke Up and Found I Had Become the Villain

Day 11

“I saw it briefly before, but… indeed, not much has changed.”

Cheon Seoa, who had arrived in Seoul, said while looking around.

It was exactly as she said.

The Earth in her memories and the Earth where ability users exist.

Despite becoming a world where numerous people use abilities, the scene unfolding before her eyes wasn’t much different from the Seoul in her memories.

Perhaps because it was early morning, the sight of numerous people commuting to work was so ordinary that it could be seen anywhere.

However, that doesn’t mean it was exactly the same.

Bang!

Kuhahaha-!

A loud explosion rang out from somewhere, and soon ‘something’ appeared, laughing maniacally.

A monstrous being with a height of about 4m and bulky muscles.
It resembled an ogre, a monster that often appears in web novels, but the only difference from the novel’s ogre was its skin.

The giant’s skin, gleaming with steel’s unique luster, blocked all attacks coming from every direction.

The defense was so impressive that the powered individuals attacking the giant.

Those commonly called ‘heroes’ had their expressions distorted.

Heroes.
It was a new profession that prevented widespread crime in society, similar to the police.
Unlike the police, however, they only dealt with ‘powered criminals’, or villains.

Three such heroes continued to attack the giant with steel skin.

“Damn it! Why did a 7th-grade villain have to show up at this time!”
“If you have time to complain, attack one more time!”
“If we leave this bastard alone, the damage will increase! We have to stop him somehow!”

“You vermin dare! Don’t interfere!”

The heroes shouted various things as they attacked the giant through their own powers.
The giant roared at the heroes who were buzzing around like flies, irritating him, and swung his fist.

Whoosh-!
Kwaggang!

With a heavy sound, the building touched by the giant’s fist exploded.
People around screamed and ran away….

“Ah…!”

Cheon Seoa collapsed with a low sigh as she watched the scene.

Was it fear of the giant’s powerful strength that could destroy a building with just one punch?

No.

The reason Cheon Seoa sat down heavily and let out a low sigh.

It was…

‘I wanted to visit that hamburger place after such a long time…’

Cheon Seoa sniffled and muttered to herself.

The building that had been destroyed by the villain’s punch.
That building housed a world-famous hamburger chain called MacDonald’s.

Cheon Seoa was happy to have finally found a MacDonald’s, which she used to enjoy eating back when she lived on Earth, and had been planning to have a hamburger after such a long time.

All of that turned to nothing with one punch from the villain.

Meanwhile, the man next to Cheon Seoa exclaimed in confusion.

“Oh, Miss! Are you alright?”

The man’s name was David.
He was a person assigned by the agent to support Cheon Seoa’s outing, someone with abilities but not active as a villain, so he could appear in front of heroes without any problems.

This David was extremely confused by Cheon Seoa suddenly sitting down and shedding tears.

Why on earth was Miss Cheon Seoa suddenly crying?
No, the reason wasn’t important right now.

He had to stop Miss Cheon Seoa’s tears somehow, immediately.

If he didn’t handle this well…

‘I, I’ll be killed by the agent!’

No, even without the agent.
News of Cheon Seoa shedding tears would spread, and he’d end up in a situation where he couldn’t die even if he wanted to at the hands of the nine villains ruling at the pinnacle of Illuminate.

Feeling a terror he couldn’t resist, David stared at the giant with fierce eyes.

The giant with steel skin was still scuffling with the three heroes, turning the surroundings into a mess….

“Because of that bastard!”

David clearly saw it.

The moment the building exploded from that damn lump’s punch, Cheon Seoa sat down with a surprised expression and shed tears.

David thought.

Cheon Seoa sat down and cried, feeling ‘horror’ and ‘fear’ at the sight of the building exploding from the lump’s punch.

That was a misunderstanding David could make because he didn’t know exactly ‘who’ and ‘what’ Cheon Seoa was. Nevertheless, it was a fairly accurate guess.

Therefore.

“You damn lump bastard!”

Crunch!

David, who shouted angrily, ran out while transforming his two legs.

With each step David took, his two legs changed from those of an ordinary human to those of a grotesquely twisted monster.

Body transformation ability.
It was one of the relatively common abilities, and David’s rank with such a superpower was as high as Grade 3.

Although it wasn’t a particularly outstanding rank within Illuminate.
A Grade 3 ability user was a powerful enough superhuman to receive excellent treatment wherever they went.

Meanwhile, the giant, who had been constantly swinging his enormous fists trying to shake off the heroes clinging to him like flies….

“Wh-What-!”

David, with his bizarre two legs, lunged towards him, causing a startled expression.

David, emitting a chilling murderous intent that made one’s skin tingle, didn’t look like a hero at all.
However, despite that, the man before him was clearly charging towards him as his target.

Why? Why was such a monster running towards him with a murderous glare?
No, considering that terrifying killing intent, it would be fair to assume he’d be dead the moment he was caught.

‘I, I need to run away!’

Although he didn’t know why that monstrous man was targeting him, the giant decided he needed to flee immediately.

Therefore.

“Get lost!”

Kwagagang!

The giant slammed both fists into the ground.
As the ground exploded, the three heroes who were clinging to him were suddenly thrown back.

“Uwaaaaah-!”

The giant screamed an unsightly scream and ran away.

Without looking back, the giant fled with a thump! thump! sound.
The giant, judging that he couldn’t properly hide with his large body, even went as far as to retract his ability.

Although his physical abilities might decrease somewhat because of this, it was still slightly better than having a giant body over 4m tall when trying to escape from that monster.

But.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Flash-!

David, with bloodshot eyes flashing menacingly, put more strength into his legs and stomped on the ground.

Bang!

The asphalt ground cracked and exploded where David stepped, and in an instant, he appeared before the eyes of the villain who had been… a giant.

Crack!

“Ugh!”

David grabbed the villain’s neck with lightning speed.

“I’m sorry! Please spare my life!”

The villain, whose neck was caught by David, cried out desperately.

Meanwhile, the heroes who had been fighting the villain approached David.

“Thank you for your help. May I ask which hero organization you belong to…?”

Tsss-.

Among the three heroes, the man who seemed to be the leader.
As he ignited flames from both hands, he opened his mouth with words of gratitude, but David didn’t even pay attention to such heroes.

David simply returned to Cheon Seoa’s side, dragging the villain who kept shouting ‘Please spare me!’

“I’ve caught the bug who dared to startle Lady Cheon Seoa. What should we do with him?”

Sniff-.

Cheon Seoa sniffled and looked at the villain caught in David’s hand.

“Why did you do that?”

“W-What do you mean…?”

The villain, who barely escaped from David’s grip, rolled on the ground.
That villain showed a confused expression, as if unable to understand Cheon Seoa’s question.

Who on earth was this girl that made this monster act so politely?
Could she be the daughter of a famous hero family?
Or perhaps the granddaughter of a major corporation’s chairman?
If not that, then maybe the daughter of a member of parliament?

However, the villain couldn’t continue his train of thought.

Because David was staring at the villain with menacing eyes for daring not to answer Cheon Seoa’s question.

“I’m, I’m sorry! I have committed a mortal sin!”

The villain shouted, bowing his head deeply.

He didn’t want to die like this.
The girl might not know, but the man who caught him was definitely not a docile being like a hero.

Heroes aim to capture and never kill villains.
But that man would have surely tried to kill him if it weren’t for the girl in front of him.

If so, that man was closer to being a villain like himself rather than a hero.

That’s why the villain was even more afraid.

Among the ranks that exist from Grade 1 to Grade 10, he was merely a Grade 7 villain at best.
The three heroes who had come to capture him seemed to be at most Grade 9 or 10.

However, that man was at least Grade 4, maybe even Grade 3.

At this rate, he would die for sure.
That’s why the villain was trying to stall for time by any means necessary….

‘Damn it! Why are those bastards never around when you need them!’

He prayed and prayed for the heroes he usually cursed to come running right away.

Meanwhile, David…

“Do you not intend to answer the young lady’s question?”

Chills-!

As a terrifying killing intent brushed past, the villain trembled with fear creeping up his spine.

“Shit! What the hell did I do wrong!”
‘No! It absolutely wasn’t intentional!’

…?

The villain confused what he should have said out loud with his inner thoughts.

At that, Cheon Seoa stared blankly at the villain, and David lifted one leg, ready to kill the villain at any moment.

Meanwhile, the dazed villain belatedly realized his mistake and turned pale.

‘I’m, I’m screwed!’

Damn it, there are other things to make mistakes about.
Of all times, he had to make a mistake in front of the girl that monster serves!

As the villain was sinking into despair…

“To be honest, I was kind of expecting the McDonald’s to be blown up. It’s not like McDonald’s only exists here.”

Chills-.

The villain trembled as his eyes met Cheon Seoa’s indifferent gaze.

Cheon Seoa’s black eyes, devoid of any emotion or killing intent.
The moment he looked into those indifferent eyes, the villain briefly glimpsed an illusion of a vast universe unfolding before him.

No, it wasn’t an ordinary universe.

What I thought were beautiful stars scattered throughout the vast universe were not ‘stars’ but ‘eyes’.
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of eyes, each as large as a giant star, were all staring at me at once.

As the villain was trembling.

“However, not accepting one’s own mistake and instead expressing anger towards me is a bit… don’t you think so, David?”

“Yes, miss. So, what should we do?”

“Hmm. Let’s just kill him?”

David asked, and Cheon Seoa replied with a gentle smile.

Unlike the word ‘kill’, Cheon Seoa’s smile was incredibly innocent.

As soon as Cheon Seoa gave her permission, David extended his leg to kill the villain in front of him.

Shweeek-!

With a sharp sound, David’s leg, breaking the sound barrier, was about to cut off the villain’s neck.
No, it was about to cut it off.

Just as David’s extended leg was about to slice through the villain’s neck.

Bang-!

“No matter how much of a villain they are, we shouldn’t kill them recklessly.”

A man with a small stature who suddenly fell from the sky said, blocking David’s leg with strength that didn’t match his appearance.