By Zephyria 
The inner voice telling me to look at other candidates was ignored as I ran towards Ban No-ah.
Not just one, but multiple Ability User auras.
Moreover, Potato, my Ability, ‘Resurrection,’ witnessed it. Unlike human eyes, an Ability with an SSS-class ego wouldn’t missee.
Potato followed me breathlessly, shouting urgently.
[Huff, huff, hey! Master! Stop!]
“……”
There was no time to answer. I was sprinting so urgently that I couldn’t even breathe properly.
[I said stop!]
“……”
[You should be hiding your identity like a dead mouse, but if that guy is the real culprit, why would he provoke you now using the members?!]
Abruptly.
I finally stopped at Potato’s desperate cry.
Potato, thinking this was the only chance to persuade me, poured out words like a waterfall.
[Don’t go! Falling for his provocation and facing X like this is what he wants. You know from the incident of going to the depths of the Management Bureau to get the Database.]
“……”
[That guy already knows your face! He must have seen you copying the Database. He just pretended not to know! Because he didn’t know what connection Yeon Yu-jin had with Hyeon Jae-ha or the White Tiger Unit. It’s just a trick to use the crisis as an opportunity to figure out who you really are before Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit use the Database to catch him!]
“…I know that much too.”
[What?!]
Looking back, Ban No-ah had been suspiciously obvious from the start.
From his attitude towards Seol Yu-rang, to picking unnecessary fights with Seo Yun-chae, and as soon as the game started after entering the set, he only targeted Secrety members to tear off their name tags. As if enjoying a hunt…
Even using his own Abilities blatantly in a set where the use of Abilities was restricted.
‘This entertainment program invitation itself might have been a trap.’
I was naive.
As much as Hyeon Jae-ha and I, the White Tiger Unit, were chasing after X, X would have been wary of us too. He would have tried to come up with a clever plan on how to make us give up chasing the real culprit out of discouragement.
Then he discovered the question mark called ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ and became suspicious.
“Even if this is a trap, I have to confirm whether Ban No-ah is the real X.”
If he moves as I expect…
He won’t kill me on the spot to steal my Ability or kidnap me.
X’s purpose today is also to clearly identify ‘Yeon Yu-jin’s’ identity.
I ran and ran through the set.
To stop X, Ban No-ah, who approached targeting Ra Ho-yeon.
To see his thick face.
As I ran in a daze, Potato suddenly screamed at me.
[There! I can feel Ra Ho-yeon and an unknown mass of Ability energy over there!]
Opening a hidden door and going down the stairs, I saw Ban No-ah and Ra Ho-yeon, who was grabbed by the neck and lifted up.
The recording camera for the broadcast was smashed by Ban No-ah and was lying like scrap metal at his feet.
I shouted at Ban No-ah’s back.
“X!”
Then Ban No-ah smiled and turned his head towards me.
“Hello, An Ga-hyeon. It’s our first time meeting like this.”
An earring that I hadn’t seen before jingled in Ban No-ah’s ear.
An earring with a red jewel was emitting an eerie light.
Around the time he was being chased relentlessly by Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit, Ban No-ah suddenly thought.
Yeon Yu-jin. A washed-up member of an insignificant idol group.
The frequency with which he and Hyeon Jae-ha encountered each other was increasing.
…What is this guy?
Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit would never have asked ordinary citizens to become their comrades.
Only ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ is different.
Why?
Even though his rank has risen, he’s just a C-class Guide. Unlike ‘An Ga-hyeon,’ he’s not an outstanding Guide, and he doesn’t even have any special additional Abilities…
Why is Hyeon Jae-ha hovering around ‘Yeon Yu-jin’?
Encountering ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ and Hyeon Jae-ha at the same time at the Ability Measurement Center under the Management Bureau couldn’t have been a coincidence.
‘Yeon Yu-jin’ is definitely hiding something.
But what is it?
What reason does ‘that’ Hyeon Jae-ha have to follow ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ around like a dog suffering from separation anxiety?
…Ah, could it be.
Because of the ‘Resurrection’ Ability?
Certainly… ‘An Ga-hyeon’ had the unprecedented special Ability, ‘Resurrection.’
He made him die on purpose to steal ‘Resurrection’ from him, but that precious Ability seemed to have evaporated with the soul of the dead ‘An Ga-hyeon,’ as the core of the Ability couldn’t be found anywhere in the body.
But if, if we assume a hypothetical situation.
If the ‘Resurrection’ Ability that was with ‘An Ga-hyeon’s’ soul didn’t disappear into the afterlife but desperately tried to revive its owner?
If the result was to settle the soul in the body of another person called ‘Yeon Yu-jin’?
So… if it’s a really absurd assumption, if the awakened ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ and Hyeon Jae-ha keep running into each other and eventually Hyeon Jae-ha recognizes ‘An Ga-hyeon’ in ‘Yeon Yu-jin’?
…Ha.
…Hahahaha!
Those terribly persistent guys…
No wonder. I was wondering why Hyeon Jae-ha, who was withering away, was desperately chasing after me and trying to kill me by any means.
If ‘An Ga-hyeon’ has been revived, then the actions of Hyeon Jae-ha, the White Tiger Unit, and ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ are all understandable!
They are doing their best only to eliminate me, the past bad blood!
Hahahaha….
Of course, I can’t be caught easily.
A full 20 years, 20 years.
That’s how long I’ve been hiding.
I couldn’t even show off the precious Abilities I had worked so hard to obtain, and I lived as an A-class Hunter who was just there to preserve my life, and I lived for 20 years, repeatedly laundering my identity.
I’m tired. I can’t take it anymore.
I’m different from before. I’m not a weak citizen who didn’t have any Abilities.
I have dozens of rare and priceless Ability cores.
Even ‘that’ Hyeon Jae-ha hasn’t properly grasped my identity yet and is just circling in place, right?
Last time, it was almost dangerous because I was playing around a bit to collect Ability cores.
If I sincerely give my all to face Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit.
Then…….
Those guys might be pushed back by the difference in power.
Rather, now that my identity is about to be revealed, it might be the perfect time.
A golden opportunity to get rid of the tiresome Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit and even get the ‘Resurrection’ Ability that I never had….
For that, of course.
I need to confirm whether ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ is a vessel that was revived with ‘An Ga-hyeon’s’ soul.
I am now a strong person that even Hyeon Jae-ha and ‘An Ga-hyeon’ can’t stop.
I can allow a cultured declaration of war.
That way, they can taste even greater despair…
Because the pleasure of trampling on them will be greater.
Ahahahaha.
Mother, Father, who granted my wish. Can my voice reach even the afterlife?
Thanks to you who dirtied your hands and finally granted my wish, I have come this far.
I’m not a proper Esper, and I haven’t even achieved Second Awakening like Hyeon Jae-ha…
Thanks to the many Abilities I’ve collected, I’ve become a monster that no longer ages.
…I’m not going to live by changing my identity anymore.
You told me that I shouldn’t let others know about this fact, and you destroyed all records of the experiment and killed those involved to grant my wish…
But I want to become a ruler who reigns over others.
I’m not going to live in hiding anymore….
I’m going to live as I please.
Becoming a king that all Ability Users fear.
To do that, first of all….
I need to get rid of the past ghosts, Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit, who are annoying like hangnails.
I’m looking forward to seeing ‘Yeon Yu-jin’ despair.
When he can’t protect his revenge or his comrades and loses everything.
If he becomes the same situation as Hyeon Jae-ha 20 years ago….
What kind of expression will he sing despair with?
I can’t stand it because I’m looking forward to it.
Ban No-ah readily affirmed without avoiding my question.
Even so, he was not letting go of Ra Ho-yeon’s neck.
‘He’s holding Ra Ho-yeon with only one hand.’
It was terrifying strength.
But judging by the red jewel in the earring sparkling, it seemed to be an Ability used while ignoring the restriction bracelet.
I felt like I was going to throw up.
Using Abilities stolen by killing others to harass other Ability Users who have done nothing wrong.
For him, this set was never a place to run a variety game entertainment program from the beginning.
It was just a hunting ground for fun. Nothing more, nothing less.
“Ugh, ugh…”
“Put Ra Ho-yeon down!”
I shouted as I ran towards him.
I wasn’t worried about losing in terms of strength, so I was trying to release Ra Ho-yeon somehow.
However.
“Ugh!”
Ban No-ah created a whirlwind and lightly pushed me away.
And with his remaining arm, he grabbed my collar and lifted me up just like Ra Ho-yeon.
He smiled like an angel and uttered words like a devil.
“You choose once.”
“Wh-What…”
“Will you save Ra Ho-yeon, the Secrety members? Or will you save Hyeon Jae-ha and the White Tiger Unit?”