The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 18 - Take a Beating (1)

Lee Gun immediately knew who was the speaker. It was one of the twelve Zodiacs and a quack fortune teller. Above all else, he was Lee Gun's only friend. Lee Gun wasn't a sentimental person, but it had been a while since he had heard his friend's voice. That was why he happily turned around to greet his friend.

"!"

However, Lee Gun's expression soured at the next moment.

"If you were alive, you should've immediately looked for me! You just got back! What the hell are you doing?" Hugo was standing far from him. He had grabbed the collar of some unknown person who had worn a mask similar to Lee Gun's. This man was probably one of the Lee Gun fanboys, who were escaping the museum. "I told you not to enter a holy ground, yet you razed one to the ground!"

Lee Gun looked as sour as if he had bitten a lemon. 'This bastard...'

Hugo had mistaken a stranger for Lee Gun, and the scene looked a bit egregious. Hugo's hands were on the collar of an old, flustered man. He hadn't even bothered checking if he had the right guy or not; he just dragged the old man by his arm. He said, "Anyway, come here. I want to talk to— Kuh-huhk!"

Hugo was sent flying as Lee Gun kicked him in the face.

Boom!

Hugo had received a dropkick on his face out of nowhere, and he fell to the ground. The old man in his grip looked on in surprise as his mouth fell open.

"??" Hugo was confused.

"You wanna die, bitch?" After the kick, Lee Gun dusted off his knees. "Shit! I can't believe you mistook him for me."

With a sinister look on his face, Lee Gun glared at the fallen Hugo. On the other hand, Hugo was baffled. His face was full of marks as he looked at the man who had abruptly shown up. He wanted to ask the other man who he was. However, his gaze fell at an item in the man's hand. It was a carving tool used to sculpt rock, and the item surprised Hugo.

The man in front of him threw his tool forward, and the item changed into a shape Hugo was familiar with.

A red slime had appeared out of thin air. The organism stuck to Lee Gun's head, then sloshed on top of it. This organism was Lee Gun's shape-changing item. Amongst Lee Gun's numerous items, it was one of the living ones that only followed the instructions of its master.

When he realized the truth, shock appeared on Hugo's face.

Lee Gun laughed. "You idiot. Can't you even recognize your friend's face, Oh Taeksoo?"

Hugo inwardly let out a scream. 'Lee Gun!' He looked at the person he had just grabbed. "Then this person... His face..."

With the masks and the clothes he had worn, the old man looked exactly like Lee Gun. He even had the same severely-damaged face.

The old man caught by the Archer scratched his cheek as he laughed. "Ah! I'm sorry! This is special makeup."

"?!"

He then asked Hugo for his signature. It seemed he was an extreme fan of Lee Gun and the Archer. Lee Gun clicked his tongue as if he found all this pathetic. "Stop being a nuisance to this man."

Hugo felt as if he had been hit hard on his head once again.

'What? Nuisance?' In the end, he signed the fan's shirt and sent him on his way. Then, a flustered Hugo turned to look at Lee Gun. 'What the hell happened?'

He couldn't understand what was going on. The Lee Gun in front of him was a completely different person. He was over 180 cms tall, and he had a handsome face. His smirk went well with his sharp eyes. His age was completely different than Lee Gun's, and even his magical energy felt different.