The Hero Became Obsessed With The Villain [part 2 Complete]

Chapter 339

"....."

~An empty house~

Wiping away the lone tear that had fallen, Stardus felt the night breeze on her chest as she tried to calm herself.

Still, her mind couldn't quite process the fact that the Egostic had left.

No way. He couldn't have done that...She'd been in denial, but when she'd heard on the news that he'd shut down his site and everything else, she'd gradually begun to accept it as reality.

In fact, she had known the last time she'd seen him on the rooftop, hearing his voice, seeing the look in his eyes, feeling it in her gut that he wasn't lying and was really leaving.

That he was thinking of today as the last day he would ever see her.

That he would never do this again.

So she threw away the concept she'd been holding onto and tried to grab him.

'Goodbye...Stardus.'

With those words, he was gone.

...After that, I don't really remember much. I only know how I got home.

An empty house, by the window, there, alone, leaning against the wall, Stardus shielded her eyes with her arm and thought quietly.

...Yes, this is good.

An S-class villain terrorizing our country has retired, and that's a good thing, isn't it? Yes. I mean, how much terrorism has he caused so far? Good is good, haha...

"....."

While she was thinking about that, she was trying to keep her mind occupied.

Suddenly, she thought to herself.

A life without Egostic.

'How would that be?'

Well, actually, she's been a hero even before Egostic appeared.

She was an inexperienced A-class hero who hadn't yet adjusted to being a hero and she first met him when he threatened to bomb a ship.

At first, I thought he was crazy.

...But I was going through a rough patch at the time.

She had just become a hero, and she didn't have much recognition, not many people liked her, and she was surviving by sheer willpower.

He was just an annoying villain who used to prank people on the airwaves... nothing more, nothing less.

But when did that change?

He became so big in her mind.

"....."

Yeah.

It was his airplane bombing.

When she was just making her debut as an A-list hero and realizing that the world doesn't run on her will alone.

When she realized that there were too many villains in the world, and that her powers alone could only take her so far.

When Egostic crashed the plane she had no confidence anymore.

That this would be the end, since she couldn't stop it, she gave up but Egostic said quietly to herself.

[No, you can do it.]

[You can do it. Stop the plane from crashing.]

It was foolish of him to tell her to stop it after he crashed it himself.

But,

There was sincerity in his words then as if, of course, she could stop it.

...And it was.