Chapter 149: The One Behind It All

After I deactivated the gemstone, the barrier that had been trapping us began slowly disappearing in the distance.

I immediately turned toward Min-seo.

"Come on! Let’s go now!"

"Alright!"

She grabbed the collar of my shirt.

I honestly hadn’t expected her to suddenly pull me by the collar. I thought she would hold my hand or my arm.

With that, Min-seo immediately activated her power.

We flew through the area at lightning speed.

But just then, Min-seo suddenly looked shocked.

There was a baseball bat right in front of us.

Because we were moving too fast, we didn’t have enough time to dodge. However, just before we collided with the bat, Min-seo released me.

Min-seo was struck by the baseball bat.

Her body flew through the air and crashed into several abandoned houses.

I rolled across the ground.

"Ugh!"

I looked up and saw a fat man wearing a Mysterio-like mask.

He burst into loud laughter.

"I never expected to be ordered to deal with these little pests! And this one doesn’t even have any powers!"

"K-kugh..."

The man immediately raised his baseball bat and swung it toward me.

However, just before it hit me, Min-seo arrived at lightning speed.

She blocked the man’s attack with her lightning.

"Ugh! He’s so strong!"

Min-seo gritted her teeth as she held back the man’s attack.

She immediately pushed him away.

"Huh... You’re pretty strong, being able to block my attack like that."

He said it with a sinister smile.

Without warning, Min-seo immediately unleashed her power.

She moved at an incredibly fast, lightning-like speed.

Even I couldn’t see her movements.

She began circling around the man.

As she moved around him, Min-seo occasionally attacked him, but the man seemed to deliberately take her attacks.

"These attacks... They’re useless against me!"

After saying that, the man suddenly grabbed Min-seo by the neck just as she was about to attack him.

"!!"

’Kugh! How did I get caught!?’

"You’re confused, aren’t you? Wondering how I managed to catch you?"

The man brought his face closer to Min-seo.

He revealed his other eye, which was red with a glowing white star-shaped pupil.

"You see this? With this eye, I can see movements no matter how fast they are."

"T-there’s no way..."

Min-seo glanced toward me.

She pointed her finger at me and sent her energy toward my body.

The man looked confused.

"Huh?"

He followed the flow of energy and turned around.

I immediately attacked him with my power.

The impact sent him flying with tremendous force, crashing through several abandoned houses.

Min-seo fell to the ground while clutching her neck, which was still hurting.

"Are you okay?"

"Ugh... That man... He’s strong. Be careful..."

Just then, I sensed a presence behind me.

I turned around.

It was the man from earlier.

He swung his baseball bat at me.

The bat hit me before I could dodge.

I was sent crashing into the wall of a house.

"Ugh... Damn..."

I touched my face.

’Oh no... I forgot to pick up my mask... My face is exposed... Agh! Forget about the mask for now. I have to help Min-seo.’

My entire body was aching.

I struggled to stand again, then looked ahead and saw Min-seo fighting the man physically.

She was trying to keep his attention away from me.

But that wouldn’t last long.

I had to find a way.

’His movements are incredibly fast, and that eye of his can see Min-seo’s speed... Ah! I know!’

I opened my mouth and shouted.

"Min-seo! Throw all your power at me!"

Min-seo looked shocked, but without hesitation, she immediately rushed toward me at incredible speed and stopped behind me.

She placed her hands on my shoulders.

"I hope you can withstand this."

With that, Min-seo released her power.

An incredibly powerful bolt of lightning struck my body.

Min-seo’s power flowed through me.

’This hurts so damn much!’

I slightly opened my eyes while enduring the pain.

The fat man was running toward us, preparing to attack.

’Damn! Do I have enough time? I hope this works.’

After Min-seo’s energy was completely drained, she released her grip on my shoulders and immediately collapsed, completely exhausted.

The man attacked me, but I quickly caught his baseball bat with my hand.

"You can see speed, right? Then how about teleportation?"

Using teleportation, I appeared behind him and released the nanomachines from my clothes.

The nanomachines formed a sword in my hand.

With that, I immediately attacked his shoulder.

I managed to leave a deep slash across his back.

But I stopped for a moment.

The wound immediately began regenerating.

The man turned around.

"Haha, you didn’t expect that, did you? This is one of his gifts!"

With that, he spun around and immediately attacked me.

I blocked his attack with my Nano Sword, but his strength was still tremendous.

The force sent me flying like a baseball.

I drove my Nano Sword into the ground to stop myself.

’Ugh... Damn it. His power is seriously like a cheat. If this keeps going, the power Min-seo gave me will run out quickly, and we’ll definitely die at the hands of this lunatic...’

With that, I pulled my Nano Sword out of the ground and ran toward the man.

The man prepared to attack me.

As I got close to him, the fat man swung his baseball bat at me.

But I was ready.

I dropped my body low and slid across the ground.

I spun around and immediately slashed at his arm.

His right arm fell to the ground.

He appeared to be in pain.

’This is my chance!’

As the man turned around, I immediately slashed at his body repeatedly.

He couldn’t fight back and screamed in pain.

But even so, he continued regenerating.

Well... I already knew that would happen.

That’s why I kept attacking him relentlessly.

I cut through his legs to create another opportunity to attack.

His right arm began regenerating, but before the regeneration was complete, I immediately cut it off again.

Then I severed his other arm as well.

His regenerative ability gradually began weakening.

’I see... His regeneration weakens every time I keep attacking him. That means I’m draining his energy as well.’

"Agh... No... Please, spare me!"

"Hah... Typical villain. Begging for mercy once they’re cornered."

"P-please... I’ll tell you who was behind trapping you!"

"Who?"

"I-it was Maria! She planned all of this! Ever since you came to her place, she already knew that you were Indigo!"

"....."

’She already knew that I was Indigo from the beginning?’

"She... She secretly used her power to track you and predict where you would go next!"

"....I see."

’No wonder... Ever since I arrived here, everything—the dream, the barrier, and all the strange things that happened here—was actually planned to trap me.’

The man managed to regenerate his right arm.

"Ha!"

He shouted and immediately attacked me.

However, I casually stopped his attack with my hand.

"That won’t work. At first, after you gave me this information, I intended to let you go. But I’ve changed my mind."

"N-no..."

I immediately swung my Nano Sword and severed the man’s head.

His body collapsed to the ground.

I could see his body desperately trying to regenerate the severed head.

"This regenerative ability is truly incredible. Even with his head severed, his body still tries to regenerate. But..."

I immediately plunged my sword into his heart.

"Every power has a weakness."

With that, his regeneration stopped.

"Your power will be very useful to me in the future. I’ll take it."

I extended my hand toward his body.

A dark blue light appeared and began surrounding the man’s body.

After that, I immediately turned toward Min-seo, who looked completely exhausted.

I ran toward her and immediately picked her up.

"Has your power recovered?"

"Ugh... What do you think? You can see how exhausted I am and you’re still asking..."

"Ahahaha, I’m just asking. Maybe you’ve already recovered and are only pretending to be exhausted."

"Oppa is so annoying... Hmph!"

She crossed her arms.

She’s cute.

Hahaha, damn it... What am I thinking?