The reason I wore a Bear Doll suit.
It is simple.
This way, the children will not be afraid.
Because bears are every child’s friend.
To use the Inventory Skill, the children must not be wary of me.
If there is even a slight sense of rejection or fear, I cannot put them in the Inventory.
Of course, if I beat them until they are incapacitated, the story would be different.
Thwack!
The thug hit by my Low Kick spun through the air like a top before sprawling on the ground.
“You bastard!”
A thug lunged with a Knife to slit my throat, so I snatched his wrist and snapped his elbow in the opposite direction.
A piercing scream erupted from the thug’s mouth.
“Attack all at once, you idiots!”
When the one who looked the most wicked gave the order, the thugs swarmed out carrying custom baseball bats.
The baseball bats were colorful and pretty. They even added red to signify some kind of desolation.
Those bats had nails driven into them.
Wouldn’t it have been better to just buy a mace?
Are they the type to obsess over a handmade feel?
“Crush him!”
“You son of a bitch!”
I am a bear cub, not a son of a bitch.
They rushed in in perfect order. I had no intention of waiting.
I charged straight ahead and twisted the jaw of the guy in front to the other side.
Lower kick. Lower kick. Middle kick. Lower kick again.
I crushed everyone who clung to me as if I were playing a fighting game from the old days.
Thud!
“What, what is this? He doesn’t even budge!”
Honestly, getting hit by something like a baseball bat deals no damage.
What I am wearing right now is the Justice Armor.
I am using the Teddy Bear Transformation Mode, one of the new functions of the Justice Armor, and it is incredibly sturdy because it blocks most guns and knives.
‘This is quite useful.’
Maybe I should try a project like Justice Armor production alongside the Hunter Training Support Project.
It looked ridiculous at first, but after using it, I think it could be sufficiently used in real combat.
“W-what. Where did you come from! Huh?”
Seeing the employees writhing on the ground like Bugs in an instant, the director’s face was dyed with embarrassment.
“I told you.”
“Aaaargh!”
I stepped on the director’s chest and told him again.
“I came to see how you were spending my money.”
“What’s going on? Why are you all sprawled out? What is that bastard?”
Just then, four sturdy men came out from the inside of the orphanage.
I could tell at a glance.
These guys are Awakened.
“What, Awakened?”
“He’s a Hunter, that bastard.”
The four Villains guarding the orphanage took out weapons from their respective Inventory.
“You idiots! Why are you just coming out now! You’re not even worth the money!”
“Ah, that old man is so cranky. It’s not like we’re attached to you twenty-four hours a day. Hey, take off that bear mask and come here.”
“You’d better just come while I’m still talking nicely. This big brother here is a former A Grade Hunter.”
I vaguely remember.
The man with two scratches on his face.
The man who was imprisoned and then escaped after being convicted of ambushing and killing his comrades while clearing a Dungeon and stealing their money.
His nickname was probably.
“Straw-cutter! Hurry up and crush this bastard!”
At the director’s words, the A Grade Villain twisted the corners of his mouth.
The first to move was the gang next to him.
A Villain closed the distance in an instant and lunged with a Dagger.
I took a step back and evaded the attack.
The director, released from under my foot, coughed up a storm.
“Swish, swish!”
He tried to distract me with the sharp Dagger, and I could see a red Skill effect flashing from his left hand.
I am not particularly interested in what he is trying to do.
Because I can just crush him before he does it anyway.
I snatched the wrist of the opponent who was about to activate the Skill.
I felt the guy’s panic through my fingertips.
The Dagger flew in, reflexively trying to stab me.
I snatched the hand holding the Dagger and helped him stab his own chest.
Gah!
The fool who got stabbed by his own knife stumbled, so I helped him rest right then and there.
“You bastard!”
An arrow filled with Magic Power flew toward me.
The trajectory of the arrow was clearly visible in my sight. I tilted my head slightly to the side and threw a Knife at the same time.
“Aaargh!”
The archer screamed as my Knife pierced his eye, and another guy rolled on the floor after being hit by a front kick while swinging his sword.
I threw a Dagger at the Villain who had not yet managed to get up.
His friends all got hit by Daggers, so it would be disappointing if he was the only one who ended with a kick.
“Aaaargh!”
Yes, this sound. It is good.
“W-what. That bastard… He took down the Awakened so easily…!”
Seeing the Villain gang he trusted get suppressed in an instant, the director began to tremble.
“The old man is overreacting again. Those leftover D Grade guys weren’t even part of our combat power anyway. Just hurry up and finish what you were doing. I’ll handle this myself.”
The One Mind Foundation gang, who had been hesitating, began to move again.
The Villain pulled out a giant Straw-cutter blade.
“It seems your Level is higher than I thought, but real battle will be a bit different. Kid.”
Straw-cutter walked up leisurely.
Right up to my nose.
“Where should I cut you?”
At Straw-cutter’s question, I pointed to his right arm with my finger.
“Not me, you. You bastard.”
“Not me, it’s you.”
He really doesn’t understand what I’m saying.
Or maybe he did?
Straw-cutter cackled and swung his blade in a surprise attack.
Whoosh!
A sharp sound of slicing through the air erupted.
He is certainly on a different dimension from the guys before.
He is natural at loading Magic Power into his sword, and the attack comes in a trajectory that is difficult to evade.
“You brat!”
And a natural follow-up.
The blade flew in, changing direction.
I snatched Straw-cutter’s wrist and landed a body blow with my left arm.
While he flinched from the impact, I broke his face with a headbutt.
“Ugh, this bastard!”
Straw-cutter, who was backing away while clutching his face, felt the weight in his hand go empty and opened his eyes.
In that gap, I used the stolen Straw-cutter blade to cut his wrist.
“Aaaaargh!”
Ignoring the noisy Villain’s scream, I walked toward the director.
The director looked back. There was no gang left to help him.
“Do you have any more friends to call?”
“P-please stop. Why are you doing this to us?”
The director switched to formal speech.
Much better to listen to.
“The incident that happened in the Guild Town this morning.”
Even as I said this, the director’s pupils shook.
“It was you guys, wasn’t it?”
“W-what are you talking about…”
Even without using the Insight Skill, I could tell just by his reaction.
I kicked the director’s jaw just like that.
The director passed out and lost consciousness.
The children gathered in one corner were huddled together.
Looking at their shabby appearance, they all look tired and exhausted.
But I purposely transformed into a Bear Doll so the kids wouldn’t be scared.
Why are they scared?
The answer was not hard to find.
Ah, there’s blood on it.
It seems blood had gotten on the bear suit while I was beating up the Villains here.
It seems that triggered the children’s trauma and made them scared.
They are hugging each other tightly and staying on guard.
However, there was one exception whose reaction was different.
“Bear! Wow! It’s a teddy bear, a bear!”
“Yes, hello.”
“The bear is talking! Wow!”
When a very friendly little girl clung to me, the other kids’ eyes slowly began to relax their tension.
“Teddy bear, are we not going in there anymore?”
The place the child pointed to was a pitch-black basement.
Clearly the place where the children had been held.
“Yes, that’s right. You’re not going in.”
“But we’ll get in trouble if we don’t go in.”
“Yeah, all the bad Coaches who scold you got scolded by me.”
“But Big Sister isn’t here. Have you seen Big Sister, teddy bear?”
“Big Sister is with the teddy bear. You’ll meet her soon.”
The little kid who was particularly clingy to me glanced behind her and was grinning.
She smiled well despite her broken teeth.
I felt sorry for her and rubbed the little girl’s cheek.
The child laughed playfully as if she were ticklish.
“Now, would everyone like to come here?”
The children approached one by one awkwardly.
I hugged all the children just like that and put them into Storage in the Inventory.
“Uh, excuse me. Uh, hello?”
A man mixed in with the children held up both hands and stammered.
What is this.
He was a guy I didn’t even know was there.
“I-I’m not in league with the people here. S-since I’m a Rookie, I don’t know anything.”
“How can I believe that?”
“T-that’s…”
He’s a bit of a dunderhead.
“Do you know how to tie a Restraint knot?”
“Pardon? Ah, yes! I can do it. I-I learned it properly in the Military.”
“Then, tie up all those people over there. Tell me if anyone moves.”
“Y-yes, sir!”
The Rookie looked at me for a moment and then carefully moved his lips.
“Y-you’re the Delivery Man, right?”
He recognizes me even though I’m wearing a Bear Doll suit.
“Right? That’s the Inventory Technique that can even put people in, right? W-wow. It’s an honor. I’m a fan of that Delivery Man. Uh, you’re the same age as me. It’s amazing. I was working in a place like this, but I didn’t intend to stay long. I-I was just going to do it for a bit until I found a real job, but then I saw…”
He talks a lot.
“Your crimes will be verified by the Agency, right?”
“Yes… If there is a crime, I must pay the price. Yes. T-these guys are very bad people. Taking the kids here and… just, argh!”
The Rookie hit the back of a gangster’s head while tying him up.
At that, the gangster who had been pretending to be dead opened his eyes and glared with fire in them.
“This bastard hit me…?”
“Uh, t-that’s…”
“Ehey. It would be better for you to be tied up. Or should I tie you up myself?”
I showed him how I held the rope with both hands and pulled it taut.
The gangster, who watched for a moment, slowly closed his eyes and pretended to be unconscious.
Thanks to that, the Rookie was able to comfortably tie up all his bosses.
“Uh, if you have time later, even an autograph…”
The Rookie who was speaking flinched when he saw me.
“Uh, I’ll just get the autograph next time…”
“No, there’s something you should do before an autograph, right?”
“Ah…”
Since it’s hard to tie oneself up, I should specially help him.
It looks good to see the Villains gathered in one place.
“Olivier.”
-Yes, Hero.
“Report this place.”
-I already did.
Has she been watching without me even calling her?
Soon the Police will come and arrest all the Villains. I moved, wondering if anyone might be inside the orphanage.
The 1st and 2nd floors are relatively normal spaces.
Literally the scenery of an orphanage that can be commonly seen.
There were spaces where children could rest and play together, and a dining hall where they could eat.
Of course, this place would not have been used for the children.
It must have been made just for show.
I went down to the dark basement.
The musty smell peculiar to basements wafted out.
Click.
I sensed a familiar smell inside the basement.
‘Blood.’
A terrible stench of blood.
My brow furrowed automatically.
In the basement, rooms where the children must have stayed were visible.
Room.
Is it a room?
As far as I know, people call this kind of thing a ‘stall.’
Magic Stone boxes that haven’t been loaded yet are visible.
Though they are the lowest grade, the quantity seems quite large based on the number.
Wouldn’t it be worth at least several hundred million?
Among them, contaminated Magic Stones are contained in a waste box. And there are scalpels and surgical scissors on what looks like an operating table.
There is a solution for anesthesia, and a syringe is placed there.
The Mana Stone Procedure that must have been repeated several times inside.
Even without using Insight, I could feel it clearly through my skin and in my lungs.
“Crazy bastards.”
In that other world, there was someone who performed such Mana Stone Procedures.
The reason was simple.
To create very strong soldiers.
There are various factions even among Villains.
There are Transferee Villains, the Moderate Faction that Seohyeonji belongs to.
There is the Hardline Faction group that the Office Worker belongs to, the Residents.
And these guys are pure Villains, a criminal Awakened group.
What did such guys want, doing this kind of thing in such a deep place?
“Ha.”
I found something interesting in the director’s secret office.
I read it.
The contaminated Magic Stone containing Kim Il-ho’s will, tucked in my chest, cried faintly.
I came out of the basement.
The tied-up Villains, who had regained consciousness one by one, were struggling to untie the ropes when they encountered me.
The director of the orphanage had regained consciousness and was blinking his eyes, trying to grasp the situation.
His pupils dilated greatly when he saw me approaching.
Thud!
The director, kicked by my foot, was pinned to the ground once again.
Thud!
The director, stepped on by my foot, seemed to be screaming something. But it could not be heard.
Because what is crushed under my foot right now is nothing more than a Bug.
“I-I’ll tell you. S-so please, stop now…!”
The director, whose feet and arms were crushed, said while sobbing with blood.
“Ugh, ugh. I am merely a low-level subordinate. T-the main office is not here… Aaaargh!”
“Tell me. Where is it?”
What I found in the director’s office.
It was a proposal for a certain plan.
…In this manner, the Magic Stone is inserted into the subject’s body. This subject will have explosive power…
Commonly known as the Mana Stone Bomb.
These crazy bastards were making living humans into Mana Stone Bombs.
And these bombs are delivered to a certain location.
A Government Agency.
“Tell me.”
They intend to eliminate the Government.