There Is No Salvation for Extras

55 – There was only silence in the theater as the curtain closed.

A dark space with no light coming in.

“-I guess it was a bit too much, after all.”

The man who opened his eyes there quietly raised his head and then slowly opened his eyes-

“It’s not easy to operate five bodies at once. Was it too much yet?”

Immediately looking at his right hand, he chuckled and shook his head.

“-I lost a precious doll. Well, it doesn’t really matter.”

The threads tied to the ends of all fingers except his thumb were pulled taut, indicating that they were connected to the dolls, but the thread tied to his thumb was broken and was hanging limply.

The connection with the doll, which was probably an ice statue, was lost, and the doll is no longer usable. Why is he smiling even though he clearly suffered a loss? It’s probably because he gained so much information that he can’t even be compared to one such doll.

“One side is a villain, the other side is a hero. The paths they take are different, but the ideals they dream of are the same, and they also have the ability to put them into practice.”

Villain Guardian, Hero Snow Maiden. They both started out as students dreaming of becoming heroes, but now they are going against each other – a truly ridiculous story. Did you say that it is a comedy when viewed from afar, and a tragedy when viewed up close? This really fits perfectly. If you look at them from your own perspective now, it’s a really funny story, but if you look at it from their perspective, it can’t help but be a truly tragic story.

“Lee Hyun-woo. Villain Guardian and leader of Repentance-“

The heroes still believe in him as a friend, but funny enough, their surroundings continue to push him away and force him to exist as a villain. Isn’t that really ironic? Even though Repentance is a villain organization, their achievements are comparable to those of any other hero.

Nevertheless, citizens point fingers at him, calling him a villain. Compared to the hero, who is gradually rotting away, they criticize and insult him despite his overwhelming contribution to society.

“The only difference between them and heroes is that they cause harm.”

He operates without government certification, and unlike other heroes, he is no different from other heroes except that he goes beyond causing serious injury and commits murder, but in the eyes of others, he does not think that he is different from a villain. That’s why citizens hate and loathe them – is it?

“Really – he’s a guy you can’t ignore even if you want to.”

Is it because of my feelings that I see a overlap between the person I have been watching after hearing Serpent’s words and the person I was when I was still a student? No, it’s not because of my mood. No matter how you look at it, aren’t the situations very similar? The fact that he was criticized by others for having strange abilities, the friends around him defending him and understanding, and even the fact that he has a childhood friend who chases after him are all the same.

Of course, he fell from a hero to a villain, and that guy had already fallen into the abyss even before he could step into heroism, so the situation was different – but he felt pity as he watched his junior follow in the same footsteps as the past. He may be hesitant to attack him.

“Tsk.”

He continued to look down at his hands, lost in memories of his past, but then frowned as he remembered another reason for not attacking Repentance.

“Am I still struggling in the past?”

The villain organization his son first established. If they attack that place, it will be clear that he will rush in to protect his comrade – if that happens, will they be able to capture him intact and keep him by their side?

When he was caught up in the various thoughts and feelings of regret that made his head dizzy, and looked at his enemies with infinite generosity, and the hero who was still chasing him and unable to escape the past, he clenched his fists in frustration. I shook my head.

“It’s fine anyway.”

Things that have already passed are no longer important. Only the present matters. With that in mind, he got up from the chair he was sitting on and slowly began to move forward.

“The only thing lost is consumables and a doll. There are still a lot left, so it’s safe to say there is no loss.”

We lost a bunch of villains and a corpse, but in return we obtained approximate information and succeeded in laying the foundation for a new terrorist attack. No matter how you think about it, wouldn’t this be beneficial?

He smiled at that fact and moved forward, and the lights began to turn on one by one, matching his steps. As light enters the dark space, the surroundings begin to brighten, and soon numerous corpses with their heads bowed appear on either side of him.

“First of all – I have to bring my son who ran away from home. To do that, I have to either destroy Repentance or get rid of the junior guy that guy is following – As expected, the right answer is to drag him in here rather than kill him. That’s what I mean.”

If other people see it, they will be scared and take a step back. However, for him, who personally collected these corpses, who were like his puppets and doubles, it was a space where he could even feel affection. He walked there and looked around, muttering to himself over and over again and thinking about his future plans.

“The goal of the junior is to protect those who believed in him. To that end, he has gathered his colleagues and continues to outpace us. The most likely reason for them to die will be none other than our terrorism, so they will not be able to protect us at all. “Are they keeping things in check and at the same time eliminating key people and eliminating the very cause of danger?”

Hyunwoo’s purpose has already been figured out a long time ago. There were other purposes for this terrorist attack, but more than anything, it was a stage created to understand his intentions.

Even if Hyunwoo tried to hide his intentions and understand this side’s intentions, he is the worst villain known as the Great Evil. There was no way such a half-hearted attempt would work.

“That means – it will be difficult for Silence to succeed. No matter how you think about it, the reason she moved is to stop Silence. Well, that doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if she fails.”

Soon, I stood at the end of the long road and raised my head.

“Then how should I cook with this? Aren’t you curious?”

Hanging on the huge wall is the only item from the past that he has.

“I wonder how you will stop it and how you will react when you realize the truth too late.”

He was looking at the framed graduation photos of his friends and enemies, and after saying those words, he smiled horribly and closed his eyes –

“Are you listening?”

Then he turned his back and shouted into the sky,

“Yes, chief.”

At his words, the male villain who suddenly appeared in an empty space knelt in front of him and bowed his head.

“Tell Silence. Stick with them as long as possible.”

“As you wish.”

“And – tell them not to act hastily, because it’s okay to fail. If it goes as I expected – the brainwashing attempt on Hero Shield did not fail because of her lack of ability. That’s it.”

As soon as he heard the last words, the villain immediately got up, bowed and disappeared in an instant. He stared at the space that had disappeared without a trace, clicked his tongue and walked out. In the space where no one was left, the lights gradually began to turn off, and in the space where the last light was turned off, there was only thick darkness.

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Opera house attack incident.

Now, two days after the terrorist attack, Hangyeol was not injured, but at first he resented the teachers and friends who forcibly hospitalized him, saying he needed stability, but-

“-Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. Teacher-“

When he saw the woman holding his hand, he kept saying thank you to them over and over again.

“You don’t have to call me teacher. I haven’t aged that much… I’m probably not that different from you anymore, right?”

“Yes… Yes?!”

“Why are you so surprised? Oh, maybe it’s because I’m presbyopic-“

“Ahh no! I’m just… I’m surprised that a world-class vocalist is not much older than me!”

“hehehehe. Is that so?’

Yumi is looking at him with eyes full of worry. Her Hangyeol looked up at her from her hospital bed, and she immediately waved her hand and smiled as if nothing was wrong.

“However, the reason that the age disclosure was not known to the public is-“

“Oh, I hid that because I was afraid it would be a problem for my safety. Although the name was known to be the work of the paparazzi-“

“Then is it okay for me to listen to it?”

“What can’t you do to your lifesaver? Of course it’s okay.”

Does this mean that this scene of a world-famous vocalist smiling and casually talking to oneself is really not a dream but reality? He continued the conversation, feeling as if he was flying through the sky, and Yumi continued to talk with a smile on her face as if she didn’t hate him.

How long has it been like that?

“Actually, I came because I had a favor to ask.”

“…Please?”

“Yes, please.”

After hearing her words and swallowing her dry saliva, he soon looked up at her and saw her serious expression –

“Please stay by my side for the rest of the performance.”

Yumi bowed her head towards him and asked, but her eyes were cold and sunken.