That’s How They Became Villains

#52. Return Broadcast -4-

Nickname, Person Who Follows the Holy Lady. His real name, Jeong Se-chan, felt a certain frustration while watching the broadcast.

He had a history of managing the fan cafe against the faction over the past week.

As such, he could understand to some extent the anger of viewers who had been waiting for Chae Yu-ha’s return.

However, even that had its limits.

-Is mob rule even law? Do we have to do whatever we’re told to do? Since when has democracy been above the law?

-Haven’t you ever thought that such complacent thinking is why villains are increasing?

-Manage the chat room, damn it

-The fact is that it’s been proven that superhuman crimes can no longer be suppressed even with safety nanomachines lol

-Come to Unhwa, lots of women here

-I came in thinking this was just a regular celebrity livestream, but I’m learning good news

Certainly, even in Se-chan’s opinion, what came out of Last’s mouth was shocking.

First, That crazy woman who had carried out kidnapping terrorism against the Royals as soon as she appeared, had originally been preparing an even bigger bomb. And that plan had been unintentionally thwarted by Chae Yu-ha.

However, no matter what, this wasn’t right. Look at the chat room. Now it was at the point where you couldn’t tell who was intentionally stirring up trouble and who was a regular viewer.

It was utter chaos.

“…Everyone, you seem to be overheating. Please calm down a bit.”

Last said from inside the screen.

Se-chan let out a sigh, oh no, at Last’s words.

-What do you mean calm down

-You should have kept that hidden in the first place, why did you deliberately say it and make things worse

-Is there no manager in this room? They were blocking before, why aren’t they blocking now?

-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Everyone fighting below this is gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Isn’t the manager fighting too?

-Ah, just… all hell broke loose!! Fucking Origin!!

-Let’s communicate~

People are, after all, animals that want to do something more when told not to do it.

Should it be called rebellious psychology, or a defense mechanism?

When one’s activity is disturbed, they think they are being threatened, and rather become even more so.

“Everyone, I will apologize. So please cool down your anger.”

Se-chan drank water because his throat was parched.

His past achievements spoke for themselves. Last, he was certainly a person with a noble heart rarely seen in the world but he was still inexperienced.

The human malice accumulated at the base of the city was too vast and deep for the small hero before him to handle.

At that moment, Chae Yu-ha, who had been quietly watching this scene, smiled gently.

At that sound, Last’s gaze turned toward Yu-ha.

It was the same for the viewers watching the broadcast.

How could she smile even in this situation?

Se-chan recalled his earlier question again and could no longer endure the frustration in his heart.

(Person Who Follows the Holy Lady has donated 10,000 won)

Holy Lady, why do you keep smiling like that? When you were talking about being kidnapped, and now too…

“Ah… Person Who Follows the Holy… hehe, Lady. I know I don’t follow many people, so you must be one of the three people I met at the cafe.”

Ah, had he made a mistake?

Se-chan’s hands trembled.

“Why am I smiling like that…hahaha. There’s no particularly great reason.”

“I just…think like this. Even though everyone is angry like this now, I’m sure they all desire happiness inside.”

“…”

“I’ll tell you now, but I’m not some great thinker or anything like that. Back then, I just couldn’t accept that the person who had saved me was instead being judged in front of countless people.”

“…”

“Everyone’s expressions were solemn. Some people looked angry. So I kept smiling. If no one is smiling, even people who didn’t actually want to get angry might have to stay angry forever because they’re conscious of the people around them, right?”

“…”

“It’s the same this time. Being kidnapped, it was definitely dangerous. Since I’m human too, it’s not that I wasn’t scared. But appealing to you all about my emotions would only infect you with my pain. I don’t like that. We all live wanting to be happy…”

-Drop.

The dull sound of a water droplet falling was transmitted to the viewers through the microphone.

They all knew that it was the sound of tears falling.

Chae Yu-ha on the screen smiled broadly.

“In that sense, shall we talk about something more fun? I think I’ve fully explained why I’ve been out of touch all this time.”

Shortly after, the screen went dark.

“Before that, let’s take a 10-minute break. I’ll see you all in 10 minutes, for sure.”

First_2329 [Live Broadcast] [ ] X

[The broadcast is currently off]

Mary_15, God_Eugene, A.G.O12 and 69,746 others are watching.

Jeong Se-chan remained frozen in front of his chair for about 3 minutes.

It wasn’t just Se-chan, Mary who was watching the broadcast at Royal Road, and Nazha who was watching the broadcast at Evil – Base, couldn’t hide their complex feelings after seeing Yu-ha’s appearance a little while ago.

[These fucking bastards] [230]

[When watching the court video I felt choked up, but why does my chest feel tight this time] [97]

[I called her Holy Lady as a joke, but it seems to be true] [918]

[I’ve traced the recognition codes of the troublemakers] [2457]

[I hope no one has bad thoughts after seeing that] [445]

[Author: 0087O.G.A] [Title: I’ve traced the recognition codes of the troublemakers] [KF-011934, KF-011935, KF-011936… … .. . DG-187569, DG-187570, DG-187571]

[Boom Up: 1135, Boom Down: 3754]

[Anonymous3: Really trans~ parent, don’t you even try to hide]

[Anonymous855: How many ghost codes do you have, damn]

[Anonymous587: The numbers steadily increase by 1, what lol]

[NoAnswerForIdiots: This pattern looks familiar]

[PlsFollowBack: Is this what we’ve been fighting against?]

[Montblanc: I wasn’t unaware, but seeing it now gives me a reality check;;]

[Author: Person Who Follows the Holy Lady]

[Title: I called her Holy Lady as a joke, but it seems to be true]

[I’ve never seen anyone speak like that while living in Minos]

[Boom Up: 2755, Boom Down: 4]

[PlsFollowBack: It’s not the first time though, just look at Last right next to her, this guy is also quite crazy]

↳[Person Who Follows the Holy Lady: Shut up, don’t bring up a man when talking about the Holy Lady]

[Alp_Red: Young folks may not know, but there was someone like her in Minos about 70 years ago,,,]

↳[Montblanc: Ah, that first underground city idol or whatever? I saw it on wiki]

↳[Anonymous855: Are you cursing? That person was murdered]

↳[Alp_Red: That wasn’t my meaning,,, but,,,]

[Anonymous57: I had similar thoughts, but hearing it from a radical makes it less credible]

↳[Person Who Follows the Holy Lady: (Robot frog con clenching fist and suppressing anger)]

[Return] [5]

[Will the troublemakers come again?] [1]

[I don’t know why Insta doesn’t have a chat freezing function] [4]

[Someone please tell the Holy Lady to move platforms]

First_2329 [Live Broadcast] [ ] X

[Q&A that really answers everything]

Mary_15, God_Eugene, A.G.O12 and 14,556 others are watching.

The broadcast turned on again and there were about 14,000 viewers left.

Since there were about 60,000 viewers just before the broadcast ended, it had decreased to one-sixth.

What that meant might be different for everyone.

What was certain was that there were no longer people with blind anger in the broadcast.

-Hello

-You’re not late this time

-What’s with the title

-Q&A that really answers everything?

The chat came up even though the screen was still black.

Soon after, as if to answer those chats, the screen brightened.

The first thing visible was typography written in clumsy handwriting, uncomfortably close to the screen.

“Can you see?”

Along with the voice, the sign gradually moved away, revealing the background that had been hidden behind it.

This time, instead of eye-straining neon signs, it was a bright and pleasant room with fluorescent lights flickering.

She had borrowed the rest area of the detective agency with the help of Yu-jin and Cheol-ho.

-I can see

-What’s the title?

-Really answers everything?

Really?

-Gasp

-No bad thoughts allowed

-Hehehe

Jin Hyun, who was outside the frame, marveled at the chat window that was much cleaner than before. Thinking that he himself certainly wouldn’t have been able to do this.

“What’s the title, you ask? It’s written right here.”

Chae Yu-ha proudly tapped the typography sign.

It said “Ask me anything, 50 questions limited Q&A” in barely legible writing.

-Holy Lady…can’t write well….

-They say handwriting is the mirror of the heart

-lololololol

“…”

At the chat’s reaction, Chae Yu-ha put down the sign, seeming embarrassed, and said.

“I’ll start taking questions now. If there’s anything you’ve been curious about, feel free to ask me anything. But, I won’t take any more after exceeding 50, so choose wisely.”

-Really anything?

-What’s with the limit

-If troublemakers come and take up question slots again I’ll kill them

-My mouth is watering

-I can’t think of what to ask now that I have the chance

-Then you’re ‘excluded’

“…”

Meanwhile, Mary, who was watching the broadcast on her pad, looked at Alfred with a wordless gaze.

Alfred, as if he had understood Mary’s mind just from that, took her into his arms and began operating the pad.