[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with":3,"chapter-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-343":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1217979,1602,"Chapter 342:","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-343",343,"\u003Cp>After Egostic retired, Stardus, on the surface, hasn't seemed much different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. On the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kwagga!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagaga Kwagaga Kwagaga Kwang-.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of Seoul another villain has emerged, unleashing terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus rushed to the scene and quickly grabbed him by the throat, slamming him into a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she went straight for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh Ugh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villain's body was smashed against the building, and he was left unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down at him with a cold expression and threw him to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After defeating the villain, she contacted the Association with an expressionless face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-class villain, Knowing Monkey has been dealt with. Please come and clean up the mess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, yes, yes! Got it!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Poof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the end of the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took to the skies again, silently glancing around at the wreckage of the city center, and then stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus hasn't changed on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except, somehow, she'd become even less merciful and more violent in her dealings with villains than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to Stardus herself, the reason she had grown colder to the villains who unwittingly caused terror was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it's not you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was told that it was the villains who caused the terror a slight sense of anticipation that blossomed without her realizing it but when she heard the name of the villain, a name that had nothing to do with Egostic, the bitterness, the anger, the \"I knew it\" that comes with it made her despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of these stresses were made more apparent when dealing with other villains that weren't Egostic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are you stealing my time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight of Stardus flying through the air with such thoughts in her dead eyes was enough to scare any other villain away\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, that's how she got back to the Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in her office, typing away at her laptop, she looked impassive, but inside she was a whirlwind of emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them, of course, were about Egostic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn't spoken so coldly at the end, would he have left?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Self-hatred and regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's too bad. How could he leave so quickly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resentment towards Egostic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>EgosticHmph. I can't cry in the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I'm sure he's still thinking of me. Ah At least he's not dead.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And bargaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. It's good that an S-class villain has retired, and I don't give a damn about him anyway I'm sure this feeling will be temporary, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, a mental victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was her usual state lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A storm of emotions swirling around in her mind, finally settling on one, only to reset again the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, though, it seemed to end in a mental victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, for someone who says she doesn't care about Egostic, she was typing Egostic on the internet as soon as she turned on her laptop\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so she went through her usual routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she saw a post and froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[[BREAKING NEWS] Egostic starts terrorism with a new hero overseas! Was it just a breakup with Stardus, not retirement?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind went white at the sight of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are you talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Egostic, that can't be right, that can't be right\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as she thought that, she grabbed the mouse with a trembling hand and clicked on the post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she saw as soon as she entered the post was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a picture of a robot with a cold expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[[BREAKING] Egostic starts terror with new hero overseas! Was it just a parting of the ways with Stardus, not retirement?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(photo of a white robot with a hand on its head)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=[Comment]=\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What the fuck]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Where do you live? I'll give you a gift, so call me with the address.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I came in as soon as I saw the title, but ahhhhhh]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stardus hates this post]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No, it has a lot of recommendations, so it's real, why are you guys liking this?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That's right I can't be the only one to get caught]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But honestly, Egostic said he doesn't play with Stardus, not that he doesn't terrorize, so it's plausible]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[lol]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stardus, what's going on!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, it's nothing, you don't have to come in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus slammed her desk in anger at the moment's post, and in response to the employee's question from down the hall, Stardus blurted out\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha They're really bad guys. Even if you catch them, why do you catch them like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus muttered as she leaned her head back in her chair and covered her slightly reddened eyes with her arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she felt her stomach twist in knots at the thought of Egostic abandoning her and going off with another heroine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't even sure how she would react if that actually happened\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Egostic\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She muttered his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, Stardus was caught in a storm of emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized, for the first time, that she liked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why hadn't I been more honest with myself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only I had been more honest with myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus, who had been mulling over her regrets and self-loathing, didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's only been three weeks since Egostic retired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months, the limit of her body's memory of life without him, hadn't even arrived yet\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she dug, she sighed and thought to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right. Just don't dig too much by yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I should ask my friends for counseling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at her contacts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought of Kim Ja-hyun, Shadow Walker ,who recently decided to marry his girlfriend soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a long time since she had last spoken to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll see if I can catch up with Seola.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stardus fiddled with her phone, thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe she could help her with her relationship counseling\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~A family home~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, a man with dark black hair sat with a beer in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name is Kim Ja-hyun, otherwise known as Shadow Walker, South Korea's A-list hero and guardian of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the news and drank his beer with a confused mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It's been over a month since he retired, and he hasn't been seen since he announced his retirement. In the time since his retirement, the terrorism rate in Korea has]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Egostic\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered that quietly, bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news reports the retirement of the villain Egostic as common gossip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Walker knew the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, no one knows but me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the real reason for the retirement of the S-class villain that shook Korea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was was a true hero.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a hero who hid in the shadows behind a mask, protecting Korea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the only one who knew that he was cosplaying as a villain to save the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's only one reason he's retiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Egoistic because he's on a time limit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow Walker muttered the truth, the truth he believed, a truth that no one else in the world knows, only he does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the dark hero, Egostic, was, in fact, a dead man walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right. Shadow Walker had seen it before, the sight of him coughing up blood and hiding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, through a series of logical deductions, Shadow Walker arrived at the truth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, that the Egostic had only a few days to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he dies, he intends to burn everything he has in service to his country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since then, Shadow Walker has watched over Egostic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with the stories of his exploits as the years passed, it was only natural that he would nod in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd often reminded himself to stop complaining and fulfill his mission as a hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time has come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him retire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>probably only has a few days left to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavens are not kind, taking such a righteous man away so soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But don't worry, Egostic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After you're gone, I'll take charge, reveal the whole truth, and restore your honor to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's the least I can do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Shadow Walker made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his phone rang, Shadow Walker flinched without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh, is that Sook-hee?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only yesterday that his girlfriend had given him a stern look and told him not to drink for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, as he was gulping down a beer, he was stabbed without realizing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurriedly picked up his cell phone and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the caller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What theStardus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long time no see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Shadow Walker answered the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief hello, Stardus asked if he could meet with her, and he nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were on the phone Shadow walker thought quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that I think about it, since Stardus was also an arch-enemy of Egostic, I should take this opportunity to tell her the truth before it's too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Egostic is deadthats the sad truth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1487,"2026-06-03T14:38:02.429Z",1,"novelbin.me","0cd774122add14f631c28eb5dd32a21a55abb5140602940a8473441720cbacb8","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-94","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-93",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-cover.jpg"]