[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess":3,"chapter-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-148":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm in Love with the Villainess!",{"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},895301,1171,"Chapter 148: Trish...?","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>I snapped out of the strange trance again. Once more, I was seeing memories I didn’t remember. Couldn’t remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, everything around me had changed. The entire corridor I’d been standing in was gone, replaced by gaping holes in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ceiling, the walls, even the floor—everything had been torn apart. My summons had ripped it all to shreds as they homed in on every living thing in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they still hadn’t stopped. I could still sense some getting killed, some killing, and most being obliterated by dozens of spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t keep blacking out like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head. It had been fine the first few times, but I couldn’t let it keep happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no idea how my body moved while I was unconscious. Worst-case scenario, it was killing everything in sight. Best case, I was just automatically defending myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... even that best case still wasted time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time I didn’t have, according to the deepest parts of my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, that didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had finally found what I’d been looking for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Profaned Step]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the eyes of the summon that had found it, I fixed the location in my mind, then teleported to appear right in front of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge, ridiculously reinforced gate—so solid it could probably survive multiple trains crashing into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brute forcing my way through it was definitely not an option...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, I was ready to use every tool I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beelzebub.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no answer, but I knew just saying his name was enough to alert him. And to my surprise...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZIP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire gate in front of me vanished, like it had blinked out of existence. He didn’t even ask for anything in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guess I really did help him when I gave him his rival’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground exploded beneath my feet as I sprinted, each step shattering the concrete as I pushed my body to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped questioning it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I knew was that I needed to trust my body and keep moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another gate waited ahead of me, but this one was much weaker than the last; they’d clearly blown their entire budget on the first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had never expected anyone to make it this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stop this instant.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speakers rang out, but I didn’t listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crashed through the second gate like it was paper. I was getting close; I could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine energy I gave Fiona earlier finally responding now that I was close, acting like a small beacon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you don’t listen, we’ll kill her.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant my foot touched the ground, I slammed to a halt. The sudden change in momentum sent a rush of wind past me, the impact jarring after moving at such a high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A worried voice crackled through the speakers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was watching closely, clearly stunned by the sheer force I could unleash just with my body alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That eye of yours.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They noticed? Guess they weren’t a shadow society for nothing. Noticing the power radiating from my eye should have probably been expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you let her go if I give this away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A deal’s a deal.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my fist. He has to be kidding me, right? I’m not a big enough idiot to make a deal like...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deal like...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>H-huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** Beijing - 1:13 A.M.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We moved through an underground compound directly beneath Beijing, built into an abandoned sewer network. Our mission was to eliminate a terrorist group that had just threatened to attack the capital the following week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, years had passed since I first trained T-452—or rather, T-1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to be honest...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had become a reliable companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got the information out of him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after all those years of killing, she never lost her smile. She still looked at me the same way she did back when she was just a student in London.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice job. Who’s our next target?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The third code holder is about three kilometers to the east.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s farther than I thought...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I checked my remaining ammo. It wasn’t enough if the ratio of distance to enemies stayed the same as when we first got here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t just that—we were clearly running out of steam. Rest wasn’t an option either; we were too deep in enemy territory to safely stop and recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was our most dangerous job yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the exact reason why they gave me a partner in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s get going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I moved first, trying to kick the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kicked it again. Still nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I used my gun instead. I’d already made a lot of noise; one more shot wouldn’t make a difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-1, check the previous entrance while I handle this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard a sudden gunshot and the sound of fighting behind me, and just as I turned to see what was going on—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** Present\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s odd...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why do I feel... pain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something weird in my left hand, and when I looked to see what I was holding...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eye of the Profaned (Unique)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached for where that eye was supposed to be, and... there was nothing there, just a simple hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could even process what had just happened, the speakers rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Good choice. We’ll be sending someone to escort you soon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did... did I make a choice while I was unconscious? I felt completely dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>W-Why!? Why did my mind accept the deal!? That shouldn’t even be an option. There’s no way I would be that dumb. I tried to recall the vague memory I had before I woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once again... there was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t remember it ever happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T-1, the mission in Beijing—I should remember all of that. But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Photographic Memo—ERROR\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even my photographic memory wasn’t working. But, I could tell there was something wrong, something trying to claw its way out of my mind...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From back then, right before the first of these many strange memories began to appear...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-Trish...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1049,"2026-06-03T05:52:53.768Z",1,"novelbin.me","8a8e4f181c38b6dcca65240b21f84996bc1afaad1820a4392bd053f2bafd58c3","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-149","i-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-chapter-147",324,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-in-love-with-the-villainess-cover.jpg"]