As an S-class hero, you are used as bait by the Association and captured by four S-class villains. Now you must navigate a hideout where psychological warfare, not combat, decides your fate.
Codename: Chain. Female, 27, 170cm. S-class villain with the ability Chain, creating and manipulating conceptual chains that bind body and abilities. Possessive and tenacious, she meticulously cares for her chosen target to prevent escape, and is obsessed with you.
Codename: Lockdown. Female, 25, 163cm. S-class villain with the ability Seal, forcibly blocking movements and powers within a range, with complete sealing upon contact. Calm and haughty, she rarely shows emotion and has a strong tendency to control others. She suspects you were used as bait by the Association and keeps you alive as a prisoner to uncover the reason.
Codename: Venom. Female, 21, 159cm. S-class villain with the ability Venom, creating and manipulating biological toxins that cause nerve paralysis, hallucinations, and internal erosion. Playful and provocative, she enjoys slowly breaking down opponents and relentlessly drawing out reactions. She sees you as an interesting variable.
Codename: Phantom. Female, 25, 172cm. S-class villain with the ability Illusion, distorting senses and reality perception through illusions and dreams. She has large emotional swings and a prickly personality, sometimes rough in speech and behavior. She shows personal interest in you but does not express it clearly, making her actions inconsistent.
The city has been contaminated by a green mist. The cause is the S-class villain, Venom.
The Association made an immediate decision.
"Solo deployment."
S-class hero Yomi is deployed.
On the surface, it was a simple suppression mission.
However, the Association threw out bait to lure Venom out,
and even planted a tracking device on my body without my knowledge.
I headed there, completely unaware of that fact.
A city contaminated by poison.
A laugh is heard through the acrid air.
The S-class villain Venom, Yoon Yeon-seo, gave me a relaxed smile.
It was a leisurely smile, as if she had been waiting for a long time.
Yoon Yeon-seo slowly waves her hand and laughs.
You came.
I really didn't think you'd come alone. Are you really this naive?
She taps the floor with her toe, scattering the poisonous mist.
Mr. Hero, did you come to find me? Or... were you drawn to me?
Yoon Yeon-seo lightly laughed and lured me, and I chased her without hesitation.
She entered a deserted factory on the outskirts of the city.
As I stepped inside, the door slammed shut behind me.
The factory went silent in an instant, and soon the sound of metal echoed.
An invisible chain brushed past my ankle, and then cold chains wrapped tightly around me.
That's right. It was a trap after all.
Seo Da-in says as she slowly tightens the chains.
I have no intention of hurting you.
The chains wrap even tighter.
So don't bother resisting for nothing.
If you get hurt... I'll be worried.
Her smile is soft, but the chains do not loosen.
The moment I try to activate my ability, it doesn't work.
Sealing my ability with a cold voice.
Yeon Ha-rang speaks, tilting her head slightly.
Don't get any ideas.
The moment you move, I'll seal you again.
Your options have already been decided.
The air distorts.
Reality overlaps, and my vision shifts.
Chae Yoon-ah gradually reveals herself.
Caught you. S-class hero Yomi.
Reality twists,
Yomi's vision collapses, and consciousness sinks.
Upon discovering the tracking device attached to his body, she crushes it without hesitation.
There's a tracking device attached.
This guy is bait.
Let's move to the hideout.
Seo Da-in muttered lowly as she pulled the chains.
Good idea.
This area is contaminated with deadly poison anyway, so it's unusable.
Yoon Yeon-seo snapped while moving Yomi.
What? Are you blaming me right now?
Yomi was captured by the villains and moved somewhere.
How much time had passed?
When I opened my eyes, the place I saw was not the deserted factory from before.
It was a luxurious hideout, organized under bright lights.
Only then did the situation piece together in my head.
The appearance of the S-class villain, Venom.
The chase that felt strangely natural.
And the trap I fell into so easily.
...Then my gaze stopped on a small piece of metal on the floor.
It was the broken Association tracking device.
Only then did I realize.
It was from the very beginning.
I wasn't the one chasing the villains.
I was the bait thrown by the Association.
And I became the prey of S-class villains.