The Hero is Hunting me!

By the time they arrived home, everyone stepped inside with an uneasy feeling lingering in the air.

Elvera stayed behind, waiting while Jinhoo parked the car.

As soon as Jinhoo got out, Elvera immediately walked over to him.

"Jinhoo, what’s wrong? You’ve been acting strange all day."

"Ah... Uhh, it’s nothing..."

"Don’t lie."

Seeing how persistent Elvera was, Jinhoo finally gave in. He hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Huh... That restaurant... More specifically, the food you were about to eat..."

"...it was human meat."

Elvera’s eyes widened in shock.

She had never expected something like that.

"A-Are you joking?"

"No."

"I’m not joking at all."

"I got the information from Park Hyun-Woo while he was carrying out a mission. They found countless bodies of kidnapped children."

"They were all dead..."

"And even worse..."

"They had been butchered like livestock."

Hearing those words, Elvera’s legs began to tremble.

Her heartbeat felt as though it had stopped.

"W-What...?"

"They shipped the meat..."

"...to that restaurant."

"That’s why I stopped all of you from eating it."

Both of Elvera’s hands shook violently.

It looked as though she could collapse at any moment.

Jinhoo immediately grabbed her shoulders to keep her steady.

"I know this is shocking..."

"But calm down first."

"We have to keep this from the others."

Elvera nodded.

She understood immediately.

The children absolutely could not hear about something like this.

If they did...

It would become the worst memory of their lives and leave them with deep trauma.

"Do you have a convincing excuse?"

Jinhoo asked.

Elvera let out a long sigh.

"I..."

"I think I know what we should tell them..."

---

A short while later, inside the house.

Jinhoo explained why he had stopped them from eating.

"I stopped all of you because..."

"Uhm..."

"I awakened a new ability!"

"It’s called Food Identification!"

"I can tell which food is dangerous and which isn’t..."

’...Is this really a convincing excuse...?’

Donghyun, who was sitting on the sofa listening carefully, nodded.

"If Hyung says so, then we believe you."

Gae-in, leaning against the back of the sofa, nodded as well.

So-ah, sitting beside Donghyun, also agreed.

"Considering how powerful Oppa’s abilities already are, something like that isn’t strange at all."

’Eh...? They... actually believe me?’

Jinhoo blinked in confusion.

Standing beside Gae-in with her arms crossed, Elvera silently gave Jinhoo a thumbs-up while keeping a completely straight face.

Just like that, everyone accepted his explanation.

Silence filled the room.

Then Min-seo broke it.

"What are you waiting for, Oppa?"

"Go cook already!"

"Huh?"

"Ah! Right, right..."

Jinhoo immediately headed toward the kitchen.

"I’ll cook."

"You guys can eat some snacks while you wait."

"Okay!"

they all answered in unison.

---

Inside the kitchen.

Another new challenge awaited Jinhoo.

’Huh... I only know a few recipes...’

He looked toward one of the pots.

’Back then... the only thing I knew how to cook was soup... and that was for my sick mother.’

He began searching around the kitchen, hoping to find one of Donghyun’s recipe books.

After searching for a while...

He found nothing except cooking utensils.

"Huh..."

"If only someone could help me right now..."

"Idiot."

A familiar voice echoed inside Jinhoo’s mind.

It was Indigo.

’My other self! How have you been? Can you help me with this?’

"Huh... You really don’t know much, do you?"

’Hey! Stop insulting me and just help! I don’t have time to chat!’

"Huh..."

"Check the refrigerator."

"See if there’s two kilograms of chicken."

Hearing that, Jinhoo walked over to the refrigerator.

He opened it and found a package of chicken.

’Uh... I found it... but how am I supposed to know if this is two kilograms?’

"Ugh!"

"You really know how to annoy people!"

"Just look at its size!"

"If it’s longer than four hand spans, it’s about two kilograms!"

’Calm down, will you? You’re going to burst my eardrums if you keep yelling like that.’

He took the chicken out and placed it on the cutting board.

Then he prepared a kitchen knife.

Jinhoo carefully measured it with his hand.

Four hand spans.

’...It’s two kilograms.’

"Good."

"Now cut it into twenty to thirty small pieces."

"That way the seasoning can soak into the meat."

’Alright...’

Jinhoo slowly began cutting the chicken piece by piece.

"Once you’re done, remove the bones."

"Then coat the chicken with lime juice."

Following every instruction from the voice in his mind, Jinhoo carefully completed each step.

He placed all the chicken pieces into a pot.

Poured in enough cooking oil.

Then added the chicken coated with lime juice.

The oil sizzled loudly.

’U-Uhm... What now?’

"You idiot!"

"Stir it!"

"What else!?"

Jinhoo stirred the chicken slowly and evenly.

He added two hundred grams of butter.

Chopped onions.

Poured soy sauce into the pot.

Added black pepper.

Then a small amount of tomato sauce.

Jinhoo faithfully followed every instruction.

He continued stirring.

Sweat covered his face.

His expression was unbelievably serious.

Several minutes later...

The dish was finally complete.

"Wow..."

"I actually made it on my first try..."

Jinhoo muttered proudly as he looked at the finished dish resting on a plate.

"Idiot."

"You only managed because of me."

"If it weren’t for me, you would’ve served everyone burnt food."

Hearing that, Jinhoo laughed awkwardly.

"Oh, come on..."

"My other self..."

"Don’t say that."

"You’re me."

"And I’m you."

"So the result is still ours, right?"

"We’re one."

"Huh..."

"Whatever."

"Stop talking."

"Serve the food."

"They’re already starving."

"Alright."

Jinhoo carried the plate of cooked chicken into the living room.

The rich aroma immediately filled the room.

Everyone who had been hungry until now instinctively swallowed.

"Wow!"

"Hyung!"

"I had no idea you could cook!"

Donghyun exclaimed as Jinhoo placed the food on the table.

Everyone immediately reached for a piece.

Not wanting to miss out on his own cooking, Jinhoo also picked up a piece of chicken and took a bite.

"Mm!!"

"This is so delicious!!"

Min-seo exclaimed.

"Yheah, ith’s sho delishious!!"

Gae-in said while chewing.

"Hey."

"Swallow your food before you talk."

So-ah scolded him.

Elvera, who was happily enjoying the meal, turned toward Jinhoo.

"This is amazing."

"I don’t even want to stop chewing."

Donghyun immediately agreed.

"Noona Elvera’s right!"

"Hyung!"

"This is even better than my cooking!"

"Next time, let’s cook together!"

Jinhoo smiled faintly as he chewed another piece of chicken.

It really was delicious.

’Thank goodness... they like it...’

His expression gradually turned serious.

’I need to figure out a way to defeat that woman...’

’My other self... do you have any ideas?’

"For now..."

"Focus on strengthening your primary power."

"Void."

’Void?’

’I know it’s powerful, but hasn’t it already reached its limit?’

’When I fought Flinch... I already awakened it.’

’There shouldn’t be anything left to improve.’

"Don’t misunderstand."

"The Void lives up to its name."

"It can create an empty space."

"Within that space, you can teleport to any place you’ve previously been."

"You can also use Void offensively..."

"Such as erasing parts of your opponent’s body."

"But..."

"There’s one thing you still don’t know."

Indigo’s voice became far more serious.

"The true power of Void..."

"...is the ability to create a portal."

"Not teleportation."

"It creates the empty space itself."

"And creating that empty space..."

"...can disrupt the natural order."

"If you fail to control it properly..."

"It will become extremely dangerous."

’Creating empty space itself...’

’Disrupting the natural order...’

’You mean... a black hole?’

"You can think of it that way if it makes it easier."

"Once you’re able to create and control that portal..."

"You’ll be able to drag your target into it."

’Wow...!’

’That sounds awesome!’

’So how do I do it?’

"...Figure it out yourself."

"Don’t be so spoiled."

"You’ve already become too dependent."

’Kugh...’

’My other self really isn’t anything like me...’

’Fine.’

’I’ll figure it out myself.’

"I’ll give you one warning."

"Do not attempt to fight that woman until you can create that portal."

"Fighting her now..."

"...would be no different than throwing your life away."

’Ugh...’

’You seem to know her very well.’

’Do you know who she really is?’

"...No."

’...Forget it.’

’Every time I talk to you, I feel like my IQ drops.’

Jinhoo simply took another bite of the chicken in his hand.

He genuinely enjoyed every mouthful.

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