Became a Failed Experimental Subject-Chapter 37: After Destroying Guryong Fortress

[Cleaning Up Guryong Fortress: A Signal of W-City’s Purification?]

[Secret Operation “Trash Cleanup,” Led by W-City’s Chief of Police?]

[Commissioner Oh Haeyoung: “As W-City’s first female police commissioner, I can no longer stand by as women are exploited to strengthen criminal forces.”]

[Spotlight on A-City’s Cage: “All villains are garbage.”]

[Some citizens dissatisfied: “Guryong Fortress was just an adult entertainment district—this was overkill.”]

[Total destruction of Guryong Fortress and the pre-destruction monster alert—coincidence?]

[Evacuated civilians testify: “Blaccky destroyed it.”]

[Heavy drug traces found in bodies of Guryong Fortress patrons.]

W-City’s online community was more chaotic than ever.

The city’s infamous underworld, Guryong Fortress—a massive entertainment district—had been reduced to dust overnight.

People argued:

The one who destroyed it was the police commissioner.

No, it was Starlight.

No, a hero task force stormed it.

It was a villain HQ.

Actually, Blaccky destroyed it.

Starlight lost to Guryong Fortress’s boss.

No, Starlight melted the whole place down.

Buried in contradictory headlines, people desperately searched for the truth.

[Judging from the aftermath, looks like Starlight wrecked it. Everything’s melted and glistening—definitely her work.]

[Starlight! You used the eraser again, didn’t you?! That technique is forbidden...!]

[Wasn’t this the one time it was justified? Come on, everyone knows Guryong Fortress was a villain den.]

[If you live a clean life, you’d just see it as a casino or a club. But take one wrong turn in life and you’d learn what really goes on in there.]

In the end, only two things were clearly true:

Guryong Fortress was a villain stronghold.

Starlight destroyed it.

So then... what about everything else?

Just as people were craving more answers, a hero appeared in the community, posting their hero registration as proof.

[I’m a B-rank hero. I’m making a conscience statement. Zone 9 was basically a lawless zone.]

[The reason the media isn’t saying much is because Starlight let Gu Seoryong get away. Reporters are afraid they’ll be targeted if they word things wrong.]

[Starlight cleaned up Guryong Fortress all by herself.]

[The police did nothing. Oh Haeyoung? ‘Trash cleanup’? If anything needs cleaning, it’s her. She should step down immediately.]

[It’s true Guryong Fortress was full of drugs and murder parties. Those people aren’t even human. Cage was right—villains are trash.]

[Starlight lost to Gu Seoryong? If she lost, then what’s she doing now, just chilling and catching monsters for fun? What is she, Star-Left or something?]

[All those Blaccky sightings? They came from the people inside Guryong Fortress. You guys saw the testimonies about some pit fighter arena with a stone lion? Sounds like they were high as shit and mistook Blaccky for that thing.]

The blunt response brought a wave of questions for the B-rank hero—

But soon, they posted one last message: “I got caught posting, I’m fucked,” and vanished.

Probably writing an incident report somewhere.

Even after that hero’s disappearance, citizens kept talking about Guryong Fortress.

[My little sister came back from Guryong Fortress... Thought she went missing during a monster attack, but turns out she was trapped in there... I’m in shock. What were the cops even doing?]

[Both my older sisters came back. I’m happy, but it makes me hate the world.]

[Damn, reading these posts—some kid says their mom came back but nobody cares??]

[What’s with that post? I got excited and it turns out it’s about some game chat. I’m gonna kill you.]

[I work in the police, and during a late shift I overheard the deputy commissioner yelling. He was begging someone to let it slide, saying it was all Starlight’s solo act and the police had nothing to do with it.]

[Wait, the deputy got bribed by villains?]

[What if it wasn’t the deputy, but someone higher up? Like the commissioner of A-City?]

[There are rumors the W-City commissioner is involved too. That’s why Starlight went alone.]

[If that’s true, Oh Haeyoung needs to resign.]

Not long after, both the commissioner and deputy held an emergency press conference and resigned from their posts.

The new commissioner and deputy stood before reporters and pledged to fight villains alongside heroes—

And behind them stood Starlight.

After the conference, Yu Anna lay sprawled on her sofa, cracking open a beer and scrolling through the forums.

[Thanks to Starlight and Blaccky, life’s finally felt good again—only to be reminded that this world is utter garbage.]

[Shit, monsters already make life hell. Now villains too?]

[Honestly, better a villain who doesn’t wreck houses than a monster who does.]

[What kind of villain apologist are you? You’re one of them, aren’t you?]

The forums were, as usual, spiraling in a direction Yu Anna didn’t find especially wholesome.

Today’s topic: Which is better—villains or monsters?

The issue was...

The “monster” everyone was comparing wasn’t exactly your average monster.

[Villains are way better than Blaccky.]

[Are you out of your mind?]

[Wait, shit, I misspoke—Blaccky is way better than villains.]

[“Blaccky giving a thumbs-up” emoji]

[?? That exists? Where do you buy it?]

[Make it ‘for me’.]

That exists?!

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Yu Anna, surprised, went to check the emoji store—only to frown at the follow-up comment:

[Blaccky vs. villains? Blaccky wins hands down. Do villains let you pet their heads? Stroke their tails? Okay, fine, he doesn’t let us anymore, but still.]

[Petting villains’ heads... for what purpose, exactly?]

[Okay but I would pet Gu Seoryong’s head, ngl.]

[Blaccky even takes down other monsters and barely causes any property damage.]

[Our Blaccky is a good [N O V E L I G H T] monster!]

Good monster, my ass...

Well, it’s true, but still—monsters aren’t supposed to be good.

Despite the discomfort, Yu Anna couldn’t deny that every argument being made... was valid.

[Saying “Blaccky is 5,000 times cuter than any villain” = like comparing my toenail gunk to the top-tier waifu in the region.]

[I’d buy a Blaccky keyring. Wouldn’t even take a villain keyring if it were free—it’d look like I’m flaunting mafia merch.]

[There’s a Blaccky keyring?? Where?]

[Make it ‘for me’.]

Again?!

Yu Anna furrowed her brow, realizing she’d just been duped by the same guy—twice.

This one deserves a forum ban.

She was about to report the user through the hotline, but then hesitated.

She was an S-Class hero. Was this really how she should be spending her time?

[Blaccky photobook = I’d totally want one. Villain photobook = There are some villains I wouldn’t mind seeing more of, though.]

[Should I make one for you?]

[“Yes.”]

Okay, that’s it.

Yu Anna used the hotline and hit the user with a 3-day ban.

Even after that, people kept spamming comparisons between villains and Blaccky.

Yu Anna sighed, wondering if it was okay to let this continue.

On one hand, the rise in suspicion and hostility toward villains was a good thing.

It meant citizens—especially young espers who are sensitive to social perception—were less likely to idolize villains, and more likely to be conscious of safety.

But she really wanted to stop them from comparing everything to Blaccky.

Couldn’t they just lump him in with all the other monsters?

Why him, specifically?

Well...

Because in W-City, Blaccky had basically become the symbol of the “good monster.”

But the phrase good monster was like... hot iced Americano—an oxymoron.

Monsters aren’t supposed to be good.

These thoughts ran through Yu Anna’s head, and the memories followed.

Blaccky protecting children.

Blaccky protecting other heroes.

Blaccky devouring the bad guys.

And now, even showing up just to protect her.

Why?

Why does a monster show up not because I’m hunting it, but because I’m in danger?

Why the hell does he show up just at the perfect moment, scream like a drama queen, and act like that makes him cool?

He’s a guy, isn’t he?

Just ‘cause I pulled my suit down a little, he got all flustered...

Seriously. Is that thing really a monster?

“What the hell are youuuuu...”

Now even Yu Anna couldn’t see Blaccky as just a regular monster.

Could she really go around telling people, “Blaccky is dangerous” with a straight face?

It’d be nice if people could at least see that he’s different from the rest.

But the problem is—

there are still plenty of people who don’t.

The #MonstersAreFriends hashtag that spread alongside Blaccky...

Was filled with the kind of people doing unbelievable things.

[I wanna keep a monster as a pet.]

[I wanna raise a monster.]

[Rich folks in B-City keep monsters, apparently.]

[They were raising one at Guryong Fortress—kept it sedated and used it in the arena.]

[Some monsters are helpful if properly domesticated. Why aren’t we raising them?]

Among the users with this hashtag were people who had—

gotten hospitalized after trying to catch mini monsters with butterfly nets during a monster alert,

or got arrested by police for attempting it.

Posts that made you sigh just reading them.

Did they really think the monster research department hadn’t tried that already?

Of course they had.

The researchers gave up because it was impossible.

You can’t tame monsters.

Letting these delusional fantasies run wild was just putting civilians at risk.

[Delivery!]

“Yeees~!”

Just then, Yu Anna, who’d been waiting for the package, heard the doorbell and hurried to the entrance to receive it.

Using her superhuman strength, she carried the new freezer and fridge directly into her room by herself.

She tore open the box of premium beef that had arrived with them, filling both the fridge and freezer with half each.

She’d bought all of it thinking:

If I keep sneaking into the supermarket every time Blaccky shows up, I’m bound to get caught on CCTV someday.

From now on, she’d use this as Blaccky’s food stash.

Yu Anna also double-checked the new special meat storage bag.

Custom-made with the same material as her hero suit—flameproof, even against her own powers.

“Ugh... Seriously, this isn’t the time to be excited like this....”

Buzzing with joy as she organized the meat, Yu Anna suddenly caught herself and sighed.

Here she was, smiling like a fool—

even though she hadn’t even caught her target yet.

Yeah... the one she had to catch.

That villain—Gu Seoryong.

“Haaa....”

Sighing again, Yu Anna recalled the night she brought down Guryong Fortress.

When she returned to the ruins, the villains had already gathered, seemingly expecting her to come back.

They were fully prepared to fight her.

How long did they last?

One second.

She used the “eraser”—at this point, even she couldn’t remember its actual name anymore—and swept through the area.

Every villain was rendered helpless in a single strike.

Arms and legs melted, their bodies scorched, twitching on the ground—

But among them, Gu Seoryong was nowhere to be found.

When she interrogated the remaining villains, she realized:

Gu Seoryong had already vanished without a trace.

And even when the villains tried to say her name, their eyes went blank as they lunged at her.

Even without arms or legs—

they dragged themselves across the floor, ready to die.

That wasn’t how villains acted.

Not the ones who always put their own gain first.

Later testing confirmed it.

They were drugged—something untraceable, unknown.

Probably a byproduct of Dragonification.

A toxin secreted from Gu Seoryong’s own body.

The same one she had tried to inject into Yu Anna.

Because of that, even though Yu Anna had captured every villain in Guryong Fortress except Gu Seoryong, she couldn’t feel the slightest bit happy about it.

Right now, Gu Seoryong was a bigger threat than Blaccky.

A power that slowly made others submit to her—

If Yu Anna didn’t catch her fast, it was obvious she’d build another faction somewhere.

And if she got out of hand...

She might cause more damage than a Despair-Class monster ever could.

Is it the monster that’s unusual?

Or is it the villain that’s the anomaly?

“Haa...”

It just gave her more of a headache.

Right then, as Yu Anna pressed the cold beef to her forehead, the ringtone echoed through her room.

Could it be the call she’d been waiting for?

Setting the meat down, she quickly grabbed her phone and answered.

“Hello? Hyena? You okay? Nothing happened? Are you safe?”