A Beating Is The Cure

“…Excuse me.”
“Come in.”

— Gulp-gulp— Pah!

Kwon Hyeri greeted me midway through an energy drink she was downing in one go. For once she wasn’t wearing her usual look of a woman about to drop dead; something had put her in a good mood. She dumped the empty can on the desk and started leafing through a stack of documents.

“You bet another ten million won this time, I hear. On Hedgehoggirl.”
“…Yes, she is the Villain I’m assigned to, after all.”
“Chain Blade isn’t exactly an easy opponent, though.”

She wasn’t wrong. Chain Blade rarely loses. Rarely enough that the Hero...