NOVEL NEXT chapter 53
53 – 21. Tag: Mind control -1
“How is it so quiet today?”
Iris was enjoying her time walking around the city at dawn.
How long will it be before, such a leisurely dawn?
For almost a month, no Kraken has appeared, and there have been no particularly dangerous enemies. At best, only a few common criminals came forward.
“Ha…Good…”
Is peace finally coming to the world?
“Kyuakya, everything’s going well, right?”
“Yes. It’s quiet.”
“I’m glad.”
Iris stretched her arms while drinking coffee she bought at a convenience store.
“Off…”
She doesn’t seem to need to move around anymore. She doesn’t really have anything to do.
“Shall we go in early today?”
But Iris didn’t know. The fact is that accidents always happen at moments when we are distracted.
“Ugh…Ugh…Help me…”
A woman appeared in front of Iris. She was shaking her body violently.
“Are you okay!?”
“Ugh…Ugh…I’m dizzy…”
“Something is wrong…!”
“Ken…”
“Ken?”
“The Kraken…”
Kraken. Iris narrowed her eyes when she heard that name.
“…It’s been a month.”
“Yes?”
“No, nothing. Is that really him?”
Of course. The woman nodded her head several times. I wondered why the Kraken attacked the civilians, but she had no reason to lie.
Iris took her steps toward the direction the woman pointed at her.
“…There is.”
It was just as the woman said. There, a kraken stood tall, bathed in the morning dew.
It didn’t look much different from usual. Iris approached without anything to be wary of.
“Are you setting the mood alone?”
“…Iris.”
“Why, what about the last moonlight we’ll see?”
“Um…Ah, I see.”
He is as strange as ever. No, she may be even more strange than usual.
But he didn’t usually give off such a strange atmosphere.
“…Well, that’s enough.”
There is no need to think deeply. In the end, all you have to do is fall asleep. There is no need to continue the conversation for a long time.
Whoosh!
Iris rushed in like a fired arrow.
“Are you not planning on having a long conversation?”
“It’s not like that!”
The Kraken shook her head, dodging her fist. He said as he landed on the floor.
“It’s sad.”
“Sad?”
“I never thought they would use this method.”
Kraken still said something meaningless. No matter how many times he attacks, he continues without any intention of counterattacking.
Iris stopped moving for a moment due to the oddity.
Why on earth is it like that?
“Is it menopause?”
“I’m not old enough for that.”
“Then why are you so desperate?”
“…It’s just a pity.”
Sighing, the Kraken stretched out his arms.
“Come here.”
“What…?”
Footsteps were heard from the direction where the Kraken stretched out his arms. A woman walked out of the darkness.
It was a face I remembered.
“You just…! It’s dangerous here! Run!”
“…”
“Why are you coming when I tell you to run away!?”
An even more embarrassing story flows into the ears of Iris, who is embarrassed.
“I brought you Iris, master.”
“Good job.”
Master?
“You…You intended it like this from the beginning…” “It’s a shame. I don’t prefer this method either.”
“That woman…?”
“Don’t misunderstand. He’s an ordinary person, but he’s just going through a bit of bad luck because he caught my eye.”
Iris felt angry at those words. Still, I thought he was a good villain.
“You were a scumbag who did terrible things to women?”
“…This is still new blood.”
“What more are you planning to do?”
Kraken was confused by Iris’ words, but raised her head.
“Be captured obediently.”
“…What?”
“If not.”
At that moment, her tentacle rushed forward and grabbed the woman. Her body looked dangerous, as if it would be crushed at any moment.
“This woman’s pitiful life will end today.”
“You…Coward…! Now you’re going to take me hostage!?”
“It can’t be helped.”
Iris couldn’t help but be shocked by the situation she was experiencing for the first time.
Profanity came out of her mouth.
“You pervert!”
She couldn’t find anything to say, so all she could say was curse words. Since she wasn’t usually good at swearing, she just repeated similar things.
“Make a decision.”
“…Ugh…”
“Are you going to kill this woman, or are you going to get caught?”
There was no option to reject both. Iris ran the simulation in her head.
She destroys her tentacles in an instant and saves the woman, then she retreats. Best possible scenario.
But the Kraken won’t just watch it obediently.
‘…But we still have to do it.’
Iris slowly approached the Kraken. As if I would comply with your words.
Just as the tentacles holding her woman loosened and were about to head towards Iris.
“…Sigh!”
Iris hit the ground hard, creating her own shockwave.
Cow!
Concrete walls rising around her. It became a wall between the Kraken and Iris.
“Come to your senses!”
“…”
“Hurry up and run away- Wow!?”
She was, of course, a crazy woman, but she also had great eccentricities. She took out her phone and suddenly she flashed it.
“Turn it off! Quickly!” “…”
“Tch!”
Iris snatched the woman just like that. She flew up and ran away.
The Kraken is…
“Huh…? Where did they go?”
He disappeared from his seat in an instant.
‘Are you following me?’
It wasn’t followed. He disappeared like the wind and disappeared.
Where on earth did it go? It was true that I was worried.
‘We have to get out quickly.’
I can’t fight with this woman.
With that in mind, Iris ran away, avoiding pursuit as much as possible. Take the most winding path possible so the Kraken can’t chase you.
“You just have to get out of this way.”
“…”
“Just wait a moment.”
If you go a little further, you will reach the police station.
“I plan on leaving the flash on forever! Ugh…I can’t just destroy the phone…”
“…”
“Okay, let’s go to the police station quickly. As long as you get there, you’ll be safe, so don’t worry.”
“If I can go.”
“I can go! …Huh?”
Iris froze.
‘That…A male voice?’
A man’s voice.
No.
“…Kraken…?”
The Kraken’s distorted voice was heard.
‘In the back… No, below.’
Iris used her intuition to trace her source. She looked behind her and saw a long shadow. She blamed the woman on the flashlight.
Something gave me a creepy feeling and my skin started growing –
“Gotcha.”
Shadow.
Tentacles as dark as pitch black poured out from within.
“Huh!?”
“I am here, girl.”
The Kraken let out a voice as it crawled out of the shadows.
“I can’t stand still forever either.”
“Ugh…Let go! Let go!”
“As you become stronger…As your tactics become more numerous, I also change.”
“It’s sticky…I feel bad…!”
“It’s checkmate.”
It was Kraken’s declaration of victory.
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‘…Oh…I barely caught it.’
‘Thank you for your hard work. ‘What should that woman do?’
‘It’s dangerous at night. I’ll have to take you there after everything is done.’
‘Well. You almost suffered something like that from those beast-like people. Also, it would be dangerous to walk alone at night, right?’
‘Of course.’
I slowly pushed back the woman who helped me with the work.
Then I saw Iris screaming, her body bound by her tentacles.
“Let go quickly! You pervert!”
Iris, bound by her tentacles, struggles. Her face is full of anger as she asks if they are going to such a shameful resort.
“It’s a success.”
“You…Coward…!”
“…Whew, you’re the first to make me resort to such measures.”
The gaze being shot is harsh. Maybe it’s because it’s the first time I’ve been fooled like this.
“What are you planning to do, tying me up like this…?”
I was quiet. It was difficult to explain.
First of all, the plan was this.
Hold on to Iris and wait for the others to come. When the other guys arrive, they mind control them and make them fight.
This is a plan in which other magical girls who are shocked will work hard to become stronger.
The first step towards that, this is just the beginning.
“…I also sent letters to other magical girls.”
“…Don’t do anything strange.”
“…Everyone will come to save you.”
“I’m really going to kill you… You pervert…”
“…The show begins before their eyes.”
Why is my heart hurting so much already…?
‘…’
‘Why aren’t you saying anything?’
‘…My conscience hurts…’
‘Now what?’
Iris’s eyes begin to change. Her angry eyes become more and more fiery, and she turns into a kind of hatred.
I guess he thought I was going to do something. And it’s probably something of a very terrible kind.
It is difficult to make excuses because the way it was caught was so subtle. It looks like it’s tied up, wrapped with tentacles and with both arms raised.
“…”
“…”
His heavy silence weighs down her heart. How much time has passed?
Iris jerks her head and she turns away.
“I know what I want to do.”
“…”
“You can hit me until I get angry, or I can experiment as much as I want.”
“…”
“… Can’t we leave her her first experience?”
Her little one responds to Iris’s words.
‘Um…Maybe…That’s because I’m thinking of Shinhyeon…’
‘…Quiet.’
Whoa.
“…Hmm, is that so?”
“Even though I’m like this, there’s someone I like. For that person’s sake…”
I had nothing to say. How can I tell that that person is right in front of me and that he is doing this?
I remained silent, and that seemed to make Iris anxious.
“…Black…”
“…Are you crying?”
“No…Black…Oppa…”
Ahh…
‘Are you okay?’
‘My conscience…Hurts…’
‘So you want to do something like this?’
‘I couldn’t help it… It’s safer than fighting with villains or monsters…’
‘…Ugh…’
My heart aches.
When are the other guys coming?