I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 160

“Aaaaaaaargh!”

After confirming Mok Jin-woo’s death.

Everyone tilted their heads, watching Shin Jung-ah wail endlessly on the rooftop.

To others, it just seemed like the leader of an allied guild had died.

Lee Ha-sung and Na Mi-na felt the same way.

Shin-hwa said,

“You all didn’t know? Mok Jin-woo and Shin Jung-ah have been lovers for a long time. A really long time.”

“…Lovers? How did Shin-hwa know that…? Ah, is this also future sight?”

“Their rivalry was all an act. If this had succeeded, the two guilds would have merged. The lovers would have become one too.”

“Something like this…”

“Since their movements were shrouded in mystery, no one knew about their secret meetings, which is understandable.”

“And Shin-hwa knew that.”

“Well, I could see it all along.”

Shin-hwa replied nonchalantly.

Then Na Mi-na asked,

“Shin-hwa! When am I going to die? Can you see my lifespan with your future sight?”

“I can’t always see everything… But you’ll definitely have your 60th birthday party.”

“Wow! Really?”

He nodded.

He said it jokingly, but it was also the truth based on his past life memories.

Na Mi-na was currently 35 years old.

She was still alive in 2052!

She lived a healthy life until she was almost seventy.

Just then.

“Kang Shin-hwa! I can’t forgive you!”

Shin Jung-ah’s voice, wailing from the rooftop, was faintly heard.

Her anger was understandable from her perspective.

Even though they were both villains, they were still lovers, weren’t they? It was natural to grieve the death of a lover.

“How could a B+ rank…”

“It seems like we can’t explain it without calling him an irregular.”

“Isn’t he disguising his rank?”

“If he can kill Mok Jin-woo, how many awakeners in the country can even stand against him?”

Meanwhile, the KSA [Korean Special Ability Association] agents’ reactions were consistent as they looked back and forth between Shin-hwa and Mok Jin-woo’s corpse.

They couldn’t believe it, even with the evidence right in front of them.

Ranks weren’t just for show.

There were clear differences in experience, talent manifestation, and magic power based on rank, so it couldn’t be ignored.

But Shin-hwa had been breaking common sense since the moment his existence became known to people.

Park Hyung-san, Jeil Geon, and Jang Sung-young all lost their lives at Shin-hwa’s hands, didn’t they?

Everyone was wondering who the next ‘villain’ to be sacrificed would be, and Mok Jin-woo’s name was added to the list.

He was considered a corrupt element disrupting the domestic guild order, but no one dared to do anything about it.

It was the death of a villain.

The Hongyeon Guild had been under suspicion for a long time, starting with drug trafficking from China, and evidence of their crimes was emerging in many places.

They just couldn’t be touched easily because of the Hongyeon Guild’s influence and power.

Meanwhile.

After a little time passed.

Shin Jung-ah, who had come down to the lobby in one go, strode over and stood facing Shin-hwa.

Her bodyguards, led by Hong Mae-hwa, tried to stop her, but Shin Jung-ah’s eyes were filled with madness.

“Kang Shin-hwa! Come out here right now, you son of a bitch!”

Shin Jung-ah’s shout, stained with anger, echoed loudly.

“We, the KSA, will handle it. Shin-hwa has done enough. Frankly, you’ve contributed more than enough.”

Lee Ha-sung stood in front of Shin-hwa. He thought Shin-hwa’s personality would make him step forward.

Judging from the wounds on Shin-hwa’s body and his slightly tired appearance, it seemed like too much.

Shin Jung-ah was also an SS+ rank awakener, and not an easy opponent at all.

‘I should finish this. I knew this would happen anyway, and it looks better if I wrap it up.’

But Shin-hwa’s thoughts were a little different.

First of all, he had done a lot of research on Shin Jung-ah’s abilities, just like he had with Mok Jin-woo.

From Shin-hwa’s point of view, Shin Jung-ah was easier to deal with than Mok Jin-woo.

The reason was that her main abilities were all abilities that Shin-hwa could ‘counter’.

Shin Jung-ah’s ability was an implementation ability that created clones using magic power and then detonated them upon approach.

In addition, she was skilled in illusion and distortion techniques, so all her techniques were specialized in confusing and deceiving the opponent.

But Shin-hwa’s ‘eyes’ could break through all the confusion abilities like illusion, distortion, clones, and bewitchment.

It was like knowing that the opponent could only play rock or scissors in a game of rock-paper-scissors.

If you only play rock, you can at least tie or win if you’re lucky, right?

That’s how Shin-hwa envisioned the compatibility of battles.

‘If I subdue Shin Jung-ah as well, it will definitely appeal to many people. The Chinese Big Three, the WSA [World Superpower Alliance], the Elijah Group, the Avengers, and so on…’

Shin-hwa looked far ahead.

By firmly imprinting his power on his enemies, he hoped to prevent small fries from being sent to do useless things.

It was like sending a clear warning.

He had the ability to eliminate even SS+ ranks, so don’t waste your energy on useless guys.

Shin Jung-ah was a woman who had committed numerous evil deeds behind the scenes, just like Mok Jin-woo.

There were more than twenty reasons why she should die right now.

“I’ll take care of it. I think I can handle it one-on-one.”

“Shin-hwa!”

Lee Ha-sung stopped Shin-hwa.

“Shin Jung-ah came out alone, didn’t she? If we catch Shin Jung-ah, the rest of the gang might surrender sooner than we think.”

“But Shin Jung-ah is…”

“You think it’s dangerous because she’s an SS+ rank, but haven’t I proven my skills so far?”

Clap!

Shin-hwa put Mok Jin-woo’s corpse back into the subspace.

The sight of Mok Jin-woo repeatedly entering and exiting the subspace was truly unsightly.

As expected, Shin Jung-ah burst into tears at the sight of Mok Jin-woo’s empty space after he disappeared into the subspace.

“If something happens to me, I think you can start a full-scale war then. Give me a chance.”

Shin-hwa said nonchalantly.

“I’ll step in if it seems like Shin-hwa is in any danger.”

“I’ll ask for help first, so don’t worry.”

Shin-hwa smiled and stepped forward.

To Shin Jung-ah, who was watching, that smile looked like an insane, wicked grin.

“Kang Shin-hwa! You killed my love and completely shattered our dreams. Do you know that?”

“I know it well.”

“Do you know what you’ve done…?”

“I should be saying that. Do you know what your deeds have done? Do you think this world belongs to you?”

Shin Jung-ah was momentarily speechless at Shin-hwa’s words. Shin-hwa continued.

“Don’t give me that ‘revenge for my lover’ or ‘our dreams’ bullshit. Just attack. That’s how history goes. If you succeed, it’s a revolution; if you fail, it’s a rebellion.”

“I’ll kill you, I will.”

“Yeah, try killing me. You say you’re going to kill me, so let’s see that spirit.”

Shin-hwa nodded.

In fact, as with the battle against Mok Jin-woo, he had one thing he trusted in.

The Flower of Rebirth.

No matter how horribly he died, he had a flower that would perfectly revive him in a flawless state.

A villain with no future.

On the other hand, he had a future, and he had schemes.

A champion of justice (?) who perfectly knew the opponent’s weaknesses and how to overcome them.

His body felt quite heavy due to the fatigue from the bloody battle with Mok Jin-woo, but Shin-hwa stood before Shin Jung-ah once again.

The grand plan he had started and designed. Now was the time to put an end to that plan.

* * *

A brawl began.

In terms of ‘rank,’ Shin Jung-ah was the leader, and Shin-hwa was not, so there was an imbalance.

In any case, everyone held their breath and watched the battle, neither stepping forward nor retreating.

However, everyone was sharpening their swords.

If one side collapsed, they would use this as an opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

The Awakened who had not witnessed the battle between Shin-hwa and Mok Jin-woo implicitly predicted Shin Jung-ah’s superiority.

That was the power of common sense that the alphabet of rank possessed, and the logic of reasonable rational thinking and judgment.

However, veterans Lee Ha-sung and Na Mi-na clearly saw the difference.

“Chief, can you grasp it clearly?”

“Shin-hwa is seeing through all the clone explosions, distortions, and illusions. He hasn’t allowed a single effective hit.”

“It’s noisy, and smoke is rising… but there’s nothing substantial. For Shin Jung-ah.”

“She’s launching a barrage of attacks, and it looks like Shin-hwa is being pushed back, but that’s only visually.”

“That’s right. It’s like Shin-hwa is unilaterally playing with Shin Jung-ah.”

“I can’t believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes. He’s completely figured out the repertoire of an SS+ rank Awakened?”

“It seems we have no choice but to believe it for now.”

“Wow… that’s really amazing. I don’t know how many talents I’ve confirmed for Shin-hwa.”

“He had so many talents that we didn’t even know about. Like changing like a liquid… and the destructive power of using that iron ball has become stronger than before.”

The majority of the agents did not properly predict the advantage. It was because Shin Jung-ah’s attacks were so flashy.

However, in the eyes of Lee Ha-sung and Na Mi-na, Shin Jung-ah was quickly getting tired.

On the other hand, Shin-hwa was calmly taking all the attacks.

However, he had not yet launched a definite blow.

Perhaps he judged that there was not enough room to exploit Shin Jung-ah’s weaknesses.

“I think I would struggle if I faced Kang Shin-hwa as an enemy.”

“Chief, is it that serious?”

“Why would I utter empty words? I’m talking coldly. It’s hard to calculate.”

“This is really… oh? Oh, oh, oh!”

Right then.

Swish!

“Kyaaaa!”

Na Mi-na and Lee Ha-sung could see it. The moment Shin-hwa’s body, which had been silently engaged in battle without making a single groan, moved like lightning!

Shin Jung-ah’s left arm twitched and flew away like an octopus leg cut with a slicing knife.

It was severed in one blow.

Numerous clones.

Distorted force fields scattered everywhere.

Hazy smoke blocking the view.

Shin Jung-ah had deployed the maximum amount of obstacles!

Shin-hwa was not at all confused and aimed perfectly at Shin Jung-ah alone.

It was such an accurate and flawless pinpoint strike.

“Shin Jung-ah has been hit…”

The scales of victory in the battlefield began to tilt sharply towards Shin-hwa.

* * *

At the same time.

“…”

Russell, who was outwardly a young and promising office worker and inwardly a WSA [World Superpower Alliance] VVIP whose face was not even properly known, was watching TV.

“He’s ignoring the gap in rank and just overwhelming her like that?”

The guild war taking place in Korea was currently being broadcast live through broadcasting stations.

The situation was already very unfavorable for the Hongyeon and Cheongyeon Guilds.

In fact, the final battle was unfolding at the point of being finished, and the main characters were Shin-hwa and Shin Jung-ah.

And just now, Shin Jung-ah had allowed Shin-hwa a painful blow. She had lost one arm.

It was a truly unbelievable reversal that a B+ rank Awakened was waging against an SS+ rank Awakened.

“Now that it’s come to this, do I have to check it myself?”

Russell got up from his seat.

His gaze turned to the ring that was always placed in one corner of his desk.

That was.

The ring with the golden black widow spider pattern engraved on it. It was the Lecceto ring that those who came from the Nas Continent had.