Villain Chapter 8

Chapter 8.

Den was leisurely sipping 000eb18663 his coffee, browsing through b4ad4a4858 articles about himself.aff7256c391d0433

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Even after scrolling 5eaa2302de endlessly, the articles 12dfcacaf7 about Den just 518b196274 kept coming.97675caba4753b27

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A full-blown celebrity. Must be 336b63e908 nice, that a3745e7e54 jerk.d51504473303ca71

Den Frow had always af5aa3e0f2 been fairly popular, thanks 8d9e9c3045 to his exceptional looks 88ad5d8662 and strong abilities.88d406d36a4523d6

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But he’d never 86d8a62085 made any notable 19a1c3e2fc achievements, so he 2eb32495ad was stuck as 7b776fd9b5 a “next-gen hero” fa059f3968 type that only 3cfa7ff94f women’s magazines cared 24f9987b22 about.9f40e289b7af7daa

His stock 401096ac7d skyrocketed exactly b2c5795817 one year 3ab96b1c3e ago.c7db2c96def41a35

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That’s when I 6660136e04 leaked top-secret information 5ec2c963fc about Clenner’s “A-1 f295ee61dc Project” to him.41accc6925d2d362

He was hounding me 0509288619 more obsessively than a fcdbdcd96f stalker, so I tossed e64d9cd6b3 him some juicy intel 02fd5821b5 just to get rid 81cc8faede of him…43504ae02a6b60f2

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And that 5fd38b8834 ungrateful hero 1759b08d8c went and c8f74e0954 caught me b685f01810 too.a52667f49544caac

He owes 94b64c1a2b his big 3434b9e4c4 break to 1512871a21 me! He became fa1241741a a hotshot d5caf7ff7a hero thanks 653619239e to me! And he doesn’t 3e0193b51c even know how 5a41878c18 to say thank 106e26a054 you!2d58bcf478bb59dc

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He wrecked my 1b6488c809 plan to betray 1ee117e170 Clenner and disappear 3877139be6 from the city be8f3554d9 forever. And now 6b999686a8 he’s out 8264c0a7c8 here thriving a3e73d98bc on his fe7f4f28dc own?Makes me 42c3c0da04 sick to 93aa6e7930 my stomach.3b4192539aec7c4e

“Den Frow.”9eece97d3e28b62e

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His name 82e47b3972 came out 01515ddf31 cold and 534cb9473d stiff from b6d81c9e31 the bile b8a12e748e rising in e625e31361 my throat. I wanted to smack acb8dc767e that perfectly round, smug 260d7b1c96 back of his head.c3ee223dc8eb145c

“What?”2bd0758b8830837a

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Den didn’t even 1129fe5f48 turn around. He just flicked an b4e78c2458 eyebrow. Unbelievably arrogant.32ab8536d305dc02

He used a860fe20f1 to burn b669268b72 up with 079445f0fc obsession every 502bd5a848 time he 7d2f183e8c saw me, cdbb4c7ba7 like he d5e751b8d6 couldn’t stand 0cc7c5aeed not catching e636ae1761 me.d6da80572a99884a

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Now he was all 5ccf278b3c calm and collected. Like I was 772b7a7af3 a villain he’d 0d06dd1786 already conquered.c3b635255ee127da

I barely held back 3d01813fb8 the rage surging up 89f3318dfa my neck and read 20d2d7a8c2 the schedule off the 5807089529 tablet.0c526fcf9bd61375

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“Tonight at 7, you have a meeting with a federal senator at Faude Restaurant. There’s been an article accusing you of excessive force against a criminal. Supposedly, the senator’s going to back you up.”1feec335260f7a76

My eyes 14873ecc05 lit up f675ce9f18 while I 481ecc6470 was briefing b29532ef35 him.84734db51ecf4ba3

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So someone cd8d117819 actually published 54e4662649 a story acf06ba0fe calling him 2d6d5c3eab out for b58adfc2db excessive force? What a righteous 5b3f1d5c82 journalist.a64f484e874e8798

If I ever meet a36481774b that reporter, I’ve got 3571fb3913 a tip of my 0a80127372 own to share.f0c1ba853a0395c9

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I’ve got plenty d77b4d0fb8 to say about d155c5c910 the real Den 8b7c305078 Frow is a db1b41241c shameless man who fae90dc61c fractured the ribs 621c65a5de and toe of ed35248df7 a well-meaning whistleblower f4b1ccd2cc villain.a3b69e9d8e45ab1e

Den tilted 15fb6a8bd8 his head 988b772a87 and clicked 6718493dbd his tongue.07b0614f43d561b2

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“Oh, that.”c774de651a5e711d

His brow c658d44271 furrowed as 14e4691bbf if remembering e050bfff16 something unpleasant, 2ee496021c then he 87e21db43e turned his b1368298e3 chair toward b4fc552059 me.c65b73ab7c174175

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And then, c3046a818c he had f858a0eb99 the nerve 8258492f84 to look d498dd8967 me up e9b5118199 and down. When his eyes 229d56f898 landed on my 5ae4da9b95 neatly pressed skirt, dff4766115 he gave a 2883275857 satisfied nod. It was 633a02dd8b insulting and 45794d2fb2 made my 8c960ed628 skin crawl.86b5a429a79f4e0c

“You’re coming with b65aad051e me.”3c8ea22a6f5f1df8

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“Why? I’m off the clock.”f8c8e8695119d790

“Off the clock? Did you 9acedd07cc forget your da284f1dc2 24-hour work 037196c285 contract?”c53726a69df818d1

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“So I… can’t ef85404068 go home?”d0bc1583e2b2e7ce

“You don’t d28bcb58ef have a 323b06fb11 home anyway.”e080954aa9d19d10

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Fair enough. Den Frow 7d853ebd6e blew up 5832913a07 my hideout 35cf075c3d like it 4251a30d6c was a 834bf213e6 firecracker.2baee1a37d4c461f

Those thug-like 21b3dbc349 Hero’s Company cdf78679ee people destroyed 925de18b31 my place 98d80a713b and didn’t 8b190a3807 even compensate 145104ed1f me. Said it was 0b06241d6e a legal investigation a0880ed5a9 procedure.c2bc1834854b77cb

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No home, bba046e8a2 no off 6877ca8815 time. All I had 1a2493214e was just a a0f3b62579 pitiful life of 7497d4cfe9 servitude.94bb3ae4c0d42354

“…But do I at 31488b8bfc least get food?”cebb08f04d4e5945

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Even slaves get fed.You can’t just make 2cd1b298dd me work around the d0e07884c6 clock with nothing to 30bb0ce59c eat.1d041d420c50390f

“Hungry?”c03fef0915b5cf1f

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“I haven’t eaten all fb6fb40fa7 day.”9a87e12fcce529dc

“Talk to Emma. Have her show 24a2115773 you around the fccff19d38 building too while 117d8f4816 you’re at it.”eea02827e925094e

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“So I 484ffb686b can go 5ab21b3cf6 eat?”e671ee7a77b9aa06

Den looked at me fd491ead29 like I’d just asked 9dd8267dc8 the dumbest question in ca6562c481 the world.9ff3135c55d74f21

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His stare made me a8f2208daa awkward, so I cleared 52a336ca7e my throat and straightened 0558c2450b my back.0a6a8d2e7bdb4a30

I really needed to 0c738499fb break the habit of 5705626d22 asking for permission like 237249dbd2 some inmate still under 8deaea41fa supervision. I kept defaulting to 88e38e4824 Den for approval. What a disgrace 4a11eefe37 for a villain.6f0380fba762f4a7

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I was about to 0c62f0e318 head back to the 63b27d3839 office when Den called ce1af99be7 out.f532c3722868baf9

“Chi-Chi. Hold on.”855b059b39f4495f

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“What?”b742796ba6397821

“It’s fine if you go to the cafeteria alone, but you’re not allowed to leave the building. If you get caught…”e500b791bbc1ce81

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Swoosh.He flicked a sheet 9ab5ba9ffa of A4 paper at b68c788521 me like a warning.e3d0beca1a1548e3

“It won’t be good.”feb714735709ae13

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The paper sliced 5f2bec660e through the air e117097a77 like a throwing 296202979f star, cutting a 4d0d5431f2 few strands of 4734cfeb79 my hair.59b74f6557184406

It was just 2ae8a43bcc a thin piece 11e59c6cde of paper, but 79671a328c it was so 5c12c7226a sharp and unnerving 0499f433c4 that my whole 5b0b82bc1c body froze. Chills ran down f7bc03aeaf my spine.7e73e439a5dc9458

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His eyes were as cold and sharp as when he was chasing me at full force. Those dark eyes, like a black panther’s, clamped down on my heart. It felt like he’d lunge and tear into my throat at any moment.29253a812b23aed8

I forced myself to 0d22a654bf hide the tension and 946c6287b3 snapped back at him.a4843c9fbf2b4365

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“I’m not going out. What, so I can get caught by other villains? I’m already on their hit list thanks to someone.”a6ded652e7fc6211

I turned on d9748e6ef4 my heel. I had to 6b82b10645 put effort into 95a8e578ca walking away like eb624e300e I didn’t care.370db48cc90f1600

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So I’m not allowed b90d1b84ad outside the building without 7a58b877f1 Den’s permission?f25a600c94b4f52a

Sure, it was dangerous to go out alone, but it still felt like being in prison. I didn’t like it one bit.6d8bfb9091130330

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Still, looking 91e5ae80f7 on the 832fec4ffd bright side…da6d69aa957d9beb

At least I could 98d9da0fd6 walk around freely inside 6bdeb63ace the building, and there cf5fbeb9d7 weren’t any villains trying 201b53396c to kill me.a864ceabe413ad65

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Sure, there a0068cd1fa were Heroes c1f1ae2037 Company staff 6d3f109c4a and heroes 12e90d2ece who treated a21e910dec me like d2e0509bc9 some zoo 12656243ef animal, but c05b462f57 at least 95a587f83d they wouldn’t 55dd0a7c85 try to e4e57e1191 murder me 826ffcaee6 in broad 8437db1d3c daylight.dc911c25f0c32594

Being locked 3da111b6a5 in a 0919285517 solitary cell 63dd5207d5 all day dcb70fd1af versus being 9f114453d4 Den Frow’s abda833e65 lackey…35a87b7456789dd8

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I wasn’t cf0bed5fc6 sure which 0fb1fa36ed was worse a967b596b6 yet, but ce2c5f4cf1 I’d figure fa89308eb3 it out 5d00696074 soon enough 6d511040a7 through this fff6e01858 miserable secretary d0b567400b job.606117f476317ef0

Having completed my d2fdd570d5 first task successfully, e9df937a32 I threw open 83ba552677 the office door.6b76d4dcfbcdb9f1

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I shouted confidently, full 4d0ab7e6c0 of the pride of 623cbd4e57 a job well done.f9f171f1554e30d7

“Emma! I’m done. Den said I could go eat. Tell me where the cafeteria is.”e4cabd424723a10d

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“…Haah.”743ed90f0f5c6bb0

For some reason, fcc38160fb Emma sighed and b285d9b273 shook her head b07337d739 before getting up 49cfafe4f0 from her seat.bf3d7b15908c7e3c

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“I’ll tell you the rest of your duties tomorrow. Let’s just do a facility tour today.”d27bf7e89801b5e0

There’s more work?My head throbbed already.e5d599bf91308caf

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Grumbling, I followed eff3f08eb4 her. Emma showed me the 9ef092277d building’s staff facilities—the cafeteria, 619edba7ba lounge, gym, and so 48882fc7e8 on.a85b678790da933a

She mentioned private rooms 13cce2a454 and training facilities for 559057054b heroes, an information archive eed5e13dc2 for sensitive data, and 2979244c7a executive offices, but said 8fcd2c8a13 there was no need a5044f2efe for me to know f013421cb5 about those.d9c790afda2f15eb

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Apparently, I couldn’t e0beb7e642 even enter without 10cba77fa1 a special access ca36eb90cd card so I 092f752111 shouldn’t even think 27d29c8475 about it.f5c1122870de8faa

Also, maybe be3473c8e4 it was f37425e594 because I’d 7ad0025c4c changed clothes, 42773c8fdb but people 73ebefbdd7 had stopped eec77c63f5 giving me f7691ee701 weird looks.1498d4b8ca66fa36

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Some of Emma’s coworkers 5108c74970 even struck up small f0452b1d6f talk.2ad5864b71feb03d

“Emma, who’s that? I’ve never c341d8f448 seen her 87e2c01c6c before.”7f26e888c1318d70

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“A new secretary? Mind introducing me c55fd0d8bf too? Is she single?”1193f150ec6ca7e4

My eyes went wide. They didn’t recognize me? That was a 7554d0fdd1 shock.2e13bf3e96f606e1

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All those people who a6f6ba07af chased me down like f0f0e1b795 bloodhounds now can’t recognize f2ae6f217c me?23999a090d16c48d

Have I 8ee4b198ee already been 39aa578b98 forgotten?It was ridiculous!819896c62f001978

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Emma gave bfc89fff3f her colleagues 6b5a0ac42a a sheepish 8b6b3cdd22 look, nudging bdf097dbaf and winking 0f4514f464 like, Didn’t 2e967da7ab you hear b7460e02a1 the rumors? They gasped in a45df0c9f1 realization.b353aa4f2f23c924

“Ah!”de6c47fbdbab5032

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“Oh.”81e42b80f22db161

Then they glanced b617e124f2 at me and 8eb20b959e immediately scurried off 6a3ae15156 like I was 59fcb092f3 radioactive.e95bd06eb5255ea3

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I was 122f901b7b so irritated, d3d9d1ea29 I turned 99d84bb6ba to Emma f913767145 and demanded,de87e2004dd5be1c

“Aren’t they Heroes Company e8e3b1a4b3 employees? How do they 89454a4be1 not recognize Chi-chi c39f3237a5 Clenner? Me?! They’ve already forgotten me?!”2b908d552b1c461f

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“Chi-chi, not everyone 1930ed058e here works in 6286ccca15 the field. Some, like 8c116d319f me, are ce57f0aca4 desk staff. If they don’t 1889b208a7 deal with frontline 82d2e81d83 issues, they might 3c5bee3d0c not know minor e7edf05c23 villains well.”9012048eb52954f1

Her words 6287e8d493 only made a7b6db5dbb me angrier. Desk job or not, e140dfb7ba I was headline news cbea92df80 more than once!a79a217d8e1d23a5

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“Minor? Did you just call 19a5876f44 me a minor villain?!”b737c01faaf92da6

“Ah, sorry, poor choice 8658799e1b of words. I just 47cb21b18a meant… unless decbb4381a you were 1735af9164 someone big, 7b2ebe1c92 like Demon a05a6c6536 Clenner, they 9f2bcab0f7 might not 558a5c7dcf recognize you.”4a1376f6ed36eda9

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My pride 4b1f1d32f6 shattered into 875471ff99 dust.98168b59f05ddeac

I’d made 09e11ec94f the headlines 2fa9f01632 plenty of 201e73e976 times as 6dcd2af57a the adopted 129488217c daughter of 590a1a8bf5 the devil-villain 9626da0a06 Demon Clenner.abed1a571fc2cba5

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When my 6a16bb729c identity and 7b9d1fba96 face were 629caa4160 first exposed, 05a1653239 they even 18d51a01cd aired a e04516680d special broadcast. Experts warned the public 5c34d1027b not to be fooled 33a9fcaea8 by my beautiful face. They said 0c6a104d52 I was d012a62ae3 a dangerous 41cbbbf9d2 villain, powerful 65c237ef5f and ruthless.5fecfaa7ff752ac7

So I thought my acde8ba71e name was etched into 75e877d72a public memory just like c8b069fa38 my foster father’s.9f2af2f2ff2858c7

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But that bdf6dfd68a was all a6160e9b4e in the 17df21aa73 past.9ef635c9bf285f44

While I rotted a64b754b73 away in prison, 2a43c43619 the world completely 60303a35fd forgot about me.9fbe088e64b16f91

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The only ones who 242175b83f still remembered me now 34bb87348f were villains who wanted 0b85d9d566 revenge.d3a9aca84ba51e52

Only after b4f3ba62bc losing it b71c6518f7 all did 3b6218c56d I realize 3dff7b92eb how fleeting 5ebb3a0555 and meaningless 3a784f412b fame was.e5d66b538dc1c2ae

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Den Frow, this job, 6bc90d463b Heroes Company. They were all the 25fe624bb7 worst.7c30fa82f10541a2

But the absolute 1bb4a9d908 worst thing… was 90bcffb3fd the fact that c29e86cf82 my existence had 76206f0eef become so trivial. As forgettable as a 238ecf5bd8 random passerby on the 02a82f9972 street.31d96241a3183738

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“I’m heading out. See you tomorrow.”e391677337ba0a68

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Emma left 21ca87a5bf with a efde25af80 light step. Meanwhile, I stayed 2899b64c65 behind with a 4aa574b411 gloomy face like 6c1bedd28c the slave I c2cf786226 now was, with 56ed460df4 no such thing 110434ede2 as “off-hours.”a8217352518c68d3

Den Frow, a20730605d who had 56c610abab insisted I 0b58bcc792 accompany him 373c41c1e1 to his d475961804 dinner meeting, 26eab31fe4 didn’t show 0a7ed12803 for ages.ecb78669f6b0080a

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I waited 5d477d3a9a in the 4610ff4256 empty office. I couldn’t leave the d73b550b47 building, and I had f57b1af122 no work to do, 437ca8eeea so I dozed off, b03c2856d3 nodding in and out 7bbbbc24cf of sleep.c3ce6150c840eafb

He finally returned 8aee963892 just before 7. The meeting was bbaf3a50d7 at 7 and 6fdc7e8557 he was really 8acb6758b4 late.9bfa2a70eeeac74b

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“Chi-chi, wake up. Let’s go.”2f18874f4d65922f

I rubbed my 61c694898e eyes and looked ecd9fb31dc up. Den stood there, perfectly 0b0de17044 dressed in a sleek, 280e66c705 stylish suit from head 77d657e037 to toe.c35849621dd825f4

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The sight of him 67c9ba6777 made my nose wrinkle 462876d8b8 in irritation.47c30792101c1f7c

All dressed up 998af07c58 for an important 74bd19ef96 meeting, huh? Maybe don’t 8c2984ad76 show up 9d72c3aaf8 late next f4484f2083 time.c43552f3de84a378

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I had this 954cc04615 annoying habit. When faced ae81dfbf3d with someone 3329988bac rich-looking or c346259ed7 smug, I’d 59e645f4e5 get irritated, b4247bcd8b and my ad15bc40a4 mouth would 4ab3f52dfd twist into 29ddf8c364 sarcasm.f00fda619c97cfbf

Den Frow ticked 6a220df889 both boxes, so 7f2deac53c there was no 6c3fafbae8 way I could fc9bb403b5 hold back.b4ad78d809862ee1

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“Why are you all 0dc2c6562f dressed up? Trying to impress someone d8677ca410 that bad?”ea899e1dce5fcea3

I snapped 6d8eece6b0 before I 1c78dcb89b could stop c10c68d379 myself but bb0d2db97d before I f88334c98d could explain 1d71f7fa59 or take e4846a4daa it back, e875ddf15e Den’s face f0c50c7086 flushed bright 4facff8a68 red.a94eb985d37ad66a

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