I'm Not Your Dad, I'm a Villain - Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Gigantes (2)

“…If I didn’t know with this hero badge, I’d be a spy. You are.”

The Colossus—Gigantes.

Even before joining Pandemonia, he had committed countless acts of destruction and was now known as the field commander of Pandemonia.

The sinking of the 600-meter-long Titanic was more due to his power than Seolhwa’s, and the current devastation of the city was also a result of his attacks.

He is considered one of the ‘worst and strongest’ villains exposed to the public.

“Where is Seolhwa?”

However, destructiveness and cruelty are not the entirety of a villain.

“Are you planning to fight her?”

“Of course.”

No matter his cruelty and strength, currently, he is under Seolhwa.

Since she is the mastermind behind this situation, Spiritas’s main focus would be fighting her.

Understanding this, Spiritas glared at him with high pressure, but Gigantes merely shook his head with a blunt voice.

“Sorry, but she won’t fight you.”

“Are you saying you won’t tell me until I defeat you?”

“That’s not what I meant, but… sure, that works too.”

So, defeating him is the only way to reach her.

Clicking her tongue, Spiritas clenched her fist and asked.

“…You look quite tired. Can you manage?”

-Rumble.

In that moment, stone fragments trickled down the cracks in his body.

No matter how formidable a villain he is, it indicated he had also suffered considerable damage from the events in the center.

In other words, they couldn’t have a fair fight.

“That goes for you too, doesn’t it?”

And the same went for Spiritas.

She defeated hundreds of villains, including the S-rank villain Chronos.

If Bykontrast hadn’t guided her to this place, she might have exhausted herself to the brink.

“Don’t worry. I haven’t used all my power yet.”

Yes, she still had some room left.

At least enough to consider a battle with the mastermind behind this incident.

“…I see.”

Gigantes nodded quietly, sensing her readiness.

Then, the expressionless eyes visible through the cracks in his cement-covered face turned toward Spiritas.

“Spiritas, before we begin, I have a proposal for you.”

Just facing him conveyed a deep sense of seriousness.

Feeling the pressure, Spiritas prepared for battle as Gigantes unfolded his arms and raised his hand.

-Creak, crack.

As the rock covering his hand parted, an item slowly emerged.

Spiritas, on high alert, saw a thin piece of paper and a small pen.

Gigantes held them out to her and spoke.

“Could I get your autograph?”

“…What?”

“As a fan, could I get your autograph?”

“…”

His earnest voice did not match his request.

Spiritas blinked in bewilderment, staring at him.

But Gigantes looked down at her with unwavering seriousness.

Yes, he was genuine.

Regardless of his intentions, he sincerely wanted her autograph.

“Well, sure.”

Caught up in the atmosphere, Spiritas agreed.

She practiced signing every day, so she could do it with her eyes closed.

What slowed her hand was the presence of the armored giant standing before her.

“…Here.”

“Hmm, thank you.”

Holding the signed paper, Gigantes looked down at it, resting his chin on his hand.

Seeing him nod, she knew there was a satisfied smile beneath the cement-covered face.

“…No sneak attacks, huh.”

“I am Gigantes. A man who keeps his word. I’d choose silence over lying.”

“Oh, really?”

There were many things she wanted to question, but Spiritas decided to stop thinking about it.

Even Bykontrast, whom she encountered before, had opinions incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Many villains weren’t sane to begin with, and this man was no different.

“Well then, now that personal matters are settled, let’s begin.”

With that, Gigantes hid the signed paper beneath his skin, just as he had revealed it.

At that moment, a faint tremor emanated from the ground.

The vibrations of his Gift began to resonate from below.

“…Thorough, aren’t you? I thought you might back off as a fan.”

“You must know how to separate business from pleasure.”

“Of course you would.”

She hadn’t expected to hear such honest words from a villain.

But if he wanted to fight, she had no intention of backing down.

“No need for a signal flare, right?”

“Come at me as you wish.”

A brief exchange followed.

-Boom!!

Her words were swallowed by an explosion as her figure vanished from his sight.

Her speed was comparable to Mach.

Was she approaching from the front at such speed?

-Boom!!

No, her initial leap wasn’t straight but to the side.

Her second leap, out of his sight, targeted Gigantes’s blind spot.

-Bang!!

Her punch aimed at Gigantes’s side…

Or it should have.

‘What is this.’

Her blow struck not his body, but a thick mass of cement that suddenly formed in mid-air.

Despite her punch, which could pierce through steel, it didn’t break through.

“Why the long face? Not pleased with the outcome?”

A low murmur.

As a sense of danger surged around her, Spiritas quickly retreated.

At the spot she had just vacated, boulders rained down.

Though small, each impact turned the debris into powder.

Their mass was disproportionately immense.

“I thought your power was gigantification.”

“Need an explanation?”

-Hum.

The vibrations started to emanate from Gigantes.

Ripples formed around him, causing debris to float.

“My Gift is psychokinesis. Simple telekinesis.”

That was all he said.

-Crack!

Cement fragments around him coalesced into globes.

Each one aimed at Spiritas, flying in arcs.

-Boom, crash!!

As she dodged the attacks that caused the earth to erupt like a bombardment, a boulder targeted her head.

It would be dangerous if it hit.

‘Counterattack…’

No, she shouldn’t counter.

Punching it might break her bones.

-Thud!

She quickly adjusted, raising her arms to guard, and the cement chunk crashed to the ground.

The sphere shattered, not from her strength but from falling out of Gigantes’s telekinetic control.

Yes, each sphere aiming at her weighed several hundred kilograms to tons.

“…It’s not simple at all.”

“Simplicity is best. The simpler the ability, the more universally effective and efficient it becomes… Though it’s unfortunate I can’t lift someone with superhuman strength, I can just cover them with more force.”

As he spoke, the cement globes flew at her again.

It would be dangerous to take them head-on.

Even as she evaded and took cover, Gigantes stood with arms crossed.

“And if we’re talking simplicity, isn’t your power even simpler?”

-Bang!

Seizing an opportunity, Spiritas destroyed her cover and advanced.

Her kick landed on Gigantes’s chest but only pushed him back slightly.

Any other villain would have been shattered.

-Ouch!

Pain shot through her leg.

Unable to destroy the material, the force of her attack rebounded.

“…Disappointing, inheriting Heavenly Demon’s power and this is all you can do?”

Gritting her teeth and crouching, Gigantes looked down at her and asked quietly.

“That punch just now. If you had put more strength into it, could you have broken my body completely?”

Unlike her transforming superhuman strength into telekinesis, her power remained pure superhuman strength.

Accumulated over generations.

Though limited to compression and release, the total force far exceeded his telekinesis.

“Then why aren’t you using your full strength?”

Despite their simple strength contest, she couldn’t overwhelm him.

In other words, she was still ‘holding back.’

“If one punch isn’t enough.”

Spiritas, pressing her throbbing leg to the ground, replied.

“Then two punches will do!!”

Her fist, raised to her waist, struck forward.

The direct blow landed on Gigantes’s abdomen.

-Bang!!

A point-blank punch.

A deadly strike delivered at close range.

The properly executed blow amplified its force several times over.

-Rumble!

But the resulting destruction didn’t stop at breaking his armor.

“What, what is this?”

Yes, the shattering pieces didn’t reveal blood or organs.

The insides, like the exterior, were filled with debris.

As the shattered powder scattered, sweat ran down Spiritas’s face.

‘Was his Gift not telekinesis?’

No, the previous display was definitely telekinesis.

Then was his shattered body a result of another Gift?

That couldn’t be.

A person only had one Gift. There were no recorded instances of having two.

Then how?

-Did you think this was the end?

As she analyzed, a voice echoed.

It was Gigantes’s, but not from the shattered rubble.

Louder and broader,

The voice reverberated like it couldn’t have come from a human mouth.

-Foolish thoughts.

With a reproachful whisper, his fragmented body dissolved into the debris.

Then the ground began to split with a rumble.

Experiencing what felt like an earthquake, she struggled to maintain her balance as the earth rose beneath her.

-Spiritas. You are strong. Among current heroes, none can match your strength.

Yes, the voice echoed.

Originating from something rising from the ground.

-But here, we are not in an arena but a battlefield. Anything can happen and…

-Boom!!

-Therefore, you can’t even choose whom to fight.

A tower, no, a massive structure began to rise from the ground.

No, not even that.

More accurately, it was the ruins of the city coalescing into a ‘human form.’

“What…”

The monstrous being emerged from the underground, upending everything around it.

It wasn’t even an intentional act of destruction.

Its sheer size altered the landscape as it revealed itself.

“What is that…”

All Spiritas could do was step back in astonishment.

Regaining her composure, she saw its shadow towering over the skeletal remains of nearby buildings.

Even among the skyscrapers, its form was evident.

And it wasn’t fully formed yet. Its bulk continued to swell from its underground connection.

‘The cracks in his body weren’t from exhaustion.’

She realized then.

The previous display was just stalling.

A ‘clone’ meant to buy time while constructing the current form underground.

-Spiritas, my final message to you.

Yes, this was his true strength.

He had prepared everything to unleash his full power and commence the planned destruction.

-Just as you defeated Femme Fatale Familia, unleash your full power on me.

If she couldn’t stop him, the city would be erased from the continent’s map today.

The public’s assessment wasn’t an exaggeration.

End of Chapter