Chapter 61. Cheetahman, the Hero of Justice (5)
“Oh, right. Take this!”
As if suddenly remembering something, Victoria tilted her head back.
Then she stabbed a syringe into the back of her neck.
Dark red blood slowly filled the syringe.
Victoria hurriedly handed it to Subin.
“I made an antiserum for the sleeping gas I found on the bus. Inject this into the children and they should wake up quickly.”
Apparently, even in that short amount of time, she had not forgotten to prepare something for the children.
Subin accepted Victoria’s serum with a bewildered expression.
“Thanks.”
“What are you thanking me for? It’s just what a hero should do.”
With that, Victoria climbed onto Robert.
Cheetahman, or rather Yukgap, lightly waved his hand.
“Then we’re leaving. Take good care of the kids.”
Robert carried the two of them away, disappearing down the road.
Seongryeol watched them leave and asked in confusion,
“Mom, why are they running away? Aren’t they heroes?”
Subin quietly stared in the direction they had disappeared.
Then she answered carefully, but with growing certainty.
“That’s why they’re leaving.”
Her expression softened.
“Because they’re real heroes.”
“Hmm. The newspapers are pretty quiet.”
Victoria muttered as she flipped through the paper.
She had expected the media to explode over an entire class of kindergarteners nearly being kidnapped.
Instead, it was far quieter than she had imagined.
“They probably decided to keep it quiet for the children’s sake,” Yukgap guessed. “Finding out that a teacher they trusted tried to kidnap them would be pretty traumatic.”
Victoria pouted.
“I was kind of hoping everyone would hear about the heroic deeds of Cheetahman and Alchemist Girl. That part’s a little disappointing.”
Apparently, she had genuinely expected their story to make the news.
Yukgap could only stare at her in disbelief.
“Dream on. A chimera weapon pretending to be a superhero? Even a passing dog would laugh.”
Victoria, however, looked unexpectedly serious.
“Yukgap, why don’t we start doing hero work for the peace of the back alley?”
“No thanks. This isn’t exactly a place where ‘protecting the peace’ means anything.”
A back alley where every kind of illegal and impossible thing flowed together.
A superhero protecting peace here?
The idea was absurd.
Would this place even remain peaceful if someone tried?
“Been well?”
While they were chatting, a familiar customer entered the restaurant.
It was Subin.
Victoria immediately greeted her.
“Oh! Miracle Woman! Welcome!”
“Please forget that ridiculous hero name.”
Subin clearly disliked the name she had been given on the spot.
Victoria ignored that and quickly asked,
“How’s your son?”
“He’s fine. He inhaled sleeping gas, but there’s nothing wrong with his body.”
Subin gave a small sigh.
“Other than the fact that his dream job is now ‘superhero.’”
“What about the other kids?”
“They all woke up safely thanks to the serum you gave me. They slept through the whole thing, so none of them even know what happened.”
She shrugged lightly.
“Honestly, that’s probably for the best.”
Fortunately, all the children had recovered safely.
Could any of them have imagined that the teacher they trusted had tried to lure them away on a field trip and kidnap them?
“I thought things would get noisy after all that. I was surprised it stayed this quiet.”
Victoria sounded genuinely puzzled.
Subin calmly explained,
“The parents handled it. No children were hurt, and the kidnappers were caught, so everyone agreed not to make a bigger issue of it than necessary.”
She added,
“But don’t worry. The teacher and the driver who tried to kidnap the kids were arrested by the police.”
“That’s good.”
The criminals had been caught.
That was welcome news.
Still, Victoria looked slightly disappointed.
“It’s kind of a shame, though. Yukgap worked hard making that lunchbox. Seongryeol didn’t even get to eat a single bite before we blew it up. And I even made a special lunchbox container.”
Yukgap immediately snapped,
“Have you still not realized that making the lunchbox itself that dangerous was the problem?”
Victoria proudly lifted her chin.
“But everyone survived because of me. This proves all lunchboxes should have an explosion function.”
“Stop saying insane things!”
Subin smiled faintly as she watched the two bicker.
Then she suddenly held out a document to Yukgap.
“Here. This is my reward for saving my son.”
Yukgap accepted it in confusion.
“What is this?”
“My recommendation letter.”
Subin spoke casually.
“Kevin will be coming to Korea soon. With this, you should be able to meet him.”
Yukgap stared at the document in disbelief.
“What? But...”
“One thing, though.”
Subin’s tone became firm.
“This isn’t a recommendation as a mercenary.”
“It’s a recommendation as a chef.”
She continued,
“Kevin is constantly at risk of poisoning, so he only eats food prepared by designated personal chefs.”
“This trip is no different. While he’s in Korea, he’s looking for a chef he can trust with his life.”
That sounded far more important than Yukgap had expected.
The fact that Subin was recommending him for such a position was almost overwhelming.
“Why are you giving this to me?”
“To me, Kevin is basically my real older brother.”
Subin smiled bitterly.
“I hated the thought of someone like that getting tangled up with Abraxas. I would’ve rather died than let it happen.”
Then she looked at Yukgap.
“But for some reason, I think I can trust you.”
Her smile deepened.
“You’re not one of Abraxas’s chimera weapons.”
“You’re the hero of justice, Cheetahman.”
“Thanks.”
That was all Yukgap could say.
He knew better than anyone how much Subin must have struggled before deciding to hand this over.
Subin shrugged.
“This is as far as I can help. Whether you can actually become Kevin’s chef, or whether you’ll manage to meet him, I don’t know.”
“But at least with that letter, you should be able to speak to him.”
Yukgap answered lightly.
“At this point, I’ve got nothing left to be scared of.”
He grinned.
