Although a Villain, My Wish is World Peace

At my words, everyone’s attention focused on me.

Han Seo-hyeon was the first to speak.

“So where are we going?”

“Las Vegas.”

[Las Vegas?]

Edward, who quickly reacted to the only word he could understand among words he didn’t understand, said:

[You’re thinking of going there? So close you could fall and your nose would touch it?]

I understand that reaction too. Certainly, going to Las Vegas after causing trouble here doesn’t seem like a good choice.

[No need to worry. I plan to move very quietly there.]

[No, you need to tell me what you’re going there for. Don’t tell me you’re planning to rob a casino? Well, I can understand wanting to rob a casino since you’re villains but… Oh! Damn. I feel like I’ve really become a robber? Th-that’s right. I’m a villain now…]

Pushing aside Edward, who started muttering to himself with a serious face about what he was thinking, Han Seo-hyeon opened his mouth.

“Why are you thinking of going there?”

“Since we’ve come this far, it would be too disappointing not to stop by there.”

“Are you saying we should leisurely do some sightseeing? Are you crazy?”

At Han Seo-hyeon’s words, Cha Song-jin also nodded slightly while blinking his frightened eyes.

“I’m not crazy, I have my reasons. Since we’ve come this far, it feels a bit off to return empty-handed.”

“So you’re thinking of gambling there?”

As expected, his thoughts on gambling are similar to Ray’s. Hmm, I wonder if they really didn’t conspire together.

—This seems like a very universal thought that anyone with common sense ingrained in them would have.

‘If you say it like that, I become a strange person without common sense ingrained in me.’

—Fortunately, you at least have the intelligence to understand my words.

Well, if I said I’m out of funds so I’ll go to a casino and gamble once, normally people would shout asking if I’m crazy.

“Don’t worry, I’m quite knowledgeable about gambling.”

At my words, Han Seo-hyeon put his hand on his forehead with an expression that said he had a headache. Seeing that, Kim Jae-ho innocently asked:

“What’s wrong, are you sick somewhere?”

Seeing that face, Han Seo-hyeon tightly closed his eyes. It was a face that said there’s mountain after mountain.

Cha Song-jin, who had been quietly keeping his mouth shut, cautiously opened his mouth while looking around:

“Are you really thinking of going to gamble?”

I twitched my eyebrows at the strange way of speaking, as if he had forgotten we agreed to speak comfortably to each other.

“I said let’s speak informally.”

“Uh, yeah!”

Cha Song-jin nodded with a still bewildered face. Seeing the question in Cha Song-jin’s eyes, I shrugged my shoulders. I should properly explain the situation at least once before just recklessly going to Las Vegas.

I roughly explained my plan to everyone. Unfortunately, Edward, who can’t speak Korean, showed no signs of understanding at all, but it can’t be helped. I’m too lazy to say it again in English.

Anyway, the conclusion is…

“I’m not going to cause trouble, so there’s no need to worry.”

“…Anyone who hears that would think you’re going to cause trouble, you know?”

Is that so? It’s just an ordinary plan to punish scammers and steal their money. No one’s going to die, nothing’s going to be destroyed, I’m just going to quietly steal some money.

“I think I know what you’re thinking,”

Han Seo-hyeon who grumbled like that said to me:

“Anyway, let’s move quickly no matter what. At this rate, we’ll be discovered without even the benefit of making a dummy.”

Han Seo-hyeon is right.

“Quickly pack your things.”

As for what comes after, well, there’s someone I can leave it to, so it should be fine!

* * *

“The-the patient has disappeared!”

The caregiver watching Golden Day’s hospital room ran out of the room in surprise.

It wasn’t just ‘Mr. Cha’ in the ICU who disappeared from the hospital room. All of Golden Day disappeared from inside the hospital.

People who found out about this fact were flustered.

“There’s no way they ran away because they were afraid of the hospital bills. Even the great Taika Cooper said he’d pay for everything…”

The hospital staff who realized their disappearance immediately contacted the guardian. Norman Byron, who had been in charge of their agency, hurriedly rushed over at that contact.

“Wh-what do you mean they all disappeared?”

Norman’s happy future plans, dreaming of the wonderful days he would enjoy becoming their agency until just a few days ago, were shattered at that moment.

The Golden Day mercenary group, who became a hot topic by conquering an S-grade Gate as a C-grade mercenary group, disappeared without a trace.

Norman Byron sat down right there.

Because the stock he was holding literally became a piece of trash.

* * *

Before going to Las Vegas, we all changed our mask faces. We can’t go around with faces known to people around us.

The other members maintained East Asian faces, but I changed to a common white face in this area since I’ll be going in and out of casinos. Certainly, other races tend to stand out.

Maybe because it’s the first time I’ve had a foreign face even though I’ve changed faces many times before? The members seemed to find me particularly unfamiliar.

“What’s wrong with you all?”

“It definitely feels strange.”

“What exactly?”

“It feels like Mr. Alex walking around the middle of America suddenly speaking fluent Korean.”

[But doesn’t it seem quite plausible when I speak English like this?]

At my words, the members moved even further away from me. This somehow feels disappointing. I scratched my cheek.

Edward burst out in admiration at the face that changed in an instant.

[To be able to go around changing faces like this. It’s amazing!]

He’s free to admire, but it was really uncomfortable that he kept looking at his face in a hand mirror.

Doesn’t it look like an extreme narcissist!

“Ugh, I really hate the sight.”

For a moment I thought my inner thoughts had popped out. As expected, Han Seo-hyeon is merciless. I agree that Edward looking at his face with a hand mirror he got from somewhere while making a fuss is an unpleasant sight.

But what can we do? We agreed to go together for now.

Han Seo-hyeon who approached me closely opened his mouth as if whispering:

“If you’re thinking of vaguely adding that guy to our team this time too…”

“No, absolutely not this time. I told you. He’s a temporary native English teacher. Let’s just suck out his English skills and throw him away.”

“…You said something like that about Song-jin hyung too.”

“Song-jin ‘hyung’?”

“Well, he is older than me in fact. Are you really going to call him ‘Mr. Cha’?”

“I said I’ll think about the title a bit more.”

“…Geez.”

Han Seo-hyeon looked at me as if I was pathetic. What can I do if I can’t bring myself to call him hyung! I’m telling you I’m older!

“I won’t interfere, so do as you please.”

Han Seo-hyeon who clicked his tongue shortly summoned a staff in midair.

When Han Seo-hyeon thrust the huge staff into the ground, black sand gathered around. The sand that formed a small whirlpool soon merged into one and formed the shape of a giant bird.

[Wow, that’s really cool.]

Edward burst out in sincere admiration seeing the giant bird Han Seo-hyeon called. At that sight, the corners of Han Seo-hyeon’s mouth rose slightly. As expected, he’s weak to praise.

The giant bird Han Seo-hyeon summoned was sturdy enough to carry all of us without a problem. And its movements were much more natural. If you looked from far away, you might mistake it for a real living bird.

Certainly, should I say it feels like various ability stats have increased after passing the Deceiver’s trial?

Cha Song-jin awakened his ability in a completely different direction, and Han Seo-hyeon became able to call skeletons with self-awareness. And Kim Jae-ho became able to move more freely through the shadow realm.

‘I’ll have to check the exact details later, but somehow everyone seems to have grown a little since conquering that Gate.’

—You who actually suffered the most didn’t gain anything though.

‘I decided to just be grateful for safely overcoming this trial.’

I don’t feel particularly disappointed that I didn’t gain anything. Our members’ growth is also our team’s growth.

Late at night, we safely arrived at the MJ Hotel in Las Vegas.

Even among Las Vegas where world-class luxury hotels are gathered, it was magnificent from the lobby as a hotel famous for being the most popular.

We stood out particularly in our shabby clothes among people who looked rich at a glance.

I moved my steps unhesitatingly while receiving people’s gazes.

[I’m thinking of staying for about a week, do you have any suites available?]

At my words, a smile settled on the hotel employee’s face.

[The suite only has one twin bed so it might be uncomfortable for five people to stay, shall we connect the room right next to it?]

Kuk, I nodded at those words. When we rented the suite and the room attached next to it, an absurd amount of two million won came out just for one day’s accommodation fee.

When I was under Seol Rok-jin, I would have spent this money while snorting, but maybe because I’ve gotten used to ordinary citizen life for a few months, my lips dried up.

—To spend so much money just for sleeping…

‘This kind of money-wasting is essential to become a target for gambling scammers.’

Unable to present a proper identity now, this kind of ignorantly throwing money on the streets was the surest disguise method.

Just the fact that we’re staying on the top floor of this hotel will make everyone guess we’re someone with something.

‘If we don’t win money at the casino, we’ll have to sleep on the streets starting three days from now though.’

I got on the elevator following the hotel employee with my companions.

[I hope you have a good time.]

The hotel employee guided us directly to the front of the room. I opened the door with the key card and went inside.

[Wow.]

“Wow.”

Exclamations burst out among the companions who checked the room. Kim Jae-ho, who popped out of the shadow, lay down on the sofa with a nonchalant expression. Cha Song-jin sat down next to Kim Jae-ho, sticking his bottom to him while fidgeting. Han Seo-hyeon stuck to the window and his eyes shone looking at the beautifully spread night view outside the window.

A large living room with two bathrooms, two rooms. The suite equipped even with a dressing room was luxurious inside to the extent that its expensive price was understandable. The view was amazing too.

There were only three beds inside the suite, but since we also rented the room right next door, there was no problem with sleeping.

They said it was a connecting room, and when we opened one door, we could go directly to the next room.

“Seo-hyeon and Jae-ho. Mr… Song-jin will stay here. Edward and I will stay in that room.”

I decided to take on the role of watching Edward. After going around each room and designating beds, I said to the members:

“Everyone roughly wash up and get ready to sleep. Let’s rest well today for now.”

I conveyed the same content to Edward too. At my words, Edward asked with his hands clasped behind his head:

[Can I go to the hotel bar before sleeping today?]

[Why the hotel bar?]

At my question, Edward said:

[What else would I go to a bar for? To drink.]

I don’t know whether to praise that thick nerve of wanting to go drink even in this situation.

[I have money too so you don’t need to give me any.]

Edward who threw out words boldly muttered with a serious face shortly after:

[No, is it not enough? These places are very expensive, right?]

Though it is more expensive than ordinary bars, wasn’t he quite a successful mercenary?

At my gaze, Edward’s face reddened and he shouted:

[Th-that’s because I spent it all on food for your subordinate! Do you know how threatened my wallet was?]

[How much could our kid have eaten…]

[What? He ate at least ten portions per meal!]

Hmm, was that so? Though Kim Jae-ho’s stomach is a bit extraordinary… Even so, to say all his living expenses were spent on food costs.

He was poorer than he looked…

At my gaze, Edward burst out angrily:

[Forget it! I’ll go by myself.]

I caught Edward.

[I’ll go with you too.]

It wouldn’t be bad to hear that guy’s inner thoughts on this occasion.