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I am right!

Being surrounded by many people, he realized how famous he was.

His popularity started when he became the champion of the Sports Festival, but now, after he was involved in the case of Stain, his name has become even more famous.

Naturally, it wasn't in good name, which made him annoyed.

'Stain...'

Unlike others, who revered him and thought Stain was a symbol of revolution, Mineta only wanted to kill this guy. But, unfortunately, they wouldn't meet each other since Stain would receive the death penalty.

Still, he wouldn't show a smile on his face. Instead, he was shocked when he saw so many reporters.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Ryukyu was furious when she saw a lot of reporters had surrounded Mineta.

However, he quickly calmed Ryukyu down since even if the reporter was rude, they couldn't do much in front of the media company.

"Calm down, Ryukyu. I am alright. I am just surprised."

Ryukyu quickly calmed down and knew she was too hasty with her words. She had been in the hero industry for so long, so she knew how horrible the media was.

Still, what she didn't know, he looked at the faces of all the people in this place, remembering all of them since they made his mood worse.

"So, is there something that you want to ask?"

His voice might not be loud, but it was calm, and when everyone heard it, they quickly became quiet and turned all of their attention.

"Sorry for interrupting you so suddenly, but can we ask you a question?"

'Even if I say no, you will force me to answer, right?'

He was quite gloomy, but he quickly thought positively since he knew that it was a chance for him to bring down Stain's popularity on the internet. He wasn't sure who, but he could tell who it was, and it was probably the villain who had attacked him on the USJ who had made a video about Stain.

They made a video of Stain like he was the hero of the weak.

Someone who wanted to change this rotten world.

Stain had become the hope of everyone who was being pushed aside by society.

Yet Mineta wouldn't let him. He was going to destroy him. He was going to make all of his hard work meaningless. He was going to let him know that he had made the wrong opponent.

"We heard you were hurt because of Stain, the Hero Killer. Is that true?"

The reporter asked without hesitation.

If it was only a regular student of Yuuei, they wouldn't bother to come, but Mineta was different since his popularity was amazing. He was the most handsome man that one had ever seen. Even the actors on television lost to him in terms of appearance. He was also strong and the champion of the Sports Festival. There was also a rumor that he was a famous All-Tuber with ten million or more subscribers. Even if he had never given a straight answer from the familiarity and his ability to change the color of his hair, they knew that the famous All-Tuber was him.

"Yes." Mineta nodded and showed the wound on his hand. "But I want to correct something."

"Correct?"

"Yes. Hero Killer didn't hurt me, but he tried to kill me. It was all thanks to Ryukyu that I could stand alive here now." He looked at Ryukyu with a gentle smile and said, "Thank you, Ryukyu."

"No-No problem..." Ryukyu was embarrassed since she knew the one who beat Stain wasn't her, but Mineta. However, she followed him, and she was happy with his words.

"What?!"

"He was trying to kill you?!"

"What was wrong with that lunatic?!"

Killing a hero was one thing, but killing a student was a different thing.

Mineta was an innocent student, yet Stain wanted to kill him.

Everyone in this place suddenly felt disillusioned by Stain, especially when they were quite fired up after they had watched the video about Stain previously.

Stain's perseverance and tenacity had moved them, but when they thought he would also kill an innocent student, they couldn't help but think he was just a lunatic.

However, some of them were still stubborn since they really believed that Stain's words were right and that a hero shouldn't be moved by money. Instead, they should help someone by their will and do everything wholeheartedly to save people.

Yet they couldn't deny how cruel Stain was since he wanted to kill Mineta.

"But there should be a reason why he wanted to kill you! Also, have you watched his video? Many are moved by his tenacity and want to make this hero society pure! Are you saying that he is wrong?"

Mineta looked at this reporter calmly and asked, "Are you also one of the people that is moved by him?"

Everyone also looked at this reporter, causing this reporter to tremble, but he gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Yes!"

Many snickered and thought that this reporter's career was over, but they were glad since they knew they would be able to get good news.

"Okay, let me answer your question. The first question is why he wanted to kill me, right?"

"Yes! There must be a reason why he wanted to attack you, right?"

"So, do you know why he killed 30 heroes?"

"...er?" He couldn't answer this question.

"No one knows what is on the mind of this lunatic. Maybe, it's just happened that he wants to attack someone else, and I am standing in front of him. He didn't care who I was, and he wanted to kill me to achieve his objection." Mineta looked at this reporter and said, "Maybe, no, I am sure. If you are the one who stands in front of Stain, you will be killed by him."

*Shudder!*

Not only the reporter, who asked this rude question, but everyone in this place had their blood drained from their face.

There was no need to ask a question about why a lunatic kills. They killed because they wanted to.

"But-But what about his video? What do you think of his video? He has shown tenacity and a pure will that wants to change this hero society! Even if his method is wrong, don't you think that he is someone that should be respected?"

"Video?" Mineta was confused and asked, "What kind of video?"

"Didn't you watch it?"

"Why should I watch it?"

"...."

"Ah, if you don't mind, how about you watch it on my phone? I have the video." One of the female reporters suddenly said and took her smartphone to show the video to Mineta.

"Well, let me see it." Mineta nodded and stood by the side of the female reporter.

The female reporter smiled and looked at him shyly since standing by his side made her shy.

"...." Everyone.

Mineta watched the video for a while before he nodded. "Okay, thank you."

"Don't you want to watch it again?"

"It's okay. Once is enough."

The female reporter was disappointed.

"Okay, I understand what Stain wants to do. But, in conclusion, he just wants to make all the heroes in this world become like heroes in fairy tales where they don't need money and only help people because it is what they want to do."

"Yes, do you think it is wrong?" The reporter provoked him again.

"Do you think it is right?" He didn't answer and just asked.

"Er..."

Was Stain right?

When he was asked by Mineta, he fell into silence.

"Everyone has their belief, and I can't force my belief on others, but one thing is for sure, nothing is perfect. Even the current hero society isn't perfect because the humans who created this society aren't perfect. It's impossible to be perfect. However, this society is evidence of the human struggle to be righteous."

His words were calm, yet they were full of vigor and belief, causing everyone to look at him in a daze and feel his spirit. Their eyes also changed since they knew everyone wasn't perfect, so wasn't it normal for someone to make a mistake?

"As for Stain, I believe that he is evil. Why? Because I believe the real evil is the power to kill people. Someone who finds himself with that power is cursed. No matter how you use it, no matter how admirable your goal is, no matter what, anything obtained by killing people can never bring true happiness."

He looked at everyone gently and said, "So, don't ever think that Stain, the Hero Killer, is right since by saying that he is right, it means that you have agreed that killing people is right." He looked at the reporter, who had been provoking him, and asked, "Are you a killer or plan to kill someone secretly like Stain?"

"...."

The reporter's face was so pale since he knew his career was over.

Grr!

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