My Measurement: The Villain Desires a Satisfying Payback

"Girls. Come."

Sweaty, injured and covered in the grime of battle, the twins gradually stumbled over to me.

"Good job. I'll grant you a wish when we get home."

I couldn't be more honest. They really surpassed my expectations, so I would say they genuinely deserved it after everything is said and done.

Incidentally, they could have probably used their telekinesis to float, but if they did that, the camera they were currently supporting with it would fall due to a lack of energy. I think that was fine; the stream was basically over now anyway.

Before that, though, there was a final, quick thing I wanted to do here.

To ensure that people remember.

Taking a microphone from out of my coat pocket, I flicked a switch on it to turn it on and tapped it a couple of times.

"*Tap, Tap*! Ah, ah, can you hear me?"

It seemed to be working fine.

Looking at the puzzled reactions of everyone in the audience as they wondered what was going on now, I couldn't wait to see what kinds of faces they would make in five minutes' time.

I had never used a microphone before, but by simply asking the Measurement of Truth, I figured it out.

Oh, so a good position is to hold it vertically against your chin, huh? Well, I'm only a beginner, so let's stick with it.

"Hello, everyone!"

Confirming that the audience could all clearly hear my voice, I stood in the centre of the colosseum arena and began my announcement.

"Before I begin, let's get rid of the pesky annoyances first, shall we? *Snap*"

Raising my hand, I snapped my fingers.

Following that, chaos ensued in the stands.

Boom-!

Splatter-!

Boom-!

Splatter-!

Boom-!

Splatter-!

―A myriad of minor explosions resounded as the sound of blood sputtering against the audience members and walls of the spectator stand echoed alongside harrowing screams.

What some people may or may not have noticed was that the only ones suddenly bursting into a pile of flesh and blood were the teams of security, and that no civilians were dying.

It went on for almost thirty seconds, and during that time, quite a few of the spooked security guards fired a couple shots at me with their guns, but to no avail.

The bullets all paused in mid-air, just a few feet away from my body as I continued speaking into the mic.

"Nice try! But, I'm not going to go down so easily, you know?"

I stared directly into the guard's eyes that tried to kill me.

"Well. Maybe you'll have better luck in the afterlife."

Boom-!

Splatter-!

What would his last thoughts have been as he looked into the eyes behind the mask, I wonder.

As the swift yet chaotic thirty seconds came to a brisk end, the only noise that could be heard was the frantic panic of innocents in the seating areas. The wailing was getting on my nerves, so I kindly asked them to shut up with a smile.

"Um, let's tone it down a little, shall we? I don't want my words to go misunderstood, after all."

Silence enveloped the arena once again.

Beautiful.

"Now then, isn't this refreshing? Come on, let us loosen up a little bit. How could we have all enjoyed ourselves when there are menacing people with guns all about the place?"

I had been thinking of what to do here for quite a while.

To be honest, I never really had anything planned. Initially, I set up a load of bombs on all the security guards' uniforms as well as under a random number of spectator seats, but I hadn't had the opportunity to use them well until now.

I had to keep them there for Avon Laura and the other guy, to make them think twice about attacking me head-on, but now that they were both out of the equation I didn't really have a use for the explosives I hooked up.

Entertainment and intimidation were the only reasons I could come up with, and even the Measurement of Truth said that it was a good chance to increase my notoriety, so I eventually decided to go ahead with it.

A terrorist attack of sorts, I suppose one might call it.

I don't think I even needed to stream it though, thinking back on it, because there are quite a number of people recording the incident with their smartphones and whatnot right now. Well, it only supports my goal, so there's no need to stop them.

"Oh, come now, there's no need to act so shy."

The audience was still dead quiet, but that would change soon enough. In fact, there were already moans and groans, mumbles and grumbles coming from here and there.

But, it wasn't quite enough to have an entertaining show.

"...If you're going to be this stubborn, citizens of Auriga, then I guess I have no choice but to make you talk..."

I deliberately delayed it by a few seconds to try and bait them, but it didn't appear to work.

Seriously, these guys.

Half of a show is its audience, didn't you know?

"Welp, if that's how it is, then here you go; a gift from me to you. *Snap*"

BOOM-!!

With another snap of my fingers, several seemingly random places in the audience blew up with admirable force, and along with it, screams erupted.

"How about it? Would you like another one?"

Without giving any time to react, I snapped my fingers for the third time.

BOOM-!!

"There's plenty more where that came from, by the way. Do you feel like changing your mind now?"

It would be good to keep in mind that I am talking to them as a collective. If there are even a small number of them that do not comply, they will receive another one of my 'gifts'.

I didn't really mind it though―in fact, it was probably for the best.

The more heinous the act I commit, the more evil the atrocity; the more my infamy and notoriety will grow.

As it does so, the world's governments will likely come after me again, but they will probably soon be informed that I'm a case to be dealt with by the Wardens, and after that, they'll leave me alone.

In the long run, it's beneficial if I can make myself known by the populace.

I could have probably done it by being a good guy instead, but where's the fun in that? More importantly, it would also limit my freedom too much, so there's no chance of that happening.

In a short while, I should be done with the rest of my business here. I don't think I'll need to come back to Auriga again any time soon, but they'll be too busy trying to fix up the damage I caused to the colosseum for it to matter anyway.

As for Avon Laura... Well, I think it's fine to just leave her as is, no?

She'll be right back to targeting me again with the zealous passion of a starving lioness hunting her prey soon enough.

I wonder if she'll return with a comrade next time? Ah, I cannot wait for it.

Truly, though it wasn't for more than a couple of weeks, I had an enjoyable time in this country, especially today.

That's right.

Today was fun.