The story of the anime begins with a guy named Ling who is a game developer specializing in fighting games. He always made them revolve around the themes of light and darkness. And the one who distinguishes between them is the real hero, Nais.
Nais is a true hero loved by the people and has many fans. Ling would present his game to his manager before selling it in the market to his clients. However, the manager told Ling to stop and asked him if he knew who would buy this game.
Ling replied that he thought the buyer would be the hero Nace, but the manager said no, that all the heroes exist, but there is only one true hero, which is Nace, and they need to make him more famous and highlight him. Ling argued, saying that they were taught to follow trends and that the competition for the number one hero was about to return this year, so the closing words should be, "Hero X," implying that anyone could become a hero. The manager got very angry at Ling's comments and told him to look at himself, saying he had none of the noble attributes or abilities and that he was just an ordinary guy with less potential and that the way to succeed in life was through hard work.
He ordered Ling to start over. After that, the manager received a phone call from someone named G, who worked at a company called Tryman. The manager responded, but was shocked when she told him that she had received a new program for NAS.
The manager told her he thought something was wrong, but the call didn't last long. Ling told the manager that he had sent the proposal to the customer, Emy's based on the manager's instructions. The manager angry told Ling he was fired.
Ling moved to the rooftop of the company telling himself that he expected this and that this world gives some people chances to become heroes. But an ordinary person can't easily win people's love. Suddenly, Mun Nace's girlfriend appeared before him.
Ling was also secretly a fan of hers, but he thought Mun was talking to him, telling him not to lose hope and that he had many opportunities to achieve his dreams and to not lose confidence at all. However, it turned out that it was an advertising video she had produced last month. Then another video of Na appeared behind him advertising Tryman, which made Ling furious.
He looked at Nace in the ad and told him to stop, saying that one day he would be old and would be replaced by someone else. Suddenly, the real Naise appeared in front of him and approached him, performing his famous move. and then jumped from the top of the building, leaving Ling astonished.
Later, Gi arrived with her guards and asked Ling where Nais was. Ling told her he jumped from here, and when they realized he jumped from the top of the building, Ling said he jumped on his own, but G asked her guards to detain Ling. We cut to an abandoned place where Ling was kidnapped.
When he woke up, G approached him, asked him something, and told her guards to lift Ling up. He told her he was the one who was sending advertisement proposals for Hero Ling. Gi told him she didn't care who he was and demanded he tell her everything he saw or heard.
Ling said that Nice passed by him and jumped directly without saying a word, but made his famous hand gesture. After that, Gi received a call from her boss, Mr Chand, and told him that the news was fine, but Ling shouted that Na was dead, and the guards tried to silence him so he wouldn't speak. Ling attempted to escape from the guards, but G threw a paint can at him that knocked him down and the guards were able to catch him again.
Then J approached Ling and told him that Nace was dead, but our minds are alive and they needed to come up with an idea to solve this problem. She then told him he resembled Nice a lot. And then they moved to Nice's private car and transformed Ling to look exactly like Nice.
G began giving him tips on how to act exactly like Ny in front of the public and asked him to repeat N's phrases and to display extra confidence. After a week, she told him that the person who jumped from the top of the building was Ling because the manager pressured him at work, which led to his suicide. But Ling was shocked and said it was absurd.
He didn't do it. She said that the news articles didn't care if Ling was dead or alive, but they only cared about having Nace. She showed him the crowd waiting for him.
Ling said he wasn't ready for that and his face showed signs of anxiety, but they directed him among the crowd and fans and transported him to the training stage so he would have the full capacity of strength like Nace. G told him when people tell him he is nice, he really is. And she would increase his confidence in himself too.
There would be physical changes in his body because of this confidence. and afterwards he would be the real naise. After that he moved again to his private car and was surprised that the color of his eyes had changed to Nace's eye color.
But G told him not to celebrate yet because building confidence requires a lot of effort and destroying it takes only a moment. She told him he hadn't seen his girlfriend yet. We switched to Mun who was among the fans.
A journalist asked Mun if she had met Nace during the previous period. Mun replied that she hadn't seen him for a week and this was the first time after such a long absence. Then N's car came and Ling hesitated to get out because Mun might recognize him since he wasn't the real Nace.
But Ji said to N that Mun is Nice's girlfriend and he is Nas now. However, he didn't believe her words. One of the guards asked Ling if he was excited or nervous.
Ling told him he loved Mun, but as a fan, not like Nyas loved her. Gi told Ling to act like a man and pushed him out of the car. When he got out, he mimicked Na's gesture and extended his hands to Mun, saying that he hadn't seen her for a while.
Mun also reached out to Ling's hand. After that, they entered the studio and the presenter started the live broadcast, introducing himself as Monourir and stating he was the substitute for the original presenter. G asked why the original presenter was replaced.
One of the guards told her that Monourir discovered the original presenter was a fraud and had been exposed and left. G asked why she hadn't been told this earlier. Ling said that the script didn't match what G had told him, and he asked himself if he came here just to expose him and if Monourir really noticed that he wasn't Naz.
Moner welcomed Mun and Ling and told them that this episode was called the recipe for true love and that this name stood behind every romantic love story consisting of hidden stories unknown to strangers. G told them to contact the production and asked them to stop the broadcast. Monourir said, "Now we will discover how much you love each other.
" And he asked Ling how many advertisements Mun produced and what their total running time was. Mun thought to herself that she didn't really know the answer to that question, which caused G to get very angry at the kind of questions Monourir was asking. Monourir told Ling that he knew he wouldn't forget those small details.
Ling responded with the total number of advertisements being 134 with a total running time of 285 minutes and 48 seconds which shocked Gly. Monourir thought to himself how Ling could answer his questions so easily. Mun asked Ling if he really remembered all that.
He replied he did and recalled when he was producing ads for Mun and presenting them to his manager at work. But the manager would scold him for comparing himself to Nais. Then Monourir brought out a lie detector and said they would play a game with each other called truth or dare.
He stated that honesty is the most important thing to maintain a relationship. He then asked Ling if Mun was really his girlfriend. Monourir thought to himself that he believed Ling was deceiving them and that he didn't love Mun and he would expose his lies if he answered yes.
Ling thought to himself that Monourir had uncovered his secret and that he meant to do that. And if he answered yes, they would discover his lie and he would also be questioned if he didn't confirm the relationship. And in either case, his true identity would be revealed.
Monourir told Ling that the answer couldn't take this long. Ling said Mun was not his girlfriend, which made joy appear on Monourir's face. But Ling said she was his admired role model.
He remembered when he produced ads for her and that she inspired him a lot and he became successful in his job because of her words. This response caused a significant reaction from the live audience. Munir broke his cup and said to Moon and Ling, "Don't get too happy.
You still have a stage you need to pass. " After that, their manager, Ling, appeared, but in his new outfit. Munir said he used to be a businessman, but now he felt like a trapped beast because of you.
Nice. Munir told him that your business persona is entirely a result of his team's ads, but you drove him to bankruptcy and caused the suicide of a hardworking young man named Ling. The manager asked Ling, "What will you pay me for the rest of my money?
" This angered G, who said, "We've ended the contract with you. " The manager replied that you've cost him a fortune over his life with your constant reviews and changes. And you tell him you'd pay him extra, but you never did.
Munir turned to Nie and said, "You're exploiting others, you and your crew for fame and profit. " The manager then took a swing at Munir to get him out of his way and attacked Ling, thinking he was nice. He threw a punch at Ling, but Ling dodged the blow while saving Moon at the same time.
The manager then launched several more attacks at Ling, but Ling evaded them all and countered with a hit that pushed the manager back. One of the guards told Gi that Ling was far stronger than Nie, which made Gi very happy. The manager told Ling, "I've cut down on labor and decreased wages, and I have no objection to that, but the company cannot stop working because that's my profession and everything I have.
" He quickly attacked Ling, but Ling struck back and knocked him to the ground. Ling said, "You need to calm down. " The manager replied, "You don't know what I'm going through.
The rejections of projects, clients not paying their dues, and my employees refusing to work. " He claimed he had fired them all, but gained new strength from the fear of other employees of being feared a power he'd never had before. After that, a light appeared before him, and this light shifted control over the destructive fear he wielded.
Then he manifested that fear in the form of envelopes and threw them at everyone in the studio, resulting in many deaths. But Moon dodged these envelopes, and Ling saved her, too, saying, "We need to destroy him before his power grows any stronger. " Ling attacked the manager and threw a punch, but it didn't affect him.
So Ling tried a stronger blow which also had no impact. However, the manager then threw punches at Ling, but Ling dodged all of them. As he was evading while airborne, the manager launched a fiery attack at him that hit him.
Ling thought to himself, "How can I not defeat him? " Then he remembered when the manager had insulted him, saying he had none of the qualities of strong men and would remain an ordinary worker with no strength. He also recalled Moon's words that motivated him and he stepped out of the fear.
When the manager was ready to strike again, Ling was prepared and blocked the punch. He then attacked the manager, delivering a powerful hit that completely took him down. After that, the manager was apprehended by justice and taken into custody.
It shifted to G and Ling in the car. G said to Ling, "I didn't expect your popularity to rise after this incident. " Ling replied, "I thought I'd just be impersonating.
" "Nice, but then I realized in that moment that everything you said was true," and he told himself, "I am nice now. " Gi said to Ling, "Now I can send you to the hero's tower. " They went to Nie's house and Gi told Ling that the tower rises with your rank in strength.
Ling asked Gi, "Why did Nie commit suicide? " Gi replied, "It was his choice and one day you will have the same choice, too. " Then Ling moved to Nie's house, took off his clothes, and went to bed.
He discovered that Moon was beside him and tried to move to another place to sleep so he wouldn't disturb her, but was shocked to find that she had been killed. King of Destruction, the sworn enemy of Nice, was watching the news and felt a deep anger from that. Moon was a girl who loved life, traveling a lot and discovering the world and because of that her follower count increased.
Moon also gained the power of instant teleportation and became a famous heroine. When Moon was attacked by one of the enemies, Nice came to her rescue and since then they became the most perfect pair in the hearts of many people. After that, we shift to Nice's house when he woke up from sleep.
It turned out he had dreamed of Moon's death. When he woke up, he went to Moon's room and said, "I think this was a bad dream. " After that, he saw Moon exercising and tried to greet her, but he couldn't.
Later, they moved to have breakfast, and Moon said, "I wish you'd stop pretending you're not nice. " She asked Ling, "Where is nice? " Ling told her that he was dead, which led to Moon's anger.
She called Gi and asked her, "Why didn't you tell me he was dead? " She asked what was the point of finding a replacement to torture her and told her she couldn't continue like this and didn't want to do it. After that, G came to them and said to Moon, "Don't ramble too much.
" And told her that Nie wasn't just a person. He was a brand and a unique icon for many companies. They needed to make Nie exist forever, no matter the cost.
Moon replied to G, "What about me? I'm tired of playing his girlfriend for 3 years. " G said that's what the fans wanted and told her that they wanted them to be husband and wife.
Moon asked, "Why is it getting worse? " G said it was all acting and there was no difference between playing lovers and being married. She reminded them that both of them signed a special contract.
Ling said, "I agreed to the terms of my contract. " Moon angry, said she didn't want that and wanted to end her contract. Ling replied, "But if Moon cancels her contract, my secret might be discovered.
" Gi then told them she was leaving so they could think about the matter. She even locked all the floors until they agreed to marry each other. She tried to catch up with Gi, but couldn't.
Ling approached Moon and asked, "Can you really teleport instantly? " Moon, still angry, told him she didn't want to talk about it because it irritated her. After that, she returned to her usual self and destroyed all the statues she had with Nie.
Later, she prepared a meal and fought. She said she had locked everything away from them and had also stopped their food orders. Ling approached Moon and asked, "When did you contract with Tree Man.
She said she wouldn't tell him and took a piece from the plate he was holding and asked if it bothered him. " Ling replied, "Not at all. " Moon threw food at Nie's statue and asked him, "Does this bother you too?
" She said she hated that statue and asked him to throw food at the statue like her. Ling hesitated for a moment but did it and threw the food. Afterward, he washed his hands.
Moon approached Ling and said, "You don't resemble him at all in your actions. " Ling told her that it made his obsessive compulsive disorder worse recently. After that, Moon threw food at Ling and said, "You're just yourself, not playing anyone else.
" Ling replied, "Then accept my actions. " And threw food at her, too. They started to play and joke around together.
Later, when they went to sleep, Moon asked Ling, "Why didn't you tell me your name? " Ling said he wouldn't tell her until she told him about her instantaneous teleportation ability. Moon approached him through instant teleportation and told him she did it for the fans who wanted her to always be with Nie.
She was tired of just being an addition to him and asked Ling if she had ever loved Nie before. She told him she contracted with Treman the day she wrote a blog about traveling explaining that it was just work for her. Then she asked him, "What's your name?
" He told her, "Ling Moon replied, "Your name is better than any other name I've ever heard. " And disappeared from in front of him. A month later, their connection, games, and internet were cut off, which made Nie angry.
Moon approached Nie's statue and threw a rope on it, almost choking herself. But Ling came close to her and told her not to do that, reminding her that she had tried more than once and no one spoke to her. Moon got angry, went down, and sat alone.
Later, Ling used the rope to make her a fun toy. When he went to get a pillow, Moon used the toy and asked her, "Do you feel better now? " She said to him, "I didn't know you had so many ideas.
" He told her he worked as a programmer and that nothing was impossible for him. She replied, "But who was refusing your work? " He told her, "Gee, for sure.
" And explained that he worked on all her promotional clips. Moon said, "So that's why I answered all the questions in the program. " She thanked him and he said, "No, thank you for making me feel excited again.
" After that, G came to Ling with an idea. She told them they should have a wedding where an enemy comes after Nie and ruins it. This way, it would be difficult to marry Moon and it would turn into a sad tragedy.
G said it could seem more exciting than a normal marriage. Moon asked, "So, will I be free like this? " Ling told her he took her out of the marriage, but couldn't make her free.
Gi added that she could free herself if she died and said, "You're right, Ling, and the lack might be better and more fitting than perfection itself. " When the wedding was ruined and Moon died, it would be painful news for Nie and his fans. She told him Moon could leave him.
Ling said he absolutely didn't want that. We moved to the wedding where the sworn enemy of Nice, the king of destruction, came and said, "This wedding will not happen until I take my things from you. " Ling asked, "What are your things?
" He replied, "You nice. " And attacked him, aiming a blow, but nice dodged it. Then they started attacking each other, but Moon appeared through instant teleportation and said to the King of Destruction, "I know you're very jealous of Nice, but I won't let you kill him.
" The King of Destruction said to Ling, "This girl is very annoying. " And told him, "Let's continue our conversation away from here. " He took him to a far place, but Moon cut off their path.
The King of Destruction aimed several blows at Moon and Ling, but they dodged all the attacks. We switched to Gi, who asked why the script wasn't being followed. She urged the King of Destruction to stick to the script and told him that the company spent a lot of money to have him as Nice's sworn enemy, and that she wouldn't work with him again if he didn't do as instructed.
We shift to the King of Destruction, who was taking Ling away, but Moon suddenly appeared and struck him, causing him to be pushed away from Ling and to fall to the ground. Moon told him to finish his work and then speak to her. The king of destruction told her, "Let's move to another place to talk.
" He used the power of his sword which caused big rocks to rise from the ground. He told Ling, "You are not Nie. " and asked, "Where is Nie?
" Moon appeared again and attacked the King of Destruction. She dealt a blow, but he blocked it and threw Moon to the ground. Moon commented that he was good at playing his role.
The King of Destruction nearly killed Moon, but Ling told him to stop. The king of destruction threatened to kill her if he didn't tell him where Nie was. Moon challenged him saying, "Kill me now.
" Ling told him that Nie was dead. After that, the king of destruction felt deep sadness. Then Moon approached Nie.
But the King of Destruction felt intense anger and attacked Moon and Ling with several blows. But Ling carried Moon and quickly escaped. They then settled in a location where Ling said, "This is my sworn enemy, so I need to take him down.
" Gi through the drone told him that he couldn't fight someone like him with his power. Ling replied, "You told me that the impossible is possible. " After that, Ling attacked the King of Destruction, dodging his blows and defending against them.
He carried Moon and hugged her to help him in the fight. They both attacked the King of Destruction. He tried to hit them but couldn't.
With Moon's help, Ling delivered a strong blow to the King of Destruction, who said, "You're not Nie. " Because I know his punches. After that, the King of Destruction remembered his times with Nie and said that he had been his sworn enemy and that they had been very close, wanting to become heroes.
However, they received conflicting scripts and he played the role of Nie's sworn enemy to help him gain more confidence. Believing that this was his dream, but he hadn't had a chance to meet him for a long time due to Gi and Nie had stopped responding to his calls and messages. He said, "But I learned today that my dream has been shattered for a long time and fell from the mountains.
" Moon said to Nie, "I think I got caught up in fighting and defending you. " And blood appeared from her body as she also fell from the mountains. But Ling flew to her and carried her, telling her, "Don't worry, I will help you.
" She replied, "No, you fool. This blood is fake. But thank you for everything, for putting up with my bad behavior, for creating fun games to make me happy, and for the days we spent together, which were better than the past years.
" She told him that she didn't know why, but she felt sad about leaving him, too. Ling cried a lot because she was going to leave him and wouldn't work with him again. We moved to G, who told her employees that she wants to announce the news of Moon's death now on all platforms.
She said, "This boy is excellent at acting. I didn't expect this from him. " And she cried.
After that, we moved to Nie's house. Ling was watching Moon's funeral on the screen while Moon was actually next to him, preparing her bag to leave and asking him to choose with her. Ling told her he had a surprise for her.
Moon used the gun and an island appeared to her. Ling said that she had the freedom to go wherever she wanted. Moon said, "I'm finally free from Nie's mistress.
" Ling told her it seems she has a new goal now. She told him, "I don't really know what I want, but I know what I don't want. " She asked him, "Have you found the goal you're after?
" But he didn't respond. The news announced that Nie would officially aim for the top 10 positions in the champion rankings. Moon said to him, "Okay, I wish you good luck and bid him farewell.
" Ling tried to follow her, but he couldn't. We moved to the host. Munir, who is reviewing a video of his interview with Ling?
He said that Nie's heartbeat changed when he saw the CEO. Did he know him before? Then he placed a picture of Ling on a picture of Nie and said, "You have lowered my trust to the ground because of that, and I have nothing to fight Nie with.
" After that, Munir heard a voice telling him that people's trust is really cheap. When he approached the fish tank, the octopus was talking to Munir from inside the tank. As Munir got closer, the octopus broke the glass of the tank and transformed into a group of small mechanisms.
They told him, "There's one thing that people can't lie to themselves about. Fear. " Munir asked them, "Are you a group of spotlight pushers?
" They replied, "What do you think? Do you want to experience the power fear achieves? You will never have to fear betrayal, and you won't want anything from anyone.
The liars will look at you with fear and dread, and this will be your strength. " Munir grabbed the device and said to him, "You are no longer Munir. You are now the strong eye.
" Munir made a batch of explosives in his place. And then we moved to Nie's house. G came to Nie and asked him, "Can you hear?
" Ling replied, "Of course I can. " G asked Ling, "What did you hear? " Ling said, "We got information about the location of the stalwart man's enemy.
" Gi asked Ling, "Why didn't you go to her if you missed her? " G told him, "It's because he chose his goal and wants to achieve it, otherwise all his dreams will be wasted. " She asked, "Do you realize what you need to do?
" Ling answered, "I have to get rid of the stalwart man. " The sheolf said to him, "No," and told him he should surpass the stalwart man and become one of the top 10 heroes. She said the shewolf is just a starting point to accomplish that goal.
Then G showed Ling a video of a firefighter who helped a child and saved her from death. Gi told Ling that this event raised a huge commotion and because of it, firefighters confidence rose noticeably. Even Mr Chang resigned from managing the great glory and contacted him to help him become an invincible hero.
After he became a hero, he went on to defeat the archeneemy of Electric Spirit, the Magic Shadow, which made him one of the top 10 heroes. One day, the Magic Shadow attacked the city center, wounding many civilians, and Electric Spirit was chasing and trying to catch him. While Magic Shadow was escaping, he collided with the firefighter, which led to Magic Shadow's total destruction.
While the firefighter was completely unharmed, after reaching the top 10, he was assigned a new task to move the largest boulder in the world. The association made him a diamond statue and placed it at the entrance of Hero Street. The leader started talking about him with pride in media interviews, saying the statue would be there to protect the country from any danger.
They gave him a red scarf, which became his symbol. Ling said, "We belong to the same agency. Isn't that a bit much?
And why doesn't the stalwart man chase the sheolf himself? " Gi replied to Ling, "There are so many heroes, but the name X is for one person only. " And told him not to feel guilty about this.
There's also a reason why the sheolf became a problem for the stalwart man. Then we moved to another place and G said to Ling, "Based on our info, this is the shewolf's den. " Ling replied, "Now I get it.
She can't pass through here, not even by bending or crawling. " Gi told him that inside it's a huge maze stretching underneath the whole city. She pinpointed a single entrance among multiple ones, and other heroes probably received the info and started moving, too.
Ling said, "Why don't we wait for her to come out from the den and then attack and arrest her? " G told him that the shewolf was reckless and destructive, which is why she deserved to be the archeneemy. She asked him, "Do you know what's scarier than violence?
" He said, "Magic. " She replied, "Imagination. " She explained that the shewolf plants an idea in people's hearts.
Then it grows like a tree until it blooms and becomes tangible, spinning a fairy tale that distorts the proud image of the stalwart man. The sheolf does all this on her own, planting a seed of evil in everyone's heart. She prints her fantasy books in the den underground, and the big wolf from that fairy tale became her embodiment.
The stalwart man never had the chance to fight her since she first appeared because her goal was to distort his image in people's hearts. Ling moved to the sheolf's den and thought to himself that the stalwart man represents the hero association and that smearing his image would affect the entire association. After that, Ling moved into the sewers and saw another hero stuck in a sewer pipe.
We switched to the stalwart man who was telling kids that the world loves peace among nations and that maintaining balance means taking on more responsibility and trust. He said the statue stands on behalf of all children to protect the world and always stand firm. The children's teacher told them the trip was over and reminded them to thank the stalwart man.
But a little girl asked him why the statue didn't have a red scarf which made the stalwart man feel a bit annoyed. We go back to Ling after he saved the other hero. The other hero thanked him and Ling apologized for trying to save him but accidentally pulling down his pants.
The other hero asked Ling, "Did you come here for the sheolf? " Ling said, "Of course. And you?
" The other hero replied, "I'm an unknown hero. I guess there's no need for me now that you're here. " And he left, but he tried to fool Ling and attacked him, but Ling dodged it and struck him back, making him stuck again.
Meanwhile, Gi asked Ling, "Did you find the sheolf's den? " He replied, "I just arrived. " They entered the Shewolf's place together and started searching through her stuff, which surprised him.
Ling asked Gi to quickly locate his position. He noticed that a lot of heroes suddenly received some info after the Shewolf stayed hidden for a long time. Ling found a bomb and after Glo located him, the bomb exploded, causing a lot of destruction in the city.
We shift to the stalwart man who said a little girl gave him the scarf too. The explosion reached them, destroying that place as well. The stalwart man asked the kids to quickly get away, but one of the children was stuck and the statue almost fell on her.
The stalwart man rescued her and stopped the statue from falling. Then he told the girl to run away, but just as she tried, the sheolf appeared and grabbed her. She told the stalwart man, "We meet at last.
" She said she prepared everything for this moment. The stalwart man told her, "Let the girl go. I'm the one you want to destroy, not her.
" The sheolf said, "I want to destroy this statue because it represents heroes forever, and I think you know what I mean. " She told him not to expect help from any other heroes. They're all really busy.
She told him to leave the statue or she'd let the girl go. She told him to decide, saying, "To protect your pride, you're willing to let this child die. " Then the kids asked the stalwart man to let go of the statue.
But suddenly Ling appeared from underground and everyone started cheering for niece. The stalwart man asked Ling to save the child. Ling said she doesn't want to kill the child and she doesn't want to destroy the statue either.
She wants to destroy you. Or more precisely, she wants to strip you of everything because this sheolf is the girl you once risked your life to save in the fire. She's the one who gave you the red scarf.
This shocked the stalwart man, making him remember the little girl and ask, "Why is this happening? " Ling answered, "She doesn't hate you, but she hates the burden you carry. " and all these stories that ruin your image are real stories to her.
After being bullied by many of her friends, the girl took off her mask and said, "Bring back the firefighter. " The stalwart man started crying and apologized, remembering when he once saved the little girl. He said, "You were the one who gave me confidence, strength, and courage, too.
" After that, the stalwart man's tools that helped him hold the statue broke, and the statue nearly fell on him. Ling went to help him, and so did the sheolf, but the statue fell on all of them. Ling then lifted the statue by himself and people, kids and adults alike started cheering him on.
Gi then started a live stream for him and Ling succeeded in lifting the statue alone. G said it was a miracle and that Ling had surpassed the stalwart man's reputation and was now in the top 10 of the association. Ling said he truly understood the weight of the statue.
Ling then went to the stalwart man's house after it was announced that the stalwart man was finished. He met the stalwart man who said, "I thought you'd come the day after tomorrow since I was leaving tomorrow. " Ling told him, "I'm not trying to kick you out.
" The stalwart man laughed and said he was joking. "I know your rank has been raised, but your actions are getting slower. " Ling said, "I think this is the first time I've seen you smile and be happy.
" The stalwart man replied, "It's all because of you. " Ling asked the stalwart man, "What are your plans after retiring from being a hero? " The stalwart man said, "First thing is to relax for half a month.
" Ling said, "So the stalwart man just wanted to relax. " The stalwart man responded, "Everyone wanted me to always stand strong, but I faced a lot of embarrassing moments. I told myself this was all the price for being a hero, and I know I was really foolish.
" Ling said, "I've got problems like that with reality, too. Like OCD that drives me to perfectionism, and that just makes my anxiety worse. " The stalwart man said, "We shouldn't be talking about depressing stuff.
Roles change as life goes on, and you must have thought a lot before coming here and making your decision. " Ling said, "I'm really sorry. " And then the stalwart man left.
Ling confessed to the stalwart man that he isn't niece. The stalwart man told him, "You were just being yourself. It doesn't matter who you are.
" Ling remembered what Moon said when she left. Then a broadcast was aired by Munir, who had kidnapped Moon. He said, "Now that Nie is in the top 10, I've decided to reveal something about him.
He told everyone that Moon is not dead and that everything about Nie was planned and staged with extreme care, making Ling furious.