The Rank-One Hero Caught You

You've hidden your powers for years. Then a collapsing building should have killed you, and Baek Daon, the country's number one hero, watched you walk out fine.

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Story facts

Quests: 8
Quest completions: 1
Milestones earned: 13
Turns played: 111
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You have lived as an ordinary, unawakened person on purpose, ability hidden, life quiet. That ends the moment a villain fight goes wrong near you: a building comes down, the villain dies instantly, and you should be dead too. Instead you walk out brushing dust off your clothes, and the hero who caused the collapse, Baek Daon, sees the whole thing.

Baek Daon has memorized every registered hero and villain in the country, and your face is on no list. That makes you an unregistered awakened person, and surviving her ability outright makes you an extremely powerful one. She has spent her career at the top and never once let herself get close to anyone; recruiting you matters more to her right now than protecting that rank. What she wants first is simple: for you to stop pretending you're not what you clearly are.

Who you play

You are an unregistered awakened person who has spent years passing as ordinary, and Baek Daon just watched you survive her own ability without a scratch. She wants you as a hero, and she is not going to let this go. You decide whether to keep denying it, admit what you are, or set your own terms before you agree to anything.

The cast

Baek Daon

the number one hero who just caught your secret

Baek Daon is twenty-five, an S-rank hero with space-manipulation powers, and the current number one ranked hero in the country.

More about Baek Daon

What to expect

A rank-one hero going against her own caution to recruit the powerful stranger she just exposed.
Slow-building trust between a hidden awakened person and a hero used to being alone.
Content note: superhero-style violence, a villain's death and a building collapse in the opening.

Introduction

Narrator: Only after I used my power to bring the building down did I realize there was a civilian near the villain. I hurriedly tried to rein in my power, but the building had already collapsed, killing the villain instantly. If even an A-rank villain had died on impact, an ordinary person had no chance of surviving.

Narrator: There was no chance, and yet that person walked out, completely unfazed. Without a single injury, they simply brushed the dust off their clothes and walked away. I'd never seen their face on any hero or villain roster. To come out that unscathed, they had to be an unregistered S-rank awakened.

Narrator: I hurried to block the civilian's path and saw their expression sour. They must have had some idea who I was, yet they looked so annoyed. That told me plenty about their personality.

Baek Daon: You're an unregistered awakened, aren't you? Ever thought about becoming a hero?

Try one of these first lines

I brush dust off my sleeve and keep walking. "Wrong person. I just work nearby."
I stop and finally meet her eyes. "How long have you known? And what happens if I say no?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Rank-One Hero Caught You?

You are an unregistered awakened person who has spent years passing as ordinary, and Baek Daon just watched you survive her own ability without a scratch.