Pelumi_David

“Heroes killed my parents. Now I wear the mask of one. Until I can bury them all.”
At seven years old, Hernan Vale watched his parents — two powerful heroes — brutally executed in their own home by the very people they trusted most: the legendary super-team known as the Zodiac 13.
They thought he was dead.
 They made sure the world blamed villains.
 They covered their tracks.
 But Hernan survived — and never forgot.
Ten years later, under a false name, Hernan enters the prestigious Hero Academy, hailed as a prodigy. To the world, he’s a rising star. To his classmates, he’s charming, calm, unstoppable.
But inside?
 He’s a weapon. Waiting. Smiling. Counting names.
As he trains to become a licensed hero, fights real villains, and rises through the ranks, Hernan plays the long game — earning the trust of the Zodiac, learning their routines, studying their weaknesses. One by one, he’ll bring them down.
And this time, he won’t hide in the closet.
But the deeper he goes, the more blood he spills — the more he wonders if he’s becoming worse than the monsters he’s hunting.
 And when love, loyalty, and lies collide, Hernan may have to decide:
Will he save the world like they think he will...
 or finish burning it down?

BLOODCAPE

The hallways of HeroCorp HQ didn't echo.

Too much money had been spent on hush-padding, pressure sealants, privacy-grade walling. Sound died quietly here — swallowed like secrets.

Hernan walked with his hands at his sides, boots clean, uniform pressed, the singe marks from District 4 buffed out. He didn't recognize the hallway they'd escorted him to. That was deliberate. No nameplates. No windows. Just a corridor designed to erase footsteps.

Two guards opened the final door without a word.

The room was long, narrow, and freezing — more like a corporate war room than a hero operations center. White lights. Silver trim. One rectangular black table stretching too far, like it had grown until it swallowed the space.

At the far end sat Director Krane.

Chapter 118: Heroes Don’t Blink