Chapter 256 – Merchants Land (6)
[So, bro. Why did you tell me this?]
Zoid’s words implied that he might not be able to give out as much information as he was expected.
I also didn’t expect much from Zoid when I saw him devastated. After all, this person is in a position to know about the crime of his brother who lived separately for 10 years.
I said a little while choosing which expression to use.
【We will reveal the corruption of Jade Tustars and make her pay for her crimes.】
【… I guess so. Don’t you have to do that.]
─Aww. Zoid clenching his fist.
I did not have the heart to analyze the emotions in his answer. As long as he’s not trying to stab us in the back, the outcome won’t change whether or not he knows Zoid’s feelings.
【I will not go through legal procedures. I plan to attack the company while hiding my identity, rob the evidence, and spread it to the lord and various groups.]
【The Tustars Co. Will be beaten by groups that have been using this dye. If your brother or the company’s executives can’t deal with it, you won’t be able to avoid disintegration in the air.]
It’s pretty sensible. 10 years of living as a traveler, Jjambab doesn’t go anywhere.
‘Probably Zoid is the same age as me.’
Why are the people of this world so mature for their age?
I think I’ll be able to hit the Drip Mama Mama Jo even when I’m 30 or 40 years old, but people here seem to have a brain OS that changes when they go through a coming-of-age ceremony.
I raised my finger while thinking so.
【Yes. Now is the preparation stage. I would like to hear information from Mr. Zoid to increase the success rate of the plan.]
A place where the company’s ledgers or experiment records are likely to be located.
Detailed structure, presence or location of secret passageways.
The placement, number, and strength of the guards.
And other information as well.
【Don’t do that. The structure of the building is as follows. If you made a new secret passage, or if there was a passage I didn’t know about, it’s probably this one.]
The Zoids responded as they knew, taking a cooperative stance.
─Swipe. As if the blood of the dwarves was flowing, he even drew a cross-section of the store he used to live in and gave it to him.
【I don’t know much about security guards either. It was the first and last time I went to see my older brother. Big brother is not the only one who has changed in 10 years.]
【I guess so.】
It would have been more so if there was a back stomach. Said Zoid.
【Still, the guys who guarded the company were nothing special. If we set the time for the raid to be midnight, everyone would have gone home, so there wouldn’t be many people blocking the road except for those who stay on duty──]
Having said that, Zoid looked at us.
【──If you’re a strong person like the older brothers, suppressing them will be easy. Instead, there is just one guy, a guy you might want to be wary of.]
【Who is it?】
【Enrir. It’s an escort that was stuck next to my brother like a chewing gum.]
Chew it up The Zoids, half-opening their eyes, reacted in horror as if they were talking about a ghost story they had personally experienced.
【I knew it as soon as I saw him. Oh, this guy said that even if I attacked him a hundred times, he wouldn’t even be able to brush his collar. For 10 years, he could never be wrong by trusting this feeling. The reason I wanted to talk to you like this was because of my intuition.]
【… I’ll ask as a reference, but how does it compare to me?]
I don’t know how helpful it will be, but it’s the evaluation of Zoid, who is competent in his own way and quick-witted. It seemed like a reference point.
At my question, Zoid let out a low moan.
【I don’t know. From my point of view, both the older brother and him are nobles who seem to be able to rip my neck out easier than opening a bottle cap. A fox cannot differentiate between a lion and a tiger.]
No, why the fuck is my evaluation like that?
Is it because of the clothes? I don’t know why the Arthur Wayne costume I wear when I’m hiding my identity has such a bad reputation. I’m just a suspicious macho in black with a mask on.
More than that, what the fuck are you saying I plucked out the hair of a tanned blonde bully and use it?
【But something… I think it’s similar.]
【Similar?】
【The atmosphere is similar. Does your brother use magic too? He seemed like that too. He was wearing the hood of the robe even indoors, but the muscles visible under the clothes were sharp.]
Is it a hybrid of Muldil and Madil? To deliberately mention names is someone you should really be wary of.
‘Is it an escort given by the upper house’s back boat?’
If so, he would have asked a lot from him too.
Enrir. I put that name in my head.
While I was doing that, Zoid hesitated like a dog in need of poop. Geum Taeyang’s mutt cosplay, who is in her late 20s, wasn’t particularly interesting, so I just said it roughly.
【If you want to follow me, I won’t stop you. I can inform you before the conclusion, but… No matter how things progress, it will be troublesome if you interfere.]
Zoid should also have the right to be with him in revealing his family’s sins.
【… Thank you. When will the conclusion be?】
Zoid bowing. I answered while remembering the plan I had discussed with the party members.
[It is 3 o’clock in the morning today. If the next schedule goes well.]
【Damn it, there are only 4-5 hours left. You’re roasting beans over lightning.]
After picking up the complaint, Zoid sighed and said.
【I can close my eyes in the next room. I also organize my mind.]
【I see. Instead, I’d like to put a location tracking magic on it, but would you allow it?]
【It’s better than being tied with a rope. Hurry up.]
I nodded and sang Lalilula. I couldn’t call her name, so I just glanced at it.
Lari Lura, who was awkward with her mask, walked carefully so as not to be seen by flirting.
【Stay still.】
【Don’t get sick, don’t stop.】
─Whoah!
Upon reaching out her arm, Lari Lura enchanted 〈 Puppetry 〉.
Now, at any time, he would be able to locate him or interfere with his actions. It was possible to knock it over, and it could have been noticed if it was released.
‘I don’t think I’ll betray him when I see him like that.’
Zoid, who was depressed, said while touching the part of her where Lalilura’s mana was engraved.
【Anyway, I’m unintentionally sorry. The older brothers must have hoped that I would be their brother’s helper. In that case, there would have been a lot of information to be gleaned from me.]
【No, I’m glad that Mr. Zoid is a good person.】
【… You speak well. Let’s say thank you.]
─Kiik. Thud.
Zoid smiled bitterly and went into the next room. He must have thought of waking her up and putting her to sleep. That way it’s easier to work at night.
When I saw him gone, I put Tabula’s iron mask into my bosom.
It seemed that I would no longer be able to wear this mask.
‘A guy named Enrir might have a relationship with Tabula.’
If I saw through the camouflage, the bastard who recognized the mask might run away without fighting me.
If we beat the boy first, we lose even if we beat him.
Fortunately, you can make a new mask for Impressionism. I carved runes into my new mask with magic material.
“Hey. Are you going to move on to the next preparation?”
Dana asked, taking off her mask. It must have been a question of whether he would inform the lord of the news. I thought about it and replied.
“No, you’d better drop that plan.”
“… Why don’t you tell Yeongju? Why?”
“Because things have changed. I said that to Zoids earlier, but when I first conceived the plan, I assumed that Zoids would be the boss’s boss.”
As he said, if Zoids were the culprit, he would have to interrogate, dig up information, and report it to the lord.
If it was the triple crown of evidence, witness, and heart, the persuasion success rate would have been 100%. Even if you bring evidence, you’re a bastard who causes cognitive dissonance? Then you should quit the lord, Shivalum.
“Actually, when I checked, he was a normal person who didn’t match his appearance.”
Zoid was a good citizen who worked hard as a guild guard, unlike Golden Sun.
It seemed that he had a misunderstanding when he saw that I was the younger brother of the chief executive officer.
Of course, I also had something to say. Who would have known that this age’s sweet-golden sun, who feeds abandoned dogs on the topic of being born like that!
Honestly, if you play as you look, isn’t that bastard at least the prince of the red light district?
‘Fuck. If you don’t want to be suspicious, go around as a normal kid.’
I even thought of such a red flag.
If Zoid had been wearing a bat-costume wearing a mask and wearing black clothes like me, I wouldn’t have doubted that I would be Hremar’s kind neighbor.
I sighed and said.
“Our purpose is to have the chairman of the Sang-sang and the others take the blame and tell the whole story, and to make them pay for their sins. However, even if we conduct a night raid, there is a high possibility that a fight will break out in the upper chamber.”
How could a criminal organization go home with the shutters down just because it was time for work and get a good night’s sleep? Guards or traps must have been laid.
The Darkness Secom of the different world hired by the president of the company was supposed to be on standby 24 hours a day.
Of course, there wouldn’t have been a problem if they were just dicks to be sorted out with the Face Mask → Sleep Gas combo.
“But I’ve heard that there’s never been a time when you couldn’t catch it easily?”
Unfortunately, if a fight breaks out, it’s an immediate boss fight. Naturally, the uproar grows.
And when the fuss grows?
‘The guards who are working overtime for the festival will surround the store.’
Like when I set fire to the circus tent in Haysbent before.
Back then, he had taken advantage of the confusion by inducing a crowd of guards, but this time it wouldn’t be like that.
It is too difficult to escape the encirclement without defeating the guards, who are the embodiment of public power. It would be more so with a tired body after a boss battle.
The reason why he caught the Zoids before he informed the lord was in the same context.
‘I thought it would be difficult to interrogate Zoids because of the guards.’
I avoided telling the story to the lord before interrogation, as Zoid was castrated and the guards would swarm if he objected.
Then things changed. Lalilura scratched her mask before speaking.
“I think I know what you mean. Are you saying that the lord can say no to personal revenge?”
“Yes.”
If this was the 21st century Earth, I would have relied on public power while clearing my anger. That is the duty of citizens of the rule of law.
But damn, you can’t expect that kind of law-abiding spirit from the bastard Jade.
“Not to mention if the guards missed the chairman, it’s hard to be relieved if that bastard gets into the prison.”
The bastard is a dark evolving tinkerbell sprinkled with Magical Papa powder on the hometown of Franc. She was likely to get out of prison with a bribe or connections.
In addition, the situation where bastards who appear to be behind him are shimmering!
If we escape or are released, we can find them and kick them again, but if we are silenced in prison and ‘suicide’, we will be the only ones chasing chickens.
It was absolutely unacceptable for us to suck only one side of our finger to show our spirit of abiding by the law while the enemy is blowing cuckoo.
Dana said as if she agreed with me.
“What’s worse is that the lord is also a son of a bitch, so he doesn’t listen to us and doesn’t act, or even if he’s a sane bastard, he might arrest us as well.”
“Yes. That is a problem.”
In order to convince others, you must first convince them.
In other words, we, who hid our identities, had to blow information to convince the lord.
However, it wouldn’t be a problem to identify the Tustars Company just by mentioning the charcoal dye. It was like telling us which store we were going to cause an accident.
“Even if there’s a little commotion in the store building, the guards won’t gather for long. However, if the lord knew that Sanghoe was involved in the crime, he would undoubtedly gather and send the Daehan soldiers.”
Lord Loyalty Loyalty. Tonight your righteous avengers are going to tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk of criminals at Two Stars?
I hope you don’t bullshit. Damn, we’re not phantoms or kids, so are we going to give advance notice that we’re crazy?
The more I bounced the abacus, the more it seemed that hitting the report before attacking was a handshake.
“At times like this, it’s best to hit the post-mortem report.”
I said that to the party members who stared at me as if I was going to do something.
1. First, raid the upper house. Find the evidence and put it away.
2. Next, kill the chief executive and his escort, Enrir.
3. Avoid the guards and bounce.
4. Send an alter ego to the lord who may be in trouble and present the evidence.
If you proceed in this order, there is no problem.
Yeongju would be busy dealing with the case, so he would bite the rice cakes we had thrown him. We can make the bastard president pay for what he deserves.
“Let’s take a short break and infiltrate the store.”
I said that as if to declare it and looked at Fran.
“──I want to do it that way, is it okay?”
“Yes.”
When I asked, Fran nodded her head expressionlessly.
As usual, it wasn’t Norr’s answer like “Do whatever you want.” I guessed that feeling and decided not to ask any more.
***
So we took a nap and waited for the night to deepen.
And when the pocket watch pointed to three o’clock. I secretly ran through the rooftops of the city at night, excited by the festive atmosphere.
Arriving at the site of the Tustars Company, I checked to see if the stone wall was enchanted. After making sure there was no problem, I jumped over the wall and hid myself in the lot.
“Krrrr…”
Was it to avoid suspicion? The guard dog that was set loose on the garden grounds was an ordinary hunting dog.
Pushyyyy…
“Keuh… ?”
I put them to sleep with sleeping gas. Because you can’t watch shobu by talking to a trained guard dog.
【There may be shifts in the shifts of the guard dogs. I let it rest for about 5 to 10 minutes, so it goes through quickly.]
I connected my mind with Veronica’s rune and shot telepathy.
If there were intervals between guard dogs’ return, the dog’s manager might have noticed. He had better sleep lightly and sneak away.
Zoid also put on the mask I gave him and quietly followed. There seemed to be no sign of betrayal.
【Heaaaaa… Hey, I want to pee some more.]
【Okay. I couldn’t even see that old bastard today.]
As expected, there were many guards who did not fit into an ordinary company.
However, it would be easier said than done to maintain a security system that has had no problems for over 20 years. It was not difficult to enter the interior while avoiding them who had become relaxed.
─Kwajik.
I opened the barrier to block out the noise and broke the window open.
The western half of the upper building is a block that is closed off at night. At the same time, it was also an appropriate location to create a secret room.
The president’s room was on the third floor, but I thought of putting it off for the last time considering the possibility that the person concerned might be in the room.
We ran inside and stayed in the room, careful not to hear footsteps.
Wearing thick gloves, Frank, wearing a mask, searched every room in the building as if he were looking for a trap-ridden ruin.
It was when I searched for the third room that was considered a candidate for a secret storage room.
─Click.
Fran’s hand found something. It was a device hidden in the wall.
Veronica moved on without even getting her autograph. As she cast a spell to block her sound by scattering the rune stones she took from her stone slab on the floor, Fran did not hesitate to pull the door on her wall.
Kururrrr…
Stairs appeared on the pillars of the wall, making a noise like a millstone turning.
