Chapter 202 – Someone to Trust
I know Germi’s business is greedy, but the risk is too great. It is difficult to understand why he chose the risky path of killing Hergel. Maybe it was because I was confident that I wouldn’t get caught.
I don’t know how they seduced the homeless people, but the homeless people tried to kill Hergel after being instigated by Johannes, and even though the city guard stopped them, Hergel was driven to the brink of death.
If Natalya hadn’t healed the wound with the troll potion and poured my magic power into it to bring it back to life, Hergel would have died, so Johannes’ plan would have succeeded.
If so, what to think about is that.
If the organization takes revenge on the homeless people who killed Hergel, if they capture and beat even one of them to find out who is behind it, it will only be a matter of time before they find out that Johannes, who has a striking complexion, instigated it.
How did Johannes try to solve the problem?
If I were Johannes, if I were that bastard… No, no matter how hard I try, these are just my thoughts. Before, I had almost let Hergel die because of my mistaken expectations. You must not make the same mistake this time.
What is more certain than predictions, projections, or hypotheses is the collection of information.
Phillips has not been able to ask for any new information since he previously dug up information about Johannes’ erratic behavior going into the back alleys of Harlem.
In the end, it is a story that there is a limit to the information obtained only by Phillips, who is only monitoring Johannes’ actions.
While stroking his chin, I thought deeply and met Roin’s eyes.
“Your head is complicated, isn’t it?”
“Ah, yes… If we hadn’t intervened, Johannes’ plan would have worked. Hergel must be dead.”
“Huh. It was fortunate that we had the means to live. Even Johannes would be surprised to see Hergel.”
“Whether Johannes’ plan succeeds or fails, if the organization finds out that the homeless people attacked Hergel, the organization will of course take revenge on the homeless people. And in the process of taking revenge on the homeless, you will find out that Johannes is behind them. It’s only a matter of time before we find out that Johannes has betrayed the organization. How is Johannes trying to deal with it?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to find out for yourself?”
“Do you know for yourself?”
I didn’t understand what you meant to find out for yourself. Johannes would hide the fact that he had betrayed him. Would he even ask directly?
“I will infiltrate Johannes’ house. I will follow him around, dig up information, and retrieve the documents he has.”
That’s dangerous If Roin makes a mistake and gets caught by them… He closed his eyes tightly and shook his head.
“That is too risky,”
“Hanseong-ah.”
Roin’s soft hand held my cheek.
Roin held my face and looked down at me with his soft eyes.
“Thank you for worrying, but I also want to be of help to you. Don’t try to shoulder everything by yourself, sometimes trust me and leave it to me.”
“Roin…”
Roin is a person who has lived in this world and has been working as a mercenary before meeting me. His origins and background are somewhat unclear, but one thing is for sure: he’s stronger than me.
It was just a while ago that I fell into arrogance and looked down on the fact that everything worked out the way I wanted, that everyone moved the way I wanted, and got a big nose injury.
Still, I tried to think and act alone again without asking for help from my women by my side.
Did I do anything on my own?
When he had just arrived in this world, he ran into mercenaries with whom he could not speak, and when he was chased and almost killed by them, he would have died on the spot had Natalia not appeared and helped him.
In many other critical situations, I would have died long ago if it had not been for the help of Natalya, Roin, and my women.
Even in this case, it is the same. Roin had always said that he would sneak into Johannes’ house and gather information. If he had trusted the old man before, he would have been able to know more about Johannes’ plan.
However, I was afraid that the old man would make a mistake, so I dissuaded him, saying it was dangerous. He didn’t believe
The result of that arrogance and distrust is Hergel lying in front of his eyes. If Natalya hadn’t had the troll’s potion, Hergel would have died.
If you don’t trust my girls, who do you trust?
“Okay… I’m worried, but if you don’t trust my girl, who will you trust? Please.”
“Do you know that worrying about you is really lovely?”
As Roin held my face, his lips overlapped. He could feel his warm breath as his soft lips rubbed against each other.
“Um… Chuu, jjook…”
Roin opened his mouth. The thin saliva stretched like a long thread. At the end of the drooping spittle, I could see the old man’s red lips. The gaze went up. Ruby-red eyes caught his eyes on his tall nose.
Rattle!
“Is it true that your father was attacked?!”
The door rattled open, and Germi, Thermia, and other officers entered.
“The crisis is over, so calm down.”
“Oh, what damned bastards dare!”
“Who are you! Who the hell would treat a boss like this!!”
The executives who entered behind Germi burst into exasperation as they saw Hergel lying on the bed. Among them was Johannes.
The guy was acting hard, unable to erase the embarrassment from his eyes, opening his mouth and bursting into exasperation similar to the other executives.
Yes, you will be surprised I thought I was going to die, but I came back alive.
“Now, everyone, calm down.”
Johannes, I’ll admit that you surprised me by defying my expectations. But the damn thing ends there. You’re behind How dare you make me use a troll potion that is more precious than blood. I’ll pay you interest on this.
First of all, let me deal with the homeless and give you a blood-drying experience.
“Hansong! What the hell happened!”
“Calm down. There was only a moment of commotion. I will explain slowly.”
At my leisurely attitude, the officers blushed and cheered up, but kept silent to listen to my story.
“You were attacked by homeless people from Harlem on the side of the main road.”
“Homeless?”
“No matter how old you are, you’ve only been attacked by homeless people?”
Officials can’t hide their embarrassment.
It is hard to believe that Hergel, who has the blood of a prisoner, has become so battered because he was only beaten by homeless people.
“There were traces of bolts at the site where Master Hergel was attacked. There were also bolts embedded in Hergel-sama’s body. It looks like they have crossbows. It must have been that someone bought money for the homeless and provided them with weapons.”
“… !”
“…”
The executives secretly began to look into each other’s eyes. He thinks that only he knows about the existence of the traitor because he secretly told the officers about the existence of the traitor. Of course, not all executives believed in the traitor’s existence.
About half of them were dubious about what I said.
In such a situation, Hergel, the former boss, was attacked by a mysterious attack.
Such people came to believe in the existence of a traitor through this incident. No, I have no choice but to admit it even if I don’t like it. That there really is a traitor.
Johannes, who was quietly watching, opened his mouth.
“There must be a traitor. It’s never been like this when Hergel-sama was the boss!”
“Betrayer… !”
“As soon as the boss changes, such disrespect!”
The room started to get noisy.
I could get a rough idea of what Johannes was thinking from what he had just said. Yes, you mean to hit the player first.
Johannes was a believer in the traitor. Without knowing that the traitor I was talking about is a blatant lie, he thinks that there really is a traitor and intends to cover his actions with the traitor’s actions.
Johannes’ final goal is to kill Germi and make Herendal take over all the businesses he owns, and then he takes over.
It is self-evident that Johannes, who would profit from simply assassinating Hergel and Germi, would be suspicious.
Therefore, the first priority is to inflate the behavior of the traitor, to confuse my investigation, to shake the organization, to reduce the public sentiment of Germi, and to disintegrate the organization.
Therefore, there is no doubt that this kind of thing did not happen in Hergel’s time, and he is comparing it with the past to raise complaints from the executives.
Germi blushed and turned around to silence the officers behind him.
“Quiet! Why is the story of my father running the organization coming out now!”
“But isn’t it true, Germi, I never dreamed of doing anything like this when you were running an organization! I was against my older brother. It’s too early to hand over the organization already!”
“Profit… !”
Germi’s tail began to swell stiffly. First, Germi needs to be calmed down. I went behind Germi’s back and put my hand on his shoulder.
“Germi, calm down.”
“Ha, but… !”
“Leave this to me.”
Roin was entrusted with Johannes’ background investigation. So my job is to press Johannes from the front.
Anyway, the initiative is on this side.
“I have something to tell you honestly. As Executive Johannes said, this raid is the work of a traitor.”
“… !”
“Did it really happen?”
“And, as you all know, one of the executives said he was a traitor. I called each one individually and told them, but in fact I told all the executives about the existence of the traitor.”
“I heard you were only talking to me!”
“Did you cheat!”
Some executives burst into exasperation.
“It was a process to find out the traitor. Sorry for cheating. However, with this raid, we caught the culprit’s tail.”
“What!”
“Is it real?”
Johannes’ face changed strangely at the words that he grabbed the tail.
