Chapter 203 – Someone to Trust
The culprit knows from the start. All that remains is to collect the evidence so that Johannes can’t get away with it.
If Johannes is discovered and caught as a traitor, it will be impossible to get the reward, but there is no choice. Now, we need to put down the dissatisfaction of executives and receive easy cooperation.
How many times do you lose money because of the damn guy? You will surely give me a painful death.
“It is difficult to explain the details. There is a traitor hiding among you.”
“Oh… !”
“Who the hell are you… !”
“Not me!”
“I need your help. First of all, we need to catch the homeless people in the back alley who attacked Hergel. We need to catch them and find out who is behind them.”
“Ha, but there are not just one or two homeless people… !”
At my words, Johannes walked away. His voice is full of perplexity.
“That’s why we need the cooperation of executives. We need to gather as many gang members as possible and catch all the homeless people in the back alleys. There were dozens of dead bodies of homeless people at the scene. It is a story that there are not one or two homeless people who attacked Mr. Hergel.”
“Even if it was Hergel-sama, if dozens of people attacked…”
“Cheerful beggars! After all, they should have been wiped out a long time ago!”
The anxiety towards Germi was replaced by anger towards the homeless people. Johannes looked around while biting his lower lip.
After Hergel came back alive, one thing became clear from Johannes’ words and actions. The current situation deviated from Johannes’ plans. The fact that Hergel came back alive in the first place must have been a situation that deviated from his plan.
I don’t know exactly what he was planning, but he probably tried to incite the executives by taking advantage of the chaos in the organization after Hergel’s death.
If such a meager thing is the whole plan, then you are dead. This rat bastard.
“Please lend me the gang members that the executives have. If you’re not a traitor, of course you’d help round up the homeless, right?”
“Of course! I will move myself too!”
“I am not a traitor either! Prove it with your actions!”
“Wait a minute! Wait for a sec!”
When the officers nodded in agreement with my insistence on catching the homeless, an urgent Johannes drew attention. Danny Ahn, feeling his strange appearance, tilted his head.
“Johannes-sama, you seem to have been behaving strangely since before? He made remarks comparing Germi and Hergel, and said that we still have to catch the homeless, so he opposes it…”
“Come to think of it…”
“No way… ?”
At the reaction of Danian and the other officers, Johannes jumped up and blushed.
“What, what kind of bullshit are you talking about!! I’m just doing it because I’m worried about the organization. Aren’t you, Danian, a traitor to drive me this way?!”
“You’re trying to cover the words!”
Johannes and Danian started fighting each other.
“Honestly, weren’t your words and actions strange? From earlier!”
“It’s not like that, man! Are you going to openly move gang members to catch the homeless in the back alleys? I heard that homeless people attacked Mr. Hergel on the central road? The guards must be keeping a close eye on them, but in the current situation, if we act rashly, we could be attacked by the guards! I’m all saying this because I’m worried about the organization!”
“That, that…”
“There is truth in what Johannes said…”
“It’s true that the guards have been interfering with us lately. If caught this time, the organization might be in danger.”
“So you’re just watching the homeless bastards attack the boss? Because you’re afraid of the guards?!”
“They are bribing the officers of the guards too! What are you doing with the money?!”
Controversy for and against Johannes’ logic intensifies, and it becomes a commotion again. I looked at the executives who were clamoring for their own opinions, and asked Germi quietly in his ear.
“Germi, what do you mean by that?”
“They bribe the officers of the guards, but on the contrary, there are also guys who didn’t take the bribe. The forces of the guards are divided in half. Of course, they won’t always be on our side just because we’re accepting bribes. It’s just to turn a blind eye to our behavior and give us a little help so we don’t get caught. If we raise the gang and take care of the homeless in the back alleys on a large scale, the guards will have no choice but to sanction us. The guys who wanted to catch us won’t miss the chance.”
“Hmm…”
In short, it is a fight between infiltrators and honest executives. If we behave stealthily and quietly as usual, infiltrators will share insider information with us and allow us to avoid crackdowns, but if we cross the line and reveal our activities, the guards will have no choice but to crack down.
Acting stealth delays the time to catch homeless people.
Perhaps that will buy Johannes time to cover up the evidence.
In order to catch Johannes, you have to catch the homeless people who attacked Hergel. However, it is said that the guards will be an obstacle to catching them.
Indeed, was that what you were thinking of?
Then you just have to convince the guards. I have to go to them to investigate anyway.
“Germi, can you give me some information about the guard officers in a moment?”
“Uh? Yes, it is possible I’ve got all the information about them organized, so I’ll show you a little later.”
It wouldn’t be too difficult to convince them if they could get information about the guard officers and find out who was the swindler and who was the enemy.
“Now, everyone, calm down. You were too hot.”
“Okay…”
“What do you think? You’re not saying you should just look after homeless bastards, are you?!”
“If we go to catch the homeless bastards right now, we might be beaten by the guards!”
“A while ago, when I brought Hergel-sama, the guards told me to come to the guards because they have something to investigate about this raid. I’ll go and convince them for sure. Starting tomorrow, we’re going to wipe out all the beggars in Harlem.”
“Oh oh! Trustworthy, too!”
“Okay… If you convince the guards well, it won’t harm the organization…”
Reassuring the officers, he glanced at Johannes. His expression changes every moment, like a puppy hungry for poop.
Now it’s a race against time. I need to move a little faster so that Johannes doesn’t do anything stupid.
“Instead, I have a request for you.”
“Ask?”
“What? Just talk!”
“There is a traitor among us. The traitor must be restless after hearing this.”
“Um… That’s right.”
“Who the hell is it…”
At my words, Danian glanced at Johannes.
“Of course, you must have heard of my plans here, so you will want to go to the back alley where the homeless are and try your hand at it as soon as possible. So don’t leave work today so that the traitor doesn’t get a hand, everyone stay in one room and keep an eye on each other.”
“Ah, no problem.”
“I have to catch the traitor, so there’s nothing I can’t do for a day or so.”
“In the old days, when I was avoiding the guards, I even slept in the stable.”
Johannes’ expression grew more and more crumpled. I already have the cause. So, I will openly press on you. If you ask them to watch each other like this, they won’t do anything stupid. That would make it easier for the old man hiding in Johannes’ house to look through the papers.
Johannes, you are too mean. How dare you sprinkle ashes on my dining table when you didn’t even have a flimsy plan?
“I will disband for today. I have to move after receiving information about the guards from Germi-nim, so let’s go.”
“Then I’ll have to stay here instead of leaving work today.”
“Is there anyone out there? I need to tell my wife something!”
I left the room with my women, leaving behind the riotous executives.
Thermia next to me looked at me.
“Hanseong, how are you going to convince the guards?”
“That’s right. If it was easy to convince the guards, our organization wouldn’t have to move cautiously.”
“I need to look at some information and think about it carefully.”
Johannes had his feet bound so he wouldn’t do anything stupid. All that remains is for me to convince the guards. If the persuasion fails, the subjugation of the homeless will become impossible, and if so, the trust of the officials will be lost, and Johannes will be able to destroy the evidence.
It is no exaggeration to say that everything depended on the persuasion of the guards.
“Roin, Roin, please do what I said earlier.”
“Okay. Believe me. I’ll sneak in and find out what’s crucial.”
The old man winked at me and immediately ran out of the building. It’s still worrying, but believe me. If you don’t trust my woman, who will you trust?
Germi, who was looking at the back of the old man, looked back at me.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to look for Johannes’ house, to see if he’s hiding any papers related to betrayal.”
“Hmm… Now, come in.”
Germi nodded her head and opened the door to her office. As she sat on the guest sofa, Germi pulled out a booklet that was quite thick.
“This is a document containing information about the officers of the West Way Guards.”
I glanced through the stack of papers lightly. Information about the informant who provided us with information, how much he gave, and what insider information the informant gave us were written in detail.
“At four o’clock in the afternoon, guards patrol the eastern outskirts… Are there many documents with similar content?”
“Because it’s not just one or two insiders. There may be defectors among them. It’s about receiving information from multiple people and cross-checking it. Then, since we can find out who betrayed us, we can confuse the guards’ investigation network by planting false information.”
“Hmm… These are the people we communicate with… Is this the executive who wants to catch us?”
“Huh. Fortunately, the captain of the guard is taking bribes from us.”
“If you’re the captain of the guard, you’re the highest in the guard, right?”
It’s fortunate that the chief of the guard, the highest rank of the guard, is taking our bribe.
“Because the Black Moon is the biggest slave market in the city. The lord also has a good line. Of course, it’s a secret that it’s a criminal organization that doesn’t hesitate to kidnap.”
“The money the captain of the guard gets is huge.”
“Huh. That’s a very expensive hippo.”
“Denevalve Trician…”
The hand that was going through the papers stopped. It was because there were nobles among the officers of the guards.
