Chapter 56 – Bank Robbery (3)
“Why is this… Why?”
The hunter guilds who received Yeriel’s request for cooperation responded very quickly.
Among them, there were quite a few guilds that sent data on other guild members as well as alibis for gravitational and spatial hunters.
Even if we request cooperation from our special unit or the Hunter Association, it doesn’t go this far and quickly.
I found it to be very strange, yet disgusting.
“Were you able to do this right before work?”
“Whoops.”
“Do you understand the greatness of your sister now?”
Next to Yeriel, who smiles bitterly, Alice is smug.
Well, even among ordinary people, it is Yeriel Frost who is almost treated as a living goddess…
Among those in the active industry, it is difficult to get a sense of what its status will be like.
I was an unregistered hunter, so reading the atmosphere there was lacking.
I was thinking that I should use the name Yeriel more often from now on.
Blanche, who was discriminating the materials sent from the guild, sent a signal.
I tapped my smartphone and read the material he popped up.
“Ranald Smith, a B-rank hunter belonging to the Black Wolf Guild. Currently out of contact.”
“Raynald Smith? Are you of foreign descent?”
“He’s a naturalized hunter from the United States. He has a fairly rare compression ability. If he was him, he would have been able to get involved in this crime.”
[No smartphone tracking results. It seems to have already been discarded.]
‘That’s a clever decision.’
It seemed that Reynald Smith had stopped getting along with his guild members a while ago.
He still has a lot of quota left, but he didn’t participate in the attack either.
He was bound by a rather loose contract, so he was left unattended in the guild, but once he was suspected, he was the first to tell.
I saw that the probability that this guy was the culprit was very high.
‘Can the vehicle be tracked?’
[No result. Expected to be using a cannon truck.]
‘Of course.’
At this point, I’m getting goosebumps too.
‘It’s okay to use up some quota, so switch to face recognition and track it.’
I’m sure he’d wear a disguise, so the recognition rate would go down a lot, but…
The suspect this time was from a foreign country, so it was relatively easy to track.
Blanche focused her attention on the port.
[Found. It is next to Incheon International Airport. Physical characteristics match the suspect exactly. Verification complete with path tracing.]
“Let’s go!”
“Bur, are you already?”
We made our way to the parking lot, avoiding the prying eyes of reporters.
I didn’t want to let them know that they were being chased.
‘To the extent that I can barely catch up with an Oracle.’
Of course, today’s oracles don’t have the ability to make the impossible possible.
Just to achieve what is possible a little faster and easier.
Thanks to Lee Seo-woo and Seo Ji-yu riding in a different vehicle, Blanche was able to speak openly.
“The others? Are you with the suspect?”
[It seems that they have already dispersed. Currently tracking.]
“What the hell happened? If you’re a hunter from a foreign country, can’t you make some money? To think that a guy like that would commit a crime like this…”
[This was not the case with Reynald Smith.]
Blanche responded calmly to Alice’s question.
The crew member holding the steering wheel frantically stepped on the accelerator.
It’s too early to launch the boat because it’s not yet dark, so I think I’ll have enough time.
Since he went to the Incheon port, he must have taken the money and sought asylum in China.
[Raynald Smith’s ability is obviously useful, but the development difficulty is very high. It is said to be the kind that requires the user’s spatial perception ability to the extreme.]
“It would be a little difficult if I told you to use the compression ability in battle. I’m not a porter.”
When Kim Jeong-tae chimed in, Blanche continued his explanation.
[In addition, Reynolds Smith is a case where his rating has declined after naturalizing as a Korean.]
“What do you mean by that again? You’re saying it was negatively reviewed?”
[No. Compared to other countries, Korea’s grading system is more strict and systematic. It is also common for foreign A-rank hunters to be judged as B-rank in Korea.]
“Ah, like that…”
As a hunter powerhouse, Korea has a very strict rating evaluation.
Raynald Smith was outraged by his own assessment, but he could not belatedly cancel his naturalization.
Unfortunately, the performance he showed in Korea was just right for the evaluation of a B-rank hunter.
He was overrated from the start.
Blanche continued to comment and evaluate him calmly and cruelly.
[Raynald Smith’s Korean dream did not materialize. While his workload and risk levels have drastically decreased since he was in the United States, his income has also decreased accordingly. However, it seems that human consumption habits are not something that can be easily changed.]
If your income has decreased but your spending habits have not changed, you will lose your savings.
And if you lose all your savings and can’t reduce your spending…
“You must be in debt. How much?”
[Officially confirmed is 800 million. If you used debentures, it would increase even more.]
“Crazy…”
Alice swallowed curse words at the situation beyond her imagination.
At this level, even with the salary of a B-rank hunter, he had to pay off his debts.
Reynald Smith’s spending was so reckless.
[I had a party once a week, and whenever I was bored, I went to the department store… I was able to use it this far. It seems that he also touched drugs under the circumstances.]
This is enough to motivate them to participate in a bank robbery worth tens of billions of won.
Since he had already run into a lot of debt, he was planning on leaving Korea with a big bang.
I thought so, but on the other hand, I clicked my tongue inwardly.
‘Isn’t Raynald Smith a leader?’
This bank robbery was very bold and meticulous.
This is not something a drug addict can plan and execute.
The leader who concocted such a plan and led the criminals would not be an ordinary person.
Yeriel, who occupied the seat next to me, became a bit distraught.
“I feel like I’m getting closer and closer to society’s shadow.”
“Is it?”
As for Yeriel, she is a person who can be said to be the pinnacle of the hunter society, so it is not unreasonable to think that she is.
Leaving ourselves in the shaking vehicle, we were able to arrive at Incheon International Airport soon.
We prepared to attack the pier as it was.
As soon as he spotted us hiding near the pier, he started running away.
However, we had already completed the encirclement.
“Ranald Smith, a B-rank hunter belonging to the Black Wolf Guild! Emergency arrest for special theft and unauthorized attempt to leave the country!”
“Shit!”
He struggled, cursing in fluent English, but was quickly arrested.
After taking off his leash, Tia laid him down very easily, then stepped on his back and struck a triumphant pose.
“Master!”
“Hey, you can’t step on people like that! You’re on the news!”
“Ah…”
After pushing Tia away, I yelled at Reynolds.
“Where are the others! Where’s the money hidden?”
“Now, wait! Wait, wait!”
The suspect frightened us and raised both hands.
After committing such a crime, he seemed to be terrified when he was punished.
But. In a country where security is not very good, it is quite possible to be killed while resisting the police.
I rummaged through his arms and pulled out something that looked like a small cube.
“Is this… Bill? Was it a specification that reduced the weight?”
Swish
When the cube in the form of a cube was thrown forward, it inflated on its own and regained its original size and shape.
We clicked our tongues lightly with the hefty pile of bills in front of us.
There were piles of 50,000 won bills, but the volume was likely to be in the billions.
“But 20 billion yen is far short of it.”
“Well, that’s all! That’s all I have! I shared the rest with the others!”
“The others?”
“Ho… If I give them information, can I get them innocent?”
The suspect, who seems to have no grasp of the situation yet, speaks without a chin.
I muttered with as much sincerity as I could while pressing my body.
“No. If you don’t blow properly right now, I’ll prosecute you with the utmost sincerity.”
“Kuk! Anyway, that’s all my share. Four billion! There’s no need to beat me to death anymore!”
“Four billion?”
I was a bit taken back by the lower-than-expected amount.
Reynolds Smith played a key role in this case.
Since his ability is irreplaceable, he thought he would have received at least 6 billion.
Since this happened, I decided to verify what I had expected while coming this far.
“How many criminals are there in total? Four including you?”
There is one hunter who helped build the tunnel and figured out the structure of the safe.
One electromagnetic hunter in charge of hacking, and another in charge of excavation.
And finally, to Ronald Smith, who is in charge of cash forwarding and material handling…
A minimum of 4 people were required for this operation.
As the number of people increases, each person’s share also decreases, so I wouldn’t have recklessly increased the number of people here.
However, Raynald Smith insisted on the existence of a fifth member.
“5 people! After taking out miscellaneous expenses, 20 billion won is divided equally among 5 people, so 4 billion won per person!”
“Five people? Then who is the leader?”
“I’ve never seen the leader’s face! He always communicates with telepathic powers, and he never showed up on the day of the operation!”
It’s nonsense.
Could it be that they are using tricks to reduce the sentence?
The guy who read that expression on my face explained it very desperately.
“It’s him who planned this case, gathered and controlled the members! Or why would we give a fifth to a guy who didn’t even come in person?”
“Isn’t it more suspicious that you took that much away?”
“He was threatened. He said he would report our location if we did n’t give him his share! Trust me! He arranged all our escape routes. The money was delivered by leaving it on the verge of parting…”
As hard as it may sound, the suspect’s desperate demeanor hardly seemed to lie.
“What’s his name?”
“Yeah, it was a woman’s voice, but I don’t even know her name. Really!”
“Was it a woman? I wouldn’t have called her anything, though!”
“B… Black Lotus. It’s called that at first.”
“Black Lotus?”
It was a nickname that sounded like a complete joke, but he really had no clue otherwise.
I continued to ask questions about the other culprits, remembering the names correctly.
