Chapter 422 – #4-8 Taunt (1)
It was at that moment that a knocking sound was heard.
『Captain Rahe. Olivia-sama has arrived.』
Coco’s voice.
When Rahe replied, “Come in,” The door to the chief’s office opened and a tall woman with shiny blonde hair entered.
Confident face and expression.
In addition, the confidence is evident in each and every gesture.
“Oh my gosh, Captain Rahe. Is there anything going on? Her face doesn’t make sense.”
“… It’s nothing. It’s none of Olivia-sama’s concern.”
“Is that so? Apparently, I heard that the HQ was busy from the morning with the 7th Division.”
Rahe’s willow-like eyebrows twitched.
Is this provocation?
If it was a different topic, Rahe would have accepted it with a humble and rational attitude, but at this time of her anxiety, even if she mentioned her subordinates, even she couldn’t stand it.
I just hoped that the other person would not step on the landmine.
* ***
Olivia said she had a story to tell, and she dragged Rahe in on her own accord. Eventually, she sat facing each other on the sofas on either side of the captain’s office.
Sensing that the story was going to be long, Coco immediately brought down the coffee.
Rahe thought with a sigh, saying that the scent of coffee and caffeine infused into the body, which had been tired from staying up all night, at least gave it a bit of energy.
‘This woman, it would be nice if you could go quickly.’
She said she had something important to say, but in the end it was a series of questions and conversations that didn’t make much sense.
At first, Rahe answered honestly to fulfill her duties as her captain, but as her conversation continued, even she couldn’t help but feel annoyed.
Now, his men are missing.
Life and death unknown, whereabouts unknown, not even knowing what happened to them.
In such a situation, trying to carry on an unrelated conversation with her subordinates can only make her nervous.
—I need to stop talking.
I’m a bit busy right now, so if you have questions or something to say, set up another time or day and talk again.
When the time comes, she will answer with all sincerity.
When Rahe said that, she pursed her pretty lips.
“I heard, her subordinate heroes went missing during a mission?”
As if putting aside Rahe’s words, Olivia said so.
“… Who said that?”
“Um~ The people at headquarters informed me. That’s right, I’m the auditor, right?”
Don’t be funny
There is no way that the internal affairs of the organization can be revealed so easily to people in the external organization.
Moreover, it is still morning.
Time is also time, and it is questionable in many ways to say that you have come to the 7th division after stopping by the headquarters.
‘No way…’
A little, I had a bad idea.
Bad imagination
Could it be that this woman has something to do with this incident… I don’t think it’s like that.
Maybe there’s a connection or a planted spy in the upper echelons…
‘No, no, let’s not drive it with only speculation.’
‘The opponent is also a hero.’
A hero to protect the property, safety and peace of ordinary people.
Of course, being a hero doesn’t mean you’re completely clean.
However, I don’t even want to think that I would have touched the same hero.
But even so, I didn’t close my thoughts on that side at all.
Rahe has seen a lot of weird people in her hero life.
Above all, Awakeners are people who, including themselves, have a screw missing somewhere.
Rahe listened to Olivia’s story without abandoning the ‘possibility’ that popped into his head, but with a calm expression on his face.
However, Rahe’s mask was also the worst for Olivia’s next story, and cracks ran through it.
“I heard these rumors, Captain Rahe.”
“There are rumors that the 7th division and a certain villain organization are colliding.”
“As the captain, you, for your benefit, are providing important information to the Hero Association, and Even his subordinates are selling out, That’s the story.”
“Do you have any guesses——”
Taang!
The coffee cup in Rahe’s hand fell loudly onto the table.
But surprisingly, the half-filled coffee in it barely overflowed.
Rahe, who interrupted Olivia with a coffee cup set down violently, glared at the hero from Europe with burning eyes.
“Well, what are you talking about… !”
Along with the snarling words, a sense of intimidation spreads as if the skin would tingle.
But even in the face of that intimidation, Olivia calmly tilted her coffee cup to her mouth.
“What the hell do you see people as? The captain sells those precious children to the villain for selfish desires?”
“Do you think that makes sense?!”
“I have no way of knowing where or how you heard those rumors. I am not interested.”
“However, if you continue to mock and insult my honor, I will not stand still.”
Rahe spoke under a sense of intimidation.
Olivia looked at her as if to judge her.
It was a bit unexpected for Olivia.
It was because it was the first time I had ever seen Rahe so enraged.
In the first place, she had a tendency to react sensitively and sensitively to injustice.
However, it was something like mental illness or obsessive-compulsive disorder caused by constellations, which all Awoken people have.
That’s why, if ‘injustice’ wasn’t the topic, she also thought that Rahe’s mask would be unbreakable.
But I never thought she would be so angry at the work of her men.
‘No, the captain abandoning her men… Is it because it is also an injustice?’
Either way, it’s a gleeful mistake.
That’s because I found a valid weakness to stab Rahe.
And her own 『Scenario』, Once again confirming that it was not wrong, she said.
‘Well then.’
Should I apologize for this insult, or should I continue provoking?
In the case of the former, he observes the situation a little more and has a grace period to observe Rahe more.
In the case of the latter, she must drive a wedge into Rahe and use the materials she has now to drive Rahe to the edge of her cliff.
‘I think there are enough foreshadowings for the 『Scenario』 I created.’
‘Shall we go straight to the highlight like this?’
As for the story, between the ‘win’ and the ‘war’ of the winning battle.
The idea of pushing Rahe down a cliff, plus thoroughly smashing her into the muddy ground… A scenario leading to such an ending.
Olivia decided that it was time for her to proceed with the scenario, and she opened her mouth to provoke Rahe further.
Right at that moment.
—Smart
As if to cut the atmosphere between the two of them, a light knocking sound resounded.
『Captain Rahe. This is Aria. I came because I have an urgent delivery matter.”
Contrary to what was said, a languid voice came from beyond the door.
“… ? Aria, please come a little later.”
『This is an urgent matter, so I think I should deliver it right now. Please, Captain.”
What’s going on?
Captain Rahe lightly apologized to Olivia and sent Aria in.
Arya, who came inside her, looked at Olivia with open eyes, saluted her, and delivered a note to Rahe.
Rahe opened the note and opened his eyes slightly at the contents.
“This… !”
Rahe looked at Arya as if asking for something to make up for her, but Arya said, “Then let’s go,” And she just saluted and walked away.
After sending her aria away, Rahe folded the note back into her pocket.
“… Excuse me, Miss Olivia.”
Again, just like before, Rahe faced Olivia.
However, the sense of intimidation that had been emitted right up to the moment was well captured.
Her face also looked the same as before, or even more lively than before, when she seemed to have put on a mask again.
“What was written on that note?”
“It is nothing. It’s not a story worth telling to a busy Auditor. I bet you wouldn’t say that you would look into private things and sanction them, wouldn’t you?”
“…”
“Rather than that, let’s continue the story from earlier. First of all, about that rumor——”
* ***
“… It looks like a beggar.”
Inside the limousine going back to the hotel.
Olivia is leaning against her window, uttering low-level curses that don’t suit her.
Just a little bit more, just a little bit more
If so, I could have exploited Rahe’s weakness and put a wedge in the 『Scenario』.
However, after her hero named Aria appeared and she received a note from her… Rahe regained his original composure.
It shouldn’t be.
Olivia has prepared several scenarios to provoke Rahe.
However, in the end, Rahe calmly accepted the various provocations that followed without flinching.
In the end, Olivia couldn’t wedge or anything, and she had no choice but to cut off the conversation and leave.
It shouldn’t be like this.
According to Olivia’s scenario, she shouldn’t be like this.
She aroused her anger, made her mistake as she was, and made her expand and spread using the scenario that made that mistake come true as her [Real story] Of her own.
After that happened, the rest of the work was to be carried out on its own, like rolling a snowball, without having to touch it anymore.
However, it failed in the end.
With just one note, Rahe shook off even the coercion of her 【Real Story】 and regained her composure.
—I can’t fail.
‘That, yes…’
‘Failure… No!’
‘Not yet… Yet… There are plenty of scenarios left.’
Okay. This is not a failure.
This time, it is definitely within the acceptable margin of error. There will be.
So it’s not a failure. Okay.
There are still plenty of scenarios to shake Rahe.
So, so…
—I don’t fail… !!
* ***
[Captain Rahe. Due to the heavy burden, I cannot tell you all of the foreshadowing.]
[However, we deliver the fact that the Spades and Club members are safe.]
[With, The woman in front of you is a dangerous person.]
[Please be careful not to get involved.]
Rechecking the contents of Arya’s note, Rahe let out a sigh of relief.
Aria said that as a reaction to what she had learned from her 【Foresight】 ability, she told Rahe about her contents, and as soon as she left her captain’s office a little while ago, she collapsed with double nosebleeds.
Fortunately, it didn’t seem like he was going to lose consciousness, but if he inquired about more than this, he would put a bigger burden on his body.
[Foresight] Is a comfortable power, but it is burdensome.
I would have to give up hoping to hear anything from Arya more than this.
Anyway, now that I know that the two missing subordinates are safe… Right now, I’m just waiting for better news.
