Chapter 85 – 8. Underworld Occupation War (5)
It was a rather eerie atmosphere.
When we arrived, the streets that were said to be the sacred grounds of Bernhard’s prostitution tourism were deserted. It was because of Robert Eidinger and his subordinate Crows who had raided this place earlier. For those who don’t belong to an organization, that’s why I had to defend my own life.
Franz and the Intelligence Division 2 led by him must have cut off all means of contact leading to Giselle. But even so, it is difficult to misunderstand that the leader of the underworld is such an easy person to get rid of.
“Your gaze is quite spicy.”
Like Julich said, this town was still breathing. The villagers of the underworld didn’t show their faces, but they were still watching us through the windows that had closed the curtains. In this way, they weighed the balance between their leader and the newly appeared us.
“They are voyeuristic.”
It was a useless thing. Even though I would reign over these streets, I had no intention of condoning their vices.
Yes, the sin karma here is created by the oldest job in human history. It wouldn’t be so foolish to try to root it out. However, that does not mean that it is impossible to improve the constitution.
“But they are not lacking. In some ways, it is quite clever.”
“Yeah, so you must have survived this gutter all this time.”
“Numerical advantage is always troublesome. It would be quite annoying if they joined her forces with her Giselle or her followers. Moreover, we are an occupation force, not a liberation force. Enmity is inevitable.”
Yes. The comforting thing is that they are not innocent civilians either. Above all, what I want to gain from this occupation is the foundation. It is a force that will soon be called power. Minor feelings like revenge are only secondary.
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll take it no matter what.”
“No matter what, of course.”
“Adele, what time is it?”
“It has been exactly 36 minutes since midnight.”
“About two and a half hours. That’s enough.”
An organization must be orderly. There must be moderation. Apart from the distinction between good and evil, the system must be clear. The unruly gangsters are nothing more than obstacles to my ambitions.
So the residents of this street are just evil that needs to be wiped out in the end.
“Yulich, I think the propaganda effect would be enough.”
“It was still hot.”
Raising his right hand high in the sky, he snapped his fingers. At the same time, bullets rained down from the sky. It was to shoot those who were spying on us with dark eyes. The audience who had been shot in the shoulder and instep at the signal that had happened a little while ago screamed.
It was a price to pay for the gaze he had never given permission for.
“Archers, return as you wished. From here on, I’ll leave it to Captain Eidinger.”
Julich muttered into the walkie-talkie. I hurried my steps, using screams everywhere as the background sound. It was a situation where he showed his presence with such a bloody body, so the propaganda was enough, as I said earlier.
“This is Robert Eidinger, the location of the detached unit has been confirmed.”
“The 3rd platoon during special training, there is nothing wrong with Olly Harzfeld being restrained.”
“The 2nd platoon sniper squad is on alert.”
With my upper body peeled off and my coat wrapped around me like a shield, I’m the undisputed leader.
The woman next to him, Adele, who protects her side with a calm and emotionless face, is an infallible trickster.
Also, on the other side, Julich, who accompanies me with a smile on his face, is his right-hand man.
「1st platoon operation team, securing movement route.」
“There is nothing wrong.”
It is the appearance of a group that gives a strong impression. It’s good enough to make a name for yourself. It is to bring down the Schneider family, who would have been considered the absolute power of this street.
“Your Excellency, I will go to see you.”
I saw the road ahead of me. However, before I could move on, the remaining lights here and there went out. Was on special. Now that the propaganda was over, I dared to take measures so that no one else could see me.
Damn, communication was cut off. And in the street, I heard someone kick off the roof and jump one after another. It was Eidinger. That Robert, who leads the three-legged crow, made his last leap and landed lightly in front of us. The agile physique and movement were very good.
“It’s the first time I’ve met you in person.”
“Captain Eidinger.”
“Once upon a time, Robert Eidinger greets His Excellency the First Lady.”
The hair neatly swept back behind the blunt ears, and the round but large fangs standing up gave such a sense of intimidation even though the physique was not massive. The orcs here, who said they would stick to black suits for mourning unless it was a military uniform, were indeed like that.
He was as reliable a soldier as the superior I followed.
“Narrow your boundaries. Prepare for emergencies.”
“I will do as you command.”
“Any casualties?”
“There is not.”
“Okay, I won’t allow a single member to get hurt.”
Robert nodded. He then slightly turned his head and glanced at a building dozens of steps away. The bleakly dark building over there was, of course, a gallery of royalties. It was the source of the evil that kidnapped and tamed people according to the order after receiving an advance payment.
“Adele goes in with me, and Julich and Robert wait outside.”
“Yep, boss.”
“Are you all right?”
“No problem.”
It only takes two to enter the room. Concentrating too many forces can create unexpected variables. The magic bullet shooter and the special suppression company deserved to be vigilant even considering the number of people. No one would dream of a surprise attack if they were experts in ranged and suppressive engagements like them.
“Withdraw all soldiers from the building.”
“All right.”
“And if you’re not back in exactly 30 minutes from now, come in.”
Robert picked up the radio. Julich gave a signal with a whistle. As we were using only one communication channel in case of interception, we had to do so occasionally to avoid confusion.
“Enter.”
Before long, I, accompanied by Adele, made my way to the entrance of the building. I took a step without hesitation beyond the dark space of the wide open door. It was very funny to see the soldiers of the special forces who were withdrawing from the opposite side recognizing me and saluting me every step of the way.
“Adele.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Can you guess why I bit them?”
In the thick darkness, Saxony’s trainer was silent. He didn’t stop but kept his mouth shut. And that’s not what Adele Schneider, a slave to me, would do. It was an action that would be seen by a trainer on the street that shouldn’t be there.
It had to be.
Everyone relaxes to the fullest in their hometown and regains their true colors, so Inse’s Hwarang was a place to tame people. And Ollie Hartzfeld took over his place after showing how much he had fallen to his predecessor.
“I guess.”
The deeper you go into the building, the brighter it gets. Of course, it was still only the light of a few candles. However, it was enough to recognize the objects around us, and that’s how we arrived at an exhibition hall in a large corridor, just like the name of the gallery.
“It was right here.”
Adele nodded silently. I didn’t make any gestures, but I could tell.
“The organization that Saxon’s teaching assistant belonged to.”
All over the corridor were portraits of Bernhard’s famous people. Some were actors, some singers, and some dancers.
“Are there any faces of the ones you tamed?”
“The placenta is like that.”
“What about Harzfeld?”
“Not only that, but his predecessor was also my work.”
“As expected…….”
It’s like a hall of fame. All races and genders were different. If I had to look for commonalities, it was that they had high social status and were attractive. Thanks to that, I was able to infer that as a clue.
All of these paintings are masterpieces of the gallery.
“I heard that Inseui’s Hwarang has a tradition of determining rank with the skills of assistant teachers. Thanks to having a good teacher, my skills are good compared to my career, but I still don’t think I’ll be the best in this country.”
“You still will.”
“I heard that Olly Harzfeld was a man of mediocre brute force. He was told that he was a man of unbreakable spirit. To the extent that the Saxon trainer had a hard time.”
In the days when the kingdom was prosperous, the Harzfeld family was valued for their intellect and cunning. Those who prefer to roll their brains rather than use their fists do not give in easily. Even if you pretend to obey on the outside, on the inside, you will try to reverse the situation.
“Can you tame him once again, should the need arise?”
Inse’s Hwarang decides the winner in an obscene and decadent confrontation. Even if one’s own strength is insignificant, a strategist with a vicious spirit won’t admit his defeat so easily. Even if it means throwing myself away, I will try to buy Giselle time.
“Can you make me admit defeat in half an hour?”
But with Adele, with the woman who tamed Ollie Hartsfeld, it’s a different story. Those who like to roll their heads are less repulsive than those who like to use their fists. It’s hard to beat, but once you’ve beaten it, you won’t have to worry about it again.
“Yes, but it won’t be necessary.”
Even so, Adele’s face, which had been apathetic, changed to a more and more incomprehensible expression. It was because of someone moaning in front of me, chained in chains.
He was too old to be from Harzfeld. He was the leader of Inse’s Hwarang.
I walked up to him and caught his ugliness in my eyes. Although his hands were tied, his feet were not, but he did not move, as if his stamina had been exhausted from resisting the surprise attack.
“Oli Harzfeld?”
Finally, the owner of the gallery raised his head. He glanced back and forth between me and Adele. Even though it was pale enough to be described as a super corpse, it was clear that the shape of the eyes was indeed the leader of an organization.
“I will challenge you according to the magic of Bernhard’s Underworld.”
“Is Esther alive?”
I tilted my head at the unknown name. Adele opened her mouth instead for me.
“This is the predecessor who passed on to Ollie. The rest of my burden was so heavy that I came down from the position of the boss myself. Perhaps now he has become his slave.”
“They are lovers pretending to be masters and servants.”
My tongue was full at the pitiful relationship. I wasn’t sympathetic, but I was.
“Are you alive, sister?”
Olly asked again. There was no subject, but this time, as expected, he asked about the life or death of the woman named Esther. Judging from the delay, it seems that this guy and that woman had a bond of their own with the person who shared the bad karma.
“You will be alive.”
Maybe that’s why, at the moment Adele made a statement, Ollie put on a relieved expression. Then, realizing my situation, I stared at Adele with a bitter smile. She just shared her short dialogue with her.
“So, you mean this sannim is the man your sister chose?”
“You are my master. Please be mindful of your words and actions.”
“I guess it was really stupid. There’s no way you’ll be dominated by someone.”
There were only three words spoken. However, I did not dare to find a place in the middle of it, and I hated it, realizing the thorns and resentment that had grown in it.
“Your master is someone you cannot weave with your three tongues.”
“Yes, at least that much is enough to get my sister’s choice.”
“…… Ollie.”
“Why, did you get stabbed in the head?”
“As I said, Esther is still alive.”
Only then did Olly startle. She was inducing an alienation with the words she spat out implicitly, but it was because of the warning given by Adele, who cut off such a trick with a single knife.
“To die is rather a blessing. Keep in mind that I can make her less of her than of her.”
“Still, that viciousness remains the same.”
Olly, who was silent for a moment, spat out after that.
“I lost, I pass over the gallery of royalties.”
It was over. Adele, who ended the match with a conversation that might have been no more than ten words, looked at me. Before I knew it, I regained the image of a slave I knew, and gently bowed my head to ask for her understanding. Then she turned around and walked out first.
“It can’t be helped that I can’t adapt every time I see it.”
I muttered as I took out a new cigarette from my pants pocket and lit it. After making a light ember from the tip of his finger and igniting it, he turned around in the same way.
And Ollie murmured to me as I was about to leave her seat, sucking in the smoke from her.
“It’s not Harzfeld.”
“…… ?”
“Oli Schneider.”
At first, I wondered what he was trying to say. Then I realized that it was a childish outburst of remorse.
“Our real names are already dead. It’s already buried in the ground with its nobility. In that sense, I would like to say something to people in the same industry.”
As if he had read the day when he hesitated for a moment in the same emotion that he did not know whether it was remorse or not, he spat out with a grin on her creepy face.
“Welcome to this floor.”
So mocked
“Please, use our prestige as a stepping stone and struggle.”
However, evil does not so easily admit itself as evil.
“It sucks.”
I nonchalantly put up a stop and left.
