Chapter 376 – The Secret Life of a Sidekick (22)
Shahemos, I thought about using my familiar with the ability to transform at the beginning of my possession.
It often transformed into a small Shahemoth or a large Shahemoth, but since it could also transform into its own form, it was an optimal familiar for creating an alibi.
But the problem could not be summoned.
Because the assimilation rate was low, and the EX assimilation rate was low, only a small portion of Shadow Mastery could be used, so my voice did not reach Shahemoth.
However, this time, as the EX assimilation rate increased, it became possible to call Shahemos.
I used Shadow Craft to summon a small Shahemoth.
I felt a little frustrated because I had to invest 50% of my mana to maintain Shahemoth, but it was nice to see it after a long time.
“This is, um… Is this a level of civilization similar to the level of the master?”
As soon as he was summoned, Shahemos said while looking around my room.
In some ways, they are quite similar, but there is one big difference.
“Would you believe me if I were the strongest person in this class now?”
That’s what the level 5 written on the status window meant.
“Then it is a very weak world.”
Shahemos measured his strength and mine and quickly came to a conclusion.
“Why does the master need me in such a weak world?”
Shahemos said with a grin.
That small body may look fragile at first glance, but its combat power is almost the same as mine, so don’t be fooled by its cute appearance.
“First, let me tell you briefly about this class. It is a world where a very small percentage of people have abilities and protect those who harm people.”
“Is it a knight? Yes. It’s that kind of world.”
“There, I play a good person in the morning and a bad person at night.”
“Why are you doing such a bother?”
“You’re hiding the fact that you’re an elephant too.”
Shahemos heard me, crossed his arms, puffed out his cheeks, and glared at me.
“You had sex with me even though you knew I was an elephant.”
“There is a saying that you can be deceived even if you know it. Anyway, he is a bad person at night, but he is a bad person who only kills bad guys. You know the Raven family, right? Isn’t that the way they feel? They only kill those they want to kill. With that feeling, they build up a good reputation, but then they hit a good person and their reputation plummets. It fell. We need to restore it.”
“Hmm. How?”
“I don’t know. From now on, you and I will have to put our heads together and think carefully. Luckily, with you here, the number of cards I can use has increased significantly.”
In order to restore Blaze King’s reputation, Shahemos and I used electronic devices such as smartphones and televisions to learn information about the world step by step.
As I explained in detail and added flesh to the roughly explained story, Shahemos seemed to understand a little.
Then Shahemos took my association smartphone and scrolled upwards, telling me that he had found something strange.
“Master, I understand that Hero City is divided into sections. Why don’t villains appear in section A?”
“Area A? There’s a hero association, and it’s safe?”
“Because there aren’t enough heroes, they go out on patrol every time and there’s no one guarding Area A? But why does the villain avoid it? If it were me, I would have caused trouble there.”
Since it was spoken by a devil who had experience in committing mass murder, my credibility somehow increased.
If you really want to make a splash and make a name for yourself, wouldn’t it be great to do villainous things in Area A? But why aren’t they paying attention to Area A?
I received a smartphone from Shahemos and looked at the location of the villain.
“Huh? There really isn’t one?”
I scrolled quite a bit, but no villains ever appeared in Area A.
How come I never paid attention to this?
“Master, don’t you think that if you figure this out, you can instantly increase your reputation?”
Shahemos spoke to me with his golden eyes sparkling.
“Yes. With one more head, my field of vision becomes wider.”
While stroking Shahemoth’s soft gray hair, I thought about Area A.
This is where the headquarters of many companies, including the Hero Association, are located.
People in Hero City think of Area A as almost a sanctuary, but surprisingly, it was also a place they didn’t pay much attention to.
‘It could be controlled if the enchanter deliberately spreads the seeds only on the outskirts.’
I patted the head of the wonderful Shahemoth a little roughly and reverse summoned him.
‘Master, don’t you need my help?’
‘I think it would be better to infiltrate with all the power.’
‘Call me if you need it!’
‘Yes.’
As a possessor, you need to take a look to see what’s in area A.
*
I arrived near the Hero Association using Shadow Jump.
Although mana increased considerably, it was still not a skill that could be used freely, as it was consumed at a proportional rate.
Wouldn’t movement using Shadow Dive be a little better? I put on my military uniform and headed to the center of Area A.
Everyone knows that the Hero Association is located in the center of Area A, but to be precise, there was a park.
Even though there was a lake and a well-maintained walking path nearby, Area A had no decent shops and was a busy place with people working so few people used it.
I came wearing a shadow, but since there was no one around, I thought about canceling the spirit mask, but it stayed there.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Presence detection.
Presence Detection – Shadow
It’s been a while since I used a skill link. A shadow spread out around me and moved to read all the surrounding mana.
I closed my eyes and continued to accept the information read by the shadow.
And the information the shadow gave me was that there was someone working overtime and that there was suspicious ship movement underground.
‘How do I get into the basement?’
There is also a way to break it in using the Flame Ring, but then it will look like Blaze King did it.
If you don’t have a shadow jump in your sight, you can’t move there.
Shadow Dive.
I turned into a shadow and passed through the ground.
The place I arrived at, feeling like I was falling apart to the point where I felt like I would fall apart if I didn’t establish myself, was a huge factory.
The machine was running continuously, printing something, and once I regained my body, I surrounded Youngtu again.
What the machines are producing is food. If you think about it, Hero City did not have an agricultural or livestock area.
Is all the food being produced underground in Area A?
‘It’s abnormal.’
I slowly looked around the factory, which I thought was only a space for maintaining a playground, and saw people stored in transparent water tanks with their eyes closed.
As I carefully looked around the space where there were not just a few but many, at least a hundred, water tanks, I was able to figure out who those people were.
No, I found someone I know.
‘Dark Wing.’
It had two impressive black wings, and although I had drilled holes in its wings, I tore them off so that no trace was left.
Looking at the traces of black wings left on Dark Wing’s back, he figured out that everyone here was a villain that the heroes had subdued.
‘Okay. There was no one escaping from prison.’
What are you trying to do by putting people with mana in a water tank? To recognize it, I used presence detection-shadow once more.
As the shadow spread, the mana of the villains contained in the water tank was read, and it was discovered that the mana was heading somewhere.
‘It flows to the place where food is produced.’
The worst case scenario of eating the villain’s body was avoided, but it was discovered that the villain was using the mana he had to feed Hero City.
If I could use all my power, I would have cleared this place, but since I couldn’t find out about the two beings, the Enchanter and the Enhancer, I decided to retreat for now.
I felt empty because of the Shadow Jump, which consumed a lot of mana, so I sat down on the bed and called out to Shahemoth.
(Shahemoth, went on a scouting trip.)
(Did you find something?)
(Food was being produced using the villain’s mana.)
(The treatment is harsher than I thought.)
Shahemos, who had done worse things than that, spoke as if he had forgotten the past.
I heard that criminals who entered prison work in workshops, and it wasn’t particularly pitiful to say that they forcibly squeezed out the villain’s mana to produce food.
How many people died at the hands of those guys?
‘But I think I can use it for my reputation.’
This was the most important.
Is there a reason why the villain Blaze King, while working as a dark hero who kills villains, suddenly attacks heroes as well?
And wouldn’t it all become famous if people found out that the reason was to capture the villain and use it as a battery for a food production plant?
If there is a justifiable reason, wouldn’t it be possible to reverse notoriety into fame? Since you have Shahemos to use as an alibi, you can now wear the Blaze King’s mask at night to your heart’s content.
“Now shall we make a proper mess?”
However, if there are a lot of people like me who think that villains are cheap even if they are used as batteries, the plan goes awry.
There are two options: build up your reputation step by step or try to turn things around all at once…
Shall we investigate the basement of Area A again tomorrow and decide? The more careful you are with these things, the better.
*
“The villain has been subdued! The Blaze King may come, so move the villain quickly!”
The A-class hero air diver shouted.
“Yes!”
“Quick! Quick! Move!”
As the C-class heroes were trying to load the handcuffed villain into an armored vehicle, flames suddenly erupted from the ground.
“No!!! Help me!!!”
The villain, who came to his senses after being freed from the runaway state caused by the awakening of his abilities due to the heat that seemed to burn him, screamed.
“Blaze King!!!”
When an air diver tries to attack by drawing the wind.
Spurr rrrr!
A whip of flame rising from the floor wrapped around the villain’s neck and snatched him from the hands of the C-class heroes.
Tdu-duk!
Blaze King said after breaking the villain’s neck and throwing the villain on the floor, he looked at the hero.
“Go for it, air diver.”
“I’ll put an end to it!”
Air Diver and Blaze King clashed.
