Chapter 110 – The Magic City and the Great Detective
“I see. Anyway, it’s magic with many hidden secrets.”
“Yes. It’s a situation where I’ve used it a lot and learned a lot, but it’s such a great magic that I wonder if it has more uses when I use it.”
“Right…”
“Whoa… So why don’t you use it well in the future? Depending on how you use it, it’s a great magic that can change the life of an assistant detective.”
“Yes!! Thank you! Elysia!!”
“What~ If you’re thankful, give me a lot of presents later~”
Having said that, Elysia told her to ask if she had any further questions, then went back to the kitchen to clean up.
Seeing her gone, her seongil calmly held her mask in her hand and opened her mouth.
“Customs!”
– Great Puppeteer’s Soul Mask: A powerful mask that can use automata soul magic. Due to the long sealing, it has become weaker than before, but it still possesses great power. As it is a mask based on soul magic, which was considered taboo in the ancient magic empire, it can be dangerous if used incorrectly. (Tariff: 100,000 points)
‘… Crazy 100,000? If it’s 100,000, it’s an artifact that’s the same price as a black ball, but is this a magic tool equivalent to a black ball? Of course, if you just listen to Euftesia’s explanation, it looks powerful, but it’s still at that level?!’
When Seong-il realized that the mask might be of greater value than he thought, Seong-il swallowed dry saliva and began to think about how to use the mask.
‘If the tariff was reasonable, I originally intended to collect some points and use them to cheat the Murimmaeng in the martial arts world, but if this happens, the story will change a lot…’
Seong-il, who was frightened by an enormous point. He was appalled at the exorbitant customs cost, but at the same time excited when he learned that this item was at least a powerful artifact at the level of a black ball.
‘There’s no need to be disappointed just because the customs cost is huge, because this mask is just as valuable. First of all, let’s experiment here and there, and there’s also an archaeologist card, so the way to collect points will be easier than before…’
Seong-il puts the mask in his inventory with a satisfied smile.
‘…But where do you get the jewels? Should I ask Euphthesia to lend me one…’
Seong-il, who remembered that he was broke in the world of 『The Magic City and the Detective』, Sighed lightly and thought about all kinds of things as he ate the food prepared by Euphthesia, and ended the day like that.
Next day
“Let’s go out!! Let’s fight!! Let’s win!!”
Charlotte burns with her fighting spirit, recalling her own rival (?). Seong-il comforted her and started moving her to the private art gallery of Loen Grimm Group.
“Oh~~! You’re here!”
Inspector Lest Lass greets Charlotte and her holy day at the art gallery. Toward him, Charlotte gladly accepts her greeting.
“Nice to meet you!! Inspector Lestras!!”
“Yes…! Let’s go in…! I’ll explain the operation as we go.”
“Good!!”
Seong-il, who follows them to the operation area, quietly turns on the recording function on his smartphone and starts recording the description of the operation.
Seong-il, who completed the recording, secretly wears a wireless earphone he had brought with him in one ear and listens to the operation several times before completing his understanding. Then, holding in his hand the one-way magic communication device he received from Euphthesia a while ago, he pretended to cough and approached Inspector Lestras.
“Cough Coke… Inspector Lestras!”
“Yes! You say it. Assistant detective Seongil!!”
“This is the operation explanation you gave while moving to the central area. Could you please confirm that I understood it correctly?
“Ohhh… You’re meticulous! Heh heh…! As expected, the detective’s assistant!!”
Seong-il puts on an awkward smile at Inspector Lestras’ praise, pretends to cover his mouth for coughing, activates the magic device in his fist, and begins the briefing.
“The point… The main purpose of this operation is to form a group of 5 people in 7 out of 8 passages, pretend to defend against the infiltration of the phantom thief, and intentionally weakly defend only one entrance to lure the phantom thief in a specific direction. Is it a goal?”
“Yes! That’s right!”
“And if the phantom thief infiltrates that way, he will follow suit and bring in all the officers from outside, drive them to one side like a hunt, and arrest the phantom thief.”
“Ha ha!! You have a very good understanding! I’ve only heard it once, heh heh…!!”
At Inspector Lest Lass’s attention, Charlotte raised her nose as if she had been praised herself, and began to praise her for her holy days.
“Ohohohoho!! Seongil-gun is a talent that I ‘directly’ hired, not anyone else!! It’s natural!”
“As expected!! Great detective!!”
Leststra quickly jumped on the bandwagon and began flattering Charlotte, and seeing him like that, Seongil sighed lightly, cut off their conversation, and continued explaining the strategy.
For a long time, Seong-il explained the operation in detail as if briefing Inspector Lestras. After the briefing, he pulled off the one-way telecommunications tool he had hidden in his fist and put it in his pocket, thinking.
‘Yupthesia should have listened carefully to my briefing…’
Seong-il, who thought so, shook his head, dropped his worries about Euphthesia, and went to Charlotte’s side.
‘Ah, it’s not another child, it’s that ‘Eupthesia’, is there anything special? To be honest, he’s the smartest kid in the world…’
Of course, when she saw the treasure, she became restless, obsessed with fanaticism, and the taste was a bit annoying, but if she went beyond that part, she was the most rational and sane person out of the characters in this Yagem world, so Seong-il put his worries aside and approached Charlotte. Thought after
‘Anyway… I’m standing here next to Charlotte, and I’m in tune with her Euphtesia, and I’m playing with her in her smoke screen, ‘pretending to quarrel!’ Just hand it over to Charlotte.’
As Seong-il stood there, thinking about her plan, Charlotte asked him.
“Hmm? Seongil-kun, are you worried? Why are you blank?”
“Ah! It’s nothing! Great detective…! If we block this case well, we’ll start investigating 『The Club』, But I’m afraid I’ll make a mistake and ruin things…”
“Ohhhhh!! Seongil-kun is also a bitch… Don’t worry!! I’m here, right?”
‘Actually, that’s why I’m worried man…’
Seong-il smiled awkwardly at her words and nodded her head.
Shortly after he started chatting with Charlotte, he heard shouts.
“Invasion!! Invasion!!”
“Is it a phantom thief?! In which direction?!”
Inspector Lestras, tensed by the shouts coming from outside, inquired about the infiltration route.
“Damn it!! It’s on the 3rd floor!!
“What?! 3rd floor!? All the windows are covered with steel, and if that’s not enough, 3 people are placed in each window and warehouse to prepare for any possible sabotage?! But why does the word 3rd floor pop up out of nowhere? !”
“That… That… He disguised himself as an insider and infiltrated the dictionary…!”
“What crazy…! The rest of the crew?! Were you watching that?!”
“That… I passed out after drinking the drink the phantom thief gave me.”
“Such assholes!! No matter how much a colleague handed it over to me, I was told something was given to me while the operation was underway, and they took it and ate it up? Those assholes will talk unconditionally regardless of the success of today’s operation! These bastards will tear you to death!!”
Inspector Lestras goes on a rampage, enraged by the stupid officers’ stupid mistake. When he couldn’t come to his senses for a long time due to anger, Charlotte, who was worse than him, stepped forward and stopped him.
“Inspector… Still, you have to command right away, so please fix it..!!”
“Ah…! Oops… I acted indecently in front of Detective Moriarty…! Hehe! You’re right!! Hey! Right now, leave only a handful of outsiders at the entrance and tell them to go inside immediately!! “
“Yes!!”
At Charlotte’s advice, Inspector Lestras quickly came to his senses and began commanding. Seeing him like that, Seong-il calmly looks at the target area he promised with Euphthesia and whispers to Charlotte.
“Great detective!! Great detective!!”
“Huh? Why are you doing that? Seongil-kun?”
“How about moving over there?”
Seongil teaches a wall that is far away from his goal of 『Moonlight Night』. Puzzled by his advice, Charlotte asks Seong-il back.
“Eh…? Why do you want to go over there with the picture in front of you?”
To Charlotte’s reasoned objection, Seong-il prepares her answer and answers her.
“Of course, under normal circumstances, it would be foolish to go there. But.”
“But?”
“Would you like to take a look at the wall I mentioned?”
“Yes? Yes…”
After answering like that, Charlotte follows her finger as Seong-il taught her and turns her eyes to her. However, when she doesn’t have anything special, she frowns as if she doesn’t understand and asks Seong-il again.
“What do you mean?”
“Can’t you see the vent over there on the wall?”
“Yes.. There is.. What do you mean by that?”
She asked back to Seongil, with her stubby expression on her face, twisting her own golden bun hair with her fingers. In the end, Seong-il sighs and starts explaining to her once more.
“So… Where did Euphthesia escape last time?”
“Uh… The exit?”
‘This bitch is really…’
Seong-il lost her temper at the moment and almost pulled her bun hair, but answered her with superhuman patience.
“…Don’t you remember the last time you escaped through the ventilation shaft?”
“Ah…!! Ventilation…!”
Seong-il is horrified by Charlotte’s attempt to yell at her, and she covers her mouth before continuing her explanation.
“Shh! Shh! Shh!”
“Eh? Why…?”
When Charlotte wonders as if she doesn’t understand, Seong-il explains in her ear.
“…No matter how much we say we’re here to help the Metropolitan Police Department!! Strictly speaking, we are an outside force that has nothing to do with the Metropolitan Police Department!! So if you struggle to help them, it’s easy to become a maid! That’s why you have to beat them and become the main character Wouldn’t you!? You should monopolize the ball and stand out!!”
“Ah…! As expected, my Lupine!!”
When Charlotte, thrilled by her Seong-il’s remarks, puts her hands together and looks at him with her twinkling eyes, her Seong-il gives her a very annoyed expression and continues her explanation to her.
“Yes.. Yes… Thank you. However, that’s not the important thing. First of all, we have to become the main characters and capture Euptesia.”
“That’s right! The main character..! The master!!”
“Yes, yes… Don’t get excited…! Anyway!! When I saw the phantom thief’s behavioral pattern!!
“Hehe…? Why…?”
“Because the security forces are weak! There are troops in every corner of the area, but there are no people there!”
“Ohh…!”
“Therefore, I think the possibility that the thief will escape over there after scattering the smoke like last time is quite high!”
“Oh oh…!!”
Seong-il’s words made sense in their own way, and Charlotte soon put on an expression full of idiots and focused on his words, and Seong-il, who gained confidence from his expression, advised her more strongly.
“So!! Let’s hold on there!! There’s a high chance that we’ll be in vain if we try next to the crowd of 『Moonlight Night』!”
“Ohh!! Yes!! Then!!”
‘He’s a very easy kid to trick… Ehh…’
Seong-il succeeded in controlling the situation as planned. He stands alone with Charlotte near an air vent, full of tension.
Quaang!!”
“Damn it!! Is it a smoke screen again?! It doesn’t work this time!! Everyone wear the goggles I prepared!!”
Following the will of Inspector Lestras, officers start wearing goggles.
“Ohhh…! I wear the glasses that Inspector Lestras gave me, so I can see well even in the smoke! Seongil-kun..!”
“Heh… I see.”
However…
“Khehe…! Khehe…!!”
Officers suddenly covering their noses and mouths in pain…
“Poison gas?! What an evil!!”
“Khehe…! Everyone shut your mouth!!”
‘Tear gas to be precise…’
Officers suffering from gaseous components that hurt their eyes and respiratory system. A single arrow flies over their heads.
Clink!!
“What!!”
And the portrait of a woman standing by the window.
“It’s a phantom thief! It looks like it came here from the 3rd floor!! Everyone endure the pain for a while and fire the shock baton!!”
