Chapter 579 – Doubt
If you think about it… These guys who identified themselves as mercenaries weren’t trying to kill us, they were trying to capture us alive.
‘I think it’s because of Sarah guys…’
I don’t know if it’s acting or not, but seeing the three people’s eyes saying ‘I don’t know anything’ makes me a little confused.
“Does anyone have any idea why they attacked?”
I asked Sarah and the others, pointing with my chin at the corpses of mercenaries lying everywhere.
“If you can guess…?”
“Well, well…?”
Just looking at their faces, it looks like they don’t know anything.
“Is there anyone who lives well?”
“A person who lives well?”
“Golden spoon… No, it means whether your parents have a lot of money.”
Then, as if she realized my intention, Sarah opened her mouth first.
“… I’m not…”
My eyes turn to Jenny and Fallon.
“My father is the director of the hospital in Pron. Still, he is nothing compared to Palon, the sixth son of the Chairman of Quinter Corporation.”
Jenny said, glancing at Fallon.
Quinter Corporation… I think I’ve heard of it somewhere…
「Woonho: Do you know what Quinter Corporation is?」
I had a chance to receive a raid message.
「Sunni: Quinter Corporation is a large company ranked in Zephyria’s top 100.」
Suni quickly filled in one more piece of my Zephyria common sense.
The daughter of a hospital director and the son of the chairman of a large company.
It’s a better food than you think.
It seemed most likely that they were targeting Fallon or Jenny.
Nevertheless, I felt an uneasy feeling for some reason.
When I came out of the camping car, they had already captured Sarah and her group.
If the goal was to kidnap Jenny or Fallon, was there a need to even touch us?
What are you trying to do by kidnapping us?
If you think about the reason… Zephyria’s army knew our identity and was tracking us… Considering that, the quality of the troops that attacked was very poor.
If it were the military, they would have at least deployed magic weapons.
And something should have happened to Chaos on Zephia’s side, but that didn’t happen.
Moreover, this area was not a military-controlled area.
After wandering around the lake, I couldn’t find any surveillance devices or military facilities.
The magic field that disrupted communication in this area was not a military facility, but a phenomenon caused by the remains left behind by Helena.
Herenia said that without her to manage her system, her magic field would disappear within a month.
No matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t the military side.
“…”
Real estate?
I did brag about my money in real estate.
You may have also seen a large and expensive camping car being driven… A highway robber cartel linked to a real estate owner targeting our property?
‘It seems too much like a conspiracy theory… Well… It’s not impossible.’
But isn’t it too late for targeting us? If we hadn’t been waiting for the police investigators, we would have already left here.
3 people died in 3 days.
The police investigator and guide Unas do not come.
And an attack by an unknown group.
For the first time, I was willing to think seriously about this incident.
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“We will go together too.”
As the day dawned, Sarah and her group wanted to leave the lakeside with us. The area under my eyes is a little dark, probably because I didn’t sleep all night.
I expected to some extent that they would make this choice.
It’s funny to even think about staying here after that happened last night. And the bodies of the intruders were just rolling around.
“… You crossed the river on a boat?”
“Yes…”
Fallon answered.
“Is the boat still there?”
“… I remember it was there until I left.”
“I want to go back by that route. Can you guide me?”
“Yes, no problem.”
I decided to accompany Sarah and her group.
Sunni decided to break up for a while to take care of the camping car and Herenia.
Herenia and Suni will take the route toward the swing bridge we came from and cross the river. And we decided to meet again in Etville.
Celestia created a fake Sunni. There was a need to keep Sarah and her group from thinking anything strange.
The reason I am with Sarah and her group is because these nuisance guys were quite suspicious.
When I think back on the incidents that I overlooked because they seemed insignificant to me and didn’t interest me much, I found out that they were strange.
The first murder is okay… But there is something strange about the second and third murders.
“Aren’t the three of them accomplices? When I think about it now, it’s a bit strange to say that a man named Ruberne killed Coleman. If Ruberne was the culprit, there was no need to inform Sarah and Jenny that Coleman was dead. And Fallon You took Verne in and said you would take good care of him, but you immediately said ‘snap’, right?”
Thinking about what Suni said yesterday, she walked after Fallon.
Fallon moved quickly at his lead, following the marks carved into the trees, and the others followed.
I think it took about 3 hours to travel.
As I was moving around with a fairly wide cognitive area, I was able to find a body that looked like it had just died.
The body seemed to have been buried by someone in the ground not far from our travel route.
‘I thought something had happened… But it was as expected…’
The corpse is probably one of the members of Sarah’s group. This was another reason why I followed Sarah and her group.
But it’s not a good picture for me to suddenly find a corpse here.
I decided to use Popo, Fallon’s pet that walks around with its tail wagging.
Popo, who looks similar to Earth’s large dog and retriever, was a good candidate as he also contributed to finding Sarah.
From the first time we met, Popo noticed me and didn’t even come near me.
For some reason, he seemed to be afraid of me.
Since I am an animal with developed instincts, I may be subconsciously feeling what kind of being I am.
It seems like he was a timid guy to begin with.
Judging from the fact that it wasn’t visible when the gunmen attacked it last night, it doesn’t seem to be a pet that protects its owner.
I conveyed my intention to Popo telepathically.
Telepathy is not about conveying words, but conveying thoughts themselves. There was nothing better than this to convey my thoughts to animals that could not communicate.
Popo, who received the telepathy, was startled, then glanced at me and started moving to the direction I instructed.
“Popo?”
“Hey! Where are you going?”
Sarah and Jenny suddenly see Popo heading to a strange place and call him out.
Fallon, who was guiding them from the front, naturally stops walking at the sound of their embarrassed voices. And then I saw Popo going to a strange place.
-Whisk!
I whistle and sing.
《Ignore it.》
Popo, who paused for a moment at the sound of Fallon’s whistle, heard my telepathy and advanced towards the place where the body was buried.
“Why is that guy suddenly… Huh? Po, popo!! Where are you going? Come here!”
Fallon suddenly became embarrassed and ran towards Popo. While blowing the whistle repeatedly calling Popo.
Popo ignored Fallon’s instructions and moved to the location I instructed and started digging.
For some reason, Fallon, who followed in a hurry, rushed toward Popo, who was digging, with an urgent look on his face. And desperately, he hugs Popo and tries to pull him out.
Those who followed late could see Fallon rolling around on the floor and wrestling to stop Popo.
“Why is Popo suddenly acting like that?”
Jenny muttered in confusion and then screamed in shock at what she saw.
“Huh? Well, that!!!”
There was a human hand sticking out of the ground where she was pointing.
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I used telekinesis to pull out the body buried in the ground.
“Ah…”
“… It’s Unas.”
Sarah and Jenny looked at the face of the corpse and said with sad expressions. Looking at the wound on his neck, it looked like he had been pierced by something sharp.
“Ah, isn’t this the work of the gunmen who attacked us yesterday?”
Fallon said while looking at me.
The guy’s expression looked a little anxious.
“… Really? But I can’t see the investigator’s body.”
Unas was moving with the investigator. If he was attacked by the guys who attacked us yesterday, there would have to have been two bodies.
“Maybe it was buried somewhere else?”
I was now very much within the realm of my awareness. That’s why we know that there are no other bodies nearby.
But I can’t tell you that.
Even if I told you that fact, I don’t think you would believe it… And it could cause unnecessary misunderstanding.
At that time, something caught my eye.
It was a bracelet-shaped ‘link’ on the corpse’s wrist.
‘Link’, which can be said to be Zephyria’s smartphone, was a machine that also operated with brain waves. And location tracking is also possible.
Location tracking is not possible in this area. So, it seemed like the person who murdered Unas just buried the body along with Link.
I used telekinesis to remove the bracelet Unas was wearing.
“Oh, Mr. Unho. Now, please wait a moment!”
Fallon urgently calls me.
“Why?”
“Oh, I guess… Shouldn’t we preserve the site?”
Fallon’s eyes were trembling.
Awarded.
“Site… Preservation?”
“Yes, yes. It is on-site preservation.”
Is it a mistake on my part to feel that the line somehow seems to have been squeezed in the head?
