Chapter 626 – Return
I returned to my room with low pressure and sat down on the bed.
I still don’t understand why Laurent framed me like this.
〈 Is this a frame-up? 〉
What on earth do you have a grudge against me?
And… Laurent’s unlucky laugh.
‘As expected… I think I’ve seen it somewhere before…’
Come to think of it, have I ever seen his face on TV or online?
〈You saw it on the train.〉
“… Train?”
My memories go back with a hint of cosmos.
I once took a luxury sleeper train to move to Zephya.
“Ah.”
I remembered.
At that time, my group and I were eating at the restaurant on the train heading to Zephia.
And Rebellion stopped the train and rescued the Panthera slave.
Afterward, investigators came to the train and interrogated the passengers…
At that time, Laurent was a guy who used strange tactics to antagonize the investigators.
… Actually, I don’t know if he did a trick.
I remember being quite unhappy with the guy who was laughing at me as I was about to be taken away by the investigators.
With the power of deception, I deceived the investigator and the ending ended with Laurent being taken away.
However, it seems a bit strange to remember what happened back then and retaliate.
This is because Laurent will not know that I used the power of deception.
Moreover, Laurent and I did not exchange a single word.
There is no contact whatsoever.
Officially, it was our first meeting in Karaz.
‘But… It seems strangely intertwined.’
When Sunni and his group were doing volunteer work at the Helena Liberation Front, the guy who made a fuss was also Laurent.
Is there really something?
“…”
‘… I can’t use this.’
I thought about it a little, but as expected, there is something lacking as a justification for punishing Laurent.
Even though he made a fuss about Sunni and his group.
He didn’t molest me, he just invited me for a meal.
There is something… Ambiguous to find fault with.
Cosmos…
I thought it would be of help… But it was more useless than I thought.
〈 Mr. Lee… I thought he was curious, so I told him, Do you want to see me go on strike?! 〉
I ignored Cosmos’ complaints and continued my thoughts.
Above all, the unresolved question about Laurent is…
‘How did he know I was having sex with women in the city?’
As I walked around the city, I didn’t feel like anyone was watching me in particular.
I only met Laurent briefly when I left the blonde beauty’s house.
You figured it out in that short amount of time?
… Was the problem that the zipper was open?
You might think you forgot to urinate.
〈I think I know the reason?〉
“… I think I understand?”
Cosmos is doing something I didn’t think of?
It was hard to believe.
〈Truly, that guy’s confidence is ridiculous.〉
“What is that?”
I asked without any expectations.
This is because she often says random nonsense.
〈People of the same kind recognize others of the same kind.〉
“The same kind… Am I the same kind as that guy?”
I felt really bad.
“Cosmos, there are things you can say and things you shouldn’t say.”
I am of the same class as Laurent, so I have crossed the line a long way.
〈Tsk tsk. How do you think he guessed that from his brief glimpse of you? Normal people don’t think that way?〉
“… No way?”
My mind flashed.
〈Do you understand now? He was doing the same thing as you. So, when I saw you coming out of that woman’s house, I immediately caught you.〉
“This guy is blaming me?!”
〈 Oh my… Someone overturned it. A dog covered in poop is a tree covered in bran.〉
“How dare you touch my women!”
〈 Since when did the women in the city become your women? 〉
Cosmos said incredulously.
“Cosmos… At times like this, shouldn’t you have some empathy for the owner? Are you T?”
〈Hmph! What does empathy mean? Do you know what it means? 〉
“Of course I know. It’s called LGBT, which is popular among young people on Earth.”
〈 Ha… I’m so ignorant… It’s not LGBT, it’s MBTI. 〉
“…”
It was a cosmos that could pretend not to know and ignore it, but it still hurt its owner’s heart.
MBTI is a personality classification method that quickly overthrew the ‘blood type personality theory’ that had reigned for a long time in Korea and proudly took its place.
Of course, there is no expertise in MBTI.
Even the person who created it didn’t major in psychology, and he probably didn’t know that it would become such a big trend that it could be called a craze in the distant country of Korea in the future.
Psychologists appealed that MBTI should not be blindly trusted, but of course it was just an empty echo to the public.
The blood type personality theory, which is a pseudo-science, also reigned for a long time before MBTI came out, but there is no way it can work.
“… That’s it. Cosmos. Did you understand?”
〈 Even if you explain it in such a long way, it is already too late by the time you say LGBT. And do you know everything that Sunni is secretly telling you? 〉
“…”
I looked at the distant night sky outside the window.
“Cosmos. It’s not important whether it’s LGBT or MBTI. What’s important is that we have to find Helena as soon as possible.”
〈Hmph! Because it’s at a disadvantage, you can’t change your mind.〉
I wasn’t that curious about the content of the meeting, hosted by Claire, without me.
How much information would you have gained by gathering information for two days?
Claire’s purpose was to exchange information, but the nature of friendship seemed deep.
Would you say it feels like you are creating a channel in advance for smoother communication when you ask for something or do something together later?
Even if important information comes and goes, you can ask Nora later. And maybe she will tell me the information she got from the meeting.
Why?
That’s because I am to her the man of her foresight.
Nora, who believes in foresight and leads the Helena liberation front, cannot give up on me.
And judging by the sorry look on Nora’s face when I was kicked out of the room… I guess she wasn’t as likable as Claire.
Not as much as the Rebellion leaders, but of course I also felt the need to investigate this city. However, there are limits as I have to go back tomorrow.
I know who is best suited for this job.
“Sunni.”
The black particles come together to create a beautiful girl with black hair, like a fairy from a lamp.
“You called me, master.”
We decided to leave Karaz in charge of the Helena Liberation Front and have Sunni investigate this suspicious city called Pantheran.
In the meantime, Sunni also investigated Karaj, but nothing special came out.
The only place in Karaz that could not be explored was the military facility, and that plan was still on hold.
Sunni also came to Zephiria and developed his capabilities, and it is said that even if it is a military facility, infiltration is not impossible.
However, the problem is that it is difficult to infiltrate without leaving a trace.
An unidentified entity infiltrated the military’s security system?
It’s okay if you find Helena that way.
What if you make a fuss?
I can’t help but think about the aftermath.
It could put a lot of pressure on the Karaz inmates, and if things get to the worst, they might have to give up looking for Helena.
The risk is too big.
Unless it was to steal information from military facilities, Karaz seemed to be sufficient to investigate the Helena Liberation Front.
And now was the golden opportunity to infiltrate the Sunni into this city.
If you send Sunni from Karaj to this city, she will have to cross the city wall twice.
It’s not easy.
The wall surrounding the two cities was one of the places with the strongest security equipment.
However, if you summon Sunni from inside the city like this, easy infiltration is possible.
Sunni’s target is the city’s central palace, which Germin told him not to approach.
Fortunately, surveillance devices were not easily visible inside the Pantheran city.
Even so, there is a high possibility that a strong security device is installed in the central palace that Germin warned about.
“Suni, don’t overdo it. It may take time, so try not to get caught as much as possible.”
“Yes!”
Suni, who saluted me, turned invisible and jumped out of the window.
And…
-Knock.
“Mr. Bark. This is Joe.”
The service staff in charge came by tonight as well.
Perhaps because it was the last day, Joe and I got even more excited.
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As I watched the panteran moving away, I quenched my appetite with a little regret.
Nora’s treatment of me didn’t change much.
I guess they don’t pay much attention to the secret volunteer work I did.
However, Claire and Cloud’s gaze on me was cold.
In particular, the aversion to the cloud was at its peak.
‘This guy… Doesn’t know my big meaning…’
Everyone involved had a good time,
I was just taken aback because the wrong guy was getting angry.
Who on earth is Cloud’s anger for?…
What Cosmos said seems to be correct.
Difference in ‘level’.
There was no way that the insignificant ant Cloud could have known the great intention of Great Human Park Un-ho.
〈 I’m really dumbfounded. I didn’t mean it that way, but they put it around as they please. 〉
Just like when going to Pantheran, the magic stone convoy walked for a full day and was able to arrive in Karaz around sunset.
