Chapter 434

Episode 434

Before dawn, Schirlen was crowded unlike usual. Wagons bearing the seal of the Bureau of Investigation were scattered here and there like migratory birds.

“This is the Investigation Bureau. We would be obliged for your cooperation.”

“What are you? This is private property! If you try to come in without permission...”

“Get out of the way!”

“You bastards!”

It all started through Jian’s words.

“I found it! Here it is! here!”

“Damn it... stop it! “Those guys...”

New drug houses appeared all over the city. The darkness of the city suddenly appears in unexpected places.

Along with sporadic fighting, large-scale homes were being seized by the Bureau of Investigation.

* * *

Kang Seol escaped from the investigation bureau, returned to his dorm, and washed up. All the sticky blood and the memories of the night that caused mild stress were washed away.

Shootaaaaa...

“Phew....”

That was when I wiped my body with a cloth, changed into comfortable clothes, and was about to have a refreshing sleep.

Knock...

“... I guess it’s wrong to fall asleep.”

Clap...

Kkeeeee...

“Ah... I’m sorry. “I knew you were resting.”

“... no. “Please come in.”

“Then...”

“Hmm... It smells a little musty, but I’ll bear with it.”

Mariju and other nobles came rushing into Kangseol’s lodgings.

All three.

One of them was the guy that Kang Seol kicked when the carriage returned to the Investigation Bureau.

“... Are you feeling okay?”

“Hmph... I don’t mind the struggles of a criminal. However, it is a loss in terms of the country because there are scratches on your precious body.”

Kang Seol thought as he passed by the nobleman who came in with a face distorted in pain.

‘Should I have kicked harder?’

This may be because they were concerned that they might injure themselves too much by controlling their strength incorrectly.

“Sit carefully, Farah.”

“It’s done! My body takes care of itself... ugh... there! “Please hold me there.”

“...Didn’t I tell you to lie down comfortably?”

“You can’t resort to trickery when a national disaster is right in front of you! “Your father will find it pathetic.”

Apparently, this nobleman’s name is Farah.

Marijue cleared her voice and introduced the characters.

“This is Para, who is responsible for a significant portion of the funds raised by the Silver Lion Association. “You are of the Whistlow family.”

“If it’s Whistle....”

“Yes. This is a family that amassed a huge amount of wealth by distributing marine preserved foods. “Farah is the heir to the Whislow family.”

“Nonsense... your father said that wealth is always vulgar and you should just be free from it.”

With a proud Farah Whistle.

Kang Seol stroked her chin and roughly assessed what was going on.

‘Is this like the Shanxi family uniting and Whislow becoming their backbone?’

The former has political influence and the latter has enormous funds.

I thought Marijuu was a group that had to be led alone, but it seemed like she had more talent than I thought.

“And this is the Maduin family...”

“This is Solca.”

“It is an honor to meet you.”

“It was nothing. “I am also very happy to meet this famous person in person.”

“Hmph... Even yellow pine. “Your humility is a bit excessive.”

Farah was a typical ugly child.

Kang Seol had only seen such people once or twice, and he ignored them without much notice.

Anyway, I’ll just say it after seeing it once.

“But why are you visiting at this late hour...”

“Jian... He was a baron who belonged to the so-called ‘Parliament’ and was a member of the leadership. Is that right?”

“I know that too.”

“His information was quite... no, accurate.”

“That means...”

“Thanks to you, I was able to recover a lot of the grooves. That amount is approximately 10,000 pounds....”

“That’s enough to feed the citizens of the city.”

“... Yes.”

What was recovered was 6 tons.

They produced so many drugs as if they were raising elephants.

“Gian said that was the end of the drugs in Shirlaine. what do you think?”

“I don’t think you’re lying...”

“Why?”

“He was an unusual person, but... I didn’t feel he was cunning.”

Kang Seol felt this from the moment she first saw Jian.

– You can’t kill me. Kill that guy.

– what?

– Because I know more. There’s nothing special about that guy.

Jian is a somewhat twisted character.

“But did you only find out the location of the home?”

“No, I was also trying to find out things about members of Congress. Just...”

“Just?”

“They say they don’t know all the members of Congress. “Also, the members who made the announcement are already missing.”

“As soon as Jian was caught, he ran away for fear of public information.”

“It would be clearer to think that way, right?”

“Hmm...”

Although the new drug was prevented from spreading to Schirlen, other cities were still dangerous.

‘I didn’t expect it to be resolved all at once, but...’

One month was too short a time to remove all the parasites that had clung to the gigantic organism called the Federation.

Should we be satisfied with having captured Jian?

“But isn’t it strange?”

“What...”

“A person named Jian... why does he only tell the truth?”

“I doubt that too, but...”

“Actually, I have one more thing to tell you, Kang Seol.”

“yes? “What...”

“Jian is looking for Kang Seol.”

“... what?”

This person was encountered only once in the charnel house and was transported by carriage. But why are you looking for yourself?

“They say they have something important to tell only to Kangseol. “At some point, I kept my mouth shut.”

“Hmm...”

“Could you please... go with me?”

“... haha, I can’t help it.”

* * *

Sürlen Investigation Department.

When Snowfall, who had returned to her lodgings, reappeared, the busy investigation bureau was caught in a nationwide power outage.

“You came! “You’re here!”

“It’s the chairman!”

“Report to the top! hurry!”

Investigators rush to guide him.

“Why is everyone doing this?”

“Oh, you didn’t know?”

“Have you adapted?”

“Yes, I tried to understand. How difficult it is to work in a coal mine all day. How short of breath. “How depressing it is.”

“Do you understand?”

“A huge failure! I didn’t understand at all. “It was worth it.”

Jian’s world was unpleasant.

It feels like a lantern thrown into excessive darkness.

“So I killed him.”

“Is this revenge?”

“At least belatedly.”

“How did you kill him?”

“Do you know Kokoro?”

Coco.

It is a bird that plays a role similar to Earth’s canary.

Miners are always on the lookout for gas poisoning, and Kokoro chirps furiously when he senses something wrong with his breathing.

When Kokoro chirps, everyone must leave the mine.

“I stabbed the guy who came back to take care of Kokoro.”

“I guess I got kicked out.”

“haha! I ran away before I was kicked out! I’ve never been caught. “This is my first time.”

“...go ahead.”

“I became a bad guy. He was talented. “I learned magic by helping an old necromancer and learned how the back world works.”

“....”

“I haven’t done a single good thing in my life since my mother died.”

Jian described his feelings at that time.

“I made a lot of money. I even got into a position where I could overpower someone. Suspicious people also approached me. “I pretended to be even more suspicious.”

“and?”

“It suddenly occurred to me. “I remember the day my mother was beaten to death.”

“... what?”

“Mom said. “To me with a swollen face.”

Jian played the last part of the courtesan.

“When you come to see Jian’s mother, promise to do good deeds.”

“....”

“I remembered. Somehow I remembered. “I remembered what I promised.”

He looked at the snowfall with empty pupils.

“I don’t know because I’ve never done anything good. But from that day on, I had vague expectations in my heart.”

Kang Seol suddenly remembered the moment when he was about to punch Jian.

‘This guy...’

He looked oddly happy.

“Here’s your chance to do something good.”

“... It was also sophistry.”

“....”

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“Aaaah! Aaaaaaa! Aaaaaaaaaaa!”

“... what.”

The snowfall quickly suppressed him.

“Kick... Kehehe... Kihihihi... Don’t you understand? “Don’t you know?”

“What bullshit....”

“I’m Kokoro.”

“... what?”

“Kokoro cries when there is danger. “He cries when he feels like he’s going to die.”

“...you know something, right?”

Jian grinned.

“If we don’t stop it, the north will be devastated within three years. And then it will be Pandea.”

“... can you take responsibility for that?”

“Can you believe it?”

“....”

Jian choked and glared at Kang Seol with watery eyes.

“Can you trust me?”

Kang Seol sat down again.

thud-!

As the desk where they were talking was blown away with one hand, only air floated between them.

“Don’t hide it.”

“I never hid it. I’m Jian. “I was born in a coal mine, my father was gone, my mother was dead.”

“Jian, what do you want from me?”

“Help me. “Only you can help me.”

“Help... what?”

“We have to chase them.”

“you?”

“We have to release it.”

“You’re crazy.”

“I’m crazy. Where... do you want to take it?”

Ding-!

Jian suddenly flips a coin.

Tup-!

Jian smiled and said this when Kang Seol, who received the coin, made a puzzled expression.

“Is it heads or tails?”

“what?”

“What kind of guy am I? If it’s heads... he’s probably a good guy, but if it’s tails... he’s deceiving you.”

“What do you mean?”

“If you are hesitant about your choice, look at the coin. I ask you, am I Kokoro warning of destruction? Or is he just a devil struggling to live?”

When Jian smiled, a different option than before appeared.

[A critical crossroads! You have been asked to cooperate with Baron Gian of the Council. He has ruled as a thoroughly evil person, and this is an obvious fact. What will you do?]

1. Reject Jian’s offer. (The adventure continues.)

2. Accept Jian’s offer. (The adventure content and goals will change a lot.)

3. Hold off on your choice. (Things will get better. The water may also get worse.)

4. Hear more from Jian.

...

What a critical juncture.

‘...I’m fussing.’

Kang Seol looked into Ji An’s eyes and said.

“I will cooperate with you.”

“uh? really? Coins...?”

Kick-off...

Kang-seol crushed the coin without looking whether it was heads or tails.

“I don’t care who you are.”

“... What does it mean? “Are you saying you trust me?”

Kang Seol said coldly.

“I can control you.”

Jian smiled brightly.

“After all, it had to be you.”

[The charm activates. Additional favorability is gained.]

[The gray helper ‘Necromancer Jian’ is obtained.]

[The grade of ‘Necromancer Jian’ is unknown.

[The gray helper’s actions are unpredictable.]

[The gray helper is both a seed of destruction and a source of salvation.]

[The contents of the adventure that the gray helper joins may change.]

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