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by adminEpisode 144 – Welcome to Yeon-guk 7 -
Corporations are the real kings of this land.
The difference is that it is less tied to blood ties than the monarchy.
The point is that it is more tied to blood ties than to the republic.
And that the top leader can be replaced very easily.
“So do you know what the characteristics are? The point is that it returns with the greatest efficiency. Even if the company suffers a loss, if shareholders do not allow it, the company must ultimately bear the loss.”
So this is a possible strategy.
If the main gate is broken in, a normal country would naturally have to respond.
But this land has no reason for that.
I don’t have the strength to do that again.
“Everything that powers this land is an invention. And the imperial family at least knew about those technologies in advance.
So that’s not really a problem. Since I know the weaknesses of the technologies, I am less worried about using force.”
“Imperial Imperial Family… ? Did you receive support from the imperial family?”
The imperial family knows that fact.
When I told her that I had received the information, Lily was once more embarrassed.
You can tell that my origins are unusual in that I brought a saint.
The majesty of the imperial family cannot be compared to that of a single saint.
“To be exact, I am acquainted with the royal family. Let’s move on for now. So in the end, it is possible to deal with it even if we resort to brute force.
They are willing to accept if we can help them financially. So you just have to hit it. That’s the easiest.”
“No matter how I look at it, something is strange… ? Does that really work?”
“I guess it’s a shame. But if we think about our status and practical benefit, we have no choice but to give up. This is not a social gathering for high-ranking Imperial nobles. It’s Yeonguk.
Otherwise, those guys would have already been eliminated from the competition for survival and ended up in hell somewhere.”
In the case of nobles, there are those who hesitate to kneel due to pride or dignity.
There is no place here.
Those guys are all dead.
The position of a shareholder is determined by economic conditions.
It is a position that can be lost so easily that it cannot be compared to status.
There was no way I was going to miss out on a new opportunity to rise in a place like that.
“But… Do you know where the headquarters is?”
“Head office?”
“Uh. Since they can’t really use magic, they ultimately can’t mount a proper defense. The weapons created by Changje are efficient for killing, but not efficient for protecting.
You can kill everyone who invades, but you cannot stop the invasion itself. So all companies hid the location of their headquarters.”
This is similar to nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons have been developed, and they are the most powerful weapons system on Earth.
You cannot win a war with nuclear weapons alone.
In the end, everything, including occupation, had to be done with conventional weapons.
Corporate weapons are an example of this.
It is efficient at killing, but it is very inefficient at protecting.
Although it is possible to break the enemy’s morale and prevent them from attacking.
If they attack you, you cannot stop them.
After all, it is his territory.
“Besides. In the end, Yeon Guk people can’t do that, especially since it’s their money. If the lower class and middle class disappear, the upper class will become the lower class.”
Status is relative.
At headquarters, the brigadier general drinks coffee.
At the imperial court, the count is in attendance.
Unless it’s the pinnacle of everything.
No, even if it is the pinnacle of everything.
If there is no bottom, it is just ordinary or bottom.
So, medieval nobles also exploited their own fiefdoms.
They treated me somewhat well.
In the end, if the uprising is successful, he will be executed.
Even if he failed, it was his loss as all the damage was concentrated in his territory.
“Yes. There is no way to know the location. But no matter how good you are, it exists somewhere on this earth. Information is bound to be exposed.”
“Even if that’s the case, how are you going to find it?”
“It’s the opposite. We don’t know the information. So what’s the easiest way to find out?”
“I have to dig up information.”
“And to put it the opposite way, when it comes to digging up information, there is no one who knows that information.”
“That’s right… ?”
She hesitated for a moment and thought.
I felt like I sensed something strange.
There is no way that no one could have thought of such a simple method.
So you probably realized that the usual methods don’t work.
To be exact, it’s not like I don’t know that fact.
You may be wondering what method to use to find it.
“General methods don’t work. But is there a way?”
“Of course it is.”
If something doesn’t work in the existing common sense line.
All you have to do is overturn common sense and break down prejudice.
“To get information, you have to find information. Since we don’t know where that information is, we can just reverse our thinking.
ruler. Unless you can find someone with information. All we have to do is let people with information find us.”
“Someone with information is looking for us? But at that level, there is no need to start a war.
If they were looking for one saint and two imperial nobles, they would of course enter the conference room right away.”
“No. That method takes a long time. We don’t have that much time because we have to meet with all four companies.”
“Then what method will you use?”
She asked me as if she was really curious.
I don’t know anything else, but I was a little worried about whether to say this.
Because it was such a serious matter.
‘What do you think? ‘Nothing will change anyway.’
It is an entity that was outside of the resident range anyway.
Either leave me later or leave me now.
If it’s really related, we’ll meet again.
Well then, rather than becoming a liar and losing credibility.
It would be better to just remain an honest person.
I told the truth right away.
“Among numerous other methods. A sure way to grab the attention of headquarters. The only act that is taboo in the land of Caquill, where even terrorism is tacitly permitted.
Caquille’s Taboo. You can just break that.”
I honestly spoke my truth.
Lucas and the healing saint just looked at me as if it was nothing special.
Maybe it’s because I’ve broken the rules more than once.
But to her who lived in Yeonuk, grew up in Yeonuk, and was scheduled to die in Yeonuk.
My words sounded completely different.
“You… Are you out of your mind?”
I’m sane.
I did it because I knew how crazy it was.
Rather than others who do not know the truth.
This is even more possible because you know the truth.
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“I guess I don’t know much because I’m an outsider… Taboo is the number one rule of the company. To violate that on purpose, not by mistake… ! It’s no different from waging war… !”
“Just storming into the headquarters is no different from declaring war.”
“different. Rather than antagonizing themselves, companies demand that they uphold the taboo. The person who killed the person dispatched from Cakill headquarters received a light punishment…
They didn’t report the corpse even after seeing it for fear of sparks, so the body decomposed… Khakil killed everyone there. The taboo… no… !”
Her words became more and more extreme.
Because you probably know what it means.
Even though it is a lawless area, there are rules among criminal organizations.
So, a certain level of security is maintained.
There is also some punishment for crimes.
Taboos are different.
But even so, I couldn’t give it up.
Because there was no other way.
“I know it’s a crazy method. But when you have a purpose and there is no other way, if there is only one way to get there.
That’s the law you have to follow.”
“There are many other ways… ! If you show your strength and other things to the people at headquarters, it will be possible.”
“But then we can’t meet at a set time. We have to return to Jerip Academy within a certain amount of time.”
“Graduate from Imperial Academy… ? It’s the only place where the royal family and the saint can be together… anyway. Even if you do it quickly, it’s too early.”
The reason we need to hurry is very simple.
Because no one knows how Changje will act.
I am familiar with Mikhail Barbarossa through WFS.
And his appearance at WFS was literally ‘unpredictable’.
I found out why it happened like that.
So it was fixed at the end of the story.
Until then, we just have to insert the process through the results.
Like the wisdom of Seonghwangcheong.
We must infer the process by looking at the future that has already occurred.
“Wait a minute… ? A company called Cakill tolerates murder and terrorism… Are you saying you can’t tolerate not having a funeral? Why?”
The healing saint must have been shocked by those words.
“We don’t know either. I think it’s strange, but I don’t know why… ”
The majority of Yeonguk people are not properly aware of the taboo.
Why is murder taboo in Redprint?
Is it taboo to destroy property in Ruin?
Is injury taboo in Atomic Generation?
No one knew.
I wouldn’t think it was so strange if they behaved like a normal country.
They are corporations, not countries.
A being that strictly cares about profit.
Companies tolerated any behavior as long as it did not violate taboos.
Redprint where murder is prohibited?
Perhaps because of this, Redprint often leaves humans alive.
Making them into sex slaves, etc.
Ruin, where destruction of property is taboo?
Perhaps because of this, robbery and murder rather than robbery and rape and murder rather than rape occur.
Is Atomic Generation closest to modern society?
Even if you don’t break the taboo here, you never know when you might be killed by the company.
In some ways, taboos are reasonable.
It stays at exactly that level.
If murder is prohibited, is it normal for terrorism to be prohibited?
Don’t do that.
So, for some reason, they also gave up.
“What is certain is… That taboo is primarily linked to their own interests. Everyone is just guessing. I don’t know the exact details.”
The saint and Lily were thinking about something deeply.
I didn’t say anything.
Because I knew why they did it.
‘If you find out… You might ask how I knew. You might be asking why I told you now. This… It’s right to let them find out for themselves.’
After all, it is the healing saint who wants to normalize this land.
It’s not me.
Of course, I at least have the intention to do it.
The reason why I came to this land, monthly blood and body fluids, comes first.
“That… Because we don’t have that much time. I need to go quickly.
Don’t really worry. Go wherever it suits you. You can just enter any residential area belonging to Cakill.”
“Are you trying to kill someone?”
“No? To be precise, we need to find the body. Because a lot of people are dying in the country. All you have to do is knock out the person you are trying to report and leave them alone.
Lucas has magic, so he will be able to corrupt him very quickly, so time is not a problem.”
The reason Yeonguk is called a lawless zone is because everything except certain rules is ignored.
Except in the realms of Redprint and Atomic Generation, where murder and injury are taboo.
Murders happen in every district.
“So let’s head to the right place. It must be somewhere in the residential area.”
Reporting the corpse from the workshop earlier is also an option.
It is better not to be particularly hostile to the people in the workshop.
If you arouse hostility in the workshop, you could die in your sleep at night.
No matter what country you are, you cannot avoid being ambushed and killed instantly.
I entered the residential area and looked around.
A very boring moment unfolded, just like before.
Buildings close together.
Roads so twisted that it is difficult to find your way.
Among them, there are many different groups of people that can be encountered.
I had to go through them all and move forward.
And a very long time passed.
The body was still not visible.
No, not even human blood was visible.
So much so that I was confused as to whether this land was Yeonguk or not.
“This… Was it supposed to take this long?”
“Murder is not a problem in Kakill’s territory. Due to the nature of the funeral, ”
“Then wouldn’t it be okay to ask the people who come at that time?”
“Those people are all low level. In a drug cartel, the cost of transporting drugs is the lowest. As if the production workers or security team are completely separate from the transportation department.”
In the end, to meet the real thing.
I had to meet key personnel.
Just because the drugs were caught by the police does not move the executives of the drug cartel.
Only when the drugs have been transferred to another organization can the drug cartel executives take action.
“Let’s go in here first.”
A room that looks suitable but has an open door.
In the case of home invasion, there was nothing to bow down to because it was not a crime.
“Something… My rotten self is vibrating… ”
“The food may be rotten. Or something like a plant.”
“Even plants here should have a funeral. Isn’t that a taboo too?”
“It’s a taboo. Although the severity of punishment is lower than that of a human corpse.”
Another reason I came into this house was because of the smell.
A tremendous stench was emanating from this land.
“Let’s go here… noodle… Huh?”
In a disheveled room.
A small room inside.
And what was in that room… It was the body of a man.
It also looks very old.
“… Is this a corpse?”
“That’s right… ?”
“Ugh… ! I didn’t know that a human corpse could smell this bad… What on earth?”
Others are thrilled that they finally found a human body.
I mourned for the poor person who had become one with alchemy.
But Lily and I just couldn’t understand.
Because there was something that could never happen.
“But it’s strange? This can’t be happening?”
“Why?”
“If you look at its condition, it is quite corrupted. No matter how quickly a human corpse decomposes due to microorganisms in the intestines, it does not decompose like this in just one or two hours.”
“Then… What are you talking about… ?”
“This person… It’s been a few days since we became one body.”
It’s been a few days since he died.
That could also mean that there was no funeral.
In other words, the taboo was broken.
Not us, but someone else.
Creakㅡ
Swish~
Suddenly, a noise was heard inside the room.
All our heads were parallel to him.
“What was it?”
“Maybe it’s a rat.”
“What is certain is that there is no way it happened without any traces of life.”
I don’t know what it is.
It’s clear that something is there.
And the one who stood at the forefront was me, who was not afraid of death.
“I heard a sound from here.”
The thing that was on the side where the sound was heard was.
It was a closet left in a corner.
It was barely big enough to fit one person.
“Would you like to open it?”
“Yes.”
“Open.”
With everyone’s consent, the door was slowly opened and closed.
I heard the sound of something hitting my jaw.
I used Auror reinforcement and immediately ripped the seam apart.
“What is it? People?”
“Uh… ?”
and… What was in it.
It was a person tied up.
But that wasn’t the end.
“This is… !”
Nothing else was the problem.
His face was the problem.
So much so that it doesn’t even matter if they are identical twins.
A man who looked exactly like the man whose face was half rotted was tied up inside the closet.
And we see how things go… I could roughly figure it out.
“That… There is a dramatic probability that this person is an identical twin, and one of them just happened to be dead… No, right?”
The Saint of Healing raised the lowest possible hypothesis from which we can infer.
Of course it couldn’t be true.
When everyone is going crazy.
I said this as if confirming the situation.
“That guy.”
It’s a homunculus.
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