episode_0154

The 2nd place gave up his position, and I, who was in 10th place, eliminated the 5th place.

Two major ripples occurred in the Magusfall’s solution world.

As expected, small ripples followed here and there.

First of all, the new 2nd place disappeared under the attacks of the new 6th and 7th place, and the new 8th place became a living car and died.

In a very short period of time, three top rankers were replaced.

In such circumstances, a meeting was held for new top-tier problem solvers.

The resolution office contacted me again.

“Hmm, I guess I can’t do it!”

“So, have you decided on a representative to represent Chris?”

“My agent doesn’t necessarily have to be in the same office as me, right?”

“Yes, that doesn’t matter.”

“Okay!”

I told the office person the name of my agent.

Ray Friuli, a mid-level troubleshooter from Ildong Office.

The agent’s companions are Eslock, Lillian, Laia, and Psylocke.

That was most of my followers.

“Okay.”

The office worker explained this and that while maintaining a businesslike attitude.

I’m talking about the rights and privileges that I can enjoy as a 4th place problem solver.

Well, in my case, I was already ranked 10th, so there were some things that didn’t change.

For example, being able to set up a problem-solving office all by myself without anyone else, or being able to live in the city center.

Of course, there were things that changed when I got 4th place.

If it’s okay with me, I can be the number one escort for the wise man.

For example, the first rank would guard the great sage in the center, and the old second rank would guard the sage in the north.

There were three wise men who wanted me: the wise men of the North, the East, and the South.

“Excuse me… Is it really necessary to escort the wise man?”

“It’s not required, but I think it wouldn’t be a bad thing for Chris either.”

Yeah, I guess so.

It would be like having one of the wise men as my patron.

Regardless of the era, being close to those in power often meant gaining power.

“Then, tell the wise men of the North that I refuse.”

“What about the other two suggestions?”

“Hold on a second! Tell me to think about it.”

“Okay.”

It was obvious why the wise man of the North wanted me.

Now that you missed out on second place, you probably want me. By the way, judging from what you’ve seen on TV news lately, things aren’t looking good, but you’re really persistent.

That ended my communication with the office staff.

A few days later, a meeting was held for the top problem solvers.

While Ray was with my subordinates, I was concentrating on what I had to do at my house on the third floor of the hideout building.

Just get a report from Belova about the large screen!

***

I was wearing the sunglasses she had given me.

“Are these all the owners of the electronic signboards that have been persuaded?”

“Okay, now if the boss just gives a reasonable amount of money, the ownership of those electronic boards will go to the boss.”

“Well, it’s not that much of a burden.”

“Of course! I tried so hard to persuade you.”

The prices offered by some of the sign owners were… ridiculously low.

Perhaps the sincerity of Belova and her subordinates got through.

“Belova, I’m asking just in case, but there won’t be a problem… right?”

“Don’t worry, boss.”

Belova said that thanks to me, there was no chance of that happening.

“Because of me?”

“Yeah. It was 10th a few days ago, but look now. It’s already 4th.”

It seems that they readily complied when the 4th place team, who had defeated the 2nd and 5th place teams, said they were interested in their large electronic scoreboard.

“Has my notoriety become that big already?”

“Well, I don’t think it’s notorious. And what if it’s notorious? Notoriety is fame.”

“Hmm.”

That’s true too!

“Okay, I’ll send you the money, so can you make the purchase on Belova’s side?”

“Since I’ve already taken on this task, I’ll do it until the end. But I hope you don’t forget the hardships we went through this time.”

“Hey, do I look like that kind of person?”

There was more to talk about with Belova.

But that couldn’t be done because of the uninvited guests who showed up at that time.

“Chris!”

Sheila and Janggun came to me, or rather Sheila was holding Janggun in her arms.

“Belova, I’ll stop here.”

“Okay.”

I quickly ended the call and took off my sunglasses.

“What the heck, what just happened?”

He asked as he received the general’s letter from Sheila.

“I woke up early.”

Sheila insisted that she and the general were different, but… looking at their disheveled hair and hunched face, they didn’t seem all that different.

“Sheila, what was Midas doing?”

While I was asking Sheila, Jang Gun-i put on the sunglasses I had taken off.

That sight tickled the general.

“Midas? He was just lying there.”

“Like being shot?”

“Yes, it was somewhat similar.”

Midas has been acting like that a lot lately.

Are you now a golden golem who has learned how to sleep?

If you look at him eating all sorts of things without stopping even on a regular basis, he seems far from being discharged.

“But Chris, didn’t you say there was an important event today?”

“Huh? Aaaah~.”

I stroked Sheila as if it was nothing.

They say that whenever you touch Sheila and Janggun’s stomach, it feels soft.

Meanwhile, Sheila waited for my answer.

“I felt it was a bit awkward to participate directly, so I sent a proxy.”

“Who is your agent? Sylvia?”

***

“No! Ray and the other members.”

“We are also part of the Chris family.”

“Well, I guess it was a bit much to send them while they were both sleeping.”

“….”

It seems like Sheila really wanted to go to that event.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It’s just annoying to go to places like that. Wouldn’t it be better to rest like this at home with me?”

“…That’s true.”

“What about Sylvia?”

As Sheila sat there with a satisfied expression, this time the general asked.

“Sylvia? She should be in the office.”

“This early?”

“Well… It seems like there are more offices that want to come under my control.”

Although I didn’t personally defeat the second place, it seems that rumors like that are spreading secretly.

It seemed harder to deny the rumor than to prove that he had dealt with the fifth place.

“Are Chris’s men getting more numerous?”

“Well, really? It still seems like a lot.”

I didn’t really have any interest in lording it over anyone.

I know that among some rankers, there are some who do not even have any subordinate forces and act alone.

But the reason I don’t do that is….

Should I say it’s because there’s a lot to protect?

“Meow meow.”

“What, why do I suddenly look like a cat?”

Sheila, who had transformed into a cat, came out and dug between me and the general.

“I’m more familiar with this.”

“Sillaah!”

As soon as Sheila spoke, the general hugged Sheila tightly, even though she was smaller than him.

“Oh, right.”

Something suddenly occurred to me.

Even though I don’t attend the meetings of the top problem solvers… I can still observe them.

First, I turned on the TV with the square remote control and then changed the channels here and there.

“Do you want to watch something other than the news?”

“Yeah, there’s something more important than the news today.”

After changing the channel a few more times, the interior of the Master’s Building in the heart of the city appeared.

“Found it. Here it is.”

“Uh.”

There was a reason why Sheila reacted that way.

Because Ray and other followers were appearing on the screen.

“I guess it’s my turn.”

An introduction of a party without a party involved. I am actually resting comfortably here.

“….”

“Sheila, why?”

The three of them were watching TV together, but Sheila’s expression was not good.

Although the cat’s characteristically chubby expression is cute.

“Just that.”

“Is it because Ray is my agent?”

“That’s not it.”

“Hey, I think that’s right.”

***

Boooo …

Instead of trying to appease Sheila, I immediately started swearing at her.

“Whoaaah!”

Sheila twisted her body in fright, but that was it.

“Why Ray and not Sylvia?”

“Well, Sylvia could be dangerous.”

I really didn’t want to talk about this.

I told Sheila and Janggun about the 8th place that had now become a mountain tea.

“….”

“They might come after me after 8th place. But common sense tells me they’d probably go after my acquaintances before they go after me.”

“If Ms. Sylvia had gone as an agent, I would have targeted Ms. Sylvia.”

“That’s right. But Ray is my subordinate, so he can regenerate… and he’s stronger than Sylvia, right?”

“Okay, I understand.”

Sheila looked as if she was finally starting to understand everything.

It’s so funny to see the cat leaning against my stomach with his arms crossed.

I almost didn’t hear the front door open.

“Oh, is that Sylvia?”

“…I don’t think so.”

Yeah. If it was Sylvia, she would have come in calling my name.

Me, Sheila, and the General. As the three of us looked toward the entrance hallway… a large wolf appeared.

“Lundda!”

“Lund!”

“What!”

Three beasts rushed towards the bewildered Lund.

Bats, cats, and water bugs may look different, but their behavior is the same.

It was like diving into the wolf’s shaggy fur.

“Haa… this feeling. I really missed it.”

Even as I was saying this, Sheila and Janggun were running around ruffling Lund’s fur.

“Why are you here now?”

“Why did you think it wouldn’t exist?”

Lund said, looking at the TV screen in the living room.

“I thought you were there.”

“I was originally going to do that too. But something came up in the middle.”

“…I wish everyone would just stay still.”

“….”

As soon as Lund finished speaking, the three of us stopped moving.

“Okay, you listen well.”

“Didn’t we hear it well?”

“You have no conscience.”

I decided to pretend I didn’t hear Lund’s last words.

“Lund, where have you been?”

“I was at my association headquarters for a moment. I had a lot of work to do.”

“Oh, right. So what happened to the second place? You already figured it out, right?”

“First of all, let me get to the conclusion: For the time being, we can’t move.”

A vampire’s concept of time is different from that of a normal person.

“How much for the time being?”

“About 10 years?”

***

“Huh? I don’t think it’ll be for a while.”

“Sheila, vampires are originally easygoing.”

“Still, 10 years is a bit….”

Unlike Sheila and the General, I returned to my original form.

I climbed onto the sofa with Lund, who looked like a wolf, but Lund had his eyes closed as if he hadn’t been able to rest comfortably for a while.

“Looking at how much the 2nd place suffered, it seems the saintess was also quite the victim.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Looking at the composition of the members who attacked the second place, the only ones who could inflict such damage were the church and the nuns.

“Then what did the Lidocaine Association do?”

“After the armistice ends, we will return to hostilities.”

Lund said it would be impossible to eradicate the lidocaine associations that have spread throughout the city.

“Still, if there was that much damage in the North, wouldn’t that be a big harvest?”

“Of course it was a big harvest. First, the elder and the second tribe leader offered to surrender, saying they would accept any conditions. ”

“Oh, so what are you going to do?”

“Well… I’m still thinking about it.”

No matter what choice Lund made, I was prepared to remain her friend.

Well, since we’ve come this far, there’s no other choice.

Boooo …

I suddenly flattened my stomach against Lund’s waist. Oh, so it’s not a flatulence but a waist flatulence.

“What?!”

“Just! Because I like it!”

“Don’t do it.”

“You did that to me earlier too!”

Sheila insisted that she too had been a victim of Lund’s firm stance.

As we were watching TV, laughing and chatting with each other, the meeting on the TV screen was already ending.

“Haaam.”

“Chris, are you sleepy?”

“Aren’t you sleepy, Lund? You looked a little tired earlier.”

“…Yeah, I haven’t been able to sleep well lately.”

Lund then said he had something to tell me.

“2nd place, so a new 2nd place came to me, not that guy.”

“…Why?”

According to her, the second place person wanted to ask me a favor or something.

Honestly, I didn’t think anything good would come of being linked with second place.

Whether it’s the old 2nd place or the current 2nd place.

“I think he’s probably asking you to mediate.”

“Arbitration? What arbitration?”

“I recently heard that 2nd place lost its base to 6th and 7th place.”

“Ah, so now….”

Are you asking me to mediate so that the hostilities between 6th, 7th, and 2nd place can be resolved?

“The role of diplomat is not my area of expertise.”

“I know. But I don’t think it’s such a bad thing.”

Lund said it was a chance to erase a huge debt to the runner-up.

“Why?”

“Now that he’s gone, the second place has lost its biggest ally. No wonder he asked you to mediate.”

That’s true too.

Well, there are some people that annoy me too…

“Lund, how about this?”

“What are you talking about?”

I whispered in Lund’s ear.

After listening to my story, she closed her eyes again.

“Hmm. Not bad.”

“Well, I guess it would be better to solve it with my subordinate forces too?”

“Then it will end more quickly.”

“Okay, then let’s do that!”

Instead of accepting the 2nd request for arbitration!

I was thinking of giving her one condition, too.

I’m talking about taking part in the subjugation of the new 8th place and the crazy guys who turn people into living creatures.