episode_0023

When I opened my eyes, I saw the ceiling of the director’s office.

‘Performance is solid.’

Like a serious siscom who claims his older sister as ‘mine’,

I couldn’t hold back those forbidden words and exploded.

You say you will teach me what pain is, but you let me go without even having the power to feel it.

‘Besides, he’s a close relative, so there’s no way he’ll fall in love with me.’

Both Rion and Roddy are siblings that I like quite a bit.

I asked Bir, who was standing bluntly.

“Bir, what day is today?”

“It’s the 17th.”

Thursday, June 17th.

It’s back to about 5 days ago.

I got up from the sofa.

And just like that, he approached Bir.

“Master, what’s going on?”

I stroked Bir’s head without saying anything.

“…..?”

Bir blinks as if he doesn’t understand what’s going on.

Still no change in expression.

I moved my hand and this time touched Bir’s face.

Then, he pushed his mouth straight with his finger to make a smiling face.

“…..?”

“Put… ”

He looks at me with an expressionless face and a wide smile.

It was supposed to be funny, but it felt cute because it had such a pretty face.

Letting go of Bir’s face, she tilted her head and asked.

“Do you want to see a smiling face?”

“Of course.”

Bir smiled broadly.

Of course, it was pretty because it was a fake smile made with smoke, but it was empty somehow.

“Not that fake smile. I want to see Bir’s real smile?”

“……”

Bir, who immediately returned to his expressionless expression, moved his facial muscles in various ways and eventually gave up.

“I don’t know what a real smile is.”

“A real smile comes naturally. Well, someday the day will come when you will smile naturally.”

“If that day comes, I will be the first to show it to my master.”

“You make a unique sound.”

I ruffled Bir’s neat hair one last time.

Bir looks irritated, but he accepts it silently.

When I took my hand away, he tidied his hair again with a gentle hand.

“Do you like messy hair?”

“No, it’s just fun.”

“I see. You can do whatever you want.”

“This is the end for today. I have to do it every day from now on.”

“Okay.”

I swept up and straightened out the hair that had not yet been straightened out.

I wonder if someday I’ll be able to see you laughing at my jokes.

A tsundere girl, I can’t imagine it at all.

smart-

“Come in.”

The person who entered the director’s office was Mariela, the same as before Retry.

“Director, from what I heard… ”

“Coffee time is back. Did you bring the list?”

“Ah… Yes, that’s right.”

I took the documents Mariela handed me and roughly placed them on the table.

“At least the first one would be Sophie.”

“How did you know?”

“That’s right, it’s Sophie.”

He is always fierce and clumsy, but when he gets involved with a good-looking person, he becomes more fiery than anyone else. He is the bureau’s best idiot.

If it were real, it could be seen as a position like a nerd who always succeeds in ticketing.

Of course, I only know this because I retried it.

“As expected, you pretend not to be the director, but you care a lot about your employees.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

Is that how it works?

I never really cared, they just made me care.

“Well, that’s not that important. Mariela, prepare for the manager’s meeting. We need to discuss the joint response operation in the back world.”

The manager’s meeting is literally a meeting held by the managers of each department.

Naturally, important matters of the management bureau are discussed at the manager’s meeting.

“Time is around 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM tomorrow. Only the management and security departments are required to participate, the rest are voluntary.”

“I understand. It’s finally starting.”

Mariela’s eyes began to sparkle again.

Holding a manager’s meeting means that things will get even busier when you already are already busy.

But he’s so lively, he’s like a workaholic.

“Oh, by the way, I won the bet.”

A bet I made a while ago to guess the gender behind the alliance.

As I expected, it was the roadie who was behind it, so it’s my victory.

“So what you’re saying is that you discovered the existence behind it? You’re not going to tell me how you found out, are you?”

A competent person like Mariela should be given as much information as possible.

But how can the information obtained before the retry be conveyed without being detected?

I gave up on communicating well here.

They simply passed on information, omitted how they knew, and then forced belief.

Fortunately, Mariela has been with me for a long time, so she trusts my information from unknown sources.

No matter how doubtful I am, I know from experience that what I say is ultimately correct.

“I always say this, but it’s not because I don’t trust you, it’s because it’s something you shouldn’t tell others… ”

“I know. I have no complaints whatsoever about that. It’s just a little disappointing.”

“Are you saving up wish tickets again?”

Despite declaring victory on her own terms, Mariela obediently submits without verification.

Even if you trust me, it seems like you trust me too much.

“Yes. If you add up to now, was there 14?”

“No, there are 16.”

People need to be a bit clever, but Mariela is so honest that it’s a shame.

Since I didn’t keep a separate record, it would have been an opportunity to forget two wish tickets.

“Should I collect 20 and use them all at once?”

“What on earth are you going to make me do? ”

“I’ll think about it later.”

Mariela looked at me with a subtle expression.

“Don’t worry, I won’t make any dark wishes.”

“……I know.”

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I clapped to indicate that we should return to the main topic.

“The story went astray. We have clearly identified the identity of the person behind it. This new Pixie is Rodiya, Leon’s younger brother. The goal is to rescue my older sister. However, they are angry at the very fact that they kidnapped us and Leon, so they won’t just go away even if we release them. Although I had no intention of releasing it in the first place.”

“Then shall we tell the intelligence department to stop tracking the background?”

“That should be it. Tell them to focus only on the movement of the coalition from now on.”

“Okay.”

The most important thing now that the mastermind has been discovered is when the coalition invades the administration.

However, all that can be known through the intelligence department is to understand the signs of large-scale military movements.

All we know from this is that an attack will come soon.

To know exactly when an attack will occur, internal information is needed.

‘I guess I’ll have to meet a banshee.’

In the end, I don’t like how things are going the way Banshee wants, but I can’t help it.

“Okay, this is the end of what I have to say.”

“Convening a meeting of department heads, redirecting work to the Intelligence Department. I understand.”

Mariela repeated the command in small words.

“Then I will come back later. Take care.”

“Okay, good job Mariela too.”

Mariela leaves the director’s office,

I lay down on the sofa and slowly gathered my thoughts.

It was confirmed that Roddy was behind the alliance.

There are still some questionable parts, but they are not worth worrying about.

The Alliance’s invasion schedule can be discovered through Banshee.

You might be able to lead them to a battlefield prepared in advance.

If so, there are no major problems right now.

So what remains is preparation for the separated family reunion that will bring Leon and Roddy together.

It is unclear what kind of synergy the reunion of the two will create.

Rion can persuade Rody to be quiet, or Rody can persuade Rion to go on a rampage together.

Since both situations make sense, it is not easy to predict.

Since I can just retry anyway, I’ll try to reunite them and see what the results are.

The name of this operation, the reunion of separated families of closely related siblings…

‘Yes, this would be appropriate.’

Operation name: Entrance Union.

If everything goes well, I’ll give you a room.

It’s soundproofed well.

*

*

Isolation building A2, Veronica’s isolation room.

I am now sitting at the negotiating table with Banshee.

The most likely suspect who sold information to Roddy is Banshee.

In fact, I can’t be sure because I don’t have any physical evidence, but my opinion alone is 99.99%.

The purpose is probably to win a prize.

Veronica’s alter egos are beings close to real humans who think and act independently.

However, at the base of all their thoughts and actions is a desire for the sake of the body.

From creation to destruction, the very meaning of existence is devoted to the substance.

Veronica’s alter egos are willing to die if ordered by the main body, and even if there is no order, they sacrifice their lives if deemed necessary.

The problem is that there are sometimes alter egos who make strange modifications to serve the main body.

And the person who mainly carries out the modifications is Banshee, the true master of the information network and the most senior alter ego, who actually manages and controls all alter egos on Veronica’s behalf.

I tried to avoid using Veronica’s information network as much as possible.

The first reason is that I feel like I will become too dependent on this cheat-level information network.

The second reason is that I do not want to overuse awards.

But if I don’t use the information network, there are fewer people coming to see Veronica, and there are no awards.

Veronica is at a crush level of 5, so she is infatuated with me.

So, if I didn’t come to meet you, Banshee would have been a bitch.

So Banshee regularly makes up nonsense to induce me to use the information network.

It’s like a medicine seller creating a virus himself because the medicine isn’t selling.

‘A bitch who hits hard.’

Anyway, I couldn’t really tackle the banshee’s behavior like that.

There are so many thoughts, but there is no physical evidence.

Even if you catch Veronica’s alter ego doing something stupid, there is no way to prove that it is the alter ego.

The only way is to try to kill it, but if you kill it, instead of leaving behind a body, it just evaporates.

The clone would commit suicide before he was caught in the first place.

In this way, Veronica’s information network is structured so that it leaves no evidence.

The reason why the banshee stands proud before my eyes is because I know that I have no proper evidence.

‘Fuck you, a gift.’

So I tolerated it until now.

Because the level of bullshit was just a moderate amount of jabs.

But in this case, I got stuck in the face with a full straight line.

This crossed the line.

I am not the kind of person who can endure even something like this.

“Director, what are you proposing?”

The banshee asked in a calm voice.

When I see that attitude as if they didn’t do anything, I unconsciously want to beat them to death.

“I came to make a request.”

“Oh my, what kind of request is this time?”

Banshee’s expression improves.

You’d think things were going according to plan.

“Two organizations in the backworld, Ruud Zetas and Liberator. Please let me know when the alliance between these two attacks the Bureau.”

“…That’s a pretty difficult request.”

“As difficult as it is, the reward will be generous.”

“Oh, then let’s do our best. The body will be happy.”

There is no such thing as evil, such as making bullshit and getting ripped off.

But it doesn’t matter.

Because I have a plan.

So for now, let’s fall for this guy’s tricks.

“Let’s discuss compensation after the work is finished.”

“I understand. We will call you as soon as we receive information.”

“Yes. And, please call me Veronica.”

“I’m surprised that the director found the main body first.”

“There are days like this too.”

Banshee gently closes her eyes.

You are having a conversation by connecting your spirit with another alter ego or main body.

A moment later, the door to the master bedroom opened, and Veronica came out quickly.

“No! no way! How can I do this? Cancel! It’s invalid!”

As always, Veronica is having a hard time. And on the banshee’s lap.

Banshee doesn’t know what to do and just waves her hands.

Perhaps because their appearances were similar, it was like looking at a childish daughter and her mother.

“Calm down.”

“Calm down!? no! It’s different from what I promised! Why are you putting it off!”

“I decided to set the date. I didn’t say I wasn’t going, but it’s different from what I promised.”

“…Ugh… It’s annoying!”

The reason Veronica is so irritated is because she postponed her promise to go to Snowy Land because of the alliance issue.

Since the date wasn’t set in the first place, it’s okay to say it was postponed.

“The person you should be angry at is not me, but the union. In the first place, if it was your information network, wouldn’t you already know about the alliance? Then, the postponement of the appointment would have been fully predictable, right?”

“… this person… ”

“I just asked Banshee to find out when they will attack, right? Roughly, it would be about 2 weeks added to that period. Because you will need time to clean things up.”

Veronica looked at Banshee with a grim expression on her face.

“What is a union? Why didn’t you tell me?”

Banshee answered Veronica’s question with a sad expression.

“Bell… I talked about it… ”

“……”

Veronica was speechless.

There are so many complaints in my head, but my mouth is blocked.

The dissatisfaction was revealed on his face and he frowned.

“Well, since you guys deal with so much information, you might forget it.”

“Yes, that can happen.”

“Shut up! Noisy! Be quiet!”

Ugh. It’s annoying to release it if it gets upset again.

“Veronica, come here.”

I tapped my knee and called Veronica.

“What is it? Did you order me to come now?”

“What is the command? Please. Well, not if you don’t want to come.”

“…Hmph! Since you asked so, I have no choice.”

Veronica sits on my lap with a pouty face.

I petted Veronica like that.

“It looks like our princess was very upset.”

“……Hmph.”

Banshee told me before.

Veronica said she wanted to be a princess since she was young.

Treating an adult, not a child, like a princess.

I feel nauseous.

But when I think about it, I wonder if it’s right to treat Veronica as an adult.

I don’t know the details of Veronica’s past history, but I do know that she lived alone without family for quite a long time.

There would have been no difficulties in life because there were self-immolations.

But that certainly wouldn’t have been a happy environment.

A life surrounded by alter egos who listen to anything you tell them to do and cater to your mood.

A child grows up without an adult to properly discipline him or her during the important period when personality is being formed.

It is an environment where one has no choice but to become self-willed, self-centered, dishonest, and unable to become an adult, remaining a child.

Can we expect adultness from a person like this?

Just based on age, Daisy has lived more than twice as long as me?

‘Discrimination is not good.’

okay.

If you have a child who is obedient like Daisy,

There are also children who cause trouble like Veronica.

If you give me another piece of rice cake, Ugly Child, I will do something crazy to you.

“Our princess, we had a lot of expectations from The Snowy Land.”

“…Yes.”

Well, look at how calm she is because she is treated like a princess.

If it’s this easy, I should have done it a long time ago.

“Then we should finish the work as quickly as possible for our princess’ sake?”

“…Is that possible?”

“Of course. Banshee said he would help too.”

The banshee, who was looking at us warmly, was taken aback by the sudden name.

“Director? What is that… ”

“Banshee planted a spy in the Federation for Veronica. If you use that spy, you will be able to finish the job neatly.”

Veronica brightened her gloomy expression and asked Banshee.

“Banshee, is it real?”

“Ah… that is… ”

The banshee looked at me and Veronica and said,

“That… that’s right. I planted a spy.”

I reluctantly admitted it.

“If the Banshee uses spies to advance the attack plan and uses the attack site as a fake management station, there will be almost nothing left to clean up. Then there is no need to postpone your appointment.”

“What is it? It’s easy.”

Veronica closed her eyes.

“Bell, wait a moment..!”

Banshee urgently called Veronica, but the order had already been given.

“Banshee, let’s do our best?”

Veronica’s voice was filled with anticipation.

“Yes, Bell. I will do my best.”

The banshee bowed its head to express submission.

The alter ego cannot disobey the orders of the main body.

Banshee will handle this case to end it as quickly as possible.

Veronica hums a song because she feels good.

And the banshee lowers its head and looks angry.

I laughed at that banshee to the fullest.

‘How dare you tease me?’

If you secretly do something behind my back,

I blatantly say shit in front of people.

If you tease me, will you also tease me?