episode_0025

“You finally got to meet your younger brother. How do you feel?”

“……Not bad.”

Leon is sitting blankly with a complicated expression.

Every time the vehicle shook, it moved slightly, but other than that, there was no movement at all.

“Zeek! Where are we going? Is this your first time going for a walk this far?”

Ker asked me, trying his best to look outside through the narrow window.

Perhaps because it has been far away for the first time in a long time, it is wagging its tail vigorously and scattering its fur in all directions.

“Stay calm because your hair is flying.”

“Yes!”

Ker sits quietly in his seat and hugs his tail.

However, he is shaking his butt as if he wants to get up again soon.

The group’s destination is a forest near the management bureau and an open space within it.

Although it is said to be nearby, it is actually over 200km away from the management office, so you have to travel for quite some time.

According to Banshee, they succeeded in leaking fake information to Roddy, and the Backworld Coalition is planning to attack the vacant lot today.

Therefore, dozens of trucks and vehicles are lining up to arrive at the vacant lot early in the morning.

There are a total of 4 heroines brought in this time.

Leon is sitting blankly across from me, and Bir is sitting silently next to him.

Ker was fussing on the seat to my left, and Kuen was sleeping on my lap.

‘Oh, I brought that guy too.’

If you add the secret weapon that was brought in tightly tied up, there are 5 people.

However, since the worst situation has occurred when he is released, it is safe to say that there is virtually no situation.

I opened Leon’s heroine profile.

[Heroine profile]

Name: Leon

Height: 167cm / Difficulty level: B

Progress: 16% / Likeability Level: 2

This time, when Leon was brought out, the progress increased by 4% and the favor level increased by 1.

Likeability level 2 is the stage where you start to gain trust.

Since he kept his promise to find Roddy and treated him very well after isolating him, he must have judged that he was at least not doing anything strange.

“Rion, how can we solve this well?”

If Leon can persuade Rody to defeat the alliance, there will be no bloodshed.

The Roddy I met wasn’t the kind of person who could be persuaded, but it might be different if it was a request from my beloved sister.

“……It must be difficult.”

However, my sister, who knows Roddy better than anyone else, also said that it was difficult.

In the end, it seems that war is destined to break out.

“But I will try my best.”

“What… Yes.”

In fact, it’s nice that Leon doesn’t always take Rodie’s side.

‘Whatever it is, you can check it out on this route.’

Will Leon be able to persuade Roddy?

Or will the two take sides and have fun destroying the bureau?

And how should I respond accordingly.

“…Director.”

Leon called me.

This is the first time you called me.

“If things go well… I want to remain in the management office. Are you okay?”

It’s a nice sound to hear.

Even after finding my younger brother, I would voluntarily submit to quarantine.

Of course, if I were to be quarantined, I would try to stay with my younger brother.

Do you want to teach your younger sibling the joy of being taken care of?

“Let’s talk about that after things go well.”

Leon’s attitude is truly admirable, but the management bureau is basically Geumnam’s territory.

Roddy joining the management bureau requires a lot of thought.

“Ah… okay. yes. It’s not too late to talk about it after it’s resolved. I gave up my excitement for no reason.”

“Well, isn’t it okay to be that excited?”

“……No. Flimsy hope is poison.”

Leon said with a solemn expression.

I didn’t expect her to react like this.

Since I have a disability that prevents me from controlling my sadness, I thought I would be in tears and snot, but now I feel like a brave warrior going to war.

“Zeek! There’s a really big rock over there! Oh, I went too far!”

Before we know it, Ker is making a fuss while looking out the narrow window again.

“I told you to be quiet.”

“Yes!”

The answers are really good.

*

*

Quite some time has passed since I arrived at my destination and waited.

Security officers have set up a temporary camp and are sending a search team to monitor the surrounding situation.

Having already ordered the operation in advance, I have nothing to do and am stuck in the camp with the heroines.

“Zeek! I’m bored! Let’s go out and play!”

“No. It’s a situation where you don’t know when the enemies will come out.”

“Ugh! too bad! Then pat me instead!”

“Okay.”

I roughly patted Ker, who poked his head in from next to me.

“Ah- That’s shameful- Zikeu- I should do it too-”

Kuen, who was on the other side, also thrust his head towards me.

I had no choice but to pet Kuen with my free arm.

I feel uncomfortable because my posture is somehow awkward.

Additionally, Leon’s expression as he looked at me from across the room rotted in real time.

‘Okay, you don’t have to be like this, please. You have a roadie.’

At that time, a security guard walked through the tent and reported.

“Director, we found the target at point 3. 5 people, including the target, are traveling by car, and you can go to point 5 right now.”

“It has finally arrived.”

But only 5 people?

Point 5 is approximately a 5-minute drive from the temporary camp.

Excluding Kuen, who was left behind at the camp, the three remaining heroines are waiting for their target and Roddy.

According to reports, Roddy is currently coming here with only 5 people, including himself, but I don’t know his intentions.

Maybe they thought 5 people would be enough?

Or was he used as bait to carry out a diversionary operation?

Did they break expectations and come to negotiate peacefully?

However, making such a move in itself showed that Banshee’s fake information was not completely trusted.

‘It was something that was made in a hurry so it was very obvious.’

However, Roddy knew it was a trap and was willing to deal with it, so he didn’t pay much attention to it.

From what I heard from Rion, Roddy had a strong sense of pride, hated being looked down upon, and was the type of person who would fight and defeat anyone head-on to prove his strength.

Perhaps the reason why Roddy joined my conversation during the last route wasn’t because he was just taking my time, but because he was waiting for me to do something.

Because you want to prove that you are superior to me by breaking every move I have.

I saw Leon standing next to me.

It was tense and stiff.

I asked her.

“Rion, what are you going to talk about with Roddy?”

“……There is no need for conversation.”

Leon clenched his fists with a solemn expression.

When you say there is no need for conversation, does that mean you are going to have a physical conversation rather than a verbal conversation?

If that’s the case, I don’t really want to see it.

“Hmm… Well, if you are.”

What on earth were you planning to do when you met to make it so tragic?

I don’t know what it is, but I’m really curious.

Isn’t there a cliché of making people expect something like this, only to feel discouraged because there is actually nothing special about it?

After all, you shouldn’t have any expectations in the first place.

It’s definitely not a big deal.

Sniff–

Kerr, who had been concentrating earlier, stuck his head forward as if he smelled something.

“The smell of a stranger. It’s coming.”

A vehicle slowly appeared in the distance and stopped at an appropriate distance from us.

And Rody gets out of the passenger seat.

Four masked men follow him down together.

‘Come to think of it, when the roadies attacked on the last route, you said there were 5 of them, right? Are those five people?’

I glanced back at Bir standing behind me.

Of course, I know that Bir can’t remember anything from the previous route.

It was just an unconscious action.

Bir was still expressionless.

However, the atmosphere felt slightly tense.

Instead of his usual energetic growl, Ker was quietly making a low growl.

‘This is an unusual atmosphere, isn’t it? Is it because of the roadie? or not… ‘

Is there something to those four people?

Roddy walks over.

As he gets closer, Leon’s eyes become wet.

“Ah… ”

Leon’s hands were shaking and he sighed softly.

And eventually, tears that she could not suppress fall down her cheeks.

“Black… Ugh… ”

Leon muttered, covering his face with both hands, as if trying to stop the tears from flowing.

“Finally… at las… you… ”

chuck-

Roddy is right around the corner.

“It’s been a while, sister. I’m still a crybaby.”

A roadie who doesn’t feel any special emotions.

On the other hand, Leon cries sadly.

They are subjects of the same Granat project, so why is Roddy like that?

It’s clear that Roddy likes his sister, but is he lucky that there are no side effects?

‘I don’t know. ‘It’s not important right now.’

Roddy glanced at me.

His eyes contained interest rather than hostility.

‘Why are you looking at me? ‘Hurry up and mess around with your sister.’

Leon seemed to be able to control his emotions to some extent, as he wiped away his tears and looked at Roddy.

And spoke slowly.

“Rodi… Finally you… ”

She clenched her fists.

“I can kill you.”

“Huh?”

At the same time as I made a stupid noise, Rion’s fist flew towards Roddy.

bang-!

With a loud noise, a huge cloud of dirt appeared.

It may be because of Leon’s fist, but the details cannot be confirmed.

I was already walking away from the scene.

This is because when Leon raised his fist, Vir took me with him and dodged.

“Sir, I apologize for being so sudden. I felt a strong sense of life for a moment… ”

“No, you did well. I almost died in vain.”

I can’t understand the situation.

You suddenly punched your younger brother.

Of course, siblings fighting among themselves can happen.

However, if you look at Rion’s last words, it is not just a fight, but an attack clearly intended to kill.

‘what? Aren’t we incapable of living with each other? Oh, is that correct?’

My mind is confused by the sudden twist.

The reason you went through all that trouble to find your younger brother was to kill him?

What kind of grudge do you have that makes you want to kill your only blood relative?

Weren’t they close friends who grew up relying on each other after being abandoned by their parents?

Anyway, I destroyed all the plans I had in my head.

Either persuade Roddy or join hands with Roddy.

Consider these two cases and prepare a response plan for each.

It all suddenly became meaningless.

“Ugh… ”

You can think about it later.

Because this route was a failure anyway.

So we need to collect information.

‘First, I need to know who is stronger between Leon and Roddy.’

Perhaps the theme of Leone’s event is revenge.

You will want to kill Roddy with your own strength.

But what if Roddy is stronger?

Things get complicated again when Leon needs a power-up.

Heck, this game has never been solved easily.