episode_0026

“Sir, the enemy is approaching. I will run away.”

“enemy?”

Whoosh—

Bir picked me up again and started running at breakneck speed.

“A total of four people are chasing us.”

“Uuuuch—!”

It’s so fast that I can’t speak properly.

I tapped Bir on the back.

Only then did Bir stop.

“Sir, there is an emergency.”

“No, there is no need to run away.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Literally.”

It’s game over anyway.

It is unwise to move away from the scene when information needs to be gathered.

At least I need to know the identities of those four.

So, instead of running away, you should wait for them.

I got off Bir’s shoulder.

Then I took the radio out of my pocket and turned it on.

I turned around and tuned the channel,

Soon, frantic radio calls came and went.

A radio signal that support is needed.

The radio reported that the squad was wiped out by only four or five people.

Radio reports that dozens of enemies are heading toward the camp.

While I was out meeting Roddy, the camp was under attack.

This is natural since they came out to fight, but the problem is that the security department is overwhelmed by them.

This is not due to numerical inferiority, but rather a qualitative issue.

‘Well… ‘

A situation arose with twists and turns,

I don’t think I’ll be surprised anymore if something happens.

Yes, for example, the thing about those four pursuers turning Ker into a blood clot.

dump-

Ker’s mangled corpse flew down and landed in front of me.

A sunken face, shaky limbs, and a mushy abdomen.

There is not a single healthy place on my body.

‘Tsk… ‘

[Game over. The heroine has died. Do you want to reset?]

I cleared away system notifications.

I forgot to turn off notifications.

Four pursuers appear from a short distance away.

These are the masked men who were with Roddy earlier.

Ker must have been treated poorly, as he has wounds all over his body and some of his clothes are torn.

The skin visible through the sparsely torn clothes had a bluish tint.

‘Why is the color like that?’

In this worldview, there are no sub-races other than humans.

I heard there are demons, but they are closer to monsters than sub-humans.

In the first place, Lufia wiped out everything, so there was no way for them to come out.

Therefore, these people are humans whose skin color has changed for some reason.

And the most likely reason is.

‘I drank the medicine.’

Strengthening drugs. It’s also not the mediocre performance that’s spread out on the market.

‘Olivia, I heard it’s at least 50 years ahead of technology… ‘

Olivia showed me a special strengthening drug and boasted that it was a technology that would not be available within the next 50 years.

But reality caught up in just two years, let alone 50 years.

After all, aren’t there genius scientists in the underworld?

I was complacent because I only trusted Olivia and wasn’t careful.

chuck-

Mask men come up to me.

And Bir stood before me.

Bir takes a fighting stance with his weapon drawn.

But there is no chance for Bir to win.

First, Ker, who was superior to Bir in hand-to-hand combat, was defeated.

Additionally, since this is a bright, open area, Bir’s organs cannot be utilized.

Above all, the most fatal thing is that the country is carrying a burden.

If they had kept me hidden on the rooftop like in the previous route and fought in a dark, complicated building, I would have somehow been able to win.

‘Bir was dead even then.’

I thought you were injured while trying to save me.

In fact, it looks like he was attacked by that masked man.

“Are you the director of the Pixie Management Bureau?”

One of the masked men who appeared to be the leader spoke.

It’s a distorted, grotesque, altered voice, as if the vocal cords were ground on a steel plate.

“ That’s right. Why did you tell me to catch me?”

“Yes. If you surrender obediently, I will treat you with respect.”

Gangsters discussing politeness.

Aren’t you a gangster?

“Master, run away.”

“You’re asking too much to run away from those guys.”

I tapped Bir’s shoulder and whispered in his ear.

“Go back to camp. And take that guy out. It’s an order.”

Bir hesitated at my command, then answered.

“……Okay.”

Bir put away the weapons he had drawn and disappeared before my eyes in an instant.

The masked men must have caught Bir’s movements, and their gaze turned towards the camp.

“Hey. Are you looking at another woman while putting me in front of you?”

I stood proudly in front of them.

Accordingly, their eyes turned to me.

The masked guys were staring at me and whispering among themselves.

“I didn’t know it would be this much, but it’s surprising.”

“If you just put on makeup, you might be prettier than that Rupiah.”

“I used to get annoyed when I saw good-looking guys, but this guy is something different.”

“If it’s a doctor, it might be possible to make her a woman.”

You crazy bastards, don’t try to change the game genre.

‘Wait, doctor?’

I thought it was just drug dealing, but it seems like he had connections with scientists.

However, I don’t know if Roddy is hanging out with those scientists, or if these guys are a separate faction.

Anyway, as I felt like my life was in danger in many ways, I said something.

“As you can see, my body has become very weak. If you treat it carelessly, you’ll die. So please be polite.”

One of the masked men answered.

“We treat prisoners of war who surrender with courtesy. As long as there is no useless resistance.”

“Well, I’m glad then.”

I sensed something strange in his tone of voice.

At least it’s not the way people from the underworld would speak.

A masked man picked me up.

“…Something is strange.”

“Didn’t you ask me to treat you carefully?”

“Okay, whatever happened.”

I never thought I would be carried by a man into a princess hug.

Would you rather hang it on your shoulder?

‘Okay, whether you eat it grilled or boiled, it’s up to you. ‘Because you all went after it anyway.’

As a bonus, I search too.

*

*

I returned to the scene where I escaped while being captured by the guys.

The entire area was a mess with traces of the battle between Rion and Roddy.

Leon is lying down some distance away.

I can see his body shaking slightly, so he is alive.

On the other hand, Roddy was fine other than looking quite tired.

‘There seems to be quite a difference in power.’

Leon can’t handle Roddy alone.

The situation is bad.

“Ah, welcome. Nice to meet you, Director.”

“Hi. See you again.”

I also responded lightly to the roadie who welcomed me.

The masked man drops me off in front of Roddy.

It was humiliating, but it was good that I didn’t bother walking.

“Director, do you know why I saved you?”

“It’s obvious. Because it would be boring to just kill him. You want to see me struggle.”

“Huhuhu. That’s correct. I’m asking this in that sense, but this isn’t everything, right?”

“No way. This is only about 20 out of 100.”

Roddy looked at me with interest.

“But why did you risk your life for just 20? Did you think that was enough? If that’s the case, then your judgment is questionable, right?”

“The premise is wrong. I didn’t risk my life.”

“Hmm… ”

Roddy wrapped his fingers around my neck.

“If you apply even a little bit of force, it will break… Why didn’t you risk your life?”

“…Do you know how to play chess?”

“Chess all of a sudden? Do you know how to put it?”

“In chess, the winning condition is not killing the king, but checkmate, creating a situation in which the king cannot survive no matter what he does. The victory you want is checkmate. I know everything.”

“……”

Roddy took his hand off his neck without saying a word.

Then, belatedly, he burst into laughter.

Rody finally opens his mouth after laughing for a while.

“After… This is really crazy. Risking your life on such uncertain thoughts.”

“Is that so? I thought the odds were pretty high.”

I don’t know why, but Roddy wants to beat me.

And at the root of it all is the desire to prove one’s superiority.

Let’s say you give a wizard a sword and fight a warrior.

Of course the warrior will win, but that does not prove that the warrior is superior.

Superiority is proven only when a warrior wins despite giving his or her best.

My power is my brain, not my body.

Therefore, Roddy must destroy all the moves I make and put him in a checkmate state.

Because that will prove that you are superior to me.

Of course, Roddy could just kill me.

Then just retry and that’s it.

‘If you’re Vir, you can take that guy out while avoiding the eyes of the Allied Forces. Then, he will kill me on his own without me having to struggle to kill him. So there is no risk of not being able to retry.’

The initiative is still with me.

“It’s fun. It’s very fun. Of course, there are other numbers left, right? When will we see that number?”

“You have to wait a while. In the meantime, let’s chat.”

“Hahahaha. Sudara, you are so carefree. I wonder if it’s just an act, or if there’s a part of me that really believes it.”

Honestly, I’m not scared of much.

In particular, the guys trying to kill me aren’t scary at all.

Because pain is familiar, and even if you die, you can come back to life.

Rather, the guys who don’t kill like Lufia are scarier.

“I thought I was on good terms with my sister, but maybe I wasn’t?”

“Yes? Not at all. We get along very well.”

“They were trying to kill you?”

“I definitely became a lot more arrogant while we weren’t seeing each other. I plan to educate them again on who has the upper hand.”

It’s education. These are not words to write to your sister.

Through those words, I could roughly picture how Rion was treated by Roddy.

“Well, that aside, what are those purangs?”

When I pointed at the masked men with my finger, Roddy glanced away.

“…I can’t tell you that.”

“Then let me guess.”

Roddy raised his eyebrows at my words.

“That blue skin. Did you use strengthening drugs?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

A roadie who surprisingly accepts it coolly.

“It looks like you caught the side effects well. I see that articles are also being written.”

“…Yes?”

Roddy, who had an unpleasant smile on his face, slightly distorted his expression.

“If you go there, there will be a group of four. They are knights.”

“……”

“What’s the point if you just hide your face and voice? It can be seen in his tone and actions.”

The military in this worldview is very different from reality.

In reality, the military invests heavily in high-power weapons such as tanks, fighter jets, and missiles, but in this worldview, it invests in the training and equipment of individual soldiers.

Since a well-raised human can chew through real high-firepower weapons, there is no need to spend money on scrap metal.

Among them, knights are a type of asymmetrical force intensively trained by the empire.

Hundreds of billions of dollars are invested to train one knight, and the top knights are comparable to nuclear weapons.

The Imperial Knights are home to hundreds of such knights.

It is the strongest military group in the empire to which Lufia belongs.

Most regular technicians grow according to a set curriculum.

Because of this, an indelible mark is left in the way you speak and act.

Of course, it is impossible to find these traces unless you are familiar with the article.

Therefore, there would have been no problem if only the face and voice were hidden when dealing with ignorant underworld people.

Actually, I was wondering if it was a good idea, but I became convinced after seeing Roddy’s reaction.

‘Why do knights hang out with these guys?’

Questions were put aside for a while.

“You have a sharp eye, Director. What should I do? I have a reason to kill you… ”

Before I knew it, four masked knights surrounded me.

“How long has it been now?”

“Yes?”

“It’s been about 10 minutes since I came here and talked to you… It’s almost time.”

“What do you say… ”

Kugugugugugugung—

Suddenly the ground shook.

“They say even tigers will come if I tell them.”

From the camp side, a storm of red blood rose into the sky, forming a huge cloud of blood.

“This… Is this your number?”

“Yes. In the name of trying to kill bed bugs, they burn all the thatch.”

“Ha, this is ridiculous.”

Before I knew it, the storm of fresh blood had all been absorbed into the clouds,

Soon, red rain poured down on us.

‘Anyway, I heard you like flashy things.’

The spilled blood slowly came together,

It took the shape of a woman.

Long red hair and eyes.

A fascinating face with an evil-looking smile.

[Heroine profile]

Name: Karjen

Height: 170cm / Difficulty level: A

Progress: 12% / Likeability Level: 3

The management bureau’s strongest pixie.

The vampire, Karjen, has appeared.