episode_0032

A blood test? I’m actually the type of person who takes twice as many pills.

‘how will we do it……’

There is no way the results will be good. And if that happens, they might think I was just tricking them into pretending to feel emotions.

Should I honestly say that the medicine doesn’t work for me?

In Janey’s case, she believed me because she had experienced it herself, but they were like, ‘Oh, you see.’ It is difficult to expect that things will go smoothly.

My fingertips tremble like a drug addict who is in danger of being caught in a doping test.

John, who had no way of knowing how I felt, was preparing for the test with a happy expression when the agent walked in on his own.

We are currently in a room located right next to the lobby on the first floor.

‘I have to make some excuse…’

“That… Mr. Johan.”

“Yes? What’s going on?”

John stops his busy movements for a moment and looks this way.

“Did I tell you that I was experimented on at Moralis Lab?”

“Yes, you said it just a moment ago.”

“Because of those memories, I developed a fear of needles. I guess the blood test will be done next…”

Yohan looks at me with a sad expression for a moment as I blurt out words. Then he spoke in a low tone as if to reassure me.

“Don’t worry. Just turn your head for a moment and I will finish it quickly and painlessly.”

“No, it will be difficult.”

John shuts his mouth at my stubborn attitude. He thought about something and proposed a new method.

“We have a newly developed drug. It is a drug that quickly breaks down and excretes EDP-427 components in the body. If you eat this and collect urine for testing, you can test without a needle, even if the accuracy is slightly lower.”

“Hmm… I don’t doubt Mr. Yohan, but it’s difficult to take medicine. Because of the trauma from my lab days…”

John’s eyebrows furrow slightly as I continue to hit the iron wall with my answer.

I felt like I was a picky customer. However, when the result is clearly visible, we cannot simply allow it.

I asked him a question in return.

“Is there any other testing method?”

“You’re in trouble… That’s all the testing you can do with the equipment in this hideout.”

Yohan, who was thinking while stroking his chin, looks at Janey and asks.

“Do you think it would be difficult for Ms. Windfield to be inspected?”

“I’m fine.”

“Thank goodness. Then, we will proceed with Ms. Windfield’s examination first.”

John is relieved by Janey’s answer and finishes preparing. As he moved his hands silently, the atmosphere seemed a little calmer than before.

John, who had operated several machines of unknown purpose, approached us.

“Would you please roll up your sleeves?”

“Here.”

‘Ah, the mood is tense.’

There had been a very friendly atmosphere in the room earlier, but a cold energy settled on the floor as if it had never happened before.

Weee

A room where you can only hear the sound of machines running. I can feel Janey watching from the side.

So I was waiting for the results to come out.

Thump thump thump

The sound of someone knocking on the iron door rang loudly.

“……”

We in the room immediately looked at each other.

The rebels, including Johan Ragner, looked slightly embarrassed and seemed to know nothing. I was just surprised that a succession of customers came to the hidden hideout.

Janey and I looked at each other and talked with our eyes.

‘Do you have any guesses?’

‘No, there is not.’

This is something we don’t even know about. For a moment, I thought I was being followed, but I definitely checked the surroundings thoroughly before coming here.

“Is there anyone inside?”

“……!”

I almost screamed at the voice I heard at that moment. A low, mid-low voice. This is the voice of Layton Cord, the main character we encountered a while ago.

“This is another agent’s voice. First, I will take my time.”

Clap

“Stop right there.”

As I was trying to move from my seat, Yohan pointed a gun at me. It is a properly made military pistol, not a flimsy homemade firearm.

“……What is this?”

“Thank you for coming to the hideout first to change your mind, but we have not yet built trust with you.”

At the glance of Yohan, the rebels come closer to me little by little.

“If you stay quiet, they will think there is no one inside and go back. There is no need to take risks. Minho Moralis, you will have to wait here in the meantime.”

“The fact that that person came here means that he came to get some information. There’s no way you can go home without an answer after knocking a few times.”

“……But what should we trust and let you go if you did not submit to the test?”

John’s gaze turns to Janey, who looks tense next to me.

“How about Miss Windfield go out and send him back instead?”

I glanced at Janey and saw her looking at me with a hard expression.

It is true that Janey is someone you can trust. However, I have just stopped taking medication and am in the process of learning how to feel again, so I am feeling a bit unstable.

If Harris can persuade Layton well, there should be no problem. Still, since the opponent is Layton, there is no benefit in finding a weakness here, even if just in case.

“She hasn’t stopped taking the medication for some time yet.”

“In that case, we cannot allow it either.”

Johan aims his pistol at me once again.

Thump thump thump

As a knock was heard on the iron door, the tension became increasingly tense.

Sweat flows down the face of the rebel who came close to me. It felt like a gunfight would break out as soon as someone sneezed.

I felt the need to sort things out before the four months were up, so I muttered quietly.

“Long live Valkyrie.”

“……?”

“The king is a bastard. The prime minister is an asshole.”

“Huh…!”

“Are you done now?”

The surrounding rebels gasped in shock. John also looked embarrassed.

‘If you don’t send it anyway, there’s nothing I can do. I should just tell them to figure it out on their own.’

Johan, who looked like he was thinking for a moment, lowered the muzzle of his gun.

“……Those narcissistic people would never do something like this and plant a spy.”

Fortunately, ‘Let’s get the leader!’ The strategy worked. All the tension that had filled the room to the limit disappeared. Some people can be seen sighing quietly.

I asked as I opened the door and left.

“If you wait quietly here, I will take care of it.”

“Please.”

nod

I responded by nodding to Johan and went out into the lobby and unlocked the iron door.

Clap, crackle, crackle.

“Minho Moralis?”

“Hello, Senior Layton.”

Cold, sunken gray eyes observe me.

“What were you doing here?”

“During my patrol, I saw a building that looked particularly clean, so I was looking around.”

“I guess this area wasn’t included in the patrol route?”

“……I guess I took a wrong turn.”

Looking like a strict supervisor, it appears that Harris did not do his job properly.

While it occurred to me, I asked Layton.

“I can’t see Harris… didn’t you make him your partner?”

“Harris was executed. It was revealed that he was a rebel spy. Moreover, your partner, Janey Windfield, is nowhere to be seen. Where is she?”

“Senior Janey… left her seat to look for a restroom.”

I was barely able to reply to Layton’s unexpected words without stuttering.

‘Harris is dead?’

I don’t remember much, but John Peralta convinced Layton to help the rebels within a few pages of the original work.

But Harris was discovered and executed just a few days after they became partners?

‘You incompetent bastard… you can’t even do that one thing properly?’

“So, how do you feel after looking around this building? Did you find anything strange?”

“No. It seems like it’s just an abandoned building.”

“Is that so? Let’s take a look around together.”

“Senior Layton must be busy, so is there any need to do that? I will check it one more time.”

Layton stared at me as I tried to stop him. I don’t like him acting suspiciously like this, but I can’t let him wander around the hideout as he pleases.

Layton, who was examining me with soulless eyes, opened his mouth.

“While interrogating Harris, I received information that there was a rebel hideout nearby. That place isn’t here, right?”

“Is that possible? From what I looked around, this is just an abandoned abandoned house.”

“Then I’ll start looking around elsewhere. This is yours to take charge of.”

“Okay.”

I internally breathed a sigh of relief.

‘It’s really tough.’

Dingㅡ

“……!”

At that time, something that seemed like a notification sound could be heard faintly from inside the building, as if something had touched the machine incorrectly.

It was such a small sound that I hoped Layton couldn’t hear it. But he, too, seemed to have heard the sound as I had, and turned his half-turned body back towards me.

” Move to the side. ”

“……”

I thought as I looked at Layton, who looked like he was going to push in with force if I didn’t get out of the way.

‘If you kill the main character, the world won’t disappear, right?’