episode_0038

Tracking down the companies behind the Office of Policing.

On the day I received a call asking if I wanted to participate.

“….”

I was inside Sylvia’s bar looking at my old wings decorated near the bar where the bartenders stayed.

I may not have seen a deer head or a taxidermy of another animal, but it was my first time seeing a vampire’s wings become a hunting trophy.

I asked, naturally turning my gaze to Sylvia.

“Silvia.”

“Yes?”

“So what are you going to do?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Tracking the company behind it. The rat swarm caused a commotion.”

“Well, ”

Looking at Sylvia’s answer, it seemed like she wasn’t very reluctant.

“I mean tracking down the company behind it. Can you catch it?”

“Is that so?”

Martin, another bartender next to me, opened his mouth to my question.

Although his hands were busy preparing drinks, he spoke well.

“In the first place, if you contact the offices around Miller Town like this, you will get an exact estimate. Since nothing is working as is, we are trying to increase manpower.”

“But Miller Town is a mess anyway, so there is no place to start other than the surrounding regional offices.”

That’s because Miller Town was attacked by a group of titans and the 3rd ranked player.

It seems like the problem solving offices that were there in the first place were swept away by a swarm of rats before that.

“Well, if you think about the reputation of the public order maintenance office, it would be better to participate.”

“Then just pretend to do it in moderation?”

“Yes, since the matter has become this big… they must have put in the effort to clean up the traces.”

Perhaps Adem in the office had more work to do.

“But we know that white rats are related to the abandoned factory incident.”

“I might be able to help you in that regard as well.”

Deokbong and the guy who fought us in the abandoned factory… I don’t know his name, but that black guy.

Although they did not succeed in their request, it was clear that knowing who their client was would be of great help in tracking down the background.

When I mentioned Deokbong, I couldn’t help but mention people related to him.

“What did the Ildong office do?”

“It would be the same for us. Some problems arose while Mr. Ilseong was away, and I think he will participate to save face for the public order maintenance office.”

“Hmm….”

Then I thought maybe they would go after Deokbong too.

When I am sitting on a chair and assuming the posture of a thinking person.

-Tiring.

The doorbell rang with a cheerful sound.

It was Astoby and David. The two of them came to Sylvia’s bar together.

It wasn’t a common occurrence.

“Hello, both of you!”

“You’re strong today too.”

As David said that, he handed me some colorful candies.

Ah, I wanted to see the face of that co-worker who was such a kind guy, but who got stabbed in the back so spectacularly.

“I want to eat something red.”

“After all, a vampire is a vampire.”

yes! In fact, just by looking at the color, I felt drawn to red candy.

I wondered if other vampires in this city would probably make similar choices.

For vampires, blood is essential for survival.

Preferring a red color similar to blood is an inevitable instinct, right?

It was a completely different problem from the fact that Chinese people in the real world like the color red for trivial reasons.

***

I first asked David about Johnny’s condition.

“Well, I guess it’s okay.”

“Isn’t that too rough?”

“No, no. It’s not that I’m indifferent, it’s that if something happened, there would have been some kind of contact. Since it is a black oak to begin with, it will be strong.”

“Skin color has nothing to do with being strong.”

“Well, I’m not sure because that’s your one-sided argument.”

“What?”

David answered Astoby indifferently.

“Ah, why are you two like this again?”

I quickly got between them and tried to stop them, but when Astoby made a grim expression, David just touched his glasses with an expressionless expression.

“I hope you refrain from fighting in other people’s bars.”

“…Okay. Sylvia, give me a drink!”

Sylvia smiled at Astoby’s words.

David also did not provoke the other person further.

When I thought about it, I wondered if the office was running with this kind of configuration.

-widely.

Sylvia gave Astoby a bottle of alcohol without any special intervention.

But David was just eating candy.

“What, David doesn’t drink?”

“Because I have to drive again.”

Oh, it would still be nice to drink a little bit. You have a more sincere personality than I thought.

“This guy almost hit the refugees on the way. But what happens if you drink alcohol too?”

“Refugees?”

When I looked at David and asked him about Astoby’s words, David answered that he had done nothing wrong.

“They suddenly rushed in. I definitely drove normally.”

“Well, there are more refugees these days.”

Martin next to David reacted to David’s words.

“Oh, now that I think about it, I wonder what happened.”

“What?”

When asked by my companions, I mentioned what I had asked Frank to do.

Of course, it wasn’t a good thing for other customers at the bar to hear…

It transformed into a baby bat.

‘The wings look the same as the bat, right?’

It seemed to be separate from the original wings.

Anyway, I climbed on top of David’s head and started talking while pressing his head.

David’s body became stiff as soon as I got on top of him.

“….”

“….”

After the baby bat finished whispering in a low voice, the group remained silent for a while.

“So what is that process in the end?”

“Well, I don’t know either. Anyway, I told you not to kill me, so don’t worry.”

“No, I’m actually more worried. I can easily imagine what it would be like to deal with it without killing it…”

At least in this city, Maguspol, that might be the case.

Was it wrong to put a condition on a guy whose entire life was hunting vampires not to kill anyone?

***

“Well, you’ll find out somehow.”

Meanwhile, Sylvia spoke to David as if she wasn’t particularly worried.

I don’t know how Frank is handling it, but…

The number of customers visiting Sylvia’s bar has already increased significantly.

It appears that the number of problem solvers who engage in vigilante activity and hunt refugees is decreasing.

“That’s right, David and Astoby can help too.”

“What?”

I jumped over David’s head and landed on Astoby’s head.

Astoby had a comfortable posture, unlike David.

When I pressed her head, Astoby’s expression brightened, as if he was not in a bad mood.

“Please tell your acquaintances not to mess with refugees and to just come for a drink!”

The two people easily nodded their heads at my words.

Meanwhile, David briefly said he had something to say to Sylvia.

As the two people disappeared into the inner space, I asked Astoby while continuing to press his head.

“Astobi.”

“Huh?”

“Who has more friends, David or Astoby?”

“…It must be that guy.”

Oh, are you willing to admit that?

It seemed like it was a matter of pride for her to insist that Johnny’s skin color had nothing to do with his stoutness.

“Still, the one that most people know is Old Man Johnny.”

“Oh, really? Does Johnny have that many friends?”

He’s a black orc carrying a minigun and wearing sunglasses.

Even though she was not a woman, there was a reason why she was popular among her colleagues in Dream City.

Not only is it good in performance, but it also looks cool and has a generous personality. In addition, there is a relative fairy effect, perhaps due to some colleagues who have PC elements!

Of course, it is not clear whether Johnny is the fellow character himself.

First of all, the appearance and the weapons used are completely identical.

Perhaps the author of that strange novel based on Dream City… modified it to suit his taste?

-Tiring!

The doorbell rang again.

Without realizing it, my eyes turned to the entrance of the bar.

Then… the person I had thought of for just a moment appeared.

I’m sure I saw the magician at the entrance to the sewer near Cat Mom’s headquarters. It was Medusa, a snake with white hair!

The woman who came into the bar came across as the captain.

Martin, like the other guests, asked her what she wanted to drink.

“A glass of Golden Dream.”

“In our bar, we use other herbal liqueurs instead of Galliano for Golden Dream. Is that okay?”

“Yes.”

“Do you like orange juice? Or would you like it juiced?”

“Anything doesn’t matter.”

“Is there a garnish you would like?”

“Isn’t it normal to drink Golden Dream without garnish?”

It was a conversation that felt like a real bar.

I understand that garnish refers to ingredients that are added to a cocktail as decoration.

Like cut lemons or herbs?

Meanwhile, the woman answered Martin’s question as if it didn’t really matter.

That attitude made me feel as if the reason I came here wasn’t to drink.

After finishing her order, she looked around the bar.

“Ah.”

Then, Astoby’s eyes met mine above his head.

“….”

That woman doesn’t know what my baby bat looks like.

But the way he looked at me felt scary for some reason.

“Hiik.”

“What, what’s wrong?”

Without realizing it, I moved my position from Astoby’s head to his right shoulder.

***

If this happens, I will no longer be visible because I will be covered by Astoby’s bulky body.

The woman just smiled slightly at my actions.

Afterwards, Sylvia and David, who had headed to the inner space, came out again.

I was so happy that I immediately climbed onto Sylvia’s head.

“Chris?”

“Silvia, over there. Hey!”

I pointed at Sylvia, who called my name, toward the suspicious guest and pressed her head.

Although her hair was matted due to the stronger pressure than usual, Sylvia headed toward the warehouse, wary of unfamiliar customers.

-widely.

Sylvia immediately closed the door to the warehouse.

As Medusa’s figure disappeared from sight, I breathed a sigh of relief.

“Phew….”

“Chris, I have something important to say.”

“Huh?”

“David told me that Badek is planning to quit our office.”

suddenly?

It may have been Johnny who was injured, but I was surprised to hear Badek say something like that.

“Why? Did we do something wrong?”

“No, I don’t think that’s the problem.”

Sylvia carefully held me above my head with both hands.

Then he looked down with his hands on his hands and said.

“He didn’t say it, but David said he might be thinking of retiring again since he has Johnny’s work to do.”

“Well… well, if that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do.”

After all, both Badek and the rest of our office were originally retired solvers.

“Still, you feel a little sad?”

“Me too. Still, rather than dying during a mission, I can at least come to the bar and see your face sometimes.”

I was dumbfounded to see Sylvia saying such a thing with an indifferent expression.

“Really! Sylvia, you laugh a little sometimes!”

“Isn’t this something to laugh about?”

That’s right though!

I quickly returned to my normal self.

Then, he lifted the corners of Sylvia’s mouth with both hands and made her smile.

The fingers of his ferocious right hand moved more carefully than his left. If I made a mistake, it was clear that Sylvia’s pretty face would be hurt.

“Chris?”

“Huh?”

“No one usually smiles so much that the corners of their mouths turn up like this, right?”

Really…everything he said was only saying the right things.

Anyway, Sylvia and I decided to let Badek have his way once he personally told us the story.

“Don’t Johnny and others do that?”

“Well, there might be more than Badek.”

When I came out of the warehouse while having that conversation, I had already transformed back into the form of a baby bat.

Because I was still worried about Medusa from before.

“Uh, what is it? Where did you go?”

But Medusa has long since disappeared.

When Sylvia asked Martin about Medusa, he said that she quickly drank the drink she ordered and then disappeared.

“You really went?”

“He probably came to look for you.”

What, did Martin already know? I wondered if that was why he was asking such questions.

Because you can tell what kind of personality she is even through basic conversation.

“Ah, Chris. Now that I think about it, did you see this?”

“Huh?”

Meanwhile, David suddenly showed his terminal screen and asked:

It seemed like the popularity of the Little Jinjo video had already waned thanks to the rats in Miller Town.

In the video David showed, a fixer was speaking in front of people while wearing a band around his head with the red words ‘Hell of disbelief’ written on it.

“Everyone! If you have a dream of the beautiful Magusfall, there will be a path to that goal. The names of those two paths should be ‘virtue’ and ‘consideration’!”

The fixer said so and insisted that the hostile actions against the refugees resulting from the unfortunate events in Miller Town be stopped.

….

Was this the treatment Frank was talking about?