episode_0040

Receive endorsement from active solvers and undergo an apprenticeship process alongside them.

The duration of this entire process is approximately 3 months.

And before I knew it, I was approaching the last month.

A lot has happened in two months.

Orc, who posted an advertisement to recruit a vigilante reminiscent of Ernest Shackleton, changed his mind after hearing Malaria Call and the religious rhetoric.

It seemed like they boldly excluded parts that implied threats from refugees and added refugee-friendly content to the recruitment advertisement.

Afterwards, I received a call from Youngmin.

This is the public terminal I have at our office.

“Chris.”

“Yes, it’s me. So did you do some research?”

According to Youngmin, there seemed to be a group of vigilantes cooperating with Ildong’s office that hunted refugees.

“Your office has nothing to do with it, right?”

“Brothers are not like that. Besides, Brother Ilseong is not the kind of person who would look after such a thing.”

“Really?”

“….”

Youngmin hesitated for a moment and then told me about Ilseong’s past.

Ilsung was once the fighting dog of a dog breeder.

This was something I knew from hearing about it before, but I decided to just listen to it one more time from Youngmin.

“So, Youngmin, what you’re saying is… Ilseong also had a hard time with dog fighting, so he wouldn’t necessarily like messing with refugees, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

It would be nice if Youngmin was right.

Still, for now, I decided to trust Youngmin’s words since he probably knew more about Ilseong than I did.

I don’t know how much the situation of refugees has changed since then, but it seems that refugee hunting itself has decreased.

Meanwhile, efforts to restore the devastated Miller Town were gradually beginning.

The sign was that after the group of giants brought in by the Eastern Sage disappeared from Miller Town, other statues were brought in to rebuild them.

I asked Sylvia just in case.

“Silvia, then refugees can move to new homes again?”

“Well, I’m not sure what will happen.”

“Still, since it was a long-awaited restoration, I think priority will be given to existing residents and those wishing to move in.”

In other words, I thought that time would solve the refugee problem.

Afterwards, I was able to receive information about our Blue Heart Office group from Adem.

“….”

I was the one who asked first, but when I saw it, I started to worry.

It was even saved on the office shared terminal, not my terminal.

I could get caught by Sylvia at any time.

Since the original would be with Adem anyway, I deleted the other party members’ information except for Sylvia’s information.

After that, I decided to only look at Sylvia first before I got caught by her.

Basic personal information such as her name, age, and current affiliation.

Next, it consisted of content about her activities.

Before establishing the Blue Heart Office for me, the name of the office she belonged to was Comitofulli Office.

I wondered if there was an office like this in the original.

I’m not a settings fanatic who even memorizes the names of small offices, so there was a good chance I wouldn’t know.

***

‘In times like this, there’s always a way.’

I accessed the Internet directly through a public terminal.

Then I accessed the Magusfall Solver Wiki.

If you know the name, you can look up information about solvers and offices active in this city through this wiki.

As for accuracy… well?

I thought it would be fortunate to have at least some information.

I remember that there were some troubleshooters who deliberately entered incorrect information to cause confusion.

I searched for the Comitopuli office, but the results came out sparse.

The funny thing is that the succession office included our Blue Heart office.

The Comitopuli office itself appears to have been completely destroyed at this point.

In addition to our office, two other offices, Wojtech’s office and Bodin’s office, were marked as successor offices to this office.

Anyway, I went back to the information Adem sent me.

According to information, Silvia was the deputy director of the Comitopuli office.

Of course, it wasn’t like that from the beginning.

Of course, it was clear that most of my troubleshooting activities had been done in this office since I was new.

As he continued his career, he seemed to be attracting attention as the deputy director and next director.

However, we were able to confirm that the office had a record of being defeated by another office in a dispute over the area where the office was located.

The result of a dispute that lasted several years was a victory for the opposing office.

In the meantime, Sylvia seemed to be doing various things on her own, such as helping the captured warden escape.

Despite such performance, it was the opposite result of the Ildong office winning against the Conakry office.

In addition, it was written that the winning opposing office had gouged out the eyes of the fixers from the Comito Puli office.

They formed teams of two, and one person had to gouge out both eyes, and the other had to gouge out only one eye and lead the other solver to return.

‘No, what kind of emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire are you?’

This is not the first time that a game called Dream City has taken motifs from historical events.

Considering that, I thought it might not have been the work of a sloppy writer, but the setting of the original work.

‘Still, I’m glad Sylvia didn’t have her eyes gouged out.’

…for a moment. One of Sylvia’s eyes isn’t a prosthetic eye, is it?

In Maguspol, magic engineering was developed, so it was common for solvers to use prosthetic hands or legs.

Even if an eye was lost, it could be replaced with a prosthetic eye.

However, the director of the Comitofulli office seemed to have died of shock when his favorite subordinates returned in a miserable state.

Afterwards, Sylvia was unable to clean up the messed up office.

Instead, she suddenly disappeared.

With Silvia gone, the remnants of the office were split into two offices, Wojtech and Bodin, and it seems that they are still continuing their existence.

‘Oh, maybe I should have just not looked?’

I felt like I had more questions after watching it than before.

This was not the area where the Comitopuli office was located in the first place.

Adem didn’t seem to know how she ended up opening a bar on the silver side of Cabrini Green.

All it said was that they suddenly appeared and opened a bar.

– Kuuk.

I immediately deleted the information about Sylvia.

Since I had already confirmed it, there was no need to leave a refund.

….

Afterwards, I returned to Sylvia in silence.

“Chris? Where did you go?”

“Oh, I went to the bathroom for a moment.”

It turned into a baby bat and climbed onto Sylvia’s head.

Instead of pressing her head like usual, I stroked her head.

I didn’t know there was such a past.

“…Chris?”

“Stay still, Sylvia.”

Of course, Sylvia seemed at a loss when she suddenly received comfort from a baby bat.

Just comforting wasn’t enough for me.

I pressed and stroked it a little and repeated it several times.

“Boss, did something happen?”

“Well, Chris is a little strange today.”

“Chris was always strange.”

Yes, say whatever you want.

It wasn’t time for me to worry about Martin’s cocky mouth.

I tried my best to comfort Sylvia, but there was no way my actions were properly conveyed to Sylvia.

Afterwards, I foolishly forgot to receive information about other party members from Adem.

Other things happened during the two months.

Badek announced his withdrawal from the office, and Sylvia told Badek that she was grateful for the time and went through the procedures for leaving the office.

While Badek left us and retired from being a fixer once again, Johnny recovered from his injuries and returned to us.

Various things happened during those two months.

***

Back to the present again.

Today I was not at Sylvia’s bar, but at the office for the first time in a while.

It seemed that Sylvia had asked for a new request again.

“So what kind of request is this?”

“Not everything has arrived yet, so let’s wait.

In response to Astoby’s question, Sylvia said that she needed to wait for the others.

There were only five people in the office now: me, Silvia, Astoby, Datihi, and Adem.

The other two, Johnny and David, were still there.

“Now that I think about it, it’s been a long time since I received a request?”

“Yes, there have been vigilante activities and we have focused on tracking down the companies behind it.”

Although the refugee problem was not completely resolved, problems caused by refugees gradually decreased.

As a result, the need for Silver Side vigilantes decreased.

Nowadays, perhaps our cooperation is no longer needed.

There was no significant progress in tracking down the company behind it.

It was impossible to continue indefinitely with no progress.

The Public Safety Office was ultimately unable to determine which company was behind the rat rampage.

I thought maybe it would have been broken by the wise man of the East.

Silvia and I had some guesses, so we shared things about Iron Mask Deokbong and other troubleshooters, but it seems that wasn’t enough.

Meanwhile, while waiting for Johnny and David, it was David who showed up first.

“Everyone, listen to this.”

“Oh, what did you buy again?”

Aren’t you really tired of it?

David was truly the leader of our office.

“Ah, now I can tell just by smelling it.”

It was always ice slime. This ice cream has the unique sticky texture of slime!

“David, but where on earth do you buy this? I don’t think they sell it around here.”

“There is someone selling this in front of my house.”

***

A bright smile blooms on David’s lips.

uh? I decided to ask just in case.

“Is the store owner there… a woman?”

“…But why?”

It seemed that spring was coming even to the stolen fields.

I don’t know if David, who lost both his wife and co-worker due to their affair, would have any intention of starting a new relationship.

“The store owner. What do you think?”

“What?! Why are you suddenly asking that?”

David’s face turned bright as he said that.

Sylvia and Adem deliberately turned away from the overly honest reaction, and Astoby clicked his tongue.

“Please go to the bathroom for a moment.”

Dattich wisely chose to leave this place.

I didn’t provoke David any more.

But deep down, I decided to support David’s new love.

“No, what’s wrong with everyone? I don’t think so. I don’t deserve it in the first place.”

“Uh-huh, I’m not qualified!”

I don’t know if it’s the perpetrator, but it’s not the victim who says that.

I wondered if Maguspol also had a bad culture of blaming the victims rather than the perpetrators.

“David, sit here for a moment.”

David obediently sat down on the chair I pointed to.

“Remember when I talked about refugees before?”

“Ah… I remember. But why is that?”

“It’s not common in this city to see people who can cry for others. At least that’s what I think!”

Parents who had to die, leaving behind children who wouldn’t hurt if they put it in their eyes.

A child who had to watch his parents die in front of his eyes with open eyes, and was murdered right after.

In the real world where I lived, there were very few people who wouldn’t be sad to see this.

But at least here in Maguspol, it was a common sight.

“….”

“So don’t say that you’re not qualified.”

“Keuhum. Chris?”

As I was speaking with a serious expression, Sylvia pointed to the entrance to the office.

Johnny, who had just arrived, was in such a serious mood that he was unable to approach here.

“Sister, is it all over?”

“Yes! Welcome!”

It was true that the atmosphere had become too heavy. Actually, it’s not me who likes this kind of atmosphere.

So, we decided to quickly brighten up the already depressed atmosphere by focusing on Sylvia and Johnny.

“Come on, Sylvia! Everyone is here, so tell me quickly!”

“Okay. He will tell you everything without you having to press him.”

Sylvia hesitated despite my urging.

Only after Datihi returned from the bathroom did her heavy mouth open.

“This time, it is a request from a company.”

“In a company?”

Sylvia nodded to my question.

“It must be a big deal.”

“No, I don’t know that.”

As Johnny spoke decisively, Adem responded.

“It is true that it is a big issue. Does anyone know about this incident?”

Sylvia then showed a video on her terminal.

As soon as the video started, a description of the item appeared.

It seemed to be a laser that automatically attacked pests such as mosquitoes or cockroaches.

Except for me, everyone else in the group seemed to know each other well.

“What is it? Was there something like that?”

It seemed like it would be comfortable.

However, I thought that the force field installed on the window would be enough for flying insects anyway.

“This product was recently released… but something bad happened yesterday.”

Sylvia then showed us another video.

The video was news and showed a laser that automatically attacks insects attacking people passing by.

There was a mosaic, but the person died instantly with holes all over the body.

‘…Have the machines learned that humans are parasites of the Earth?’

Unfortunately, the problem was different from what I imagined.

An unidentified hacker maliciously manipulated the incident to attack people rather than bugs.

“Ah… then maybe?”

“Yes, the company that developed this product tasked us with catching the hacker.”

Oh, this time too, it was a request that definitely gave me the feel of a problem solver.