episode_0060

Happy shopping!

And a few days later, happy? The meeting was scheduled to begin.

The place, of course, was not the Silver Side.

This will reveal to my enemies the full story of the so-called anti-lidocaine forces that are approaching me.

Instead, our meeting place was Little Village, a district located south of Silverside.

Even so, the Idong office based in central and southern Silverside suggested Little Village to us as a meeting place.

Little Village.

Among the areas of Cabrini Green with many orcs and goblins, it was, as its name suggests, a place where smaller races mainly lived.

Not only goblins, but also gremlins, dwarves, dwarfs, and fairies were the representative residents of Little Village.

“Silvia, wouldn’t we be more noticeable if we went to places like that for no reason?”

“That may be true, but they are people guaranteed by Ildong’s office.”

“That’s right, and Little Village isn’t just about short guys.”

“Really?”

After listening to Sylvia and David, I became curious.

“Then who will leave from our side?”

“First of all, Chris cannot be left out of this meeting.”

“And Sylvia, the director?”

“Yes, that will happen.”

For now, just me and Sylvia.

“There is one more person. That friend.”

Johnny, dressed as a bartender next to David, opened his mouth.

The tip of his finger was pointing at Eslok, who looked like a giant mole.

“Eslok?”

“Sister, I heard that that guy was the former branch leader of the Lidocaine Association.”

Johnny mentioned that and said that Esloc itself was proof of our victory over the Lidocaine Association.

“So… there are three people.”

“You are also going together?”

“What? Why me?”

“Well, he’s famous among us.”

Johnny was shocked at the reason David mentioned.

“I’m just an old man who retired and came back!”

In response to Johnny’s response, David gave the reason that he didn’t know what would happen this time.

Johnny then said that for that reason, it would be better to take Astoby rather than him.

“Just looking at that guy brings a picture to life. It would also be good to intimidate them.”

“…Is that so?”

Before he knew it, David was being persuaded by Johnny’s magic.

“But Astobi is monitoring Adem.”

“Well, I or this guy can monitor that guy.”

Johnny pointed to himself and David in response to my question.

“Um….”

It seemed like Johnny and David would be enough to stop Adem.

‘I feel like someone is forgetting something.’

“Ah!”

When I suddenly shouted, everyone around me looked at me.

“How about Lina?”

“…Me?”

When I suddenly mentioned Lina, Lina, who was mopping the floor in the corner of the bar with a rolling pin, responded.

“Like Johnny said, I think Astoby would be fine too! I don’t think there’s anything better than turning Lina into stone if something happens.”

“That’s true too.”

David quickly complied.

It seemed like a good opinion for Sylvia to hear, so she immediately confirmed the opinion of the person concerned.

“Rina, what do you think?”

“Uh… I don’t think I’m suitable for a place where such high-ranking people gather.”

“Still, everyone has high expectations for your petrification ability.”

“That….”

While Lina couldn’t properly respond to Sylvia’s words.

“Lina, Lina.”

Before I knew it, I, in the form of a baby bat, had landed on top of her head.

“You know what?”

“…What?”

“Among the people coming this time is the president of a famous association in the southern part of the city.”

You probably don’t know what I mean!

“In the southern part of the city?”

“Yes! So, if the story goes well, wouldn’t it be possible to ask the association for a small favor?”

I would like to ask you a small favor to check on the current status of Lina’s friend, the fairy hacker Tina.

“Really?!”

“Of course. Lina, if you help me, I will help you.”

If you think about it, Lina risked her life for one of her friends and did something like that in Miller Town.

It seemed unlikely that Lina could have a stronger motive than this.

“Okay, I’ll try my best!”

“Good! Next!”

After Lina’s companionship was confirmed without a hitch.

Ilseong, the director of Ildong Office, was added as another companion.

Just in case, Sylvia asked him if he would accompany her, and he readily agreed.

After all, Ildong’s office is in a cooperative relationship with our office… I thought they might be thinking of using this opportunity to stamp their faces on the anti-lidocaine forces.

***

A famous android manufacturing factory in Little Village.

It seemed to be a factory run by dwarven brothers who had a certain presence in the area.

A secret meeting with anti-lidocaine forces was scheduled to begin in the basement of one such factory.

First of all, our Blue Heart Office did our best to confuse the Lidocaine Association’s tracking team while departing from the Silver Side.

The cars driven by David, Johnny, and Lillian headed in different directions, and the car driven by Sylvia took advantage of the gap to safely escape the Silver Side.

“Phew… I’m relieved that I’m out of the silver side.”

“Well, that’s not necessarily true.”

Sylvia, who was hiding in the car in the form of a baby bat, responded as if it was still too early to feel relieved.

Lina, who was sitting in the back seat, also did not neglect to watch out for the four pillars along with the white snakes that were her hair.

And next to her, Eslok, looking like a giant mole, was hiding under the seat.

‘It looks like a Tetris block that someone put in there.’

“…?”

Eslok seemed to be doing this without thinking, but he seemed to have noticed my gaze.

I quickly avoided his gaze and asked Sylvia.

“So now I just have to join Ilseong’s side, right?”

“Yes, I think Youngmin is probably there too.”

Eslok, the former tribe leader, Lina, the Medusa, and Ilseong and Yeongmin from the Ildong office.

With this configuration, it was not only reliable, but it was like a hearty soup.

Now that I think about it, Dream City doesn’t have the soup I like, so I suddenly feel sad.

‘No, what am I thinking now?’

How can you not think of anything at such an important moment?

I wondered if this was also the effect of becoming a child. No, no matter how crazy the kids are, I don’t think it’s to this extent.

“I think that’s the car.”

“Oh, that’s right!”

When I looked at the car that Sylvia mentioned, I could instantly see Youngmin wearing the hat I bought him last time.

But did Youngmin say that was a disguise?

No, at least I thought Ilseong, who was with me, didn’t even point it out.

‘Anyway, I don’t like that guy, Ilseong, or Youngmin’s name or anything like that.’

As I thought about Youngmin’s strange name, I felt like my eyes became sharper without me realizing it.

Meanwhile, even without us saying anything, the office vehicle started taking us somewhere.

Oh, it’s not somewhere.

I knew very well where my destination was. The basement of an android factory run by dwarf brothers.

When we arrived in front of the factory, the factory workers who had been waiting in advance quickly approached us.

“This way.”

Most of them were dwarves, but there were also goblins.

There were people who were unusually tall and didn’t look like dwarves, but because the situation was so bad, I didn’t bother to point it out.

By the way, I always felt uncomfortable seeing goblins and dwarves getting along well.

After entering the factory, we immediately boarded the elevator.

It appears to be not a regular elevator, but a special elevator heading underground.

“Are there any guests who arrived before us?”

“Yes, the only ones that haven’t arrived yet are Procaine and Kehern.”

It seemed that representatives from the Procaine Association and the Kehern Office had not arrived.

***

Still, there are four forces including the Tetracaine Association.

The anti-lidocaine forces in the Dream City game seemed to have participated just fine.

-Ding!

As soon as the elevator reached the second basement floor, a distinctive alarm was heard.

We didn’t hear anything like it was on the second basement floor, but we continued to move quickly.

“The meeting place is here.”

“….”

After one of the dwarves guided us, we were able to arrive at what looked like a conference room.

As soon as the door opened, we saw the four people who had arrived before us.

Sylvia and Ilseong were the first to take their seats as well.

I sat down in the empty seat next to Sylvia, and Eslok and Lina also headed to their appropriate seats.

Eslok, looking like a giant mole, was standing behind Sylvia and I, and Lina was in the corner, keeping everyone in the conference room in her field of vision.

However, because it was so clear that she was Medusa… it was a move with very explicit intentions.

“Are they really doubting us?”

One of the four representatives who came to the conference room first asked Sylvia and me.

“Well, that’s not unreasonable either.”

“I think it’s important to say hello first.”

Sylvia opened her mouth only after they had finished speaking.

“We, the Blue Heart Office, and you each contacted us individually and came together here.”

‘There are two forces that haven’t arrived yet.’

Sylvia specified that not all delegates had arrived yet as I thought.

“Blue Heart Office, I don’t know about that, but isn’t it too late for the other two forces?”

“If you think about it that way, they didn’t arrive that fast compared to the distance.”

A human male in a black uniform whose eyes are covered by a visor that emits green eye light.

As soon as he started talking about the two forces that had not yet arrived, an elf woman next to him added.

It’s as if we can’t be free in that regard either.

” That’s right, do you know how much effort we put in to get here? ”

“Let’s stop talking nonsense and start the meeting.”

Despite the whining voice of another man next to the woman, the woman who spoke last seemed as if it didn’t matter.

That woman is the eldest daughter of the second place!

“We all came this far without even being able to rest. So, I don’t think there’s any need to be considerate of those who aren’t on time properly.”

“No, I’m not tired.”

“….”

The male rat who continued talking seemed to have a lot to say at her intervention.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the conference room was so informal that it was unbecoming of their positions.

This is because there was a personal relationship between these four representatives.

“Lund, you are the only one among us who is not tired.”

“…Of course, I agree with that opinion. It’s a waste of my time to wait any longer.”

Lund Langabes, or Lund Löfgren. The former was his father’s surname, and the latter was his human mother’s surname.

I, as well as she, knew these four representatives well.

The human male wearing a visor with green eye glow is William Stoltz, director of Maguspol Southern Graduate School.

And that whiner who keeps complaining about his fatigue is Alfred Einhorn, head of the Epirena office.

The elf woman who is quieter than the others is Serotonin Science CEO Solas Kurylenko.

It’s still too early to feel at ease just by looking at the outside.

But their names and appearances perfectly matched the leaders of the anti-Lidocaine forces I knew.

To be honest, I don’t know if my last name is correct…

Apart from Lund Langabes, Solas Kurylenko and Alfred Einhorn seemed to have clearly not changed.

I wondered if William Stoltz was the only one whose last name was that originally.

‘Well, I guess those four people I know are the same.’

“But first, I have to say thank you to everyone.”

“…?”

When the four representatives showed a curious reaction, Sylvia mentioned the reason.

“No matter the circumstances, you decided to help us who were captured by the Lidocaine Association.”

“Don’t be mistaken. The goal was the same: overthrowing the Lidocaine Association. I didn’t come here to help you.”

Lund acted very stiffly at Sylvia’s words.

“Kid, that older sister over there is such a good person even though she talks like that?”

“….”

Sure enough, William Stoltz was friendly to me and told me about Lund’s true nature.

But why sister?

Unless you misunderstand me as a man… Usually, in cases like this, you’re speaking in terms of the listener, not the speaker.

‘Uhm. ‘They’re the same guys I knew.’