episode_0155

In pitch-black darkness.

An underground space that existed before this city was called the City of Magic Engineering.

“Ugh… Ugh….”

In the quiet space, a man was swimming in the sea of silence.

“…Shit!”

He knew very well who was chasing him.

The silence was broken momentarily. The first time was difficult, but the second time was easy.

“Who the hell are you! What do you want? ”

Suddenly the horizon tilted.

Even in the dark, I could tell that much.

But the man couldn’t move. His sky had turned upside down, and he was suddenly in the middle of a tilted world.

Never born, never died.

I just visited a city called Magusfall.

A moment of time. Only a single corpse, the head and body separated, was lying around, having ended its own life.

“Okay, this clears this place too.”

A woman approached the body and muttered to herself.

Her true identity is the 2nd ranked Magusfall troubleshooter.

It was true that countless murders had been committed on this earth, against their will, and not by their own.

With this, one branch of the strange group known as the ‘Sansaengja’ was completely annihilated.

“Sigh….”

A sigh of inertia. The second person recalled the recent past in that sigh.

When she lost her home base and went into hiding for a while. She had to hide for a while to avoid the 6th and 7th places, so she left the North and headed to the East.

The North was a home away from home, not only to the Lidocaine Association, but to her as well.

Her next move was simple.

Instead of heading to one of her many hideaways in the East…

Heading to one of the strongholds of the Lidocaine Association.

“What? You guys?”

But that choice led her to an unexpected encounter.

This was because the base she arrived at happened to be under the control of anti-Lidocaine forces.

“….”

In the end, the runners-up met their enemies before their allies.

It was easy for her to get out of the situation, but avoiding the problem was rare for her.

Instead, she made another choice.

***

The second request was passed on to the president of the Tetracaine Association through the local anti-lidocaine forces.

A few days later, a reply came.

“What?”

A hologram appears above the terminal screen in second place.

But the shape was not that of a human being, but of a large wolf.

“What was that first thing you said? How rude.”

“What?”

A young voice that doesn’t sound like the president’s voice.

“….”

The second place winner thought that his eyes were weird.

It was a hologram so I couldn’t tell for sure, but there was something inside the wolf’s fur. And it wasn’t just one thing, there were several.

“Be quiet. I’m talking.”

A much more polite and boring voice than the one I heard earlier.

It was a very familiar voice to the second place. Like father, like daughter. Even the tone of voice was very similar.

“You must have been very busy. I see you’re contacting me now.”

“Let’s get straight to the point. The 4th place has decided to accept your request.”

“Is that 4th place nearby right now?”

“I’m here right now?”

The voice was heard again. It was the same voice from before.

The second place was watching the hologram, but couldn’t find it easily.

The hologram was part of a mana field, so it was all blue, and without any color differentiation, it was a challenge to find the little bats moving through the wolf’s fur.

“But we also have conditions.”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

The bat, which had been moving busily in the fur, soon rose above the wolf’s head.

“Do you know the guy who recently became 8th?”

“I know. What is that?”

“I need you to help me deal with that guy and the group he belongs to.”

“What? Why me?”

“Huh? Then I have no reason to mediate between you and those guys?!”

The bat said this and then disappeared into the wolf’s fur again.

“That’s right. Should I consider the talks as broken off?”

Then the wolf tried to end the communication as if he had nothing more to say.

“….”

The second place person vowed to himself that he would get revenge someday.

“Okay, I’ll do it. But make sure those guys keep their hands off me.”

“Okay!”

As soon as he answered, the bat jumped up.

With a slight difference, cats, dogs… and even strange insects appeared in the wolf’s fur.

The father of the association president, who was in second place, was also an eccentric person, but his impression of his daughter seemed to be even more eccentric than his own father.

“Well, don’t be too upset. If you and the other guy hadn’t messed with us in the first place, things wouldn’t have ended up like this, right?”

“….”

“Information on the subjugation of the 8th and the living beings will be sent separately here.”

“Okay.”

After confirming that there was nothing more to say, the second person immediately ended the communication.

***

Several days have passed since that communication ended. Present.

In various parts of the eastern part of Maguspol, hunting for the 8th and its descendants was taking place.

Similar things happened at several other strongholds of the living beings, other than the one visited by the second place.

“All ready for battle!”

“Request reinforcements from headquarters!”

Their appearance is that of being faithful to orders and maintaining good military discipline.

But it didn’t take long for everyone within the stronghold to stop breathing, making their resistance meaningless.

Jiiing!

The users of full-body prosthetics are roaming around the base, looking for any survivors.

They looked so indistinguishable from battle droids that it was hard to tell the difference.

“Okay, everything is taken care of. Contact Blue Heart.”

“Okay, sir.”

Similar reports and communications reached the offices of the Blue Heart Office from all over the East.

“Chris, the Gear Hunters office says they’ve completely cleared out another stronghold.”

“Oh, really?”

I was sitting on a round chair next to Sylvia, turning around here and there.

“Didn’t you say that the second place dealt with one just before?”

“Yes, that’s right. At this rate, I think it’ll be over in a few days, even if it doesn’t get 8th place.”

“Ah, I have to get 8th place.”

Unfortunately, the 8th place winner, who is the representative of the survivors, has not been caught yet.

The leader of the living seems to be separate, but he disappeared from this city before the 8th or other strongholds.

After being ambushed by the Steel Shark office led by Belova, I ended up becoming shark food.

“Chris!”

“Huh?”

I quickly turned my head at the sound of David’s voice at the other desk.

David had Laia right next to him, a sight that no longer seemed so awkward.

“Where are you this time?”

“The seahorse of the full moon.”

“Huh?”

“Chris, this is one of the white offices I interviewed at.”

Ah, I think I finally remembered it.

It was clearly an office centered around humans and fish.

David and Leia got up from their seats and came over to me and Sylvia.

“We missed a few, but it looks like we’ve definitely destroyed the stronghold.”

“It doesn’t matter how many pyramids there are.”

The important thing was the message. It wasn’t a big deal for them to miss a few survivors.

So, I decided to ignore the minor mistakes of the subordinate office.

“Then the remaining strongholds in the East are….”

Without finishing her sentence, Sylvia marked another stronghold on the map of the living on her desk with an X.

“If I do it right, it might end today?”

“Well, that seems like a very optimistic outlook.”

“I don’t think they’ll last long either.”

“See, Lia is like that too.”

“Since Ms. Lia has never fought directly with the living, let’s leave her out of the discussion.”

Well, Sylvia’s answer was quite logical.

The information previously given to the second place included information about the Sansaengs, the techniques they use, and Sansaeng tea.

The creatures transform objects they come into contact with into liquid for a certain period of time.

***

That liquid is Sansengcha.

In this city, techniques like making mountain tea are not that special.

There is even a technology that can capture the victim’s memories and emotions.

However, the time that the survivors have to make contact with the victim is only 10 seconds.

If you can hold out for just 10 seconds, you can turn any strong person into liquid. Fortunately, it requires a considerable amount of stamina.

For the average person, once a week.

The guy who made my client suffer from a stroke the other day was something that happened once every two or three days.

“But Chris, I think it’s a little late to ask now.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Is it possible to mediate as the 2nd party wants?”

“Yeah.”

“…It’s a bit dry.”

“No, I’m telling you, it’s really possible.”

I also had a corner of my faith.

That would have been easy with the help of 1st and 5th place.

Plus, now that I own several large billboards, I have no shortage of funds.

With connections and money, what can’t be done in this city?

“Hehehehe.”

“What, why are you suddenly like that?”

“Still, I want to believe that everyone has some kind of thought.”

“Hey, Sylvia. Don’t worry so much. I’ll take care of everything. ”

“Are you really only going to trust Chris?”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Anyway, Sylvia is too cautious, which is a problem. Of course, I liked that side of Sylvia too.

Since then, the office has been busy checking the news of victory coming from all over the eastern region.

However, it was Sylvia, not me, who decided the timing of the subjugation of the living.

Because the last stronghold of the living was destroyed at 3:00 AM, past midnight.

“Okay! Sylvia. First, tell everyone in the subordinate office that I did a good job.”

“Yes, I’ll just finish that and go to bed. Chris, go to the third floor first.”

“Huh? Is that okay?”

“Well, that’s enough for me and David.”

There was also Laia, but I decided to just skip over it since Sylvia didn’t mention it.

“Okay, then I’ll get ready at home first. Bye David and Leia too!”

“Goodbye!”

“Chris, please be careful on your way home.”

I left the office, leaving behind the two people’s answers and Sylvia waving her hand vigorously.

The second place winner was more enthusiastic about subduing the mountain people than expected.

‘No, I knew you had the ability all along, but I didn’t know you would put in this much effort.’

I got on the elevator thinking that I would mediate as soon as tomorrow.

The same alarm and door closing sound as always.

When I was alone, I started to have different thoughts.

If this incident serves as an opportunity to somehow resolve the hostile relationship between the two…

To maintain a certain degree of neutrality with other top-tier problem solvers.

‘Come to think of it, I’m still wondering who I should be my escort.’

The Sage of the East and the Sage of the South. It was quite difficult to decide which of the two sages I should be the escort of.

***

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t even notice the elevator doors were wide open.

“Ah.”

I got out of the elevator, walked down the hallway, and arrived in front of the house.

As soon as I opened the front door, Lund, who looked like a wolf, poked his head out from the living room.

“Oh, what is it?”

Above Lund’s head, Sheila’s cat head appeared. Above Sheila’s head, the general’s head appeared.

“What, why is everyone awake?”

“I’ve been waiting for Chris.”

At Sheila’s answer, I quickly closed the door and quickly went into the living room.

“Eww, Rund!”

“….”

Lund didn’t move at all, unlike usual. He had a hard expression on his face, as if he was enduring an inevitable fate.

Eventually, I landed on Lund’s back.

“Eww.”

The arrival of a new passenger caused other existing passengers to drop out.

“Sheila, where is Midas?”

“I’m eating in my room.”

Well then, that’s right. It’s Midas as usual. Rather, I felt relieved when I heard that answer.

“Oh, that’s right. Lund. The subjugation of the living is over.”

“It ended sooner than I thought.”

“Yeah, I think the 2nd place winner showed off his skills better than I expected.”

“Then I guess I have to move here tomorrow too.”

“That’s right. Because that’s a promise.”

“What promise?”

In response to Sheila’s question, I held Sheila in her cat-like state and headed towards the sofa.

“I made a promise to the 2nd place. If you take care of those guys that are an eyesore to me, I’ll help you out a little bit.”

“Chris, didn’t you hate being in second place?”

hmm….

“Right? The old 2nd place and the current 2nd place. I just hate 2nd place.”

Or maybe it’s a fate that will make you an enemy of the second place.

It was nice to finally be able to talk to my group, but… for now, sleep came first.

“Okay, let’s all go to sleep!”

I was planning on eating something delicious to celebrate completing the Sansaengja subjugation, but first, let’s sleep!

Sheila and Janggun were carried obediently into my arms and headed to the room.

Lund also saw us like that and said to us to grow well.

“Sleep well, Lund! And don’t sleep alone on the sofa again!”

“Okay.”

You said you only knew words all the time.

I decided to check if Lund was sleeping strangely again if he ever felt the need to pee while sleeping.

Creak.

As I opened the door, I saw our little guinea pig emptying his food bowl in the corner.

“Midas, hello.”

“Wow!”

“We’re going to sleep now, do you want to sleep too?”

“Already?”

“No, not yet.”

“Midas, it’s 3am now.”

The general intervened from the side because he was so shocked. At that sight, Sheila and I just laughed.

“Okay, everyone, let’s sleep!”