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[The vital response of Avid Johnsen, managing director, has been lost. The temperature observed at the site instantly dropped to -244 degrees Celsius, so death seems certain.]
“….”
A heavy voice resounded with the sound of knocking on heavy wood.
“Why did you do that?”
[…] … According to the circumstances, a confrontation between Ban and Director Johnsen was created as about 80% of the power of the execution unit under Johnsen’s executive director was incapacitated in an instant. What happened after that… … .]
“Mmm.”
He heard the story of how Iola and Girard, who belonged to the executive level, were miserably suffered in different ways.
Above all, wasn’t Girard an executive who belonged to his line?
Seeing that he hasn’t heard from him yet, there’s no need to guess what his end was like.
[Anyway, it seems that Dyke Corporation is completely ready to pretend to be with us.]
Dodo dodo dodo.
There was the sound of something heavy but not obtuse tapping on the armrest.
The gigantic body wriggling in the dark is too gigantic to be simply human, and it moves vividly.
“You got the wrong target.”
A worried voice opened its mouth.
“Although Dyke made a huge amount of money by entering the dark side of the weapons industry, the basic business is close to industrial tool production. Did you know that we couldn’t easily touch the infrastructure on the Yangji side?”
[However, if you ignored their intentions and touched the industrial plant, you would have been caught by the agents.]
“That’s right. That’s why it’s tricky. As if this situation was deliberately designed… … .”
Given the status of the cartel, it is not a matter of worrying about a company that is only doing well in the sun.
However, it really bothered me that the wizard of Area 49 maintains a close relationship with the agent unlike other freelancers.
There is no such thing as damage if the agent hastily touched the infrastructure on the side and gave the agent a reason to intervene.
In particular, if Evelyn Marcia started participating in the war due to this incident, the damage would be out of control.
The voice’s eyes calmed down.
“I can’t shake hands openly….”
[Are you talking about shaking hands?]
“It’s nothing. After this, I’ll figure it out. You guys, focus on erasing the traces of this operation.”
[However, if this matter is covered in this way, there is a possibility that other presidents will come in check… … .]
“You would have said you did it yourself?”
[…] … I’m sorry.]
The man who cut off the communication touched his forehead with his hand on the armrest.
“You can’t drag it on for a long time. But how do I make a justification… … .”
The initial plan was not like this.
It went smoothly until he touched the wizards Ban and Jenny, who had connections with various strong people, and turned the other bosses’ eyes to the outside.
While the other bosses deal with Ban’s resistance against the cartel, he should have carried the slush funds hidden inside the company… … .
The problem was that things grew too quickly and rapidly than expected.
The way Ban ate the cartel was surprisingly meticulous and tenacious, and the economic loss that occurred in the process made the cartel quite confused internally and externally.
In addition, as Jenny quickly absorbed the names of the subcontractors that half destroyed, increasing her size and attracting Dyke companies, it became difficult to touch slush funds while extensively altering the books inside the company.
It was a mistake.
I knew that he had the ability to moderately harm an organization, but I never dreamed that he would have the insight to shake such a huge organization by himself.
It was clear that things were going wrong.
He heard a strange voice beside him.
“Looks like things are going easy.”
“….”
“I told you to start slowly. Among those who got involved with that magician, there weren’t many good ones… … I would have said.”
The man silently raised his gaze and looked at the young man giggling beside him.
A shaggy beard and tattoos all over his face.
Even though he is making a sloppy mockery, his shining eyes are impressive.
Words like moaning involuntarily escaped from the man’s mouth.
“If it wasn’t just you guys….”
“Oh, I’m sorry to say that. You were the one who accepted our Ten Counts offer.”
“….”
“I don’t want to condemn that choice…From your point of view, as the apostate, it is natural for you to pursue material desires. Didn’t they choose us to enjoy luxuries that cartel bosses wouldn’t be able to fully enjoy?”
apostate.
The moment he heard that word, a powerful magic power from the man’s body pressed down on the young man’s shoulders, but the young man nodded his head without flinching at all.
“As a result, the cartel is in an emergency due to what you started, and they are trying to find out who is the instigator. I’ve been hiding it well until now with the authority of the president… … It’s only a matter of time before the traitor is revealed. yes?”
“…What do you want to say?”
“It is impossible to undo what you did. But once the root of the problem is quickly eliminated, those who try to hold the ringleaders accountable will shut up.”
“….”
“Make a cause. And you’re killing half yourself. At least that much, won’t people consider what you did as a momentary deviation and turn a blind eye to it?”
“but….”
When the man spoke in pain, the young man drove a wedge.
“Think about why that man, Virgil, was dazed about this.”
“…!!”
“He must have already noticed that there is a traitor inside. will be waiting for the right time You don’t want to give him an excuse, do you?”
“No, that doesn’t work….”
The man’s eyes sank deeply.
“…It can never be.”
* * *
The story of Lennok single-handedly overpowering the Cartel’s execution squad quickly spread everywhere.
The execution unit, led by the blood mage Avid Johnsen, is an armed force that truly moves as one body, having succeeded in building a unity of physical abilities and consciousness using his serum.
It was one of the sharpest blades ever to ruthlessly deal with those who defied the will of the cartel.
The story that such human weapons were annihilated by a wizard alone, and a lightning wizard who had stopped working as a freelancer a while ago, was that much unrealistic.
It wasn’t once or twice that absurd rumors circulated on this floor, but it was something that everyone could tell from the atmosphere around it.
Is it really a rumor or is it the protagonist of the rumor itself?
Three days have passed since then.
After raiding and destroying the Dyke Corporation’s factory, the cartel stopped moving.
Lennok, too, did not force himself to move as much as he had fought a fierce battle.
Naturally, the conflict between the two powers entered a lull.
“…Strangely, nothing happened.”
“is it? It’s just that they don’t know if they’re operating in secret.”
“It is not a matter of information. You can tell by looking at the atmosphere on the street.”
Saying that, Dray looked around in silence.
The streets of District 49, which had been quiet for a while, were already crowded with people again.
Not only those exchanging powder in an obscure alley, but also riders gathering in one corner to smoke cigarettes, gangsters trading goods wrapped in sacks, and traders bargaining goods on mats.
It was a landscape that even Lennok had become accustomed to.
“When the conflict with the cartel continues, those who fled like ghosts have returned…There is no way this could happen without any reason. Something must have changed over there.”
“Is that a former soldier’s intuition?”
It was not so sympathetic to Lennok that he guessed the war situation based only on the atmosphere of the street, but Dray is not the type to lie easily.
It wouldn’t be strange to say that he felt something from his point of view, having been patrolling the streets and guarding the bar for well over 15 days.
“Rather than feeling…Among them, there will be those who are exchanging information with the cartel’s low-level members. There is no sign of much movement for the time being. There is a high possibility of exchanging words like this. It’s the same logic that soldiers guess tomorrow’s routine in the unit.”
“….”
As Lennok turned to a pensive face, Dray naturally changed the subject.
“Anyway, being out on the street with Ban-sama, the gaze towards this direction is definitely different. It seems that the mage’s status is really changing day by day.”
“You don’t even know who I’m dealing with?”
Dray laughed at the plain answer.
“It’s not unreasonable to think so… … Think about it from their point of view. The current situation where the cartel does not move even though rumors circulate that the magician alone annihilated the execution unit.”
“….”
“A mage named Ban has power and personal connections comparable to that of an organization. Wouldn’t it be natural to think like this?”
Hearing those words clearly, and looking around, Lennok was only then able to guess the emotions in the gazes of those who were looking at him.
If the gaze, which had changed from indifference to wariness as his reputation increased, was now mixed with faint fear.
Wouldn’t that be closer to the feelings toward an incomprehensible monster than the gaze looking at the same partner?
“If this task is successfully completed, the position of the mage will probably be different from before. Right now, you’re used to life as a freelancer, so you might not realize it… … Anyone who works on these streets will understand.”
The fact that a supernova that even the triumvirate of the Balkans cannot ignore is starting to take its place.
Dray didn’t say the whole thing, but Lennok had a vague idea of what he meant.
He was trying to teach Lennok what it meant to change a person’s status at this distance.
You have to know where you stand, so you can seek the maximum benefit with the minimum loss at any moment.
He had a clear understanding of the power and meaning of one powerful superman.
After I finished the street circuit that I had started to chat with Dray for a while, I told Jenny about it and she nodded as well.
“It’s a Dray-down idea. You must have experienced something similar in the military.”
“You mean in the army?”
“Even 20 years ago, there would have been many cases in which promotion was determined by achievements made on the frontlines of megacities. In order to fill the void in the upper echelons, it must have been common to skip several ranks. In the process, Dray knows how to behave around him in order to survive.”
“….”
These are things you should be aware of in a situation where your status changes.
From Lennok’s point of view, who has lived his life thinking only of tomorrow, this is a somewhat unfamiliar gaze.
If Dray and his mercenaries were brought in this way, wouldn’t it be possible to get help in this area as well?
Whether intentionally or not, Dray was constantly appealing to Lennok for his worth.
In the sense of assistance other than force, which Lennok never thought of.
Jenny looked at Lennok like that, then put her chin on her chin and let out a small sigh.
“By the way, do the cartel really intend to finish things like this…. To be honest, I was prepared for an all-out war involving all of our troops.”
“You think so?”
“well. I don’t know.”
It was hard to hear from her mouth, who was always clear about her likes and dislikes.
“The head of the cartel knew my grandfather well…. I’m sure you know this side of things by now, but I don’t know what he thinks. In fact, it will hang there.”
“Is this Kaise’s story?”
“….”
Jenny was silent for a long time before turning her gaze to Lennok.
“I don’t believe that you can get out of the circumstances of your flesh and blood in a bad way.”
“….”
“But it’s also true that I’m not ready right now…” … . Until now, I was just living on my face as if I were dead, hoping that past ties would pass by.”
Jenny’s expression when she said that was so blurry that it was difficult to say anything.
“Even though decades have passed, there are countless people who still remember Grandpa’s name. To be honest, I like it anyway. But if that name that doesn’t mean much to me now bothers my partner… … .”
The focus is on her two eyes looking into the distance.
I feel that a strong will has been built up inside her again.
Jenny looked up at Lennok.
“I am determined.”
“…Commitment is not so easy to say. Especially in a world like this.”
Lennok took a cigarette from inside his arms and stood up.
After a long walk, I was a little tired.
But he seemed to know exactly what she wanted to say.
That Lennok had to answer that, too.
When he met Antares, he didn’t say anything, but Lennok had noticed something through his encounters.
Pollutants in undeveloped areas.
The remains of the Black Consumer Project.
That the word itself is one of the biggest secrets buried in these streets.
In addition, there is a high possibility that Kaise’s death is related to it.
‘We confirmed that the time line when Yakseon remembers Kaise and the time line when the contaminants in the undeveloped district occurred are similar. Probably no doubt… … .’
The only one who watched Kaise’s end was the medicinal ship. And considering that Lennok was the only one who heard the secret, the probability that the two incidents are related is very high.
The drug ship handed over the option to Lennok in return for his handling of the drug lord.
A secret that Kaise carried to the grave. Whether to tell Jenny about the circumstances of the story or to bury it.
Lennok is still undecided.
As always, I just forcibly turned my gaze toward the task in front of me.
“Focus on cartel work.”
“…okay.”
“Jenny, you said that the end of the work would depend on the president’s intention. But now there is a way to adjust the direction from this side.”
Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine Chapter 223
