How the Villain Lives

49. It's been a long time!

"Just listening to your story isn't easy enough to believe. I need to take a moment to find out more, but I understand you still have reason to betray Jack."

"That's a relief."

"Let me just ask you a few questions. the population of the city, the distribution of jobs, the number of rankers, information about Jack Apron."

Dangerous information that could put the whole city at risk if mishandled.

Collins gave me the point because he shortened some of the important information he knew without hesitation. Collins was not foolish enough to make such a simple decision about grabbing Jack.

'The battle we have fought so far and the battle to come is completely different in character.'

The one called the Ghost clearly intends to eat using himself. But if you can achieve your purpose, even if you're being exploited, it's the sea you want. On the other hand, however, it was Collins who began to burn the passion hidden deep in his heart.

"You shouldn't think like you've been fighting so far...."

The murmured servant later realizes that he was ambushed and shut up. I looked around to see who might have listened, but the people nearby were the ones who were specially borrowed from the guild anyway. I didn't usually work alone lonely, but I didn't have Sung-hoon, so it wasn't good.

'Chet. If only my sister could go with me.'

Yooseong Hun or Mirina, Eli knew that the servant was not normal. However, no one knows exactly how crazy it is. It wasn't very special to have innocence and cruelty at the same time, but there is something about it. If you enter combat with such a weak heart that you are suspicious of dependence, it is the servant who literally tears the enemy apart, twists it, and enjoys it.

It's a strange expression, but if Sung-hoon hadn't managed the fishery occasionally, if Mirina had been weaker than she is now, she wouldn't have been as angry as she is if Ellie had continued to be the subject of experiments.

'Quickly and peacefully finish everything..'

"Master."

The attendant, looking in the direction his men were pointing, nodded with a grin.

As a number of people were advancing at a certain distance, a few fell quietly behind and were caught clumping together.

"I never miss a thing he said!"

"What would you do?"

"I think there's a pretty strong one, but I'll go after him myself. Don't worry about me. If any of you want to fall somewhere else, make sure you take care of it."

"Got it."

Argh.

When I pressed on the legendary hood that consumed almost all the treasures I had gathered so far, the employee's appearance began to melt into the surrounding objects. It doesn't increase your special skills or stats much, but as much as your Hiding and Camouflage abilities are the best, you won't even be able to walk the streets during the day.

A servant who unwittingly harmed people and finally reached his destination smiled as he realized that he had seen the face of one of the gathered people somewhere.

Kenshin?

Kenshin is the head of the Kamikaze Guild, which was formerly the leading force in Tokyo, but is now the head of the Kamikaze Guild, which has fallen into one of the largest guilds. Sung-hoon said it was one of the important people to remember, so it still remained in memory.

"... I've spent all the money I've made so far..."

"Kamikaze, no, the fate of Japan..."

'I need to get closer.'

If the 3rd Awakener is the opponent, it is a tremendous burden to approach even the employee. However, there was no need to worry about that. Kenshin was a secondary awakener who did not achieve tertiary awakening. If Ryosuke or Uchida had been alive, he would have been able to clear a Class A mission and awaken a 3rd time.

However, two top-rankers and dozens of top-rankers died at once because of the trap that Sung-hoon dug. Since then, the power in Tokyo has been cut considerably because Kenshin promised to deal with the remnants who followed Ryosuke in the past, so there is still no third awakener. Of course, Kenshin should not be compared to a normal secondary awakener, but there was a slight gap, and I was quite close and didn't notice the presence of the attendant.

"It's a good thing we merged with the Chinese into one city. As numbers grew and everything changed, surveillance on the part of the Alliance loosened."

"For us, that's a genius's chance."

"But maybe it was too hasty. Let's take a little more time..."

"Idiot! Now is the best time to move! If not now, it's too late!"

Kenshin, who had been distracted by some of his forceful men, continued to speak with caution around him in his own way.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but for now, I want you to trust me and follow me. All this for Camikaze."

"… Got it."

"Yes, by the way, that Chinese Gufa? Have you made contact with them?"

"I tried to convey the meaning to the person named Clearness, but I was rejected at once. He said that he listened to the gods thoroughly until he defeated Master's enemies justifiably."

"There's nothing right about that. All right. They were unexpected variables from the beginning anyway. Then let's all break up at this point."

One by one, Kenshin shook hands and began to sprint into the forest without looking back. After that, of course, the servant was already sticking around like a leech. At first, I was bringing my hand to the dagger in the waist dance, but from the moment I tracked down Kenshin, I took it from the weapon.

'What you need to do is simple. This time, we're monitoring and blocking Kamikaze and Guffa to see if they're leaking somewhere else.'

That's not what I do, it's what I do in the Union, right? '

'If you have a white cow, you might actually be able to seal it perfectly without a crack in water. But that's not what I want. Rather, I wish I could.'

'I'm sure there's a reason why you're doing this, but it's not a joke, but I can't keep an eye on myself and a few dozen people.'

'You don't have to worry about that until then. I already have my hands on it.'

Despite the extremely short time available, Yuleew was able to create a system and vacuum that perfectly monitored Kamikaze and Gupa. However, it is a completely separate matter of plotting in the rear and applying it in reality.

In fact, Sung-hoon's approach to some of the people who came out for surveillance created a loophole that could be deliberately escaped, and brilliantly the employee had to be there to watch.

"... this time, this time!"

Kenshin, repeating the same words as if he were hypnotizing himself, did not realize that someone was following him to the end.

It wasn't just happening here.

Consequently, as if unauthorized, confident, or secretly, directly or indirectly, numerous people were sneaking around and encouraging such people to come, the gates of all cities were brightly open.

On the outside, once we agreed not to act hostile to each other, there was such a complex flow that no one could guess what was going on inside. One of the players who led this flow, Sung-hoon, drank tea on a fluffy couch.

"I like it better than a nice fragrant tea or bitter coffee."

"Right? I prefer honey tea to coffee. I thought we had something in common!"

"I agree. Thank you so much for meeting me in person and for the hospitality. I was worried that I might be treated poorly."

Sergei said with a bitter expression, beating the shoulders of Seonghun, who swept his chest exaggerately.

"To be honest, Boris told me I should."

"… did you?"

"I would have listened to Boris when I had to act as the boss of the Red Storm in a public place, but that's not it. Now that I am personally meeting a good person who was trying to help others without losing humanity in the worst case scenario, you can act at my own pace."

"Hmmm!"

"Have you got a cold? Why are you coughing?"

"... No."

It was Sergei who acted with an iron plate on his face, whether he noticed hard or not, or pretended to understand. Boris, who knew that no one could stop him when Sergey came out like this, stared at the visitor who came suddenly hoping that he would make a reasonable decision.

"Why did you come all the way here anyway? I don't think I came here to get a cup of honey tea."

"To make an alliance."

"I thought the Alliance had already sent an envoy. Boris?"

"I sent it to the Alliance first. It has more favorable conditions than Utopia or The Hope."

"Yes?"

"I want you to ally with ghosts who are 'individuals', not 'cities' or 'forces', to be precise."

"Hmmm."

Sergey remained silent for a while, burying himself on the couch without saying anything. Tilting the kettle next to him, Kim filled the empty tea cup with the rising honey tea and opened his mouth after enjoying the aroma for a while.

"Are you proposing an alliance to Sergey, the boss of the Red Storm?"

"That's interesting, too, but now we're proposing an alliance to Sergei as an individual, not as a representative of an organization."

"Really?"

The positions of individuals and organizations are strictly different.

Sergei seemed ignorant, but in fact, he was able to penetrate for a moment what the ghost meant by saying that. And the answer was a situation where decisions had already been made.

"Not bad for a guy like you. Would you like another drink?"

"I would appreciate it if you would."

"Oh, my God. How long are you going to use that hard tone? Friends."

"... Is that so?"

If a man in Moscow sees it, he will doubt his own two eyes.

I can't imagine that Sergei, who captured everyone in the Red Storm with an overwhelming charisma, could make such a generous and gentle expression. Boris, who was looking at a series of scenes from behind, shook his lips like he was saying something, and eventually said nothing.

'I don't know if it used to be, but now I can share my friendship with enough people in other cities.'

In the past, either side was forced to die because of the existence of the whip that makes them die if they don't fight. But now the existence of such a whip has completely disappeared. Thanks to you, I didn't have to be careful because I was a person from another city. For once, fighting was not the only answer. Of course, it has the disadvantage of making it easier for a traitor to come out.

"I'll give you one piece of advice now that you're friends. Actually, I came all the way here to say this."

"What advice?"

"Jack Apron, Arben. Watch out for these two."

"I heard a rumor that Jack had ears, but even Arben?"

"Yes. I would say he's definitely a good guy and he looks like one, but that's not all he looks like."

"What happened?"

"... I will tell you a long story in detail, but he killed an innocent man who promised to save his colleague for his cause. That doesn't mean you have to listen to me and fight him endlessly. Just pay a little more attention when dealing with them."

'This guy.'

There are things that can be described as smoke and not. Just now, the ghost's words were without any justification, but they contained a word of truth that shook the listener's mind.

"... Okay. Let's make sure they both take care of each other personally. I didn't even think I could get along with everyone anyway. It's a good thing you can be intimate on either side."

"It must have been sudden, but thank you so much for understanding."

"Thank you for everything. Well, I can't take it unilaterally, so I'll give you one good piece of information."

"Sergei!"

"That's fine. It's a fact to share anyway, and it's not something you can hide. Just a few days sooner. And he's not the one who's gonna go around all that stuff, is he?"

"Don't die of sickness. Do whatever you want."

Sergey, who slapped his chest as if it were bursting into his heart and blew a grumpy smile at Boris who drank cold water, said after emptying the contents of the tea cup neatly.

"We found a new area on our side. His name is" The Dragon's Maze. "The location is quite far from here."