In a Different World with a Smartphone
# 335 Negotiations, and problem solving.
"Hey, I guess that's it"
In front of the entrance to the luxury whorehouse Moonlight Hall, suspicious black-crushed men had fallen dead and dozens of skinny golems had been icing.
Of course, I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't let Golem break it.
A guard coming out of the "Moonlight Hall" ties up the black-clad men and takes them somewhere. Stick out to the Knights of the Capital... can't you?
I don't know how you saw it. These are not decent guys. Special forces are dressed to see, and they were so lethal that they could tell from inside the hall. That's second-rate as an assassin. No, you're not an assassin, you're just a raider.
I guess the guards here are going to let these guys crack their mouths and let someone throw up the mastermind. I'm sure the mastermind noticed someone, but just to confirm, did he say that?
"I can't believe I'm really getting rid of them all...... Are you the organizer of Red Cat Akaneko?
"No, you're not. I'm not allowed to be intimate."
Mr. Silhouette mutters "Crush Ya" in a tone somewhere dazed as he watches the men being taken.
"Nevertheless... when it comes to doing something so thoughtful, what can we do if we discuss it already..."
"What did you just say, Zabit, was his offer?
"That's right. Xavit Grant, the man who cows the dark side of the Black Butterfly Papillon."
I knew it. To kill Mr. Silhouette, the tankob above his eyes... No, maybe he just came to threaten me with pointing at these badly done guys. Mr. Silhouette, you're beautiful. Too much to kill, or what?
Well, for now, you can listen to me as promised. When we went back inside the Moonlight Hall, there was a crowd in the hall at some point, and everyone looked at me at the same time.
"Huh!?"
Seeing the sight makes me feel hardened. [M] Some men, but more than half of them are women, and most of them are half naked.
From the colorful see-through mini slips, they were all clear and round in underwear, and some didn't even wear bras. Is that it!? You mean I was in the middle of it!? hey! Some people aren't wearing it!?
"Wow! You're strong, you!
"Thanks for protecting the store! Thanks for the help!
"Ugh. How's it going with me tonight to thank you? I'll deal with you all night, though?
"Oh, Shiru! I was after you too. No!
"Oh, yeah, I've got errands, errands!
While the women rub me, I manage to escape, but I can't get my hands on it from many places and forgive me for it.
Uh-oh. Smells good! Soft stuff hitting my back. Yo! Hopefully they did. Ahhh!
"Yes, yes, that's it. She needs to talk to me. Everybody go back to your rooms."
Pampered, and Mr. Silhouette clapped his hands, and the sisters, uh, or just the boss, shrugged, went back to their respective rooms. I guess the men who disappeared into the same room are guests.
Oh, thank God...
"Are you okay? Apparently, you've been too irritating.... aren't you used to this one much?
"... I'll leave it to your imagination"
I cool off the fire lights of my body as I slip away from Mr. Silhouette's gaze, who laughs when it creaks like I see through. Uh, I'm surprised... Certainly too irritating.
In an awkward atmosphere, Mr. Silhouette takes me to the top floor of the building. At the end of the big door is a luxurious room, and apparently this is her private room. It's like a room in the royal palace with all the high-end conditioning. This is not the case in our royal palace.
He was advised to sit on the couch, from which he looked up and saw the full moon through a round skylight mounted heavily on the ceiling.
Next to the sofa I sat on, the black cat just went round and slept without me involved. Is that Mr. Silhouette's cat?
"Would you like some fruit juice? Or alcohol?
"Fruit juice water, please"
Mr. Silhouette carries his drink to the low table in front of me and sits face-to-face with him. Before her, something like champagne was creating a small bubble in the glass.
"So, what's the story? Or have I not even heard your name before?
"Oh, excuse me. I want a winter night. [M] Are you a traveler now?"
"Traveler, huh. Well, fine. Let's just talk."
I told her about this request. [M] That it is not strange for a golden monster to appear anywhere in the world. That there is a way to pre-sense it. I want you to help me gather that information, etc.
"The golden monster, huh? Sure seems to have been witnessed everywhere lately. Looks like there was a country that lost one village, and some that finally did it at the expense of dozens of Knights golems? An invader from another world or something. I can't believe it around there..."
"You know a lot about it."
"Of course. I'm the chief intelligence officer for the Black Butterfly Papillon. A lot of information is getting to me as soon as possible. From the movements of the nations of the world to the family composition of the chimps that are not enough to be taken."
Is that something like the face on the table of "Black Butterfly" Papillon "? Not just for this world, but as long as it's not such a small village, the inn, or whorehouse, is in any city.
If the organization's intelligence agents are involved there, or if the proprietors themselves were part of the organization, all the information would be passed on to Mr. Silhouette on the Heavenly Side of Hieralkey. There's no way there's a "Black Butterfly" Papillon "reach in all the cities of this world, but it still looks pretty big.
"So what do I get out of working with you?
"Mutant species... we can evacuate the Golden Monster raid as soon as possible, right?
"It doesn't always show up in the city, does it? That's not a very attractive deal."
Oh, I guess so. I think so too. [M]
But one of these days, when a full-scale raid starts, I think we're gonna need it. Of course I can't wait until then.
But what gain, when? That's it, I guess that means you have some demands instead. I'm laughing a little bit.
Well, there's only one thing I can think of.
"So if you do something with Zabit that I was just saying, can you help me?
"I like smart kids. Because it's quick and helpful."
With a meaningful grin, Mr. Silhouette puts his feet together. A beautiful raw leg peeking through a slit of clothing like a china dress is a poison to my eyes.
"Speaking of which, I just remembered, hey, you weren't involved in the other day's war between the Kingdom of Primula and the Triharan Divine Empire?
Whoa, are you even grabbing that information? Well, we have quite a few witnesses at the kidnapping scene.
It's not about hiding anything else, so I put my shoulder in the Kingdom of Primla and didn't cover it up about kidnapping the second prince (who was really a princess) over there and then capturing the Senate Speaker of Triharan. Later, we also plan to seek the cooperation of these two countries.
"Metastatic magic... you're frightened, I can't believe you can even use that power. So, if I asked you to kidnap Zabit, would you make it happen?
"I don't think it's impossible, but what are you going to do with it? Are you gonna kill me? So, you're the leader of the black butterfly Papillon?
If Mr. Silhouette is going to be working behind assassinations, burglaries, etc., he needs to rethink his involvement with this person a little bit.
Unlike the red cat Akaneko, the black butterfly Papillon is not a thief. I don't want to be so clean and right, but I want to be forgiven for moving on and taking on that one stick.
You felt the change in my expression, Mr. Silhouette backed on the couch and waved with a bitter smile.
"Am I the leader of the Black Butterfly Papillon? I'm not kidding. I, on the contrary, want to separate it from the Black Butterfly Papillon over there. To be honest, if they hadn't even gotten their hands on it, I'd have wanted to pierce the non-interference. It's a tricky thing to do because Zabit's idiot is greedy and trying to get to my job."
"I mean, he wants to just run a lodge and a whorehouse?
"No. Intelligence is going to continue as a side business because information is going to be money. I'm just not going to use that to extort or steal. Well, I might do something to spread the bad deeds of bad merchants and subordinate nobles to the public."
I see. Doesn't seem to mean washing your feet completely from crime, but, well, I guess that would be acceptable. The Nears at Red Cat Akaneko are doing the same thing.
"In the meantime, we just need to make sure Mr. Silhouette can't get his hands on us, okay?
"Well, yeah. Do you have any good hands, Wizard?
"Right, the easy part is putting on a 'curse' or something..."
"... I got frigid all at once. 'Curse'..."
Mr. Silhouette frowned subtly. I don't know. But I don't, but if the magic of dark attributes can impose a compulsive curse and keep you from interfering on this side. I think this is the most effective.
Oh, but wouldn't it make sense if the top was replaced or something?
"Do you know where that Zabit is?
"I know nothing. I'm in this canthale. I live in the tallest tower in the North End."
As Mr. Silhouette stood up and opened the curtains on the walls, he saw a tall tower standing all over the city with a brilliant light in the darkness of the night.
Actually, when I come here, I watch it once. I thought it was a clock tower, but it didn't look like it.
The shape of the tower is similar to that one. Lingyun Cabinet, a 12-story tower that was in Asakusa during the Meiji and Daejong periods. I've seen it in history textbooks. Well, I don't think Lingyun Cabinet was lit up flashy like that.
But were you so close?
"You're the boss of a criminal group, but you live in a lot of flashy places"
"Something that he also has a face as an ostensible merchant. I'm the owner of a whorehouse. People in the capital don't even know that."
When Mr. Silhouette was telling me that, there was a knock on the door and one maid came into the room saying "excuse me". And then I ear to Mr. Silhouette, and he leaves the room immediately.
"Is there something wrong?
"They just threw up. They attacked me on Zabit's orders, after all. Essentially, blackmail, it seems like you were going to grab me."
Is the culprit confirmed? Then there's no need to hesitate.
"Then can you tell me what Zabit is about him? I just need to look."
"Huh? Uh, you're wearing golden edge glasses with thin hair and a long moustache. Thirty years too old, middle-aged and fat in shape. And the sight is nasty."
I think the last one is limited to Mr. Silhouette, but that's all we can identify.
Aerial projection of the map of the tower as usual, searching for Zabit and Dot. There you are. You're in the top floor room.
Mr. Silhouette is surprised by the aerial projection of the tower, but let's go. Um, because the distance is about this far and the direction is this way... are you okay?
"Then I'll go for a moment"
"Huh?"
I moved instantly from Mr. Silhouette's room [teleport] to the top floor of the other tower, where Xabit was located.
I have eyes to eyes with an old man with thin hair, who had switched sights and was about to eat a thick-cut steak to that effect.
"Become, Become"
Two long mustaches and poor taste golden edge glasses stretched like catfish from under my nose. I wonder what this guy who wears clothes like the Chinese style robe Champao does with Zabit.
Having so determined, I grabbed his collar with or without him and took him back to Mr. Silhouette's room with [Teleport] again.
"Guh!?"
"Yikes!?"
The voice of Zabit thrown on the floor overlaps that of Mr. Silhouette, who suddenly appeared to us surprised. Yes, the kidnapping is complete. It's only taken about five seconds to get here. You're getting used to it, really...
"Behold, what are you!? Where am I!? Who do you think I am!?"
Xabit, who grabbed it, yelled at me with a bright red face, pointing at the fork with the meat stung.
When his eyes captured Mr. Silhouette, he opened his mouth to her with a voice that seeped through his wrath as he wolfed.
"Well, is this your fault? He's a fool. If you'd just shut up and obeyed me, I'd have left that position to you. I didn't expect you to go out of your way to ruin yourself."
"As I have said many times, I am not willing to work under you. This is the last call. Stay out of us again."
"Hmm, I don't need two leaders of" Black Butterfly Papillon ". Until you turn it off if you don't obey. Hey, you there!
I was abruptly called out and accidentally pointed at myself. What, me?
"Finish this woman. I'll do whatever I want with the money and the woman. I'll put you near my side, too. Because I'm going to be the executive of the Black Butterfly Papillon."
"Barca."
"Guru!?"
Shoot a paralysis bullet into Zabit's ear belly with the unplugged Brunhild. Xabit, whose whole body would have been paralyzed, fell from his face to the floor.
"Ko, did you kill him?
"I just paralyzed him. He's alive, and he's conscious. You won't be able to move a finger."
When I leaned back on my foot with the fallen Zabit, only my eyes were moving into small pieces. He's conscious, so he must have heard from us. Crouching in, peeking into his eyes, I tell him in a voice that killed his emotions as much as possible.
"Hey, listen carefully. I'll 'curse' you now. What, if you don't even break your promise, there's nothing harmful about it. Look, don't ever get your hands on Mr. Silhouette again. You're not the only one. All of your men. If one of you is involved, the 'Curse' will be activated and your body will become a little paralyzed. If you eventually get paralyzed to the heart...... you know what happens?
The color of fear floats in Zabit's eyes. Apparently, he understands the content properly.
"Of course, there will be no progression of paralysis if nothing is involved. You'll be able to live normally. Be careful, all right? Because you don't know if your men did it on their own, or if you ask someone to do it, the Curse will be activated. Don't say it right."
The content of the curse is "Do not engage Mr. Silhouettes". That's all. It's not even a harsher curse. Just leaving the capital is a pretty good chance.
"[Tie him down, O darkness, and punish the sins of him who is in Ka, Giltikars]"
The magic of the curse is activated and a tattoo appears on Zabit's forehead. It's a sign of curse.
Apply [Recovery] to release [Paralysis]. The jumping Xabit turned his angry and fearful eyes to me.
"Ki, you, what have you done to me!
"That's why I told you I put on a 'curse'. Is that better than that? Can I stay here? That's all we're gonna be 'involved' in, right?
"The curse? Hey, what's stupid...... ugh, ugh! Yu, my finger! Feel my fingers!
Xabit becomes a bright blue face while gripping his right thumb with his left hand. Have you activated it yet? I'm a convicted criminal. Now you literally know.
Now that I had done so, and it was enough to threaten me, I moved him to the room of the tower where he was, at the [gate], and returned Zabit.
Mission accomplished.
He can't be involved with Mr. Silhouettes from now on, and he needs to be properly managed to keep his men and others out of it.
If they find out more about that 'curse', they won't necessarily have a traitor intentionally involved with Mr. Silhouette in trying to activate Zabit's 'curse'. You should only be able to talk about the 'curse' to someone so trustworthy. I'm suspicious that someone like that is in there.
"And well, is this the place? This will never involve him in Mr. Silhouettes again. As long as you're in the seat of the leader of" The Black Butterfly Papillon, "on the contrary, I'm sure you'll decide to be desperate and indifferent."
It was Mr. Silhouette, who had been a pocan for a while, but he nodded small to see if he could eventually grasp the situation.
"Certainly a 'curse'. Now" Black Butterfly "Papillon" can no longer reach us. You'll avoid it because you don't want to be involved the other way around...... Damn... you just cleaned up the problem I was having with my head. "
Mr. Silhouette leaks a distracted voice like he was impressed.
"Then, as promised, can you help us?
"Absolutely. I'll do whatever I can."
All right. Now we have a connection to a wide range of intelligence services in this world. And then there's the actual task force crusading the mutant species that emerged.
There's no Babylon over here. Well, what's the matter......
"By the way, what do you do after this? Wanna play downstairs, if you like? You can rent it out, right?
"Play downstairs? Rent out?"
For a moment, I didn't know what Mr. Silhouette was talking about, but I noticed her pranky smile and an earlier paradise came back to life behind my brain.
"Anything I can deal with...?
Mr. Silhouette creeps over in a pose that accentuates his chest. Whoa, this destructive power is amazing!
"Hey, hey, hey, it's late, so excuse me for today! See you later for more details! Then you have to rest!
"Oh, too bad."
With a teasing glance and laughter on my back, I returned to the surface world with [transspatial metastasis].
I don't like the sister-type with too much colour because it feels like it's being deceived...
I don't hate it though. I'll say that's clear. I don't hate it. I said it twice because it's important.
........................ Ha.