The Strongest Clan’s Master Is the Weakest and Most Evil Support Class ~Even with a Fail Job「Talker」, with My Brains and Dependable Allies’ Abilities, I’m the World’s Strongest Seeker~
Episode 22: I don't need a blade on my sword. No change in sharpness.
Kouga Tuxima was born in an island country in the Far East. A wealthy garment enquirer, raw as the eldest son of the Tsukishima family, Kouga should have had a smooth sailing life if it were true.
But Kouga's fate did not allow it.
"You abominable plague god..."
It was Kouga's father who said it with his eyes like watching a bug or a faece.
Unusual hostility and hatred, even though the relationship between father and son is not necessarily good. The reason for this lies in the secret of Kouga's birth.
The young couple of clothing inquirers, Kouga's parents were so friendly that they had a reputation in the town that they took their children to pray to shrines in the mountains every day to bless them with healthy traces.
But nobody expected it to drive fate crazy.
As usual, the couple accompanied them to the shrine. On their return, the two were attacked by bandits. Not only was she stripped of her figure, but Kouga's mother was handcaged.
Though life was the one that saved her, Kouga's mother gets heartbroken because of the incident at this time. All that or, ironically, the new life the couple were waiting for - that is, to find out later that they were caged in Kouga.
Kouga's father was troubled. After all, I wonder if the child in my wife's belly is her own seed. I also thought I should have an abortion with medication if it bothered me, but if it were my own child, I wouldn't be able to take it back. Within such a stray, his wife's belly swelled greatly, making it impossible to have an abortion.
This is how it was born: Kouga. My mother died a few days after giving birth to a kouga by cutting herself off. I don't know if it's because I was sick of my heart, or because I had a child I didn't want.
Kouga's face looked a lot like his maternal grandfather's. Eyes and the like seemed to resemble Kouga's father, but not enough to be sure.
It would also be helpless for Kouga's father to become a suspect ghost. Once you suspect it, everything looks suspicious. I look for all the similarities between myself and the bandit who attacked my wife and Kouga, and I start to assume that they look alike to the point where they don't.
Only when did suspicion turn into hostility and hatred. Even though Kouga had no sins, he began to think that all responsibility lay with Kouga.
Still, Kouga's father was a rational man. I only yelled at Kouga terribly once. Only when you get drunk and your emotional tags come off.
But naturally, he wasn't a good father either. I always treated Kouga as something that wasn't there, and I never instilled my love as a father.
The same goes for other families. There is no blatant abuse because there is a public body, but even though all care is left to the servant and he lives under one roof, his treatment was identical to that of others. No, it was exactly the role sickness god himself in the house.
Kouga grew up in this house for six years. By the time I got my mind on it, I found myself unnecessary to my family. A toddler who was not loved by anyone tried to love and relate to his surroundings. I pushed and killed the discontent and anxiety in my heart and always tried hard to be nice to others with a smile on my face.
"He's always a creepy kid with a hella of laughter. That daughter-in-law also left a troublesome souvenir behind. I wish I could take you with me if I were to die anyway..."
The words my grandmother leaked to my father made Kouga realize that all of her efforts were in vain.
It was one day. When Kouga woke up, he was tied up in a strange place.
"Oh, my God, you're awake, boy"
A stranger looks down at Kouga.
"If you don't want to get hurt, just keep it grown up. Either way, you're nowhere to be found. No one can help you if you go wild."
I didn't know what the man was talking about. While hardened by horror, Kouga was brought to port and loaded onto the ship.
In addition to the poorly resembled sailors, there were those in the ship who were tied up like kougas. Men and women of all ages are falling apart, but they are all equally mourning and grieving.
Coming here, Kouga finally understood that he had been caught. No, if you believe a man's words, they were handed over to the crowd to be exact. I guess that's how the extra family with Kouga's presence arranged it.
It was sad. I hated my family more than that. However, a long and arduous voyage wore such emotions that by the time we arrived at our destination, we made ourselves think that just being alive was profitable.
In fact, on this voyage, more than half of those caught died.
"Boy, you're in luck. A kid like you, if it's true, will definitely die, but I can't believe he survived. Well, even before they buy it, keep up the good work."
The ship that carried Kouga was a slave ship in the Far East. The land that reached beyond the sea was Soldiran, the southernmost city of the Wernant Empire.
Kouga, bought by Miguel of Halfling, an associate of the Dalambal group (family) that has the city as its territory, will continue to fight as a swordsman in the underground arena for the next twelve years, before expressing his functions (jobs) either.
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"Yeah, what's your name... what is it?
Luxurious indoor. A young blonde man poking his cheekstick carelessly on his desk said as he looked at Miguel standing next to Kouga.
"This is Miguel from the Darambelle group, boss."
A big man with black short hair upside down, refraining on the side, answered instead.
"Yes, yes, Miguel! I remember. I remember!
The man known as the boss points to Miguel.
"Mr. Miguel, you can't. You ran away with the family money? That's unacceptable. Dad in the Dalambal group (family), he already looks like Cancun and asked my dad (boss) to hand it over as soon as he found it. So there's a lot of your arrangements out there for the Luciano group."
The man takes a piece of paper out of his desk drawer. On that paper, Miguel and Kouga's anthology was printed.
"This is the arrangement. So you got caught by us."
It was about half an hour ago that Kouga and Miguel were both called out on business trips. It was the men of horrible appearance, however not the key, who came to voice, and they were surrounded in an instant. He could not escape, and was brought to a mansion in a luxury residential area with his half abducted body.
Miguel also predicted that this would happen. But this cunning, strong halfling had the confidence to round up his opponent with a mouthful, even if he was caught.
Yet Miguel has not uttered a word, pale face, sweaty and trembling. A man with the guts to be able to talk business even with a gun pointed at his forehead was consumed with complete fear.
Miguel has said the same thing many times since entering the Empire City.
"It's okay, if they're anybody, they can cut through. It's not just that mad dog Gambino who needs to be careful. I don't care if Gambino doesn't even catch me..."
The repeated words were not meant for Kouga, but to tell himself, but it was also understandable to Kouga, who was oblivious to the situation in the Imperial capital, that it meant something important.
Albert Gambino. Secondary organization of the Luciano group (family), young chairman of the Gambino group (family) (Don).
That's the name and title of the blonde in front of you.
He is a fine man with thin lines and has an appearance age of about his early twenties. He is wearing a red shirt with gold embroidery. I don't feel any strength at all from the unheeded and full of flavors. The big man holding back on the side has more piercings from the boss (Don).
But the person Miguel is definitely Albert, who is so terrified that he's about to leak to the stool instead of pissing.
I remember hearing about Albert from time to time when I was in the underground arena.
Says, a real lunatic. Says, a real outer road.
The Luciano group (family) also has a finocchio called Mad Clown. But while Finocchio is bent on being honest with the team leader (Don), Gambino is the type of lunatic who spreads disaster as much as he likes.
If I thought we were talking happily at the tea table, he used to stick a knife in the brain of the attendant sitting next door without any context. She replied that the reason for this was because the tea she was drinking inside the conversation had become warm.
Gambino is not bound by the rules.
Recently, in Teito, awakeners with dangerous side effects have been distributed, but it is the Gambino group (family) that sells them. Anything, they're letting an acquaintance alchemist make it.
An outrage that spits on his parents, the Luciano group (the family), but so far it has been missed because the deceased, Gambino's father - the previous group leader (Don) - is in a pattern when he exchanges brothers' cups with the president of the Luciano group (the family). I mean, in-laws, that's the thing.
With that in mind, Gambino is behaving like a bystander, so no one has ever been more troublesome. Of course, sanctions await if the degree continues to pass, but it will not be possible for Kouga and Miguel to see that.
"Well, our Gambino group (family) has succeeded in capturing bad halflings, but honestly, it's not funny to keep handing them over."
Albert distorts his mouth delightfully.
"'Cause you're talking about why I have to work for a country gang like the Dalambales (family)? What do you think, Mr. Miguel?
Miguel swallows his saliva and vocalizes to squeeze it out.
"Oh, oh, you're right! Albert, who is said to be the best of the Luciano group (family), must not be used in the jaw like Darambelle! Yes!"
Albert nodded contentedly at Miguel's desperate presence.
"Yeah, yeah, you're right. Miguel is a man of sense in the habit of halfling. What a waste of a man for Darambelle."
"Really?!? Then I'll take care of you."
"So let's do this. You and your slaves will be stripped and handed over."
"... Huh? Ha, ha, ha, ha?
"Yes, stripped! Peel and peel alive, the contents are processed into ham or a wiener and sent to Darambelle in a set. They'll be amazed! Super, fun! Mr. Miguel, you think that's a good idea, too, don't you?
Asked to agree in a good mood, Miguel shook his head with all his might.
"No, no, no, why would that be!? Stripped alive!? Please give me a break for the noisy jokes!!
"I'm not kidding. Seriously."
But Albert affirmed with no expression.
"Because that's what I'm talking about. Lios, make arrangements."
"Okay. Right away."
The big man, called Lios, thanked him for his graciousness.
"Oh, no..."
Miguel stands up flat. How masterful Miguel's mouth would be, pointless with a monster whose opponent can't speak. This is where the annual contribution is paid. That includes, of course, kouga.
But Kouga was also prepared to die, but I don't like boulders to strip him alive. Wouldn't you be able to handle that? No, you won't...
The door to the room was knocked when Kouga sighed giving up.
"Boss, I've brought in a debtor whose repayment is overdue. I'm the mayor of the village of Mintz."
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Coming into the room was a middle-aged bald man with an eyelid in his right eye.
This seems to be the mayor of the village of Mintz, as we can see from the conversation. Albert, the head of the group (Don), would never meet a single debtor. Moreover, the village chief borrowed money from a branch of the lending business located in Yudra, so if there is a problem of late repayment, it is there to solve it.
But the village chief said he really wanted to go straight to the chief (Don), and he came all the way to the Imperial City.
"- I see. I mean, you planned to return the money properly, but you were threatened with money by a party of explorers called Blue Beyond."
When Albert voiced and confirmed what he had heard, the village chief nodded strongly.
"You're right! I resisted desperately! But they took my wife and daughter hostage, and at the end of the sentence, they smashed my right eye! When that happened, there was no other way to help but to give them the money!
The village chief points to his eyelids and sues desperately.
Kouga is an outsider, but I thought it was a frigid story. If the story of the village chief is true, the first person to sue is not Albert, but the Imperial Military Police Corps.
The Empire encourages Seekers. At the same time, the problematic searcher (Seeker) may be tightly controlled. If you sue for damage, it will definitely solve the problem. I just think that the inability to do that means that there is something darker behind the village chief.
"That's not all! He was - Noel Stolen, leader of the Blue Beyond, said the same thing! If you have money to give to the Gambinos, I'll give it to you because it's better to dump it in the Dove! True, I heard him say that with these ears! Definitely!
Kouga almost blew it out unexpectedly.
I don't know what's true or false, but no matter what you think, the village chief has a story to tell. There is a clear sense of resentment towards a seeker named Noel (Seeker) and of using the Gambino group (Family) as an instrument of vengeance.
"... too much, you idiot."
Miguel whispers.
Indeed, the village chief has overdone it. There is no way that even those in the Gambino group (family) can be fooled by such a quick find out lie. Normally, it is the mayor of the village who is sanctioned for touching the inverse scales of the Gambino group (family). I didn't know that, a creature called a fool is horrible......
"A weak gang (Yakuza), right? That's spicy. We're trying, too, but when they say it like that, it's gonna make us sad and cry."
Albert's words are a bar read and clearly not meant to be. It is clear to the whole that he is discerning the lies of the village chief. But the foolish village chief seems to have mistaken his lies for getting through.
"Dear Albert, I don't have time to mourn! To show the glory of the great Gambino group (family), you should give a righteous hammer to the spiteful Explorer (Seeker)!
"All right, all right, let's give that Seeker (Explorer), Noel Stolen, a hammer of justice. I'll wait for your debt, too. Is that all right?
"Thank you! Thanks!
The glad village chief bows his head again and again.
"Okay, that's the end of the story. Next time, it's your turn to put on some jerks."
"Oh, Kejime, is it?
Albert laughed with his nose at the village chief tilting his neck.
"Yes, it's a jerk. Whatever the reason, you broke your promise to us. Then you have to take responsibility for it."
"Well, even if you say so, I have money now..."
"I don't want any money other than repayment. Instead, yeah...... yeah, I made up my mind. Shall I get your right arm? Explorer crushed your right eye, didn't he? Then I have to get my right arm."
The village chief opened his eyes to surprise Albert, who unfolded a naturally irrational logic.
"Oh, no! If they took my right arm, I'd be dead!
"There, look, I'm in the mood. I'm in the mood. If you work hard, you can afford it."
I don't care what you think, it's absolutely impossible, but Albert isn't stuck with the village chief's life and death in the first place. Live or die, but I just want to see it suffer and have fun.
Hey, there you are.
Albert speaks to Kouga.
"You're a swordsman. I heard they have properties more specific to slashing than swordsmen, but is that true?
Kouga nods. Combat Function (Job), Swordsman. That's what Kouga does. The rank is C, but he was an undefeated champion in Soldiran's underground arena.
"Heh, that's interesting. I wonder how it's different. Because of this, try slashing off the village chief's right arm. I'm gonna run out of bars."
Albert points to the bar-cut Kouga has.
"... the eagle?
"That's right. Just do it."
I don't think I have the right to say no. Kouga turns to the village chief.
"Mayor, put your right arm forward."
To Albert's order, the village chief shakes his head in tears.
Come on, I'll kill you.
Low, dossy voice. The village chief noticed and put his right arm forward.
"All right, that's fine. Oh, wait a minute. I'm not ready yet."
Albert removed a small, transparent crystal from the drawer and placed it on his desk. And when you crush it in powder with the hammer you took it out as well, you close your face and inhale it with your nose all at once.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! This is it. This is it! When you enjoy violence, don't smoke this first! Kuhhh, that's psycho!!!
Albert, whose pupils open and become excited. I just smoked it, sounds like a rumor reminder.
"Hey, that's enough. Slash the village chief's right arm off."
It's easy for me to say. Kouga, who was a swordsman in an underground arena, has countless experiences of slashing people and more. But I never did what I wanted. I don't want to kill people. Especially the poor weak like this village chief.
"What's the matter, just slash it"
As Albert hurried, the village chief had a convulsing grin.
"Hehe, hehe, there's no way you can slaughter me with such a stick..."
Albert, irritated by the laughing village chief, fisted his desk.
"Slash, I can't hear you say!? Oicola, Oriental! What are you ignoring? Say something!!!
To yelling Albert, Kouga said in a grunting voice, but clearly.
"... I've already slashed him"
"Huh?"
Albert's dumb voice. At the same time, the village chief's right arm fell to the floor.
"Heh?............ eh!? Ugh, uhh, uhh!? My right arm. Ahhh!!! Gaaaaaaaa!!!!
Kouga slashed off the village chief's right arm at the moment Albert ordered him to slash it off. Because of so early and brilliant a amputation, no one around them noticed, and even the slaughtered village chief himself could not be conscious until his arm fell due to time differences.
The mayor of the village sprinkles blood from the cutting surface and rolls around the floor.
Seeing that, Albert laughed with a tall voice.
"Hyahahahahahaha!! Wow, I'll do it, Oriental!! I like it! You are my slave from today on!!!
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There is no one who rejects the decision of Albert the Mad Dog. Kouga is the only lifeline for Miguel, but he told me if I let go, I'd miss him, and I immediately offered him a pledge of servitude and ran away.
Thus the owner of Kouga became Albert.
But I couldn't let him do anything right away. Because Kouga was debilitated because of his street life. Kouga, given one of the servant rooms by Albert, was to be treated there. And a few days later, in front of the mirror in the room, stands a fully recovered kouga.
The blood color is better and the whole body is full of life. The brunette hair of the brunette sprouted with silk is also glossy because she took a bath and combed it with a shower. It was a little longer, so it is bracketed around the nod so as not to disturb it.
The equipment that Lios is wearing has been bought from traders who have routes in the East, in acacia colour for the time being. And two knives of different lengths, book difference and side difference.
I've never been so decently equipped before in my life. In the underground arena, they were always fought with worn out equipment.
"You look great."
Turning to the voice, a member of the Gambino group (family) stood at the door.
"You look healthy, too. Can we go?"
Kouga nods quietly.
Albert, his new husband, decided to use Kouga as a group (family) assassin. That first work day is this evening.
Next up is the gang assassin. It doesn't change the job of slashing people, but it seems to have fallen into evil and my heart is stuck.
Nevertheless, Kouga, a slave, can only obey orders.
"... what kind of guy are they?
There's nothing good about knowing who to kill, but Kouga accidentally asked because of her conscience. At least, a bad guy would be good.
He's a Seeker.
"Seeker? The gang (Yakuza) kills Seeker?
To Kouga's question, the group of people looked blatantly unpleasant.
"It's someone you don't need to kill. Simply because the illness of our boss has begun. I heard about the mayor of Mintz Village. You know who he is?
"Huh?... No way"
"No way."
Kouga's killer was Noel Stolen, the leader of Blue Beyond.