Transition to Another World, Landmines Included

"Around that time... oh, about Kerg"

I nodded as I was convinced that Toya, who thought a little about it, immediately remembered Sazius's words, such as he was busy.

"That's right. Most of the lead soldiers were mobilized. So, well, when all the pieces were attached, the woman's body was found."

"When you say that woman, did you say the of love or something?

"Oh. Precisely, I noticed you were found, right? When I was sorting out the paperwork, I caught it by the name, and I checked it, so..."

The body was actually found shortly before the picking up to the Sacred Virgin Church of Satomi took place.

Naturally, the lead soldiers were pretty doozy back then, and its boss, Sazius, also, needless to say.

Inevitably, a simple report was just made, and the body was being processed.

"It was drowning in a waterway, so as far as I'm concerned, I thought you threw yourself... and then when I saw you go through there, you don't even have a knee, the depth of the water."

"For once, drowning itself is possible even if there is only about an ankle depth..."

"Really? We were suspicious, so we looked into it?

"Yes. Depending on the circumstances, I will drown"

In fact, it can be an accident where water enters the ear, triple tubes go crazy, and you can't stand up and drown.

But that's a pretty special situation, and if you're normally a healthy person, if you're not drunk, that can't happen, and it's hard to think of as a way to kill yourself.

"That said, you're definitely ineligible as a place to throw yourself. One way or the other, it would be a crash."

"Right? So, well, after a little extra time with the Kerg commotion, I checked out the missing person or something..."

With that said, Sazius sighed deeply, showing a piece of paper to the nuts.

"This is the state."

"Erm, twenty men, seventeen women, a total of three or seven? Hey, a lot, huh?

The Toyas peeking into the paper say as if they were a little frightened, but Sazius also smiles bitterly as they are in trouble again.

"Shh, you know. The Kerg thing, it's pretty much gone. I think that includes the guy who's dead in that conflict... honestly, I don't know!

What Sazius showed is a list of people who are supposed to live in Pinning but have not found their whereabouts, and whose bodies have also not been found, but some merchants and nobles have also been crushed in the Kerg commotion.

Sometimes those officials live in Pinning, and are they case-related to the cause of the disappearance, or were they in Kerg and involved during the conflict, or simply fled town?

Situationally, it's very difficult to separate them.

"Still some shredding, huh?... I'm left with the ambiguity."

"I thought you said Viscount Nenas was less than ten."

"That's the missing person who is the subject of the suspicion. What I want you guys to do is solve the kidnapping. That list contains missing persons that have nothing to do with it... because (...) is not (...)"

"You mean less than a dozen people in here seem suspicious? I mean, look?

"Well, if I tell you so, but for once, including the findings, right?

"I see...... But why did Viscount Nenas decide it was a kidnapping?

This alone cannot be conclusive of kidnapping.

Despite this, why did Viscount Naenas ask the Natsukis to solve it as a “kidnapping case”?

It was Sazius who said the answer lightly.

"Oh, that's because I reported it that way."

"Huh?"

"Regardless of the first case, there is another case, similar to this one. We haven't found a woman's body yet... but this is it."

The case that was written on the paper that Sazius pulled out was that of a pair of men and women, a man was found dead and a woman was more missing.

This one is not witnessed in the scene where men and women are contending, but it is similar if we say it is similar to the second case described by Sazius, such as the age group of men and women.

"And I have a certain tendency towards the guy who goes missing... there's a tendency for this or something. The type who went somewhere of his own accord. But this place feels different, doesn't it? Not in my opinion."

Sazius saying that while pointing to the name of the list.

"I mean, because I thought you were a kidnapping case, we're supposed to be doing this nasty job?

"That's the thing. But I'm pretty sure, huh? Even so, I'm an expert."

"That must be..."

Experience doesn't get silly, and if it's really a kidnapping case, it has to be solved, so as a lead soldier, I can't go wrong with Sazius' behavior, but without it, the Natsukis feel something that just would have gone home right now.

Such their feelings elsewhere, Sazius tapped his hand with a neat look, stacking together the material he had been spreading and sticking it out to the nuts.

"Well, that's about all you can explain to me. I'll give you all the relevant materials, so I asked for the rest. Honestly, I'm not good at using my head. In that regard, you guys seem smart, don't you? The two elves are away now."

"It's okay, 'cause I've got more than half my brain left over here!

Yuki received the protruding material and returned such an answer, but when he heard the words, Sazius looked at Yuki, Natsuki and finally Toya and nodded as he was convinced.

"Hmm. I see."

"Hey, Sazius. What convinced you?

"No, nothing? I was just wondering how much Toya contributes to that brain.

"... at least, I think it's better than me, Sazius, huh?

To Sadius, who answered to tear him up, Toya looks flashy, but against him, Sadius shrugs his shoulders exaggerated and shakes his head jealously.

"Oui, Toya, don't push it. You're obviously coming to us, aren't you? You can fight all that, and you're smart, and you're not allowed to? I'm good at fighting, but I leave it to the other members to use my head. That's your position, isn't it?

"You're so prejudiced!? Well, you're no match for the Natsukis... you know, am I being complimented?

There is no doubt that he is allowed to fight, so Natsuki pounds on Toya's neck with a subtle expression.

"Both are fine, but I got the materials, and it's time to spare you. Mr. Sadzius will be busy."

"Well. But if there's anything I can do to help you, call me. It's our job to keep the peace."

"Okay. We'll talk to you then."

"Oh, come on. Good luck with your work, Sazius."

Oh, thank you.

Leaving Sadzius on the spot, who stretched wide and breathed, the Toyas left his office behind.

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"Well, let's take a look at all the materials first"

"That's the only way. But there are three or seven missing persons, too many of them."

"But even in Japan, there are thousands of missing persons a year, right?

"No, it's a lot of digits."

"Oh, tens of thousands!? Are there so many missing persons in Japan..."

Toya shouts her surprise at the unexpected numbers, but Natsuki shakes her head with a bitter smile.

"Most importantly, the population is different in the first place, so there's no point in comparing them."

Besides, the number of missing persons in Japan is the number of notifications to the police, the majority of which are subsequently found.

The causes are also minor runaways and disappearances due to dementia, and the proportion of criminal entanglements like this one is quite small.

Natsuki is right, it would be inappropriate as a number to compare.

After that, he was silently the three of them loading the material given to him by Sadzius, but the look on his face was no good.

Of course it's not something that makes the content written very bright, but I've read them, and I guess it's a big deal that it's not easy to grasp the thread of the case.

And after reading everything, the first person to open his mouth was Natsuki.

"How was it?

"I don't care what they say... I know the facts, but I don't care what they say about inferring from now on, it's refreshing"

"Yeah, we got the victim, but you don't have any information on the suspect, at all."

What was written in the material given was the name, age, and gender of the person who appeared to be missing.

It is written to the extent that it also knows the circumstances of the disappearance, but basically, the stories heard from witnesses, etc., are scarce physical evidence, and of course, none of the scientific investigations, etc.

"I can't track down everyone on this list, and for now, the 21 people who seem to have been embedded in the Sacred Virgin Church of Satomi, why don't we just skip this?

"Right. If we don't save it for some reason, we can't clean it up."

"But the missing person could be involved in Satomi's escape, right? If you think in connection with that, the perpetrator of the missing person Viscount Nenas is looking for? That means it's a relationship..."

"That's right, but after the lead soldier checked it out, it says, 'I don't think you're in this town,' and you won't mind checking it out or putting it behind you."

With regard to the 21 named by Yuki, a fairly solid investigation has still been carried out, taking into account the possibility that the lead soldier was also involved in Satomi's escape.

As a result, there were a number of persons suspected of involvement quite intensely, but those persons were almost certain to be out of the pinning, so as far as those investigations were concerned, they were to be carried out with Satomi's pursuit.

"If you know anything, you'll hear from Mr. Sazius, and we'll find out who's left"

"Even so, there are still sixteen..."

"Five other bodies have been found."

Incidentally, some of these five include the bodies found in the spring and those found in the waterways, which appeared in the earlier Sadzius story.

"For seven men, are there nine women?"

"Will you spare this, 'I fought with my parents and jumped out of the house saying I was going to be an adventurer', a 14-year-old boy? I mean, you can't be sure until you've registered an adventurer, can you? Sazius said," This place is different. "

"Is it an accident during an adventure...? Poor thing, though."

"That's right, too."

As such, about six more cases of seemingly less incidental objects were omitted, and as a result, three men and seven women were left behind by the Natsukis.

"So, starting tomorrow, we'll look into five places where this body was found and ten missing, okay?

"Right. In the meantime, we'll just have to get our hands on it from there. I have no idea what we have in common or anything like that."

"Age and gender fall apart. I don't have enough data to say how biased the place is. I guess I'll just have to make some money off my feet."

"I wish I could earn..."

"You're anxious."

The Natsukis sighed in alignment with what a misty state it was.