092. Rumors (3)
Silence passed.
They were looking for something.
Sometimes I coughed and squatted on my buttocks and changed my seat.
Two pairs of eyes that had lost their way went back and forth between the hallway and me without stopping.
“I mean, it’s just that you don’t know the laws of this world very well, but if you get help, it’s better to give something commensurate with it.”
When I didn’t respond, the rather bloated chief, sitting to the right, said.
He looked reminiscent of Gerek, a prison guard at Kentrock Prison.
“What do you mean by giving away?”
His face turned red.
He quickly slammed the table down and got up.
“Money! money! Are you kidding us!”
The smile was gone from my lips.
When the chief saw this, he flinched and sat down.
“No, I’m not angry, you’re stifling… .”
Those words did not reach my ears.
‘What were you expecting? What has already been confirmed by the transcript.’
I thought there might be a slight possibility.
It is possible that their close relationship with Parterre may have been anti-coercive due to differences in force.
“We’re not asking for a lot of money.”
“When I worked with that guy in the Blue Serpent, the chiefs each got about five million shillings a month.”
An ice-like anger rose in his chest.
There was no message stating that the synchronization rate had risen.
The rate of ascent was significantly slower than a certain number.
However, the amplitude of emotions conveyed by Cain’s memory was unparalleled.
“Oh, is it a lot? Then about 4.5 million shillings… .”
“Isn’t it such a burdensome amount?”
They watched and continued to lower the amount.
Cain’s village was burned down and his mother died because of this corrupt public authority.
“Why, why aren’t you talking?”
“4 million shillings, below that, we are in a little trouble.”
They were haggling.
It’s nothing like a craftsmanship.
far away
Anger, disgust, intolerable contempt.
My heart was hot as if I had swallowed lava.
In the next moment, in line with the flow of emotions, mana gushed out of my body.
When he woke up, the six police officers were engulfed in black mana and floated in the air outside the broken glass wall.
“Hey, hey!”
“Hey, even if you do this kind of thing, oh no, it seems like it will be okay!”
The two chiefs closed their eyes and shouted whale whales.
Four young cops struggled, trying to escape the magic somehow.
However, when I increased the magic output and applied pressure, my body drooped with a ‘bump’ sound.
widely.
Then someone grabbed my hand.
Looking back, it was Estelle.
“Calm down. I don’t mean to kill you.”
“… … .”
Know.
There was a momentary explosion of emotions, but the current situation itself was what I intended.
It is impossible for me to act out of control because of the “coolness” trait.
“Okay. do not worry.”
His usual voice that calmed his anger.
At that moment, fear disappeared and a sense of relief appeared on her face.
“Bring it.”
She took the tape recorder out of the drawer at the bottom of the desk and handed it to me.
“Don’t expect an investigator to come, is that a lie! Now, you are done!”
“You, you bastards like you were able to make money here safely, I know who it is! Whoops, we reported that we didn’t get a good report!”
It was quite impressive to finish the sentence while stuttering.
click.
“… Big, what else did you prepare for something like this? Since I’m sincere, I’ll accept it… .”
“… Don’t worry. If you run a store, there will be fights and some people may even die. Being a civilian takes a little bit, but I’ll take responsibility for it anyway… .”
click.
The shouting of the whale whale stopped in an instant.
“Who did you ask? okay. It’s all thanks to people like you. Garbage that clings to public authorities and parasitizes.”
“Joe, when the investigator comes out… .”
“I can cooperate with the investigation and hand over this tape.”
“Then it’s definitely not going to be okay… Whoops!”
I wrapped my mana around and pulled the large chief in front of me.
He whispered in his ear, with his eyes still tightly closed.
“Chief Raymond. Do you know what the biggest difference between you and me is?”
No answer came back.
He was just dropping his body.
“Criminals like me are always ready to lose everything. On the other hand, you have a lot to protect.”
I moved my mana again.
“I had four children. Was the first eighteen? It’s a good age.”
thud!
All police officers in the air, including the chief wearing glasses, were thrown on the floor in the room.
So is Chief Raymond.
He let out a groan without being able to get up from his fallen body.
“I will definitely grow up to be a person who will raise the honor of the family according to the expectations of those around me. With the filthy money my father brought, he ate all kinds of good food and got a new education.”
“Cool! Come on, I hope you’ve touched my family… .”
I strode over to Raymond and bent one knee.
And he grabbed his hair, which he couldn’t even lift his head up.
“Uh-huh!”
“Still, it seems that the safety of the child is important. Well, he only had patrols on the streets around his mansion. No matter what happens to the citizens elsewhere.”
Tung!
When he let go of his hair, his head fell to the floor. He got up and kicked his stomach.
“Wow… !”
He rolled over the floor with a suffocating sound.
It must have been a pain he had never experienced before.
“I’m only going to tell you once, so listen carefully. Don’t catch my eye with wealth right now. As soon as that wobbly body is seen on the street, this tape will be sent to the Metropolitan Police Department.”
He took a step back and came back in front of him.
Seeing my shoes that appeared in front of him, he trembled.
“And it doesn’t matter how you report it to the investigator.”
Indeed it was.
Irrespective of what reports they post, the police would come to Area 47 and tenaciously dig into me.
‘From their point of view, orders will come from those close to the Absolute.’
It wasn’t long before the young cops came to their senses and woke up when I removed the magic.
Raymond said, gasping for breath.
“Huh, hey, hey, for now, hey, for now, hey, let’s get out of here.”
The young cops assisted the two chiefs and went out with a strenuous gesture.
After seeing them disappearing down in the elevator, I turned back to the inside of the room.
He said to Estelle, who had a slightly blank face.
“Do you think my actions were overdone?”
“… no. It is not. I think they deserve that kind of punishment. It just takes a little bit of mental power… .”
I passed her and sat down at the desk.
“Estelle, I do not regret the life I have now. But sometimes I feel like that.”
He took off Raymond’s sweaty suit jacket and threw it down the open glass wall and continued.
“If the police had done their job, I would have been living a different life than it is now.”
“… The future may have been different. I think I’ve said it before, but I also grew up in a slum. I was abandoned when I was a baby with my brother.”
“I remember it.”
“What would we have been if we had grown up in a safer environment with nothing lacking?”
“Well. Maybe God knows.”
she chuckled
“You don’t believe in God.”
“Do you still believe?”
“I do not know. I have leaned a lot to one side these days.”
den- den-
The church bells were ringing in the distance.
The glass wall disappeared and the sound was clearer than before.
* * *
Zervia opened her eyes as she heard the bell ringing inside the church.
He loosened his clasped hands and lifted his head to look ahead.
A huge statue of the goddess looked down at her with a benevolent smile.
It was a cathedral located near the capital, the imperial palace.
“… … .”
She didn’t really believe in God.
During the Knights School, theology was a compulsory subject, but it did not lead to faith.
It was just a habit I got into.
When my heart was full, I would come to a church where there was no one and pray, and my dizzy feelings would be cleared up.
But not now.
no matter how much you pray
Even if you meditate dozens of times.
It feels like I’m holding my body in a small boat and drifting on a rippling ripple.
I know what the cause is.
“If you really want to eradicate crime, be prepared enough to give up something important to you, regardless of the circumstances of the other person.”
Willingness to give up something precious.
Those words kept running through my mind.
‘If I were in the same situation again, would I be able to attack him? I don’t mind breaking my brother’s ashes.’
It was painful just to imagine.
Xavir Kalta.
The real owner of the name he is using.
My brother died five years ago.
When my older brother passed the police exam and was just placed as a trainee, he was in his senior year at the Knights School.
Despite having a strong background as a police chief’s father, she did not see any positive impact it had on them.
Because they were the children of their concubines, not their original wives.
The fact that their mother-in-law had no children and that they were the only children of the Kalta family did not mean much due to the nature of the high society, which values bloodlines.
Fathers were indifferent to their children, and they were exposed to the glares and gossip of flawed humans.
From the moment you were born, even after you became an adult.
The reason the gossip was reduced was probably because he graduated from the knight’s academy with his skills alone, passed the police exam, and continued to be promoted.
It could be asserted that there was no help from my father in the process.
Still, she thought her father was worthy of respect.
As the head of a huge organization called the police, he is serving as a role model and role model for others.
It was no accident that they dreamed of becoming a police officer.
‘He didn’t show up when he died, but… .’
Five years ago, a bombing attack occurred on the bridge in District 31.
Then he saw Cain holding a sword in front of his brother, who had fallen bleeding.
Even though it was a sight he had seen from afar, he trembled and sat down on the spot, unable to do anything.
And my father didn’t show up.
At the end of the funeral, he went to the funeral home, glanced at the coffin covered with the lid, and left.
It was here.
The second street of the capital, the cathedral.
The place where my brother’s transportation ceremony was held.
When I think of his empty seat, one side of my heart trembles.
“It’s definitely better than before. I should commend you.”
It was he who taught himself swordsmanship and became a pillar on which to rely.
“Be prepared to give up something precious.”
Should I give up on him?
I’m sorry, but Cain was right.
It wasn’t the first time I hesitated to make a choice at the scene of an imminent crime.
When you rescue civilians, for example, you have to sacrifice a few for the survival of the many.
According to the textbook, it is right to save the majority, and in the end, he makes the choice to save the majority, but there were countless conflicts in his head until he made that choice.
There are other situations, but the bottom line is basically the same.
Give up.
The act of giving up something precious or to be protected for something else.
If you can’t do it, you can’t move forward. can’t grow
It’s like a dead life to myself, who has been running all the time on the race track of life.
“… … .”
She clenched her fist.
Blood was seeping between the fingers.
You need to get over the wall.
It is impossible to live like a ghost like this without investigation.
Even his dead brother wouldn’t want him to be like this.
far away
Her feelings soon turned into anger at Cain for killing her brother.
Sreung.
Okay, let’s go.
It’s like breaking the shell and going out.
Nettle!
The drawn sword fell on the back of his hand.
The chapel, which penetrated through the center and where the palms were placed, was soaked with blood.
bitter pain.
It felt like my mind was cleared, and my twisted emotions were sorted out.
Then the door opened and a man in a uniform came in.
He was startled when he saw Zervia’s appearance.
He said, adjusting his clothes once.
“This is a report on the person who appeared in Area 47.”