139 – His Destination
First, he hid himself and sneaked in.
To be honest, I just wanted to openly appear and forcibly disband.
Still, it won’t be easy for an organization that has gathered under the pretext of liking me to ignore my words.
But that doesn’t solve the fundamental problem.
After some time, if I secretly change my name and come back and sell my name again, wouldn’t it be a joke?
In the end, the crux of the matter was Drake. Of course, the executives around him, including Reina, may have already assimilated into the ideology, but anyway, if Drake disappears, they will lose their power.
I have no intention of using a radical method like killing. In the first place, I have no desire to commit murder, and such an extreme method only arouses reluctance.
Then why did I bother to return to the underground as the thief Raven?
‘There is not enough information yet.’
I understood to some extent about this underground and phantom thief follower organization.
A rough organization chart, meeting schedule, and average number of people were found.
However, very little information was available about the important individual Drake.
Your age, place of residence, place of origin, family ties, and most importantly, the source of your money.
I have to find out what the hell he’s doing so he doesn’t bat an eye even after spending money on a spree.
Now is the time to uncover the truth about him.
Even though I don’t like the idea of following a black man. It’s all for a cause.
I’ve already figured out that there’s no one skilled enough to notice my stealth magic here anyway.
So, don’t worry, I’ll do my best to follow you.
It was not difficult to find his figure.
Blanca did the same, and since she always sits at the same table, does she have a reserved seat? Or maybe it’s just because it’s a comfortable and familiar place for you.
As I cautiously approached it, it looked like it was busy chatting with the person next to me without noticing my presence at all.
“It’s almost time to finish today as well.”
“I definitely feel stagnant. People don’t grow anymore.”
“I can’t help it. Because the atmosphere is turbulent these days.”
The atmosphere is turbulent? I pricked my ears at the words I couldn’t hear.
Come to think of it, the bald man said something similar earlier.
I’m sure it’s changing drastically. Maybe it has something to do with what I just said.
“Are you really okay? Wouldn’t it be better to reduce the number of meetings and live for a while, even from tomorrow?”
“No, at times like this, we need to come together more. The only thing I can trust is my friends after all.”
“Then, if at least a cheater gets mixed up…”
Drake cuts off his opponent’s mixed worries with a single knife.
“Even so, nothing can stop our unity.”
Knapul. This time, a decisive keyword came out.
A word that cannot be used in normal situations.
That means that there is a force that opposes the phantom thief followers. The turbulent atmosphere or extreme changes must have something to do with the hostile organization.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get more information right now. It was because Drake, who had finished the conversation, got up and announced the end of the meeting.
Rather, it was what I was hoping for. After the meeting, he’ll be going home, so I’ll be able to get more personal information.
Today, at least, I intend to find out for sure, even if it’s his suspiciously rich source of money.
I can’t jump to conclusions, but I don’t think Drake comes from an aristocratic family or a wealthy family.
Then she would have no reason to insist on the abolition of the caste system by shouting for equality for all. Of course, like Yulia, she is from an aristocratic background, but it’s not without the possibility that she’s a star.
Drake was the last to come out of the basement after saying goodbye to each of his friends.
As expected, there was no room for him to downgrade his attitude towards his followers, if nothing else.
A guy walking leisurely down a dark street at night.
Although he made up his mind, he felt strange when he followed the man around. Of course, but that doesn’t mean he wants to follow her.
Anyway, it takes quite a while. He’d be the one who rented the basement building, so he thought the house would be close by too.
After a long time, Drake’s steps stopped.
I stopped too and looked up blankly at the building he was entering.
‘This is…’
I did get a strangely foreign feeling from the time I got close to it.
At first, I thought it was because I was vaguely chasing after a man, so I passed it on lightly.
But he finally realized it when he reached his destination.
What is the true identity of the sense of incongruity you have been feeling since a while ago?
This was a place I knew.
I didn’t just know it with knowledge, I even visited it in person.
It can’t be an illusion. Because it was only a few months old.
In a way, it’s safe to call it a background of memories.
It was here that I met my rival, Sherlock, for the first time.
But I didn’t understand.
Why the hell? Why did Drake, and no one else, naturally go into it?
“The Mansion of Lappano…”
The days when I was just making my name known to the world as Raven the Phantom Thief.
I robbed this mansion to get the jewel of the sun’s smile.
The jewelry was not returned. Rapano was an undisputed villain.
Lappano was synonymous with the greedy rich man that Drake hated and despised so much.
In other words, Drake’s just entering this place was a contradictory scene no matter how you try to interpret it, considering what he’s shown so far.
In the end, there is only one possibility left. It’s just that everything he’s been observing up until now has been a thoroughly fabricated lie.
If this is the case, the source of the most veiled funds will be resolved. I don’t know anything else, but in this area, there is no sign that can be compared to Lappano in terms of financial power alone.
At the same time, you are surrounded by more fundamental questions.
Why the hell?
As I thought earlier, there is no reason for a noble family or a wealthy man to do such a thing.
On the contrary, if you lose yourself, you won’t know, but there’s almost no possibility of benefit.
One thing for sure is that it cannot be a dreamer’s dream to create a better world.
At least, the Rapano I know is not the kind of person who would think of such thoughts even if he died hundreds of times.
No matter how much I stand still and groan, no answer comes out.
I have no choice but to move and check.
First of all, they carefully looked around and designed the safest intrusion route. Now that I’m doing this, it feels like I’m back as a phantom thief after a long time.
Looking around around the mansion like that, it didn’t look as easy as I thought.
Magic detectors were almost everywhere. To buy this much, it’s a level where I don’t think I’ll be able to do it no matter how much money I have.
Normally, there is no need to install this excessively. At best, the only thing a magic detector can do is to detect magic, as the name suggests.
It is enough to install one or two in the most important places, but why did they install it like this?
If I had to pick a plausible reason, it must be that my intrusion caused trauma.
If that’s not the case, there’s something in the mansion that’s important enough to do this.
No matter what happens, nothing changes. It wasn’t much of a problem, except for the fact that it took time to infiltrate because I had to move more carefully with the magic detector.
I stepped slowly and as carefully as I could to avoid getting caught, and I made my way into the mansion little by little.
I didn’t see anyone standing guard.
That’s why it was even more strange. If you have installed this much magic detector, shouldn’t you increase your expenses accordingly?
Considering the fact that the percentage of wizards out of the total population is negligibly small, the opposite should be normal.
I was a bit reluctant because I kept feeling like something was out of place, but I shook my head and focused only on infiltrating.
After climbing over the tall, pointed bars, I crossed the spacious backyard and reached the back of the mansion.
Anyway, there were no proper guards except for the magic detector, so I thought about just disabling the stealth magic and hiding confidently, but the reluctance I felt earlier didn’t go away, so I decided to move with utmost caution.
‘I found it…!’
There was a room through the back window of the mansion that looked like a reception room.
In it, I saw the two people I was thinking of having a conversation.
Drake and Lappano.
A heterogeneous combination that I hadn’t even imagined just before.
However, the two sat face to face as if they were quite friendly, chatting with smiles on their lips.
You have to eavesdrop on the conversation. The moment I made that decision and tried to get closer.
Awkward!
The nape of my neck throbbed, and my intuition warned me more intensely than ever.
Get out of here right now.
I had never felt such a dangerous presence.
Every time that happened, I went through a crisis that almost cost me my life.
We must run away immediately. But for some reason, my body didn’t listen.
‘Move! Please···!’
And soon after.
“A flying fly has crawled in.”
A man appeared.