143. Collaboration proposal (1)
project.
It was a pretty annoying word.
So Oliver asked Forrest.
“What is the project?”
“It’s not a definitive story. It’s just a rumor anyway. Do you still want to hear it?”
“Yes.”
Forrest got up from his seat and adjusted his clothes.
“…it seems that city councilors are thinking of forming a new armed group through city officials.”
“A militant group?”
“Yeah, the armed forces. It’s like a private soldier who can handle it more flexibly. The Police Department and the City National Guard are administrative agencies for city security and defense. It’s hard to play it the way you like it. There are many eyes to see.”
As Oliver was about to ask why he needed an army, the reason ran through my head without me knowing.
“…Is it because of the wizards?”
“Yes. That’s not all, but it’s a big part. You must have gotten used to this city by now.”
As Forrest said, it didn’t sound like much of a compliment.
“The councilors must have been nervous as the wizard was accumulating power around Randa. That’s why they want a flexible group of armed forces that they can handle.”
Oliver nodded.
If that’s the case, you’ve heard enough of it already. However, I had a doubt.
“Then why do you make city officials do that?”
“I haven’t heard of it so far, but I can guess.”
“What kind of guess?”
“It’s taking the risk. Because the world is so wide, there are people who can compete with the Magic Tower Wizard among the solvers, street wizards, and veterans. The problem is that these people are not easy to deal with.”
Oliver thought quietly. It seemed to be somewhat true.
There were quite a few wacky people among those who used force. That’s why intermediaries exist.
“Of course, some city councilors deal with these people well, and some already have their own armed forces. But there are those who don’t. That’s why I’m leaving this to the city officials. It is to tame the dogs that have already been tamed and wandering wolves. Above all else, if you do not have a car, you may be able to shift the responsibility. This is more important than you think.”
Oliver understood what he meant and nodded.
“It seems like a difficult and costly job, but did the city officials readily accept it?”
“I can’t necessarily see it that way. At least I didn’t accept it without thinking. I’ve described it as a tamed dog before, but city officials are pretty clever dogs.”
Oliver had an interesting reaction to the new story.
Forrest kept telling me if he had seen it.
“It is the city councilors who decide Landa’s policies and directions, but it is the city officials who actually run them. They are my absolute elite in Landa.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Even if the public swears by him as a tax thief or a rice cooker, he is an axis of Randa with outstanding abilities. If that’s what they’ve accepted, it means they have a plan of their own.”
Oliver nodded curiously.
It was like seeing a new side of the city.
“Then what is the purpose of that?”
“Well, as the work increases, the effort increases, but the authority also increases…. It’s hard to answer right now. Let me find out more and give you an answer. First of all, you should take care of what the city ordered you to do. In order to talk to them, you must first address their needs. May I ask?”
Oliver nodded and grabbed the file folder.
“Is there any deadline?”
“It should be done by the end of this month. The sooner the better.”
“All right.”
Oliver nodded, grabbed his file and left.
***
jingle- jingle-
Oliver came out of the restaurant to see him off.
The time left until the end of this month, as Forrest said, wasn’t short, but it wasn’t long either.
After much deliberation, Oliver decided to calmly start his own business instead of looking for them right away.
It wasn’t about relaxing.
More than that, it was necessary to strengthen the power to work reliably.
Having made that decision, Oliver asked him to get a taxi and go to the R area near the general museum.
The taxi driver gulped the drink from the brown envelope, nodded in agreement, and started driving.
As Oliver went, he sat in the back seat and looked through the files that Forrest had given him.
They were large and small executives of an organization called the Kell Freedom Independence Army.
It was pretty fresh for Oliver.
Practical Solver The relationship between wizards and warlocks isn’t good, but they say they belong to the same organization.
I wondered what brought them together.
‘Shall we meet later and ask if we can afford it?’
Oliver thought so, and looked at the bounties, personal information, and characteristics of the characters.
Some of them had predicted where they were now hiding.
Mostly Sector X, Oliver decided to target them.
Most of them have a higher risk, but it seemed that they could reduce the search time by narrowing the scope of where they are.
‘I’m just worried about how to find it.’
Before coming out, Oliver asked Forrest if there was blood or any traces of finding the characters, but unfortunately he said no.
It is said that Northland is not easy to secure unless it is a special case because it has a less administrative system than a Kingdom Territory, of course.
‘Well, I have no idea how to find it.’
Oliver pondered what to do, but how to catch it.
Although it was short, there were many things I wanted to do personally because I went through a lot.
After a while, the car stopped.
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Near the General Museum in Area R, Oliver handed over a taxi fare and tip as a thank you.The taxi driver smiled and took the taxi fare and tip, then said goodbye to Oliver.
“thank you. Guest. Have a nice day.”
“Yes, thank you. Drivers, please drive safely.”
“Always drive safely.”
The taxi driver drank the bottle from the brown envelope and answered.
***
Oliver went to the entrance of the general museum, fell sideways and entered the corner of the black market entrance.
The black market employee disguised as a security guard looked at him with caution, but when he saw Oliver’s face, he turned his attention away.
After going down for a while, we arrived at the Black Market, which is very deep in the museum.
Because of the large number of tenants who received orders from time to time, the landscape of the black market was a little different from what Oliver remembered.
Thought he was tempted to take a look around, but remembering that he didn’t have enough time, Oliver headed straight to Crime Firm’s office at the end of the Black Market.
When I got to the office, there were empty desks and cabinets next to the office, as I had seen before.
“Hey, you’re here.”
Said the old gentleman sitting in front of the empty desk.
Wearing gilded glasses, an old suit, and armpits, he recognized Oliver at once and greeted him.
“hello? I’m here to find stuff.”
With those words, Oliver took the iron key out of his arms.
The old gentleman politely received the key, looked at it, and asked.
“Did you bring the money?”
“Oh, wait a minute.”
Oliver said he forgot, and pulled out a wallet-type gluttonous bag from his arms.
The gluttonous bag looked around and tried to run away, as if expecting something else to happen.
Unfortunately, Oliver, with no malice and no mercy in his hands, forcibly opened his mouth, shoved it in with his hand, wobbled, and then began to shake it upside down.
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As if there was a knack for it, the resistance decreased and the bundle of money fell to the beat of the shaking. With him, the tears of the gluttonous bag also fell.
The old gentleman skillfully arranged the falling bundles of money without saying a word.
After a while, the old gentleman who had all the money opened his mouth.
“The balance is 125 million dollars. Exactly right.”
With those words, the old gentleman called a nearby employee and handed him the money, and the other employees quietly moved around as if they were going to pick up something.
“Didn’t I come a little late?”
Oliver asked to confirm.
In the past, among the documents prepared for ordering goods, there was a content that if the receipt of the goods was delayed, an additional administrative fee would be charged accordingly.
The old gentleman did not hesitate and answered naturally like water.
As shown by his working attitude, he seemed to understand everything he was doing.
“If you’re talking about management fees, you don’t have to worry. It’s not too late.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“yes. If you ever need something next time, please visit us. We will try our best to provide the best products possible… Oh, here comes the stuff.”
The old man pointed to one side and said.
There, two men, wearing only suspenders and yellow running shoes, came with one huge body bag.
There was a slight amount of magical energy flowing through the body bag, but it seemed to be ice-based magic from the shape and flow.
“The items are in good condition with no rot, stored at cryogenic temperatures. However, please keep this in mind as spoilage may occur quickly if left at room temperature. Here is the document with the data of the object.”
The old gentleman zipped down the corpse pocket to reveal the items, then turned over the papers.
Oliver glanced through the paperwork and checked the condition of the item.
It was cold, and as the old gentleman said, there was no corruption.
‘After processing this and the corpse of a Mattel employee, it will take a day or two to repair and remodel the Invoice Doll. I have to experiment with other things, so at least 2 to 3 days… Do you think it’s a little too tight to even make a quest?’
Oliver thought as he looked at the object.
Reducing sleep seemed to save as much time as possible, but the problem was that I couldn’t find out exactly where Kell’s Liberation Army officers were.
It would be nice to have something that can be traced, such as blood or clothes. It didn’t work, so I was wondering what to do.
“Well········.”
“Are there any problems?”
A familiar voice spoke from behind.
Standing there was Joe, with his pony hair and roughly dressed in an old suit.
“Oh, Joe. nice to see you.”
Joe nodded his head as if he meant the same thing.
“If there is no problem, tell me. Are you waiting?”
Joe pointed to the old gentleman standing next to Oliver.
The old gentleman stood waiting to see if there was any problem.
“Is there anything wrong with the item?”
“No, no. I was thinking about something else for a while. sorry.”
“no. If there is no defect in the item and you receive it as it is, please sign it here.”
The old gentleman pushed the confirmation document to the clipboard and handed it out.
Oliver read the confirmation document once and signed the receipt confirmation.
The old gentleman confirmed the cause and said politely.
“Thank you for using our branch. We hope that you will visit us whenever you need us. We will serve you better.”
When Oliver greeted him, the old man went back to his seat and sat down at his desk again.
Oliver begs Joe to wait a moment, then pulls out the leather case around his waist and pulls out the Big Mouse.
Then, he asked Big Mouse to swallow the two items he had received.
“Anyway, what happened?”
At Joe’s sudden question, Oliver asked.
“Yes? What suddenly…”
“No, just a little…. More reliable…. no.”
Joe waved his hand and canceled his speech.
This time Oliver said.
“Is Joe at work?”
“uh. I have to make a living.”
Upon hearing Joe’s reply, Oliver looked at him silently and spoke again.
“Are you waiting for me?”
“okay····. By any chance, can I check when the next class will be available?”
“How long have you been practicing?”
The practice that Oliver spoke of was to extract emotions that were not processed, and it was the basis of the basics.
It was an unavoidable measure because he learned black magic strangely. The basics were important to use the black suit.
Instead of answering Oliver’s questions, Joe pulled out a test tube.
It was crude and cheap emotion, but it was not processed.
Shuhaah
Joe wasn’t fast, but he extracted emotions, not too slow.
When I think of the time when I was a child for the first time, I could say that it was the development of a long family.
“Oh, that’s great. It’s a lot faster than I thought, isn’t it?”
“It’s thanks to you.”
“Yes?”
“Thanks to you for catching my feelings before we broke up last time, I got a knack for how to do it. From then on, I practiced over and over again. Thanks to you, I lost some money, but… Where did you learn it?”
“Did you learn?”
Joe stretched out one of his fingers and placed it on the back of the other hand. When Oliver gave me the trick, he indirectly caught me in that way.
“Didn’t you indirectly tell me the trick like this? Thanks to that, I was able to practice as efficiently as possible.”
“…? I didn’t learn it. I just knew it from the beginning.”
“okay? ····that’s interesting.”
“Why don’t others teach you that way?”
Joe nodded.
“I don’t know much about warlocks who are competent enough to teach because I only see our captain, but you were the only one who taught me that way……. Did you know from the beginning?”
“Yes.”
Oliver looked at Joe and answered. It didn’t sound like a lie.
Come to think of it, I had never read a teaching method like this in Joseph’s library, Glip’s journal, or Puppet’s book.
Oliver thought for a moment.
How did he find out about teaching this way?
The only thing I remember was that I did it reflexively without realizing it when I was teaching Marie.
“Then, when can you teach me the next one?”
“ah···. I’m sorry, but could you please wait? I don’t have time because I have to work right now.”
“Work? work as a solver?”
“Yeah, it’s a little hard to say-”
“-Are you talking about the Kell rebels hiding in Landa?”
Oliver looked at Joe without saying a word.
Joe replied sarcastically.
“Rumors are spreading.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Hey, Dave.”
“Yes?”
“If it’s okay… Can I help?”