264. After the party (3)
“I am a victim.”
Ewan Bremner said bitterly.
“Obviously, the plate I was sitting on must be a rigged one! Or it just doesn’t make sense to me that I’ve been like that! Call them back! I’ll have to check if it’s Taja or not.”
Joe and Forrest looked at it silently, arms crossed, and Oliver asked at once.
“Isn’t it a problem to spend fake money on a gambling board?”
“Are you crazy? Of course. Gambling is illegal in the first place. If you’re cheating on bad guys, it’s a righteous scam, so it deserves praise! Don’t you know that?”
It was so bold that Oliver didn’t know what to say.
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No wonder Forest is the same.He asked Joe, who was standing next to him.
“Did you even hit your head when we weren’t there?”
“I wanted to, but I persevered. I used to take sleeping pills for drinking because it was too noisy, but that might be the problem.”
Oliver and Lee Ewan looked at the bottles lying on the floor.
“Damn it…. Somehow, he kindly took all the lids off. I’m disappointed. I trusted you.”
“You believe when you saw me. What is this yangban really?”
Joe asked Forrest, illuminating his absurd emotions.
It’s ridiculous that Forest is the same thing. He felt a headache and took out his checkbook.
“ha······. The situation is complicated, so let’s solve it one by one. How much did you spend on this person?”
“It’s done. Just call it a favor.”
Joe looked at Oliver and tried to say no. But Forrest did not accept this.
“Do not decline the favor. You and I are brokers and solvers. It’s a special broker-solver relationship, but it’s a broker-solver anyway. As far as money matters, it should be neat. If you really want to be considerate of me, tell me the amount.”
When Forrest said that, Joe finally answered.
“It’s 5,2,103,900.”
Forrest wrote the amount on the checkbook in a nice font.
Then he tore the checkbook and handed it to Joe, who checked the amount and put it in his arms.
“Thank you for your help……. If it’s okay with you, can you spare me for a moment? It’s a personal thing.”
Forrest’s understanding lighted up Joe’s regretful feelings, but he nodded obediently.
“Yes, I will wait outside then.”
When Joe took the other party outside, Oliver said to Forrest.
“I will return it to you later for 5,103,900.”
“Okay, I decided to take over Lee Wan anyway, so it’s the cost.”
Ewan interrupted Forrest’s words.
“Well? Wait a minute······. I’m sure when we met before, you called me Lee Wan-nim respectfully, but why was he downgraded to Lee Wan?”
“At that time, I got help and I was in a bad situation, but now I want to answer that it is not so.”
“You’re shameless…! But it’s reasonable, so I can’t argue with that. You are evil.”
“I am of the same opinion. Obviously, you said you can just tell me if you want to play, but why are you like this?”
“Because it’s not fun! You may not know it, but entertainment is best served with fake money! It sounds crazy, but it’s true. cancer! Ah-!!”
Forrest kept his mouth shut at the crazy answer that went beyond common sense.
It even makes me think that the medicine hasn’t gone away yet.
Fortunately, it was not only Lee Wan who went beyond common sense.
“Hey, can I ask you a question?”
Oliver raised his hand cautiously.
“briefly······. My head hurts from a hangover.”
“What is that fake money? You’re making a strange noise that it’s become a leaf.”
“leaf? ······ah! That’s a good question. Exactly, because of this.”
Wan immediately rummaged through his cloak and pulled out a bag the size of a handbag.
I wondered how he got out such a bag. Is the cloak a black magic item?
“Come on, look!”
Ewan shone proudly, shoving the handbag in front of Oliver and Forrest.
It was a handbag made with several bast mottled skins, and had eyeballs in various places, and the entrance part was made up of gums and teeth.
“My masterpiece that brought together a family of currency counterfeiters. Leaves are put here, and if it matures for one month, it turns into cash. Although, it returns to its original shape after a day, and there is a downside that there is a limit to the amount that can be put in, but anyway, it’s a great thing.”
“Oh, that’s great. How did you make it?”
“I don’t know, I succeeded by mistake after failing dozens of times, so I personally think-“
– Pair!
Forrest clapped his hand to stop the conversation between the two warlocks. Because I know that if I go on like this, I will fall into the samcheonpo before I even bring out the main point.
As Forrest said those words, Oliver immediately came to his senses.
“Oh, sorry.”
“I followed him in case something like this happened, but he seems to have followed well. Mr. Lee Wan. Have you not heard anything from Joe?”
Iwan, who was stretched from a hangover, frowned.
“word? Ummm… ah. remembered I remember······. I heard you. Is there anything you want to ask me? And I said bluntly that I might be interested.”
Lee Wan said without any pretense.
“Dare you, the best master of black magic, I would be interested… I wanted to spit in the face to tell you not to be cocky, but my fists showed up and I held it in. Forrest, can I spit on you?”
“Joe is still out there.”
“shit······! Then you can’t spit it out!! But, if it’s not as interesting as you say, I won’t say anything. I’m still drunk, so I’m brave.”
Forrest closed his eyes as if liberating, and smiled.
He looked very tired.
“It is said that people feel better when they are too tired, but that seems to be true… Dave. Can you take it out quickly?”
Oliver nodded, and first took out the Big Mouse.
“Hey, it’s Smith’s work, but…. But, something’s a little strange, don’t you rebel?”
“No, I don’t. Rather, it helps.”
“That’s weird. The glutton bag is-”
“-First of all, can’t we do something important first?”
Forrest leaned back on the back of the chair and told Ewan and Oliver.
It was indeed a wise choice. If you left it alone, we’d have been talking about Big Mouse for hours.
“sorry. Forrest-sama… big mouse. Can you take it out?”
When Oliver asked for help, Big Mouse nodded and licked the top of his head to pull out ‘that’.
“Queek-!!”
‘That’ is none other than a huge hammer wrapped in bandages.
To be precise, it was a hammer made of meat stolen from a student of a human flesh cook.
“This-“
“-It’s my work.”
Lee Wan, who had just been struggling with a hangover, said with his eyes shining.
A very serious attitude, not the light and crazy attitude she had shown up until now. For a moment, I thought I was a different person.
“You know?”
“Because it’s my work.”
Short and clear reasons.
I tried to tell Oliver how he got it, but Ian was a little quicker.
“Are you sure this is what I made for the human meat cook? How are you here?”
“Are you a meat cook?”
“Yeah, that gambler… To be precise, I made it because I was scammed at the gambling house of one of his apprentice’s subordinates. It’s not my favorite guy, but it’s better than having my hands cut off, so I gave it up. how did you get it He is very greedy for water, so he never tries to steal his belongings.”
“Long, so to speak, I murdered his disciple and then took it away. From someone with a face like a pig.”
“ah······. Well, it’s not right for me to write. But, is it true? Did you kill the meat cook’s subordinate?”
“Yes.”
“I must have been running around too much. you know that now But, it’s interesting.”
“What do you mean?”
“Even though the human flesh cook is the offspring of a dog like a dog tiger in the world who treats my pupils and subordinates as livestock, apart from him, he is the one who takes revenge when his subordinates get hurt… Why are you still alive?”
“Well······. I was just a hired fixer.”
“is it? Hmmm…”
Lee Wan tilted his head, illuminating his unexplained emotions.
Then Forrest quietly intervened.
“Can I ask you a question too?”
“what?”
“Are you familiar with human meat cooks?”
“I don’t know what kind of guy he is. Besides the human meat cook, the puppet, the fan, the piper.”
Forrest was surprised by Iwan’s answer. Oliver had the same reaction.
The four fingers that represent the black hand are only rumored one by one, but their specific identities are hidden behind a veil.
But not one of them, but all of them… I couldn’t help but admire.
“Awesome.”
“for a moment······. Are you feeling bad? It’s like, do you think I’m below them? That’s why young guys. Do you know who they are?”
“no.”
“I know. They’re just gangsters, complexes, delusional bastards, with very long backs. By the way, on the other hand, I am a brilliant inventor, an artist with boundless creativity, and a great wanderer. Be careful······. So don’t touch my pride.”
“Ah, sorry. I will keep that in mind from now on.”
“Of course it should be…. In that sense, I ask, what have you done to my work?”
Iwan said as he loosened the bandages around the meat hammer.
As the bandages wrapped around several layers were removed, a meat hammer that had changed its shape by eating a large amount of Bathory’s blood appeared.
The bones were stained with blood, and the crimson flesh was as deep as freshly caught meat.
It was full of vitality as a whole, and, as a bonus, the spiky appearance made it even more ferocious.
Lee Wan showed great interest and urged him again.
“What the hell did you do?”
“I cannot answer that.”
“What?”
“There are circumstances, so I can’t explain that part in detail.”
Oliver answered again.
Ewan glanced at Oliver for a moment, but then pulled away.
Then he brought his nose to the meat hammer and sniffed it.
“Well······. Okay, so can you answer any other questions?”
“If I can answer that, I will.”
“When you took this, didn’t you rebel?”
As Oliver tried to answer, a memory of the past came to mind.
“Uh… are you talking about the meat hammer?”
“okay.”
“Some other people tried to touch it, but they got bitten.”
“Because it’s something like that. It’s as demanding as the quality is great.”
Oliver nodded without resistance.
As Lee Wan said, that hammer is a great thing. It was able to beat its own power and strength second, extract human life force, and cut off its own flesh and eat it for recovery.
“You?”
“Yes?”
“Did you not rebel against you?”
Ian asked.
“I didn’t ask.”
“From start to finish?”
“Yes.”
“Well······.”
Iwan’s eyes lit up and he thought deeply.
Together with him, he lit up curiosity, curiosity, and a desire to explore that were no less than magic tower wizards.
“Is there any problem?”
“Problem? there is no Because my inquisitive mind has awakened as a warlock… say it outright Give me back this hammer.”
“Give me back?”
“Yeah, because I made it. It was originally mine.”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
Forrest intervened. However, relaxation did not stop.
“I’m here caught on fraudulent gambling! Don’t argue with me! Are you fucking insane?!”
Ian cried out shamelessly again. To the extent that even Forrest’s composure was shaken.
Oliver calmed down Forrest and opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry to just give it back, can I offer you a deal?”
“deal? Dare, against me? Cheeky.”
Iwan said, with his feet still tied in shackles.
Oliver apologized.
“Ah, sorry. It’s definitely cheeky… Well, then, could you please? I will give it back, so could you please do me a favor?”
“······Tell me.”
“I’ll give you this meat hammer, so can you break this hammer a little and make two tonpas for me?”
“Tonpa?”
“Yes, two outlines. It was recently broken and needs to be replaced.”
“I know you say you like to use sticks? swish! swish! swish!”
“It’s a quarter staff. This is enough for me… How can you not?”
Iwan thought as he stroked his chin and nodded.
“Okay, I’ll do it for you. Instead, everything else is mine. mine!”
“I totally agree. Because it originally belonged to Lee Wan.”
Oliver and Lee Ewan found an agreement and made a deal.
“I like it. Take this.”
Iwan rummaged through his cloak and threw a small, round thing like a chunk of meat.
It could be held in one hand, and upon closer inspection, it was the head of a man who had been compressed and dried like jerky.
“This······?”
“My personal communication device. Absolutely no fear of being eavesdropped. When it’s done, I’ll let you know.”
Lee Wan lifted his head, which appeared to be the same pair.
A woman’s head, wrinkled just like Oliver’s, and her eyes sewn with thread.
As soon as he checked, Oliver packed the item into his arms without any hesitation.
“Okay, then, please unshackle me. Right, I have to go to processing.”
Forrest looked at him relaxedly, but Oliver nodded as if he was okay and released him.
With a click, Lee Wan’s feet were released freely.
He shrugged and screamed.
“ah······. I think I will live now.”
“Can I ask how you are going to make the tonpa? Can you make it here?”
“No, first, we have to leave this place and go to Zone Z.”
Lee Wan answered Forrest’s question.
Forrest questioned his ears and asked again.
“Area Z?”
“exactly. It can only be processed there. It is the only place in this city where the spirit of hell remains.”
the spirit of hell.
It was a word that aroused Oliver’s curiosity.
Whether he had read the sign, Lee Wan looked at Oliver and said first.
smiling broadly.
“I’ll explain in detail later”