282. The man who saved the world once (1)
While all the undercover companies, centered on McCluskey’s security company, were shut down and those involved were put on trial, Sheamus’ ABC continued to thrive.
As the peaceful days continued, a knight quietly shook Randa.
[Anonymous report. Investment firm ABC. Have a secret meeting with a rare scammer!!!]
According to the article, Sheamus met a man at a hotel, and he was the culprit of a large-scale financial fraud in the center of the continent.
Oliver looked at the three photos attached to the article.
The first photo shows a tall man who is over 2 meters tall entering the hotel, and the man seems to hide his appearance in his own way, wearing a hat and sunglasses.
Still, the man stood out.
Its gigantic size and thick bear-like hands and feet caught everyone’s attention.
Like, like Sheamus.
He entered the hotel as if he had a strong appearance, and below the photo was a close-up of the profile of a man who entered the hotel and a photo of a large-scale financial fraudster in the center of the continent.
side view and front view.
It was confusing because of the different composition, but they also looked quite similar.
“Well······. Are the tattoos on your face covered with makeup?”
Oliver asked the question, taking turns looking at the two pictures, and Carver answered.
“Yeah, he looks twice as big if he even has a tattoo on his face.”
It was a sensible thing to say. If a man of that height and size had a tattoo on his face, it seemed twice as conspicuous.
“But, if you’re going to camouflage, isn’t it more certain to wear a leather mask?”
“Of course, it would be safer, but humans are not that rational.”
“Yes?”
“People have told me it’s not so rational. It’s probably because of the pride of the druids that he didn’t wear a leather mask and only wore sunglasses and a hat. There are people who find black magic items made of human skin flimsy and unpleasant. Especially druids.”
“well······. I don’t understand.”
“It is natural. However, if you look back on their circumstances one by one, you can understand them. Well······. Let’s take an example. Do you know who the druids are?”
“I don’t know, but I know that the poor are the main ones.”
“That’s right. Most Druids come from poor families, having to sell their children. While the training process is harsh, they are forced to lead a stuffy life by all kinds of rules, so their popularity is low compared to the strength they can get. In the meantime, what do you think you’ll do if you’re lucky enough to get out of Greenland and get your freedom?”
“I do not know?”
Oliver didn’t really know. Whether it was ascetic or harsh in the first place, it was a word that didn’t come to Oliver well.
“I want to be compensated.”
“What reward?”
“There are several things. As a reward for living in poverty, you can spend money to live a luxurious life, or as a reward for a life in which only humility and duty are forced, you can press down on others and pursue a pleasurable life. Because I always persevered, I could act like my temper… Coincidentally, Sheamus is all here.”
Oliver remembered the appearance of Sheamus he had seen.
Wearing expensive clothes, driving an expensive car, showing off three lovers, a gluttonous appetite, and even an attack through the Anti-Development Committee… There certainly seemed to be something like that.
“So this person must have just hid his face with sunglasses and a hat. More than that, my pride doesn’t allow it. It’s stupid, but it’s not that I don’t understand.”
Carver pointed to the photo of the man in the article again.
It wasn’t just speculation, it was confidence with a certain basis.
“Well······. That’s a great guess.”
“It’s not that great. What’s really amazing is the Moirai School. They hacked the world tree of the security company, found and restored old contacts, and based on that, they went upside down and even found the secret communication records of the druids.”
I now understand what Albert said a few days ago. They were aware of this situation in advance.
“You can guess who’s going to meet Seamus just by locating someone’s location on the World Tree and checking the date when they’re coming. Of course, it would be difficult to come by an illegal route like a smuggler, but I didn’t think it was necessary.”
Carver said it was no big deal, but Oliver could vaguely estimate just how much time and effort it would take.
The number of people coming and going to Landa in one day was beyond my imagination.
“You must have had a hard time.”
“It’s nothing compared to your hard work. Above all, even thieves work like this for stealing, and the landlord must also work hard to protect their property.”
“You are great. Well······. May I ask a question?”
“of course.”
“Could this one photo hurt Sheamus-sama?”
Oliver looked at the newspaper and asked a question.
It could have been a rude remark to question Carver’s ability, but it was also a reasonable doubt.
Even though a large-scale camouflage company, centered on McCluskey’s security company, was subjugated, ABC’s money flow showed unstoppable strength, and even while the barge bosses were being questioned, not a single one sold Seamus.
A person with such management power was unlikely to be shaken by articles and photos like this.
“you’re right. This will definitely be difficult.”
“How about this alone?”
“Yes······. However, I don’t think I can tell you right now. It’s not that I don’t trust Dave, but it’s good that you don’t talk about things like this. Please understand.”
“Oh, yes, then there is nothing I can do about it……. So, did you come here only to explain this situation?”
“It is true that I have come to explain the situation. I think it’s polite to at least explain how things work if you hire a high-paying person at ridiculous terms. Also, you have to pay a deposit.”
I wondered what he meant, and I soon found out.
He took a file labeled PJ from the bag Carver had brought and handed it to Oliver.
“This······?”
“This is the advance payment you requested. It took some time to find out the person of the Paladin as the Paterism was a closed institution. Please understand.”
“No, no, no… Rather, thank you for recognizing me this way.”
Oliver opened the file with the answer and checked it.
The file contained Joanna’s photo and personal information.
“Well······. Carver?”
“Yes, Mr. Dave.”
“Where is First Step?”
“It is a colonial city in the New World.”
***
first step.
Carver said it was a colonial city of the United Kingdom established in the New World.
As the name suggests, it was the first colony established, and was once an important base for exploration of the New World and the center of the slave trade.
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Now that the slave trade was abolished, it was said to be an important military base and a manastone supplier.‘It’s all thanks to Prometheus. Thanks to them miraculously finding the Manastone Deposit. These days, there are rumors that the ore is drying up again, but I found the Manastone ore again. Like a miracle.’
Carver gave a brief overview of First Steps.
It is the center of administration that binds and manages the new continent of the United Kingdom, and it is an important military base and an important source of essential resources such as magic stones.
Oliver wondered what Joanna was doing there. That, too, was somewhat answered by Carver.
‘The approximate task of the paladin there is to protect the priests, spread the paterism to the natives, and eliminate the warlocks.’
‘Are there any warlocks in the New World?’
‘Oh, of course it is. It’s more polar in a sense.’
Carver said that some of the natives of the New World were very addicted to black magic and attacked the kingdom’s forces with it.
So, the paladin said that he would cooperate with the kingdom army and subdue them periodically.
It was a pretty interesting story.
It’s the first step in the new continent… It didn’t seem like a bad idea to go there later if I had a chance.
‘Before that, I will have to finish my work safely, but fortunately, progress is being made.’
Oliver thought as he looked at the two newspapers.
The first newspaper contained an interview with Sheamus.
After founding ABC, he was often mentioned in newspapers, but the newspaper had a different orientation.
It was an interview in which he denied that he had ever met a financial fraudster in the center of the continent, rather than advertising himself or ABC.
He joked through a friendly newspaper that he had never met the scammer, and that if he had, he would have met him at the six-star hotel he had rented.
It sounded quite plausible, but the negative public opinion about ABC actually subsided after the clarification article was published.
However, this has become a self-indulgence.
As soon as Sheamus explained it, Carver posted another article as if he had been waiting.
[Sheamus’ Lies Revealed!!]
Under the provocative headline, there was a picture of Sheamus meeting a financial fraudster in a hotel room.
The photograph itself was enough to make Sheamus a liar.
As much as the explanation was effective, the reaction was great, and the anxiety of many investors who invested in ABC was growing.
The photo, taken at the right time, shook the trust that Sheamus had built up in a single stroke.
“And this will not be the end.”
restaurant office. Forrest got lucky while reading the article.
“Isn’t this the end?”
“Yeah, it hurt Sheamus the most of any attack I’ve ever done, but it’s not fatal enough to end it. People are a little shaky, but if you keep paying the return on your investment, it will soon calm down again.”
“Is that so?”
Oliver asked, not understanding. As you can see, the current situation is questionable.
“From a logical point of view, that is correct. But human beings cannot live only logically.”
“··································································································· How amazing. Did Carver say something similar?”
“As a city official, I will see many people and social phenomena……. Well, can I ask you a rather sensitive question?”
“Yes? Oh yes. Please tell me.”
“How much money do you have?”
“A savings?”
“Yes, the bankbook balance……. At least over a billion, right?”
Oliver nodded.
He rented a house for a long time in District L, a middle-class residential area, set up a better research studio, and spent more money on food and clothes, but the money he had earned so far was quite large, and he still had plenty.
Even the current cost of living could be sufficiently maintained with the salary received from the horse tower.
A few years ago, Oliver, a miner, was leading a prosperous middle-class life in Landa.
“Great. That’s great. Heartily. It’s not easy to reach a billion dollars at your age… Most people die without even seeing billions of dollars.”
“I know that.”
“Knowing with your head is different from knowing here.”
Forrest put his hand on his heart.
“Poverty is more terrifying than you think. No joke, poverty makes people stupid, low-key, and petty. I can’t maintain my dignity because I feel the crisis of survival every day.”
Oliver agrees to some extent with that statement.
In fact, I’ve seen it a lot in orphanages and mines. Even Oliver did.
Seeing the child next to him starving to death, Oliver did not distribute the oatmeal and ate it all by himself. Because I’m so hungry.
“Even though most of the city workers have reclaimed their youth and health, there are still many who are unable to raise ten million Randa. And with that money, you can’t support your aging body… It’s really sad, isn’t it? Even after working hard all his life, he can’t support himself.”
“That seems sad.”
“By the way, what do you think people will do if there is a company that promises to give you 1 million Randa a month if you put 10 million Randa in front of such people? Analyze logically? That is not an easy thing to say.”
Five······. Oliver was convinced.
The reason I couldn’t understand it because I was in the hazy fog for the time being, I could see clearly.
It was similar to how he followed Joseph. Even though I didn’t know him well, there was no other way, so I followed him.
“So, if you stop here, it will fluctuate for a while and then it will be over. People who can’t afford to put their hands down after being burned.”
“understand······. By the way, you seem to know pretty well, don’t you?”
“Did you think I was born with a restaurant like this from the beginning?”
“Yes? oh······. okay.”
Oliver later understood the meaning. Apparently, Forrest was also the main character of the self-made song that started from the bottom up.
“By the way, you are very talented.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s this picture. It was shot really well. Even if the Moirai can find out who is coming and when, it’s not hard to find and take a picture in this megalopolis. I wonder how it was filmed.”
As Forrest said, Oliver had his doubts.
Taking pictures was not as easy as it sounds. In particular, there was a limit to the number of the world in the hotel rooms.
“Well······. I’ll ask Mr. Carver later. I am suddenly curious.”
“Can you answer me?”
“If you don’t do it, there’s nothing you can do.”
***
“after······. Who?”
Inside the upbringing class hotel suite.
Sheamus was stretched out in the armchair, covered with a cold towel over his face.
“They are called poor brothers.”
Dugan, Sheamus’ subordinate, answered cautiously.
“poor······. Fuck what?”
“I was called the poor brother. president.”
“It’s a fucking name. Where’s the poor guy’s brother… What are you guys doing?”
“It’s a huge beggar. It is an organization centered on Area W, mainly collecting information. Digging through the trash can.”
Sheamus laughed hahahaha. It’s ridiculous that he’s been caught up in the trash cans or rubbish heaps.
Sheamus lowered the towel that was covering his face and looked at Dugan with anger.
Rather than being angry with him, it was anger about the situation now that the situation has gotten worse.
“How did the garbage and the trash scouring take pictures of the hotel? It would be blocked at the entrance.
“It is said that some members of the organization are supported and hired as pub or hotel employees. So the level of information that can be collected is low, but the scope is very high. I think Craig was caught because of this.”
“Fuck it.”
Sheamus spoke with the utmost sincerity.
To the beggars who have nowhere to bite.
The plan to grow the board a little more and eat it properly came back as a dagger that stabbed him in the opposite direction.
In this case, it would have been better to roll only the funds that have been secured now.
The situation became urgent.
“If we prepare slowly from now on, when will we be able to leave?”
“Are you planning to withdraw already? This kind of-”
“-You can mumble and crush it. But I feel bad.”
feeling. Although it was a very abstract and personal expression, Dugan could not vomit any more. Sheamus’s sense was different from that of others.
“Ummm… At least a week, possibly two weeks.”
“Okay then, I’ll give you two weeks. I will try to comfort people. In the meantime, prepare.”
“Yes······.”
“It’s a very sad expression.”
Seamus asked, looking at Dugan’s expression. In fact, Dugan was a pity.
In just a few months, we have raised a huge sum of Rs. 2.8 trillion, but let’s get our hands dirty here…
If I had a little more time, I might have eaten three or four times, maybe ten times, as Seamus said.
“I feel the same way. it hurts like crazy as if one was crazy······. But, don’t worry too much. Whatever it is, 2 sets is a lot of money, and I’ve learned the tricks, so I can hide myself for a few years and do it again. More detailed and longer-term than it is now.”
Dugan was amazed. Seamus was looking into the farther future, even though his immediate work was stymied by an unexpected ambush.
“More than anything else, we have Eve that money can’t buy. Its use is limited right now, but the potential is endless. This alone will give you an edge over other druids. So don’t be sorry If you regret it, you will have regrets, and if you have regrets, it will cause setbacks in your work.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Okay, take your investment…. Carefully collect some gangsters who have connections with us but don’t have any connections. When we run away, we have to have people to grab our attention instead.”
“Yes.”
“I think I have to visit the Anti-Development Committee. Oh, and find out who they are.”
“Who are you talking about?”
“The poor brothers. The fact that you filmed me means that my kids might be watching too. I hate flying flies around me.”