49. Kidnapping (2)
“Um, I’m sorry… I’m really sorry···.”
The red nose said, while his usual pleasant attitude disappeared from place to place.
That attitude wasn’t a lie.
He was full of guilt for harmonica and sorry for cant.
Even my face is a mess.
Do you know that heart? Cant remained calm despite his anger.
“Other than sorry, that’s a matter for later. Tell me what happened.”
The red nose grabbed her swollen face and opened her mouth.
“Shut up…. There was a crackdown, so I ran off to the side road as usual.”
“If it’s a side road, it’s a side road only we know, right?”
“okay····. Even though he said this, he seemed to have known in advance that we were coming. Perhaps-“
“-Don’t say anything you’re not sure about. Anyway?”
“sorry···. Anyway, while we were on our way, a gangster came out and slapped me in the face with something like a stick.”
He said, pointing to one side of his severely swollen face with a red nose.
“After that…. I can’t remember much. I was busy getting punched and kicked all over the place. but-“
“-but?”
“I remember when I was dragging my harmonica, a guy with a ripped fedora spit in my face and stepped on my stomach.”
Torn brim fedora. Oliver remembered someone.
He was a beggar of moles beaten up by Cant not long ago.
A murmur erupted around him as to whether Oliver was the only one who thought of it.
“Isn’t it a mole?”
“no way···. Cant be there?”
“Even if you’re making up your mind.”
“a···. no way. Once upon a time, I was humiliated.”
“So you can hold a grudge?”
“Yeah, my subordinates have increased, and they say I’m making a lot of money…”
The anxious feelings grew as we exchanged stories, and soon spread to fear.
Suddenly, rather than worrying about the harmonica being kidnapped, they feared that they would suffer in the same way.
Except cant.
“Everyone calm down. red nose. How long have you been kidnapped?”
“Okay…. Three or four hours?”
If it’s long, it’s long, if it’s short, it’s short.
Unlike the beggars who rushed around, Cant made a decision right away.
“Even if I had kidnapped a child, it wouldn’t have taken me that far. Fist the king, gather the children. I’ll look for it right away.”
Then, a beggar said:
“Are you going to look for it?”
“Of course it is. He’s a kid from our gang.”
“Two, I think it’s a mole, wouldn’t it be better to go to that place?”
“If it was something that could be resolved by asking, I wouldn’t have opened it up in the first place. I’ll pick it up later, but for now, I’ll have to find a harmonica first. If I can’t find a harmonica, I’ll continue to be ignorant… damn bastard.”
Cant looked very angry.
Although he may appear calm on the outside, he was very angry at the fact that Harmonica had been kidnapped.
Thanks to that, no one could say anything to Cant.
Except for one king fist.
“There cant…. I don’t think it’s a very good idea for everyone to go looking for a harmonica.”
“·····. What?”
“Isn’t it? If I take all the kids out, who will guard this place?”
“·················ogue.”
“It may be an exaggeration, but can’t they come over here when we’re away?”
Then the faint uneasiness began to turn into a certain fear.
Everyone knew that moles continued to expand their power.
“Hey, there cant…. I don’t think the king’s fist is completely wrong…”
“Hey, first, calm down…”
“It’s calm…. Everyone knows the rumors, right? What happens to the kids who are kidnapped by moles? Your body will be mutilated, and you may be sold as a slave somewhere… But do you mean to stay still? Did you make a living with the money that child earned?”
“That’s it, but…”
People couldn’t say any more.
But even the insensitive Oliver understood roughly what they were trying to say.
They were more concerned about their own health than the harmonica that had been kidnapped.
Well, that’s a natural and natural reaction.
What I didn’t understand was Cant’s attitude to save the harmonica and embrace them.
It’s very frustrating and I don’t understand… However, perhaps because of that, there was something different in Oliver’s eyes.
It was similar to the paladin, but also different.
So while Oliver observed, Kingfist made an opinion.
“Well then, cant. How about leaving most of the kids here and looking for them with me?”
“What?”
“Honestly, you wouldn’t be convinced that Cant is letting go of this, right? So let’s go find it just the two of us… It would be better to go only with people who know how to do it properly than to solve a lot of people anyway.”
To Cant, who was suffering from internal conflict, King Fist’s opinion was as welcome as rain from a drought, and Cant immediately accepted it.
Others felt uneasy about Cant’s departure, but knowing Cant’s personality, no one said anything.
Just as Cant and Wangfist were about to leave, Oliver raised his hand.
“·····. what?”
“uh···. May I follow you?”
“you?”
“Yeah, I can’t really help even if I’m here anyway, but if it’s okay with you, I’d like to go with you.”
“What kind of dog…. It’s bound to get in the way, but I’ll just leave it alone.”
intervening royal fist. Oliver denies it head-on.
“If you take it, it will definitely help.”
“What kind of help should be…. hey sweetheart I know you have some talent, but that’s different. It’s not something you can’t put into your mouth. Get the subject when you say it in a good way.”
“Okay, follow me.”
Cant, who was looking at him quietly, said at once.
King Fist was startled and tried to argue, but Cant ignored it.
“·····. What’s wrong with taking one more anyway? However, I am not going to play. If you disturb me, I won’t let you go.”
“Yes, I will never do that.”
Cant nodded at Oliver’s affirmation, and his fist frowned.
said cant.
“Okay, then let’s go.”
***
Oliver, along with Cant and King Fist, arrived at the red-nosed byway.
Bloodstains were found shortly thereafter, but it seemed that they had been attacked here.
The blood splattered here and there represented the intensity of the violence, and for a moment I was puzzled.
They are humans who kidnap harmonicas and beat the red nose, but they don’t actually kill the red nose.
At the level of being beaten, he doesn’t seem like a person who keeps a certain line…
Oliver looked at the Fist of the King.
I wonder if this kind of situation has something to do with his feelings that are like snakes.
“·····. There are no traces at all. cant. What did you find there?”
“no····. No- Oh! I found a harmonica here.”
Cant said, picking up a harmonica that had fallen in the corner.
He was momentarily delighted with the traces he had found, but was again indignant at the fact that that was all he had.
“But, nothing else.”
“Look at this here.”
Kingfist pointed between the crevices of the building and said.
It was full of dirt and dust, with footprints presumed to have stood there for a long time.
“It appears to have been waiting here… These marks here look like sticks on the ground… Is there really a traitor among our beggars?”
Cant’s feelings subtly shone.
He seemed shocked, yet somewhat expected.
“I was aiming for it with determination…. ha····. Any other traces?”
“I’m sorry, but there is nothing more than this. The drag marks and bloodstains…”
“Hey, cant….”
“What? Oliver.”
“If it’s okay with you, can I see that harmonica?”
At the wrong question, Cant looked at Oliver with strange eyes, and then handed over the harmonica.
Oliver took the harmonica and pretended to go back for a moment and look for traces.
In reality, he took out a test tube and extracted his emotions.
[Sensive Nose]
Oliver used the extracted emotions to cast black magic on himself.
With him, his sense of smell grew stronger, and Oliver had to close his eyes tightly at the strong smell he had ever felt.
It felt as if the strong odors such as the familiar odor and musty smell, excrement, rotten food, sweat, and dust were woven into one and hit the head directly.
I wrote it while recalling the black magic that Dominique used in the past.
As written in the book, disease-based black magic seemed to put a lot of strain on the body.
Oliver rubbed his hoarse nose and hair, sniffing the harmonica.
There was a strong smell of that child.
Whew- Whew-
Oliver sniffed like a dog.
A strong odor tormented his nose, but before long he could smell the harmonica faintly disappearing from among the countless tangled threads of smell.
I was lucky. Had it been a little longer, it would have been completely gone.
“What are you doing now?”
Cant ask, looking at Oliver, who was sniffing into the air.
“I found it. You can follow me.”
“What?”
“I found a harmonica. Would you like to follow me?”
Oliver sprinted forward with him.
It was partly to prevent Cant from asking unnecessary questions, but there was also the fact that the smell was gradually disappearing.
Fortunately, Cant noticed something unusual and followed Oliver’s orders without saying a word.
King Fist jumped up hastily and said.
“Gee, where are you going now?”
“You found traces of the harmonica.”
“Is that guy?”
“Yeah, that guy.”
“Now say-”
“You can ask questions later, so chase after them. You can’t be sharp right now, can you?”
Cant interrupted King Fist’s words and limped.
Whew- Whew-
Oliver, who was running while sniffing, suddenly stopped in front of a large trash can on a side road.
The huge trash can was bizarrely dirty.
The surface was rusted here and there, and there was something like a sticky, stinky black slime that even beggars were reluctant to approach.
It felt like someone made this on purpose.
Oliver tried to open the lid of the trash can.
It was not easy to open due to rust, but Cant, who followed him, helped open the lid without asking anything.
Awesome – A trash can that opens with a creepy metal sound.
The inside was more speculative.
An unpleasant stench and black, sticky slime were all over the place.
“Five······. It’s a bit harsh.”
Cant, whose stomach was upset, said covering her nose.
It was even more terrifying for Oliver, whose sense of smell was enhanced with a sensitive nose.
It felt like a bang on the head, but Oliver nevertheless went into the trash can.
Because there was a single scent of harmonica left in that terrible stench.
After entering the trash can, Oliver squatted down and searched the floor.
Soaking my hands in the slimy slime.
The king’s fist shouted urgently.
“Now what the hell…?”
– Clap!
Oliver pulled something hidden deep into the floor.
With him, the bottom of the trash can opened, revealing a secret passage through which an adult man could enter.
“·······. The harmonica looks like it’s down here? And other children.”