Episode 106 – You were caught too.
106. You guys were caught too.
Leon was startled by that familiar word and asked back.
“Grease?”
“Yes. “Guris means wind in ancient language.”
“Ah. Me again.”
Guris’ second branch leader, Tull, asked.
“What information do you want?”
“Listen carefully.”
“I will listen.”
“In the system.”
Leon began to recite.
“Blood Donors, Reconnaissance Bureau, Black Death, Musk, Seven Seats, Count Wendell, Baron Lassell, Baron Cirmoin, Baron Olamo, Borsha Family, Anbers Family, Noble House, Killer Group, Fixers, Gangsters, Underworld Forces, Violent organizations, black magic groups, black markets, arenas, duels, gambling houses, auction houses…”
“······.”
As the conversation continued, cold sweat ran down Tull’s face.
A long time later.
“All information about······.”
Tull took out his handkerchief and wiped his face.
“We will prepare as best as we can.”
“Can I sit here?”
“Yes. “It will be delivered soon.”
Leon nodded and threw a heavy bag of gold coins to Tull.
Tool said after glancing inside.
“Is there too much?”
“There’s one more thing.”
“Please tell me.”
The tool’s spirit was in full swing.
“I want to get tickets to ‘Manwol Auction House.'”
“Ummm…”
Tull wanted to dip his head in the river water and then pull it out. My head felt warm. His brain is heating up as he tries to calculate it.
He spoke after silence.
“I think it’s possible.”
“Oh? Really? “Is it possible to get two?”
“Two sheets… Yes. “I will save it until the auction house opens.”
“Okay. “Don’t forget to find the bastard who gave me this name.”
“······Yes.”
Seueuugh-
A shadow fell over their heads. A ferry was passing under the bridge.
Soon, a small boat came unusually close. However, Tull and Leon, as well as the boatman, were not embarrassed.
The moment the boat passed by the ferry, the man on the boat threw a bundle of documents. It was a quick move like a gambler turning a hand.
The similar process was repeated a couple of times. Only then did the ferry get out from under the bridge and out of the darkness.
“Even though it is a summary, it is a lot.”
Tul handed over a stack of documents two spans thick to Leon.
Leon nodded his head.
“Then see you next time.”
“Let’s take a look.”
When Tull lowered his head, Leon had suddenly disappeared from the ferryboat.
It was a windy exit.
* · * *
Eye-stinging lights, flashing gold, cheers and screams.
A noisy hall where roulette, cards, and chips are constantly exchanged.
Leon arrived at the casino in District 5 and wandered around the place, whistling.
“Hmm.”
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Overall, there is a subtle glow of madness here. The atmosphere is as if everything is pulled like a taut bowstring.
There were a lot of people whose excitement was welling up to their bones and who looked as if they would explode at the slightest touch.
“Wow!!!”
Right next to Leon, who was walking, a man jumped up and screamed. A gambling machine similar to pachinko had four matching pictures floating around.
“Surprise, you crazy person.”
Leon reflexively hit the back of his neck with the blade of his hand. The man hit his head on the machine and fainted.
A man fainted and collapsed, but no one around him paid any attention to him. They are just tapping on their machines with red eyes.
Leon also paid no attention and walked inside.
Soon he arrived at a place where tables were lined up. It was an area where games such as poker and hold’em were played.
Leon looked around his head.
‘Dealer wearing a red badge… ‘There it is.’
After finding his goal, he went and sat down at the table where poker was being played. Then he took out some silver coins and placed them on the table. The dealer changed the silver coins into chips.
The game started again, and the dealer dealt the hand.
There were three men and women mixed at the table. They sipped whiskey or burned cigarettes and looked at their cards indifferently.
Leon deliberately did not check his hand. He placed a chip on top of the two cards that were still covered.
‘I said 30 raise, check, 100 raise.’
He repeated a certain sequence in his mind. Each time it was his turn, he did it right.
“Raise.”
Leon spat out the last black chip (100 raise).
Then.
“······.”
The eyes of the woman wearing a fur coat, the man who was drinking, and the dealer changed slightly.
It was a change so subtle and insignificant that even Leon would not have noticed it if he hadn’t been paying close attention to his emotions.
‘Okay, first of all, those three.’
Leon smiled brightly at them. Except for the three, the man with the tobacco in his mouth seems to be an ordinary person who really doesn’t know anything.
All five community cards have been placed. No one died. Everyone revealed their cards.
“hahahaha! Yes!”
Unfortunately, the man’s hand was the highest at the beginning of the year. The stakes were quite high, so he gleefully scooped up his chips. But no one paid attention. Everyone seemed genuinely upset.
A new game begins, and the dealer deals the hand again.
At this time, Leon stared at the dealer’s hand. He could clearly see the dealer putting something on the card.
It was a nimble move made with even mana, but it did not deceive Leon’s eyes. He was visible even though his eyesight was not open at all. It was a pure power that developed after taking the Kwaein Sokhaengdan.
Whirik-
Leon checked his hand this time. Let’s cover it with his hand and gently lift the card.
‘Bingo.’
There were three black, narrow pills attached to the front of the card.
“······.”
Leon made eye contact with each of the three people he had dotted and smiled.
* · * *
Watsen, a Reconnaissance Bureau agent, is disguising himself as a dealer at an island casino.
“Is it a shift?”
“Okay, good job.”
Watson handed over the table to his fellow dealer who came when the time was right and left.
He thought as he moved to the break room.
‘Twenty in just half a day. It is growing rapidly.’
According to orders from above, medicine was distributed mainly to the wealthy in District 5. Word of mouth spread quickly, and now even middle-class citizens were taking the drug from time to time.
‘Like the red-eyed guy from earlier. That bastard. ‘Why do you keep splitting it so I feel bad?’
Watsen remembered the boy’s unpleasant look and muttered two curses.
‘Anyway, how long do I have to do this? The mood is bad these days. ‘Isn’t it time to slowly disappear?’
The order given to Watson, the lowest of the ranks, was simple.
Distributing drugs at the 5th District Casino, one of the countless secret bases spread throughout the system.
I didn’t know exactly what the drug was, and I didn’t know why it had to be distributed so desperately.
All I had to do was secretly give the medicine given by my superiors to the visiting customers.
For Watson, it was just like the drug operation he always did.
‘f*ck. Do you think the system will collapse if we just spread some drugs? If that was going to happen, it would have collapsed a long time ago. ‘Foolish upper-class bastards.’
Chewing on the reconnaissance office, Watson opened the door to her lounge. It was a lounge and secret meeting place used only by agents dispatched to the casino.
Rumble.
“I’m here-.”
Watsen’s memory ended there.
······.
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‘What is it?’
Watson closed and opened her eyes repeatedly. I couldn’t understand the situation.
The back of her neck felt sore. Her head felt like it was going to explode, and her vision was strangely turned upside down.
Her body also did not lie down properly. Even though she tried to move her mana, she wouldn’t budge from her dantian.
‘······What, what is it?’
Eventually, Watson lost her composure and tried to raise her voice.
“Eup…! Ugh…!”
My lips did not open. Something about her was clamping down on her mouth.
Suddenly.
“Oh, are you awake? Wait a minute.”
A pair of red eyes suddenly popped out in front of her nose. Watson was so shocked that her heart dropped.
“Yes, brother. Yes, yes. You’re right. “There.”
“······.”
Her voice continued. Watson rolled her eyes.
Tall and skinny. Dark black hair swept behind her. The red-eyed boy was holding a communicator and talking to someone.
‘That bastard just now?!’
Watsen was surprised again. She had those eerie red eyes that I saw just a moment ago.
‘Damn it. Could it be that he was from the intelligence department? ‘You got caught?’
Watson, like a trained reconnaissance agency agent, tried to understand her situation. She wriggled her body little by little, fearing that her bonds might come loose. Her ankles were sore from being chafed by the rough rope.
He thought.
‘Comrades. What about your comrades?’
I don’t know yet. He works with two agent comrades at the casino.
Luckily, they had left the table earlier to attend to other matters. Those who have returned may notice the incident and provide help.
At that time.
As if my struggling efforts had paid off, my body spun around with a creaking sound.
And.
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
Watsen faced the pitiful eyes of his comrades head on.
They had gags tied to their mouths and their ankles were hung from ceiling hooks, hanging like bats.
‘Hmm.’
Watsen smiled.
‘Yes, you were caught too.’
Creak.
Watson restored his body to its original state. He didn’t want to see any more looks in his comrades’ eyes.
‘f*ck you.’