298 – [5] Master, we’re screwed.
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An academy where aspiring hunters from all over the world gather.
The name is Palaistra Academy.
And the reason why Palaistra Academy was famous and famous was not simply because famous hunters came here.
This was because there was a different level of investment than other hunter academies operated separately by local governments or foundations.
First, a mock battlefield within the academy.
I wonder if there are one or two at other academies.
There were dozens of Palaistra Academy.
Hunter aptitude test.
It was different from other academies that derived results through simple tests.
Many people came together to analyze an aspiring hunter and came up with reasonable results based on this.
Practical experience.
I had no real-world experience of going through a dungeon gate or cracking open a dungeon gate while accompanied by a guardian.
Thanks to its fantastic location, I was able to experience even more vivid practical training through World Gate.
Of course, now that it has become a half-baked academy, seriously vivid practical training is taking place.
It’s the same with the monsters pouring in, and the street battles with the knights.
Good location.
Other academies, like regular universities, build somewhere in the mountains to save money.
Out of concern for the mental health of the cadets, this place was built in the middle of the city on a flat area with plenty of sunlight and beautiful scenery.
When asked why they were in such a position amidst periodic floods, the excuse they gave was that.
Right after the flood, one of the academy officials was criticized for saying that these harsh conditions would make the cadets stronger.
The output was also good.
To be precise, it was clear that efforts were being made to improve output.
It was different from other academies where cadets were abandoned like dogs once they graduated.
Around graduation, we connected them with guilds and companies that suited them, and also provided special training to friends who wanted to start a business.
Because there was name value, there was no need to worry about getting a job no matter how low the level was, and this soon led to good output.
In addition to these advantages, tuition was also free.
For talented but poor people, it was the only way to turn their lives around.
Considering that many hunters struggle with student loans, it was also a way to guarantee a comfortable future.
Would it be better to say that a C-level hunter from Palaistra Academy is better than an A-level hunter paying off student loans?
It is not without its creaky parts, but these factors were the key to making Palaista Academy highly rated.
And the more highly evaluated it was, the more people had no choice but to envy this academy.
It meant that high-quality and talented people were structurally gathered together.
There are also a lot more flies targeting them.
Gold Diggers who capture the academy cadets and try to turn their lives around.
Bosses who actually commit employment fraud by telling you to only get one.
Malicious reporters trying to report on the inside story of the Academy.
In addition to these external beings, there were also internal beings.
A Mexican who came to the academy according to his parents’ wishes and has since become involved in academy-related businesses.
“Damn, why are there so many incidents at this damn academy?”
Cortez Landin Gallardo.
Landin was a hunter cadet who was a first-year student at Palaistra Academy and had no intention of becoming a hunter.
The direction was strange, and the problems were also serious.
Even more so when you think about what kind of people their parents are and what the academy-related business is.
“Not long ago, a truck delivering drugs had an accident, and this time there was a flood and the entire drug warehouse was locked down?”
Heir to the Campeche Cartel.
The dark hand inside the academy.
He was the person in charge of drug distribution within Puerto Rico, where the Academy was located.
And he was making a lot of money from that position.
There is always bound to be a demand for drugs, and this was the same for Palaistra Academy.
Although Arecibo and the Academy say it is prohibited, how can that be easy?
– A Caribbean island right in front of Mexico.
Due to the nature of Puerto Rico, it was inevitable that it would be easy to smuggle it into the country.
– The Academy’s human resource pool where people from all over the world gather.
As drug addicts from all over the world who passed the academy gathered, the number of people corrupted by them was bound to increase.
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– Characteristics of a hunter who is pushed to his limits physically and mentally.
As there are many cases of mental illness such as PTSD and serious injuries, there was bound to be a high demand for narcotic drugs and other drugs.
The Campeche Cartel dug into this.
And after the leader’s son showed talent as a hunter and was accepted into the academy, the scale of the business gradually grew.
Probably, by the time he graduated, Palaistra Academy would have become a great cash cow for the cartel.
This is especially true when you consider that those close to him are wealthy people.
“First of all, if we use the remaining supply, we will be able to somehow cover the current demand…… “But just in case, I guess I’ll have to raise the price temporarily.”
“Master, if you raise the price temporarily, people will be very dissatisfied.”
The secretary of such a great person.
The woman her parents named opened her mouth as if she were concerned.
“Anyway, we are the only cartel that deals drugs here. “All other organizations were kicked out.”
“If you’re not careful, they might come back in.”
“You can only come back if you have force. “What can be done with things that have no power?”
“Even if that wasn’t the case, those who were dissatisfied would report it to the city authorities… ….”
Landin shook his head.
He then looked negatively at his secretary and made an unknown hand gesture.
“I guess so. “Even if we really reported it, do you think the police would be able to destroy our organization?”
“…… No.”
“You’re merging with the organizations in your home country, right? There is no group in Puerto Rico with more force than us. Even if it’s the police.”
The secretary made an expression that there seemed to be a lot.
But Landin shook his head once more.
“Except because public authorities from other states won’t come anyway. Then what remains are guilds and companies, so why would they touch us?”
“… ….”
“Even if you touch it? Then, if we just carry out a bomb attack targeting the managers, things will quiet down.”
A somewhat arrogant attitude that omits the nation’s ultimate weapon.
However, the secretary, who knew his personality well, did not dare to say this out loud.
“Investigation as terrorism? How many of Arecibo’s politicians have been bribed by us? “I will be in Mexico when the investigation actually begins. How do you conduct the investigation?”
“That is correct.”
“Even if they tried to defeat me by force, there is no way they could defeat me, who is a cadet from the Palaistra Academy.”
I ranked 11th in the placement test immediately after entering school.
Even if I was a senior or a current hunter, I was confident that I would not be defeated carelessly.
“So you don’t have to worry too much. “There is a method and a backing.”
“By the way, about the Irish case.”
Therefore, the secretary quickly brought up another story, as if to cut off her arrogant appearance.
However, it was not a completely useless story.
She handed Landin a piece of paper.
Landin actually put a question mark above her head as if she didn’t know.
“Island Gun?”
“The last time the Irish organization got out of our control.”
“Oh, yes. That. “An organization under our cartel suddenly announced its withdrawal.”
It was truly a strange thing.
It means that an Irish organization that was doing well suddenly announced its withdrawal.
However, it wasn’t something he needed to worry about right away.
It was always something that one’s parents back home had to take care of.
“According to our separate investigation, it is said that there was a somewhat unpleasant incident related to the existing boss there.”
“Unsavory incident?”
“Yes, the leader who was good at calling women and partying suddenly changed his sex and disappeared… ….”
“…… ?”
I looked at the secretary as if asking what nonsense.
He read the document handed to him with indescribable eyes.
“There was even a video announcing the disappearance. But the video was destroyed by an angry vice-minister?”
“Yes, the testimony here is from people who watched the video together at the time.”
“First of all, I guess it’s true that I underwent a sex change…… Why? And suddenly?”
“They don’t even know that. I think I did this voluntarily because my hidden desires exploded…….”
Of course, in reality, it was not a desire at all, nor was it voluntary at all.
If he knew this, as he was busy talking to viewers at the Nartica China branch, he would have screamed.
“There’s a lot going on. So who inherited the organization?”
“It’s called a vice president. But cutting off the connection with our organization is also an interest… ….”
“Have you always been dissatisfied? Or was he someone who kept his ambitions hidden?”
“They say neither was the case. “It is said that, as the boss expected, he was not even a very smart person.”
“Then I guess I did it impulsively without thinking, or someone from below incited me to do it.”
“I think there is a high possibility of that happening.”
It was a headache.
Because the organization in charge of supply within Europe suddenly betrayed them.
But that wasn’t a big problem.
Betrayal was a common occurrence within criminal organizations, and methods were developed to deal with it.
“Are our cartel leaders aware of this situation?”
“I think I know roughly. “Currently, the leadership of the organization is making efforts to appease.”
“Betrayal is betrayal, but appeasement. “I think everyone is going too leisurely.”
“I think it was an inevitable choice as it is an organization located across the ocean and crackdowns by the Irish authorities have become more severe these days.”
“…… Tsk, I don’t like it.”
However, unlike their concerns, those in Ireland were in a situation where they could not convert even if they wanted to.
This was because there were more than one group of people, including the current boss and the organization’s executives, whose weaknesses were caught by Nartica.
Betrayal to prove their loyalty?
What happened to their leader, and what would happen to their family after the betrayal?
In the end, their discussion had no choice but to end in empty ideas.
Only the ‘physical’ power of their cartel was the means to overcome this whole situation.
“But what can we do?”
“I don’t like it more. “It seems like nothing is going as planned these days.”
I sighed deeply.
He got up and looked out his window.
There was a building there that was being reused, with only the burnt hall removed.
No other than that, it was a base destroyed by three madmen.
“Right now, we have suffered losses because of what the Eagles destroyed, stole, and killed… ….”
I tried to stop it, but it ended up being laundered and sold several times by an anonymous person.
The resulting damage was indescribable.
In this case, a company or government would solve it by tightening their belts, but for a criminal organization, it was an incident that could have been enough to go bankrupt.
Of course, I was in a situation where I was on the verge of going bankrupt and managed to get support from my parents to get things sorted out.
But how much consideration did I have to make and how many harsh comments did I hear while asking for something like that?
Because of this, Landin trembled with his hands as if his teeth were shaking.
“Sooner or later, the Eagles will come back.”
“Eagles…… “You mean?”
“Yes, the criminals who inflicted the greatest damage on our organization.”
In fact, it was unclear to them whether the name Eagles was the official name of the organization.
I only called it that because that was the only evidence I could find.
“They gained so much from that one action, how can they not come back?”
“Well…… That’s right.”
They will come back to eat you.
It will fly towards them once more to eat what is left.
Hateful eagle.
Landin gritted his teeth at such a gloomy prospect.
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It was not long after the secretary left.
Someone rushed into Landin’s office.
“Lan, Landin!”
“Huh? “Did something happen?”
The organization member rolled on the floor out of breath as soon as he came in, probably because the work was quite urgent.
He just kept repeating gestures as if he couldn’t even speak gibberish.
“That, that! Excuse me! Ours over there…… !!!”
“Calm down and speak slowly. “What on earth is going on?”
He lowered his head as he looked at Landin in a white suit in front of him.
It was clear that something very bad had happened.
“We…… ! The dedicated warehouse where our goods were smuggled…… !!! It was suddenly taken over by someone!”
“I can’t believe it was taken over. “Did the boss there hand it over to an acquaintance?”
“No! Now, people who are complete strangers…… ! “They are occupying our warehouse and claiming that they are the legal owners!”
“Ah.”
Master, we’re screwed.
It was the moment when Landin’s sky fell.
Someone did something without thinking.
It was enough to make one person’s life terrible again.
Of course, it was none of the business of anyone who was continuing the battle between humans and boxes at home.