393 – [7] After the Heavy Rain
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After a night filled with heavy rain, a sunny day dawned.
Early birds who were not interested in the events that took place in the evening slowly stretched out.
As always, they tried to continue their daily lives.
But as always, everyday life after a major incident could not be called normal.
Daily life in the twisted netherworld.
When they went out with their heads pounding, what they saw was a very peaceful world.
“What? “Why are the streets like this?”
“Why is the police car turned over with only its skeleton remaining?”
“There are dents on the walls and floor…… “Who made a big deal out of this?”
“Oh, what is it? I don’t know who it was, but he dropped his sword. “How much will I get if I take this and sell it later?”
“Wait a minute, here’s a red trace…… “Is it really a blood stain?”
A city turned upside down in a matter of hours.
The streets of the city, which had been reduced to a hideous sight, showed what an apocalypse was.
People who came out on the streets in the morning were able to briefly experience what it feels like to be a citizen left behind in a ruined world.
The reason it was short was because I soon met other people.
“Oh, hey! “What on earth is this?”
“Oh my, maybe because it’s morning, I’m starting to see other cadets.”
“That cadet over there! “Can you help me tie up the thugs here?”
Academy cadets who continued to fight all night long.
Most of them were still subduing the cartel people or were arresting them after subduing them in a duel (not a card game).
There were instances where cartel members suddenly died while being detained, but this was always ignored as it was a minor incident.
A true hunter would not care about the enemy’s sacrifice.
In fact, there was no particular moral problem even if sacrifice was made.
The other person was a member of a cartel selling drugs.
“You scumbags!!! “You guys are still hunters!”
“Hey, did you hear? “This guy calls us trash.”
“What nonsense is selling drugs, human trafficking, murder, rape, and robbery?”
“It looks like we need to instill some etiquette.”
“People like you need proper home education— ugh! “Ahh!”
In fact, there were many problems other than drugs.
And the police were no exception to this treatment.
“Sleep, wait! I don’t know anything! “I really don’t know anything!”
“A person who knows nothing attacks an innocent cadet?”
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have done it! Really! “Trust me!”
“Are you asking me to forgive you because you didn’t know that rape was bad?”
“I think it feels that way. Should I hit you?”
Police officers throughout Arecibo also met a similar fate as cartel members.
The only difference was that relatively mild treatment was achieved thanks to the public office called ‘police’.
It means that he refrained from killing.
To put it another way, it could be said that everything was done except killing.
“Hey, old man. “How much did you receive?”
“Knock, knock, ugh…” ….”
“How much have you received so much that you point a gun and a knife at a citizen? Uh? “Tell me something.”
“You crazy bastards… ….”
“Why don’t you tell me? If you don’t want to tell me, I have no choice but to force you to confirm. Hey, take this bastard’s phone and check its account details.”
“Ah, ahhh, no!”
It was something that should not have been done.
This should not have been done, especially considering the possibility that the police might have been unwantedly involved.
However, beyond the suspicious, convincing evidence continued to appear.
A lot of clear evidence of collusion was secured from police cell phones and testimony from cartel members.
Bad treatment gradually became inevitable.
“Sir, someone put $500,000 worth of virtual currency into this kid’s virtual currency account?”
“Oh my god, 500,000 dollars? “I don’t know if it was the advance payment or if it was all, but it was a lot in one go.”
“But there are a few more little things besides this.”
“Ha, the academy is running really well.”
“So what does a cartel guy say?”
“According to the cartel guy here, the goal was to raid the Nartica potion store together.”
“As expected, it’s not a place to mess with unless you do that…… “But what is the reason for the attack?”
“They say they don’t know either. They say they follow orders from above…….”
“A bastard without a warrant is trying to arrest every citizen? “Why did you do that?”
“Ugh! Ah! Ugh…… Well, that’s…… Let me just let this go for now…….”
“How can we trust and let go of the guy who stabbed us? “If you don’t tell me right now, I’ll slit your throat with this.”
“Hey, hey!!!!!”
A world where there is no one to trust.
I didn’t even realize how corrupt the police were.
What is certain is that the number is not just one or two, but quite a lot.
According to that judgment, some people even protested at the Arecibo Police Department.
“You arrested all the people who were on night duty, right?”
“Well, for now, I grabbed everything I could see and tied them up outside.”
“These are the guys who tried to push the cadets who argued peacefully into the riot squad. “Be careful, because you don’t know what you might do if you lose your mind.”
As a result, the entire Arecibo police headquarters was robbed by angry cadets.
To be precise, this happened because I responded in a way that was not appropriate for the situation.
“What, why are the police tied up like that in front of the police headquarters?”
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“When I heard about it, they said that they tried to forcefully press down on the cadets, but when that didn’t work, they attacked them. Then I got robbed and ended up like that.”
“What? Why?”
“I’m not a kid. “First of all, the student council seems to be aware of police corruption beyond imagination.”
Police officers are not fools, so we tried to calm the cadets down.
However, according to reports coming from all over, the cadets are going crazy and attacking the police, so what can we do?
If they didn’t force themselves to go out, they would be the only ones suffering.
So they acted coercively, and they were only subdued.
Results that are independent of confidence.
It was a ridiculous joke.
An act that would have made other public officials scream if they had seen it continued.
The cadets, who succeeded in subduing most of the public authorities in Arecibo, additionally searched the police headquarters and police officers.
You could have asked if a cadet knew how to conduct a search.
However, it was the cadets who stepped on the knights’ tails and killed them on the Chareltea campus, and this academy was where many of those who were raised by elite parents were born.
Although it was not as thorough as the experts, the minimum search was done in our own way.
An extensive search was conducted targeting police officers.
“Here, drugs were found in the police drawer bag!”
“This guy doesn’t work in the field, nor does he have a lot of experience. “Why do you have so much money?”
“Hmm? Secure Messenger? Who is this here? What? Killing someone…… What?”
You might say that field work is easy to receive bribes, or that office work is not without sin, but sadly, that is not the case in reality.
According to the modern society’s rule that one out of five people is trash, suspicious people are appearing one after another from all over the place.
What was even sadder was that there was not just one or two of them.
Due to the nature of the police agency that had jurisdiction over the entire area of Arecibo, it was large in size, had a large number of people, and the number of people who committed foolish acts was also proportional to that.
“Half of the guys in this department are ‘supposed’ to be in collusion with the cartel.”
“If half of it is guessed, I don’t think I can trust the rest.”
“I don’t think there is any other way than to just keep tying it up.”
Thanks to this, from the cadets’ perspective, there was no separate mafia game.
I couldn’t even figure out which guy had made a deal with the cartel before I released him.
In the end, there was no solution the cadets could think of until daylight came.
The only option was to hold on to them like this and inform those who had just awakened to their legitimacy.
“We will not be slaves!!!”
“””Waaaaa!”””
“A cadet! If we stick together! Strong!”
“””Waaaaa!!!”””
“Let’s drive out corrupt police officers with love for animals!”
“””Wow…… ?”””
The Furry Student Council, who did not know when they intervened, chose to do so.
People dressed as animals gave speeches in front of the police headquarters, attracting the attention of cadets and other citizens.
An ugly sight depending on your taste.
They showed that ugly sight to more people.
– I received money from a drug cartel.
– We will be judged by the citizens.
Gather those who are clearly in collusion and march on the streets.
A charge of crime was hung around his neck, and the student council talked mercilessly about what had happened.
It was a moment when even the early morning birds realized the situation.
And it was safe to say that no one would take the side of public power in this situation.
The neutralization of public power was tacitly acknowledged.
The cadets mercilessly dealt with the ‘cartel remnants’ remaining in the city.
But nothing more happened.
It did not lead to a complete collapse of security.
This was because public authority disappeared for a while and someone else took its place.
They were not academy cadets.
The cadets had somewhat low organizational skills because they were representing public authority.
The only thing I could do was wander around the streets and look around to see if anything bad happened.
It wasn’t even that there were no mistakes or friction while moving around like that.
Currently, there was only one organization in Arecibo that had control and stability, had organizational power and force commensurate with public power, and had a number of personnel equivalent to the police.
“Hello! From the Puerto Rico branch of Nartica! “Is there anything I can help you with?”
Nartica Inc.
A large number of people had come in to defend the branch, and there was not a lot of equipment such as guns or body armor.
“You’re hurt? Here’s the elixir! “Don’t eat it too fast, but eat it slowly!”
“Deputies! “Please come here and clean up the collapsed building!”
“First of all, since there are no police…… If you are robbed, please let us know right away! “Did you know?”
Crucially, Nartica was the group that most actively tried to resolve the current situation from the moment daylight dawned.
It was safe to say that while other companies and guilds were unable to make proper decisions, Nartica was already taking action.
“We are opening a temporary distribution center and temporary hospital in Nartica!”
“If you have nothing to eat right now or are injured, please come here!”
“I don’t take money! “It’s free, so come as much as you want!”
It wasn’t just public power.
They even practiced ‘sharing’ in a city where chaos broke out.
The cadets who were exhausted and injured from the fight that took place all night naturally flocked there.
I ate there instead of a closed restaurant, and received treatment there instead of an expensive hospital.
“Um…… Anyway, what kind of company are they doing that they do this to us? “It looks a little suspicious.”
“Really? But it’s not a loss for us, so there’s no problem. Of course, I’m also curious about what kind of company it is.”
“I heard it’s a conglomerate founded by elves? “It seemed like he had a bit of a name for himself in the potion business or biotechnology.”
“Potion business? “But why do I feel like I’ve never heard of it?”
“Nartica? Ah! Right! “Isn’t this the company that participated in the acquisition of the Academy and the company that held the large-scale event last time?”
At the same time, it was a bonus to remember the company name Nartica in my brain.
Some people went further and recalled their involvement with Nartica.
“Participating in the academy takeover? So are you doing this to improve your image?”
“Wouldn’t it be so? “Other companies are not doing anything, and they are the only ones doing this.”
“I don’t know who came up with it, but it shows…… “It’s not to the point where I can say anything in particular.”
“But can they afford to do this? “I heard that a large group of cartels and criminals came together and fought, and the branch was destroyed.”
“Cartel engages with criminals…… ? “Have you been through the same thing as us?”
At first, many people thought it was just for show.
However, it was a little different after the rumor that it had been hit hard spread, and the rumor was verified to be true.
“So you’re colleagues?”
“To do this even after suffering such damage…… ? It looks like they are quite serious about taking over the Academy…….”
“I think this is the corporate tendency itself rather than sincerity. “If you don’t do that in the first place, there’s no way you’ll be attacked by that evil cartel.”
“These guys are even maintaining security throughout Arecibo.”
“It’s definitely different from other companies and other guilds. Do you like it.”
Still, the assessment is that it is better than not doing anything.
The evaluation is that they are grateful that they do this despite the damage.
The cadets who came out to the streets commented on Nartica like that.
She wasn’t that bad, but it could have ended with a brief improvement in her image.
If other companies and guilds had acted even late, it would have definitely happened.
However, their hesitation continued even afterward, so the positive reviews continued.
“Oh, you’re also distributing daily necessities? Are they really crazy? “At this level, it’s not hypocrisy, it’s just goodness.”
“Are you really being this serious? “At this rate, it seems like you have an intention to run the academy long-term?”
“It certainly seems like that. If it were somewhere else, I think I would have spent this money on political lobbying…….”
“Um…… First of all, rather than the drug cartels, money-making private equity funds, and large guilds that did not make much money…… “I think he’s the better one among the takeover candidates.”
“I don’t know who is leading this, but if you look at it right now, it looks like that.”
The view is that the hypocrisy of a group that acts is better than that of a group that does not act.
Also, because he was a victim of the same attack, he felt a lot of sympathy.
“Poor Nartica.”
“He must be three feet tall, but he helps us.”
“But they aren’t exploitative like many guilds.”
This was the moment when the name Nartica began to be mentioned in earnest among the cadets.
That was also discussed from a positive perspective, not a negative one.
“…… “According to the information gathered so far, that is the case.”
“I’m glad your image has improved. “If we do this, we can move on to the next step.”
This means that the number of people who sided with Nartica increased slightly when the Academy was acquired.
Kang Xian, who had been waiting for this, was relieved.