＜ Episode 64 ＞
“I’m home.”
Ekaterina opened the door with a voice that made you feel cool just by listening to it, and John, who was sitting at the table drinking coffee, greeted the girl.
“You’re here.”
“Yes!”
Lina, who approached with a wide smile and slithering steps, sat down at the table across from John.
As if the time was right, the girl looked at the plate with toast, bacon and asparagus that had not cooled down yet, and touched it with a fork, her eyes shining, but she did not achieve her purpose.
“Wash your hands first.”
“I see.”
The girl, who could be intimidated by the cold voice, but did not lose her smile, headed to the bathroom, and John, who was drinking coffee, followed her into the house.
A spacious living room and antique furniture were arranged, but the interior looked somewhat bleak, and only cacti placed here and there seemed to prove that this place was inhabited.
After a while, the girl who approached while shaking her hands sat back down across the table, and the fixer and the girl started eating.
“Did you finish the job well?”
“Yes! It was easier than I thought. When I first saw it, I thought it would hold up quite well. After stabbing it a few times, it fell off quickly.”
The appearance of the girl eagerly talking with her arms exaggeratedly spread while holding food in her mouth, perhaps happy to receive attention, was so lovely.
Unless it’s the content of the story.
“Technology is important, but more important is to touch the psychological part. You can maximize that part with this ability, so you won’t think it’s too difficult, but there’s nothing wrong with knowing it.”
“I want to study more!”
If someone saw the fixer and the girl seriously discussing torture at a peaceful breakfast table, they would turn around and run away, but fortunately there were only two of them here.
After having a heated discussion for a long time, the two of them got up from their seats and John got ready to go out.
clap.
After checking the number of bullets in his favorite revolver and accurately checking the number of equipment he had on hand and the number of equipment in his inventory, John tied his tie neatly and put on a trench coat.
The polished shoes, the straight fit, and the neatly combed hair made him look far from a fixer, but John nodded as if he was satisfied.
Lina, who was ready to go out, stood next to John, and John looked at the girl and asked.
“Aren’t you tired?”
Even though it was early morning, she hadn’t slept more than usual, and she must have been tired since she had been working, but the girl smiled brightly.
“it’s okay.”
Although she is still young and sleepy, Lina is also a person with special abilities.
Since I have a body that surpasses that of ordinary people, I did not feel this much fatigue.
Seeing the girl raise her arm in a dainty manner, John’s gaze briefly lingered on the girl’s left arm, but soon turned his gaze away.
“Weapons and equipment?”
“The pistol is here, and I also packed my subspace bag. Today, it’s survival equipment type C.”
John nodded his head after confirming that the compact pistol was firmly seated in the holster behind the girl’s waist, a pretty trench coat tailored to the girl’s body.
It is small in size and has few bullets and is only 9MM, so the destructive power is not that great, but there is nothing like it for a girl to protect herself.
“As for the arm?”
“I got it repaired the day before yesterday.”
As the girl held out her left arm, a hologram floated over her artificially textured skin.
John, who checked the situation window showing the current status, nodded, and finally confirmed that the girl was perfectly prepared, John held out his hand.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yeah!”
Holding each other’s hands, the fixer and the girl left the house.
***
After returning from the dungeon, John, who had taken enough rest, tried to take time to improve his strength.
The problem is that Lucas and Zhao’s work was much faster than expected.
Anticipating that the journey ahead would be difficult because he had to follow the player’s trail, Lucas gave top priority to what he had promised to the party, and it was the brokers who reacted to John, who quickly took off the label of the slum.
Attention was focused on John, who removed the tag in half a year, which can usually be removed only after a few years without any trouble, and it appeared as a phenomenon of pouring in requests.
Besides, the National Guard to which Zhao belongs.
Originally, the military was late in administrative processing, but the deposit processing was completed at an unusually fast speed, perhaps because of the special nature of this job and because Strydom showed favor for John.
In addition, since it came with a guarantee that he had successfully completed his work with the National Guard, John’s ransom was bound to rise.
class has risen.
There were many solvers in Luna, but good ones were rare, and even more so those who were guaranteed by the Defense Forces.
In terms of grade alone, the zone is located in the middle, but in reality, it was evaluated as a high-level solver, and there was too much demand to hire a high-level solver as it would add a little more to the ransom of an intermediate solver.
John’s plans to have some time to fix things were shattered, and Miller whistled to sort out the incoming jobs.
Among them, there was a request that was difficult to refuse for the future work, and John accepted the request at Miller’s recommendation.
In addition, to the occasional torture request.
Now he didn’t have to accept such a request, but the request coming from the Borkov Mafia was a problem.
The Borkov mafia, of which Igor is the godfather, has a pretty close relationship with John, and it’s good to have nothing to blush about as long as they’re in the same area.
In addition, John, who wanted a safe hiding place, was able to purchase the mansion where Ivan was imprisoned at a low price with the large amount of settlement money that came in just in time.
Around the time he set out to take care of the Borkov mafia by splitting up his free time, Yekaterina came along as if he had noticed.
It would have been easy to see that much, since he helped out with chores in Miller’s office.
It’s taking them to a harsh scene, and a normal person would have shouted “no way”, but this is Luna.
John was far from normal, too, and above all, it never occurred to him that Ekaterina could lead a normal life.
Design Child.
Among the design children who grew up as psychopaths without exception and caused enormous damage to those around them, Ekaterina was the least moderate and was recognized as a successful work, but that is only the standard of the general public.
Considering his unusual appearance, high intelligence, this ability, and the function of his left arm, which he had replaced with a prosthesis, John couldn’t come to a different conclusion.
Ekaterina is worthy enough to be coveted by anyone.
Since each and every one of the girls that made up the girl was like a treasure, it was clear that if she grew up like this, there was a high probability that her life would be miserable.
In the end, Ekaterina needs strength to protect what she has.
John, who decided on a policy after thinking about it, began to actively educate Ekaterina from then on, and began to pass on everything he knew sequentially.
And Ekaterina was a very good student, sucking up John’s knowledge and experience like a sponge, and now she’s starting to make a name for herself.
Although it made me laugh bitterly at being an expert in torture, as John first made his name known.
needle position.
As soon as he met the girl who appeared with a needle, rumors spread throughout the underworld that it was useless to remain silent.
***
“My gait is awkward. It looks like you’re hiding a weapon in your thigh. 9MM in action? It’s not that big.”
“It is not a good habit to focus on one thing. I did a good job recognizing the weapon hidden in my thigh, but I’ll look elsewhere. If you look closely at the wrist, you will see traces.”
“ah! I also hid something on my wrist. It looks like a listblade?”
“yes. When examining the other person, try to put the whole thing in your eyes. It will be awkward at first, but you will get used to it soon.”
“Yes!”
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Miller shook his head as he listened to the conversation between the fixer and the girl.
He knew that John had been training Lina in earnest lately, but it seemed that the contents were quite out of Miller’s common sense.
Even now, the two of them were working on analyzing each and every passer-by on the street looking out of the office window, and the textbooks were overflowing, befitting Luna’s citizens, who had become accustomed to carrying weapons.
“Then keep in mind what I have told you and practice.”
“Yes!”
The girl who answered confidently and opened her eyes wide and carefully looked at passers-by was so lovely that it made her laugh, but Miller, who knew the inside story, couldn’t help but laugh.
That cunning kid’s head would be filled with thoughts of checking the armed status of passers-by and how to subdue or kill them.
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Miller was confident that he wouldn’t be surprised even if a serial killer appeared in the not-too-distant future, terrorizing the streets.
Leaving behind the concentrated girl and looking at the fixer sitting across from him, Miller opened his mouth.
“Are you raising them to be assassins?”
“It teaches you how to deal with assassins.”
I wanted to ask what difference it made to John’s calm answer, but Miller swallowed his words.
“I still have a lot to teach. Weapon skills, making improvised explosive devices, placing booby traps, battlefield awareness skills, and survival training. Psychological warfare seemed to suit me. In the end, it is to make it to a level where you can protect your body in any situation. There is a long way to go.”
It would not be Miller’s mistake to understand that he was aiming to become a super soldier.
“What. I can’t help it. Because that’s all I know.”
John smiled bitterly as if he had read Miller’s bewildered expression.
The only place in the world to accept a young man who had no place to rely on was the military, and since then, John’s life has been inseparable from the military.
After that time passed, I fell for Luna by the time I got out of the military and tried to melt into society while getting a little stable job.
Normal daily life was unfamiliar to John as well.
“···Right. Well, it might be better for that kid.”
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Miller calmed down, perhaps noticing the expression on John’s face, but soon changed the subject with a smile.
“yes. Good job on this one. The client is quite satisfied.”
“You work for what you receive.”
It was a casual tone, but Miller felt lucky to have met the solver in front of him.
This slum-born fixer has grown tremendously through several commissions, and now has an unrivaled position in Miller’s office.
The growth of solvers is also linked to the growth of brokers.
Thanks to this, Miller was also running the best boom since starting the brokerage business, so the zone in front of him was even more special.
“Is that why you called me anyway?”
“no. That’s not it. That’s all it takes to inform.”
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Miller, who straightened his posture, opened his mouth with a thoughtful expression.
“A nomination request came in. I’d like to give her a break, but the status of the client is not normal.”
“yes?”
As John’s rating rose, so did Miller’s prestige.
If you said that such a Miller is not normal, there must be a reason for that.
And it didn’t take long for John to figure out why Miller had called him.
Sigh.
It was because the door of the office opened and I could see the identity of the man entering the office without looking at it.
“Long time no see. zone.”
“Sleep.”
Although it was short, I could never forget the presence of comrades who came through the battlefield shoulder to shoulder, and I thought it was natural that Miller was having a hard time with his client.
The appearance of Zhao, who entered with a modest appearance while wearing a uniform, was to represent the National Guard.
＜ Episode 64 ＞ End