Episode 170 Fraudulent Duo.(1)
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Time passed even while I was thinking about how to deal with the Hilda issue.
The reddish leaves hanging from the branches ceased to remain, and the clear sky was covered with gloomy clouds and white garbage was scattered.
I was just starting to outline the plan.
Although it is natural that perseverance and hardships are required to carry out a major event, the other cadets had finished their missions in their own way and left the academy in search of freedom and entertainment, and I had to watch it, so I was not in a bitter mood. .
Even if he did occasionally leave the academy, it was especially true because most of it was about solving problems.
like today.
“Can’t you rest for a bit? Mr. Blake.”
“Be patient. It’s all just the price you pay for doing things without thinking. That’s right, who told you to grow your business so endlessly.”
“Even so. How do you spend all of your time except for the time you have menstrual activity, just looking at your documents? To be honest, it’s not too late to deal with all of this right now.”
“No, it’s late. I’m not sarcastic, it’s really late.”
Blake looked at the paperwork without even making eye contact.
As long as he reacts like this, who jokes with a smirk, it seems that the matter is quite serious.
“Let’s find out why, even if it’s so urgent.”
“reason? There are so many reasons.”
Blake tilted the chair slightly toward me.
And as soon as I saw his haggard and sullen complexion, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the whining.
Even though we were in the same boat, I felt that I was suffering more than I did.
“Honestly, it’s not that easy to take care of yourself alone. Support your hero team? That’s just a few phone calls. The problem is the process of finding the unknown gem you’re looking for. It is difficult to obtain, but do you know where it is common to wash the name of the purchaser without informing the outsiders of the distribution process?”
“I guess I was just thinking too much.”
“… No, I think there must have been a mistake that I didn’t explain properly. Then let me explain what’s so urgent.”
He fiddled with the tablet and laid out a few screens in front of me.
“Raven, Phoenix, Arbiter… Whoever moves is a pain in the ass. But, those people started moving all at once.”
“Are the people on this screen the ones you just talked about?”
“Yes.”
“Tell me who is who. Even if it’s someone you’ll all run into someday, there’s nothing wrong with knowing.”
“I don’t really need to look into that much detail. All of the photos taken together are Yoo Seo-young and the Phoenix, leading the mediator, and most of the rest of the photos were only taken when the two were apart.”
“Then, did you hear about Raven only as a rumor?”
“no.”
Blake cleared all the other screens, leaving only one picture of the hundreds of people.
There were so many pictures that I couldn’t even tell who was who, so I didn’t even pay attention.
“Look at this person.”
He zoomed in on a point in the picture very much, and pointed his finger at someone.
If it was ordinary, he was a fairly ordinary person, but if I had to pick out what stood out, it could be said that his neutral appearance and a silk hat that was well pressed were the only characteristics.
“Is this person? Raven?”
“I’m not sure. But his parole is certain, so I’m seeing him as Raven.”
“Isn’t it a bit unreasonable to think of it as a Raven with only this? You have to zoom in so much that you can barely recognize the outline of your face.”
“If you look closely at the people around you, you can see why I think that way.”
After hearing that, a strange thing caught my eye.
Others said that he was acting as if he was invisible in front of him.
“Raven’s ability was obviously stealth. I remember it because I came out as a mock match in the previous evaluation.”
“right. Of course, it’s on a different level than the fakes you saw in the evaluation match. It doesn’t stop at just blurring the image, it’s on the verge of erasing its presence.”
“Looking at this picture, I feel like you could definitely think of it as Raven. If you look at this man here, there is a person right in front of you, and he doesn’t seem to care at all.”
“Okay, now you see why I keep staying up all night trying to get things done as quickly as possible? I guess it’s because there are piles of things that need to be resolved urgently. This alone is daunting, but you have brought a new headache, called Hilda.”
The last sentence was a bit harsh, but it didn’t bother me much.
Who was Blake?
Aren’t you the owner of insight that looks into the future?
Of course, he must have known that I was coming, and he must have devised a good plan ahead of time.
I never came to Blake to share my pain.
“Uh-huh, that’s the case, but hearing that word raises a question.”
“It’s shameful… Tell me.”
“How could someone with such great stealth be photographed? If he had had such an insignificant ability that he could only destroy the camera, he would not have been evaluated as such a menacing villain.”
“Who is it? Those annoying ‘friends’.”
‘Friends?’
It was strange.
As for my friends, although it is a rather comprehensive category, there would be from the pure friends Cheon Hyun-woo and Alfred, to the lovers Aina and Priscilla, and to the teachers Nihilis and Serena.
However, since they had no reason to be involved in this work, the possibility of being the person providing this material was significantly low.
Furthermore, if you think about it, you could include Chloe who was aware of Blake’s existence, but she wasn’t the type of person to actively intervene in someone’s personal affairs so much, unless it was an unusual event like Jinjo’s time, so there was no Chloe.
If so, who the hell is it?
“I don’t know because there are no straws at all.”
“Looking at it, it seems that I completely forgot. Who can do this? Of course, only ‘watchers’.”
At his answer, I couldn’t help but exclaim, ‘Ah!’
Even though they possessed the tears of the ocean that were as good as their eyes, they had not even thought about the Watchers.
“I remember. That’s what earned me the status of a watcher.”
“Do you understand now?”
“Only part of it. I haven’t been formally qualified as a Watcher yet, I’m just keeping their belongings, I don’t see any reason to help me. In particular, unlike the mediators, the watchers are not directly involved, so there seems to be no reason to actively help me like this.”
“You think it’s too difficult. Let’s think about human nature for a moment. No matter how good a human being, doesn’t everyone have a fighting spirit toward their competitors?”
Blake placed the raised hand blade on his neck and drew one diagonal line.
Then he rubbed his index and thumb with his left hand and waved the badge on his chest with his right hand.
It was very easy to figure out what that meant.
“You have to get rid of your competitors to get money and fame.”
“The watcher and the mediator. They both claim to be organizations for justice and good, but that’s just an illusion. As you know, the moderator and the watcher aren’t a match-and-fight relationship, but it’s not an amicable one either. Rather, they are closer to each other.”
“Then, in order to get results one step faster than the mediator, I hit the player. What do you mean by that?”
“I will. This is a business that leaves only profit for themselves. It’s not a very good analogy for a mercenary like you, as they’re in a position where they can’t go all-out, but you’ll have to borrow someone’s hand anyway. But out of the remaining hands, you are the only one who can move the fastest.”
Blake turned his head and headed towards the window.
Looking at his expression reflected in the window, he seemed to have regained his composure.
I couldn’t figure out why it was suddenly doing that.
“If you succeed and are praised by all, then the Watcher has made a huge profit. He is said to be quite a promising youngster, but a fresh newcomer has a record that surpasses those of the mediators.”
“So, what if it fails or gets bad reviews?”
“Still, they have nothing to lose. What if it fails? As usual, they’ll go around saying, ‘It’s not their business to suppress them by force’. It doesn’t matter if you get bad reviews. Maybe they’ll break up with you as if they had never had anything to do with each other, or get away with the excuse, ‘I have watchers’ eyes, not watchers’.”
“When you say that, I feel a little bad. I feel like I’m being completely taken advantage of.”
“So, am I not so busy right now? If something goes, something comes, so it should be.”
He waved at me a wad of papers in his hand.
“Maybe, the reason I’ve been so busy up until now… ”
“right. I didn’t know you would dare to do such a cute thing. Let’s see how they let them do only good things. I’m going to make you pay the price harshly. You have to rip everything you can rip. I’m not the type of person to just live with being bullied. Just like you.”
Blake had a fishy smile that resembled ‘someone’.
It was a very disgusting expression, but it was even worse because he had a more reliable face than ever before.
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