Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 136



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Returner’s Notepad Episode 136

Jjoljjoli (1)

Temporary residence of the old Endex building.

I am fiddling with a game console connected to a cathode ray tube TV.

“How do you turn this on?”

Click-

While I was banging on it, I accidentally turned it on. The screen shook violently, and a slightly classic font appeared.

[Base of Dungeon Dungeon]

“Base of Dungeon Dungeon… … ?”

An hour ago, Soliet came out of here.

It popped out of the TV like some kind of video ghost. With quite a few injuries.

“Zion, I got a call.”

Solliet behind me said. She appeared covered in blood and quickly recovered, and I answered while glaring at the monitor screen.

“Take it.”

“yes. … … hello?”

The game had the character of Solliet.

[Soliet]

│Advanced Human │ Lv. 5 Thief │

◆ Strength: +3

◆ Dexterity: +2

◆ Durability: +1

◆ Intelligence: +1

◆ Intuition: + 4

◆ Attractiveness: +2

◆ Luck: ９

I don’t know why it was Solliet, but the 2D character the size of a thumb was very cute.

Catch it, it’s a wall eye, but its head is unnecessarily large, making it a 3-head body.

“Zion. It hung up right away. Who is this ‘trick’?”

Solliet said, handing over the smartphone. [Torai] was stamped on the screen.

It’s Elise.

“Elise.”

“aha. The voice sounded familiar. “Why are you a fool?”

She sat down next to me. I pointed to the TV screen.

“More than that. “What happened so far?”

“I sent you a text message.”

Soliet pointed at my smartphone.

“… … Oh, that?”

Suddenly, I remembered the text message Solliet had sent me when I was trapped in the desert.

[Soliet: Haha]

[Soliet: I found a fun game haha]

“Was this a fun game?”

“yes. Base of Dungeon Dungeon. This is a CD game released 9 years ago… … Was this the dwelling place of Zion?”

Solliet looked around the inside with curious eyes.

“It’s hidden in the old building of Endex. “It’s a fun hideout.”

“Where did you find a game like this?”

Soliette shrugged her shoulders.

“It was a coincidence. “I have a habit of posting on the community when I’m bored.”

“papering?”

“yes.”

She showed her smartphone. These were posts plastered all over a famous anonymous community.

[Nightmare is alive and not dead @@@@@]

[The nightmare caught before is fake @@@@@]

[Nightmare is not dead @@@@@]

[The black cow job that thinks it’s behind Nightmare????@@@@@]

My face became slightly hot.

“… … Hey, stop doing this.”

“What are you talking about? Information is obtained even through these small actions. “It’s a post written with a hidden IP, so your identity won’t be discovered.”

“No, you look too much like an aggro.”

“Uh huh. Look at this. “This is a comment on one of these posts.”

─He’s alive and I have cancer too. I saw it at Beden. So stop messing around, you idiot.

“One person was caught like this. “I didn’t know what bedun was, so I deliberately tried to stimulate it a little harder.”

└What is Bedun? XXX, XXXXXX is suddenly an insult. XXX.

It was Solliette’s great comment, and I was speechless.

“… … .”

“I’m not like this normally either, but seeing Nightmare made me angry. But please look at this reply.”

─Base of Dungeon Dungeon;;;; Didn’t you see it there too? That guy is almost an NPC.

“I immediately started surfing the web. I knew it was a game, but there was no site selling it on the web. I contacted the Information Guild and found a place that sells them in person. It was Trick City. “I went and bought it.”

“How much is it?”

“This CD was 30,000 Ren, and the dedicated game console was 20,000 Ren. The price was too high, so I was suspicious so I bought it. After roughly purchasing a TV, I started the tutorial… … .”

The reason I bought a cathode ray tube TV that seemed likely to break tomorrow was because I was saving money.

“It started, was it fun?”

“yes. “That’s why I sent a text message to Zion.”

“hmm.”

I took out the CD from the game console.

The exterior is nothing special, but the material is quite different from other CDs. At first glance, it seems magical. hearthstone… … At the very least, it appears to be made of a material related to magical power.

In fact, if you insert a CD into this game machine, the CD itself operates as a power source even without power.

“I think we need one more CD to do it together.”

What I meant was, “Please buy mine too.” In the first place, the game console had two CD slots.

“… … Do I have to buy it?”

Solliet asked suspiciously.

“of course.”

“… … .”

Then she pursed her lips. She crossed her arms as if she was upset about something.

“Zion. Where did the salary I gave you go? Did you overspend? Waste is not good.”

“This is work too. Then you should buy it.”

“… … no. “Are you trying to rip out the marrow of your spine, Zion?”

Soliet deliberately moistened her eyes.

“It doesn’t work, so buy it if you want to do it together. “If you’re going to do it alone, do it alone.”

… … shit.

I ignored Soliet who muttered softly.

“anyway. Was there a knightmare in the game?”

“There were rumors about Nightmare.”

Solliet’s face became serious again.

“I heard the NPCs talking about a knightmare, and that description matches the knightmare we’re after.”

My eyebrows narrowed suspiciously.

“It’s a game released 9 years ago?”

“This game is an online game where people participate directly. “Then what would it be?”

There was a hint of excitement in Solliet’s eyes. I turned the CD up and down.

“… … “Nightmare is in this game?”

“yes. That’s a possibility, but… … . “That’s a CD.”

Solliet wriggled with a nervous look on her face.

“Be careful with CDs. “It breaks down.”

“It won’t break if you touch it.”

“… … please give it to me.”

Soliet, who had snatched it away, breathed a sigh of relief as she held it in her arms.

“But it’s the second quarter now. Do you have time to play games?”

School starts now at D – 5.

Even the temporary convocation date is in two days.

“You just have to take this CD and the game. “Starting from the second quarter, it will still be a predictable schedule, so we will be able to do it on weekends.”

As the saying goes, if the first quarter of the College Board was a series of unpredictable tasks, the second quarter would be a little different.

“You mean this is an online game?”

“yes. So, with Zion-”

“Buy another CD from Trick City.”

“… … her.”

Solliet took a deep breath and lay down on the bed as if sulking. I smiled faintly.

“okay. I’ll buy this. “You’re annoying.”

“Is that true?!”

“Just buy it. “I’ll process the receipt.”

“… … No──”

Solliet lay down on the bed again.

* * *

Trick City. I come as ‘Dale Carl.’ [Base of Dungeon] I also wanted to get related information.

For reference, Soliet logged into [Bethun Dune] again. It was quite an amazing sight to see.

As soon as I inserted the CD and activated the magic, it flew right into it.

“Bedun Dun? I don’t know what. “I have no interest in games.”

Bar “A glass of whiskey”. The owner, Gustav, poured me a glass of whiskey and said.

“is it.”

“I have some work to do instead.”

“… … “Work?”

I fiddled with the glass.

It is not common for bars to offer work first. No matter how much it is in Area D, it is a treatment I have never experienced before, at least before returning.

“You are a wizard recognized by Lato. “It costs 300,000 ren.”

“… … .”

300,000 Ren. It’s a daunting amount.

If you add 100,000 ren from C01 to 300,000 ren, you can build a mansion and research institute in a vacant lot in the suburbs. Before house prices rise further.

“contents is?”

“──Let me explain that. “Wizard Dale.”

A new voice pierced me from behind me. I looked back there.

A short-haired woman who looks a bit like Raye, but has a much sharper and more difficult look.

The owner of [Balmain Mananology]—Kanya Witherd.

“Before that, are you looking for ‘Bedun Dun’?”

She raised her eyebrows and walked over to sit next to me.

“Do you know?”

“know. It’s a game published by Trick City Area C. That’s it. “It was released when I was a kid, so I don’t know much about it, but I have a CD.”

“… … “There is?”

“ok. Wizard, but mine is different. It’s called ‘Great Family Perks’, and it’s the premium version. When the developer released it, they only focused on the prestigious names in Area A? If you accept this job, I will give it to you. “I don’t play games anyway.”

Great family privilege. It looks good, but right now I want 300,000 Ren more.

“What is the request?”

“Oh, right, right. I was from a prestigious family in District A. Widerd, you know?”

“… … .”

“Hey, Kanya. “You ask what my job is.”

Gustav noticed Kanya.

“ah. okay. It’s simple. “There will soon be a ‘district council election’ in Trick City, and this time, the person who is running for our district, that is, District D 44, is a scum with a lot of humanity.”

Jumping over to the counter, she took out a file from the drawer.

“Read it.”

I was handed.

The first page had a target.

The name is ‘Mason Onan’. Bald with a beard.

“That guy is even more likely to be elected, so it’s even more of a headache.”

Beardhead Mason. This guy is also in my memory.

As Kanya said, this is quite serious human waste. He becomes a district councilor by using the money he earned through various illegal activities through favors and bribes, and then lives a long time to suck out the blood of Trick City.

I naturally asked back.

“Do you want me to kill you?”

“I would like to say that too, but politics is not like that. If you kill this guy, the same guy will appear underneath him. “Our request is to completely dismantle this bastard’s forces so that they can never run for election again.”

Kanya looked at me and furrowed her eyebrows.

“A wizard. The money for completing this request is the money that people in our district have collected. That really means Mason Bald Beard is a piece of shit. Oh, of course, even if the wizard refuses, we will go ahead with the request.”

“… … .”

I saw Kanya. Kanya opened her eyes wide.

In the future I know, this request fails, and [Balmain Mananoligy] and Area D 44 suffer throughout.

Even after 7 years, Kanya still mutters something like a complaint whenever she drinks.

“If you want, I can save the team too. “If only they shared their share, they would do it-”

“Not required.”

I refused.

The team is unwieldy, and he always takes the money alone.

“Leave it alone.”

“Oh, what confidence?”

“Any clues?”

“cog.”

Kanya pointed her finger.

“Mason, that bald beard doesn’t really trust people. He thinks everyone is just like him. “He created a ledger, and it contains all the corruption of not only him but others in his faction.”

A person who exploits an ally’s weakness because he doesn’t want to be betrayed is no different from having already betrayed him.

“Confirmed.”

I put the file in my arms.

* * *

… … A night when dark clouds reach out to the full moon. Among Trick City’s D districts, [D-3] is the least secure.

I’m standing on a tree branch with a clear view of Target’s mansion.

“Is it a trait of politicians to not live in their own constituency?”

While running for District D 44, he actually stays in a district where land is expensive and public safety is good.

Politicians are like this, but Mason’s crimes are too bad to be considered a politician.

─Cholang Cholang.

At that time, Groul came running through the bushes. He was a spy sent before he could infiltrate himself.

─It was easy~ Mission complete!

“… … what. “It’s over?”

The first order I gave Groul was to search the mansion. The second is a search for the location of the ledger. Next is sequestration ‘if possible’.

─Yes. There was a security barrier inside the mansion, but what is the nature of the stone? Isn’t the nature of the stone to absorb and hide magical power? I wasn’t caught.

Groul took out a worn-out ledger from the bundle behind his back.

─Also~ I put the ledger in the magic stone safe. It’s very easy for me as a stone. I opened it right away and took it out.

“… … uh. Good job.”

I didn’t know it would end this easily.

Growl rubbed his body against my ankle and purred.

─Are you building a research lab?

“report.”

I was handed Groul’s ledger. Just in case, I skimmed through the contents and started with ‘Remember’… … .

“for a moment.”

Suspicious.

It’s not the content.

This ledger itself is somehow strange.

Relic─ “Treasure Hunter” was activated.

“Treasure Hunters” can easily grasp the ‘essence’ of not only treasures, but also the structure and usage of any object.

Therefore, this is both a genuine ledger and a special artifact.

Activates the moment it falls into the hands of an outsider… …

trap.

“… … run!”

─Yes?

I ran quickly. I walked towards the urban area of ​​D-3 area as much as possible.

The moment when he was jumping over the bushes and trees of the suburbs and sprinting like a monkey.

Goooooooo───!

Magical currents converged in the sky. A haze arose in the space.

I looked up at the sky.

“Instantaneous transfer” activated using Mason’s ledger as a medium.

From the crack distorted by that magic, a huge meteorite-like shape descends… … .

────!

Ilsin (一新), who was on the verge of a sudden collapse, fell. The ground in the area shook greatly with the sound of a wave.

At that moment, my Perion activated. The very appearance of this thing meant that it was a threat to life.

I took a big step back and grabbed the wand at my waist.

Pass… … .

Burning heat and crumbs of concrete fragments flying mixed with smoke.

At the scene of the destruction, there was a man standing majestically like a myth. His height of 3 meters was no longer that of a human, and his muscular body, wearing a uniform with his face entirely covered in bandages, looked like a giant statue.

“… … her.”

He is a monster from the underworld.

Among them, it is a named member of the Master Cartel.

Nickname: ‘Blind martial arts(武怪)’

───.

Mugoe took a step toward me. All the gaps were narrowed in just one stride. The speed was beyond even my accelerated perception.

I tried to use the technique, but it was already too late. The guy threw his fist first.

Kuddeuddeuddeuk───!

A regime that rages like a whirlpool.

Just before my head was crushed, Groul stretched out his body like a membrane and blocked it.

──!

It was disintegrated in one blow, but it turned back into mud and wrapped around the monster once.

─Run away!

I took advantage of that opportunity and quickly escaped.

… … Now I know the inside story.

If a request like that suddenly appears, no matter who takes on it, it’s bound to fail. You can’t succeed. It costs millions of Ren to bring in the Master Cartel monster once, no, for only 3 minutes.

However, the reason I came out to the city was not different.

Security in District D-3 is stable. It is a great area to raise children.

In other words, if you hold on just a little longer, salvation will come.

The absolute proposition that ‘monsters who come to the surface are killed’ is also valid in Trick City.

I just have to hold on.

With that in mind, when I reached the middle of the city crosswalk.

Quaaaaaa—!

Mugoe rushed towards me with Growl covering his face.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

He reached me by knocking down all the telephone poles in his path.

─… … Master, Relic.

Groul’s voice, almost dying, seeped in. I activated the magic power of the relic. In addition, the perion of the central nervous system was raised even more intensely.

I felt a burning sensation in my brain.

“… … ha.”

Take a deep breath.

The moment stretches out, and the speed of Mugoe becomes infinitely slower.

acceleration of thinking,

amplification of awareness,

expansion of memory.

In it, I search for a way to stop him.

I think of countless magical techniques I have seen so far.

Not only in the present but also in all futures, the mysteries that I could only envy or find fascinating… … .

I simply disassembled the things in my database, assembled the dismantled parts, and collected them.

Creates a completely different and new technique.

Create variables.

Shoot… … .

A white magic occurred from the relic on my right forearm. The magic power concentrated within it soon soared up, forming the shape of a chain.

Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

It wrapped around Mugei’s entire body.

Neck, arms, waist, everything.

Even all of its magical power.

───!

Mugoe was tied up.

I was in bondage.

Before I knew it, my fist was outstretched in front of my nose.

──!

Nevertheless, the guy shook himself off.

───!

Whisk twice.

────!

Shake it three times… …

Unfortunately, the chain is not invincible.

However, the purpose has already been achieved.

There are many eyes watching this mess around. There are many people holding their smartphones and reporting somewhere.

therefore… … .

Quaaaa——!

Someone else landed from the sky.

─If the monster comes to the ground, it will be killed! I guess you don’t know?!

A human landing in front of a ghost.

They don’t look like knights, Trick City’s enforcers, or vigilantes.

I saw her backside.

I was skinny from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.

Judging by the future I know, Jjoljjol is the most reliable.

She’s the one I was once a fan of.

─Over here. are you okay?!

she asked me Even though I tried to smile blankly.

“front!”

He quickly pointed ahead.

The fist of no-goes has freed itself from its chains, kwaaaa——!

─Huh?

I hit Jjoljjol as is.

─Ahh!

Hehehe… …

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Jjoljjol flew into the building and got stuck.