Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 219



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The Regressor’s Notepad 219

Setup (6)

“haha.”

Libra’s Hanging Gardens. Jahanna smiled, waving her [World Series of Poker: 6th Round Winner Certificate].

This is the first loot she has acquired since she began training and sponsoring gamblers.

Actually, this is originally a certificate that the player receives, but that Sion guy gave it away because he wasn’t interested in the loot.

“There’s just one trophy spot left.”

She looked around my trophy room.

Indeed, there are first place awards in all sorts of fields. Horseback riding, fencing, swordsmanship, magic, poker, and even a top diploma from the Department of Magic at Edsilla National University… … .

As such, Jahanna was a well-known all-rounder from a young age. Her magical talent was considered the best among Libras.

However, now that he has stepped back from the front lines to focus on the succession plan, he doesn’t really have any trophies to speak of.

However, her passion and thirst for competition are still the reasons why she devotes herself to gambling.

In fact, Jahanna was a woman addicted to competition rather than gambling.

“Um… … .”

On the other hand, Jia looks a little worried. As soon as Jahanna came back, she followed her all the way to this office.

“If you have anything to say, say it.”

Jia opened her mouth hesitantly.

“Sister… … The finals aren’t something that can be decided by luck… … .”

“I know. The finals are filled with skilled players. It may be a bit strange to call them experts in gambling, but they are the ones who can sense how human hair reacts.”

Jahanna giggled.

He has a mischievous expression, just like in the old days when he would break Zia’s arm and giggle.

“I… … . I’m worried about my sister… … .”

“You’re worried about me?”

Jahanna looked back at Zia. Zia nodded naturally.

“yes…….”

“… … .”

Suddenly, Jahanna’s eyes drew a line. It was a smile that was amused.

“Don’t worry. I won’t take anything from you.”

“I… … That’s what I meant… … .”

“I came here nervously because I was anxious. If not, could you give it to me?”

“… … .”

Jia kept her mouth shut.

Jahanna rather likes this honest appearance. It’s completely different from Jade and Jedric, who are always thinking of deceiving themselves.

“It’s a joke. The succession process will only last seven years at most. Jia, you will also become the winner. There’s no reason to take it away.”

The time Shaylock promised is slowly approaching.

Jahanna raised her eyebrows at Zia.

“Of course, it seems like you’re wasting it.”

Then, Jia made a strange expression.

“waste…….”

“Yes. If there is someone, you have to trust them and use them. Whether it is big or small, you have to share your vision and give them a reason to be under you. Isn’t that right?”

Jahanna sat down in her office chair. Tarrung- kicked her feet and turned the chair 360 degrees.

“That sister… … More than that… … . If she loses in the finals, her stake… … .”

A stake in Golden Casino.

Jahanna literally fought a war to get it.

Her forcible entry into the world previously monopolized by the mafia was an achievement that elevated her to successor.

“Zia. Do you think I’ve been living by luck until now?”

“……yes?”

“In the final round, the dealer changes every hand. There is a way to know that.”

Jahanna smiled broadly, her fangs bared sharply.

“Zion Ascal, he doesn’t even know what will happen at that crucial moment.”

Manipulate luck at the most crucial moments.

That’s the game.

“Of course, I hope Zion Ascal wins before that… … .”

Jahanna is not just a gambling fanatic. Rather, she is merely an image created for a decisive moment.

There is no point in gambling when small amounts of money are at stake.

It only makes sense if you cheat at the crucial moment.

“What are the odds?”

Jahanna asked Zia. Zia just blinked silently.

Anyway, Jahanna will answer herself.

“Sure victory.”

“… … 8 million renminbi, for an investment?”

Sammul Hospital. My attending physician, Professor Yu Ha-ins, received the bag of money and made a puzzled expression.

“yes.”

The prize money of ten million renminbi was deposited immediately.

The money was first deposited to the original sponsor, Jahanna, who actually paid the taxes herself and deposited 10 million renminbi.

I withdrew eight million renminbi from them.

“Do I have to write a certificate?”

Professor Yuhains asked.

“no.”

I don’t need any certificates or anything. My life is enough to compensate for your investment.

“Please finish that machine properly.”

The desire to live may dull my desire for revenge, but a complete cure is realistically impossible anyway. I am just a machine that cured a pig just before I died.

but……

Target life expectancy: 45 years.

I think that would be just enough to be satisfactory.

Let’s live just half of what the average person would expect to live.

“Okay. I’m ready for the procedure today.”

“Yes. I’ll be there right away.”

I’m getting pretty used to this too.

… … .

As soon as I was discharged from the hospital, I went straight back to the ‘appointment place’.

An abandoned factory with only concrete and steel frames left. There, Belmore was waiting.

“Hey. Are you ready?”

“yes.”

I hung something around my neck.

It is a device that records video like a camera, but since it stores information in ‘magic power’, video manipulation itself is impossible.

This is to make every effort to prepare for any possible manipulation controversy.

“Hey. If you do this and there’s no evidence, it’s X. You understand?”

Belmore spoke with renewed anxiety. I nodded.

“I know. If there is no evidence, I will take the risk.”

“… … You alone?”

“yes.”

Because there’s no way it won’t happen.

Because I’ve already been there.

“I am the internal investigator. Mr. Belmore was merely following my orders.”

“… … Huh. Order.”

Belmore chuckled. He scratched the back of his neck.

“Okay. Luckily, that little Bendek doesn’t seem to know what’s going on yet.”

Bendek will die without even knowing that he is dying.

Of course, information obtained illegally without a search warrant cannot be used as evidence. Edsilla Legally.

However, this is a punishment on the Libra level.

“Let’s go.”

“Not yet. But there’s one more.”

“… …Who are you?”

Belmore pointed somewhere.

Another person appeared from the darkness of the abandoned factory.

Riley, a woman with purple hair and a rather intellectual air looking at me.

“You’re really busy, Zion Intern?”

“Now it’s Chaser.”

She just shrugged her shoulders in response to my answer. Belmore turned around and said,

“I need someone to unlock the security system. I think a team of three will suffice… … Let’s go.”

“yes.”

… … .

We arrived at the Bendek Villa. With Riley’s help, we sneaked in, and I wandered around the inside for a bit.

If you move too familiarly in a place you’ve visited for the first time, it might be a little obvious.

I don’t want to leave even the slightest excuse to be suspected.

anyway.

That’s how we reached Bendek’s secret space.

“It’s amazing every time I see it. How do you crack the magic code?”

I decrypted the password the same way.

Shh …

The secret door of the closet is revealed, and Belmore and Riley’s faces harden for a moment.

“What is this again?”

A smile spread across Bellmore’s lips. It was an expression that seemed to say, “Enough.”

“… … He was a piece of trash.”

Riley frowned in disgust.

“Well, you don’t need any evidence?”

I looked around inside. My eyes searched here and there, and then I picked up a notebook.

“Mr. Belmore.”

He showed it off. Two people came over quickly and looked at it.

Here are some traces of Sonya’s handwriting that I’ve made quite naturally.

“… … It’s over.”

Bellmore smiled brightly and put it in the evidence box. Then he paused for a moment, and poured out almost all the materials inside.

“Hey. What are we going to do now?”

Asked me.

“As a rule, I report to my superior.”

“concern?”

The Information Agency is affiliated with Libra. Therefore, it has no separate owner, and even if it had, it would be the current owner, Sheiloch.

However, my current temporary position as ‘Internal Investigator’ clearly has a superior.

He is the direct person who convened the disciplinary committee.

“This is Lord Jedric.”

I must inform Jedrick of this fact.

We need to let Jedrick know that his subordinates are like this.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Riley and Belmore’s faces hardened for a moment. They looked at me with blank eyes.

“We are now ending the operation recording.”

At that time, I turned off the recording equipment.

Because it seems like everyone has a lot to say.

“… … Crazy. Are you crazy?

Belmore’s words that are so absurd to the world.

But what Jedrick is most obsessed with is his own reputation. He will never spare anyone who throws shit in his face.

So if he blows this incident up publicly, he will punish Bendek, pretending to be noble and compassionate on the outside.

But inside, there will be more anger than you can imagine, and not only me, but even Jia, who I belong to, will be in danger.

That kind of chaos is still out of the question.

“Why don’t you just pass it on to your eldest daughter?”

“No. This whole incident was Bendek’s personal misdeed. Besides, he is Lord Jedrick’s man. It is Lord Jedrick’s job to deal with it.”

“… … No, just a moment-”

I looked back at Riley, who was about to refute something.

“No harm can be done to Lord Jedric. No one would dare do that to his direct descendants.”

My loyalty to Libra is shown like this.

“… … I leave the punishment to Lord Jedric.”

Anyway, Jedrick won’t let Bendek live. You can bet on it.

I know this eldest son’s personality very well.

“I just act according to the rules.”

The Jedric Mansion in the capital city of Edsilla.

I confronted Jedrick as an internal investigator. I gave him all the items in the evidence box.

“… … .”

Jedrick looked through them one by one.

The Smoking Gun is a notebook where Sonya practiced her handwriting, but it also contains photographs of her rather sadistic hobbies, including details of her taking bribes to win the Jedrick business.

“… …Why did you bring this to me?”

Jedrick asked, throwing them aside.

“As an internal investigator, I will deliver the evidence that Bendek manipulated the incident to Lord Jedric, who personally convened the disciplinary committee of Sonnet Reveal.”

Jedrick rested his chin on his hand. His narrow gaze was filled with humiliation, shame, and anger.

“What do you want?”

“This is the personal misconduct of the head of the Information Agency. Above all, it is a serious crime to attempt to tarnish the honor of Lord Jedric.”

“… … tried to ‘cause’ a fall?”

“yes.”

Jedrick seemed to have found some clue in my words.

“You didn’t report it to anyone?”

“Yes. I am an internal investigator appointed by the Disciplinary Committee. Therefore, the person I should report to is Lord Jedric, who first convened the Disciplinary Committee. Even that is related to Sonnet Reveal, and Bendek’s punishment is not my responsibility.”

“… … .”

Jedrick lifted his waist slightly. His back, which had been almost buried in the chair, straightened again.

“Well then. What are your thoughts as an internal investigator?”

“I act according to the rules. As an internal investigator, my only thought is that Sonnet Reveal is innocent.”

“… … Then, as a vassal of Libra?”

I looked up and saw Jedrick. His blue eyes were narrowed like a snake’s.

“As a vassal of Libra, I cannot allow a mere agent of the Information Bureau to tarnish the reputation of my direct descendant, Lord Jedric. No one should do so.”

Only then did Jedrick twist his lips.

He asked in a slightly satisfied tone.

“What punishment do you have in mind?”

My answer was self-evident.

“… … It is death.”

Jedrick furrowed his eyebrows as he glanced over the evidence spread across his desk.

That was the end.

A wink is enough to clear your mind about the one who has served you for quite some time.

“Can you handle this quietly?”

Bendek will die without even knowing why he is dying. His mouth will never open even once.

There will be no excuse for the falsified evidence.

“it’s possible.”

Late at night, in the capital city mansion of the Intelligence Team Leader Bendek.

I arrived at my destination. I stood in the doorway, looking up at the lit bedroom, tying my blue tie.

dripping-

I knocked on the front door.

Then, as if he had been waiting, he opened the door from the inside.

It was Bendek.

“… … .”

He looked at me with a strange face.

“Did Lord Jedric send you?”

“Yes. My work as an internal investigator is scheduled to end.”

“… … Hmm. I see. So what’s the conclusion?”

I tried to push my foot in. Bendeck stopped me.

“Where are you, you orphan? Don’t cross the line and speak there. The reason I’m meeting you now is because of Lord Jedrick’s orders.”

“Oh. Is that so?”

“Yeah. You must have been slapped by Lord Jedric himself. But it’s too late. Your career is already over.”

Bendek still doesn’t know how to return. Well, he can’t know.

I smiled faintly.

“What are you laughing at, you piece of shit. If you’ve been dragging your feet on the case for a week, you should have been prepared for this.”

Because I dragged the case out for a bit, Bendeck and his men are quite dissatisfied with me.

But Bendek himself will die today.

“Don’t worry.”

I put my hands on my waist.

“The case is expected to be closed.”

“Just tell me the conclusion and get out.”

“Yes. The conclusion of the case.”

He grabbed the sword.

Bendeck is stronger than he looks. He’s probably a notch above Belmore.

Therefore, a surprise attack is necessary.

I have to finish it in one go. While he is letting his guard down, I pour out my 「Sword」 while hiding my murderous intent…

“It is your death.”

“What… what?”

Bendek’s eyes widened in shock as he realized something.

“This crazy guy!”

Just before the bastard could hastily raise his body, my sword shot up first. A blue straight line cut off the bastard’s neck.

Chorrrrrrrr──!

The neck and body were cleanly separated, and red blood spurted out like a fountain.

Thud──.

Bendek’s body shook and fell, his balls rolling on the ground.

It was a very clean scene.

“… … Case closed.”

I wiped the blood that had splashed on my face with a handkerchief.