Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 225



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The Regressor’s Notepad 225

Eat and Fry (4)

When I woke up, there was no one around me. Only my face was covered by a suit coat.

At first I was a little dazed.

Inside a stopped car.

Outside the window, a tall tower is visible, with a full moon floating next to it.

I am alone. It seems like Jahanna has already left.

Still, the scenery was so beautiful that I just sat there and watched.

“… … Huh.”

I raised my upper body belatedly. The pain was quite severe. Thanks to that, I came to reality.

I opened the car door.

Fortunately, the body itself recovered to some extent. I shook myself off the ground. A few bullets that had been stuck in my bulletproof vest naturally flowed out.

“… … I thought you were dead.”

It seems that Jahanna was mistaken.

Well, a good night’s sleep for recovery is almost like a state of apnea.

anyway.

I ran quickly into the tower, got on the elevator, and pressed the button for the 30th floor.

There are two routes from the 30th floor.

Take the ticket and take the elevator or climb the stairs.

However, the elevator that goes straight to the observation deck was already going up.

I took the stairs.

Three steps at a time. Almost flying forward… … .

[50th floor]

“phew.”

I barely caught up.

I pulled out my gun and pressed the elevator button. I waited, looking at the floor panel.

Ding─

The sound of an elevator stopping.

The door slowly opens, revealing Jahanna entangled with hitmen inside.

I pulled the trigger.

“… … .”

Zion Ascal, who had entered, calmly pressed the close button. He pushed the three corpses aside and stood next to him.

Jahanna stared blankly at him.

“… … Are you twins?”

The most probable reasoning in the impossible.

Zion smiled faintly.

“No, I have a lot of resilience.”

Jahanna ran her hands up and down his body. There was dried blood all over his body, but he was relatively stable.

The state of my body is absolutely incomprehensible. Is it possible to endure that much gunfire and bleeding in a no mana zone?

Even if you are a naturally strong person, this is beyond common sense.

That was when.

Boom─!

Suddenly, the elevator stopped on the 93rd floor. The lights went out and the interior shook violently.

Zion’s response was immediate. He jumped up and opened the elevator’s ceiling. He reached out to Jahanna from above. It was the improvisation of a veteran who had been in the field for more than a dozen years.

“Come up.”

“… … .”

Jahanna took his hand. Zion lifted her up to the 93rd floor.

Kwaaaa …

The very next moment, there was a loud noise behind me. The elevator had crashed.

Zion spoke without even looking back.

“Now let’s go up the stairs.”

There are seven floors left.

Zion took the lead, and Jahanna followed his footsteps as she climbed the stairs. Faint footsteps echoed steeply at the bottom of the stairs.

It was probably a tracking squad.

“We are faster.”

“… … I know.”

[100th floor] arrived together.

The two stood on the rooftop of the tower, on the observation deck.

The cold night wind pierced my lungs. White breath flowed out through my teeth. Jahanna stood on the railing and looked down.

It was a long time ago.

“Have you… … ever used this?”

He asked, showing off the hang glider he was carrying like a backpack. Zion nodded immediately.

“yes.”

In fact, he is an expert. He has not only hang gliders that run on fuel like this one, but also hang gliders that run on magic stones.

People who originally lack skills tend to become obsessed with various tricks.

“Spread your wings first.”

Zion unfurled Jahanna’s wings and started the engine. The heat of the engine rose from her back.

“Now, let’s climb up onto the railing.”

They climbed onto the precarious edge of the railing. Jahanna took a deep breath. The cold wind permeated her body.

“Just jump down with a big leap and spread your wings when you have some acceleration.”

Zion also spread her wings.

Jahanna looked back at him and asked.

“Like a bird?”

“Yes. Like a bird. I’ll jump first, so follow me.”

Zion didn’t hesitate. He jumped off the railing right away. He dived down and then flapped his wings to rise.

Jahanna also followed him.

I jump high from the railing, feel the resistance of the rushing air, and spread my wings wide with both arms… … !

Wheeeeeeee───

Jahanna swooped like an eagle. She was out of breath and disoriented for a moment, but soon Zion Askar was closing in beside her.

He said it as if he had done well.

“Follow me.”

“… … Okay.”

Jahanna followed him. They flew through the night sky like a lake. The stars were so bright that they seemed close enough to touch.

A smile appeared on his lips without him knowing it.

It was a nice view.

Her body had adapted, and she skillfully twisted her wings to surf the air.

But then suddenly.

“Dear Jahanna, I will fly to the other side.”

Zion made a strange sound. Jahanna frowned.

“what?”

Then Zion smiled bitterly. His own expression was one of complete disbelief.

“… … No matter how well you think you’ve prepared, sometimes things go wrong because you’re careless about the little things.”

He nodded behind his back.

“We are low on fuel.”

“fuel?”

“Yes. It seems like the store owner mixed up the used items. Fortunately, Jahanna’s items seem to be fine.”

Jahanna looked at Zion’s back. Sure enough, the engine’s power was weak compared to hers.

“But that’s a good thing. There will be hitmen on the ground chasing us. We might get shot at from the air.”

Zion twisted his body slightly. The distance between the two people who had been flying side by side was slowly widening.

“Duke Jahanna, you go straight ahead. I will turn around and get their attention.”

“… … .”

Jahanna looked at him without saying a word.

I became worried.

Is there any way to save this pack?

“I look forward to a safe trip.”

But Zion was the first to raise her hand in salute. That was all Jahanna had to say.

“Stay alive.”

If the player is alive, the pack can be revived at any time.

“yes.”

Zion flew in the opposite direction, drawing a noisy trajectory here and there, as if deliberately trying to attract the attention of the hitmen.

Jahanna watched him disappear into the night sky for a long time.

──! ──!

Soon, the sound of gunfire pursuing him filled the air.

I landed in the forest. It was an emergency landing. I didn’t even have enough fuel, but the Hitman’s gunfire blew a hole in my wing.

They arrived shortly, and I smiled at them.

“… … So it was you after all.”

Carlos.

He looked at me with a cigar in his mouth. His face looked as if he had sensed defeat.

It was ambiguous for me. I somehow succeeded in being loyal, but if I died here, it would all be over.

“Well, that’s what happened.”

Carlos exhaled cigar smoke.

“Do you think that crazy woman Jahanna will understand that I abandoned you to save you?”

“… … .”

If it were the Jahanna I know, the answer would of course be no.

She is a person who even sells out her own subordinates for money, and more than anything, she hates being caught.

“I don’t want anything from Princess Jahanna.”

“Don’t you want to?”

“Yes. Because I am not a member of the Jahanna clan.”

“… … .”

“I am the youngest, Miss Jia’s person.”

Carlos’ face turned into a look of disbelief. The hitmen aimed their guns at me. The sound was gruesome.

The number seems to be a little over 40. Including those preparing to snipe from afar… … .

No matter how much I think about it, it seems like there’s no way.

“stop.”

Carlos raised his hand to stop them. The forest was instantly filled with silence.

“I’m curious about one thing.”

He looked at me and asked.

“How did he die with that pattern? Did the information leak out?”

Four of a kind and a straight flush. Carlos still seems to be wondering about that.

I smiled slightly and shook my head.

“To get what is most important, there must be a great renunciation. That is all that was shown.”

Carlos. I know his name, one of the nine mafiosi of Golden Casino. He’s quite famous. He was brutally and cruelly murdered by Jahanna.

“… … .”

Carlos’ face became thoughtful for a moment. Then he dropped the cigar he was holding in one hand onto the pavement.

“Player. What do you think Jahanna will do next?”

His face perhaps had a premonition of his own end.

There is probably no way for him to survive in this situation.

Because I have caused such a huge trouble for Jahanna.

“Duke Jahanna will try to kill you. She will do it in the worst way possible.”

He will suffer the most horrible death among the mafia.

Your entire body will be torn to pieces by a cruelty that cannot be described in words.

“Sooner or later, Princess Jahanna will not give up on you. Unless you give up first.”

“… … .”

Carlos looked at me silently.

Suddenly, someone placed a hand on his shoulder.

It was Eva.

She whispered a small voice in Carlos’s ear. Then Carlos closed his eyes. He let out a small breath and made an expression similar to a smile.

“Give up… … .”

He pointed his finger at me again.

“Then, I guess I should bet on it too.”

It was a somewhat relieved voice.

As the dawn light fades and the morning sun begins to rise.

[Golden Casino] Outside the area.

Having successfully escaped, Jahanna stands in a ‘normal’ place where mana lingers in the air, looking out over the horizon of the casino.

“… … .”

A large army of Libras lined up beside her, silently.

Most of the power she currently has available is gathered for the war that will be waged here at the casino.

“Princess Jahanna. I brought you here.”

Just then, Jahanna’s chaser spoke. She looked back at the place.

There was a merchant.

A guy who sells used hang gliders that aren’t even half full of fuel at a store.

“Ugh, eububu… … .!”

The bastard’s face was wet with tears. He was looking up at himself with his whole body tied up in ropes, begging for mercy. He looked like a pig in a slaughterhouse.

“You didn’t know either.”

Jahanna put a cigar in her mouth. She lit it and muttered softly.

“It’s just a matter of time before I can sell you a used one. The price I pay for it is my life.”

“Ugh! Ugh!”

The owner trembled like an animal. The smell coming from him was quite unpleasant. He must have already gone to the toilet three or four times.

“Your mother and father, be thankful that they don’t kill your sons and daughters.”

“Eub eub───!”

Jahanna waved her hand.

“Get rid of this dirty bastard. Bury him alive in a shithole.”

“yes.”

“Ugh, ugh ugh ugh… … .”

The chasers dragged the owner away. Heavy footsteps approached as if they were switching places with them.

“… … Princess Jahanna.”

Beckman. Jahanna looked at him. There was something heartbroken in his expression. There were dark shadows here and there on his wrinkles.

“Why are you calling me?”

Suddenly, Zion Ascal’s words came to mind.

‘Beware of Beckmann’s overconfidence.’

Excessive faith. A warning that it may turn into fanaticism at any moment.

It was a funny thing to say when I think about it.

That was really off-topic advice.

Zion Ascal has never served him, but Beckman has served him for ten years.

“… … Do you not trust me?”

Beckman said. Jahanna looked back at him.

“No. It’s not that I didn’t trust you, it’s that I trusted me.”

“If there is a traitor, I will definitely-”

“There’s no need for that. He’s probably not here right now anyway.”

Beckmann looked around quietly.

Jahanna’s casino manager. A guy that Jahanna personally scouted and raised.

He wasn’t there.

“… … I will track you down.”

Magic surged around Beckman’s body. It was a burning anger like a flame.

“Cut it up into small pieces. If it has a physical form, I’ll be even more angry.”

“yes.”

He stepped back quietly.

“……after.”

Jahanna blew out smoke.

To this extent, the results were sufficient.

[Golden Casino]’s 3% stake will be acquired at all costs, even if it means going to war, and Jedrick will be filled with a thousand dollars.

however……

“Duke Jahanna. This is a call from Carlos.”

Chaser handed her the phone. Jahanna took it and went into the car to sit down.

─Congratulations.

Carlos’ first words as soon as he picks up the phone.

─Your victory. You swept all the boards.

Jahanna didn’t answer. She leaned forward expressionlessly. Her murderous intent had already frozen like sexual desire.

She has no intention of letting Carlos live anymore.

I will kill him using magic. First, I will cut off his head, and then I will force him to breathe, so that he and everyone around him will watch him die.

─Right. Your player, Sion Ascal, is alive.

“… … .”

Jahanna’s thoughts stopped.

She raised her eyebrows quietly, but did not say anything rashly.

It’s lowlife to reveal what you want in a negotiation.

─They say that when whales fight, shrimps get their backs broken. I don’t want that to happen. I will send the players back safely.

But Carlos surprisingly seemed willing to hand him over.

─I just have one wish.

“… … Even in this situation, you still ask for what you want?”

Jahanna almost burst out laughing. Carlos continued calmly.

─It’s not that great. You know it.

“… … .”

As Carlos said, Jahanna actually knows what he wants.

But that alone is not enough-

─I’m going to wash my hands now.

“Shake your hands off?”

Jahanna’s eyebrows furrowed, like an angry goblin.

─Yes. I already have the answer, so I don’t need much. I plan to retire by dividing everything among my subordinates. A small mansion and a pension to secure my old age will be enough. The other families and my subordinates will allow me to do that.

Jahanna was speechless for a moment. Her lips twitched like a goldfish.

“… …Is that woman that important?”

I managed to get a word out with great difficulty.

Jahanna has been watching Carlos for a long time.

13 years. It’s been 13 years.

The Carlos that Jahanna had known was just as much of a thief as herself. He was a gambling-obsessed ghost.

however…….

They say that as you get older your brain rots. Is that true?

─It’s that important to me.

“You’ll regret it. She’s already betrayed you once. She’ll definitely abandon you.”

─If you think so, then watch a little longer. If Eva really does that, then you’re just blowing your nose without doing anything. I’ll kill myself, and that means Eva is unhappy.

“… … .”

Jahanna placed her hand on her eyelids.

“3.5% stake in Golden Casino. If you put the players there, we can forget about today’s work and Eva’s whereabouts.”

To be honest, it was absurd, but if I received an additional 0.5% stake, it wouldn’t be such a bad deal.

─3.5%. I will give the certificate to the player.

Carlos was extremely obedient. In fact, it was embarrassing to Jahanna.

In any case, it was a profitable business for her. There was no need to waste energy on war.

“… … .”

However, strangely enough, I felt a little strange.

It was because of his own murderous intent that disappeared like melting snow at some point.

─But. That player isn’t your person, right?

player.

Zion Ascal.

Yeah, when I heard that he wasn’t dead, my desire to kill Carlos softened.

Jahanna told me why.

“I borrowed it from the youngest. If I can’t return it, I won’t be able to stand up to being the oldest.”

─When did you ever love the youngest so much? Anyway, the youngest has a famous sword. Hahaha.

Carlos smiled disgustingly.

“I’m going to hang up now.”

─… … Isn’t it amazing, Jahanna? I’ve been negotiating with you for over a decade. It’s never been this easy. Today will be a very special day for me and for you.

“Is there a need for an old person to be separated from his family when he retires?”

Jahanna smiled leisurely, exhaling cigar smoke.

─That’s true. So I hope you don’t end up like me. It’s harder to win the heart of one person than it is to win money, cards, or casinos.

“… … .”

Jahanna’s hands stopped. She rolled the cigar between two fingers and her expression hardened.

─Ah. Would you like to talk to your player? I think negotiations can be completed only if we know whether he is alive or dead.

Carlos suggested it. It probably wouldn’t mean anything.

Jahanna hesitated for a moment, then threw her cigar out the window. She spoke in as even a tone as possible.

“Change it.”

You need to check the condition of the item first before you can make a full transaction… …