Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 226



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The Regressor’s Notepad 226

Job Experience (1)

“I lost again.”

The living room of the mansion. Eva said. She put down the card and sank into the chair. She looked as if she was shaking.

“Thanks to you, I will definitely quit gambling.”

She pursed her lips. I snickered.

“That’s a good thing.”

“I have no choice but to agree.”

A deep voice flowed from somewhere.

It was Carlos. He smiled kindly and came closer, kissing Eva on the cheek.

To be honest, it’s a very sad sight to see with your own eyes.

Carlos handed me the phone.

“Take it. It’s Jahannada.”

“Oh, yes.”

Of course, it seems like they’re just checking on the hostages. Of course, the treatment is a bit too generous for a hostage.

─… … .

She was speechless.

“hello.”

I opened my mouth first.

─… … Are you immortal?

Jahanna’s voice flowed in. It sounded bewildered, but somehow also relieved.

“Yes, I am alive.”

─From now on, Carlos will give you a certificate of ownership.

“Is that so?”

─… …

Jahanna remained silent for a moment. Then she blurted out a word.

─If you run away with it, you die.

If he were an ordinary subordinate, he would probably take it as a warning.

Jahanna is not usually a humorous person. She doesn’t know humor very well.

“Haha, I understand.”

But I laughed. This was probably humorous.

Jahanna also let out a pleased sigh.

─… … Huh.

It was a laugh that my humor worked.

However, I lowered my tone again to seriousness.

“But, Princess Jahanna.”

─Yeah.

“Please assume I am not included in this operation.”

─… …not included?

“yes.”

If it gets into Beckman’s ears, there’s trouble. He’ll be so jealous that he might do something crazy, and not only Beckman, but all the guys under Jahanna will try to keep me in check.

Jedrick would be unhappy with me too.

“Let’s say that Princess Jahanna escaped on her own. That’s cooler.”

─… … .

Jahanna was silent. However, she must have understood the implications of my words.

─Zion Ascal.

“yes.”

─See you soon.

Jahanna hung up immediately. I handed the phone back to Carlos and asked,

“Are you leaving now?”

Carlos nodded.

“Does your family agree?”

“But there’s still 6% left. It’s a gift from me to them.”

“… … .”

Indeed, it seemed as if Carlos was truly planning to leave. At first, I thought this was also a gamble, a bluff.

“Where are you going?”

“An island country with warm weather. I have a mansion there that I bought in advance.”

Carlos held out a gold-plated certificate.

“It’s a certificate.”

I was handed it.

[Golden Casino Share Certificate]

“Did you get a promise?”

It is not yet known whether Jahanna will let him live or is simply sweet-talking him, but at least she does not break the ‘promise’ she made with him.

divine.

Because I believe in the weight of words.

“……haha.”

Carlos smiled broadly and sat down in his chair.

“You seem to know Jahanna better than I, who have been fighting for over a decade. I have a promise.”

“That’s fortunate~”

Eva smiled and leaned against his shoulder.

Suddenly, I started to wonder about them.

“What do you plan to do for a living?”

Life after retirement.

It is unknown to me.

Maybe it doesn’t even exist.

My retirement will soon mean death.

“There’s a lot to do.”

Eva answered instead, smiling slightly as if she was already remembering those days.

“I want to sunbathe on the beach, eat delicious food, fish from a boat, surf… … and do some work, like woodworking.”

I imagined what she would say.

Cozy days in an island country that is warm all year round.

It seemed like a pretty interesting life.

As long as you don’t get a fatal disease.

I returned in Carlos’ limousine. There was only Jahanna at the meeting place outside the [Golden Casino] area.

“You’re back.”

“yes.”

Jahanna held out her hand to me. I handed her the certificate. She looked at it quietly and nodded.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“thank you.”

“The guy who sold me a used hang glider was caught.”

I paused for a moment at Jahanna’s words.

She asked back, nodding.

“Do you have anything to say?”

“… … I don’t know if it’s because of that, but the result was good.”

Thanks to the guy who sold the used one, Jahanna was able to get 0.5% more shares without major loss, and Carlos was also able to escape a desperate fate.

“Everything is consequential.”

So there was no need to punish him.

No, even if punishment is given, it doesn’t necessarily have to be extreme.

Actually, ‘murderer’ doesn’t have any special meaning.

A person who commits murder easily.

In that sense, I may be a murderer, but I don’t necessarily want to kill unrelated people.

He must be someone’s father too.

“If you scared me, that would be enough.”

“… … .”

Of course, Jahanna is silent.

I don’t expect her to follow my advice either.

“Then I will go now.”

I bowed.

“… … over there.”

Suddenly, Jahanna pointed somewhere. There was a slightly shabby car compared to Jahanna’s.

“Gia is waiting for you.”

“… …Is that so?”

“Go and see.”

That person came to me in person.

It was quite unexpected for me. I was also surprised.

I walked toward the car. The driver’s window rolled down. Zia was sitting in front of the steering wheel.

Jia driving. It’s the first time I’ve seen her like this.

“… …I came to pick you up.”

She said. I nodded calmly and answered.

“Thank you. I will drive from now on.”

“… … .”

Zia lifted her butt from her seat and moved to the passenger seat. I got into the driver’s seat.

“Congratulations on winning.”

“thank you.”

Jia said. I stepped on the accelerator and passed Jahanna. I went on the highway. All the while, Jia kept glancing at me.

“Do you have anything to say?”

“… … .”

Zia was quiet. I waited quietly.

Jia is a heavy person. She becomes heavier as time goes by. She looks light on the outside, but she doesn’t open her mouth easily and doesn’t move her body easily.

So, I guess you came here today because you have something important to say… … .

The light just turned red.

“……I am.”

As if she had been waiting, Zia looked back at me. She looked at my eyes, not the rearview mirror. I looked back at her.

“I want to become Libra’s successor.”

As the youngest, Jia was honest about her ambitions.

It was that kind of moment.

“… … .”

Her grand intentions, which were only granted to a select few, are now being conveyed to me.

I wonder if she finally trusts me now.

Did the country come to trust me, or did it come to trust the abilities I demonstrated?

“What do you think… … ?”

Jia asked cautiously. At that moment, the light turned blue.

“Anything──”

I smiled as I stepped on the accelerator.

“──If that is what you wish, Miss Jia, I will simply carry out your wishes by your side.”

“… … .”

Zia quietly sat down in her chair. I spoke with my eyes fixed on the windshield.

“There is a prize for winning. 60 million renminbi.”

For a moment, Jia’s eyes sparkled slightly.

She runs all kinds of businesses under another person’s name, so she’ll always be short of cash.

“I will leave 50 million of that to Miss Jia.”

“……huh.”

Jia nodded shyly. Her face was brighter than ever.

Jia laughed bashfully at the joke thrown out as humor.

“Okay. I’ll make it bigger.”

That statement was sure to be true.

I returned to the capital of Edsilla. The smell of a college campus that I had not smelled in three days. I missed a few classes, but it was no big deal.

“Oh really! Zion, where have you been!”

On the other hand, Raye was angry.

“I already filled 15 hours anyway.”

“Still. Zion, you don’t seem to know what teaming means! We’re going to have to go out on a team play soon!”

Buzz buzz …

That sight was so tiring that I had to hit the tip of my nose.

“Okay, then- Aaaah! Aaaah!”

Raye was struggling, holding her nose.

“Ahhh! Zion, you are me!”

“Shut up. What’s with the team play?”

“… … .”

Laye, who had become quiet, looked around while touching her nose.

“We have to do some job experience.”

“Job experience?”

“Oh, man! Something like role-playing.”

“… … Oh, right. What about Soliet?”

“No! It’s not Soliet that’s the problem… … Oh, right. Soliet hasn’t been coming to class lately either. What’s wrong? No, that’s not it.”

Raye poked out her eyes.

“Anyway! Look here.”

And then he handed me a wad of paper.

“We are detectives!”

“… … This is fucking crazy.”

“What?!”

“No, nothing.”

Raye explained to me, coughing in vain.

“Look. Case file. A murder occurred three weeks ago today.”

It was a case file. I glanced over it and frowned.

“… … What the heck. Is this really a witchcraft murder case?”

An incident where someone murdered a person through witchcraft.

Actual news links are also included.

“Yeah. I said it’s a job experience! Starting today, we’re magic detectives.”

Of course, it seems like Timing does a lot of things.

Of course, there are many paths to take at Magic University. Knights and magicians are the most basic, but there are also many other paths such as detectives, doctors, professional fighters, mercenaries, and coders.

“Did you choose detective as your teaming profession?”

“Of course. Zion said you had no choice since you weren’t there that day.”

“Well… … that’s true.”

I shrugged.

“What about the rest?”

“The rest?”

“Elizabeth and such.”

“Ah~ Detective Ellie! What the heck, Ellie originally wanted to be a doctor, right? But since I chose her as a detective, she’s also choosing me as a detective!!”

“… … Is that so?”

I put the case file in my arms.

“Then. Should I go to the police station first?”

Raye smiled and crossed her arms.

“Of course. I’m already familiar with the detectives. Just trust me and follow me.”

I was about to go on like that, but then suddenly stopped.

It was because of a familiar face appearing behind the tree in the classroom.

“Wait a minute. You go first.”

“What?!”

Raye’s brow furrowed. I waved my hand.

“I have something to do. I’ll buy you something delicious to take with you when you go.”

“… … What are you going to buy?”

“Berryo Cream Bread.”

“Ouch! Lies! That’s first-come, first-served!”

Berrio Cream Bread is the biggest hit item of Balance Bakery. It is a bakery located near a university, and it is so popular that it is common for it to sell out within 3 minutes of opening… …

As the name ‘Balance’ suggests, it is actually a Libra affiliate.

As Libra’s Chaser, I can order that bread to be made even if it’s not there.

“There is a way. I have some connections.”

“… … Just try not to buy it.”

“Okay, then go.”

Raye looked suspicious, but soon moved on, and I headed behind the tree.

There was a familiar face there—Belle More.

“uh.”

“What’s going on?”

He asked, burning a cigarette.

“Bendeck. Are you sure you handled it?”

“yes.”

“As expected, there’s no one as bad as you. Anyway, the body has been recovered. It’s been officially treated as a suspicious death, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

Belmore nodded at me.

“The information agency is not coming for the time being.”

“… … .”

It’s an inevitable part of menstruation.

As a chaser, I cut off the head of the intelligence agency. Those under Bendek must have ill feelings toward me.

“I guess you could be in danger.”

This is the fate of a whistleblower. Some forces will really try to kill me, and I will never share information.

Of course I don’t mind.

Because you can do it alone.

“Also, we need to prepare a performance report soon. Are you preparing it too?”

Chasers are freelancers affiliated with Libra. Each season, they personally write reports and deliver them to their superiors.

Therefore, chasers with no performance are easily fired.

“For your information, the work of an internal investigator cannot be included.”

But if I think about it, the things I’ve done as a chaser are still too easy.

The only things worth recording are cutting off the arm of the researcher who leaked Libra information and rescuing Sonya?

The ultimate stone, internal investigator, and gambling are not things that a chaser does, and the rescue of Jahanna should not be reported to the higher-ups.

“Is there anything like a performance record?”

The ‘quantity’ of my performance is insufficient because I am attending university at the same time.

Of course, the higher-ups will take that condition into account, but to become a balancer, it has to be perfect from the start.

If there is a lack of ‘quantity’, there is no choice but to fill it with ‘quality’.

“There is a track record.”

“… … Do you have any? Then save some. If you finish everything in the first half of the year, there won’t be anything left to fill in in the second half-”

“Half a thousand.”

Bancheon.

When Libra, of course, was mentioned as well as the group that rebelled against Edsilla’s regime, Belmore’s expression hardened.

“We are tracking down one of those executives.”

At the word ‘executive’, his entire expression became colored with desire.

“……cadre.”

There are traitors in the underworld who sell information.

I know one of them.

Before the regression, the guy I really wanted to kill. A bald guy who was as disgusting as Libra.

“Are you sure?”

Belmore asked with a serious face. I nodded.

“yes.”

“… … At that level, Inma, we should form a team. A team.”

Belmore made a subtle appeal to himself.

It wasn’t too bad for me either.

Belmore is still useful, and his opponent, a bald head, is twice as strong as I am now, as he is a member of the “Bancheon” faction.

“I will contact you later.”

“Okay. Let’s go then.”

Ding-

A text message arrived on my smartphone.

[Raye: Don’t forget to buy some!!! Berrio Cream Bun!!]

“Mr. Belmore.”

I called out to Belmore, who was turning around. Belmore turned around and looked at me.

“Oh, why.”

“Can you please buy me some Berry Cream Buns? I guess I’m not yet promoted enough, but they say they’re sold out and won’t make any for me.”

“… … .”

Bread Shuttle. I wanted to try it once.

Belmore looked dumbfounded, but soon nodded.

“Okay. Instead, I’ll join the team too.”

“yes.”

“Then stay. I’ll be back.”

Belmore changed route to a bakery.

Wheeee …

Just then my cell phone vibrated.

“Why is this person so impatient?”

I picked up the phone, thinking it was Layella, of course──

“hello.”

─Yeah.

My shoulders shook at the sound of that voice.

A husky female voice.

I looked at my smartphone screen again.

[Unknown sender]

I swallowed. I quickly adjusted my voice to a businesslike tone.

“… … Yes. I am listening.”

─The prize money will have been deposited.

She was Jahanna.

I didn’t know you would call me like this.

“thank you.”

─I left him alive, just as you said. In the end, there was no harm done.

Maybe he’s talking about that guy who sells used stuff.

“Yes. But why are you calling me-”

─I would like to request an investigation from you.

“… … Are you talking about an investigation?”

─Yes. I don’t want to see another betrayal like last time.

Sagrak- The sound of papers being shuffled could be heard on the other end of the receiver.

─I will give you a list of the thoughts that each of my subordinates is hiding, so judge them in detail and send them to me. It is your job as a chaser.

It meant to ask you to watch over your own people.

─Will you do it?

In simple terms, it’s an opportunity to legally spy on Libra’s key figures.

“… … Yes. I will try.”

There was no reason for me not to do it.