Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 258



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The Regressor’s Notepad 258

Betrayal, Betrayal, Betrayal (1)

… … I’m hiding for now and observing the situation.

I have a rough idea of ​​what Beckman is up to.

But since there’s not much I can do until things are definitely done, and to confirm Beckman’s suspicions, I’m enjoying my vacation in a secretly dug trench.

It’s not boring.

I’ve been downloading quite a few movies, dramas, etc. onto my tablet PC.

“Hey. It didn’t hurt, did it?”

Gentle sway – gentle sway –

I asked Growl, who was wagging his tail and staring seriously at the movie on the screen.

─… … .

The guy is busy watching a movie.

“hey.”

─Yes, yes.

He grabbed my ears with both hands as if telling me not to disturb him.

“That’s fortunate.”

I put in my earphones. The voices inside the fortress were transmitted.

──Prepare for battle. Gather your elite forces and attack the Yurkun Corporation’s farmland.

Beckmann’s plan is progressing smoothly.

Maybe Jahanna will go on an expedition, and I will be the traitorous bastard.

Not yet for me.

Beckman filled most of the Chaser with his own men.

If you go back now, you’ll be discovered right away and the worst might happen. So you have to hide like you’re dead and help Jahanna find the ‘evidence’ herself.

Jahanna is probably suspicious of Beckman and me right now, probably with about the same level of intensity.

I have to fight Beckman while also fighting Jahanna’s suspicions.

To win, be as calm as possible.

─Haha.

Growl laughed. He seemed completely absorbed in the movie. I yawned and stroked his fluffy back.

Let’s sleep a little more.

“A legal vacation, that’s fine.”

* * *

Jahanna reached the coordinates reported by Sion Askar. It was nothing more than a shabby, abandoned building. There were no guards from the Yurkon Corporation, not even a single rat.

However, you should not judge the terrain of the magic space by its appearance. The entire building may be a Nodaji made of magic stones.

“… … .”

She looked around the entrance.

There was no Zion Ascal.

When I arrived, I thought you would show up as if you had been waiting for me.

“My lord, it seems empty.”

Beckman said.

“First, I’ll go in.”

Jahanna herself stepped forward and entered the center of the abandoned building with the Chasers.

“… … .”

The interior was equally empty.

A blind spot where not even a single mushroom or moss can be seen, let alone a ‘shirot’. A concrete floor that is difficult to call land.

Jahanna stood in the middle of it all. She motioned to the chasers behind her.

“… … Analyze the ingredients.”

“””yes!”””

They were busy moving around, but there was really nothing to analyze.

Concrete that won’t grow anything, not even plants. The gray walls are cracked and only crumbs flow.

“My lord, there is nothing to be called a crop. It is a complete wasteland.”

The 2nd team leader confirmed the kill. Jahanna silently frowned, and Beckman secretly turned his face and smiled.

“──It’s a surprise attack!”

A harsh voice rang out from behind. Jahanna and all the Chasers turned to look at it.

“It’s a surprise attack!”

The knight under Jahanna was covered in blood.

“The Yurkun guys have invaded our Grade A farmland!”

A class A farmland where magical crops grow. Jahanna left only the bare minimum of power there for ‘Sirot’ and went on an expedition.

“……hey.”

Jahanna saw someone. It was the glasses guy from Team 3.

“Yes, yes.”

The guy lowered his head in surprise. Jahanna snatched his glasses away.

“Your Team Leader sent you information through these glasses, is that what you’re saying?”

“Yes, that’s right. I also know what this is… … .”

“Tell me where he is.”

“My lord!”

Suddenly, Beckman shouted urgently. Jahanna also belatedly recognized the resonance of magical power occurring somewhere.

Kkeuddeuk───

An ominous cry, like steel being crushed.

It was right underneath the ground he was standing on.

“!”

Beckman was the first to rush in. He hugged Jahanna tightly with his whole body.

───!

Immediately afterwards, a huge explosion occurred. A wave-like flash of light crushed the entire abandoned building. My vision was turned upside down, and the entire abandoned building was destroyed.

Jahanna lost consciousness in the falling debris.

* * *

“… … .”

Jahanna opened her eyes quietly. She was in a fortress bed.

The headache was a bit bad, but my body itself was fine.

“My lord, are you alright?”

Someone asked.

It was Beckman. He saw himself standing upright, even though half of his body was wrapped in bandages.

“Explain.”

“… … The Grade A farmland has been taken over by the Yurkun Corporation. It seems to be Team Leader 3’s fault.”

“error.”

Jahanna’s eyebrows furrowed.

“Yes. It is said that when it was first observed, it was Shirot farmland. He is now making excuses that he was deceived──”

“Zion Ascal, is that what he’s talking about now?”

“……yes.”

Beckman let out a faint sigh.

“It keeps getting passed over to the three teams.”

To be precise, I’m ‘pretending’ to receive the report.

Because he’s already dead.

“Not showing up in person?”

“Yes. So I… … .”

Beckman gritted his teeth and hung his head as if reproaching himself.

“I think that Team Leader 3 betrayed us.”

“… … .”

Jahanna sat up without saying a word. Beckman asked urgently.

“My lord. It’s not too much to ask-”

“… …Are you okay?”

I asked Beckmann.

Beckmann was also directly involved in the explosion.

It was a force that could kill even Jahanna with ease, but Beckman had prepared the body in advance and survived thanks to it.

“It’s okay. If it’s for my lord, I’ll give up this one life… … .”

“You’re being a jerk. Don’t die.”

Jahanna sat back down in her office chair, pressing her temples against the shards of glass that were shattering.

“More than that, is there any evidence? Proof that he betrayed you.”

“… … We found Team Leader 3’s trench.”

“trench?”

“yes.”

Beckman said seriously.

“But I didn’t go inside. I knew that my lord trusted Team Leader 3, so I wanted to preserve everything.”

“… … .”

Jahanna looked up at the ceiling for a moment.

I feel hot inside.

The base of my neck feels rough.

I don’t know why, but I was extremely angry. She had always lived with suspicion of others, so she was used to betrayal.

If this is a betrayal, all I have to do is accept it.

Right now, I only have the suspicion that Zion hit the back of my head… … .

His reason is shaken. His insides feel like they are already on fire, and his composure is shattered like a glass window.

“Go there.”

Jahanna woke up.

“My lord.”

Beckman called his lord.

He looked her in the eye seriously and asked.

“If Team Leader 3 really betrayed his lord, what will you do?”

“… … .”

Jahanna looked at Beckman with a new expression.

“I will find you and tear you limb from limb to kill you.”

Beckman’s lips trembled faintly.

“If there is someone behind this betrayal, that person will be killed as well.”

After finishing speaking, Jahanna turned around.

Beckman followed her quietly.

* * *

Libra Team 1 arrived at the trench outside. The underground trench where Zion Ascal was staying.

Sure enough, the guy’s body odor was strong.

Jahanna looked around the place, rummaging through all sorts of things.

There were many documents, as well as letters exchanged with others, but they were all encrypted.

Jahanna handed Beckman a letter and asked.

“Detoxification, is it possible?”

“I’ll bring in an expert.”

Beckman brought in one of his chasers. He skimmed through the letters from Sion Ascal.

“It’s a method that uses decryption, but it should be easy to decipher.”

Chaser released a magical force into his palm. It floated into the air, coagulated like a brain, and began to perform calculations while emitting some kind of electrical signal.

Before long, the code for one letter was deciphered.

“… … Here it is. It’s a letter.”

Jahanna received a letter from Chaser.

[To Miss Jia──]

A letter to Miss Jia that begins with a sentence like this.

Jahanna read the contents slowly.

[I am currently assigned to Jahanna’s security team… … .]

The content was long. The sentences were full of emotion and there were many euphemisms, but to summarize, it was one thing.

‘For Miss Jia. If you want, I will ruin Jahanna’s work──’

“Should I decipher the other documents as well?”

Chaser asked. Jahanna looked back at him and nodded.

“Do it.”

“yes.”

Chaser deciphered all the remaining documents and letters. It took less than 30 minutes.

There were a total of thirty chapters.

There are a lot of them.

What kind of love letters are they sending to each other?

“You guys stay out. I’ll check it out by myself.”

“yes.”

Beckman and the Chasers climbed up.

Jahanna sat in the trench and quietly read the letters from Zion.

“… … Gia.”

The target of all the letters was Zia.

For Zia, I can do anything, I can even kill Jahanna if you order me to, I can do anything because Jahanna trusts me… … .

Jahanna clenched her fists without saying a word.

Crack─ I gritted my teeth.

“… … .”

This is why I don’t trust others.

Even people who were once trustworthy, when I actually start trusting them, they turn into completely different people.

He uses trust to commit outrageous acts.

“under.”

She snickered.

After all, your everything is for Jia, not me.

You risked your life to save me, but in the end, it was for Jia.

If you think about it, it was only natural.

If you cared more about me than about Gia, you would have worked by my side instead of Gia.

Bam-

For a moment, the sound of footsteps distracts your attention.

Jahanna’s eyes narrow like a bird of prey, and a sharp magical power spreads through the air as if it were going to cut through flesh.

“Who are you?”

“Huh.”

What a stupid chaser. He looked at himself with a very surprised expression.

“I told everyone to get out.”

“Oh, I’m sorry!”

Immediately bend your waist at a 90 degree angle.

What the hell is this?

Should I kill him?

“I’m sorry, but the interior search is not complete yet… … I brought the items. I’ll be right back!”

“ware?”

“……yes.”

He picked up an object. It looked like a glow stick.

Jahanna suddenly became curious.

“What kind of object is that?”

“It’s an underground detection device… … I brought it in a hurry in case Team Leader 3 had hidden other information-”

“Then try it.”

She put the papers aside for a moment.

I took a step to the side.

“……yes?”

“Try it. Before I kill you.”

“Oh, yes! I’m sorry.”

Chaser held up his glow stick with a nervous expression on his face. He scanned the trenches here and there as if he was examining them.

The ceiling, walls, and all of the trenches were completely unresponsive.

“… … Now get out of here.”

“Yes, yes. Sorry.”

Jahanna frowned as Chaser was about to leave.

Wing─ Wing─ Wing─

Suddenly the glow stick started to cry.

It was under the ground of the trench.

“uh?!”

Chaser opened his eyes wide. He quickly knelt down there. He put his hands under the ground and dug like a dog.

A huge piece of coal came out.

… … No, it’s an object that looks like coal.

“this-”

“scram.”

“yes?”

Jahanna grabbed the bastard’s shoulder and pulled him back.

“Don’t touch me and get out.”

“Ah… … yes.”

Chaser quickly got up and climbed onto the trench.

“… … .”

Jahanna, left alone, bent down on one knee. She looked intently at the pitch-black object that looked like ordinary coal.

He focused his magic power into his eyes.

The retina is dyed blue, and the magical currents flowing within the coal are condensed. This thing, which is organized in a regular manner like a gearwheel, is… …a magical item.

To be precise, a ‘recorder’.

Jahanna took the coal in her hand and looked around for the button.

“How do I turn it on?”

In fact, she is weak with machines.

Pouting, looking around, turning upside down, touching myself gently like a turtle─

Is it voice recognition?

“Turn it on.”

… … It wasn’t.

“What the hell.”

Jahanna put down the coal with a frown.

Click-

Suddenly a switch was flipped.

─… … Team 3, Day 1.

A voice echoing softly inside the trench.

The voice of Zion Ascal.

─This is a record left while performing a mission.

Jahanna slowly tilted her head. She picked up the coal from which the recording was flowing.

─Currently, my personal safety is under threat.

A threat to one’s personal safety.

Those words caught Jahanna’s ears.