Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 286



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The Regressor’s Notepad 286

White and pure (2)

I took Teia to base camp, a modular accommodation set up at the edge of the ice rink.

“About twenty people.”

Teia counted the number of survivors. It had not even been a day yet, so there were not many rescued, and most were in poor condition.

It looks like you had a hard time.

“Okay, Professor, do what you want to do.”

I pointed to the door with my thumb.

“I will go.”

I’m still in the evaluation phase. I don’t know how much the 10 bonus points for finding a professor are worth, but I plan to get as many as I can.

“… … .”

Teia looked at me without saying a word. I shrugged.

“Don’t worry about Tay. Just… … Ah, my head hurts. Okay.”

She seems to know something about Tay, but I have no desire to ask her.

We shouldn’t be close to each other in the first place. She’ll soon become Libra’s biggest enemy.

“Come see me when you have time.”

She handed me a business card. It had the name [Teia Isil] and contact information written on it.

I laughed softly.

“yes.”

Teia Isil before her return.

She was killed by Libra.

I still don’t know the whole story, but I won’t lose her in this life. I won’t let my benefactors die.

Even if there is a chance of choosing the lesser evil over the worst… …

“I’ll come visit you when I have time.”

Teia Isil of this life will surely make you live a long life.

… … .

The 96-hour evaluation period is over. I rescued 7 people and the results were pretty high.

“… … It was incredibly difficult.”

Solliet said, pulling off the seaweed stalks stuck to her head.

“okay?”

“Yes. As you can see, it was an environment where rescuers would never find me unless the survivors were struggling and sending out signals. I was on a floating ice sheet, ice sheet. The seals were playing around!”

She was furious. I gave her a vague nod and checked the grades on my smartphone.

“… … Wow. Gerken saved 18 people?”

“Ahem.”

Then I heard a cough from my right. Gerken was right next to me.

“When did you come?”

He glanced at me.

“Zion Ascal.”

“What? Why are you calling me?”

I think this is the first time he called my name.

“… … Ahem.”

Gerken coughed again, as if embarrassed. And then──

“Are you interested in brain science?”

He asked a strange question.

“… …What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Ahem.”

Gerken coughed for the third time, as if he didn’t want to ask such a question himself, but had no choice.

“If you feel like you’ve forgotten something and can’t remember what it is, go see Professor Teia. He’s a professor who’s quite knowledgeable about brain science.”

It seems like the lines were prepared in advance, and the tone is like reading a Korean language textbook.

“……ah.”

You got your fortune told by Teia. Thanks to this guy, I can definitely tell. There is some kind of relationship between ‘Tei’ and ‘Teia’.

Are they really related?

“Okay. I’ll think about it.”

“……hmm.”

Gerken nodded with satisfaction. I chuckled and checked the number of monitoring personnel.

The number of people monitoring ‘me’ was exactly 57.

Perhaps Jahanna was one of them.

“Hmm… … .”

I looked up at the sky and sighed.

The seeds have already been sown in abundance.

The rest is a matter of time.

… … .

Jahanna’s mansion. She’s lying on her bed, looking at her tablet. She’s been staring at her tablet all holiday season.

The smiling face of Zion Askar, the battle where he rips apart a yeti with a sword, the scenes where he saves survivors from an avalanche… … I watch them over and over again, rewinding them forward and backward.

But when I’m with another woman, my blood boils and I feel a murderous desire to kill her.

Jahanna knows the identity of this feeling.

jealousy.

It’s an emotion that you don’t need to feel. It’s a completely useless emotion.

It’s just like a thorn stuck in my heart, if I just take it out it’ll be over.

Perhaps because it was the first time in her life that she had experienced something like this, Jahanna felt helpless. She couldn’t avoid it, and she couldn’t deny it.

“… … .”

She finally took out the Betabloc that Yuhains had prescribed and popped the pill into her mouth.

“ha…….”

In that moment, my mind feels at ease.

She picked up the tablet again. Looking at Zion in the video, she felt no emotion.

“… … Now I can finally do some work.”

But is this really the right way?

Isn’t it just a case of running away?

Why should Libra’s Jahanna, who has never run away in her life, take a step back just because of a man like this?

The most important thing──is a matter of pride.

Jahanna heard the second note.

[confession]

“… … Impossible.”

Jahanna shook her head. She was not that kind of person. She was not a girl who shyly expressed her feelings.

Jahanna of Libra. A social leader who has lived her entire life with pride, who has walked the path of a winner befitting her pride, and who will lead the continent.

An iron-blooded fighter who will inherit the family line.

A person like that should not be swayed by mere emotions.

That should never happen.

That’s why… … .

Jahanna turned off her tablet, erasing Zion from her mind.

I chose the first prescription.

* * *

──Time passes. Time is three times more precious to me than to an ordinary person, and it passes without me being able to catch it.

The autumn leaves have dried and shriveled, and winter has arrived with its bitter winds.

I’ve been busy during this time.

Once as Killian, once as Rakel Dra, once as Sion Askar.

Killian became Vito’s key researcher, Raquel Dra became synonymous with villainy, and Sion Ascal…

The base was built in the information agency.

We’ve also brought in another fairly large informant named ‘Rockendell’.

Chloe, Sia, Jeff, Rockendell, and Ruin.

These five people are enough for now. The original task force doesn’t function properly if there are too many of them.

I gave them a hint of the future that would become my strength.

In other words, it was to accelerate their growth by letting them know in advance what ‘talent’ they would acquire in the future.

[Mission R199 completed.]

[Mission C103 ended.]

Our team has gained real-world experience through close collaboration with Growl and Ruin’s intelligence and external teams. We have completed hundreds of missions in just three months.

It was gradually developing into a power sufficient to be called elite.

[R2B2: The Gedler is ready for action.]

Just then, a message arrived for Ruin.

Our current main enemy is Gedler. We have to take him down so that Belmore can take his place as director.

[R2B2: Should I interfere with the operation?]

There is no need to do that.

[No need. Just leave it alone.]

As I said, this [New Frontier] short selling operation is going to fail miserably.

I put my cell phone in my pocket.

… …

At the same time, Gedler is directing the project from the control room.

“I hope everyone is ready.”

The short selling volume was appropriately accumulated. Even Geedler’s own money was invested. It was a strategy that was sure to succeed.

“From now on… … .”

Bern will be hit hard by this economic operation, and will have to worry about not only the evaporation of slush funds, but also embezzlement and even imprisonment.

“start.”

As soon as Gedler gave the signal, the chasers immediately relayed the start of the operation to various media outlets.

Almost simultaneously, Internet articles began popping up in droves from the most prominent media outlets.

[New Frontier, a pioneering company created through Everett’s embezzlement… … .]

[New Frontier, a ghost company without substance?]

“Right now!”

“yes.”

Now, they are openly shorting again. They short, borrow money with that short position, and then short again.

Ta-da-da-dak──

The control room is filled with the sounds of mice and keyboards.

Gedler smiled as he looked at the monitors filled with charts and the news desk preparing a scoop.

… … .

[Everett Chairman Bern’s secret fund hideout, New Frontier.]

[Pioneering without performance. Loans without substance.]

[#1 Company Bern, Suspicion of Fund Embezzlement… … .]

Jedrick saw the knights of the New Frontier decorating the world like fireworks.

The stock price plummeted in an instant, and all kinds of economic experts appeared in the news, criticizing Everett’s Bern.

“Hahahahaha.”

He burst into hearty laughter, creating a cacophony that filled the office for a while.

Hahahahaha… … .

Suddenly, his smile stopped.

Instead, deep inside, I felt something, something ecstatic.

He leaned against the table with his sweaty face.

“……ah.”

He let out a strange groan and his chest shook.

He let out a ragged breath, almost panting.

“ah…….”

This is a feeling of urgency.

Jedrick bit his lip. He still watched the articles exploding, the news criticizing Bern, the stock price chart falling, and Bern’s bewildered face captured on the TV screen, hugging his body.

“Ugh… … ugh.”

It was a climax dozens of times more intense than a normal orgasm.

… … .

Same time. The capital city of Edsila, Jahanna’s mansion.

Jahanna also heard the news about Jedrick.

“You said you were going to do something. Was this it?”

It was a pretty smart economic move. It seemed to her that Bern had managed to find a company that he had cleverly hidden.

Should I try to interrupt?

I thought about it briefly, but it never occurred to me to do so.

In the past, I would have spread opposing articles and thrown a tantrum to make Jedrick suffer more damage and gain less.

“……really.”

I feel like I’ve lost my motivation these days.

Jahanna sighed, looking up at the ceiling of her office.

Again, I’m starting to feel uneasy. The face of ‘the bastard’ is starting to come to mind.

“Shit.”

She quickly took the blocker from Yuhanes.

─Gulp.

I swallowed both pills whole, but the effect wasn’t as strong as before.

It was because of my introspection.

The drug does not stop you from thinking of Sion Ascal, and once the effect wears off, his face quickly returns to your mind.

The mix of emotions leaves you feeling helpless.

Makes me want to see that guy.

“This is fucking crazy… … .”

Jahanna wants to get away from him. She’s trying to force herself to forget him.

To be honest, I don’t want to confess.

Because pride won’t allow it.

But… …two months have already passed.

In the meantime, Jahanna realized that she could not win. She accepted that she had no choice but to lose.

At the same time, I was curious.

Zion Ascal.

Do you feel the same way as me?

As much as I haven’t seen you, you probably haven’t seen me either.

Do you feel this burning desire to see me and meet me?

“confession…….”

If possible, you can do it.

However, confession is not the beginning of a relationship. It is a seal that confirms the relationship.

Above all, Jahanna has never experienced the kind of love where she confesses first.

I’m sure he loves me, but what if I’m mistaken?

Where in the world is there such a disgrace?

If my confession is rejected in this state, I will either kill him or kill myself.

So, we need a ‘situation’.

A situation where I can be sure that he loves me, and I can be sure that I love him.

Jahanna sank coldly. She sat up abruptly and sat down at her desk. With the effect of the Beta Block, she regained her composure for a moment and began to formulate a plan.

“… … To this extent.”

Since it was a plan I had been thinking about in my head for a while, it was easy to bring it out.

“With Vitro.”

She called Vitro.

─Yes.

“Come to my office. I have a mission for you.”

─Okay, I understand.

Jahanna ran her hands through her hair.

She planned the terrorist attack.

A plane hijacking. Or a train hijacking.

Either way, Jahanna will be kidnapped along with Zia in the process. That’s when Sion Askar will show up, and he will be given two choices.

Jahanna, or Zia.

If that guy comes to her, it’s no different from a declaration of love, so she’ll also confess her love to him.

However, if you go to Jia… … .

“I guess I have to kill him.”

Jahanna was going to kill Zia.

Meow─

“?”

A beast’s howl was heard from the side. Jahanna turned to look at it. There was a cat sitting on the newly installed windowsill.

“What are you?”

Jahanna opened the window and grabbed the bastard with one hand.

I was about to blow it up… …

Meow─

The boy meowed and rubbed his fur against his hand. He was surprisingly clean, and for once he didn’t look bad, and he didn’t look like the kind of animal spies would use to spy on others.

“… … Tsk.”

They are all living on the streets, so is there a need to kill their lives uselessly?

Jahanna just put it down. Then the guy looked at his desk, as if he was reading his own playbook.

“Go down.”

Meow─

The guy who answered jumped down.

“… … How clever.”

Smart─

At that moment, Vitro knocked. Jahanna said, tapping the papers together.

“Come in.”