Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 314



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The Regressor’s Notepad 314

Milky Way (8)

“Ah, it’s a new one… … .”

I came out of Ortu feeling like my whole body was broken and my insides were a little damaged.

If you really fell from that high floor, your lifespan would probably be shortened by a week or so.

anyway.

Killian is dead.

Not only did it fall from the top floor of the hotel, but it was also destroyed by a bombing that left no body.

─Thank you for your hard work!

Growl said. The guy who came to the main body clung to my shoulder and pointed to Ortu in the distance.

─Whew! My worries are lifted!

“Yeah. But how far did Vito see it?”

─I’m not sure, but don’t you know that Killian is a traitor? There was so much smoke!

“… … Then that’s good.”

The future is somewhat predictable.

When the Edsilah Council forces are mobilized and Ortu is pacified, Jedrick will be imprisoned based on the evidence I have provided.

However, Jedrick is not a castle in the sand. He is not an easy opponent who can be easily destroyed in an instant.

He had been imprisoned before his return. At that time, my role was probably played by Sonya and Zia.

At that time, Jedric lost a lot, but was released after six months, and Theia died a year later.

It wouldn’t be much different now.

Because the world doesn’t follow the romantic formula where justice triumphs.

Wheein─

Just then, a phone call came. It was Gia.

I got a phone call.

─… … Zion.

“Yes, Miss Zia.”

Zia was quiet. She seemed to be waiting for me to speak.

“It looks like Jedrick is going to get pushed out.”

─… … Yeah.”

She asked back, as if she had expected this to happen.

─Zion, what do you want to do from now on?

“I will help Lord Jedric.”

To be precise, it’s a pretense of helping.

Usurpation doesn’t happen overnight. All of Jedrick’s foundations belong to Jedrick. If Jedrick were to fall, he would be torn apart, and his trusted associates would try to divide it up one by one.

So, I have to pretend to be Jedrick’s ally and help Jedrick.

While he is in prison, everything he has must be taken away, little by little.

“I will make Lord Jedric trust me.”

─… … .

Jia was silent for a moment, but soon answered with some intention.

─Yeah… … Please.

* * *

A forest with few people.

Teia heard the inside story from Riley. It was quite bitter. She picked up a rock and threw it into the lake.

“… … That’s what happened.”

Riley shrugged.

The evidence they obtained was actually Dr. Killian’s whistleblower. However, he died as a criminal, not a witness.

“I guess I could write a drama.”

Riley gave Teia a sharp look at her pointless joke.

“Ahem. What are we going to do now?”

Teia asked Riley, clearing her throat. She looked at the bushes hanging down between the lake shore.

Suddenly, I saw Dr. Killian’s face on the other side. His smiling figure, scratching the back of his neck, seemed like a hallucination.

“I’m leaving. I’m sick of the inside agents.”

“… … Yes. You’ve had enough.”

Teia nodded.

“Yeah. It’s kind of hard to fool people.”

Riley let out a small sigh. This time, the wound was a little more severe.

“Just leave Edsilla.”

“No. I don’t like that.”

He shook his head.

“I’m going down to the basement.”

“… … .”

She plans to return to [Bancheon]. With this level of expertise, she should be able to claim an executive position.

“I’m going to try changing that too this time.”

“Change?”

“huh.”

Riley chuckled.

“This operation was just too… … like a terrorist group.”

Thanks to Killian, I learned one thing.

Changing the world and changing people is not through violent destruction or collective action, but through the conscience of each individual.

“… … If that’s the case, then leave as soon as possible.”

Teia said.

“Because Jedrick will go berserk soon.”

Riley looked back at her.

There was a faint smile on her lips. For some reason, it was a face that seemed to foresee her future.

* * *

─This is breaking news. The artificial intelligence released by Jedrick Industries is linked to crimes against humanity… … .

Jedrick trembled as he stared at the news that was spreading through the press and public opinion. A rage that seemed to burn his insides rose up inside him.

He was suspicious of this whole situation.

Dr. Vito was suspected. Then Jahanna, Jade. Even Zia was suspected.

“Your Majesty, Jedric.”

Someone called him.

He was a prison guard.

Now, Jedrick is incarcerated. He hasn’t even been tried yet, but for the humiliating reason of ‘fear of destroying evidence.’

“Do you know a man named Zion Ascal?”

“… … .”

Jedrick stared at the guard silently. He felt a murderous urge. How dare this filthy bastard look him in the eye?

“Because it’s an interview. If you want to decline-”

“Give me guidance.”

“… … Ah, yes.”

Jedrick moved.

In the interview room was Sion Ascal. He stood up as soon as he saw Jedrick.

“Are you here?”

“… … Sit down.”

“yes.”

Jedrick sat down. Sion followed suit. Then he placed his lunch box on the table.

“… … .”

Jedrick asked with his eyes.

“This is sushi from Chef Metroshi.”

Zion opened the lid.

Indeed, it was the fine dining that Jedrick enjoyed.

“The balancers are busy. If you replenish your energy, good news will be delivered.”

Jedrick raised his eyebrows and unconsciously picked up his chopsticks. After taking a bite, he felt a little better, but then he suddenly became angry.

“… … Until it got to this point, what were the Information Agency and you doing?”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t write because of external work. Also, the information agency itself is… … .”

“The intelligence agency itself?”

Zion Ascal nodded.

“The political strife is intense.”

The feud between Gedler and the team leader continues unabated. It means that all the resources and capabilities within the intelligence agency are being wasted on spying on each other.

Jedrick chuckled.

“Is that why you came? You were too busy with work to pay attention to Teia, and the Information Agency became a retard, which led to this situation?”

“… … .”

Zion looked around the interview room quietly. Then he placed a briefcase on the table.

“I’m a little late… … ”

Click – Inside it opened, there was a document. Zion handed it to Jedrick, who accepted it with a still uneasy expression.

“……under?”

His eyes slowly widened. A smile appeared on his face.

“I will imprison Teia.”

“… … .”

At Zion’s words, Jedrick put down the document. The evidence itself seemed quite satisfactory, but he wanted more.

“There’s no need for that. Just kill him.”

Jedrick will cut off Teia’s head. There is no need to keep this shameful bitch alive. The very fact that we share the same world and air with this bitch is disgusting.

“yes.”

Zion nodded. It was such a clear answer that Jedrick asked once more.

“Don’t you have any thoughts?”

“I will carry out Lord Jedric’s orders… … but personally, I believe that a greater humiliation than death is necessary.”

“Insult?”

“yes.”

Jedrick crossed his arms.

“Why?”

“It is to favor the trial.”

“… … .”

Jedrick looked at Zion with strange eyes.

“judgment.”

“Yes. The best way to attack the message is to attack the messenger. And so on.”

Zion Ascal asked softly.

“… … Is there anything suspicious related to this incident?

“doubt?”

“Yes. Why on earth would Dr. Killian have such a file?”

“That’s… … .”

Jedrick’s expression hardened. He stopped talking. All words were replaced by thoughts in his head again.

“Did he really have it? Or did someone pass it on to Dr. Killian?”

“… … .”

“In order to clear that suspicion, Teia Isil must be kept alive. She seems to be involved in this case in many ways.

“for a moment.”

Vito.

Jedrick suddenly became suspicious of Vito. Vito didn’t trust him. At the same time, he was jealous of him. His perfect appearance, his genius, and even his direct lineage.

Vito, whose hair grew like grass, was jealous of everything he did not have.

“What is Vito doing?”

“I heard he went to work at the lab.”

“Going to work?”

Jedrick frowned.

Zedrick Industries of Libra Station. Vito is a member of it. The major shareholder is Zedrick, but Vito owns a considerable amount of shares.

This means that in times of emergency, ownership can be usurped.

“… … .”

Jedrick was troubled.

The judge makes the legal judgment. But with the evidence so clear, the only way for Jedrick to escape is to blame someone else.

so……

“Vito is suspicious.”

Jedrick said to Sion Ascal.

“Dr. Vito, you say?”

“Okay. You investigate. Don’t tell the balancers.”

Jedrick finds it difficult to trust even his own balancer.

Vito, a collateral, was his father’s man, and most of his balancers were originally his father’s balancers.

It means that he is not my person at all.

“Yes, I will do it.”

At least for now, the guy in front of him is more trustworthy. He’s a useless Chaser who serves Jia.

“… … .”

Jedrick ate his sushi in silence. It tasted pretty good after a long time.

You can tell just by looking at this lunchbox. Zion Ascal, this guy is really different from the others.

Because it senses your mood as if it had antennae, knows what you want in advance, and fulfills it.

… …

… …

After the interview, I got into the car. I placed my empty lunch box on the passenger seat.

By the way, Jedrick is a gourmet. He doesn’t show it, but he loves to eat.

I probably got 10 points of favorability for this lunchbox?

“Hmm… … I’ll take it easily.”

I had a rough blueprint drawn up in my head.

First, we can take over Jedrick Industries’ shares under the pretext that Vito is trying to usurp the company.

That’s the first, and the next thing I plan to do is imprison Teia Isil, kill Vito, and do whatever Jedrick wants.

Ultimately, the goal is to increase Jedrick’s trustworthiness.

The gist is that he made me trust him more than his own balancer, and he changed the title of all the assets and shares to Jia.

I think it would be sufficient if the bereaved family requested compensation for the damages and a judgment was made for punitive damages.

“Please keep it in Miss Jia’s name until things calm down. The public is pigs and dogs anyway, so they will keep quiet on their own… … .”

This level of dialogue will suffice.

I nodded and added the lines to the “Notepad”.

Boooo …

I stepped on the accelerator and looked at the scenery outside.

“… … .”

This detention center has a nice view. In fact, it is more like a hotel than a detention center.

Teia had put in a lot of effort to imprison Jedric, but she was probably going to falter at this stage.

Because that’s how the country is.

“… … But what.”

Because I’m going to be penniless when I leave here anyway.

I chuckled and grabbed the steering wheel.

Today was somehow fun.

The feeling of watching Jedrick fall, the feeling of seeing him locked up in a detention center in a suit with my own eyes, it was a little better than I imagined… … .

* * *

next week.

For the first time in a long time, I was called up as a ‘Knight’ rather than a ‘Chaser’. This was because the call-up order was mandatory for 1st to 4th year knights like me.

“… … Haaaaaam.”

I can’t help but yawn.

“Zion. Relax. This is our first call.”

Next to me, Soliet poked my ribs. But still, I didn’t stop yawning.

First of all, this is a classroom, not a field site.

“Let me explain the outline of the meeting.”

There was a woman at the desk who looked like a civil servant.

“First of all, today the knights will be deployed on an operation together with the magicians.”

At this, most of the knights’ expressions changed. Magicians were quite a difficult existence for knights.

“Is this called Timing?”

It was ‘timing’ that I had received in class before.

“First, I will distribute a list of wizards.”

The official handed over the list. I quickly scanned it, and there was only one name that caught my eye.

Elise.

“Foot.”

Is this guy a comedian? Just seeing his name makes me laugh.

“This gathering is actually a matchmaking. Knights and magicians usually form a pair, and their combined strength is stronger than that of a large division. So let’s match up in advance, so that in case an emergency meeting occurs… … .”

As I listened to her, I thought about how I could torment Elise.

There’s a rumor going around these days that your nose bridge has gotten a lot bigger. No, not just your nose bridge, but your shoulders, head, and even your height have gotten a little bigger.

I was planning on crushing it properly.

Arrogance and pride are the greatest enemies of a wizard, so for his sake.