Memoirs of the Returnee - Chapter 99



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＃Returner’s Notepad Episode 99

After the play ends (2)

After the festival, noon on Sunday.

Jade received the video of the play “The Bard” in time. In fact, she hired a secretary and she cleaned up the staff a little bit.

The video files obtained in this way were played on a top-of-the-line silver screen in the [Self-Development Room] designed by Jade herself.

I watched it quietly alone.

“… … .”

After finishing reading, Jade sat down on the sofa without saying a word. She soaked in the afterglow for a moment. It was a rare leisurely weekend.

“… … “It deserves a round of applause.”

Jade’s review and one-liner: It deserves a round of applause.

It was the highest compliment for him.

“Dukra.”

He liked the character Duke more than anyone else. A charming human being who sacrificed himself for love while maintaining the dignity of nobility.

Jade had also loved someone at some point, so her feelings were completely understandable.

Maybe he used himself as a role model… … .

“hmm?”

Jade frowned slightly. He was lost in his thoughts, fiddling with his chin.

“Did you say he was a writer?”

The artist who painted his own portrait is the author of The Bard.

However, he loves and admires himself more than anyone else.

then.

“under.”

Jade laughed. She shook her head as if she had no choice.

“Did you draw this Duke looking at me as well?”

If Sion Askal is a writer, this is not an opinion but a conviction.

The motif and role model of the nobleman named Duke is not anyone else but himself——Jade.

“… … Oh dear.”

He put his hand on my face and smiled.

* * *

Meanwhile, ‘Aramgal’, a city on the outskirts of Edsila.

“It’s true.”

At Nightmare’s third murder scene, Soliet spoke in a rather serious tone.

“All of the victims had a conflict with someone, and there was someone who benefited from the victim’s death.”

We’ve been investigating Nightmare’s victims.

A contract killing that looks like an indiscriminate serial killing.

However, when looking into the victim’s family or acquaintances, there was a clear conflictual relationship.

Some rich people monopolized their inheritance thanks to the Nightmare incident, and some politicians succeeded in being re-elected.

The only cases in which there were no direct beneficiaries were Javed and Felix.

“It’s not simple.”

Solliet looked at me and said.

“There are too many people involved to simply give money and ask them to kill this person. “It is clear that they are sharing something that can be kept secret.”

The voice was serious. Her eyes sparkled as if she would not let go of the clue she had barely caught.

I also agreed.

“… … “It must be a fraternity.”

Fraternity. It is a group that goes a bit further from a social club and is closer to a secret society. In most cases, the condition for membership is a pledge in exchange for a part of the body. Lightly from the fingertips to heavy to the danjeon or heart.

“you’re right. “Hurry up and investigate them-”

“no.”

Soliet was stopped when she was in a hurry.

“Now hold your breath.”

You have to buy it slowly. Among those who benefited from this Nightmare, there are some who will become enormous conglomerates in the future, some who will become congressmen, and some who have already become tycoons.

If you connect them all and find common ground, you might, of course, be able to reach their fraternity.

But we are only high school students. I don’t have anything yet and I don’t have enough strength. If you show up for no reason and get noticed, you will be killed.

“… … Are you scared already?”

Solliet pouted her lips. She was sitting like some kind of bully. Chew chewing gum – Quit smoking while chewing gum.

I’m going to spit on you like that.

“Too fast is no good. We have to wait until they feel safe. Now, less than three years have passed since the case was closed. I’m still nervous. “There is also a top-ranked knight on the list here. Can you beat this guy?”

The 1st rank is the level where the user has reached the state of mastery and can be called an expert.

It may not have been far away for Solliet, but at least from my perspective, it was far away.

“… … hmm. All right.”

Solliette also looked a little more convinced.

“But are you preparing for the first quarter evaluation exam?”

“Do you need to prepare?”

Solliet asked back calmly. It’s not about her confidence, it’s just that she has a really innocent face that says there’s no need for it.

“I guess you are. “What university do you want?”

I asked about college. Solliet thought slightly and then shrugged her shoulders.

“What do you need college for?”

“It’s not necessary… … .”

I stopped talking quickly. I saw Solliet. She also met my eyes and nodded faintly.

“Let’s go to the cafe first.”

“yes. let’s go.”

cafe. It’s a code word that says someone is following you.

I prepared quite thoroughly just in case.

We left the scene and went into a nearby cafe.

“Café latte.”

“Yes, what about customers?”

The employee asked Solliet. Solliet shook her head.

“I’m done.”

“Ah, our cafe offers one menu per person, customer.”

“… … .”

Then Solliet narrowed her eyes. She glared at her employee in that state. What a snowball fight.

“yes?”

The employee tilted his head. Solliet spoke in a very serious tone.

“I’ll say it again, I’m done-”

I elbowed her in the shoulder.

“Choose. anything.”

“… … “Please give me Americano.”

“yes.”

I grabbed a coffee and sat down in a seat overlooking the entrance. Just then, a man wearing a fedora came into the cafe.

“You don’t look back.”

I drew a man’s facial expression in a shared notebook. Solliet looked at it and wrote down a sentence.

[I don’t know who it is.]

I also responded.

[Then let’s talk as calmly as possible. On a daily basis.]

“… … by the way. “Have you thought about what I said?”

Suddenly Solliet got lucky. I put the notebook in my arms.

“what.”

“I told you you had talent.”

That’s it again. What did I learn to do in one day?

Solliet was still obsessed with that fact, and talked about it every day whenever she had time.

“You can learn the new law in a day or two, so why wait until next Thursday? “You’re too lazy, you are.”

Soliet made a fuss. While sucking on my Americano.

“I didn’t even want to order this. My 3 ren.”

“what. “One drink per person is standard, right?”

Anyway, what Soliette mistakes for laziness is my physical condition.

If I don’t get quark therapy or something, it will probably continue to get worse. Because without periodic chemotherapy, my body will collapse like a sand castle.

“… … “It’s done.”

I winked at Soliette.

It meant to go away.

“See you next week.”

“good.”

Soliette quickly downed the remaining Americano and then left.

Nevertheless, Mihaeng continued to sit there.

Am I the purpose?

I waited about 5 more minutes to find out and then got up.

As I came out to the bus stop outside the cafe, I was followed closely.

The tailing ability itself is outstanding. It’s just that I’m used to being followed. If you can’t even detect such movements in the underworld, you won’t live long.

Just then the bus arrived at the stop. The tail didn’t chase the bus, so I activated the SZX-9500 inside the bus.

I clearly captured the face hidden by the fedora.

It was in my memory.

─This is Selmon of Arcne.

Even the voice that says that, vividly.

“Arcne has moved… … .”

A family that may have been one of the reasons why Solliet committed suicide.

Did they notice that I was next to Solliet?

I gripped the bus handle tightly.

… … .

Monday midnight.

I am trudging along with my hands full of meat bags.

I just finished my last part-time job at Daebak restaurant [Cheating Meat].

Now that it’s Endex’s first quarter evaluation exam, and time is becoming more important than money, I can no longer work at a part-time job at a meat restaurant.

It’s a little bit bitter.

“… … chain.”

The boss said something strange as he sent me away.

If I succeed later, I’ll open a chain store here. Enjoy unearned income by running a restaurant.

I wish so, me too.

I stood in front of Endex’s wall. There was no need to climb anymore. I learned how to walk.

Just bend down like a spring, and then wave! She bounced.

Tiririring-

As soon as I landed on the lawn, I received a call on my smartphone.

[Crazy idiot]

It was Elise. Originally, he was just a idiot, but yesterday he changed to a crazy idiot.

“hello.”

—… … .

Elise was speechless.

“why.”

─Ha.

She let out a light breath.

“If you’re calling to say something strange again, hang up-”

─Settlement, that’s it.

“… … calculate?”

─The ticket price.

“oh. “Is it that fast?”

I guess it’s because it’s a school event.

If all tickets are sold out, there will be at least 30,000 to 40,000 Ren left.

─The net profit is 33,850 ren. Are you going to do what you said last time?

“of course. “Send your account number right now.”

─… … Don’t decide too hastily. Again, whatever happens with this is your responsibility.

“I understand.”

─Yes. Send me your account number.

Pop-

Elise immediately hung up the phone.

* * *

[Trash: 391-2031-1234]

[Trash: This is the account number]

Zion sent the account number. Elise became suspicious. The account number itself is from a third-party financial institution.

Is this person really trying to launder money? Judging by the way he naturally destroyed Libra’s corpse in the old mine as a favor, he seems to have done more than enough.

While she was worried, she called someone.

“Mr. Limon?”

─Yes, lady. This is Limon.

Limon. He is the family’s accounting expert. A fund manager who tracks cash flow amazingly, and Elise’s economics teacher.

“If you have time, can you track just one account?”

─Of course.

“391-2031-1234.”

Ta-da-da- As Elise recites the account number, Limon is typing.

─It is a daycare center. The name is Arvila Orphanage.

“… … A daycare center? Where is the daycare center?”

─This is Armand.

Where is Armand again?

Elise’s head tilted slightly.

─It’s at the edge of northern Edsilla.

A nursery at the northern edge. It’s almost like a laugh.

After all, is it a ghost institution?

“It doesn’t look like a normal daycare, does it?”

─Yes. It doesn’t look normal. The location of the orphanage is too remote, and the reported number of people is quite high, but the electricity, water, and heating bills are not enough. Moreover, the number of employees is reported to be 21… … Labor costs are extremely low.

“… … “It means it’s suspicious.”

─That’s right.

In that brief moment, Limon calculated the number of people in the daycare center and the corresponding costs, and based on that, he came to the conclusion that the institution was suspicious.

If it’s what he says, it’s definitely true.

─But why are you suddenly asking about this place?

“… … no. curious. Thank you for your hard work.”

Elise hung up the phone. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at the account number that Sion Askal had sent her.

It looks like he found a money laundering company somewhere, but as expected, he is a truly pathetic and trashy person. If you’re going to do it, do it meticulously.

[Do whatever you want. Instead, I will send you a contract that says you are responsible for whatever happens, so sign it.]

Elise responded like that.

Because it’s not a bad thing to have one of Zion’s weaknesses.