Chapter 303 – #83. Drug Lord (3).

#83. Drug lord.

A crow is looking at me.
That meant that Raven was aware of the current situation.

I moderately pushed him away.

“If we have any more information to share later, we will let you know. To do that, you need a means of contact…”
“If you contact me this way, I will receive it.”

He handed me a crystal ball.
A contact crystal ball capable of two-way traffic.
It was a structure in which communication was possible only with crystal spheres that matched the frequency.

I received the crystal ball, put it in my inventory, and said goodbye.
There was no point in staying here any longer.

“Let’s go. I hope District 32 is clean.”
“It will be whatever you want. I have no intention of leaving this area alone.”
“It is strong. Thanks to the driver… I think I can reflect on the past too. Oh, may I ask the driver’s name?”
“This is Reinhardt’s Garen.”
“Knight Garen, that sounds like a name worthy of justice.”

Garen responded moderately to my compliment, which didn’t sound like it, and left.
Based on the information obtained from me, he will try to catch the remnants of Arhan.

I parted ways with Garen and called the crow watching from afar.
Caw-. Caw-.
The stupid crow did not intend to come down from the roof.

I said to the crow.
Someone might hear it, so in a very cautious voice.

“Let’s see me for a second… !”

I have a lot to say.
If you confirmed this side through the raven, if Raven is strong enough to do that.
What kind of acting should I do?
I thought about which setting would be okay to go with.

‘Garen leaves without incident. Who’s killing it?’

I can’t gauge his level, but he doesn’t seem to have been defeated by Arhan.
Even though he had tasted the Succubus Queen’s pheromones, Arhan was defeated by Orihime.
Can Orihime defeat Garen?

‘It seems impossible.’

Let’s assume she’s much stronger than Orihime.
Then Garen’s death would be a strange situation.

Something I don’t know must intervene greatly.
And right in front of me is something I don’t know.

‘Raven.’

Kyris Noir Blanc.
Little to no information is known
I can only guess roughly what this bitch is doing in the original work.

To do that, you need to get close to Kiris.
Now is the timing, I think.

Caw-. Caw-!

The crow’s glow intensified.
And she fluttered and flew away, as if to follow her.

I ran after the crow.
Neither the players nor the residents around me were interested in me.
Most of them are close to disabled people, so it seems that they will be uncomfortable even if they receive attention.

‘It’s a bit worse than other areas.’

There are 36 zones, and each zone has a subtly different atmosphere.
It wasn’t that there was a clear difference, so there was no reason to skip it.

How badly is ‘Mantis’ interfering?
How spread out are the cubes?
That was the factor that determined the state of the district.

‘Arhan must have done a good job.’

The more delicious the area, the easier it is to get drugs.
It doesn’t even have to be a cube.
Low-quality drugs were common.

Unlike Cube, it was not addictive, and it was different from Cube in that it could be removed by mana management.
A shallow addiction means that there is little pleasure.
That’s why the popularity of Cube is skyrocketing.

I followed the crow.
It flew around, disorienting my sense of direction.

Probably, the place where Raven is waiting is also not Raven’s hideout.
It must be a place prepared to meet someone temporarily.

Kik-.

A building about to collapse.
It gave off a church-like atmosphere.

Opening the door and entering, crows are gathering on the open ceiling.

Caw-. Caw-.
Goo-goo, goo-goo.

Some crows bounce like doves and peck at the ground with their beaks.

Padadak-. Padadak-!

“…”

Then, the crows united as one.
The crow hanging from the ceiling and the crow roaming the floor became one.
It was a terrifying sight, as if a monster was being summoned.

Then Raven and Keyless appeared.

Kiris was still wearing a side-slit dress.
The immaculate thighs contrasted with the pitch-black color, and the feeling of his cock being swollen.

“Do you have anything to say?”

Kiris looked at me with the expressionless expression he had when he first saw him.
It didn’t seem to contain any emotion, but I could feel it.

There was anger in her eyes.
He tried to suppress his anger and asked me why.

He seemed to think he had betrayed him.

“Have you seen it?”
“Are you asking what I saw? My eyes are everywhere.”
“… The scene where I’m fishing for the guy from upstairs.”
“Huh, really…”

She laughed as if Kiris was being ridiculous.
I guess I thought it was a betrayal.
That was not my intention at all.

“Listen first.”
“Tell me. Let me see how well you decorate it.”
“…”

It’s still a sign of disbelief.
It seemed that he had no intention of changing the thoughts he had already concocted.

“… I was walking through District 32. It was right after we finished hunting.”
“Yeah, I know.”

Because you’ve all been watching
The crow kept following me.
Since they handed over a large number of cubes, it was worth keeping an eye on.

“But at first glance, a man who doesn’t fit in with District 32 was questioning us. I was looking for clues to the drug.”
“It is a foolish way. What do the drug addicts at the bottom know, are you asking them…”
“At that time, I felt it. I need to catch him.”
“Suddenly?”

The story is disorganized and the logic is empty, but what can I say?
I am improvising without making a specific plan.
To catch Garen and Kiris and make them fight each other.

I want to see Raven’s reaction.
It was just one of the later trials and errors.

“I could tell from the atmosphere that he was aiming for ‘Hunter’. Aren’t you flashing too much?”
“That’s right.”
“How can I help? I wanted to be of help to Raven, so I risked my way to him.”
“Damn it…”

Kiris didn’t believe me.
In particular, he frowned at the part where he tried to help himself.

“I threw Arhan’s information at him. They didn’t know that Arhan had died.”
“Because you did a good job. He must have completely concealed his identity.”
“Yes, so I pretended to be with the Arhan gang and gave them a sense of betrayal.”
“…”

There was a positive reaction to the word betrayal.
Kiris seemed to consider me a traitor.

“For what the hell?”
“For Raven-sama.”
“Why?”
“You trusted me.”
“… So absurd.”

I spoke fluently.

“I’m going to catch him. You have to sneak out and catch your breath. There is no way to communicate on the upper floors anyway.”

Since it is impossible to communicate between floors, when going down, set a period and move.
If it does not come back after that, it is judged that there is a problem.

The default is 1 year, and it stays in the lower layer for up to 10 years.
The ‘Tower of Struggle’ had a more relaxed concept of time compared to the hometown dimensions.
Aging has been delayed thanks to the ability or skills of the ‘system’, and there is no need to starve thanks to the circulation structure in which coins call coins.

‘I think Garen would have taken several years as a basis.’

While Dahee So was in the process of attacking the ‘Tower of Struggle’, there was no mention of Garen.
Even though her last lover was the master of ‘Reinhardt’, she hadn’t heard a word about Garen from the 5th floor.

In other words, even if you use it as a scapegoat to test Kiris’ reaction, you won’t get too upset.

“Did you really approach him with that purpose?”
“Yeah.”
“… We do not forgive traitors. I’ll chase you down and kill you.”
“I won’t betray you, so that won’t happen.”
“… Soaked in drugs and made into a body that can’t live without drugs. Like slaves for the rest of their lives, struggling with money and buying drugs from us.”
“You’re not betraying me?”

Kiris reacted sharply and let out a sigh of her own.
She still looked in disbelief, but she seemed to be going overboard.

“We’re making plans for him.”

‘We’ means ‘Mantis’, so in the original story, Garen must have been killed by ‘Mantis’.

‘It seems quite strong.’

It doesn’t seem like it should be ignored.

“Don’t bother interfering. Old people hate variables.”
“… Yes, I understand.”
“You just sprinkle cubes. All you have to do is send money through the crows around you. Don’t do anything suspicious.”
“Yes.”

Take her hands off Garen, she said.

‘I can’t do that.’

Raven’s reaction was so smooth.
I want you to show a big reaction, whether you are hostile to me or not.

“May I ask when you’re going to clean him up?”
“… What do you know about that?”
“I was just curious. I don’t know if it will help either… If I could at least impress those elderly people…”
“No.”

Kiris shook her head.

“It doesn’t end well if you get caught by those old people. Quietly accept and eat only what is given to you from below. Don’t be greedy for nothing. Got it?”
“…”
“Answer, won’t you?”
“All right.”

I kept my face as calm as possible.
If you can’t do anything with Kim Jin-woo, you can hide your identity.
I’m definitely going to have to give this episode a whirlwind.
I answered with that mindset.

“…”

Raven stared at me and pulled a note from her bosom.

“Here is the route of Arhan’s distribution network. Even the time, place, and crew impression.”

It is said to use the distribution network that has already been created.
It doesn’t seem like a lie to just open your mouth because I’ll scoop it up for you.

If this happens, it is no different from giving 10% of the profits from drug distribution.
Leaving me with the work that Raven could have done, it felt like an intermediary fee.

‘It’s a shield just in case, but…’

If is only if
Only a few cases are caught by the upper class.

It is a structure that cannot be discovered unless you spill it.
You can read your memory or do it, but on the contrary, you can also erase it.

“Be careful and try contact first.”

Raven handed me a note and patted him on the shoulder.
I thought it was some kind of bloody organization boss, but I felt like a prickly rag sister in the world.

Keyless disappeared in an instant.
The ravens trembled and scattered.

I opened the note.
Time, meeting place, name and impression.
Was written in detail.

‘Just in time today, and soon.’

I think it would be correct to say that Raven deliberately got out of the way.

I went to the place written on the note.

* * *

“…”

Raven quickly returned to his lair.
Through the crows he planted in Area 32, he spread his trail here and there.
Because checks are made on each other even within ‘Mantis’, suspicion was the basis for suspicion.

‘What?’

Raven thought.
I recalled the words and actions I had just made to Kim Jin-woo.
It didn’t bode well.

‘Why me?’

I couldn’t understand.
Do you know what kind of guy Kim Jin-woo is and spread it like this?
He even told me things he didn’t need to tell me, and he reached out his hand when he had no reason to help.

By the time you feel unfamiliar with yourself giving unconditional favor.
The ‘Mantis’ executive meeting has begun.

The content was nothing.
Sharing information with upper level players from each district, and reporting on money-making managed by the district, such as drugs and prostitution.

─ When are you going to catch prey in Area 32, Raven?
“…”

Originally, he intended to use Arhan as bait.
That’s why I put him in that position.

However, Kim Jin-woo took over the position.
Raven didn’t want to use him as bait.

‘I don’t know why…’

I just hated it.
It felt like he was looking at his younger brother who had died when he was young, and he didn’t want to push him limb from limb.

“When we are roughly ready, we will call for support.”
─ It’s not something we can just take out. I have to give you a definite date so I can set the time.
“We will contact you as soon as possible.”

Raven ended the meeting like that.
Bait…
Bait was needed.