Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 80

We were followed by someone closely. It was stressful

“I don’t feel comfortable with it …….”

“It sure makes me feel a little uncomfortable.”

Aside from me, who was wearing a mask as I had done when I was an adventurer, the bare-faced Iris had a very stern and piercing look in her eyes.

” Well, you will get used to it in time. If you keep on dealing with it, there will be no end to it. In other words, you just have to get so strong that you don’t have a problem with surprise attacks.”

General Eulenberg told . I think that is a difficult thing to do.

However, he is right. They are not just poor people, but people who have become criminals in the name of “survival”. People who are serious about staying alive should be saved, but this world is not blessed with enough material and spiritual wealth to lend a hand to people who are not d have no morals. If the other side is trying to harm us for their own selfish desires, we will crush them with more force than they have. That kind of brutal response was needed from us. Conversely, if a person cannot do that, he is not qualified to join a special division .

” Sergeant Hult, please be on the guard mainly in case of traps or deception. In order to gain experience, let’s let Sergeant Steinfeldt take the front here.”

“What?”

“”Understood, sir. Iris, good luck. I’ll be right behind you. Keep your chin up.

” Yeah,  .”

Iris looked nervous, but if she is as good as she seems to be, she will not be slowed down by a bunch of thugs. If she keeps her composure, she should have nothing to worry about

If you see someone suspicious, let’s ask a few questions. If they resist, depending on the degree of resistance, we may arrest them for obstruction of justice. If the person is successfully evaded, we will assume he is guilty and focus on the target.

“Roger that.”

“Then let’s get to work.”

Not all of the people in the slums are violent criminals. Of course, there are a fair number of violent criminals among them, but the most numerous are petty criminals such as muggings and assaults. These are the short-circuited types whose emotions immediately lead them to take action.

And there is no way that these types of people would not take action when they see three well-dressed young children and an elderly man. —-

“Hey, do you know where you are?”

The next thing I knew, We were surrounded by a group of people who looked like a nasty guys

The first time I saw them, I thought, “Oh, there’s one of them who’s recently been in a slum.

‘Ah, is there anyone here who has recently arrived here from the slums?’

I asked without any hesitation. It won’t have any effect, but it should at least provoke them.

“If you want make it back safe and sound, give everything you have!””

“Ha-ha-ha-ha!　You shouldn’t have come here.　I’m sure you know that this is a dangerous place.”

……Naturally, they are not listening to what I said. …… Didn’t you learned to hear out what others have to say?

“Can I play with her?　I’ve had a lot on my plate lately. ……”

“She’s just a kid.　You have terrible taste.”

“Oh, I’m gonna take that kid. ……”

“You’re a real hustler, …….”

“Hey, what about the old man?”

“What?　Just Kill him.”

“If you can’t make mone in decent way y, you criminals .”

There is a lot of world-weary language I don’t want to hear. …… Is it safe to take this as sign to action ?

“Sir Eulenberg?”

‘They an criminals and need to get punishment ifor their doing , right?

‘That’s right ,Iris.

I pat her on the back and blast her.

“Oh?　You’re going to give away a girl and run away ?”

“You’re all scumbags , aren’t you!

The man who misunderstood her was saying something, but Iris didn’t care about that and concentrated on using her magic.

I want to ask them some questions, so don’t kill me.

” Don’t worry, I won’t kill them.

“Sergeant Steinfeldt. I recommend you to aim at the lower part of the body. Aim at The upper body can be fatal ”

“Thank you very much for your advice.”

A few seconds passed, and just as the they were approaching to Iris, the man said, “I’m going to kill you.

“No, don’t!”

Iris’s right hand glowed, and a moment later, all the these people on the ground.

‘Gaaaahhhh!

“Oh, hurt……!”

“Ouch!”

“Hiiiiii……!”

Apparently, the effect was so great that those who had been having forward such lowly desires atrophied beautifully, their faces were full of fear and pain.

“You are under arrest.”

As a higher level of rank than a regular soldier, a special division member also has the right to arrest, thus being able to catch the wrongdoer. Besides, this was a current offense of attempted disturbance of public order, blackmail, and assault in the first place. The same is true for the Heiland Empire, where anyone can be arrested for crime.

While the men lying around with ropes behind their backs, I interrogate the ones closest to me.

“Hey, have you always lived here?”

“No!”

“Answer me truthfully, and I won’t go any further. Just tell me the truth.”

Oh, I’ve been here about six months.”

“What did you do here?”

“…… Nothing.”

“What did you do?”

I asked him again, and he shuddered and answered in a low voice.

“I was selling potions.”

“What kind of potion ?”

“I don’t know what kind of potions they were, but they were so expensive that I had to sell them to the merchants secretly .”

“What kind of merchant?”

I don’t know. Every time a different person came to buy them. I just took the potions I received to the agreed-upon time and place.

He sounded like a drug dealer. It’s rather suspicious when you don’t know what kind of potion it is. Besides, it is forbidden to trade potions and medicines without an intermediary from an alchemy guild. Even if it was a legitimate , it must be from black market anyway.

I feel like I’ve been poking around in the bushes and found a lot of snakes.

General Eulenberg, who was listening to the conversation in the background, muttered to himself as he let out a sigh.

“Is this kind of illegal business dealings still occurred ?’

“It has become the usual practice. No matter how many times we catch them, they keep popping up, so it’s very difficult for those who are trying to stop them.’

“Can’t you take some kind of countermeasure, such as having …… patroal always on the ground ?”

“It is difficult. It is very difficult. They will try to take advantage of opportunities when you are not watching . It is better to keep them in the dark and cut down the transaction routes to a certain extent, then they can be detected with certainty.”

“Drastic reform is needed.”

Yes. I agree ….., but it looks like you got lucky this time.

“What?　……!”

As I finished tying up them I noticed some very strange people walking toward  us from the other side of the road. The guys I’m tying up now are amateurs, but the ones approaching are something else. The actual  dangerous is a abut to came .

“I’m feel sorry about your comrades , ”

“Who are you?”

“I control  this slums .”

“I doubt it.”

‘Hey, Iris.”

The tension in the air had been building up for a while, but it dissipated when Iris burst in without reading the atmosphere. Give me back my tension!

, “I haven’t seen you  here ……. Where are you came from?”

“I grew up in east I don’t remember where I was born.”

“East, huh?”

general dared to emphasize the “east” part. I could somehow guess where he was born after hearing that. East” does not necessarily mean within the Heiland Empire. It’s also  means that it’s further east.

” It will become clear soon ……By the way, he said  you  are  in charge of this slum now, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then, , you know about the illegal trade of potions and such thing ?”

“No, I don’t know about that. I heard there are a lot of illegal traders around here these days. I wouldn’t be surprised if these newcomers are out of my control.”

He speak such clear lies This guy obviously know everything .

“Then why did you come here?”

“An?　I told you before. I’m here because my people caused trouble …………, damn , you guys!”

Well, if you guide them in this way, they’ll be inconsistent rags. You don’t refer to a newcomer who is out of your control as your own man, do you?”

…… Brigadier General Eulenberg is not so inexperienced as he seems to think he is.

“Opponent  it’s from   Special Division.  we will die if we  underestimate him .”

“In any case, they already figured it out. kill them !”

“What, boss?　Seriously?　If you do that, you’ll won’t get away with it “.

“They’re convinced we’re illegal traders . It’s too late to hide it now. If we want to be saved, we have to kill them !”

They rustled around, went through their waist pouches and pockets, and all pulled out something that looked like a small bottle.

“Is that the ‘potion’?”

“Perhaps.”

I have a bad feeling about the t the bottles s. It could be a potion,   like  stimulant, type or something else.

“Both of you, get ready for battle.”

“Yes, sir.”

We prepared for battle by making up the magic in our bodies according to the instruction of General Eulenberg.

Iris casted a magic spell “Clothing”.

Every time my heart beats, my vision clears and power surges from deep within my body.

“Here i came”

The men are gulping down their potions while we prepare for battle.

“The men’s eyes seem to be bloodshot. they are ready to attack. If they take one more step, . The effect of that potions …… are uncertain, so even a fatal attack is possible at this point.”

” Got it.”

For a few seconds was a silence

The next moment, men with a strage atmosphere came running at us at  once to attack us.