Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 90

‘And you’re the special division ?’

a fat merchant shouted with a tremble in his voice when he was asked about our true identity. It seems that he was not so foolish as not to believe it after being shown such a big fish in front of his eyes. He is a merchant even if he is rotten. He must have realized that it would not be to his advantage to compete here,…….

Unfortunately, there was about one person here who didn’t get it.

“Oi!　What is this?’

It was the yankee-like older guy who was one of the three villainous merchants. Well, young people tend to be overconfident, you know. He could not suppress his overflowing urge to anger with reason. His fist was trembling with anger.

“You guys got the money!”

‘Money?”

…… Oh, hee mean that damn money bribe? I had forgotten all about it because it was Brigadier General Eulenberg who accepted it. Come to think of it, I had just spotted the dirty money being exchanged.

‘I am sure you took it.”

‘Then why are you doing this?　If you received the money, aren’t you guys an accessory to that crime?’

‘Well, what are you talking about?’

“Old man!　Don’t play dumb with me!’

‘That’s strange. I was only told ‘hush money’ and handed it over, not that I shouldn’t be arrested.’

“What do you mean ……?’

No, I’m sure the yankee-like guy is right. It’s not the line of a normal bribe taking . General Eulenberg …….

“They indeed told me not to tell anyone else, though. But I was the only one who was asked to do so. I don’t think it applies to my subordinates.”

“Huh”

He shouldn’t have done the bad thing in the first place, but I kind of feel sorry for the Yankee guy’. General Eulenberg, while we are having a war of words like this, he seems to be searching for something.

.’….., shoot.”

The next moment, the last of the three villainous merchants, a skinny, quiet man, appeared in front of us with a young girl in his arms.

” Leave , or I’ll kill her. ‘

The girl’s face is twitching with fear. She was dressed quite poorly, so she had probably been taken by force from out of town.

She is , hostage? You’re nasty.”

“You say that?”

The knife at the girl’s neck is slowly cutting into her skin while he’s talking to me.

“I understand. Now then, Sergeant Steinfeldt.

“Roger that.”

—-pasch ……!

Iris, who was still under the effect of “optical camouflage stealth,” sniped the man who took the girl hostage with a “heat laser beam” following the general’s instructions. This time, since the girl was there, he could not aim at the bottom half of the body. To ensure the girl’s rescue, Iris aimed at the head.

¡……………………”

Without screaming, the skinny man who had gone rigid for a moment fell on his back. At the same time, I leaped out at once and rescued the girl, holding her in my arms.

“Hey, !Miguel”

The Yankee guy called out the skinny guy’s name, Miguel, but it was already too late , the scumbag had already died.

‘You, bastards!”

I didn’t know what the furious Yankee would do, so I shot him with an “impact bullet” to shut him up immediately. The Yankee was blown several meters and plunged into the wall of the building, and stopped moving.

‘…… you’re still alive.”

Maybe because you’re young and bulky, you don’t seem to be dead. However, he would never be able to walk properly again.

After rescuing the girl, I returned to General Eulenberg and lowered her to the ground.

“Can you stand?”

“Yes.”

The girl’s expression was hard, as if she was still nervous. I’ve got to get these people soon and reassure them.

I’m going to go check out …… and see if they’re still there.　I think it would be easier if these guys were quietly roped off.”

General Eulenberg, who does not show it outwardly but seems to be looking for something, makes a proposal of surrender to the last remaining middle-aged, fat, and corrupt merchant. The merchant, after turning red, blue, and white, finally gave up and sat there in a state of collapse.

‘Do as you please now, …….”

Then I’ll take your word for it and ensure ……!”

The general took out a thin special rope (wire is probably a better description) for restraints from his waist bag and tied up the merchant and, incidentally, the deputy who was still frozen in place. The brigadier then turned to me and said.

‘I feel a nasty look on his face. I think there are enemies still hiding out there.”

‘Disgusting look. ……. What is it?”

“Yes, I think it’s a demon.

A demon here!

I’m sure that there are always demons involved in the nasty cases.

I can use detection magic, so I’m going to go look for the demon. With that signature twisted presence, I’m sure I’ll be able to find him soon.

‘Be careful.”

I will use my “Active Sonar” to search for the presence of the demon. And since he is a demon, it would not be surprising if he is connected to the town’s government .

“I found ……!”

The sign that seemed to be a demon was soon found. The location was the government office built in the center of the town. It seems that he is alone with a human in a room in the building.

“Ah!”

The demon, perhaps realizing that I had been noticed, seemed to have taken a hold of a person who was in the same room with him. Of the two responses, the one that was not from the demon disappeared.

‘He killed them. ……”

“He must be destroying the evidence. The demon will escape if we don’t hurry.”

“Get out of the way!”

I kicked out the guards and ran into the office. I run down the passageway, skip down the stairs, and run to the room where the demon is.

“I got a glimpse of it!　It’s that door. The demon is in that room!”

But just as I was a few meters away from the room, the magical reaction inside the room suddenly increased.

I felt a tremendous wave of magical power. The distorted magical power peculiar to demons was surging, undulating, and scattering to the surroundings.

The next moment, the response suddenly vanished.

…………!

In a panic, I used my sensing magic, but it was not in the sensing range of “active sonar” or “passive sonar”.

When I opened the door where the demon had been sensed until just now, I found only the corpse of a dead man, who seemed to be a government official, lying inside, sinking in a pool of blood, and not a trace of the demon in sight.