Isekaid 40ish Man Returns, Regressed as a Peerless 17-Year-Old - Chapter 5.05

「You want me to play detective?」

Leave the drug busts to the police.

「This is a legal drug. The main problem is that when you eat a human who has used this drug, the variant will get high too. To be more specific, they’ll have more appetite.」

「Oi……..how do you know that….」

「It’s been a problem among us. Most drugs’ effects will be nullified if we directly take them. TI see….it means you can’t manage it.」

「Thanks for being quick witted.」

「Why don’t you guys figure it out?」

The more drugs spread around, the more variants will appear.

Of course I really don’t care about that but I want to get more information from Susanoo’s mouth.

「I’m already doing so. However, when I made my move, there are a lot of resistance so it’s not easy….」

From what I heard from Susanoo so far, he must be someone with a good position among the variants.

That also means that they, too, have problems as a group.

Just like humans….

「One of the variants we encountered in the abandoned building is a little crazy, is he one of them?」

「You’ve noticed it too well. That’s right.」

「I know what you mean now.」

Yui took over the conversation.

「Why do you have to go this far just to draw us in? I think it’s a problem that will be solved eventually.」

「What are you talking about?」

「You’re the one who sent this fainted guy to us.」

「Areh? How did you know? I was confident with my acting skill.」

Susanoo easily admitted it with a blank expression.

「You are indeed a good actor but the situation was to unnatural.」

What is the probability of a student high in drugs coming to Yui the moment I left Yui’s side?

「Good grief, this is embarrassing.」

He said that but he probably didn’t care if he was found out.

His main objective is to tell us the existence of this drug.

However, as Yui says, the only thing I don’t understand is why he is in such a hurry to solve the problem.

「The sooner you solve the problem, the better. That means more forces cooperating is better, right?」

「Even if it is currently legal, the police will act sooner or later. In the meantime, why don’t we just play along?」

And to think we’re talking about something where more humans could die.

In the other world, I learned how to deal with negotiations of this kind with a comrade.

However, right now, the other party is not a demon but a variant.

「If I tell you, will you cooperate with me?」

「No, I won’t.」

We’re negotiating but we’re not doing business.

That’s what I’ve learned from dealings with these kinds of people.

Even if you extract information during negotiations, never make a contract of interest.

This is what nobles and politicians do.

If you make a bad deal with someone you don’t trust, you’re only putting yourself to a disadvantage.

「Then, our negotiations broke.」

SuIt seems like you have a very strong reason to hide it.」

「I wonder」

Why are you hiding it so much?

Why not try to cover it up with a lie?

Has “organization” on the human side driven him into a corner?

Glancing at Yui, she just shook her head.

Maybe the Japanese “organization” is onto something that even the Scandinavians don’t know about.

No, what if making them suspicious like this is Susanoo’s purpose?

I can’t help but think about it and I don’t think I can get any more information out of him.

「Then, do your best with that.」

I said coldly and turned my back on Susanoo.

「By the way, I had information that there were trades at the game center.」

I heard an amused voice from behind me.

He was convinced that I was going to solve the problem.

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I’m sorry to say but, he’s right.

He knows where Yui and I are anyway.

If we start investigating, we may run into variants but it would also be a good opportunity to intimidate them.

If the damage has already begun to occur in my neighborhood, I need to make an appeal to them to stay out of my territory.

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It would be troublesome to make an enemy of all the variants and have them systematically target me but it would be more troublesome to keep getting attacked because they think they can easily do it.

Of course, it will be a different story if they move to exterminate humans instead of just killing them for food.

Right now, I can’t help but feel that there is a tug of war going on between the two sides to prevent one side from exterminating the other. I don’t know if this was because someone is trying to keep the balance or because they are naturally restraining each other.

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Fortunately, it seems that the only reason they are hanging around with each other is because of profit and loss and they don’t seem to have much of a sense of camaraderie.