My Immoral Detective System - Chapter 147

Zion and Martin wandered around the street and ended up standing in front of a theatre show that was just going to start. There was a stage on the side of the street as the curtains of this small stage were down. Many dwarfs were bustling around in that area as they stood straight as if they had long been waiting for the opportunity to watch the show.

Dwarfs around Zion chatting amongst themselves while waiting for the curtains to rise. None of the dwarfs standing in front of Martin and Zion seemed to have noticed that two travelers had also joined the scene to watch the show.

“When will it start?” One of the dwarf kids whined as he pouted and looked up at his father’s face, whose height was also small as compared to Zion and Martin. “I wanted to see the show! I have been waiting for this since forever!”

The father beside him who was holding the child’s hand gently patted his son’s head and said with a smile on his face, “It’ll be, my little one. Why don’t you have this candy until then?”

When the child saw the candy in the man’s hands, his eyes lit up. He instantly took the candy away and sucked it in his mouth. “Thanks, dad~”

The father who managed to coax his child relaxed his shoulders and turned toward the crowd. Then a frown crossed on his forehead as he opened his mouth and said to the dwarf standing on the other side of him. “When the heck will it start? The time for the show to commence has gone already for the past five minutes! They used to be so punctual. Did something happen today?”

The dwarf beside him shrugged. “Who knows? I have heard that the actor was late this time. I heard several actors and actresses scolding a man there. I’m assuming the man being scolded was perhaps the main actor for this show. I remember seeing his face last time I attended this show.”

The father frowned at this and asked, “Is he always so late? This is the first time I’m attending this show. Didn’t they change the actor because of his attitude?”

A bitter smile formed on the other dwarf’s face. “Since you hadn’t attended the previous show, you probably don’t know. They had managed to find another actor to frighten the main actor back then, but things didn’t go too well. The main actor started a fistfight with the new actor. The poor actor had left the scene with his bloody nose! The organizers of the show scolded the main actor badly, but the man was as arrogant as ever! It didn’t seem like he listened to those words! For the entire time, the main actor was standing in a dazed condition.” The dwarf shook his head and sighed. “None of us could watch the show back then, and as compensation, the organizers gave us a free ticket to this show. So technically, I’m just here to freeload.”

The father grimaced as he heard those words, and sighed in relief. “It was good that I didn’t come here with my son back then. Otherwise, I was doomed to follow around my depressed son who didn’t get to watch that show. It’s based on his favorite story!”

“You’re not alone, man. Even my son likes the show. It’s based on our history, after all!”

Zion had no intention to hear this conservation, but he didn’t have a choice. He yawned as he waited for his system to release a notification or something about the case that could possibly be given to him this time. Just when he thought he would spend the rest of the day doing nothing, the system released a ‘ding’ noise in his mind. Then 007 popped out in his ancient Chinese getup and said with an excited expression on his face, “The case is here! The notification said that you’ll be given the contents of the case soon enough, and this time, the contents will also include the goal of this case! Host, you don’t have to worry about it anymore!”

The detective’s expressions didn’t change, but he became more cautious. His narrow eyes glanced around at the dwarf citizens that had gathered around him and then he looked at the stage. He had a feeling that this time, the case would have something to do with the stage in front of him.

Otherwise, why would the system pop out a notification just as he stood near this stage?

Soon, the curtains opened as a dwarf dressed in red from head to toe stood at the center of the stage with a piece of megaphones in his hands. He took a deep breath and said in a loud voice, “Welcome to the East-West Theatre! This time, the manager has designed a surprise for ya all! Guess what it is? Yes! You have guessed it right! The show this time will present not only the most important event during the war between the humans and other races but also how the peace treaty came into existence! Are you surprised? Are you excited?”

The crowd cheered at those words as they looked enthusiastically at the man dressed in red-colored robes.

Zion raised his brows as he stared at the stage with curious eyes. Even though he had heard enough about this supposed war between the humans and other races, this was the first time he was going to see a drama about it. But….

His glance swept across the crowd as he frowned. Something was going to happen today, and he was sure of it since the system said that he would give him the notification of the next case soon enough.

Then, the man speaking with a megaphone bowed and moved aside. Soon, the small stage was swept by many little dwarfs wearing strange dresses, but Zion could easily tell that every single one of them acted like the leader of their respective races.

One of them was wearing long ears and long dresses, and Zion identified that person as the representative of the elves. From what he had heard, this war should be of the time before Odina’s generation. So it was possible that the dwarf acting like an elf in front of him became that elf queen’s father.

At this time, all of the elves had a sword in their hands, but Zion still couldn’t tell who was the main character among these. He was confused about how there could possibly be only one main character among these people when there were so many leaders going against the possibly ‘harmful’ human race?

Soon enough, he found the answer to his questions. A dwarf dressed in the servant’s robes came forward. With his head bowed down. Before he came on the stage, all the leaders from different races were fighting with the humans dressed in servant’s robes. The actors probably wore servant robes to make sure that the viewers could identify the ones acting as humans easily.

But things became even quieter when a particular servant came forward with his head bowed down. He fell on his knees as he cried with all his heart. Tears streamed down his eyes as he looked at the leaders of other races. “Oh Godly kings, what have I done to see this face of humanity? I’m begging you for mercy! Please, have compassion for us. You have already defeated us all, but why bent on destroying all the humans? Please, have some mercy!”

The humans who were fighting with other races got angry at those words. They threw their swords on the ground and said in an angry tone, “Are you for real? You were supposed to lead us in the absence of the king of all humans! But here you are, acting like a coward. If we really fight with all we have, we can win this fight! We can get them out of our lands, and get back our kingdom!”

“Have you been living with them for so long that you have forgotten that you are a human?” Another human soldier spat at the main character in anger and said, “As a human, you should be ashamed to fall back just because the leaders of other races said they would kill every remaining mortal human! Like hell they could! Let’s see how they could kill us! I, William, will fight with these b*stards to death!”

After that, all the humans seemed to have been supercharged, and they started fighting again.

But the man on his knees cried and screamed. “Stop! Have you all gone blind or what?! We have wronged other races! It’s all our fault for being in this situation! And you all still have the face to act righteously?! Where’s your integrity?! Wake up, will you? All the humans have gone insane in the name of power, but I, Stewart, the general from the East, will take the command position as the leader of the humans in the absence of the king, and make an oath right here, right now!” Then he used his sword to make a slash on his finger and tapped it on the ground with a fierce expression on his face. “As long as I’m alive, or as long as my descendants are alive, none of the humans can wrong other races anymore!”

Just as he said this, the humans stopped fighting and glared at the man kneeling on the ground. Then, one of the humans couldn’t take it anymore and charge at the man kneeling on the ground with his sword. Then he thrust his sword on the man’s chest and said, “Then, go and die!”

Blood came out of the wound, and it almost seemed real.. Zion, who was watching this drama with interest, frowned and his expressions changed when the dwarf acting as the kneeling man, fell on the ground with a thud and refused to get up.