I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 102

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Episode 102

‘Are you serious?’

Take care of him.

Obviously, it was an order to kill.

‘No, why are you suddenly making that decision?’

We’d be parting ways soon, so I couldn’t understand why he’d give such an order.

But in a situation like this, I shouldn’t question my superior’s judgment.

“Understood.”

I also answered in a low voice and quietly moved to the back of the ship.

‘There was definitely only one person, right?’

No need to obviously draw my sword.

After confirming the dagger hidden inside my pants was properly in place, I stepped onto the opposite ship.

“Hmm.”

First things first, scan the area.

The fact that Lieutenant Eden ordered me to take care of him means he definitely sensed something.

‘At least I don’t feel any additional presence.’

“What’s the matter?”

The man remaining on the ship spotted me and approached with a scowling expression.

‘Why does he look so menacing?’

Up close, he didn’t look like a fisherman but rather someone who’d be working as a mountain bandit.

“It seems like it’s going to take some time, so I came over for a moment. Could I take a quick look around?”

I could kill him right here, but that would cause noise to carry over to the other side.

‘If I’m going to do it, I need to do it perfectly.’

I’m not an assassin, but I have crossed swords with one before, haven’t I?

You could say I’m a makeshift assassin of sorts.

“The ship, you mean?”

“Yes, I’m very interested in fishing boats.”

“Hmm.”

The man pretended to think, glanced once at our ship, then opened his mouth.

“Alright. There’s nothing special, but follow me.”

“Thank you for allowing it.”

I followed the man toward the deck first.

“Wow, it’s definitely quite large since it’s used by five people.”

If our ship was like a small boat, this one was at least documentary-worthy in size.

“Ah, yes.”

He answered indifferently as if uninterested.

“Could I take a look at the warehouse?”

I pointed to the warehouse door that would similarly contain fish.

‘If I take him down there and handle it, that would be perfect.’

An enclosed space.

How absolutely perfect could it get?

However, executing my plan wasn’t easy.

“That’s not allowed.”

“What…? But we showed you ours.”

“Anyway, it’s not allowed.”

A firm refusal with no room for persuasion whatsoever.

Honestly, since we had shown them our warehouse, I hadn’t expected a refusal.

‘What kind of double standard is this?’

It was the attitude of a crazy senior.

“Is there some treasure or something…?”

As I tried to find another angle, I happened to notice blood splattered beside the warehouse.

“Hmm.”

Actually, it wasn’t anything particularly special.

Blood splattering is common when catching fish.

The problem was that as I looked around the ship again, I could see traces of blood that seemed hastily cleaned up in various places.

‘Why do I feel so uneasy?’

My intuition was telling me.

That something was there.

[Would you like to view the target’s truth?]

[Cost: 7P]

Not a particularly expensive price.

‘I’m going to kill him anyway, so do I really need to check?’

I hesitated briefly because the points seemed wasteful, but quickly dismissed that thought.

‘I’m retiring after this landing operation anyway.’

It would be a waste to save them.

[The Eye of Truth pierces through the target.]

Name: Nacio

Affiliation: Moleng Pirate Crew

Position: Crew Member

Specialties: Plundering, odd jobs, cleaning

Current Status: Waiting for attack signal.

‘Hah, as expected.’

I had a bad feeling about him, and sure enough, he was a pirate.

‘More importantly, just a crew member. That’s fortunate.’

Actually, the biggest reason I spent points was worry about whether he might be a master.

‘His specialties are odd jobs and cleaning. You really got caught.’

Aren’t I at expert level when it comes to looking down on the weak?

‘More importantly, an attack signal. So they’re planning to start soon too. I wonder if Lieutenant Eden will be okay.’

I felt worried for a moment, but it was truly the most useless thought in the world.

‘That guy will handle it himself. Still, well… should I go help quickly?’

It wouldn’t hurt to score points at a time like this.

“That’s too bad. I was curious about how much fish a ship this size could catch.”

“I can’t open the warehouse without the captain’s permission.”

The pirate told the excuse he’d thought up while I was using my skill.

He seemed to have some brains at least.

“Then could I at least take a look at the helm?”

“Sure.”

The man led the way and opened the door leading to the helm.

At the same time, a thick smell of blood wafted out.

Realizing something was wrong, the man scowled and immediately tried to move his body…

Thunk!

“Gack!”

“Hey, you should have managed things properly.”

The dagger embedded in the man’s abdomen.

Obviously, I had hastily drawn it and stabbed him.

‘Damn, that was close just now.’

That guy definitely.

His hand had been moving toward his waistband.

‘If I’d been a little slower, I would have been the one in trouble.’

Thanks to acting as soon as the smell hit my nose, I was able to gain the upper hand.

“Wh…what the hell.”

Our pirate friend seemed flustered.

Well, he had every right to be confused.

A seemingly ordinary young man he thought was a fisherman had just stabbed him in the stomach with a dagger.

“What do you mean what? You’ve been tricked.”

“Kugh!”

The man desperately tried to struggle, pulling out a dagger from his waistband.

‘He’s still moving around.’

A pirate is a pirate, after all.

“I feel like there might be something to learn if I questioned you, but I was told to kill, so I have to follow orders.”

An ordinary crew member who was confident in a one-on-one fight even in normal conditions.

Nothing would change just because this guy was holding a dagger.

Clang! Swoosh!

“Aaaahhh!!!”

I easily deflected his attack and plunged my dagger into his heart.

An attack aimed for instant death.

But unfortunately, the guy let out a pained scream before dying.

“Tsk, this got messy.”

With that much noise, even on the ocean, there was a high chance it reached the other boat.

“Let’s go for now.”

Having completed the mission Eden gave me, I pulled out the dagger to take it with me and headed back to our boat…

“Aaaahhh! Someone help me!”

“Huh?”

Just as I was about to cross over, the captain was coming from the other side with a terrified expression.

And behind him, Lieutenant Eden was clicking his tongue as if hunting.

He told me with his eyes.

To finish him off.

“Sigh, who’s the real pirate here.”

With a sigh, I swung the dagger that wasn’t even dry of blood yet once more.

Clang!

He wasn’t quite in a panic state, as he defended the attack with a forearm-length sword.

‘Where was he hiding that thing?’

Since I hadn’t noticed it earlier, it was probably inside his clothes like mine.

What sneaky bastards.

“You…you damn Navy bastards! Did you follow us all the way here!”

“Hm?”

The man suddenly called Eden and me Navy.

He was seriously misunderstanding something.

“We only pirate enough to make a living! Why did you come all the way here!”

He spoke as if he was wronged, which was quite bewildering.

‘No, sir. You should make a living through labor, not through plunder.’

His values were seriously messed up.

“Are you proud of being a pirate?!”

“No matter how hard you work, the nobles take everything away in taxes, so what’s the problem!”

A cry filled with resentment.

For a moment, I thought he wasn’t entirely wrong, and my hand hesitated.

And in that moment, he exploited the opening.

“I’ll kill at least you to avenge our Commander!”

An attack with a tearjerking backstory.

I really felt like I should let this one hit me, but unfortunately, his skill level was too low.

“You talk too much for a pirate bastard. Instead of talking, you should move a little faster.”

Go ahead and aim for openings.

Even so, you’re at least three times slower than Hamus’s attacks.

Clang!

When I forcefully parried his attack, he completely lost his balance for a moment.

“Farewell.”

Thud! Splash!

I kicked the defenseless guy in the stomach and sent him into the ocean.

“What should we do? Should I finish him?”

“You seem quite relaxed, Captain.”

“If I can’t stay relaxed against mere pir… I mean, fishermen, how would I survive in wartime?”

I almost blurted out the information I learned from Truth-Seeing Eyes, but barely managed to catch myself.

‘Careful, be more careful.’

I’d already been dragged into trouble once because of my good eyesight.

If I show off again here, would that make me human?

I’d be a beast with no learning ability.

“That’s also true. Though these guys aren’t just fishermen but pirates.”

“Is that so? I had a feeling, but they really were pirates. What a scary world.”

I shook my head as if disgusted and shuddered once.

“Pl…please spare me! I’ll do anything! If it’s money, I’ll tell you the location of the warehouse where I’ve stored all the goods I’ve plundered!”

The captain, whom I had momentarily forgotten while talking with Lieutenant Eden, grabbed onto the fishing boat and spouted pathetic words.

“Hmm, is that so.”

What wind suddenly blew his way?

Lieutenant Eden, who I thought would kill him immediately, pointed his sword at the captain.

“If you sell everything in the warehouse right now, it would be worth at least 10,000 gold!”

A considerable sum.

It seems he’s been quite diligent in his piracy.

“Ho, how much of that belongs to those Lycan bastards?”

“Sixty percent… no, seventy, eighty percent! We usually don’t operate much in the Adits Empire.”

“Ho.”

Perhaps because he mistook us for the Adits Empire’s Navy.

He was confessing that he had been disrupting the Raikhan Empire’s waters.

‘What complete trash.’

Just imagining how many fishermen must have suffered makes me want to cry.

“What’s the size of your pirate crew?”

“Well, we’re just a small group.”

“Hiss, monsters don’t like humans that much…”

“Just over two hundred!!!”

When Eden brought his sword a little closer to the man’s neck, he jumped in shock and corrected himself.

“That’s too small a scale.”

“We were hit by the Navy once, so our numbers were greatly reduced.”

“What’s the name? By the way, you’d better tell the truth. I’m going to verify it.”

Despite Eden’s threat, the man hesitated for a moment.

But what difference would that make?

If he wanted to live, he had to speak.

“Mol…Moleng Pirate Crew.”

“If it’s those guys, their area of operation definitely shouldn’t be here.”

“We kept getting pushed back and came here while looking for empty territory.”

“Hmm, I see.”

From his expression, it seemed Eden roughly understood how things were going.

“Pl…please spare me! I’ll never pirate again!”

“At least wet your lips before lying. Even passing idiot Lycans would laugh hearing a pirate say they won’t pirate.”

“I really mean it…”

“Be quiet. Listen, I honestly think piracy is just another job people do to make a living.”

Eden suddenly spouted some ridiculous sophistry.

‘What’s this? This atmosphere like he might actually spare them?’

It seemed like he was putting on an act.

I couldn’t understand his intention at all.

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