I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 151

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Episode 151

“What? Who are you planning to see that you have three tickets to something so hard to get?”

Lieutenant Colonel Orpia said with a smirk at the corner of her mouth.

Eden made a tired expression and shook his head.

“I bought three tickets because I didn’t want anyone sitting next to me.”

“Do you know how many people want to go to a Lojinya opera performance, and you bought three tickets for that reason?”

“I think as long as you pay the money, there’s no need to consider such things.”

‘Wow, look how selfish he is.’

As expected, just an unprecedented character disaster.

Trash.

Liar.

Just like Lieutenant Eden.

“And I might have an appointment and go with someone.”

He said it somewhat like an excuse.

Still, bad manners are bad manners.

“What, do you think there’s a problem? Lieutenant.”

“Huh? No. It could be uncomfortable having someone next to you.”

Since rice cakes don’t fall from the sky just for saying the right thing, I just went along with his words.

“Being in a comfortable place must have made you quite the smooth talker. Should I say something about this…”

“Well! Today too, thanks to Lieutenant Eden, the operation seems like it will proceed safely! I truly respect you.”

“You’re saying things you don’t mean.”

If you know that, couldn’t you stop picking fights?

‘I thought I’d hardly see you anymore. Damn it.’

I think I’ll have to go home later and sprinkle some salt.

“But those must be hard-to-get tickets, is it okay to give them like this?”

“I can’t go see it anyway because of the operation, so it’s fine.”

“Bill us for the cost.”

Eden nodded at Lieutenant Colonel Orpia’s words.

“Of course. Since they’re good seats, they’re being traded on the black market for 15 gold per ticket, so I plan to bill 45 gold.”

Lieutenant Eden so naturally saying he’d bill at black market prices.

He’s definitely not normal.

“But three tickets seems like too many.”

Having too many might raise suspicion.

“Then just take two tickets, is there a problem? Keep one as a spare.”

Saying “spare” basically means he’ll still bill for the cost.

‘Ruthless. So ruthless.’

It’s not my money going out so it doesn’t matter, but he’s really not an easy person.

“Three tickets is definitely a bit much. Let’s go with two, and Lieutenant Paran, you take them and deliver them.”

“Understood.”

Lieutenant Colonel Orpia made the decision, and I took the tickets and went back into the room where Neck was.

“Here, this is right, isn’t it?”

“How… how did you get this?”

“Curious? It won’t be good for you to know.”

“N-no!”

Neck shook his head vigorously and put the tickets in his bag.

“You absolutely have to bring him out tomorrow. Otherwise, you know what happens, right?”

“Yes! You don’t need to worry.”

A voice full of confidence.

It seems the person called Morphing wanted to go to that performance more than I thought.

“If you’re done with your business, go.”

“I’ll do my best!”

Neck took his bag and hurriedly left the conference room.

“Anyone watching would think I’m some scary person.”

I was shaking my head and leaving the conference room when

I made eye contact with someone I didn’t particularly want to meet.

“Not going to greet me?”

A man with lieutenant colonel rank insignia glaring at me sullenly and saying a word.

It was Colonel Gavel, the Human Resources Director.

‘Not going to greet me, he says.’

It’s just plain picking a fight.

“Loyalty, it seems like it’s been a while since we’ve met.”

“You’re doing such great work that you probably didn’t have time to meet someone like me. No need to worry about it.”

‘What the hell is this bastard.’

It’s already a headache-inducing day, and this is already the second villain today.

“I’ll visit you frequently. And isn’t this a busy time when everyone in the Support Unit is doing important work?”

“Ha, I do know that.”

Colonel Gavel sneered as he looked at the contract in my hand.

“Do your job properly. I’ve been hearing rumors everywhere that the Lieutenant has been slacking off in his office lately.”

“What do you mean.”

I’m slacking off?

There should be a limit to false rumors.

It’s just complete nonsense.

“I think there’s no smoke without fire. I won’t say anything because I’m afraid of the Lieutenant’s noble background and all that, but get your act together.”

Colonel Gavel glared at me with disdain and left his seat.

Trembling.

Humiliation given through words that anyone could see were complete nonsense.

Really, everything else was fine, but the story about slacking off in the office made my head explode.

‘Shit, how much am I suffering right now.’

If you calculate the working hours for this week across the entire Support Unit, I guarantee I’d be first place.

And he tells me I’m slacking off in my office?

If this doesn’t make me angry, I’m not human.

“Haah.”

“Tsk tsk, you said you wanted to leave the Intelligence Agency, but you’re getting along just fine.”

As I was sighing, I heard Eden clicking his tongue behind me.

“I showed you an unsightly side.”

“Since you’re a Lieutenant, you don’t need to bow your head to me.”

“Yes, well.”

“You look upset.”

“I’m just a bit dumbfounded. Saying I slack off in my office.”

The heat that rose up still hasn’t subsided.

“That’s how people are originally. If someone is more successful than them, they envy and get jealous. In that regard, the Lieutenant is quite a mouth-watering target.”

“That may be true, but it’s so blatant that it’s a bit dizzying.”

If those ridiculous false rumors have spread throughout the entire Support Unit, just thinking about it is horrifying.

“So why did you leave the well-established Intelligence Agency to suffer like this? Tsk tsk, I don’t understand.”

‘Sorry, but if I stayed there, breathing would be painful and I wouldn’t know when I’d die.’

Even listening to these false rumors all day is a hundred times better than dying.

“If you say you want to come back even now, I’ll try to push for it.”

“Oh, I’ll have to decline. I really like it here and it’s great.”

“Your taste is quite peculiar.”

The words “Your taste is the most peculiar in this world” came up to my throat, but I held back.

“More importantly, does this roughly finish all the work?”

“Yes, it seems so.”

“Then let’s go out and eat. I heard on the way here that there’s a delicious noodle shop in front of here, guide me there.”

At Eden’s words, my face unconsciously scrunched up.

‘Damn, I ate there yesterday too.’

* * *

“Did the contract go well?”

Morphing, who had been recharging with chocolate cake after lunch, looked at Neck who entered the room.

“Yes, I signed it without any problems. It seems we can start running the factory right away as planned.”

“There wasn’t any sign of suspicion or anything, right?”

“Not at all. How could they make any connection in the first place? Ha…haha.”

When Neck laughed awkwardly, Morphing put down the fork in his hand.

“Why, did something happen?”

“What do you mean something happened?”

“Speak quickly.”

‘Damn pig, his intuition is annoyingly sharp.’

This was the part he’d been worried about since entering, so Neck had prepared a countermeasure.

“Sigh, you shouldn’t notice things like this. The thing is…”

Neck carefully approached Morphing and put his hand in his pocket.

“What is it… Huh?!”

Two tickets coming out of his pocket.

Morphing’s eyes widened as if they would burst when he saw them.

“Th…why do you have that? Didn’t you say you couldn’t get them?!”

“I remembered there were military seats available, so I went and asked, and they said they had some tickets left, so I got them.”

Squeeze!

As soon as he finished speaking.

Morphing lifted his heavy body and embraced Neck.

“Well done! Really well done!”

‘Shit.’

Saliva splashing on his face, and damp clothes.

Neck forced himself to endure his crumpled expression and raised the corners of his mouth.

“Ha…haha, not at all. I was so sorry for not being able to get them last time.”

“What’s there to be sorry about! You got them this time, that’s what matters. It’s tomorrow, right? I need to pick out clothes quickly!”

Morphing looked extremely excited.

Neck let out a sigh of relief inwardly.

‘Thank goodness.’

Seeing Morphing’s appearance without any trace of suspicion, he sighed in relief and steeled his heart.

‘I have to survive at least.’

Paran Oclo’s words that he would forgive him if this succeeded.

Honestly, there were some parts that seemed suspicious, but right now he had no choice but to believe.

‘Merchants value promises like their lives, so he wouldn’t say something completely false.’

However, there was one thing Neck was mistaken about.

The Oclo Family was a merchant family.

But Paran Oclo had never been a merchant for even a single second.

* * *

“The key to this operation is speed. Even if the factory owner isn’t there, someone could stage a hostage situation, so we absolutely cannot give them time to think.”

Colonel Raint began the briefing in the barracks set up near the Cambedia Factory.

“The hostages are presumed to be in the factory manufacturing facilities and dormitories, so the buildings we need to check are.”

The Colonel continued his explanation while pointing to various parts of the factory layout.

“Additionally, in the case of such factories, there’s a high probability the buildings have been modified, so always be wary of variables.”

“Yes!!”

The agents deployed for this operation answered concisely to the Colonel’s words.

‘Maybe it’s because it’s an operation led by the Colonel, but the tension is considerable.’

Especially since this operation was hastily assembled during a personnel shortage, the average rank wasn’t that high.

“We’ll divide into two teams and enter through the front and back gates. I’ll take Team 1, and Team 2 will be.”

Colonel Raint raised his head and looked at Lieutenant Eden and me standing side by side.

“Lieutenant Eden will take charge. Lieutenant Paran will assist.”

“Understood.”

Why do we always get bundled together as a set?

I want to complain, but this time it’s not so bad.

‘That person is scary.’

Of course, we haven’t had many conversations, but he’s a Colonel after all.

With that level of rank, he has enough power to completely ruin my peaceful Support Unit daily life.

“And Captain Bern, was it?”

“Ye…yes! That’s correct!”

At Colonel Raint’s words, Captain Bern, who had been quiet as a mouse, answered energetically.

“Captain, join Team 1 and help me.”

“I’ll…I’ll do my absolute best.”

Captain Bern answered in a severely stiff voice.

One might ask why he, a Support Unit member, is here.

Captain Bern is precious talent who has experience entering the Cambedia Factory interior with me.

‘Would the Intelligence Agency, masters at exploiting people, miss this opportunity?’

It’s really unfortunate, but what can you do.

When they say jump, you jump.

“Director! A carriage just left the factory!”

While we were double-checking the plan, a Lieutenant ran into the barracks and reported.

“Regarding whether Morphing was on board.”

“We confirmed through binoculars that he was seated inside through the window.”

“Good. We begin the operation in exactly 20 minutes from now. Team 2 will move at Lieutenant Eden’s discretion.”

“Yes, then I’ll head out first.”

Lieutenant Eden left the barracks with those final words.

Naturally, I followed behind him, and checking the team members, there were ten people including myself.

‘That’s sufficient.’

There’s no way there would be large-scale forces inside, so honestly, ten men would be more than enough to succeed in taking it over.

That’s assuming no hostage situation unfolds.

“First, we’ll enter through the back gate, so let’s move in that direction. Lieutenant.”

“Yes.”

Since Eden and I were the only lieutenants in Team 2, I answered immediately.

“I think ten men moving simultaneously would be inefficient. The enemy’s level will be low anyway.”

“That’s right. Then…”

“We’ll split into groups of five and move. I’ll take volunteers first. Anyone who wants to go with Lieutenant Paran?”

Flash.

As soon as Lieutenant Eden finished speaking, six out of the eight men raised their hands.

‘What the hell, why are there so many people with a death wish.’

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