I Ended up Doing Too Well as a Professor of the Enemy Nation - Chapter 160

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Chapter 160. Came Back Again Without Dying (2)

The professors all stirred in unison. The priest looked up at Ruin with disbelief.

“Don’t tell me… you’re Professor Ruins Wayne?”

At the priest’s words, the gazes of several professors converged.

He only looked at Ruin instead. And he approached with large strides, his eyes asking if he was the culprit.

“Recently, we lost contact with a priest dispatched from the Papal Court after he went to meet you.”

Of course. I threw him into the labyrinth.

That aside, the Papal Court acts fast. To already dispatch an additional priest like this.

“Do you know anything about it?”

What would I know? He’s probably trapped in the labyrinth trying his best to escape, isn’t he?

But I can’t say that.

“Well. We were discussing treatment methods for Catalun, when he suddenly said ‘the scent of demons’ and left saying he’d handle it first.”

“But then contact was cut off? Why?”

“I wouldn’t know about his circumstances. Rather, let’s finish that story from earlier. Who did you say attacked the student just now?”

The priest’s expression twisted sharply.

“…Spider. Spider! That Spider who gives even the Papal Court headaches!”

The moment that name came up, the surrounding air turned cold.

Special Grade Wanted Criminal, ‘Spider’.

He was on a completely different level from Toad, who acted driven by destructive impulses or sadism.

‘The Wish Stone’.

That was all Spider was after.

Despite deploying hundreds of agents to catch him and carrying out dozens of raids and assassinations, he always disappeared like a shadow.

For him, the title ‘anti-humanity’ wasn’t a goal but merely part of the process. He was an existence that harmed the Pride system itself, which is why he became a big shot classified as ‘special grade among special grades’ among wanted criminals.

It seemed the Holy Empire, which had been attacked by him several times, was also troubled.

Sure enough, the priest spoke.

“Recently, the same thing happened in the Holy Empire. There’s something called Pentagon, an ordination ceremony for apprentice priests, where apprentice priests were kidnapped en masse.”

Ruin’s eyes narrowed.

Until now, he had thought Echo or Toad was behind the incident from a year ago. That Echo had made Fire Butterfly Frix for Toad to impersonate.

But what if Spider was involved?

‘Hmm, it’s a bit awkward to say this, but if Spider is the opponent, Heizen had good reason to run away.’

There were almost no Heroes in the Union who could handle him. Everything needed to be recalculated.

‘But first, I need to deal with the priest.’

The professors all stirred in unison.

The priest’s attitude was too intimidating to be considered just an outside visitor. Moreover, his gaze was precisely targeting only one person.

At the end of that gaze was Ruin. The reason he suspected Ruin was singular.

“There’s a final message left by the priest who visited here.”

What could he have said to cause this commotion?

“Specifically, ‘I smell demons among Haven’s professors’!”

“….”

Oh no.

Ruin clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘Despite appearances, he was thorough in his work.’

However, Ruin didn’t show any sign of panic.

“Is that so? Hmm….”

Ruin, who had been pretending to hesitate for a moment, looked at the priest with an expression as if a brilliant idea had occurred to him.

“Then it’s even more likely to be Spider.”

“…?”

“Spider puts ‘threads’ on his prey. Tracking magic. Heroes of Haven’s caliber, as well as high-ranking priests wandering outside the Holy Empire, are sufficient as prey. They’d be worth monitoring. Perhaps that’s what he was assigned to do.”

“…!”

Ginseng Superior stared blankly at Ruin and sighed inwardly.

「Wow, really. You’re going to pin it on him like that? That’s your death sentence….」

However, the priest didn’t withdraw his suspicion.

“I’m not convinced. Honestly, being coincidentally ‘kidnapped’ by Spider like that… it’s hard to believe. Especially considering that priest was last near you.”

Ruin snorted.

“Then let’s verify it directly.”

And he dusted off his hands as he spoke.

“I’ve developed new magic that can track Special Grade Wanted Criminals. Using that, we should be able to tell if Spider is nearby.”

Right after that, Ruin hurriedly sought out Echo’s professor’s office. He burst through the door and shouted.

“Echo! Forge something right now!”

Echo was startled.

“What, what did you do now?”

Ruin pulled out a notebook from his chest.

“What’s this?”

“It’s a magic notebook I took from a prophecy student before. Now make this look like a ‘Special Grade Wanted Criminal tracking record’.”

What the hell is this bastard talking about now.

Echo, who had inadvertently received the notebook, raised his eyebrows.

-Elaine Saint: In 5 minutes, Eren Nocton Professor’s Research Office.

-Charlotte Saint: In 5 minutes, Eren Nocton Professor’s Research Office.

-Kalon Gloucester: In 5 minutes, Eren Nocton Professor’s Research Office.

Echo screamed as if he saw a serial killer chasing him.

“…What! All the Haven professors coming to my research office in 5 minutes? Hey, what is this?!”

What else. It’s tracking the opponent’s route.

And here, it wasn’t just professors, but students were packed in too.

“So forge that into a Special Grade Wanted Criminal version. Put that Spider is around this area. Otherwise, you might really disappear next time.”

“…You’re crazy, I don’t know what you’re talking about but fine! By tomorrow-“

“No. Right now!”

“Right now?!”

At that moment, bang! The door opened. It was the Priest, Chairman, and professors. The Hero crossed his arms with a displeased hmm.

“Professor Ruins, now I see you’re really close with Professor Eren? Coming to visit even at times like this.”

His eyes narrowed meaningfully.

However, the Priest roughly pushed past the Hero.

“That’s not what’s important right now! Quickly show us this tracking magic.”

Ruin glanced at Echo.

Echo, who caught on to the situation, hurriedly examined the notebook.

In that urgent moment, the Priest approached.

“Is that it?”

“Wait a moment, this is-“

Swish.

The notebook instantly fell into the Priest’s hands. He thought ‘oh no’ but fortunately the timing was right. The Priest’s gaze swept over the notebook’s pages.

-【Special Grade Wanted Criminal】

-Spider: In 3 minutes, Southern Forest of Haven.

-Echo: In 40 minutes, Northern Grasslands of Delia.

⁝

-Cat: In 1 minute, Carsia Tavern.

The forgery was done well, but Ruin was actually getting worked up.

-Fire Butterfly: In 10 minutes, Southern Forest of Haven.

Why did you put Fire Butterfly in too!

At that look, Echo muttered as if wronged.

“…Hey, you said to put in all the Special Grade Wanted Criminals!”

You should have put them in moderately, you bastard!

That wasn’t all.

“…And why are all the others forged, but only my information is real?”

“…There wasn’t time.”

Right at that moment, the Hero’s eyes, who had been quietly observing the situation from the side, flashed.

“Just now… I think I saw Fire Butterfly?”

Ruin silently snatched the notebook and covered the Fire Butterfly entry. Then immediately changed the subject.

“Look here. There’s Spider. And if Spider is the culprit.”

He looked straight at the Priest and spoke with weight.

“This is good news.”

“…Pardon?”

“Not only the students, but the apprentice priests who were supposedly kidnapped might still be alive.”

“What did you say?!”

Ruin tapped the notebook with his finger as he explained.

“Spiders don’t kill their prey right away. They let them ripen for months.”

“…”

When the Priest still sent suspicious looks, Ruin’s eyes flashed.

“When exactly did your Papal Court apprentice priests disappear?”

“About a few weeks ago…”

“Then we can save them!”

“!”

Ruin immediately clapped his hands.

“Let’s form a tracking team right now. This will be good news for the Papal Court too!”

“Uh, uhh?”

This isn’t right? I came here to catch these guys?

The Priest was flustered, but Ruin told her to be glad.

“Please call the tracking team students right away!”

“Yes? Yes yes? Ah, understood!”

That’s when it happened.

In the moment when everyone was moving busily, the Hero’s eyes turned toward one place. It was the notebook on the desk.

Just as the Hero was glancing at the notebook and trying to sneakily take it—

Smack!

“What are you doing.”

Ruin slapped the Hero’s hand away.

The Hero smiled awkwardly.

“Can’t I just take a quick look?”

“No, because of your Luck Power, Hero.”

“Come on, with Luck Power it might change to more accurate information—”

“Chairman, be honest. Right now you can only see Fire Butterfly, not Spider, right?”

“…Th, that’s…”

“Then the Magic Circuits might get corrupted and all the other guys’ information could disappear.”

“…Tch.”

Right. With this bastard’s Luck Power, that could really happen.

As the Hero kept staring at it until the end, Ruin pushed the Hero away and chased him out.

“Let’s go to Haven’s southern forest!”

“But!”

“If there really is a Spider, we have to go check!”

Eventually everyone left busily and the Research Lab became quiet.

But the Priest remained.

“Why aren’t you leaving, Priest?”

At Ruin’s question, the Priest’s eyes widened. They contained conviction and cold determination.

“I sense the aura of the Demon Race from you two.”

“!”

Flinch.

Ruin and Echo stiffened.

“May I perform an exorcism ritual, just briefly?”

Cold sweat streamed down Echo’s forehead.

“Ex, exorcism ritual?”

“It’ll just take a moment. It’ll be over quickly.”

The Priest smiled, but her eyes weren’t smiling at all. Just as exorcism magic was about to activate in her hands, Ruin let out a short sigh.

“Ha.”

Then he took out a Pocket Watch from his pocket.

Click.

The sound of the watch lid opening.

By the time the Priest noticed something, it was already too late.

Whoosh!

The Priest’s body was sucked straight into the Pocket Watch. She couldn’t even leave behind a scream in the swirling light. She literally disappeared leaving only wind behind.

Finally, Ruin snapped the watch shut and said.

“Good. Priest2 disposal complete.”

“…Hey, you bastard!”

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