On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 197

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 197

What Happened in Garden (1)

Ziel, who had single-handedly devastated an entire kitchen, showed no greed at all.

Instead, he left a little food according to the Western etiquette he had studied in advance.

‘Hmm. I left about half a plate, so I followed proper etiquette.’

Ziel felt proud after eating over 50 plates and leaving about half of the 51st plate!

Beside him, Gilbert was staring at Ziel’s stomach with wonder.

“What are you looking at, Gilbert?”

“I’m wondering if you have some legendary subspace dimension in your belly. Maybe the food gets sucked in there?”

“You don’t know much about the human body, Gilbert. The stomach has an organ called the stomach, and digestive juices come out from that organ to break down the consumed food.”

“….”

Gilbert, sensing defeat, quickly changed the subject.

“So, are we going straight to the next family now?”

“We’re going to Garden as planned.”

“I heard the situation isn’t good there?”

“Is there any reason for us to avoid it?”

“Well, that’s true… but wouldn’t it be bad if we got caught up in the trouble?”

“Then we just won’t get caught up in trouble.”

Ah, of course.

Gilbert immediately realized.

‘I was being short-sighted again.’

With the Boss, there would be no reason to get caught up in trouble!

Using a Human Skin Mask.

Moving under cover of darkness.

If someone picked a fight, just beat them down and leave.

There were many methods…

“We’ll eliminate the trouble.”

“….”

Of all the many methods, he didn’t expect him to say that.

“Eliminate… it?”

“Right. If we eliminate the cause of trouble, the trouble disappears, doesn’t it? Then the potential for trouble is gone.”

“Ah…”

Perfect logic!

Ziel nodded while adding a wise saying.

“It’s the same principle as how assassination succeeds when there are no witnesses.”

“What does that…”

“You kill all the witnesses.”

“…!”

Gilbert thought he was just giving an example, but Ziel had actually done that before.

Of course, only when eliminating everyone would have no consequences.

And there was another main purpose.

“As we heard earlier, there’s a bounty and reward posted.”

“Ah!”

“If we catch them, they become mine.”

“O-our share, isn’t it?”

When Gilbert showed his disappointment, Ziel proposed after much consideration.

“8 to 2.”

“…I-I’ll help more enthusiastically!”

“Fine. I’ll make it 7 to 3 specially.”

Gilbert felt ashamed once again.

He had only thought of avoiding Garden because there might be potential for trouble!

Instead, the Boss had thought not just one step ahead, but several steps ahead to completely solve the trouble.

‘Find the kids, raise our reputation, get the bounty, and receive rewards! This is completely…’

“But Boss, we were planning to stay in Garden for about two days. Will that be enough? If they haven’t been caught for a month…”

As a Crow, Gilbert had often performed tracking missions as well.

But two days would be a bit challenging.

Unless evidence was clearly gathered and various luck followed.

But the Boss was different, as expected.

“If it’s tracking something, even one day is enough.”

“…!”

“Let’s go check the notice board first. If there’s a bounty posted, there should be information there.”

“Understood. Let’s go right away.”

So the two headed to Garden.

Perhaps because of the series of disappearance incidents, security was quite tight from the entrance.

More precisely, they weren’t stopping people from entering, but blocking those trying to leave and conducting various investigations, which was raising voices.

“If I can’t leave now, the delivery will be late! You guys blocked me yesterday too and caused problems with my goods!”

“These are orders from the Western Family Alliance. You cannot leave until we search every carriage and cargo thoroughly!”

“Damn it!”

The person trying to leave appeared to be a merchant.

The merchant was thoroughly annoyed with the security officers who were trying to turn over and inspect several carriages.

“That’s understandable. Someone could hide kidnapped children in a carriage to smuggle them out.”

“Both of you have been verified. What business brings you to Garden?”

“…”

Ziel giving an overly honest answer to a serious situation.

The guard asked with a somewhat bewildered expression.

“We heard about it from the Peshua Family.”

“Ah, so you know the Peshua Family personally…”

“I, I see. Anyway, the internal situation is not good. We don’t restrict outsiders from entering, but please refrain from actions that might cause unavoidable misunderstandings.”

“Yes.”

Entering Garden wasn’t difficult.

The problem was the atmosphere inside.

Unfortunately, if only poor children had been kidnapped or gone missing, the atmosphere wouldn’t have been this tense.

But even a child from the fairly renowned Deshaf Family in the western region had gone missing.

It seemed like at least one squad of guards was stationed in each district.

“The missing persons case seems to be taken seriously.”

“Yes. After all, a noble family’s child has gone missing.”

“Is a noble family’s child going missing serious?”

“Does social status cause the same incident to be handled differently?”

“I can’t understand it.”

What mattered was catching the culprit and eliminating the source of the disturbance.

More precisely, collecting the bounty and reward.

‘I can use that to decorate the faculty dormitory.’

“By the way, this is strange.”

“What do you mean, Boss?”

“That they couldn’t catch them for a whole month.”

“That’s because Boss is too exceptional…”

“Ah.”

It was a reasonable point.

“And if those 20 children are still alive, ingredients and necessities must be procured for them. I don’t know the children’s ages, but based on 10 years old, 20 portions is quite a large amount.”

Or those who already possess ingredients.

Of course, this alone couldn’t perfectly narrow the scope, but it could eliminate some suspects to a certain degree.

“And looking at the security situation, it seems difficult to take 20 children outside.”

“It would seem so, wouldn’t it?”

“Of course, I could do it.”

“…”

“If they couldn’t even find a clue for a whole month, that’s strange.”

The city is vast.

If they couldn’t catch even a small clue, it’s incomprehensible.

That the Western Noble Alliance had issued orders.

‘But still not being able to catch them…’

Anyway, it was a missing persons case with many strange aspects.

The two arrived at the union, or rather the guild building, which could be called the center of the city.

“So this is the bounty poster wall.”

Gilbert’s mouth fell wide open.

“One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand… No, 10 million cel…?”

An enormous bounty had been posted.

Even rubbing his eyes, it was 10 million cel.

-Based on capturing the culprit alive. A total of 10 million cel will be paid if the children return safely alive.

Even the most vicious bounty criminals in the capital only reached levels of hundreds of thousands of cel.

The culprit who used items leaked from Black Sky to anger several nobles was exactly at that level.

And that was the bounty that had to be set to anger multiple nobles.

‘Even so, 10 million cel is…’

They say the Western Noble Alliance issued an order.

“And yet they still can’t catch them…”

It means there’s some reason for it.

Anyway, it was a missing person case with many strange aspects.

“Hmm. The guild hall is this way. We’re here.”

The two arrived at the combination that could be called the center of the city, that is, the guild building.

It was visible from the entrance.

“So this is a wanted poster.”

Gilbert’s mouth fell open.

“One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand… No, 10 million cells…?”

A massive bounty has been placed.

Even after rubbing my eyes and looking again, it was 10 million cells.

-Based on capturing the perpetrator alive. A total of 10 million cells will be paid if the child returns safely.

Does this make any sense?

Even the most vicious criminals caught red-handed in the capital were only worth hundreds of thousands of cells at most.

The culprit who used something that leaked from the black sky to make various nobles fall into a fever is just about that level.

That’s a bounty you can only get by making multiple nobles angry.

Even so, 10 million cells…

No.

If that were the case, the announcement would have come from the Western Noble Alliance, but what I see below is the Deshaf Family’s signature.

Of course, children are precious.

But 10 million cel is a bit excessive.

And considering the special reward on top of that…

And if you consider the special rewards on top of that….

“If we get the bounty, that’s 10 million chicken skewers.”

“…”

Anyway.

There would be plenty of people rushing in, saying they’d change their fate even for hundreds of thousands of cel, or even tens of thousands of cel.

There would be countless people rushing in, saying they’d change their fate even if it meant millions of cells, or even hundreds of thousands of cells.

This will probably bring hunters from all over the empire rushing in. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry might show up.

Is it the will to catch them no matter what?

Or is it just a bounced check, striking first and seeing what happens?

Rather, if many people flock here because of that, the situation in this Garden will become even more chaotic.

Of course, if one could actually claim it, it was undoubtedly an enormous amount.

Of course, if you could actually ride it, it would undoubtedly be an enormous amount of money.

I’ll have to go inside and take a look first.

It seemed to be the department handling bounties.

It seemed like the department in charge of bounties.

“Yes, so go and find them quickly. I’ve heard that question dozens of times just today.”

“Hmm! Keep it ready! That money is mine.”

“Hmm! Get it ready! That money is mine.”

Mercenaries and hunters excited about the dream-like bounty of 10 million!

Among them was one man with an indifferent expression.

Between them stood a man with an expressionless face.

“I need information about the case of missing children in this city.”

I need information about the case of missing children in this city.

The handsome man’s face caught his eye.

A handsome man’s face came into view.

“How did the children go missing?”

“They just disappeared. Really, nobody knows.”

“You mean they vanished like smoke?”

“They disappeared when they were alone. No one saw them being taken away, and no one heard even the common screams.”

“Is it the same for the Deshaf Family’s child?”

“Yes. That case is even more terrible. He disappeared in the garden while the butler briefly turned his head to do other work.”

“Yes. That one’s even more terrible. He disappeared from the garden while the butler briefly turned away to do something else.”

The reason they couldn’t catch any clues for a month was precisely because of this.

That was exactly why they hadn’t been able to find any leads for a whole month.

“The Deshaf Family’s child. Kyle Deshaf, a 10-year-old boy.”

“When did he go missing?”

“Three days ago.”

“Then when and under what circumstances did the children before him go missing?”

“There’s no set time, but I understand it occurred roughly once every three or four days.”

“There’s no set timeframe, but I believe it happened roughly once every three to four days.”

When G.L. nodded, the employee added as if warning her.

“Yes. I hope that promise will be kept.”

Yes. I hope that promise is kept.

The employee felt proud seeing how confident he looked.

“Who is that? Someone who carries a big sword?”

“…You haven’t heard of Kelvin, or rather Big Sword?”

“No.”

“Then I think you’d better not take this job…”

“Do I need to know who that person is to carry out this bounty request?”

“Well, it’s not exactly that… Good luck.”

“Well, it’s not like that, but… good luck.”

Gilbert’s eyes widened as he watched Ziel turn away, still unable to resolve his doubts.

“I don’t.”

“But he’s quite famous… He’s a mercenary and bounty hunter who roams the entire Empire.”

“Still, he’s quite famous… He’s a mercenary and bounty hunter who roams throughout the entire empire.”

If everyone knows that nickname, it means he’s a sufficiently great mercenary.

Ziel doesn’t know mercenaries well.

Ah.

Ah.

You’ve assassinated mercenaries before.

However, I had never heard of the nickname “Big Sword.”

“That’s inefficient.”

“…”

GEL dismissed it with a single word.

“I don’t.”

“The mayor is also really famous… He’s a Secret Arts User, a Secret Arts User.”

“The market is also really famous… He’s a rain shaman, a rain shaman.”

“I see.”

Ziel wasn’t particularly interested.

Gilbert glumly followed Ziel out of the guild hall.

“By the way Boss, do you have any leads? This is completely… I can’t see anything. If we at least knew how the kids disappeared, we could try looking for them. Should we head to the Deshaf Family first?”

“No, there’s no need for that. That would also be inefficient.”

“Huh? Then how…?”

“Didn’t I mention it on the way here? The spaces that could accommodate 20 children are limited.”

Other bounty hunters and mercenaries could reasonably reach this same conclusion.

But making assumptions and actually finding them are different matters.

“Even if we know that, how do we find them? It would be difficult to just barge in… Ah, infiltration!”

“No. There’s no need for infiltration.”

However, Ziel possessed an ability that others lacked.

Namely, the extremely sharp senses derived from the Polar Night Breathing Technique!

“I can tell well enough from outside.”

After saying that, Ziel walked away.

Watching that reliable figure from behind, Gilbert realized something.

‘Even 70-30 was being incredibly generous.’

Today, Gilbert once again pledged his loyalty.

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