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“Ah, Asuka san. Welcome home.”
Upon returning home, Nozomi was waiting in the living room, wearing the uniform of a convenience store clerk.
“I’m home. So, where’s Yae? I’m sure the truth serum will be served on the first try anyway, and the interrogation is already over.”
“All I found out is that Yuzuki chan refused the order to transfer to a public adventurers’ high school, but nothing more……”
“That’s all there is to it? In that case…it’s quite a ‘low-level’ strategy. The personnel assigned to it don’t seem to be that great either.”
“……The three men brought back by Yae san. As adventurers, all three of them have the highest talent among A-ranks.”
“Nn…….”
As Asuka, who was told by Nozomi while holding a skittles filled with non-alcoholic wine on the living room table……
“The technology required for the assassin is generally difficult to prevent. Or rather, because they build their operations on the premise of what the average person is usually unaware of.”
“No doubt.”
“And since no one knows the ‘best way to get around’ when dealing with an S-ranked adventurer like me, it’s easy to get crushed.”
“Well, I’m convinced.”
Nozomi sighed.
“So, Yae san…..she captured the trio and took them somewhere.”
“Somewhere, you say……”
Nozomi probably doesn’t know either.
“Ah, I guess I’ll go back to the convenience store soon.”
“Yeah, thanks for your help.”
The convenience store is located across the street from the house, and while it is extremely convenient for Asuka, there are not many people going there, so there are not many staff members there.
Since it was a weekday afternoon, there were only two or three people there.
Nozomi is a very good worker, so it makes a big difference if she’s there or not.
……Well, to be honest, that convenience store is called [Akairo Mart] and is run by the [Red Group].
The convenience store has an apartment above it, and many people related to the Red Group live there.
Nozomi is the ‘organizer’ and it is easy enough for her to pull people out of the apartment with just one phone call….well, it doesn’t matter what Asuka says here.
“I’m home.”
“Oh, Yae. You’re back.
Was there any particular accident?”
“Those three are top A-rank adventurers, so I have to attack them about five times to retrieve information.”
“Is it that easy to capture them?”
“It seems the manual hasn’t changed since I was there.”
“Are they stupid?”
“I think so, too, but from now on…the brainwashing virus will be removed and training will be required to reintegrate them into society.”
“I see.”
Asuka began drinking Skittles non-alcoholic wine.
“And even so, what do you think of a murder disguised as an accident, just for ignoring an order to attend a public adventurers’ high school?”
“I think it’s a good thing.”
“Good thig? What about?”
“I’ve given Yuzuki a little ‘escort’, but she didn’t appear to have been attacked until she got home. I want to take some steps. It seems like she wants to be in a state of social influence.”
“I’m sure she does.”
“There are a lot of restrictions, apparently. If you just want to get rid of them, you don’t have to think about it..”
“……I think it’s a misnomer to describe them as a good thing in any case…..by the way, what’s with the bodyguard thing?”
“A very tiny little paralyzing knife. The one that is colorless, transparent, and slips through all the senses it knows, keeps flying around Yuzuki.”
“It’s very dexterous.”
“I mean, I do it a lot. Things like that.”
“For example?”
“Yae has 1,000 of them in her lungs.”
Yae’s body trembled.
“…..Asuka sama.”
“What is it?”
“It’s bad manners to put something inside a person’s body without permission.”
“I’m just glad you understood my point.”
Asuka said nothing more and sat on the sofa watching TV and started drinking wine.
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