Bad Born Blood - Chapter 164



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164

I entered the house of Anguis Regina, which was a single-story building. It had eight rooms, so it seemed like it would take quite some time just to look around.

‘You must be living a very luxurious life.’

The living room was large enough to accommodate two or three cars. The display case was filled with merchandise related to Japa.

‘There is no sign of intrusion or struggle.’

I walked along the display case that ran along the wall. Advertisement photos and videos of Anguis Regina were streaming from the digital frame. Her character merchandise was also diverse, including pillows, clothes, and terminals.

‘It’s far from being neat and tidy, and I don’t even use a visiting cleaner.’

It seems like she’s not the type of person who likes to be organized and neat. Judging from the fact that she doesn’t hire a cleaner, she seems to value her privacy.

You can get a general idea of ​​a person’s personality by looking at his or her home.

I looked around the kitchen. There were a lot of Jafar Corporation franchise food bags piled up in the corner. When I opened the refrigerator, I saw that the snacks and drinks were also Jafar Corporation products.

“Is it because of great love or because of indifference… … .”

There was no trace of direct cooking. The cooking utensils were clean without a single scratch.

The closet was filled with dazzlingly colorful clothes. There were many strange pieces of fabric that I thought were clothes. There were also hundreds of pairs of shoes, so many different kinds. Every time I moved, my feet would get covered in clothes, which was uncomfortable.

I looked around the other rooms too. Her bedroom… … There were a lot of parts that were too embarrassing to explain in detail. Well, she’s a grown woman, so she has a lot of hobbies. She can use toys too.

I stopped walking as I was looking around the bedroom.

‘A mark on something.’

I looked at the bedroom wall. A part of the wall was dented the size of a fingernail. There was no sign of oxidation on the exposed inner wall.

Ssuk.

I bent down and looked at the floor. The crumbs of the wall that had been struck caught my fingertips.

Judging by the oxidation and debris on the inner wall, it was recently damaged. I looked around further.

‘Broken plastic.’

I checked the plastic piece on the floor. It was pink in color.

Wheeing.

I displayed images and photos one after another on the retina display with my terminal. They were images of Anguise Regina’s recent activities.

‘Traces of damage to the terminal used by Anguis Regina.’

Anguish Regina was using a pink terminal.

‘He must have thrown the terminal against the wall.’

I stepped back, calculating Anguise Regina’s height.

Whoosh!

I pretended to throw the terminal. The angle was just right.

‘It’s obvious why he threw the terminal in the bedroom.’

I couldn’t control my anger while talking.

‘Lover? Or family?’

There was no way to know the personal details of Anguis Regina. There was no information on the network, and there was no trace in the house that could be used to infer family relationships.

Thud, thud.

I guessed Anguise Regina’s route.

‘Throw the terminal against the wall… …and pick it up again.’

Anguis Regina’s movements were clearly visible. The floor was cluttered with clothes and other debris, making it easier to figure out her path.

‘I went to the closet and put on some clothes to go out.’

There is no trace of Anguish Regina leaving the mansion’s entrance.

This is the 19th floor. There is no underground passage. The only way out is through the window.

I looked at each window frame and found a window that was dusty. It was big enough for a person to jump through. I looked at the window frame and saw that the dust had been wiped off along the lines of Anguise Regina’s handprint.

‘I didn’t use an aerial vehicle. If I had, there would have been testimony and records.’

I opened the window and looked down. There was a garden behind the mansion, so I could see trees and dirt.

‘Did you jump?’

According to Jafar, Anguis Regina is a human who has not received any mechanical or biological enhancements. Since she is an idol affiliated with our company, this information should be certain.

‘Even if I had a reinforced body, falling from a height of 19 stories would be burdensome. It’s a height that would kill me if I made a mistake.’

I remembered Jafar’s words.

‘Jafar said it would be an easy job for me.’

It wasn’t really that difficult. I had a general idea of ​​the flow within an hour of visiting.

‘If we let the person go, they’ll find him right away.’

‘But there is a reason why that cannot be done.’

‘I want to handle this quietly.’

‘Because he’s an idol whose private life is important?’

The question nagged at me. I looked down the window and took a deep breath.

Whoosh.

I jumped down the window.

Kkeeeeek!

My powerful prosthetic hand frictioned against the wall and slowed down appropriately. I looked at the ground getting closer. I kicked off the wall and spun around, reaching the height of five stories.

Boom!

I bent down and landed lightly.

‘If you jump down, it’s roughly this range.’

I looked around the drop zone to check. There was a human footprint. Judging by the size of the feet, the creature was quite large.

‘Someone caught the falling Anguish Regina.’

If there were records of Angus Regina’s calls, things would be easier to handle. I asked Japa, but he just said it was impossible. It’s not that he didn’t want to give it to me, but Angus’ terminal was a one-time communication network, so the data would disappear.

‘You are quite strict about protecting your privacy.’

Jafar’s personality was very meticulous. That’s why he must have been successful as a businessman. Tajirun is probably like that in general.

‘There is someone who caught Anguis Regina from the 19th floor. He must have strengthened his body in some way.’

‘Anguise Regina also entrusted herself to him because she trusted him.’

‘Judging from the footprints, it’s big. It’s hard to guess if it’s not a human, but if it’s a human, it’s about the size of Gabriel.’

If you’re big, you’ll be noticed in some way.

… … I thought of Akbaran. There, if you do this much, you can find people quickly. Akbaran is a place where surveillance cameras, drones, and patrol androids are everywhere.

On the other hand, Border City was a mess. All administration, systems, and communications were fragmented. There was no unified system, so like the old hunters, they had to rely on vague clues and intuition to find their targets.

‘I think I understand why Kinuan stays here. It’s a city that’s perfect for Archie’s Bigtima users.’

I exited the mansion’s garden. There was a road behind it, and cars were parked next to the sidewalk.

Kwajik! Bang! Wheeing!

I broke open the doors of the parked cars and took out the computers inside one by one. People were looking at me because of the commotion. Those who seemed to be the car owners were swinging their swords and yelling. Someone reached for his waistband to pull out a gun.

“Everyone, please use this to buy a new car. This is a credit chip guaranteed by Japa Company. Please write down the amount as you see fit.”

I threw the blank credit chips that Jafar had given out to the borrowers. Although the name credit was the same, the currency systems of the Empire and Bellato were different.

The borrowers put their credit chips into the terminal and their eyes widened. They looked as if they had struck it rich.

Beep, beep.

Jafar’s name flashed in the corner of my retina display, and my terminal rang. Jafar was contacting me urgently. He must have noticed that my money was missing.

I ignored Jafar’s calls and packed up the car’s internal computer.

-Mr. Luca! Why is the credit chip I gave you…?

Jafar forcibly opened my terminal communication. I raised my collar and put my mouth to the attached communicator.

“It’s the cost of the investigation.”

-How did you investigate it! Hoyo!

“Hang up. I’m busy.”

I trudged along, holding several computers with dangling cables.

* * *

The equipment Jafar gave me was all top-notch. The terminal’s performance was also excellent, and it could output holographic images in ten different segments.

I projected a hologram of the parking lot footage from the car’s computer. Some of the cars had been parked for several days, and there was a ‘big man’ and a woman who was presumed to be Anguise Regina.

When I enlarged the image, I could see the man in detail.

Classic irezumi tattoos covered the man’s chest, shoulders, and even his scalp, and implant chips gleamed in places such as the eyes and horns of the tattoo. His limbs were not prosthetics, but rather basic exoskeleton devices that had been added to enhance his strength.

I contacted Jafar.

-There’s no need to break the car and ask for it! Just buy the memory chip! Hoot, hoot. My hard-earned money, money!

Jafar listened and listened.

“I hate things that are bothersome and annoying. I’d rather pay a little more and get things done quickly.”

-It’s not an amount that can be trivialized as a few pennies!

“Deducted from my salary.”

-And without even a salary!

“Don’t act stingy even though you’re rich.”

-I’m not one to spare any investment, I’m not one to welcome unnecessary spending!

“Anyway, I just sent you the video, so check it out. Do you know who it is?”

Anguis Regina is a famous person, so her range of activities and relationships will be limited. It is highly likely that even Jafar knows her.

-You found it already? I thought it would be easy for you, but it didn’t take even a day. I guess I’m good at judging people.

“It would have been faster if you had decided to release the person.”

Jafar remained silent as he checked the footage. He slowly opened his mouth.

-I am Anguis’ former manager. No, I should say he was the former manager. Was it former manager? Hoya.

“How often do managers change?”

-Once a quarter. First, I’ll send you my personal information and address.

* * *

Once we received the information, things went smoothly.

bang!

I kicked open the locked door. Inside, a thick vapor filled the air. On the messy sofa, I saw a man inhaling drugs.

“I came to find Anguis at the request of Company Japa, Dostava.”

I said, calling out the name of Anguis’ former manager.

Dostava looked at me with bright eyes and tried to put on his exoskeleton. His movements were slow because he was under the influence of drugs.

“Who are you, I am, a bastard, trespassing.”

Dostava leaned back against the wall-mounted exoskeleton, which had been spread out wide, folding to fit his joints.

Kwajik!

I leisurely advanced and grabbed the cylinders of the exoskeleton one by one and broke them. The moving exoskeleton stopped.

“Come out, you little punk.”

I grabbed Dostava’s arm and pulled. The flesh of his forearm was crushed along the mark of my hand.

“Kaaaak, ugh! You, you!”

“I know you’re on drugs, but come to your senses. Every time you mumble your answer or say something else, I’m going to break an arm or a leg.”

“Ugh, ugh, ugh.”

It seems you don’t understand what I’m saying.

I lifted my foot and crushed Dostava’s hand.

Kkwaduk!

There was a sound like my hand bones were breaking or cracking.

“Kkaaa …

“Can you break the other side too?”

“Come to your senses, come to your senses! Come to your senses! Hehe, ugh.”

Now Dostava’s tongue is rolling smoothly.

“Anguise Regina?”

“I, I don’t know. I left yesterday!”

I looked into Dostava’s bedroom. The smell of perfume and cosmetics that I had smelled in Anguise Regina’s elevator was wafting from there.

“Are you my boyfriend?”

“Boyfriend? Where does that woman have a boyfriend? She must have slept with all the managers.”

I picked Dostava up and threw him on the sofa. He looked at me, trembling excessively.

Dostava is not exactly a coward. Rather, he has a somewhat wild sense of humor, and he smells the blood of a murderer coming from me. He senses that I do not hesitate to kill or commit violence.

“Do you know where he went?”

“Yes, I said I would go and meet another manager.”

“Nothing strange?”

“Come to think of it, he asked me if I wanted to marry him. Since she usually says strange things, I thought she was joking… … .”

This is enough.

“I’m sorry for coming to you so suddenly. Please use this to pay for the medical expenses and repairs. It’s a credit chip guaranteed by Company Japa. Please also take care of the mental compensation generously.”

Dostava, who heard what I said, forgot his pain and showed a cheerful expression. He also worked as Angus Regina’s manager, so he knows about Jaffa’s wealth.

I went outside and saw the old hallway of a cheap apartment building. The walls were so moldy that the paint was peeling off.

Beep.

I got a call from Jafar.

-Why money again this time… …!

“Send me all the information about Angus Regina’s managers. If you have any complaints against me, send someone to find them. You know very well that it costs more to handle things quietly.”

-……All right.

Well, honestly, that’s a bad word to say, but it’s pretty fun. I guess this is what rich people spend their money on.