Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy - Chapter 278



277 – Trap_8

Fourth day since the incident.

A S-class hero of the American Holy Empire.

Elizabeth Hudson, who goes by the nickname “The Witch,” searched harder for Taylor Marvel than anyone else in the Holy Empire Intelligence Service dispatched to investigate.

That would be the case, as who was the first to discover traces of Taylor Mabille?

Who is the closest person who could do such a thing?

Of course, he has an alibi, and if you investigate the circumstances, it will immediately become clear that he could not have done that.

Misunderstandings can pile up.

And then something so ridiculous happens, and who is leisurely playing with their young lover?

An S-class hero from the same country got beat up less than 100 meters away?

Even though the Eastern Alliance and the American Holy Empire Intelligence Service have poured in a huge amount of money and manpower, they have not been able to find any proper evidence, and since she is an S-class hero herself, they will not hold her responsible at all.

I know that the upper echelons of the Holy Empire are already looking at you with disapproval because you are holding out and not returning to your home country.

A situation where misunderstandings have piled up due to previous events, and in the midst of all that, you were negligent?

If that happened, even if she was an S-class hero, she would be in trouble.

Of course, that’s not the only reason.

‘I’m worried too.’

But who was Taylor Marvel?

Even if one of his arms is cut off in a surprise attack, his strength is not greatly reduced.

Because he was a magician who ruled over nature and providence through mana, not a martial artist who focused on strengthening the body.

As long as the legs and mouth are safe, it’s fine to run away.

He was also a genius at interpersonal combat.

To be honest, even with one arm missing, it was only a 50-50 fight from my perspective.

So he will somehow survive.

‘He may have succeeded in dealing with the enemy, but he is seriously injured and is in a temporary position, unable to move, so he is probably in need of help.’

I can roughly imagine it.

I won’t tease you from now on.

He’s stuck somewhere in the middle of nowhere, calling out for help.

Obviously…

“…”

Elizabeth, who was conducting an investigation over Okinawa, stopped dead in her tracks as if blocked by something.

There was no particular reason. I just felt like I had to stop.

It wasn’t that I was lost in sentimentality or anything.

‘Are you the newly promoted S-class hero?’

‘Oh, but. No, but. Why?’

‘It’s nothing. From now on, we’re fellow S-class hero comrades, so let’s do our best. Should we shake hands to sign that promise?’

‘Oh, a handshake? Okay…’

‘Oh, but that doesn’t mean I’m trying to be nice to you internally. Don’t misunderstand. Your face isn’t my style. No, I don’t think there’s anyone in this world who would like your style.’

‘what?’

‘You’re ugly.’

‘you!!!’

To be honest, I wasn’t even in a position to be sentimental.

Because our relationship started off on a bad note when we first met more than 10 years ago.

So, I guess it’s okay.

“I need to find it quickly and tease it.”

As much as he had interfered with Seonghyeon and himself up until now.

I had to get my act together for this one.

There was never any other reason.

Elizabeth shook her head and continued searching.

But even after searching thoroughly, no significant results were found, just like the past three days.

The sun setting beyond the horizon.

In the distance, dark mud covered the world.

That’s why Elizabeth stopped searching on the fourth day and tried to contact the intelligence agency to share information.

Unlike me who was looking at things broadly, they were looking at things very carefully.

It was around the time when I was thinking about all sorts of things.

-Wooow!

The cell phone that was in my pants pocket rang.

He took out his cell phone and checked the caller ID, and it was the head of the intelligence agency.

Elizabeth answered the phone without hesitation.

If they, who usually don’t contact me, contacted me like this, it was clear that they had found some clue.

“What’s going on? Do you have any clues…”

Small expectations.

[Wet, it’s an attack. The enemy─]

However, what was heard on the other end of the phone was a blood-curdling scream.

**

After finishing his conversation with Tachibana Rie and completing his preparations, Inazuma immediately raided the place where the Holy Empire Intelligence Department agents that the Eastern Alliance Intelligence Department had identified were gathered.

There were several reasons for the raid.

Firstly, the controls were incredibly difficult to fit together, but the new board was easy to fit together the way you wanted from the start.

The second was the castration of the Holy Empire’s information power source that spread throughout the Eastern Alliance.

Most of the Holy Empire Intelligence Agency agents who were currently spread throughout the Eastern Military Alliance have gathered in Okinawa.

If you remove those here, information about the Eastern Alliance will be blocked.

This makes it easier to pull the new plate you’ve fitted in the direction you want.

What can you do if you have no information?

The third reason was that even if they did commit an act, the Holy Empire could not officially prosecute them.

Because information was restricted to block annoying reporters, Taylor Marvel’s official location is still known to be South Korea.

There was no official record to go into detail.

Of course, if you reveal the facts and make them public, you can argue about it.

Following Paladin, now Taylor Marvel is also missing after being involved in some kind of incident?

S-class heroes are not just simple mana power users.

He is a hero who is responsible for one axis of the national military and protects the safety of citizens.

But if two people experience something like that in less than a year, what kind of chaos will there be in society?

Citizens will feel insecure about their security, and the economy, already frozen by the collapse of Cheon-gong Island, will freeze even further.

The world’s greatest hero powerhouse, which had 10 S-class heroes, was overtaken by the 2nd place China 17 Federation.

Common sense tells you that you have no choice but to hide it.

Now that I say it, it seems like there are only advantages, but to be honest, there are a lot more disadvantages that I couldn’t mention.

Even if the plan worked, the Holy Empire would still be aware of the information before then, so although it may not be official, it will unofficially worsen relations with the Holy Empire.

This will also cause economic problems.

Because the first economic power was the Holy Empire of America.

But that’s something for other factions to handle.

There would be damage to the Donggun Alliance, but it wouldn’t be so bad if the damage could be used to deal with the other factions that were like leeches.

The Holy Empire could not completely expel the Eastern Alliance, even if it was to keep the 17 Chinese Federations in check.

Therefore, Inazuma’s attack was carried out entirely under calculation.

“All, you…”

A hideout for the Holy Empire Information Agency set up near Okinawa.

Coming out of the hallway filled with acrid smoke, corpses, and blood, a person who appeared to be an agent of the Holy Empire Information Department looked at Inazuma and made an expression of disbelief.

“You shouldn’t look at a lady’s face carelessly.”

Roughly speaking, the agent seemed to have skills that were at least A-class.

Although it was a high rank in absolute terms, Inazuma could handle that level of skill in the blink of an eye.

But I didn’t.

If you have that level of skill, you should be in a reasonably high position within the intelligence agency.

It was perfect for information pollution.

“Sword… uh. Priestess… No way… The Eastern Army Alliance… should be informed…”

That’s why I made a hole in the abdomen of the agent who was trying to turn around and run away quickly, just enough to not kill him.

“Sword? What do you mean? More importantly, you’ve seen my face. There shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

But the agent seemed to have said something meaningful before he collapsed.

It was a good thing for Inazuma.

With this, you can put the blame on that priestess you didn’t want to see.

Of course, she is also an S-class hero, so as long as she has that military value, she will be difficult to deal with beyond a certain level.

That was enough.

It was thrilling to think how distorted that handsome face would become.

“Anyway, it’s such an easy task. Why are you so against it? Poor young lady.”

Even that stiff-necked brat could have been sent away just because he was of the lord’s blood.

A series of good things.

But I didn’t let my guard down.

Inazuma spread his mana and looked around.

Because if the remnants were alive, excluding those who had polluted the information, good things could turn into bad things.

“Huh? This is…”

How much did you look into it?

I felt someone running towards me from far away.

It wasn’t them, as his men were waiting outside to deal with any Holy Empire Intelligence agents who might escape through the secret passage.

If so, then the opponent was said to be related to the Holy Empire.

‘Who is it?’

If the speed at which we were coming here was normal, there would be no need to worry.

But that speed was something that could be achieved by someone with at least the upper level of A-class skills.

So Inazuma once again began to think about whether he had missed something.

I couldn’t guess who my opponent was.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

What does it matter who comes?

I haven’t heard of any S-class heroes moving in the Holy Empire.

That also meant that it wouldn’t matter who came.

Because S-class can only be fought with S-class.

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Inazuma slowly raised his mana.

Then he waited for the opponent to approach him.

-bang!

And how long did I wait?

A loud noise echoed next to where Inazuma was.

The wall came crashing down.

Dust scattering through black smoke.

“Igni!!!!! Kill him!!!!!!!!”

Through the gap, a giant hand of fire rushed forward at an unexpected speed.