Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy - Chapter 282



281 – Fake_3

“…That’s what happened. Do you understand?”

Inazuma didn’t understand.

That’s because there’s a villain organization trying to open the door again.

Their goal is to cause another world war.

It was also the case that Ines, a French S-class hero, committed terrorism in the 17th Federation of China.

The Sky Island crashed and killed many LA citizens.

There was also a gate-breaking incident in South Korea.

It’s all their doing.

How can you believe something like that?

It didn’t make sense logically.

If such a villain organization existed in the first place, how could the intelligence agencies of each country not have known about them?

Because information related to the door is of special or even greater importance.

This is an issue that each country prioritizes over any other information.

So this is clearly an attempt to deceive them into thinking they’ve raided the Holy Empire Intelligence Service…

‘I’ll just step a little further.’

I couldn’t deny it.

Taylor Marvel was right, no matter how many times he blinked, the person in front of him had been attacked by someone and disappeared.

More than anything, the monster’s words kept flashing through Inazuma’s mind.

“No matter how I look at it, it looks like he doesn’t trust me. Shouldn’t we just leave him alone and run away from here with that guy who’s called an assistant?”

Elizabeth Hudson, who was standing awkwardly next to Taylor Marvell, perhaps due to the pain, sighed as she watched Inazuma hesitate and looked at Taylor Marvell.

“That guy… was said to have attacked our intelligence… department in the first place. Judging from the way he treated me, it doesn’t seem like we have any relation… but he’s an enemy too… ah. Is there a need… to… persuade… a guy like that?”

“I told you, the helper can only restrain that monster for a short time. Once it’s free, it will be looking for us. We need the help of her supernatural powers to ensure our safety and escape.”

“Help? I don’t think…it’ll help? That girl is not even a B-class.”

Elizabeth Hudson glanced at Inazuma and shook her head.

“what?”

Then Inazuma, who had been keeping his mouth shut, became angry.

It was absurd that the girl who had been getting bullied earlier was pretending to be strong because she had colleagues.

“Did I… say… something wrong?”

“Wrong…right? And to begin with, if I’m not even as good as a B-class…then you, who were pushed around by that B-class…are a C-class?”

“What? More than that… there’s… urine… smelling… from my mouth… so shut up… okay?”

“What… did you say?”

“It…smells…and you…begged…to…save…that…guy?”

“There, there’s never been… anything like that. In the first place…”

However, perhaps because of the pain from their wounds, they were unable to make any proper gestures or speak properly.

All they could do was stare at each other and criticize each other.

They looked so childish that if someone introduced them as S-class heroes, they would tell them not to lie.

“under…”

Taylor Marvel, who was looking at the two, let out a sigh that contained several meanings, his eyes trembling.

**

The next thing I did was not to look for them, as I unfortunately(?) failed to stop Taylor Marvel from escaping with Elizabeth Hudson and Inazuma due to Ishihara Yukina’s interference.

The next thing I did was to clean up the flies, or to be precise, the surviving subordinates of Inazuma and the people of the Holy Empire who had come to check on the situation after the Holy Empire Intelligence Department was attacked by Inazuma and there was no regular contact.

The reason was simple: the next step was to manipulate information and deliver it to the heads of each country.

But wouldn’t it be difficult to manipulate if useless information were included?

“What, what is this? Eww!!”

“Ouch, oh my…”

“Ugh.”

Countless bloody hands stretched out from my shadow, grabbed the bodies of the men in black suits running away into the distance, and lifted them up, wringing them out like wet rags.

Then, not long after, there was a loud, bone-breaking sound and a large amount of blood spurted out in all directions.

“Please.”

Even though this is an uninhabited island, what was here was there, and since this is what happened, I couldn’t leave it like that.

[Yeah, brother.]

As soon as Sarah responded, a shadow blood orb rose into the air.

It sucked up their corpses and splattered blood like a vacuum cleaner sucks up dust.

[Did you do well?]

“Yeah. Good job.”

[Hehehe.]

“Then I’ll call you later when I need help.”

[…huh.]

And then I tried to quiet Sarah again.

Sarah’s reaction was a bit strange.

“What’s going on?”

[Yeah, it’s nothing.]

“It’s okay. Tell me anything. I’m Sarah’s only family and my older brother.”

Actually, there is no relationship whatsoever.

Since that’s the setting, I’m willing to keep the setting as long as Sarah helps me.

If I didn’t keep the settings and Sarah went astray, it would be like more than half of my abilities being nullified.

[That, that… Oppa. Sarah, there’s something I want to ask you.]

“What is it?”

[My brother is mostly active during the day, right? But Sarah is mostly active at night… That’s…]

“You want to be active during the day too?”

[Yeah. Before, it hurt when I was exposed to sunlight. But now it’s okay.]

“…”

Even though they took away all of his memories and educated him in some way.

Sarah is an intelligent being who can think, not an inanimate object.

That means that learning is possible.

And when it comes to learning, there is right and wrong.

This tantrum is probably a manifestation of faulty learning.

I was bored of staying in the shadows 24 hours a day, so I let him loose a little to help him manage his mental health.

As the clan grew, some of their power flowed into Sarah, restoring her strength, allowing her to overcome the sunlight, and so she became greedy…

‘No, should I say longing?’

Bright sky, people chatting.

However, in the dark space, the only people he can talk to are those who are like dolls.

There is no one who is decent.

Sometimes I play with him.

Mostly alone.

[Oh, oppa? Oh. That’s… That’s…]

When I, who usually gave immediate answers, remained silent, Sarah began to panic.

‘What should I do?’

If you learned it wrong, it would be right to reset it.

I don’t know, but problems could have arisen due to incorrect learning.

If you ignore minor errors, the program itself will eventually crash.

‘That’s true, though.’

But now we are in the process of digging a trap to catch the intruder.

But in that situation, resetting Sarah, one of the core keys to my abilities, was a risky undertaking.

Also, it takes quite a long time to relearn.

It was like the brakes were applied at the exact moment when you should have been charging ahead without hesitation.

‘There’s not enough time.’

There are now about two years left.

And those two years are tightly scheduled.

However, if you allocate at least one month of that time to other tasks, your plan may fall apart.

“okay.”

There’s nothing I can do.

This was an irreplaceable item, so it could not be exchanged or anything.

However, there were many cases where it was problematic to try to cover it up with initialization or lies.

If you deviate even just a little bit, even just once, the entire group will be shaken.

The ability to become the subject of a retinue comes from Sarah’s racial trait of being a vampire queen.

[Me, really? Really?]

Of course, I won’t completely let you go right now because I have work to do.

After this incident was over, it didn’t seem like it would be a problem to take Sarah out for a bit during the day.

‘I have to change my face though.’

If anyone who knows Sarah’s face sees it, there is a possibility of trouble.

So, I guess I’ll have to pick a suitable face and tear it off.

I like a face that proves my identity better than one that changes my face a little.

“Would I fool Sarah with something like this? The reason I told you not to be active during the day was because Sarah would get sick if she was exposed to sunlight. If that’s been resolved, then there’s no problem.”

“Oppa!!”

As I smiled and agreed, Sarah emerged from the shadows and hugged me.

“Yeah, yeah.”

I gently stroked Sarah’s head.

And after a while, when Sarah calmed down, he activated the ability nullification and ordered Ines to be called.

“Hello. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you like this.”

“…”

Ines, who was called out from the shadows, was very nervous.

Maybe he thought I was going to do something again.

“I said hello, but there was no response. Do you hate me so much that you don’t even want to say a simple hello?”

“no.”

“is it so?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“That’s good to hear. Anyway, the reason I called you here, Ines, is simple. I will give you a chance to return to your original appearance.”

“Your original face…?”

Ines looked as if she didn’t understand.

“To be exact, I’m giving you a chance to return to being a hero. A S-class hero, a guardian deity of France, loved by your family, and admired by your younger brother.”

“…”

But that was only for a moment.

She looked at me as if to say that she was not being deceived, and began to try to analyze my intentions.

“So you don’t like it?”

But she didn’t stop the action, and she didn’t turn a deaf ear.

To be honest, if you give an order, her opinion won’t matter.

‘That’s fun.’

If you show a reaction that there is still hope, you want to play with it.

I smiled at her as if I was not trying to do anything.