Black Badger - Chapter 419



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419. Stressful

Ricardo was quite surprised.

He’s been with Scar Owen for a very long time.

They first met on the battlefield and together they saw the end of the Second War. They watched Scar’s mother’s death. They went through all sorts of turbulent times together, saw him rise to the position of aide, saw him struggle when he first took that position, and sometimes came back beaten up by someone.

Over that long period of time, Scar Owen has shown incredible resilience.

He was a person with great self-efficacy and was able to overcome any difficulties that came his way.

There was a reason why he and Jonathan Kudo listened to Scar so well. Even though their age difference was small, Scar was still the youngest of the three.

By the way, the oldest is Jonathan Kudo.

Here we see that age has little to do with maturity… .

anyway.

Surprised, Ricardo blinked and walked quickly towards Scar.

Scar watched Ricardo approaching him, dumbfounded.

I came to my senses only after the green-eyed man waved his hand in front of my eyes.

“Are you okay~?”

“no.”

Ricardo suddenly stopped waving his palm.

Scar muttered.

“No, I’m sorry. Can you give me a ride home?”

“What… isn’t that why you called me~?”

I thought you had some alcohol.

“I didn’t drink alcohol.”

“Aha… Anyway, regardless of whether you’re drunk or not, you don’t seem to be in the right state of mind to drive~.”

“Where did you park your car?”

Scar loosened his tie with a more casual gesture than usual.

After holding it carelessly in my hand, I walked to the elevator.

“B2nd floor? Third floor?”

Scar walked to the Maserati parked on the 6th basement floor and took something out of his pocket.

The comrade waved what appeared to be an anomaly detector and scanned the green car.

Ricardo let out a hollow laugh.

“The car is fine….”

Scar didn’t answer right away.

They both opened their mouths only after they got into the vehicle.

“You know the driver’s seat lights up a little late. If you think something’s wrong, get out right away.”

“You’re like this too… .”

A few days ago, Hildebert broke into my house and gave me a bunch of weapons that I couldn’t find anywhere.

Now Scar was telling us ‘what to do if your car explodes’.

Ricardo sighed as he started the car.

“It looks like it’s quite messy….”

The answer never comes back.

The other person was busy fiddling with his fingers, focused on his phone.

He seemed focused on his work. Ricardo didn’t bother to say anything and just waited for Scar to look up from his phone before getting on the highway.

Only after the car has been running autonomously for some time does the person sitting in the passenger seat raise his head.

If it were a normal Scar, he would have said sorry.

But this time, that wasn’t the case.

Instead, Scar Owen stared blankly out the front window and muttered.

“Should I jump?”

Ricardo was terrified.

“what?”

“If I jump, won’t I not be able to take the position of Commander-in-Chief?”

The green-eyed Badger stared intently at his comrade sitting in the passenger seat.

“Is the Commander-in-Chief resigning?”

Scar looked out the windshield with a thoughtful expression.

He answered only after Ricardo let out a heavy breath and turned his gaze forward.

“He said he thought it would be better for him to step down and take the position of an advisor. He has been in office long enough to be criticized as a dictator, so if he doesn’t step down now, there will be a backlash…”

“Well… that makes sense~.”

“But me?”

Scar said in a blank voice.

“Me? You want me to sit there right now?”

“… You’re doing well, right~? It was something that was bound to happen someday…. Doesn’t sitting as an advisor mean I’ll help you with your work from behind the scenes for a while~?”

“In a situation where Kyle’s side might come in at any time….”

The chief aide bent down and buried his face in his hands.

Ricardo drove, thinking to himself that he would never leave her home alone.

You can understand the situation through the words Scar spits out from time to time.

It seemed that Ye-Hyeon wanted to step down and become an advisor, rather than staying in her position and bringing in an outsider, and thus securely place Ska in the position of commander.

If an outsider sits in, there’s no choice but to make a mess of things.

Even if the worst doesn’t happen like before.

Besides, now was a time when one mistake could have fatal consequences. It wasn’t like Kyle cared that those behind the scenes were fighting for power.

So, Ye-Hyeon was preparing to resign and Ska was rebelling against him.

The powers behind the scenes also know that war is imminent, so they won’t push Ye-Hyeon out of her position.

“I just got a reply saying, ‘Do you think they would consider something like that?’”

Scar muttered darkly as he entered the house.

“How could you do this to me?”

“First, wash up and go to sleep… .”

Ricardo grabbed his unconscious friend by the back of his neck and took him into the bathroom.

It was quite refreshing that the person I was holding by the back of the neck wasn’t Hildebert, Jonathan, or Ami.

That also means that the situation is serious.

Ricardo stayed until Scar had finished his wine and gone to bed with a sad look on his face.

***

If nothing else came up, I would have stayed in Scar’s living room the whole time.

Ricardo was called out around dawn.

Because a creature had appeared nearby. If it had been a password, there would have been no need to go out, but he was currently registered as an emergency personnel. He could not ignore the sounding alarm.

You’ll be fine if you’re sleeping.

After taking a quick glance at the quiet bedroom, he ran outside.

Jonathan said he’d be coming over soon too.

I went to the scene, thinking there would be no problem. Even as the disaster occurred and the headquarters building collapsed, creatures continued to emerge. Creatures that had successfully bred within the center core. Those that had pushed through the ground or entered the core through other unknown means.

The level is not high.

No assistance was needed. It was done quickly. After a few swipes of silver thorn, the job was done.

It’s summer, but it’s a little chilly because it’s late.

Ricardo submitted a report of completion to headquarters.

And then he turned around to walk towards Scar’s motorcycle, which he had just ridden out on.

At that moment, a black motorcycle stopped nearby.

It’s so cute!

The man stopped, leaving skid marks, and clicked open his visor.

“Rick.”

Ricardo raised his eyebrows at the sight of her golden eyes filled with joy.

“It’s been a while… . Have you decided to only go out at night from now on~?”

“No. That’s not it. I just happened to be passing by and felt the creature….”

I burst out laughing.

Hildebert was on sick leave. He didn’t have to worry about whether the creature would show up or not.

I know it’s a gut feeling or something, but people can’t live their whole lives with their nerves pulled taut.

There was no time for such nagging.

Hildebert rolled his golden eyes as he spoke.

“And I was planning to visit Assistant Secretary Scar’s house.”

“Ah~. That was the next home invasion target~?”

Ricardo laughed and climbed onto his motorcycle.

“I wonder what happened….”

“There’s no need to sneak into your house, sir. There’s a 24-hour fast food restaurant nearby, so I was planning to go there when the sun came up.”

“So… you’re coming later?”

“If you are going to the aide’s house now, I will go with you.”

The green-eyed man started the engine without answering.

I knew that my white-haired successor would follow suit.

In fact, when he starts his motorcycle, the sound of an engine follows behind him.

Ricardo Sordi smiled faintly and then increased the speed of his motorcycle.

***

Jonathan Kudo had arrived.

I just got back from my night patrol shift.

Jonathan wasn’t particularly surprised when Ricardo returned with Hildebert at his side.

After the front door closed, Hildebert took off his helmet and met Jonathan’s staring gaze, then smiled.

“How is Tom?”

Jonathan’s patrol partner was still Tom Hutson, as he had been when the disaster occurred.

Jonathan looked Hildebert over carefully before answering.

“uh.”

“That’s great. Please say hello to me.”

Black eyes that stare intently at the successor.

“Why don’t you tell me in person?”

At those words, Hildebert laughed bitterly.

Until then, they had no particular thoughts. The landlord must have been sleeping deeply after drinking strong liquor. He was usually a sleep-deprived person. He must have been even more out of it recently with the resignation of the commander-in-chief and all, so it was natural that he would not wake up even to the noise they were making.

The men waited silently in the living room so that she could sleep for at least seven hours.

Hildebert and Ricardo asked Jonathan to sleep, but he was stubborn and would not listen. Those who knew his incredible stubbornness did not ask him twice.

Peaceful times pass.

It wasn’t until daybreak, when three men knocked on the bedroom door, that I realized what was happening.

dripping

“Aide?”

The first few knocks might not break it.

Knock knock

“Assistant Ska?”

But isn’t it strange that there is no response even after knocking several times?

Knock knock!

No response.

The faces of the men standing in front of the bedroom quickly hardened.

Hildebert stopped knocking and raised his head to check the area around the bedroom.

Ricardo rattled the locked doorknob and banged on the door with his fist next to the man who was quickly checking for any abnormalities.

Boom, bang, bang!

“Scar!”

The man shouted in a shrill voice.

“Scar Owen!”

Boom!

Jonathan kicked.

He broke down the bedroom door. The wood was sharply torn.

Regardless, Jonathan Kudo shoves the door open and knocks it down.

Badgers quickly run into the bedroom.

There is no sign of intrusion.

Instead, they found Scar Owen in a fireball state.

“Call an ambulance!”

“It’s faster to take them to headquarters by car.”

As Jonathan, holding his aide, shouted in a trembling voice, Ricardo answered, taking out his car keys.

“Put it in the back seat.”

“I’ll call Samuel.”

Hildebert said, taking out his cell phone.

The others were unable to respond to the voice full of anxiety.

The second batch of Badgers boarded the car, leaving behind a successor who indirectly indicated that he would not follow.

And then he raced towards the hospital.

***

strain.

If I were a normal person, I would have had to be hospitalized.

However, since Scar Owen possessed an enhanced body, he was able to return to the mansion after receiving treatment. Samuel sighed deeply and said that he would recommend hospitalization, but Scar insisted.

So Ricardo and Jonathan came back with medicine and Ringer’s solution.

Hildebert was still in the house. The guard of the house came running out when he heard the sound of the car.

They moved Scar to the bedroom, gave him some medicine, and then made contact.

Ricardo contacted the Commander-in-Chief.

Yehyun arrived shortly.

The boss comes into my house with a worried look on his face.

As he entered the bedroom, Jonathan, who had been sitting next to the bed, got up and nodded.

Scar… didn’t open his eyes.

He said with both eyes closed.

“Commander, I don’t want to do this job.”

Ricardo and Hildebert blinked, but Yehyun wasn’t surprised.

A pale man sits down in the chair next to Scar.

He looked down at his aide gloomily.

“know….”

He took out a tissue and wiped away the cold sweat.

“But I still have to work….”