Chapter 63 Doping
It was just a few minutes ago.
Selena and I had been checking out that suspicious man for a while.
“Can you feel Selena? “There is a guy scattering murderous weapons to the right in the direction we are walking.”
“yes. “He has a lot of energy, but strangely, he doesn’t seem to be able to handle it properly.”
As Selena said.
The guy who was making me nervous was leaking a considerable amount of energy, as if he could emit a strong aura, but he couldn’t hide it all.
That way, no matter what plan you make, it will end before it is implemented.
‘Let’s see Elodie’s side…’
I looked at Elodie without moving my face or eyes. It wasn’t easy to focus my attention elsewhere while only looking straight ahead, but after feeling the supernatural power, I feel like other perspectives other than my eyes have opened up.
It’s inconvenient to explain that I ‘feel a supernatural power’ every time, so for convenience, I’ll just call it a ‘sixth sense’.
‘I don’t think Elodie noticed.’
Elodie has now given all kinds of blocking magic to herself and Aten Cybel for cover.
Hiding yourself from the outside means it becomes difficult for you to feel interference from the outside. This is especially true for high-performance magic like Elodie.
“It must be Master Frontier who has noticed that I am living.”
“It’s a formal compliment.”
“…It wasn’t anything like that in particular.”
I kept my distance from him as I naturally looked around the department store with Selena. It didn’t seem like his goal was us in particular.
After arriving at the cafe, while we were having a casual conversation and looking at the guy,
Jacob suddenly came forward and started introducing himself.
I asked Selena.
“I’m just asking this just in case. Is there a rank called ‘finger’ in Mangot?”
Jacob just referred to himself as ‘Third Finger’. The nuance itself is plausible, but what is it like in reality?
Selena answered without pause.
“no.”
I guess so. This is my first time hearing it too.
“Then that guy
is a fake.”
Selena was looking at Jacob with boring eyes.
“If you’re impersonating Mangot, you’re pulling out your liver and playing jegicha.”
“Are they just terrorists? Is it terrorism? “Isn’t the bomb part a bluff?”
Selena’s eyes narrowed at my question. Selena’s eyes and senses are good enough to detect the mana of the sacred forest from the defense wall when she was in Tavern.
“…I think the bomb was real. Although it is hidden, what you are holding in your right hand is the detonator switch. Excessive force is applied to the thumb on the switch. This is to avoid pressing it by mistake. “There is a high probability that a bomb was planted.”
“They say a bomb will explode when you die. What about that?”
“…I do not know. However, in order to activate such a trigger, you have no choice but to use mana, even if it is only a very small amount. “I can’t feel it, but I may have created a trigger that is smaller than my detection ability.”
…a very small amount of manara.
To be honest, I didn’t see anything like that on Jacob’s body. The fact that it detonates when it dies means that it has a trigger implanted in its body, but even my sixth sense couldn’t detect it.
“What do you mean by having a friend?”
“That’s a lie. “First of all, it is very difficult for simple terrorists who do not see such colleagues around and who have not undergone special training to carry out such an operation.”
“Why?”
“‘If I get hurt, other colleagues will help me’ presupposes that you will get hurt. The problem is who will play the role of the victim. It’s like putting a bell around a cat’s neck. Terrorists seek meaning in their actions, no matter how noble their intentions may be. “You can choose to ‘die with the bomb,’ but you cannot choose to ‘die without being able to do anything.’”
“…As expected, it’s Selena.”
“It was a formal compliment.”
If Selena’s words are true, it means that everything about Jacob is a lie except the bomb.
…hmm.
“Even if it’s true that ‘it’s a bomb that explodes when you die.’”
Just knocking him out would be enough.
Activating the Black
Lotus
, I manipulated the sub-pod of the Black Lotus and took out the Black Lotus.
The fine particles of black water that slowly spread in small amounts were not visible to the naked eye of ordinary people.
The Helheim Fragment that I obtained from the northern part of Yeranhes has several characteristics that are different from the continent’s mana.
One of them. It may sound obvious, but the sensitivity with the black sky is very excellent. Black Heaven’s manipulation is now almost like my limbs.
The black cloth spread out into small particles and slowly gathered behind Jacob’s back.
I’m not particularly imaginative, but there are few things that come to mind that would be suitable for knocking people out.
“Move quickly! “Unless you want to look through everything.”
“Wow.”
After interrupting the guy and making everyone turn towards him for a moment.
Wow!
I made a hammer and hit Jacob on the back of the head. As long as I don’t die, it’s actually none of my business whether I faint or become an idiot.
“The bad guy is down. Wow. It’s clear that he has been punished. “I’m so lucky.”
Just spit out whatever you want and retrieve the black cloth again and you’re done.
It is the scene of the perfect crime. Although it is not a crime.
‘It’s nice that remote control is possible without Menosorpho.’
What I have done now is not much different from the existing application of menosorpho in its effectiveness, but it is attractive in that it is not noticed. Menosorpho is a magic circle, so if you have even a little bit of mana, it will notice everything.
“Let’s go Selena. “Someone will report it.”
“…yes.”
Selena seemed a little surprised to see Jacob suddenly collapse, but soon understood the situation and followed next to me.
“Frondier, are you being disrespectful?”
“That’s too much of an honorific, Selena.”
“…I’m a little worried about the terrorist just now.”
“okay. “Is it because of the Aurors?”
Selena nodded at my words.
I knew that the guy who called me Jacob would contain aura in his remarks, and I felt a considerable amount of energy from the beginning.
However, in reality, he is a half-penny who is ruined by obvious bravado, careless strategy, and a surprise attack from behind.
Most people learn Auror skills through hard work, research and training, and develop them in their own way.
But Jacob was simply not worthy of that.
I don’t have the skills to have an auror, but I have it.
“But for now, let’s leave it to the police. “If we step forward now, things will only get more complicated.”
Selena nodded obediently to what I said. If I’m not the only one, the strange sight of a man named Jacob will soon reach Constell’s ears as well.
However, Selena glanced back at Jacob, who fell only once on the way.
“It’s not an accurate expression.”
Selena lowered her eyes and muttered, as if she was thinking about something.
“It sounds just like ‘doping.’”
* * *
Aten approached Jacob, who had collapsed, and checked his physical condition using a healer’s technique.
“You hit me without mercy.”
Aten’s diagnosis was completed quickly. After receiving a strong blow to the back of his head, he suffered a concussion and soon fainted. It’s just that he didn’t die, but the aftereffects will remain.
“…saw? “How did you hit me?”
“wee. “Something appeared behind this person.”
At first glance, it looked like a hammer. Cybel said in an uncertain voice. What she saw was definitely a hammer, but it was so strange that something like that appeared in the air, and it felt like the image was created by the stereotype that ‘being hit in the back of the head and passing out = hammer’.
“…The mana flow is strange.”
While Aten checked his physical condition, Elodie checked Jacob’s mana. I thought he was quite a strong person from the time he gave off an aura in his voice, but when I actually checked it out, I tilted my head to the side.
“The mana is colliding with each other. To put it bluntly, it seems like stronger magic power is released due to the collision.”
“They are colliding…? “Can your mana collide with each other within your body?”
Cybel asked. Elodie shook her head.
“no. It looks like the mana was probably forcefully injected. If this happens, it would usually explode or go crazy and die, but it never got to that point.”
From Elodie’s perspective, Jacob was a bit excited, but he didn’t seem to be in any danger. I don’t know who injected it, but I’m guessing they’re skilled at this kind of manipulation.
“There are signs of bloodshot eyes. Different types of mana especially stand out. “And there is a small hole-like mark left on my forearm.”
“…I can’t believe it’s a small hole.”
Feeling cold, Elodie opened her mouth and Aten nodded.
“yes. “It looks like a needle.”
“You turned mana into liquid and injected it?”
If that’s true, then it’s no longer magic territory. The realm of technology and medicine. For some reason, an unpleasant feeling arose, and the impressions of Elodie and Aten became harsh.
“…but then.”
Saibel, who had been listening quietly, spoke.
“This person was carrying something inside his body that wasn’t his own mana, right? That’s why it was able to emit such a strong aura.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“So then, isn’t it true that the auror that emitted when he shouted earlier was not intentional?”
“…ah!”
Elodie made a noise in response to Cybel’s guess.
Yes. Since it was not a vessel worthy of having that much aura, I injected it with mana. In other words, there is a high probability that it is someone who has never used an auror.
So, rather than using aura to make a voice, whatever he said was imbued with aura.
“But we didn’t know he had an Auror in him until he told us, right? That’s because he kept his mouth shut until he committed the crime, that is.”
Cybel’s reasoning progresses slowly. Elodie and Aten read the conclusion and nodded.
“…I knew from the beginning what the effect would be if mana was injected into me.”
“This is not the first time mana has been injected, and this man named Jacob also did it on his own initiative.”
This is not an individual or small-scale area.
Equipment that turns mana into liquid, medical knowledge that can inject it into others without side effects, and technology and ability to replicate it.
“stop.”
Elodie spoke as if breaking the flow of ominous thoughts.
“This is not an area we can touch. The police will come, and if it’s a serious problem, it will be reported to Constel. “Maybe then we’ll have something to do, but not now.”
The two nodded at Elodie’s words.
However, Aten, the princess, seemed to have some thoughts on her mind.
“…I guess I’ll have to chat with my mother for the first time in a while.”
It was a problem that could not be stopped, so Elodie smiled bitterly.
Before they knew it, the idea of Frontier and Selena dating had been forgotten.
* * *
A few days later, Constell.
New news was delivered to the new students who were just beginning to adapt to the atmosphere of Constel.
A test was scheduled to be conducted to determine the skills of first graders.
The tests will be conducted by their seniors, sophomores, and the freshmen’s eyes sparkled when they heard this news. There are a lot of famous people among the second year students at Constell.
The second graders who will conduct the test were carefully selected from each class, but the numbers were not matched for each class. Perhaps that is why many students from class 1 were selected, which made the first year students even more excited.
‘Aster Evans…! To that Aster!’
This year’s freshman Dier Ager was one of those students.
Dier clenched his fist after checking the notice about the skill test on the school bulletin board.
He had heard of Aster’s fame even before entering Constell and followed him with strong admiration. I followed him to become a prosecutor and watched almost all of Aster’s activities at Constell.
‘…But can I meet you?’
The proficiency test is administered to all first-year students, but the number of second-year students is limited.
Therefore, it is impossible for all first graders to meet Aster. If you fail at the previous stage, you won’t be able to meet him and the test results will be negative. Of course, it will be in a bad way.
‘i envy you.’
Dier turned his gaze and saw another man looking at the bulletin board.
Pielot is said to be a gem of talent comparable to Aster, the biggest freshman prospect this year.
Dier bit his lip.
‘Chosen Talent.’
His biggest challenge was not to be defeated mentally even before the fight.
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