Chapter 1925 – 1925. The Dark Moon
No matter how much he tortured Paul, he couldn’t get the information he wanted. The information he knew about Alpha Tier Pharmaceuticals was only very basic. Basic information you can know anywhere.
‘It’s certain that the memory was erased in some way. There is no trace of magic, so it must be science technology or medicine.’
Alpha Tier is a contracting company. It wouldn’t be strange if there were drugs to erase memories. A drug that only erases certain memories? I don’t know about other places, but alpha tier is possible.
Alpha Tier handles not only medicines made with science and technology, but also potions made with magic materials. It can be seen that all substances that have an effect on living things are treated in the name of medicine. A drug that erases certain memories? It’s not official, but it’s not strange if it’s made and used unofficially.
‘I need to get my memory back.’
The magic of retrieving memories. Or the technique of retrieving memories. A drug that restores memory.
‘If there is a spear that can pierce anything, there will be a shield that can block anything. There must be technology related to memory recovery. Humanity has developed that way.’
Click!
I bang on my laptop and search the internet.
Of course, it is difficult to expect to obtain high-quality information on the Internet. Because the internet is basically censored in each country.
‘There are gaps though, and what I want is a small clue. If you dig deep into that little clue, you can get some meaningful information.’
If not, ask a company specializing in information. This has the disadvantage that a huge amount of money is consumed and the information on this side can escape in reverse, but you can easily get high-quality information.
‘… Does not exist. I looked through the list of potions, but nothing related to memory. At least there are memory-related ingredients among the magic ingredients, but none I want. Do I have to go through all the papers?’
Bite the tongue
In the past, I have looked at thesis related to magic. The reliability of the thesis was lower than expected. Papers that seem to have been seen somewhere were the main ones, and among them, there is probably one paper out of a thousand that has useful content written on it. Most of them are controlled and not open to the public. For military reasons, or for corporate secrets.
Knock Knock
He raised his head at the sound of knocking. The laptop is turned off. No answer came.
“Chief. This is Captain Kevin, the assistant prison director.”
“… Come in.”
Kevin enters and salutes. I clicked my tongue inwardly when I saw that restrained posture. This guy doesn’t get intimidated even if he is deliberately harassed. Because I have a strong mind… Rather, he believed in something else. It was certain that there was a back tummy.
“What is going on?”
“I heard you are looking for information on recent memory recovery.”
“How did know?”
“There are rumors going around among the guards. Do you have a bad memory?”
I asked a few guards just in case, but rumors seem to have spread. It didn’t matter. Just don’t spread rumors about fouls and alpha tiers.
“It is a personal thing. If you’re going to talk nonsense, go out and do your job.”
“I heard that the Imperial Army has a magic potion that restores memories.”
“It was not a useless story. Please tell me in detail.”
“Among the spies, there are those who are put in after having their memories erased. So that if the spy gets caught, the information won’t be taken away. The Imperial Army developed a magic potion that restores erased memories in order to extract information from spies. I’ve heard that.”
In any other country, I would have shouted that it was bullshit. If they made such a drug, an alpha tier pharmaceutical company would already preoccupy it and sell it at a high price, or use it only for the benefit of the company.
It made sense.
Alpha tier pharmaceutical companies are not able to exert their power because they are city-states such as Neo London and Divine France and heist empires. In particular, the Heist Empire is a place where even Megacorp cannot easily advance. Even if they advance, they have no choice but to pay attention to the military. Because the Heist Empire is the Kaiser’s militaristic dictatorship.
If you don’t like the Kaiser, it’s a corporation, it’s a nabal, and it’s a nation that explodes.
“Can I get that medicine?”
“If it wasn’t available, I wouldn’t even talk about it. I can save it if I mobilize all my connections. But…”
“But?”
“It is an item designated as a special strategic item. It takes a lot of money to get it. There are a lot of people watching in the prison, so you have to trade in a secret place. I think we need about 200 million credits.”
Doubtful.
Kevin is a antagonist to me. He’s a guy who’s always looking for my place. He’s a guy who wouldn’t be weird to point a gun at right now.
A guy like that suddenly wants to help me? He can’t help but think that he has a plan.
“200 million credits. It may be expensive, but it must be worth it.”
“Of course. It’s something you can’t get even if you have money. 200 million credits is not expensive.”
“Good night. Proceed.”
“All right!”
It’s hard to believe that Kevin, who is only an assistant warden at Lemen Prison, would have such an ability. He’s probably trying to use his hind tummy.
‘If it’s a trap, you won’t be able to save it. It doesn’t matter though. Wouldn’t it be bad to take this opportunity to find out and kill this bastard?’
200 million credits.
I can afford it with the budget stolen from the prison. If you feel it’s not enough, you can squeeze the prisoners out.
‘Looks like he’s got quite a bit of wealth, like a vicious gangster.’
If you get out of prison, you can live happily without being envious. There were a few prisoners who said that.
‘I should let them know that I might die before I get out of prison.’
At the same time, the fear planted in the prisoners is also being diluted. I’ve been quiet lately, and criminals like goldfish are coming out.
‘You’ll have to catch me and execute some people. Criminals seem to be afraid of my family… They arrest and execute all of them, even their families.’
It didn’t matter if there was a riot. At that time, you can be executed for rioting.
‘Someday, you won’t even think of standing up to me.’
Before that, you need to find a way to save money. That way, you’ll be able to embezzle more of your budget.
‘I’m going to have to get my hands on what I eat. I cut it down to two meals a day… However, since there are many prisoners, the money goes out quite a bit. Hmm. I think I heard that food waste is used to make feed for livestock… Can’t we adjust it to make humans eat it? Something magical comes to mind… Put magic on food waste and freshness… No, wait. Isn’t it more efficient to remodel the human body than food waste? If the stomach is modified with magic, it will be able to digest food waste without difficulty.’
Magical inspiration comes to mind.
‘I killed Summoner Gillian and got the Chimera Research Book and the Summoning Spellbook. Shall we practice human sacrifice magic at this point?’
It’s all for the development of my magic.
I got up from my chair and nodded my head. Crunchy! Dduduk! Bones resound. Somehow, the weight is heavy on my shoulders.
‘Have you been working too hard lately? I feel like I’m tired.’
Business management and magic engineering factory management in Neo London, management of Lemen Prison, private magic research and so on. There was a mountain of work to do.
‘If Kevin is removed and Anche is put in the position of assistant warden, things will become somewhat easier. Let’s wait until then.’
He rubbed her shoulders and walked out of the warden’s office.
• • •
A week later, Kevin told me.
“The trading place has been set. We decided to trade in the wasteland area near the prison.”
“That wasteland half an hour away?”
“Yes. It is the best place for trading because there is nothing there. Is your money ready?”
“What do you see me as? Absolutely ready.”
“I will tell you that I will make a deal. Time is… After lunch tomorrow. How are you?”
“Not bad.”
It was the next day.
After lunch at a restaurant in Neo London, I went to Lemen prison and frowned slightly.
I wasn’t feeling well today. It felt like the fatigue from working non-stop lately had just burst.
‘I remember the old days. It was like this on a hard day.’
It was the first time I had reached level 5 and experienced such a worst condition.
The higher the realm, the stronger the body naturally becomes. Since he is a magician, his physical abilities are not extremely strong, but to the point where he does not have to deal with minor illnesses.
‘I’ll have to rest for a couple of days after this job.’
Got out of jail
Kevin prepared tea separately. It was a clandestine deal, so she couldn’t take her men with her. Even if you don’t like it, you and Kevin have to move together. You get into the back seat of a car with a bag of 200 million credits in it.
Kevin sat in the driver’s seat and spoke in a calm voice.
“You seem to be in a bad mood for some reason. Are you okay?”
“I am fine. Concentrate on driving.”
“I will depart.”
The car moves forward
I used body scan magic on myself to check my body condition. It was because I suddenly thought that poor physical condition was Kevin’s trick.
‘No problem. I feel too bad to just blame it on my mood. He probably didn’t poison me… What?’
I had never eaten anything at Lemen Prison. There are guards, prisoners, and no one to trust, but I can’t eat food carelessly. Food always ate at Neo London. Same goes for drinks. When he was thirsty and drank water, he used magic. There was no way the poison would enter my body.
‘… Did I react too sensitively?’
No.
My senses were getting sharper. I was used to this feeling. When the battle is ahead, when the trap is lurking, when the assassin is trying to kill me, etc. It was just a hunch, but strangely, this kind of intuition worked well.
‘I heard that those who have gone through many dangerous experiences acquire it naturally, but I’m not to that extent, but I was born with it.’
Admire your own talent and prepare for battle. To be able to deal with any surprise.
The car stopped at the meeting place in the center of the wasteland.
Kevin got out first and opened the back seat door. I sniffed the dust and looked at the man standing some distance away.
