I Became Strong At Night And Weak At Day Inside A Game

I Became Strong At Night And Weak At Day Inside A Game

“Are you sure you know the face of the contact?”

“I’m telling you for sure. This contact is someone I know.”

Louis stuck his head out from behind the wall and grumbled.

He disguised himself by wearing a hood and glasses to prevent the contact from recognizing him.

Honestly, it doesn’t suit him.

Such words came up to my throat, but I held it in.

Because Louis was closely checking people getting off the ferry in real-time.

“I heard that the appointment changes every time.”

“Because it’s not like new people come every time.”

“The Federation is really lax about this.”

“We originally didn’t get caught, you know?”

“Then what? I caught you about everything.”

“…Even if we’re on the same side, it’s still annoying.”

“Look for a contact when you have time to say that.”

“I shouldn’t have joined hands….”

The grumpy Louis let out a sigh.

For a moment, he pointed to a pair of a small, skinny man and a large, muscular man.

“I found it.”

“Are those two?”

“Yeah, the smaller one is Mori. The big one is Hanson. The two move together.”

Mori and Hanson look like… how should I say it— they look like typical expendable villains.

Mori, who is small and skinny, looks rather temperamental, and Hanson, who is big and muscular, looks stupid.

It was a typical combination like a hamburger and french fries, salted shrimp with soup, and fried dumplings with jajangmyeon.

“Let’s go after him first.”

I came out of the wall with Louis.

It is already late lunch time.

Mori and Hanson went straight into the restaurant as if they hadn’t eaten on the boat.

We went into the same store, too.

Naturally, we followed Mori and Hanson.

Since the operation had not resumed yet, the food was all King of Squid, but no one took issue with it and ordered it.

“I’m so tired….”

“Be patient a little longer.”

Mori and Hanson’s voices were heard quietly as I listened with my mouth closed.

It was a relief that not many people were in the store yet.

If there were more customers, I wouldn’t have heard it properly.

“What do you mean be patient?Oh, I’m tired. No more boats.”

“We have to get on when we go back….”

“Stop talking about annoying things. Because I don’t even want to hear it. Haa… Damn it, they’re rolling us like this. Are the superiors really trying to start a war?”

“S, Ssh—”

Hanson raised his index finger and put it in front of his lips.

But Mori waved his hand.

“There are few other customers in the store. Who cares about us in the first place? Don’t be scared, you punk. This is guts, guts. If you’re confident, no one will notice. How long has it been since you rolled on this floor, but don’t you know that yet?”

“Is that so…?”

“Don’t you believe me?”

“No, if it’s Mori, then you’re right.”

—These punk, are they stupid?

Are you saying the Federation used them as contacts?

For real?

I glanced at Louis, dumbfounded. 

His face turned red, and he lowered his head.

“…Senior.”

“Don’t ask… I’m begging you….”

He himself seems to be quite shocked.

Even Louis nodded because he felt so sorry for this.

“I heard it over and over, but it seems that the Federal Congress had no intention of starting this operation, look.”

Meanwhile, Hanson changed the subject.

“What do you mean? You’re saying that Congress didn’t make a decision?”

“According to rumors….”

Hanson looked around.

We calmly pretended to chat with each other.

Maybe that’s why Hanson, ignoring us, leaned over and whispered in a lower voice.

“I hear there’s someone else above the Federal Congress?”

“What…? Dude, that’s conspiracy theory addiction, addiction! You have to say something that makes sense!”

Mori laughed loudly and patted Hanson on the back.

The two contacts ended the conversation as it was.

It is understandable to want to dismiss it as a conspiracy theory.

The Karmut Federation is an organization of five autonomous states.

Therefore, all important matters in the Karmut Federation are decided by the Federal Congress, which consists of the heads of each autonomous state.

So the operation cannot be carried out by someone’s own will.

It is even more impossible if it is an order that transcends the Federal Congress.

It makes sense to call a story like this a conspiracy theory.

Tak!

Suddenly, the quiet restaurant door opened roughly.

The ones who opened the door were city guards in light armor.

The guards strode past us and stood in front of Mori and Hanson.

“Dekalt and Maximize, who entered the port on the Golden Wild today, right?” 

“That’s right, but what happened…?” 

Where did the momentum go so far? Mori asked in a timid voice. 

Dekalt and Maximize is the two’s fake name. 

“I want you to accompany me to the garrison headquarters for a while.”

“All of a sudden…?” 

“Shouldn’t you explain what happened?”

Hanson protested in a firm voice.

His demeanor, which had completely disappeared from the dull atmosphere he had just a moment ago, was quite brutal, but the guards didn’t give in. 

“I will explain the circumstances as we go. If you don’t follow me, I have no choice but to take you.” 

“…L, let’s go. Maximize…” 

If they make a scene for no reason and get arrested, they will miss the contact’s mission completely. 

Maybe that’s why Mori pulled Hanson’s collar and stood up. 

Eventually, the two left the store following the city guard. 

“Phew, he’s doing that again….” 

“Again?”

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Just in time, the waitress who brought our food put a hand on his waist and frowned.

“All the people who entered the port today are being taken like that. Thanks to that, how many customers were dragged away after only ordering food….” 

I can’t believe they’re taking all the people who entered the harbor. 

And if they don’t take them away from the port right away and just drag them away, they’re probably trying to move as quietly as possible.

They are even taken to the city’s garrison.

In order to move the garrison, personnel from the mayor or garrison commander level are needed.

Either way, I don’t know why people who entered the port were caught recklessly. 

“Who, why…” 

“The mayor is the only one who can do this. Obviously… did they say his name was Liam Duncan?”

Louis added, poking the King of Squid dish with a fork. 

After muttering the name a few times, Liam Duncan, the memory came to me.

Apparently, the name of the Minister of Finance who was later placed in the central political world of the Tekat Kingdom was Liam Duncan.

I remember that he was quite ambitious, so he succeeded early for his age.

“What kind of person is Mayor Liam?”

“The mayor? He’s a good man. He is kind and always thinks of citizens first.”

The waitress who brought the food responded immediately.

If I just listen, there are no noble man, but— that made me even more suspicious.

A few hours ago, Bayford City was in a very bad situation. 

When public sentiment becomes violent, the mayor and other powerful people are usually the first to be hit.

But is the mayor’s evaluation that generous?

There are only two cases like this.

Either the mayor is a pseudo or a thorough swindler.

2

Click, I transformed the demon sword and unlocked the window of the office. 

After the unauthorized entry, I finally got a chance to catch my breath.

“Whoo… Whoever sees it will know that your job is a thief.”

Lord, I will be a righteous thief again today—.

Actually, I have no intention of getting permission.

Anyway, I tried to avoid the garrison by sneaking into the mayor’s office.

It was possible because it was night, but I couldn’t even dream if it had been daytime.

First, I looked at the office desk and drawers, but there was no noticeable income.

Well, there’s no way to hide evidence of evil deeds in a place like this.

Hiding in a more private place is not a cliché but a cliché. 

For example, a secret safe behind a picture frame or under a carpet.

There were no carpets.

Instead, there was a frame on the wall with a painting of sunflowers in it.

It was a frame that was just slightly tilted, which got on people’s nerves.

I took the frame off, just in case.

Then, a safe buried in the wall was revealed.

“This is really….” 

Does it mean that people are all the same wherever they live?

The safe was a dial type, so it seemed like it would take a lot of skill to open it.

Of course, I didn’t have that skill, so I pushed the demon sword through the crack in the safe door and cut the entire lock. 

“Let’s see….” 

The safe was full of money and all kinds of documents.

The documents seemed to be half of the slush fund ledger, and the other half were records of all sorts of plans or documents that should not be disclosed externally.

I skimmed through the contents quickly.

Liam Duncan already knew that the Karmut Federation spies were entering Bayford.

In exchange for turning a blind eye to this, he has received slush funds, supplies, and power from the Federation. 

It seems that even that was not enough, and the federal spies were planning to assassinate Count Samid of the central political world by using the terror that was committed at Estero Academy.

“If it was Count Samid, he would have been the current Minister of Finance.”

No wonder Liam Duncan later became Minister of Finance at a relatively young age.

In this way, he must have taken the position of Minister of Finance by force while eliminating all the political opponents.

Of course, there was no way the Karmut Federation would allow this. 

In fact, it seemed that the main point of the plan was to tie up the contacts until the festival period was over.

“Is this the reason why people who enter a port were arrested?”

To be precise, it must have been to capture Mori and Hanson, who were the contacts. 

If that’s the case, the contacts must have been dealt with long ago.

However, that wasn’t what I was thinking of.

The King of Squid is likely to have been manipulated by the demon of illusion.

Most likely, it was Liam Duncan who controlled the King of Squid.

“Even when people die, he is focused on getting rid of political enemies and has slush funds to help him. It’s ridiculous, it’s not even funny.”

He dressed himself as a nobleman and did this kind of media play for such a subject.

I clicked my tongue at the face of such a perfect villain.

However, Liam Duncan was too faithful about being a villain.

Just taking this material and blowing it up is enough for him.

In the midst of collecting the data, a familiar sentence caught my eye.

The pattern of Ouroboros, a snake biting its own tail.

In my memory, there is only one organization related to Ouroboros in the Broken World.

Why are their patterns here?

As soon as I tried to trace the cause and effect, I felt a sign of movement outside the office door.

I’ve been in for too long.

I rushed out of the window with the money and books.

3

“Hoam…” 

As expected, traveling at night is tiring.

I slept in the carriage, but strangely, I was still tired.

Still, I had a class at 9:00 on Monday morning, so I returned to Estero Academy early in the morning.

I couldn’t even close my eyes and went to school right away.

In the meantime, I opened the extra issue of the newspaper and saw something I really liked.

“I can’t believe she took care of it in only a few hours. Carolina is quite capable, isn’t she?” 

All of Liam Duncan’s wrongdoings were written on the front page of the newspaper.

Everyone in the kingdom knew that he worked together with the Karmut Federation, set up slush funds, and even attempted to assassinate Count Samid.

It was purely Carolina’s work. 

Just before I left Bayford, I gave her all of the evidence of Liam Duncan’s slush funds and corruption.

I entrusted it to her, but honestly I wondered if I could leave it to her.

However, I was sure that at least Carolina wasn’t a person in need of money and had the courage to step up for the cause.

After all, she wouldn’t play pirates while fishing in that huge sailboat if she didn’t have enough money.

The result was a great success.

This confirmed that Liam Duncan was arrested, and Mori and Hanson, who are also contacts, were also dealt with.

Furthermore, when I visited the Federation’s spies’ hideout, I told them to raid the place used by the pioneers, deceiving them that the plan had changed.

Since the Federation’s spies hit the pioneers first, they’ll be biting and fighting among themselves for a while. 

When I think about it—Naturally, the Ouroboros sentence I saw in Liam Duncan’s office comes to mind.

“Why was there an Ouroboros pattern there….” 

Even if I recited it, it’s hard to remember the reason.

However, suspicions arise one after another.

Anirza, a black wizard who appeared in the hideout of the Corbus Family, an organization under Wipera. 

Liam Duncan, who was communicating secretly with the Karmut Federation, had a crest of the Ouroboros in his office.

The only thing the two different incidents have in common is the pioneers.

In other words, it means that there is a possibility that the pioneers are behind it.

Of course, all of this is just speculation.

I can’t be sure right now.

“It’s dangerous to get caught up in preconceived notions.”

It is dangerous to get caught up in prejudice.

Even so, the doubts that circulated like Ouroboros didn’t leave my mind for a while.