Drug-Eating Genius Mage
Chapter 708

Genius Magician Who Takes Medicine Episode 708

Burgling an Empty House (1)

The dawn has not yet broken. The weather is cold enough to let your breath escape.

It was early in the morning to wake up, and a loud vibration echoed through the fog.

Kururureung!!

Big city Balkan. Area 59 is located in the outermost area of the undeveloped district.

One of the very few outlying areas designated as closed areas, and a huge dump where all waste in the Balkans is dumped.

Dozens of cranes were running everywhere, carrying huge amounts of waste and garbage.

The crane is so large that even the spinning wheels exceed the height of an ordinary human.

It is a super-large transportation device of a weight class that is difficult to express even with the word heavy equipment.

Standing in front of a crane full of trash, Merilda clutched her nose and looked away.

“… … Is this really the right place? Are you sure?”

Lennok nodded.

“It is certainly. I guess I’ll have to enter and search inside for the exact location.”

“Oh really. I think I’m going to die already… … !!”

Merilda, a half-breed of mixed blood, seemed to have a hard time enduring the stench that flowed out, as her sense of smell was keen.

Angel scratched his head as he looked at Merilda, who had turned into a tearful face.

“If it’s that hard to bear, shall we call someone else? I don’t think Virgil would be bothered by the smell… … .”

“Hey, are you crazy?!”

Merilda freaked out and kicked Angel in the stomach.

Merylda shouted at Angel, who was bent at the waist.

“Then the president won’t see me as a beast who pulled out of the operation because of some smell! Just go and talk!”

“Wasn’t it?”

“… … .”

Merylda glared at Lennox’s question, but did not protest further.

As long as you once declared that you would participate, there is no way that you will regret it now.

“Whoa… … you have to be really sure I have to finish this one time.”

“If you don’t like it that much, there is one way to think of it.”

When Merylda, who was determined to do so, said that, Lennok took out a small bottle from his bosom and shook it.

“There is a pain reliever that you put on your face. The sense of smell is something that can easily be paralyzed.”

“Give me.”

Merylda, who had been given a painkiller by Lennok, took it out and dabbed it on her nose.

A somewhat bizarre sight, with fluorescent pigment shining from Merilda’s nose. But maybe it’s because it’s the same color as Merilda’s hair, so it suits her pretty well.

“How are you?”

“… … something is ambiguous Do you have any more?”

Merilda took several more bottles of painkiller from Lennok and rubbed them in her face and nose.

It’s almost like a mess, like a child returning home after playing with paint.

After using five more bottles of painkiller, Merylda nodded.

“good. I have to endure it now. If I had something like this, I should have given it to you sooner.”

“The five bottles of painkillers you just used are enough to paralyze an elephant for a while.”

“what. The actual body is about the same size as an elephant.”

poop!!

Merilda, who did not miss Angel’s muttered words, fed chestnuts to his head

.

Tatiana, who was watching the unrealistic scolding from the side, cleared her throat with an absurd look.

“If you’re roughly ready, let’s go in and talk.”

Saying that Lennok checked the time.

“According to the information, the only time this area is open to the outside is around dawn when waste is being discharged.”

“good. let’s go!!”

Merylda shouted energetically and jumped on top of a huge crane that thumped in the distance.

When Merylda, who is already small, gets on top of the super-large crane, she is barely visible.

“Whoa~”

Angel blew on, and the frozen breath became frosty stairs and led to the crane.

Angel, who turned around to help Tatiana, who was staggering, and to catch Lennok, tilted his head at the sight of Lennok who had disappeared.

“I got the right to drive the crane.”

click.

Lennok, who had climbed into the driver’s seat before he knew it, pushed the stunned driver aside and looked down at the three of them.

“I’ll explain the operation while riding this and entering the area.”

“… … When were you there?”

While bewildered, the party quietly removed the ice stairs and climbed onto the crane.

Koo Goo Goo Goong!!

Grab the steering wheel and raise the gear, and the crane starts moving forward, trampling on the ground.

Heavy equipment moving forward, crushing mountains of garbage and hills of waste with thick tires. Suddenly, all around me is a vast field of garbage.

Tatiana curiously sat down next to Lennok and looked around.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a vast dump. It’s a sight that is hard to see even in the central front food warehouse… … .”

“Jenny said that it handles about 35% of the garbage produced in the Balkans.”

Saying so, Lennok turned the steering wheel, and the excavator slowly turned and began moving deeper into Area 59.

“And it will be the same for everyone seeing this sight for the first time.”

“Is it the same?”

“Look behind you.”

Tatiana turned her gaze to replace Merilda and Angel sitting in the back seat, their faces pressed against the window, excitedly looking outside.

“Hey Angel! Look at that. There’s something that looks like spacecraft parts!”

“Really. But is the thing that looks like a missile next to it real?”

“half! Can’t we go and explode it and come back?!”

“Do you think it will work?”

“… … .”

Leaving Tatiana at a loss for words, Lennok snapped his fingers while holding the steering wheel.

[Silence]

Whoop!

The sound of the crane’s engine and the vibration of tossing and turning the garbage disappeared in an instant.

Taking advantage of the sudden silence that focused his gaze, Lennok opened his mouth.

“I don’t have much time, but I will explain why you need to replace a satellite factory here.”

Area 59 is one of the very few areas designated as closed areas among undeveloped areas.

Considering that most of the closed areas are located within the 30th zone, this is quite unusual.

The undeveloped district was almost abandoned after the failure of the urban expansion and development plan, and the situation is no different from a lawless zone where the city government completely gave up.

Most of the outer districts have long since been overrun by shadowy criminal organizations rather than managed.

However, what is the reason for designating District 59, which is the farthest from the city center, as a closed district and continuing to invest and manage it?

“Isn’t that obvious when you consider how this city works?”

Angel immediately answered Lennok’s question.

“It must be because there are a lot of things thrown away here that shouldn’t be thrown away.”

Merilda grinned, poking her teeth with her fingernails.

“All the rockets and missiles we just saw must be genuine. The division sometimes handles illegally captured weapons that way. Would it be different from the city government or sunny companies?”

Because even things that shouldn’t be known what they’re throwing away here are thrown away carelessly.

Or, the fact that it was abandoned should not have been known, so Area 59 was designated as a closed area decades ago.

“That’s why, conversely, an environment suitable for bringing or hiding something here has been created.”

Lennok immediately spoke.

“I’ve heard that there are quite a few robbers who scavenge through the trash in Area 59 and sell usable items.”

“In the past, there were guys in the Kansoa Division who did that. Aren’t you?”

“I came in to replace him, but I don’t know exactly what I do.”

Angel scratched his head.

“I’m just diligently stamping documents submitted by the board of directors.”

“No, there must have been something. It seems that they scraped something from the parts and sold it… … .”

Grinning ignored Merilda and Lennok continued his explanation.

“It is a closed area, so it is difficult for outsiders to enter, but it is located at the outermost part of the city, so it is relatively free from smuggling of goods or personnel.”

“… … .”

“The area of the area is so vast that it is used as a garbage dump, so even if a large-scale facility is hidden, it will be difficult to notice.”

An environment in which the contradiction of not being exposed to the eyes of the outside world while supplying manpower and parts needed for a satellite factory from the outside.

An open sky full of rubbish with nothing to obstruct.

The perfect condition to solve the problem of satellite production and launch at the same time, but without any hindrance.

Understanding Lennok’s words, Angel nodded.

“Dead Rise had been considering this place from the beginning.”

“More than that, I replace it strange that these bastards have access to an enclosed area.”

Merilda said as she stretched out in the back seat and applied painkiller to her nose.

“When guys like us come and go in a closed area, the signal is simple. If you don’t get permission to enter and exit like a dog, the special agency will directly track you.”

Unsurprisingly, when a high-ranking superhuman like Merilda enters a closed area, a signal is immediately sent to the special agency in charge of the area.

The special agency currently in charge of District 59 is [Polaris], which has been transferred to an agent for some jurisdiction.

Although it is one of the relatively recently established organizations like Aegis, they have quickly completed an organizational system by attracting experienced military personnel and accumulated achievements.

As they directly take charge of and govern the outskirts, their hands were famous for being quite resolute and cruel even in the shadows.

No matter how well Dead Rise knows about the situation and geography of the Balkans, it is impossible not to be discovered at the point of entering the closed area and carrying out work.

“As expected, you obtained permission to enter the closed area before leaving the city.”

Merylda muttered.

“Those bastards must have been in collusion with the Central Council as well.”

“Well, aren’t we in a position where the city council and the other side turn a blind eye to each other to some extent?”

Angel said as if it was not a big deal.

“However, I didn’t really have any interaction with the Dead Rise people, so now I’m actually interested…” … .”

“Angel, what are you talking about when you came back from working at the Central Front?”

Merilda said as if snarling.

“Didn’t there be Dead Rise and crashes when you were working at the flyer?”

“Intelligence Enlightenment Flyer?”

Lennok turned his gaze to those words.

“I thought he was a powerful psychic, but was he from the front?”

“You know about flyers.”

Angel smiled and nodded.

“that’s right. I stayed there for a while.”

“… … I heard that it teaches people with innate abilities who cannot control their abilities and teaches them how to control them.”

Lennok, who briefly recollected his memory, asked.

“As far as I know, even the most powerful psychics bowed their heads to get help from the shear.”

“… … .”

“I know it is an organization that helps people with psychic powers, so why did you join the cartel?”

Balak Oedon, an 8th-level gravitational psychic, encountered in the Hanghasa Labyrinth.

He had the fatal problem of not being able to control his own power even though he possessed a transcendent gravity manipulation superpower that even Lennok was wary of.

Due to the nature of superpowers that rely only on innate talents, it is only natural that talents run rampant the moment they surpass the vessel.

It is not so rare to see stories of people with innate abilities who fail to overcome their supernatural talents, which are both a blessing and a curse, and end up destroying themselves.

Balak Oedon also found it difficult to control his psychic powers and joined the Transcendental Advancement Team.

Wasn’t he controlling his superpowers by using living humans as the material to control his abilities?

It is a well-known fact that their method is effective, apart from the fact that the shear method is not so neat.

Nevertheless, what is the reason why Angel left the flyer he was in and became the president of the cartel?

“… … We don’t usually refer to flyers that way. It seems that you have met with the talented people of the flyer.”

Angel, who was listening to Lennok’s question, nodded with a troubled smile.

“If you don’t want to explain, I’ll stop here.”

“no. It’s not a story to hide now.”

As if trying to hide her complex feelings, Angel corrected her posture and spoke in a low voice.

“As you know, the way shear corrects congenital anomalies cannot be said to be systematic. It’s more like setting the outcome and not choosing the means.”

“… … .”

“It used to be like that. It was created to help suffering comrades live among ordinary people.”

Seats are quiet.

Angel murmured as he looked out the window at the mountain of garbage passing by.

“I would have been more understanding if new strong people had come in and changed the logic of the organization. But watching the people I used to know change one by one… … .”

“… … .”

It was only then that Lennok could understand to some extent why Angel had left the flyer and joined the cartel.

It must have been an organization that started out as a trivial opportunity for the Transcendental Frontier, which has now become one of the super-large powers of the Central Front.

It’s an interesting story, but Lennok didn’t ask Angel about the flyer any more.

Angel also quickly changed the topic, as if he thought it was an irrelevant story.

“By the way, Merylda, where did you leave the werewolf you said you would bring back? You said you would go on an operation together at that time.”

“Oh that.”

Merilda shook her head with a sullen expression.

“Gong-roe made a separate request, so I left it outside for now. Probably waiting near Area 59?”

“yes? So, do we have to carry out all of the search and diversion operations like this with just the four of us…? … ?”

“Since Area 59, where Dead Rise hides the satellite factory, is so large, we have modified the original plan a bit.”

Looking at Angel’s confused expression, Lennok answered while holding onto the steering wheel.

“Before we can properly launch the operation, we need to make sure we locate the satellite factory.”

Lennok looked out of the crane window and nodded.

“Just then, my vision over there started to open. You will understand right away when you see it.”

With those words, a landscape completely different from what has been repeated so far appears on the other side of the field of the garbage dump.

A clean, spacious vacant lot between hills where all sorts of waste and garbage are scattered indiscriminately.

Hundreds of people are busy and passing between dozens of simple structures built on top of it.

An inorganic structure reminiscent of a military base and a hard and calm atmosphere.

Merylda, guessing the identity of the facility in an instant, frowned.

“Hey, this… … .”

“It is a stationed facility for the Corps under the Dead Rise.”

Lennok explained as he slowly moved the crane around the facility.

“Just like the cartel was made up of corporate alliances, Dead Rise engulfed several military groups as soon as it entered the central front and became a large-scale army.”

“… … .”

“They say that the number of troops under their command easily exceeds a thousand.”

The Cerberus Slaughter Corps, which Lennok faced, was also one of the troops that were active under Dead Rise.

It was not for no reason that Blaver Magic Tower joined forces with Dead Rise to create a satellite on this agenda.

A private military company operating in thousands of units that have been active on the central front for a long time and have developed practical experience and organizational skills.

It was because I was able to handle complex tasks without difficulty just by using that power without hiring it.

In particular, clearing out the trash in Area 59 and building a satellite factory and military base facilities on top of it like now is impossible to even attempt with a decent amount.

But Dead Rise understood where they could best use their strengths.

“Look at the way they transport and organize supplies. Hundreds of people move at the same time, so there is little confusion.”

“It sounds like you had a lot of similar experiences on the central front.”

At Angel’s words, Lennok nodded.

“Compared to the number of field personnel, the number of leaders is significantly less. The division of roles is thorough.”

Superintendents belonging to the corps who have accumulated various experiences in various fields such as establishment of positions on the central front, wire fixation, transportation of goods, and execution of operations.

It won’t be comparable to the mercenaries in the shadows of the Balkans who have won a single battle, but on the contrary, their organizational power is on a different level.

“So what are you going to do? If we raid the garrison, the other side will know right away.”

Merilda asked, chewing on her hair.

“Do you plan on having a fight with you right here? Then I’ll wear it right away.”

Lennok shook his head as he watched Merilda warming up by twirling her arms.

“No Peisha Grisburn is not coming.”

“what?”

Merilda frowned as if she didn’t understand what he was saying.

“How do you know that? Did you even ask you separately?”

“How could Merilda Van ask that? some thoughts… … .”

The moment Angel was about to bruise Merilda as if he was dumbfounded, Lennok nodded.

“that’s right. I asked myself.”

“… … yes?”

“That’s right!!”

As Angel crumpled after being beaten by Merilda, Lennok pulled out his cell phone from within his arms.

A CCTV screen that seems to have intercepted the transmission of a camera that illuminates somewhere. A game machine located in the corner of the hall that looks like a mixture of a casino and an arcade.

The expression of the party who found Peisha who had just entered in front of him turned into a daze.

Lennok explained.

“Paisha Grisburn will be waiting for someone at that casino until tonight. It must be true that I heard it myself.”

“… … How else did you hear that?”

“How do you listen?”

Lennok laughed at Tatiana’s spirited question.

“You said you asked yourself.”

“… … .”

“You can’t… … .”

Only then did the others click their tongues, realizing who Peysha was waiting for at the casino.

It was because he understood the fact that the wizard standing in front of him had contacted Peisha and bound him by some means.

It’s hard to even guess when the time was right for that, what method was used, or why Peisha was obediently obeying her words.

But instead of explaining the details, Lennok tapped his cell phone and said.

“I hope not to misunderstand you. The person Peisha is waiting for will appear at the appointed place. Just a little late for the appointment.”

“… … Why are you late?”

Lennok grinned at Tatiana’s strange words.

“Because I’ll be a bit busy robbing you of all your money.”

Saying that, Lennok switched screens and quickly began sending files to the three people around him.

Lennok stood up from his seat as he saw the look on the faces of those who checked the file name.

Clap!!

Lennok raised an old musket and laughed as he stuck the muzzle out of the crane’s window.