Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain

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“You did a good job getting out of the clutches of the Bureau of Investigation.”

A voice came from the other side of Room 5 in the back. It’s Abdeslam.

“Have you seen everything you need to see?”

“There’s still some left. How was your side?”

“Heh, I’ve confirmed it. It’s as you said.”

He growled in a booming voice.

“They’ve piled up contraband in warehouses. They’re full of opium heading to the empire’s colonies. Our Pasha kingdom.”

“One of the three major organizations of the Triad Circle. The Luciano Family is the largest organization that smuggles opium to the Pasha Kingdom.

Suddenly, the grinding of teeth could be heard from here.

Aburak Abdeslam was a war hero and patriot. He hated the opium that was in his country. Because it was none other than the Kingdom’s enemy, the Empire.

One piece of information I gave him. In Lombardy Port, the information was that the Luciano family was smuggling opium to the Pasha Kingdom.

“Dirty Empire bastards… will be punished by God. If they are busy, I will punish them myself.”

Abdeslam’s voice, stained with hatred, grew fiercer. Like a lion that has lost its cubs, I gladly pointed out its enemy, the hyena.

“The Luciano family, which managed the port, is an organization in charge of smuggling. There is no organization that produces real opium.”

“Who is that?”

“The Nicola family. They’re the villains who produce drugs in this city and spread opium in your country.”

At my words, Abdeslam snorted.

“You’re really good at using people.”

“Oh, you’re sorry to distort my favor like that?”

“Hmph. I know you’re having trouble with the Triad Circle. For some reason, I was frantic to find you.”

Indeed, since he is the author of terrorism in the middle of the enemy territory, it seems that he is not dark with information. But it doesn’t matter.

“Well, that’s right. So why didn’t you find a helper like this?”

“Well, fine. I’ll play on your tricks. You’re a sure enemy of the Empire.”

Abdeslam seemed certain that he and I had a common enemy. Not really different.

Even after returning, the empire was my enemy.

Just looking for a direction to point the gun.

“The Nicola family’s poppy farm is hidden in a small mountain village in northwest Lombardy. If you blow it up, they won’t be able to produce opium.”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to build it again?”

“The Bureau of Investigation will be interested in it. Even if it takes time, if it proves to be a magical terrorism, it is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Investigation. The Nicola family will have a hard time recovering.”

“Are you saying we should leave the finishing touches to the dogs of the Empire?”

“Think of it as an appropriate deployment of human resources.”

The eradication of drugs cannot be solved simply by terrorism. The power and will of public power must work, and the Bureau of Investigation and their deputy director were just the right personnel.

“But you have to be careful with Poppy Farm this time. They’ll probably be prepared to some extent. There might be user-class swordsmen, as well as battle mages and knights.”

“Did you throw it for me to deal with alone?”

“Well, if you run in, the Investigation Bureau will come out soon. If the Investigation Bureau runs in, you can leave.”

The end of this scam was a scenario in which the Bureau of Investigation dispatched investigators to a terrorism discovered ‘passing by’ and ‘accidentally’ discovered a poppy farm.

“But it’s funny that you act like that. Shouldn’t you, the owner of the ‘Brainstone’, be burdened with being a mafia brat?”

“…to know even that.”

[Brain stone? That was with Abdeslam?!]

Shocked Osman Bright. As a great mage, he must have been so surprised.

In this world, there are natural stones that contain the energy of nature called Terranite.

Crystals of power that were created along with the great explosion in the process of the creation of the world. One of them was hidden in the treasury of Abdeslam’s homeland, the Pasha Kingdom.

Abdeslam was the Thunder Sorcerer of the day who inherited the Thunderbolt Stone, and it was the reason why he was able to unleash the great magic that was impossible on his own.

Abdeslam received a note from me with the location of the poppy farm. He will aim for the Nicola family’s poppy farm as his next target without hesitation.

[I’m nervous. I really thought I would blow up the entire triad circle with three tongues.]

Osman seems appalled by my actions.

Well, I did that too.

Throwing a piece of cake called a knight killer, he used Elysia and the Investigation Bureau to kill or arrest the core force of the Forgore family.

Throwing a piece of information to Aburak Abdeslam, he destroyed the smuggling port run by the Luciano family and now the poppy farm of the Nicola family.

All I did in this process was to become a bait myself and a little cheating.

‘Isn’t the basis of efficient work an appropriate distribution of outsourcing?’

[You speak well.]

It was then that I tried to end my brief contact with Abdeslam.

“Come to think of it, the lady who came with you is strangely familiar to the eye. The atmosphere is familiar somewhere.”

“·······.”

Abdeslam’s lips hardened at his words. Did you notice? That she was the daughter of the Count of Wittenberg who had stolen one of his eyes?

“I say it out of concern, but at the heart of this plan is the Bureau. They shouldn’t be messing with it.”

“Kuh, what are you so flustered about? The Bureau must be one of your enemies?”

“It’s human to join hands with the devil if necessary. The investigators who track me are second best.”

“I know. They’re the Empire’s hated dogs, but they’re worth using.”

The conversation is over. Abdeslam wakes up in the room across the street. At the same time, the lights were dazzling as if the power outage had been resolved.

“Pietro! Pietro!!”

I hear a voice outside looking for me. I greeted them with a smile.

“Would you like to go get something to eat?”

Alright, the plate is framed.

All that remains now is the result of inertia.

* * * *

When Elysia caught several gang members monitoring Zach, the Bureau immediately interrogated them.

On the way, there was a protest from the National Security Agency, but Deputy Director Rickert refused to extradite the criminal, saying that it could be the same group as the group that tried to kill the investigation bureau investigator.

“Why did you pursue Pietro?”

The screening was observed by the chief investigator, Günther, and his assistant, Elysia. I watched from behind the magic mirror with the deputy director.

“Oops, Detective Günter. The question is wrong. What’s the point of asking why you pursued him? You wouldn’t know because you’re the lowest point anyway.”

“·······.”

Günter and Elysia’s eyes are directed behind the invisible magic mirror.

“I’m interrogating you, don’t interfere.”

The deputy director noticed.

“I’m sorry about this. I’ve always wanted to enjoy the power behind this magic mirror. Serving a criminal a bowl of hot noodles and threatening that he’ll never eat again when he’s behind bars!”

“······You really are a peculiar one.”

The deputy director gave a tired expression to Zach, who was also playing detective on the subject of being caught.

In any case, Günther changed the direction of the interrogation.

The first is what happened at the port. and processing process.

The second is ‘what’ was stored in the port.

First, there was no need to use coercive means for interrogation. Lightning struck, fire started, and they said they moved ‘things’.

Second is the key. It was something that was kept in storage.

“Opium… Lombardy Port was where the Luciano family kept contraband.”

“But what does that have to do with Abdeslam?”

Zach, who was locked up in the lockup, intervened.

“Abdeslam is a man who is trembling in the crisis of his country that started with opium. As a patriot, he probably blew up the port after finding out information on the opium being exported to the Pasha Kingdom.”

Elysia naturally recalled the police officers who were obstructing the port’s investigation.

“Maybe even the police department… maybe even the city administration is in league with the triad circle.”

If you ate the Triad Circle’s money, it would be right that you interfered with the port’s investigation. It would be a big deal if the investigators found opium while digging through the destroyed port.

“We must strike down the smuggling ring right now!”

“Sir Elysia. Our mission now is not a drug investigation.”

“But I can’t just leave it like this!”

It was an issue agreed upon even within the Investigation Bureau. When the opinions of the investigators are divided, Deputy Director Rickert sorts out the situation.

“Everyone calm down. The opium problem in the port is not something we can solve. It happened in the port of Lombardy, so it’s under the jurisdiction of the Lombardy Police Department.”

This was the problem. The Central Bureau of Investigation only has the right to investigate counterintelligence and pan-national issues.

Crimes in the area require cooperation with the police agency that administers the jurisdiction, but the problem is that the security agency is blocking port investigations.

With a high probability, the Triad Circle and the Public Security Agency are in the same line.

Although the Bureau of Investigation is a central agency, it was not easy to invade local jurisdictions at will. As long as no clear evidence is found.

“I have a way. A way to wipe out the drug smuggling ring and Abdeslam at the same time.”

The deputy director’s gaze turned to Zach. Despite his suspicious gaze, Zach gave an answer with a smile.

“Since the port has been burned, Michelo will move the remaining opium and the drugs produced. The port has already become a target of terrorism, and the investigation center’s investigators have drawn attention as they entered the port.”

“······Abdeslam will come to incinerate the moved opium?”

“That’s it. So what we have to do is wait for Abdeslam at the opium route and assembly point.”

One by one, they start to get involved in the board that Zach has put together.

They sensed that this was part of Zach’s sinister plan, but had no choice.

* * * *

A mountain village on the outskirts about 30 km from Lombardy. Here, raw materials for opium were prepared and manufactured every day and flowed into the city.

Most of these drugs are smuggled abroad. Even within the Empire, drugs can be enough money, but if the supply is excessive, it will attract the attention of the central government.

No matter how much they are in collusion with local cities, there is no way to stop them if the central government decides and pushes in. Above all, compared to the empire, the drugs sold abroad make more money.

“More coming in. No trucks going out, they just keep coming in.”

“The port is paralyzed, so we can’t help it. There is no supply, so things are just piling up.”

Alicia and Günther, as well as other investigators from the Bureau of Investigation, hid themselves in the drug production area as informed by Zach. In the hidden poppy farm, drugs were still being produced day and night.

“How the hell did Pietro find out about this place? It’s really haunted.”

Elysia agrees with Günther.

From Abdeslam’s sorcery plan to collusion between the mafia and provincial cities. Even the original manufacturing site of the drug there.

It is an investigative agency that collects information with a branch in the south, but there are limits to information collection due to opposition from local governments.

In that respect, Jacques Pietro’s information power surpassed that of the Bureau of Investigation.

“What’s his purpose?”

“Well. At least it’s not good intentions. I need to know what to do or not.”

“Nothing will change. When this is over, we will send him to the center for trial.”

And the outcome of that trial, needless to say, would be the death penalty.

What is still questionable is why Jacques Pietro risked his own life to surrender to the Bureau of Investigation.

“By the way, there are many. Opium is also opium, but how many guards are there? There are not only two of them with swords.”

The number of swordsmen that could be seen through the telescope was twenty. If all of them were user-level swordsmen, the number could make up one regiment of the Imperial Army.

“I mobilized all the troops I could mobilize… but can we catch that one?”

“There are more than 100 armed men with guns, second only to swordsmen. There are also several machine guns.”

“They seem to be preparing for their turn next.”

“Yes, hitting that place is suicidal no matter how you think about it—”

-Karleung…!

It was then. Above the poppy farm. The dry sky suddenly flashed and a roar rang out.

“Abdeslam!”

Günther’s astonishment was drowned out by a thunderbolt.

– Kwa! Kwak!

The lightning struck the refinery of the poppy farm exactly. Kwaaang! There is a great explosion, and opium dust rises.

And the thunderbolt doesn’t end with just one.

-Quarreung! Kwak! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!!

Dozens of lightning bolts falling in succession. Vivid plasma streams light up the night sky.

“crazy······.”

A spectacle like the wrath of a god crowned with thunder. The investigators were stunned to realize that they would have to crawl into that majestic fury of nature.