Chapter 21
Chapter 21
21.
EP8 - Professor Assassination: Proxy Assassination (3)
I didn't intend to get deeply involved.
Just avoiding the assassination and confiscating the weapons would have been enough.
But while they were creating fog, crossing Traps with fake cars, and sending fake Students to induce confusion.
Strange thoughts appeared in the Script.
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Bedin: ‘Why did it turn out like this? I heard he was a professor who only evades! I didn’t hear anything about this…!’ 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Parnan: ‘Damn it, I didn't want to do something like this from the start….’ 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Gaineri: ‘…Still, if I just pretend to do it properly, they'll nag less, right?’ 】
Scripts that seemed to be instructed by someone.
Decisively, Forte's thoughts became the trigger.
【 Moon Shadow Scholar 1st year Forte: ‘……Joaquin, that son of a bitch, is trying to dig up information like this. Keep dreaming. You can never beat Professor Dante.’ 】
Joaquin's instigation.
No, maybe coercion.
‘…It was a proxy assassination.’
Assassination Studies doesn't even question murder if it's not discovered.
However, there are some actions they do question.
One of them is passing on one's own assassination to someone else.
This is called 'proxy assassination.'
‘This is a place to raise tools called assassins, not to raise masters….’
If I need to ensure long-term survival. I must eliminate long-term threats.
If a Student with ill feelings instigated a proxy assassination in this situation, I had to correct it, and.
【 Moon Shadow Scholar 1st year Forte: ‘Damn it! Stop it, you idiots!’ 】
Decisively, the Students' immature playing with fire turned into an unexpected wildfire.
I had no choice but to step forward completely.
── .
As 『World Fabrication』 was released, the virtually stopped time flowed quickly again. A bird flew away quickly, and all the Students collapsed.
They couldn't detect the strangeness at their level.
"Everyone. Put down your weapons and raise both hands."
The Students did as they were told without complaint. They were all trembling, so it seemed 『World Fabrication』 worked properly.
Then Forte looks up at me with bewildered eyes.
"Professor…."
"Shut up and lie down."
"……."
He was stabbed in the back with a knife, and his breathing was shallow.
It meant his lungs were damaged.
Who stabbed him?
"Uh, uh…! Huff…!"
It's this guy. The Student Forte was protecting from behind.
This guy was also out of his mind, and he was still trembling.
"Adele. Call the Discipline Department. Let them know there are injured."
"I understand. Oh my god, what to do…."
The Discipline Department is Hiaka's police.
"Is there any Student who knows first aid?"
"Ah…. I, I know how to do it…."
"Come out and take care of these two."
I've settled the situation for now.
Both this guy and that guy have bloodstains all over their white Student uniforms.
"……."
Personally, I'm a little angry.
I don't like professor assassinations, but.
Having such a disjointed group do that dangerous thing is like giving a scalpel to a child and having them perform heart surgery.
I was getting angry.
The Assassination Studies Discipline Department and medical staff will come soon to sort out the situation.
Before that.
I asked Forte, who had regained some energy after drinking a potion.
"Who instigated it?"
"…What are you talking about."
"Who ordered this group assassination?"
"We just did it among ourselves……."
Since he didn't understand, I took off the glove on my right hand.
A bloody bandage.
It wasn't from being cut in this assassination.
I showed it and looked into Forte's eyes.
"Did Joaquin do this?"
"……."
In fact, I already know the answer.
"……Yes."
The process was necessary.
"I see."
Soon, the Discipline Department vehicle arrived, and the self-defense force members got out and controlled the situation.
It was easy because Adele explained well about the 'proxy assassination.'
"Professor. Shall we take care of the rest?"
"No. I'll go too."
I want to just leave it to them, but I'm concerned about the Script of a guy in the Assassination Squad who seems to be Joaquin's gang.
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: <Joaquin!! Answer the call quickly. The Discipline Department is about to raid!!> 】
If the situation is like this, they would usually give up.
He's trying to give some kind of signal. What could it be?
'Escape?'
Even if they escape, it's Area 0.
There's no way to escape Area 0 unless you're a Hidden Dragon Society.
'Or, destruction of evidence?'
That's strange too.
There's a truckload of witnesses to the proxy assassination here.
"Professor. Then let's go together right away."
"Ah, okay. But…."
I can't do that.
"You there."
"Yes? Me?"
"Follow me."
Joaquin's subordinate blinked and followed.
First, I put him in the Discipline Department vehicle and headed to Moon Shadow Hall together.
On the way, I asked the subordinate.
"Haman. You're in Joaquin's gang, right? Is that correct?"
"……."
He firmly locked his mouth.
He even turned his head away, pretending not to know.
But I had the 【Script】.
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘How did he know?’ 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘No. I mustn't answer.’ 】
I can see his inner thoughts clearly.
So I asked again.
"What is Joaquin doing now?"
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘No. I must never say it!’ 】
He remained silent.
Then the self-defense force member in the driver's seat got annoyed.
"Hey, you bug-like bastard! Are you going to keep silent when the professor is talking to you! Huh!?"
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘Hmph. Be curious all you want. You'll never know that Joaquin is going to see the 3rd year seniors.’ 】
Ah. I see. He's going to see the easy-going seniors.
I frowned.
'Joaquin knows how to avoid 'proxy assassination'.'
Assassins are tools.
Proxy assassination basically only applies to those who 'deviate from the use of tools.' In other words, if there is another 'master,' the sin goes up.
Joaquin is trying to make an easy-going senior his master, and he's trying to avoid the situation by becoming a tool.
So I know Joaquin's purpose. Now, what I'm curious about is his location.
"Where is Joaquin now?"
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘Damn it. He looks so scary….’ 】
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘But I mustn't be afraid! If I say where Joaquin is, it's all over!’ 】
"Haman. Answer when I tell you to. Where is Joaquin?"
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘No. No. No no no no. Let's not even think about it so I don't accidentally say something…!’ 】
He was answering well, but he falters at the end.
He starts to forcibly ignore me, thinking about elephants, sheep, and dinner menus in his head.
At this rate, I'm going to miss the golden time to catch Joaquin, but I have a way.
"I see."
"Yes? Where is he, Professor?"
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘What!?’ 】
"Joaquin is in Building 20."
"Building 20? Hmm, Professor. I don't think he'd be there at all…."
The self-defense force member denies my opinion.
That's right.
Absolutely not.
In the first place, Building 20 is the dormitory for Students from the White Path Society. Joaquin is from the Black Blade Society.
"Why? Building 20 is correct."
"No. Professor… Well, Building 20 is……."
"Stop. Don't argue, member, and turn the car towards Building 20. That's for sure. Joaquin is in the Building 20 dormitory right now."
"……Yes."
The reason I insist on the wrong answer despite that.
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘What is this professor? Why is he insisting? Even though he's wrong.’ 】
Because when you need something, you have to scratch it gently to get what you want.
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘This professor is completely stupid? Go ahead and search Building 20 all you want! Joaquin will be in Building 31.’ 】
Like this.
Building 31. Confirmed.
"Member."
"Yes. Professor."
"I'm sorry. I think I misspoke."
"Yes? Then…."
"Let's go to Building 31."
【 Assassination Studies 1st year Haman: ‘Uh…!?’ 】
Haman turned around to look at me in horror.
The self-defense force member also nodded as if he understood.
"I understand!"
Thus, we soon arrived at the Building 31 dormitory.
Seven self-defense force members jumped out of three Discipline Department vehicles.
"Joaquin! Come out right now!"
"We're arresting you for instigating proxy assassination!"
Then they started searching the dormitory thoroughly.
In the process, Students belonging to the Black Blade Society blocked us.
"What is it? Huh? Aren't you leaving right now?"
"Get out of the way! We came to catch Joaquin!"
"He's a 1st year. Why are you looking for him here? Get out!"
The 3rd years from the Black Blade Society, who were trying to protect Joaquin, even spread out 『Magic Fields』 and physically blocked the stairs.
Students violently resisting public authority.
"Get out of the way."
"Ah, Professor…"
When I pushed the member away and stood in front of the Magic Field, the Students tensed up and hesitated, and.
I didn't miss that gap.
『 World Fabrication: Phenomenon Fabrication [Magic Field Destruction] 』
I just touched it.
But in an instant, cracks were drawn in the 『Magic Field』, and lightning flashed in all directions before it burst.
Pajijijijik-! Clang!!
"Wh, what?! How…!"
"Th, this is bad! Run!!"
Human perception relies more on sight than you think.
In fact, the 『Magic Field』 was still intact.
It was still there in the thick smoke.
But even though he was directly putting magic into it, as soon as he saw it breaking, he released the 『Magic Field』 himself and started running away.
Thanks to that, the road was opened.
"Enter."
"Yes!"
* * *
"Joaquin! The Discipline Department guys are on the first floor!"
"I know, you bastard!"
Joaquin hurriedly ran to the rooftop of the Building 31 dormitory.
While running up the stairs.
While doing so, he had to swallow curses inside.
'Damn it…! This wasn't in the plan…!'
He thought the assassination would fail, of course.
It's certain that Professor Dante is more than ordinary.
But he didn't know that he wouldn't be able to inflict any damage, and.
He didn't know that he wouldn't be able to find out his weaknesses.
He didn't even know that it would be discovered that he had ordered the proxy assassination.
He poured 100,000 Hica into equipment alone.
In the meantime, Dante quickly realized that he had instigated the proxy assassination.
'No, damn it……! How did he find out……!?'
He belatedly tried to buy off the seniors without money in the Building 31 dormitory, but Dante brought the Discipline Department here like a ghost. As if he was playing on top of his head.
If he gets caught here, it's over.
He still has 0 penalty points.
But if he's unlucky, he could be expelled in one go.
The world of assassins is narrow. If he's expelled, he'll be treated as a cripple in the Black Blade Society forever. Like a tag until the day he dies!
"Joaquin! Le, let's go together!"
"Come quickly, you bastard!"
Still, there's still a place to go.
It's the north professor's building.
If he goes there, the professors from the same Black Blade Society will help him.
In this damn academy, there's no such thing as a pure teacher-student relationship.
The White Path Society and the Black Blade Society are just using Hiaka's royal family's school play to increase their power.
He will also use them to his heart's content.
Joaquin gritted his teeth.
But the situation was precarious. Joaquin sensed magic, and the Discipline Department self-defense force members were almost catching up.
"Stop there! Joaquin!"
Bang bang bang bang!!!
The Students who were running along with the gunshots fell down.
"Ugh…!"
But thanks to that, he was able to buy time.
Joaquin, who had climbed to the rooftop floor, closed his eyes while hanging on the wall.
『 Presence Concealment 』
His body, which blends into the space and becomes transparent.
Now he just has to crawl down.
Along the wall of the dormitory building.
To the floor.
'……That's it. Damn it.'
It was a success.
While running into the forest, leaving the Discipline Department patrol cars behind.
Joaquin smiled.
'Ah, I'm alive now. I almost died for real.'
He even took a step back and paid attention to the situation.
In the distance, self-defense force members are fighting through the windows on the 4th and 6th floors.
He thought they were having a hard time. Because he was already outside.
Maybe he'll get some flak from the Black Blade Society members.
It won't last long. He has a lot of money and a good background.
If he bows down and stays quiet for a while, it'll be like it never happened…….
Thud-
It was then. Joaquin's back bumped into something.
"What, you son of a bitch. Where are your eyes…."
He was about to say something irritably, but his body stiffened.
A man with black hair and pink eyes is looking down at him.
With eyes that make him insignificant, as if a lion is looking down at a deer.
"Catch him."
Professor Dante Hiacapo ordered the Discipline Department members.
"Yes!"
He was quickly bound and his head was slammed into the floor.
Joaquin didn't understand this reality.
'What.'
They should still be inside the dormitory.
Even if they came out, shouldn't they have come out of that door and chased after him?
"……H, how did you find me…?"
So he asked. It wasn't to know his shortcomings as an assassin. He just didn't understand, so he wanted to eliminate the sense of incongruity. However.
"What are you talking about?"
The answer that came back only gave Joaquin a sense of defeat.
"Even a blind man would have found you."
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That day, all 10 members of Joaquin's gang were arrested by the Discipline Department.