Chapter 122 Leader Naina
Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Weasalopes”
I stealthy followed the gray-haired man, who followed the swordsman, who just had a fight on the plaza. Both had what could be called gray hair, so I get ready to cope no matter which one of them turns out to be S.
The swordsman moved from the plaza to a squalid part of the market district. When I had started to wonder if he had decided to hit a bar, he turned into a narrow alleyway.
Naturally, the gray-haired man did the sa. I also tried to take a corner, but after entering the alleyway found the two confronting each other, so I hastily hid.
Listening attentively, I could pick up so bits of the conversation. The grey-haired man seed to be trying to invite the swordsman sowhere, who in turn loudly denied that offer.
Looks like they didn’t notice that I followed them.
The swordsman seems to have taken a great offense, so violence seems unavoidable.
I make my preparations for escape in order to avoid getting dragged into this.
However, after a short while, the grey-haired man just walked out of the alleyway. What really surprised is that the swordsman followed after him with a blank stare.
Would soone who was so infuriated just quietly follow behind like an attendant? Careful about the signs of my presence, I tried to get closer to him.
First I appraise the swordsman.
He is strong, as expected, but he had no extraordinary skills. It seems that his occupation is a general store clerk. The problem was the gentleman beside him.
Na: Aies Midcarda
Age: 25
Race: Human
Level: 102
Occupation: Stone dealer, reforr
Skills: Brainwash, Freewheeling
If there is one thing that would mark him as S, that would be his occupation. Reforr sounds suspicious as hell. Killing a king can in a way also be called reform.
I feel like the death of that tyrant might improve things a lot……
His level also is exceptional.
Mine is still higher, but generally speaking, that was sufficient.
In the first place, level advantage still doesn’t guarantee victory. If it did I’d have already died in the hidden dungeon.
But really terrifying were his abilities. Yes, his 【Brainwash】and 【Freewheeling】sounded very scary. I could easily guess what Brainwash could do, and it seed probable that it was used on the swordsman.
I was about to investigate the latter one with 【Edit】…… But the man suddenly turned around so I had to stop.
Probably sensing a presence behind him, he now stood at the edge of the street, scanning the surroundings. With my heart beating fast, I pass by his side.
Luckily, a lot of people were around, so I avoid getting called out. And just like that I pretended to be a mber of the general public and made my way to an inn.
I don’t want to use it too frequently, but by using 【Great Sage】I can always establish his location. Concealing my identity takes priority here.
So for today, I picked the inn where I can stay and enter inside.
There seed to be no signs of S or his henchman following .
I breathe a sigh of relief. I thought I was done for.
For a coward like myself, strange opponents are really scary. No matter how much my power or the number of my skills grow that part doesn’t change.
「Are you okay? You look like you saw a dragon?」
There was a girl who was leaning over, looking at my agitated expression. Distinctive orange hair, a bit of freckles.
Slightly taller than I, and with a good figure.
「I’m fine. I’d like to stay here today.」
「Aah, we do have vacant rooms, but today might be a tad bit noisy.」
The first floor had an area where you could have a al, but it seems that so kind of eting was planned there today. I tried to ask what kind of eting.
The words that ca out of her mouth startled .
「Assembly to crush Fangs of Counterattack. There are a lot of quite rough people, so you might be unable to rest at ease.」
「No, I don’t mind at all. Quite the contrary, I’m interested. As a traveler, I’d like to take notice of dangerous people.」
I announced my desire to participate in this eting because I wanted to get at least a bit of usable information on S.
For a mont her expression beca clouded, so I thought I would be rejected, but the next mont she ushered in with a bright smile.
「I’m Naina. Let’s get along.」
After giving my regards and greetings I leave my luggage in the room. After a short rest, I have supper.
The place seems to be run by a family, but I was surprised by how good the food tasted. Fruits also were fresh. I spent the ti before the eting pondering on strategy.
First, I learn 【Tailing】for 300 LP. As the na might suggest, it makes my tailing harder to notice. It makes it easier to instinctively grasp the perfect distance.
Of course, it isn’t perfect, so I still should be careful since it can fail as well.
LP can be accumulated with eating tasty stuff, doing lewd things with attractive girls, indulging in greed, and also with a sense of accomplishnt.
Well, the most effective way is playing with beautiful girls. After going through repeated increases and decreases, I now had around 2000 LP left.
To be honest, I feel like this is not enough.
I’d like to increase it to a minimum of five or ten thousand. However, I now had a problem of being unable to resupply since Emma and everyone weren’t here……
Since there still seed to be ti until the eting, I decided to take a walk through the night city.
As a result, I visited a store where sexy dances were perford and earned 500 LP.
Leaving the store I head back.
Reaching the inn’s entrance I witnessed brawny n entering inside one after another.
I guess those are participants of the eting.
Inside the store, Naina stood with hands on her hips. She appeared quite intimidating with that stance. Sohow she seed different than when I first ca here.
Shutting the entrance door she then locked it.
One can easily guess that this conversation was an important one.
The one you don’t want to be overheard by strangers…… Eh, wait a mont.
「Seems like everyone gathered. Noir, so you also ca.」
「Naina, there is an unfamiliar face, who’s that?」
One of the participants gave a nasty look. Filled with plenty of hostility it was tad scary. After all, there are thirty of them, and as the appraisal showed, everyone was quite strong.
Naina-san slightly slanted her head and asked a question.
「There are a lot of people troubled with Fangs of Counterattack or S. So we regularly hold information exchange. That’s the place you ca to.」
So that’s how it is. There are no guarantees that spy from S won’t co here.
Yet, I was accepted quite easily. Wrong, this is where they will confirm whether I am trustworthy or not.
As proof, a person with the best physique suddenly approached and grabbed by the head.
「It’s still not decided that he is a spy. Stop with the violence.」
「Nm, what you wanna do then?」
「It’s simple. We just should have him interrogated by Poporocchi.」
When Naina-san said so, another man showed up, this ti a thin one of a small build, with a silk hat on his head.
He brought two stools and instructed to sit on one of them.
I have no choice but to obey.
As I sit down I use this chance to appraise him.
Na: Poporocchi Chirocchi
Age: 38
Race: Human
Level: 12
Occupation: Storyteller, Conversationalist
Skills: Detection of Truth
My first ti seeing such a skill, but in this situation, it was easy to understand its application. Most likely, he can tell when soone lies.
「Do you have any connection with S?」
「I have no direct connections with him. However, I saw him a short while ago.」
I told them about my Appraisal Eye.
And I also honestly told them about what happened not so long ago.
The inability to lie was one of the reasons why I did that, another one was that if they are enemies to S then they might beco my allies.
Surprised, they asked various questions.
It seems that I’m the only one who saw his real face.
Since I gave them valuable information, they decided to welco .
All of them had grudges against S or Fangs of Counterattack for all kinds of possible reasons.
So simply had a huge sum stolen, so were injured in an incident caused by S, all sort of stuff.
「We are called Shield of Justice. And I’m the leader. Sorry for not telling you anything, Noir-kun.」
Even though she is still young. Naina-san is amazing.
「Be careful, Noir. She is scary as an oni when she gets angry.」
「Or actually, she is an oni.」
「She is still eighteen, but she is well over thirty in her head.」
「…You guys, be kind enough to remain afterward.」
Considering how pale beca the misters that were cracking jokes, it would be to my benefit not to anger her.
Since plenty of capable people were gathered here, their information on Fangs of Counterattack also was worthwhile. I’ve gotten a lot more intelligence than from the King’s underlings.
For example, Fangs of Counterattack had a lot of ruffians and wanted criminals among them, and all of them were adoring S. When his comrade was tracked down and put to torture, he chose to bit his tongue and die.
「We thought that S has a special skill. But with your story, it’s now certain. What kind of resistance or tool might work against brainwashing?」
One of the mbers of Shield of Justice was knowledgeable about skills, so he explained about 【Brainwash】and its effects. When activated, it gradually makes the target more and more devoted as the target keeps listening to the user.
Eye contact or direct physical contact make capitulation even faster. If the target is of a higher level then the skill won’t work in most of the cases, but depending on the situation and personality chances are still there.
In other words, weak-willed and easily swayed people are in danger.
Isn’t that ?!
Luckily there is a skill to oppose those effects.
【Abnormal State Resistance】or【ntal Resistance】of high rank should work. Even C rank in the latter will make brainwash harder.
Thus I imdiately acquire【ntal Resistance C】. It’s only 400LP so it’s not a big deal.
I’m of a higher level than S, so I probably should be fine, but just in case.
Incidentally, even knowledgeable Poporocchi-san didn’t have even the slightest idea about【Freewheeling】.
I have no choice but to investigate myself the next ti we et.
Now, let’s take a sneak peek at everyone’s abilities.
No one was especially extraordinary, but all of them were quite capable.
What surprised a little is that the leader was the weakest.
Na: Naina Able
Age: 18
Race: Human・Kijin
Level: 8
Occupation: Receptionist
Skill: Onification
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