Solo Swordmaster - Chapter 86

Episode #86. lend me some money

who did it

A lucky hunch always gets out of the way, but an ominous hunch always hits.

It was for that reason that Limon was scratching the back of his head as he looked down at a piece of paper at this moment.

“Tsk, I thought I was anxious… but in the end, I couldn’t last a month.”

within the past month.

Raids continued unabated.

Still, things weren’t bad.

Even though they couldn’t catch the beasts, there was little damage thanks to Limon’s ability to accurately pinpoint the next target affiliate and dispatch troops.

Thanks to that, the Black Dragon Clan regained stability, and the number of people entrusted to the Guardian increased steadily.

From the standpoint of Limon and the Guardian, the attack of the beasts was rather beneficial.

However, that was only a few days ago.

[The team leader’s prediction was wrong.]

“Yes, and it will be wrong in the future.”

A few days ago, the beasts attacked the affiliates, completely contrary to Limon’s prediction.

Fortunately, the armed forces arrived in time to stop the damage before it escalated.

The unfortunate thing was that the Guardian’s rating, which had barely risen, plummeted again.

However, the cause of Limon’s tongue-in-cheek didn’t include the Guardian’s reputation at all.

[Is that so? The weakness the team leader mentioned before?]

“Yes.”

Limon nodded.

And he continued with a face that looked like he was in trouble.

“I started choosing a sign of these cubs randomly.”

[How?]

“Do you understand me? Whether those crazy bastards decide their next target with a pencil roll or a drawing of lots.”

[It’s embarrassing to deviate from the team leader’s prediction with just that way…]

“It’s not absurd. Of course.”

The reason Limon was able to predict the attack of the beasts in the first place was thanks to a thorough analysis of their thought patterns.

to say it the other way around?

Randomly chosen targets mean that they are unpredictable.

No matter how much you read thought patterns, you can’t predict where a dart thrown with your eyes closed will hit.

“That’s why I told you, this is just leftovers after all.”

[No, if you know that, you shouldn’t be lazy and catch the criminals a long time ago!]

“If I could, I would have done it a long time ago. What are you saying to me when you see that those bastards are incredibly lucky?”

Limon objected sullenly.

It wasn’t that he had been shutting himself away for the past month or so, playing only as a fortune teller.

It was because I wandered around diligently looking for beasts and ambushed around affiliates that were highly likely to be attacked.

However, the results were lacking.

Is it simply because of luck?

Or is there a skill like 『Crisis Avoidance』?

The beasts always attacked the places where Limon was located, and thanks to that, the ambush was always forced to attack.

In the case of the chase, the situation was even worse than that.

“I don’t know if I could have caught the tail if I had some support, but… tsk.”

[That’s why you should have been good at managing your reputation. Would every clan you meet hinder the team leader instead of helping them?]

“Is it because of me? It’s because Mr. Wang has put all his excitement on the line.”

The problem was the non-cooperation of the Black Dragon clan.

In protecting affiliates, there were many cases in which the guardian subtly interfered when Limon tried to pursue the criminal.

It was not incomprehensible.

How to bend the original arm inward.

Since the royal family of Shanghai is already chasing the beast for revenge, Limon’s action to find the beast could have been seen as an attempt to take away the achievement.

“In fact, the best thing was that Mr. Wang took care of catching the beasts before my method was blocked.”

[You have to expect what to expect. What do you want from those ragtag water ghosts?]

They are still famous as masters of the Shanghai royal family.”

[What are you doing if you go to sleep? As an investigator, he’s worse than our old rookies.]

“That’s the standard for a PAB agent, isn’t it?”

Limon clicked his tongue.

In fact, the masters of the Shanghai royal family are not to be ignored as they are as strong as high-level players.

The problem was that they were not martial arts expert investigators who had trained psionics.

Of course, better than normal.

There is also the traditional follow-up technique of the Seven Dragons.

However, compared to the agents of PAB, which was established for the purpose of investigating and arresting high-level players, their investigative abilities were inevitably poor.

[The problem is that the culprits are difficult to catch even by PAB standards.]

“Well, I agree with that.”

In that respect, how hard it is to catch high-level players who use their skills for crime in earnest.

As former PAB agents, it was only natural that Limon and Yuna-kyung, who knew each other better than anyone else, did not expect much from Wang.

The problem was, however, that I couldn’t watch this situation like other people’s business.

“Troublesome trouble…”

Limon frowned.

Now, while raids are unpredictable, we still don’t even know the identity of the beasts.

It was literally a situation where both hands and feet were tied and beaten unilaterally.

I had no choice but to suffer from headaches.

While contemplating so much that my hair steamed up, I grabbed Yuna-gyeong, who was talking nonsense next to me, and turned her arms round and round like a windmill.

Limon’s smartphone rang.

‘Tsk, what’s the matter again?’

It’s rare to know the contact information itself, so it’s a while to kick your tongue at the ringing of your phone, which doesn’t ring at all.

Limon made a strange expression.

The caller’s name on his smartphone was completely different from what he expected.

[Hello.]

“Hey, what’s going on?”

[That’s a very embarrassing question. We don’t have to be in contact when we have work, right?]

“Were we like that?”

[Then, being together until death is not a partner, right?]

A pleasant greeting from the phone.

Although the voice is not particularly pleasant to listen to, the owner of a husky voice like a heavenly melody when singing.

At the words of Eugene, a musician whom he met a month ago and exchanged numbers with, he smiled.

‘Your personality is amazing.’

I only did one performance.

This attitude of acting like a 10-year-old.

It was a friendly enough to feel shameless indeed.

Even so, is it because I am too accustomed to the impudent Yuna-kyung that I find it amusing rather than unpleasant or embarrassing?

[In that sense, I have something to ask of you, believing your partner or partner to be your soulmate.]

“What do you mean?”

Even as he asked, Limon expected.

Anyway, there is only one request that Eugene will suddenly ask herself.

Another performance…

[Lend me some money.]

“…”

Pop.

Limon reflexively hung up the phone.

Then, while watching the ringing sound of the smartphone again and the name ‘Eugene’ that appeared on the LCD screen, I slowly looked away.

“Na Kyung-ah.”

[Yes?]

“To my surprise, there seems to be someone more shameless than you in the world.”

[What the hell does the team leader think of me?!?!]

* * *

Mumble, gulp, gulp, gulp.

“Why don’t you eat slowly? Then I will pretend.”

“It’s okay, I have a healthy constitution.”

“Usually the kid who was so proud of his health got hooked first.”

“Then you should eat better. If you’re going to die anyway, wouldn’t it be better to rob a bank and eat a full meal than die of starvation?”

“Is that a prison proverb?”

The person who chews and swallows food without hesitation while answering shamelessly.

Looking at Eugene, Limon clicked his tongue.

“Hey, didn’t you say you were a freelancer before?”

“that’s right.”

“But why are you starving because you don’t have any money? Did freelance mean something like a home security guard or a begging expert?”

When I came to visit you because I couldn’t stand the endless calls.

Waiting for Limon was Eugene, who was lying on a corner of the street, grumbling with only his daughter and guitar on his back.

How lousy that mogol was.

It was to the point that Limon, who never intended to lend money, immediately dragged Eugene to the restaurant.

“Something happened.”

“What matter?”

“How did you become a debtor?”

Limon’s eyes go blind all of a sudden.

“Were you a gambler?”

“No way. I don’t gamble or do drugs. If you fall for that kind of stuff, you won’t be able to put your soul into a song.”

“Then how did you become a debtor? Where did you get scammed?”

“Well, I really don’t know. I just performed and went around as usual and worked moderately, so I got into debt before I knew it.”

“just…?”

It didn’t take long for Limon’s eyes to change from suspicion to pity.

It was because he had a rough idea of how Eugene’s debt came about.

[Tsk tsk, he looks unemployed.]

‘Aren’t you in a position to talk to others?’

[I still have a great job as a cute and adorable pet.]

‘…Sorry, I underestimated your shamelessness.’

Limon honestly reflected.

It was something he had to reflect on in many ways to think that there would be someone more shameless than this chicken, even for a moment.

Eugene, who had no way of knowing that Limon was deeply apologizing to him, suddenly asked with an interesting expression on his face.

“partner. I’ve been wondering for a while, what is that bird?”

“This chicken pigeon? Um… if you have to say, it’s probably a cheeky pet.”

“Why is flax stuck there?”

“Because I don’t know if I should consider this a pet or a normal animal.”

[What animal? Where

is a cute Wensu like me?!

However, Eugene, who had not heard the chlorine that had been transmitted only to Limon, smiled and nodded.

“Okay, in short, it’s a mascot, right?”

“Why do you come to that conclusion?”

“That’s right, the team you cheer for looks cute when it wins, but isn’t it the mascot for that team when it loses?”

“You think it’s completely different?”

“It’s okay, even if it’s not, you can make it our band’s mascot right now. It’s cute when you look at it like that.”

It was such a great my pace.

Thanks to that, not only Limon but also Yuna-kyung, who suddenly became the mascot, looked dumbfounded, but Eugene didn’t care.

I just bit into the apple that came out for dessert and asked.

“By the way, why didn’t you bring your partner’s instrument?”

“What instrument?”

“I do not remember? Wasn’t your partner the one who said he would use his instrument for the next performance?”

“Yeah, I didn’t come here to perform, I came here to kick you out because you were asking me to borrow money.”

“Ehh?”

“…why do you look like a warlock who saw the demon die?”

“Well, did my partner and I meet? But doesn’t it make sense to not perform?”

Eugene insists on the truth of life as if it is natural that the world will perish if a meteorite falls on the earth.

But Limon’s answer was callous.

“From my point of view, it doesn’t make much sense to even think about performing while being in debt?”

“It’s okay, because originally great music is born in hardship and adversity.”

“That’s a lame excuse for kids who can’t even earn their own bread to try to do art while not working.”

“Isn’t that an excuse? Do hardships and adversities really nurture the soul?”

“I’ll trust you if you can objectively measure that soul and prove its growth rate.”

Hearing Limon’s words, Eugene clicked his tongue and wiggled his fingers left and right as if he didn’t know what to do.

And he said confidently.

“You don’t believe in your partner’s soul. You feel it.”