ASAHI NO NISHISEI - Rising Sun Goes West (2)

Protect the Owner!

May 5, Morning

World Magic Telecommunications Company Headquarters, Ringual

In the president's office on the fourth floor, on the chair where successive presidents, who have been called the "King of Information," have sat, is the vice president and acting president, Didymar Warfalin. He is sitting at his desk, his eyes fixed on the figure of Charcot, one of the employees of the Telecommunications Company and his trusted subordinate.

"Hepanly has failed!?"

Didymar could not hide his shock at the report from his trusted subordinate.

"Yes... once again, that foreigner interrupted the plan...!" Charcot replied with a downcast expression on his face.

Hepanly, the man who was hired with 5 yurou's worth of money to capture Blauer this time, was a member of the WMTC Army that was in charge of the dirty work to protect the Telecommunications Company until he was expelled from the company, despite his behavior. Those who entered the house with him were his former subordinates who were expelled from the army at the same time as Hepanly because they had committed brutality and vulgar acts together with Hepanly.

"Just... who in the world are these foreigners...?"

Didymar recalled the two foreigners who were with the next supposed president. He was afraid of them, who were able to repel the former elite.

"What about... Hepanly?"

"He managed to escape the compound... and told us not to worry about him as he was planning his next move."

Charcot relayed a message from Hepanly. He and six other former soldiers, seven in all, were the ones who broke into the mansion. They gathered at Hepanly's call and, taking advantage of the moment where the guards were slightly thinned, climbed over the wall, snuck into the compound, killed the servants who stood in their way, and entered the compound the emergency escape route.

They succeeded up to that point without difficulty. In a world without surveillance cameras or sensors, there is a limit to how much the human eye can cover, no matter how much vigilance is exercised, so there is bound to be a hole somewhere. All that was left was to take out the sleeping Blauer through the escape route again.

However, the target was already gone, and instead they ran into an unbelievable bodyguard. As a result, four of Hepanly's men who had broken into the bedroom were killed, and the other three, including Hepanly, who had been waiting by the escape route, were able to escape just in time when they heard gunfire.

"Three days to go... Hepanly, don't let me down."

Three days left until Blauer's inauguration as president. It was the chance of a lifetime for Didymar, who was not a member of the Philinogen family, to become the official president of the company, a company that believed in the principle of kinship. If he does not choke her off by then, the only thing he has to offer is doom. He can only wish Hepanly success.

. . .

Philinogen Family Mansion

Three people were in the parlor on the first floor of the mansion. They are Private Joseph, Butler Hageman, and Lateu Proges, the head maid. They were sitting on the sofa facing each other across the table.

"The boss has taken refuge at the inn where Mister Jindo is staying. Everything seems to be fine over there."

The person Joseph referred to as "the boss" was, of course, his employer, Blauer. She had moved to an inn in the city center at Jindo's suggestion.