Genius Warlock-Episode 416
416. riot (4)
“It's been a while.”
A naked beggar with sunken cheeks, straw-like hair, a bushy beard, and only rags. No, answered the puppet..
It looks different from when we met in the past, in the contaminated area or in the park in Area A..
Oliver bowed politely..
“Yes, it's nice to see you after a long time. Mr. Puppet. How have you been??”
Oliver greeted sincerely. He may have seemed inappropriate, but he couldn't help it because he enjoyed the last conversation he had with him..
Wasn't he the one who first taught me eschatology??
“Nice to meet you. I don't think it's an action, but.”
The puppet spoke as it read Oliver's subtle body movements, the flow of magical energy stored in his body, and his emotional energy..
And that was somewhat correct.
“Oh, sorry. Mr. Puppet. I am sincere when I say I am happy to meet you... However, given the situation, I think I was cautious without realizing it..”
“What is the situation??”
the puppet asked, resting his butt on a protruding part of the dirty sewer floor..
It was a body that wouldn't be strange if he collapsed at any moment, but surprisingly, he exuded a soft yet heavy intimidation..
Sensing this, Lucien's men could be heard whispering behind him..
“Isn't that man the old rat who has been hiding in the sewers since long ago??”
“that's right······. You begged from us too.·····.”
“What on earth happened??”
The sound of whispering stories. Oliver asked.
“Looks like you've been living here in the sewers for a long time.?”
“I'm everywhere. From the highest to the lowest.”
“Oh, something poetic... do you have a reason?”
“To observe.”
The puppet's answer seems to have left out an important piece..
Oliver asked again.
“Can I ask what you observed??”
“How greedy..”
“yes?”
“I asked the question first and even answered the question, but you didn't answer and just asked questions, right? That's greed.”
“Oh, sorry. I'm so curious... To be honest, I don't think it's a good situation. The situation in this city.”
Oliver remembered the scenery he saw on the way..
“A giant appears and tramples the city, werewolves run between buildings, griffons and harpies fly in the sky, and even zombies armed with guns and people affected by black magic are attacking other people... There are only three fingers of the black hand that I have seen..”
Everyone behind Oliver was shocked at his last words..
There are at least three half-legendary villains in this city..
On the contrary, Oliver spoke so calmly that I couldn't understand him..
“There are three of us: the human meat chef, the eternal child fan, and the everlasting puppet. So I think I was wary without even knowing it. I'm sorry if you were offended... By any chance, has the Pied Piper, the kidnapper, also come to this city??”
“I'll visit this city someday, but not today.”
Puppet shook his head..
Oliver felt fortunate, but also disappointed..
I also wanted to meet the Pied Piper..
‘no. Still, this is better. According to Lee Wan, he has a very long back end..’
Oliver opened his mouth, consoling himself over the unfortunate situation..
“I met a former fan earlier. He attacked me, but he suddenly changed his mind and stopped. The same goes for the people behind me..”
“You must be a fan. Arbitrarily and spontaneously.”
“By any chance, did Puppet help you??”
“Well, why are you asking that??”
“I wanted to say thank you for your help. Because that's polite..”
Puppet laughed after hearing Oliver's words..
“It's very fun. This crazy conversation. I think just having ice cream would be the icing on the cake..”
“Next time you come, I will buy it for you..”
Jane, Murphy, Lucien, and others who were listening to the conversation once again looked distraught..
It was no different from sending an invitation to a puppet, one of the fingers..
What was even more absurd was that people who knew something about Oliver, such as Murphy and Jane, somehow understood this crazy behavior. Because it was Oliver. It wasn't strange no matter what I did.
“under!”
The puppet laughed out loud..
“It's been a while since anyone invited me even though they knew my identity... I'm sorry, but I didn't help anyone today, and I don't plan on helping anyone. I just came to take a look. To see the ritual that the human meat cook will perform.”
“Is that consciousness related to the mass of emotions flowing down here??”
Oliver pointed his finger down..
Perhaps because it was an unexpected question, the puppet's eyes widened slightly..
“like······. Did you notice??”
“Rather than noticing it, I just saw it..”
I thought back to when Oliver had just come out of Law School to help Jane..
The downtown area in front of the university collapsed and burned down in places due to the giant's footsteps, and people who were under the influence of black magic and those who were not were mixed up and fighting each other..
Chaos and violence spread indiscriminately in all directions, and the by-products of fear, fear, anger, and hostility overflowed throughout the city..
“And the feelings slowly but surely sank beneath the city.”
“That's amazing. I never thought I would see that. amazing.”
Puppet was impressed. Judging by his emotional state, he was sincere, but Oliver was just puzzled. He saw something right before his eyes and what was the big deal?.
When told about this, the puppet responded.
“No, you don't usually see that scale..”
“Is that so?”
“Well, it's similar to a fish in the water not being able to see the water. People cannot see even the most obvious things beyond a certain scale. I can't handle this.”
Puppet tapped his temple..
maybe so.
During the mining days, if you reported other children who ran away or played tricks, you could get more food rations. Now that I think about it, it was an obvious tactic whose intention was immediately apparent..
However, no one noticed at the time..
Even if I noticed, there was nothing I could do..
“fun·····. Well then, I guess I should repay the favor, right? Maybe the human meat cook is thinking of opening the gates of hell..”
The puppet told a terrible story in a very calm voice..
Even Oliver, who is rarely surprised, was surprised..
“The gate of hell...?”
“Yeah, I came to see it.”
“······What can I say? There's a lot I want to say, but is it possible??”
“It's hard to do it the normal way. Even if they accumulated power by devouring countless lives for hundreds of years, it is absolutely not something a mere human could do. That's why I use shortcuts..”
Expedient. The moment Oliver heard that word, he instinctively knew what it was..
“·····Are you combining spatial magic with the mass emotions squeezed out of the entire city??”
The puppet's pupils got bigger again..
“·······Similar. However, rather than a grandiose technique, it is closer to a primitive ritual..”
“A primitive consciousness.?”
“Is this some kind of rain offering? ·····Rather than putting a key in the keyhole to open the door, it is closer to knocking on the door to induce the person inside to open the door..”
It was an unknown word, but Oliver concentrated on the keyword and guessed..
It's not about putting the key in the keyhole, it's about knocking on the door..
“·······Are you trying to summon a devil to open the door??”
“Ding ding ding... I know it pretty well. Have you ever studied the devil separately??”
“No, I couldn't. Because I didn't get the chance.”
That was true. Although he had established a considerable reputation and career in Landa, he was unable to obtain the Devil's Book from the black market..
Because someone was always taking the lead in supply. Nevertheless, the reason Oliver was able to guess it right away was because of the feeling..
“feeling?”
“yes·····. I just have a feeling. It seems like the human meat chef is good at using space magic..”
“That's a reasonable guess. Well, I'm quick to notice some odd things..”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Puppet grinned after hearing the answer. It was a smile that truly had a lot of meaning..
“But is it okay for you to say this to me? Of course, thank you for telling me, but isn't the human meat chef a member of the Black Hand like Puppet, and the reason you came here was to see the gates of hell open??”
Puppet raised his finger.
“First, as I said before, I have no intention of helping anyone. The same goes for human meat cooks. Second, it's true that we came to see the gates of hell open, but that doesn't have to be it. If only I could see something more interesting..”
“If you say it's more fun?”
“It's more helpful to me. To be honest, I'm not that interested in things like hell, the devil, or the apocalypse. I wonder if there is any knowledge to learn or reference..”
Sincerity. Oliver nodded his head..
“Come to think of it, Puppet was interested in creating souls and resurrecting people.?”
“Well, that's it. It's in a similar area. But I hope you don't brag too much. I'm very shy.”
The puppet looked at the people behind Oliver, his sharp eyes flashing under his dirty hair..
Oliver kept his mouth shut as he looked at that. Because it seemed to be the puppet's personal territory..
However, as soon as I thought about it that way, I started to wonder why we are so obsessed with reviving souls and people..
‘Now that I think about it, Lee Wan said that Puppet is full of complexes. What does it matter??’
“Should I ask a question now? Because that's fair.”
The puppet spoke to Oliver, who was lost in thought..
It was an unexpected remark, but Oliver did not argue. Because what Puppet said made sense..
If you heard a question answered, you had to give the opposite answer. That would be fair.
“If I may tell you.”
“It's probably something you can do. Now that you know everything that happened in this city, are you going to stop the human meat cook??”
“yes. It's a mission.”
Oliver answered, remembering that he had come here to work on the Magic Tower. It was serious in its own way, but listeners felt the exact opposite..
It wasn't too much of a stretch..
After hearing about the large-scale unrest that occurred in the Gallos capital and the ridiculous yet dangerous plan of the human meat cook who was trying to take advantage of it, the reason he decided to stop it was because of his mission..
It's not wrong, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something was very wrong..
This was something that not only Jane, Murphy, and Lucien felt the same way, but also Puppet, the finger of the Black Hand. a strange sense of strangeness.
“Interesting. It's especially impressive that it doesn't matter as long as it's not a mission..”
“ah····. That's a misunderstanding.”
“Are you saying it's not??”
Puppet asked again, and Oliver hesitated for a moment. Because it was a difficult issue to say exactly..
To be honest, it was a bit complicated..
Because I personally wanted to see the gates of hell created by the human meat chef. Maybe this is an opportunity to gain knowledge about demons that Oliver was unable to acquire.?
However, on the other hand, I also felt like I wanted to stop it..
First of all, I was concerned that the human meat chef used people around him to threaten me, and secondly, I thought it was right to do so..
No matter what, it causes large-scale chaos throughout the city... Isn't it a bit like that??
“That's amazing... You're trying to stop a human meat cook just because it's a bit weird. The bravest reason I've ever seen.”
“Thank you for the compliment?”
“It's not a compliment. If it's not like that, it's okay to leave it alone..”
“ah·····. is that so?”
Oliver reacted to the puppet's interpretation of his choice..
That's what I heard and saw.
How would you have reacted if you didn't feel that way?.
So, Oliver was also curious about how the human meat chef would react if there was some understandable reason for doing this..
“Don't misunderstand. That doesn't mean it's bad at all. There is no need to have a sense of mission or a good reason..”
“I agree with you too..”
Jane responded to the puppet's words in her own way..
When Oliver turned his head to her unexpected intervention, he could see Jane fully armed with the courtesy and composure she had honed in Sisterhood, as well as her own courage and will..
She swallowed her fear and greeted the puppet politely..
“Sorry for intruding. Mr. Puppet... My name is Jane and I make a living through small investments in Landa..”
“well·····. You are humble for a girl who has received the support of one of Seland's leading merchants and is trying to speculate on land in a foreign country across the sea. No, it's more cautious than humble.?”
“I think it's both. You have to be careful, because you can be humble..”
“You have quite a gift for speaking... What do you want to say??”
“I'm just interjecting because I want to agree with what Puppet said. There is no need to have a sense of mission or a good reason to save people. Because usually people don't go that far. I just do it..”
Jane swallowed down the fear and tension boiling inside and spoke calmly..
Oliver could see how much courage and patience it took to do something like that. It was truly amazing and I was grateful..
I didn't know why I was thankful, but.
“Because I'm an ordinary person... That's not wrong. I'm jealous that you have good people around you..”
“I think I'm lucky too.”
Puppet laughed again and stood up. I'm about to do my business and leave. Oliver called him over..
“what?”
“There's one more thing I'd like to ask you..”
“I have no more questions?”
I don't know why, but the puppet lied. She couldn't argue with that. Because answering the question was of my own volition..
So Oliver suggested.
“If so, I'll answer your question later, Puppet. I don't know if Puppet will have any more questions..”
“·····What are you curious about??”
“Do you know anything about the human meat chef??”
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