Hiding A Logistics Center In The Apocalypse Chapter 194

Hiding the Logistics Center in the Apocalypse Episode 194

Talent (1)

The war is not over.

All they did was drive out the enemies who had forced their way through the gate and fill in the gaps.

However, thanks to the reinforcements from the duchy that strengthened Bereshti's defenses, they were able to buy time to continue the broken conversation.

Immediately after returning to the audience room.

I held up the <Tracking Mirror> in front of the mirror where Princess Veronica was reflected.

She had been sitting upright for a while, then she leaned her head toward the screen, her red eyes shining.

“Okay, let’s begin.”

Kiiing!

Even though it was through a mirror, the <Tracking Mirror> worked successfully.

The mirror, which recognized the princess's iris, immediately turned pitch black and began to show a new scene like a movie.

What was reflected in the mirror was still the princess herself.

But it was the middle of the night, in a palace hallway with a cold wind blowing through.

She was wearing pure white pajamas, as if she had just woken up, and was holding a mirror in her hand.

“······.”

She looked at the owner of the gaze in surprise.

Then, as if she was hurriedly getting dressed, she blushed and hid the mirror behind her back.

Fortunately, the owner of the gaze did not suspect the mirror's identity.

No, it really didn't seem like there was any room for that.

He exchanged a quick bow with the princess and hurried down to the dock at a brisk pace.

The princess, who was watching the video with us, spoke to us.

“The place is here, at the Bereshti Count’s Castle, and the time is the night that Count Franco tested the final process of the facility with my father. Since it was a sudden schedule, I also hurriedly moved, but······. In the end, my father was found dead, and the Holy Blood was also gone.”

The princess chewed her lips.

The person in the video's focus is none other than Count Franco.

That was also the situation right after the Holy Blood was stolen.

Now I know.

How could this small mirror be a clue to the location of the Holy Blood?

If the gaze in the video was taken immediately after the incident, it would soon be possible to confirm where he had hidden the Holy Blood.

Thud thud.

The count's gaze swayed rhythmically with his steps.

Soon he arrived at the dock and boarded the dimensional ship he had come on.

Dduk dduk!

A dimensional line that floats and shakes the ground.

Looking at the distant Bereshti Castle, Count Franco took out a long rope from his bosom and let it hang down.

“······.”

Hanging at the end was a dazzlingly beautiful red jewel.

You could tell just by looking at the princess's expression that it was the stolen Holy Blood of Veronica.

She suppressed her emotions as quickly as possible.

What we needed to do now was not to relive our grudge, but to confirm the location of the Holy Blood.

The dimensional line passed through a portal installed in multiple dimensions and continued its voyage by making several spatial leaps.

Buendia said, stroking his chin.

“There’s no point in following the path. Since you’ve jumped through space, there’s no way to know where you’ve jumped or how far you’ve jumped… You can only hope that there are as many clues as possible at the place you arrive at.”

There were several candidates.

The Arcane Tower, the Colorless Tower, is said to be under the control of the Franco family.

From the hidden secrets of Count Franco's castle to the specially established headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce located in Arcane.

Because they were places with such tight security that it would be sad to say they were second to none in terms of security.

But where the dimensional line finally arrived was······.

“······Where on earth is it?”

It was an ordinary, unpaired, gray building.

A four-story building with a long rectangular shape.

It was not as mysterious as a magic tower, nor as hidden as a secret garden, nor as heavily guarded as a special agency.

The occasional green landscape barely managed to lighten the dullness of the gray building.

“Do you know this place?”

“Um······. I don’t know. I have no clue.”

Count Bereshti asked, but even Buendia shook his head.

Princess Veronica's situation was not much different either, all she could do was stare at the video and bite her lips.

If there was any impression left, it was that it felt like a school.

Because it was a structure that was symmetrical left and right, it was reminiscent of a high school building or a university office building.

At the dock where Count Franco had landed, there were several other dimensional ships anchored, and there were rows of dazed-looking humans or other races wearing the same clothes.

It was still a bit awkward, but the main character of the video didn't wait for us.

Count Franco strode into the building's lobby, dismissing the surprised employees.

As he was about to go straight up the central staircase, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and returned to the center of the lobby.

“······.”

What he was faced with was a large full-length mirror.

The image of Count Franco fills the entire screen.

Her face was as pale as a vampire's, and her blond hair, almost brown, was pulled back to reveal a clean forehead.

The luxurious white magic uniform collar had a slightly disheveled red tie indicating the status of an arcane wizard.

The count gazed quietly into his own eyes.

Then he started mumbling something under his breath.

When I tried to look at the shape of his mouth to see what he was trying to say······.

Phagec!

Suddenly, the tracking mirror's screen shook and the image went out.

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Kiiing!

The princess played the mirror again and again, but still could not confirm the next scene.

It is impossible to know Count Franco's psychology, whether it was his own conviction or his habitual caution.

The most important thing right now was to find the location in the video.

Unfortunately, we were unable to trace it all the way inside, but it seemed certain that Veronica's blood had entered the building.

“Then······. I’ll try again.”

Kiiing!

The princess played the mirror over and over again, and we doggedly watched the meager clues contained in the image.

Meanwhile······.

“Just a moment, just a moment.”

I noticed a long line stretching around the dimensional line.

The different races all had blank expressions on their faces, but their expressions looked familiar.

As I was quietly looking at that face, a person came to mind.

The person who has seen this blank expression more than anyone else.

If my guess was correct, he could confirm the identity of this place.

It didn't take long.

I opened the portal right away and delivered the message.

Jeeeeeeing!

A portal opened towards us again, and a familiar face appeared.

It was Jer, the head of the Gradiva refugee settlement, who had faced the dimensional storm together.

“You called me?”

He was still staying in the settlement.

But this time, instead of helping the Chamber of Commerce, they were secretly supporting our piracy.

“I wanted you to take a look at this.”

“This is······.”

What I showed was a blank expression as if I had lost my way.

It was the same expression I had seen on none other than Gradiva's job seekers.

As they admired the scenery of Gradiva, job seekers who had reached their own level of achievement all had that kind of expression on their faces.

What Jer saw was not the expressions of the job seekers, but the dimensional line anchored in front of them, but the conclusion was the same.

“This is······ a shuttle that appears during the public recruitment season. I’ve seen it disappear a few times after carrying job seekers.”

“What that means is······.”

Buendia trailed off as if he understood.

Only then could we discover the identity of the place where the Holy Blood was hidden.

“It’s a human resources development center. It trains employees for the chamber of commerce.”

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It wasn't a count's office or a castle.

But as soon as it was confirmed that it was a talent development center, all the puzzle pieces started to fall into place.

“When I was young, I heard by chance······ There is a piece of information that I don’t know if it is true or a rumor. There are two places that do not exist in the real world, but can only be entered through the gate portal of the Chamber of Commerce. One of them is the <headquarters> of the Chamber of Commerce······. The other is the <Human Resources Development Center>.”

Buendia, who led Marquez and was hostile to the Chamber of Commerce.

Naturally, he was also the one who knew the Chamber of Commerce best among us.

And according to his explanation, the Human Resources Development Center was the most intimate place in the multidimensional world, aside from the <headquarters>.

“There’s no doubt that it’s a place that no one can access. It’s not a space connected to the outside world.”

The first thought that came to mind was to use the Human Resources Development Center's shuttle.

Either take it by force, or follow it secretly.

But Buendia shook his head.

“The moment there’s a problem with the shuttle, the space jump portal will close. The portal’s movement coordinates are set for only a moment······. It’s impossible to follow it.”

“Should we mark the subspace portal coordinates on the shuttle’s surface in advance? So that we can exit there when we arrive······.”

“There have been more than ten space jumps. Unfortunately, I have no idea that the coordinates placed on the surface will remain the same.”

"this······."

In the end, there was only one way left.

Being selected as an employee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and walking confidently into the Human Resources Development Center.

The point was that I had to become a useful talent who could suit their picky tastes.

'······I never thought I'd have a hard time finding a job in the apocalypse.'

The problem was the 'taste'.

There was no way the Chamber of Commerce would have asked for TOEIC scores or anything like that.

Luckily, Jer had information about him.

This was very valuable job information.

“The Chamber of Commerce does not consider any conditions such as status, class, or wealth. Any low-class person can apply for the position. The only criterion for selecting employees is how ‘empty’ they are.”

“Empty existence······?”

The only thing that could be guessed was the blank expressions on the job seekers' faces.

They gave up everything and watched Gradiva for the sole purpose of becoming an employee of the Chamber of Commerce.

Only those who had their minds cleansed could be selected as staff members of the Chamber of Commerce.

At that moment, Count Bereshti opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, I will go.”

"count······?"

“Use the blood magic. If you use the essence as a material… you can erase my memories, leaving only a single strong suggestion. If all unnecessary memories are gone, it will be enough to become an employee.”

It seemed that there was something called the Vision Blood Jutsu that was passed down to the successors of the Duke's family.

The activation conditions are very strict, and the problem is that the target's mind becomes tattered.

It was in a condition that could meet the conditions required by the Chamber of Commerce.

The count seemed determined, but······.

“No, Count! You say that······!”

The princess flatly refused the count's allegiance.

I heard that even after the Duke was murdered, he remained the princess's strong guardian.

Somehow, he had the image of an uncle who had taken care of me since I was little.

“You said you would erase my memories? The time you made me ride on a swing made of blood! The time you made a jungle gym made of blood in the courtyard! Even the time we played tug-of-war with blood…! You’re going to erase all of that? How could you do that!”

“But, Your Majesty······!”

“······.”

For a fond memory from my childhood, it seemed like there was quite a bit of blood involved.

I didn't know that the princess had such an affectionate personality.

The Count was practically ready to throw away his life, and the Princess was having a hard time making that sacrifice.

Knock knock.

Orange essence, replacing blood, fell drop by drop from their eyes······.

'······You can just use a clone.'

It was a completely useless task.

Because we still had people left who were far better than the Count.

In addition to the clone that was helping with the piracy, there was still one clone of Hyung Seong-gyeom.

'It also meets the condition of being empty.'

The clone was virtually an empty mannequin.

Because it was a being that moved based on a few hints given to it.

It meant that he had the perfect qualifications to become an employee of the Chamber of Commerce.

by the way······.

“If I lose even the Count, how will I live?”

“Your Highness! You must be determined. The legacy of the Veronica Duchess······.”

'What should I do with that?'

The two vampires' cries showed no sign of stopping.