Day 491-500/Day 496

Day 496 / 26th day
It was late at night when the raccoon father returned from his busy day of dealing with the multiple attacks on bars in his section.
　When he was about to take a shower, I restrained him and took him into the basement of the spacious house.
　Because it was late at night, none of the household members, including his wife and children, noticed him, and he was sleeping soundly. I had put in sleeping pills to help him sleep, but he might not have noticed even if I hadn't done that.
　Anyway, the half-naked raccoon father was in front of me, bound hand and foot, and strapped to a chair.
　As the commander of a security force, he seems to have the guts for violence, saying brave things with his mouth and moving his ears to get as much information as possible even though he was blindfolded.
　As I watched him, the first thing I did was to bury a very thin parasitic golem in his navel.
　Shaped like a long, thin bark beetle with a paralyzing poison on the tip, the parasitic golem infiltrated the raccoon father with minimal pain.
　He cursed at me, as if the feeling was unpleasant, but I silently watched it happen.
　I healed the small wound with a magic potion and let him listen to the sounds of sharpening blades and scissors moving for a while.
　There was no real point to this. It only made me anxious.
　Then I played the Nembutsu endlessly on the phonograph golem.
　Apparently, listening to Nembutsu in a language you've never heard before at a high volume for an hour can cause a lot of mental stress.
　When he was completely weakened, I took off the blindfold and talked to him about this and that.
　Every time the raccoon father shouted, the parasitic golem moved around inside his guts.
　It wasn't going to tear through his guts or pierce his flesh, but it was going to be uncomfortable. Something incomprehensible is stirring inside his body.
　You can actually feel the pain as well as the sensation, so the fear is not uncommon.
　So, I had a pawn that I could not resist.
　Of course, the items I sent as bribes would be confiscated. The jeweled flowers were left untouched because they were bad for his wife, but I wondered if the raccoon father paid for his own safety in return.
　Anyway, we have a safe base here.
　The raccoon's mansion is quite large, and there is a room where he invites guests.
　In that room, not only will the anteater boy and I be sleeping there, but the golem will be taking care of the young man we've protected.
　The golem, which can be set up easily, is too convenient, but that's beside the point.
　Today, we ran the surveillance golem around the area to gather information, and at dusk, we headed back out to raid the area.
　They were more cautious than yesterday, but we ignored that and went on a rampage.
　By the way, there is some good liquor stored in the raccoon dog father's mansion.
　I'm going to do my best tomorrow while enjoying the expensive sake that was collected by Gubiri.
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“二十六日目”　／　“四■九■六■目”
　担当区画で複数の酒場襲撃事件が起きたので、その対応に奔走したタヌキ親父が帰ってきたのは深夜だった。
　そしてシャワーを浴びようとしたところを拘束し、そこそこ広い屋敷の地下室に連れ込んだ。
　夜遅かった事もあって妻や子供などの家人は誰もそれに気づかず、グッスリと眠っている。安眠できるように睡眠薬を仕込んだが、そんな事をしなくても気付かれなかったかもしれない。
　ともあれ、半裸のタヌキ親父は手足を縛られ、椅子に拘束された状態で目の前に居る。
　治安維持部隊の中隊長になるだけあって暴力に対する度胸はあるのか、口で勇ましい事を言いつつ、目隠しされながらも少しでも情報を得る為か耳を動かしている。
　その様子を見ながら、最初にしたのは極細の寄生ゴーレムを臍に埋める事だった。
　細長いハリガネムシのような形状で、尖端に麻痺毒を塗った寄生ゴーレムは痛みを最小限にしてタヌキ親父の内部に潜入。
　その感触が気持ち悪いのか罵倒されるが、無言で成り行きを見守った。
　小さな傷口は魔法薬で治し、しばらく刃物を研ぐ音や鋏が動く音を聞かせる。
　これに大した意味は無い。ただ不安を煽るだけだ。
　それから、蓄音機ゴーレムで念仏を延々と聞かせてみた。
　大音量で聞いた事も無い言語の念仏を一時間も聞けば精神的なストレスもかなりのモノらしい。
　スッカリ弱った所で目隠しをとり、あれこれとお話をした。
　タヌキ親父が叫ぶ度、寄生ゴーレムが内臓内で動き回る。
　別に臓腑を切り裂いたり肉を貫いたりする訳ではないが、気持ち悪さは尋常ではないだろう。自分の体内に理解不能の何かが蠢いている。
　実際に感触と共に痛みも感じるのだから、その恐怖は尋常ではないだろう。
　という事があり、逆らわない手駒が出来上がった。
　賄賂に送った品は当然没収だ。宝石花は奥さんに悪いのでそのままにしたが、その代価としてタヌキ親父は自身の安全を支払った事になるのだろうか。
　ともあれ、ここでの安全な拠点が確保できた。
　タヌキ親父の屋敷はそこそこの広さがあり、客人を招く部屋もある。
　その部屋では俺と蟻人少年が寝泊りするだけでなく、保護した青年を介護ゴーレムが世話する事になる。
　あれこれ簡単に設定できるゴーレムが便利すぎる訳だが、それはさて置き。
　今日は監視ゴーレムを周囲に走らせて情報収集し、夕暮れ時には再び襲撃に向かった。
　昨日よりも警戒されていたが、そんなのは無視して暴れるのだった。
　それにしても、タヌキ親父の屋敷には中々良い酒が貯蔵されている。
　グビリとコレクションされていた高価な酒を楽しませてもらいつつ、明日も頑張ろうと思う。
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