Day 491-500/Day 495

Day 495 / 25th day
After breakfast, I put on my ceremonial clothes and headed down the main street to my destination for the day with the antsy boy.
　Today's destination was the home of the security forces.
　We had to wait for a while because we had to go through the procedures yesterday with bribes and real bullets, but we were able to meet the commander of the security forces' execution team, Lakun, before noon.
　There are several other company commanders, but Lakun is in charge of the Aruk section where the headquarters of the underworld organization "La Depardos" and related this and that gather.
　He is a middle-aged raccoon-like beast with a fine caesar beard and a fat belly, and he is smiling and in a good mood. While rubbing his big belly, he talked eloquently about how much he liked the bribe. After greeting him, I sent him an additional bribe, a jeweled flower.
　I had already found out that Captain Lakun would be celebrating his tenth wedding anniversary in a few days. He liked the jeweled flowers made from his wife's birthstone, and his request went through without a hitch. If there is a conflict in the Aruk area for a while, if there is a specific code left at the scene, it will be taken care of without any trouble.
　With that promise, we headed out of the base.
　A recording golem had recorded the whole exchange, and we had already secured an insurance policy in case of any breach of the agreement. Then, a listening golem secretly installed in Commander Raccoon's office will inform us of his movements after we leave.
　After we left, one of the executives of the underworld organization "La Depardos", who was waiting in another room, came into contact with Captain Raccoon, and on the way back, I heard that they were exchanging this and that.
　I thought that there would be a connection, but the movement was faster than I expected. It seems that Commander Lakun is planning to pass our information to the other side and capture us if we do anything.
　Captain Lakun, aka Father Raccoon, is a raccoon who likes to play tricks.
　If we are going to act as a fair security force, but if we are going to take bribes and immediately violate the law, we have no choice but to react accordingly.
　We decided that we should move quickly, and instead of going back to the inn, we spent our time buying weapons and other things for the future.
　　And at dusk, me and the Ant Boy raided three small bars in the back alleys where the members of the underground organization "La Depardos" were gathering.
　After wearing the minimum disguise, such as hiding our faces, we kicked down the doors and either hunted or kidnapped the members who were there. The last tavern we raided was the only one we could find.
　The last tavern we raided was a bit larger than the other two, and had a hidden room in the basement.
　There was also a member of the group, so we went in and found a young man whose regenerative power had been drastically increased, and he was being tortured endlessly.
　The young man was being tortured in an unsanitary place without any treatment, and was only fed a large amount of tasteless leftover food to regenerate, but he was still alive despite his broken spirit.
　The Ant Man Boy who saw this was trembling. He seemed to want to say something, but couldn't seem to find the words. After incapacitating and restraining most of the members while they were still alive, I interrogated the demon who seemed to be the most important among them.
　Then, I found out that he was apparently the young man who led the Ant Boy and several others to escape. He escaped, but the young man who served as a decoy for the others to escape was caught and was tortured for a long time, being modified into a body that was hard to die from as an example.
　He had been tortured for a long time. However, his spirit had been broken, and now he was being used as a meat bag to relieve the stress of the members. It annoyed him to say it while laughing vilely, so I crushed his jaw with my mechanical arm, broke his joints and vital organs for good measure and left him alone.
　Then, in front of the members, the ant boy, in a state of rage, shot all the members with poison using the thick needles in his hands. It was not a blood clotting substance like snake venom. If they were healthy, the poison would break down naturally in a day and they would not die.
　But since it was poison, it was not harmless. It was simply a poison that would cause intense pain that would blow away the entire body, and the weakened members would suffer to the end and expire.
　I left the tavern while listening to multiple screams, and moved off into the darkness of the night with the ant boy carrying the rescued young man. Unfortunately, we cannot return to the inn. If we go back, the security forces who are casting a net will do something to us.
　This is because father raccoon prioritized his relationship with the underworld organization "La Depardos", which he has known for a long time, over the newcomers. So I snuck into the raccoon's mansion.
　I think they're doing something similar to the underground organization in terms of illegal activities, but it's the raccoon father's fault for making a mistake in his promise.
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“二十五日目”　／　“四■九■五■目”
　朝飯を喰った後は礼服を着て大通りを進み、今日の目的地へと蟻人少年と向かった。
　今日の目的地は治安維持部隊の本拠地だ。
　昨日のうちに賄賂という実弾交じりで手続きをしていたので、多少待たされる事になったが、昼前には無事に治安維持部隊実行隊のラクン中隊長と会う事が出来た。
　中隊長は他にも何人かいるが、ラクン中隊長は裏組織≪イア・デパルドス≫の本拠地と関係するあれこれが集まるアルーク区画を担当する責任者である。
　地下世界でミノタウロス・キング討伐で得た宝の一部を賄賂にしたのが良かったのか、立派なカイゼル髭と太い腹が特徴的なタヌキ系獣人の中年男性であるラクン中隊長はニコニコと上機嫌である。
　でっぷりとした腹を摩りつつ、饒舌に賄賂が気に入っている事を語っていた。
　そして挨拶もそこそこに、追加の賄賂となる宝石花を送る。
　ラクン中隊長があと少しで十年目の結婚記念日を迎える事は調べがついている。
　奥さんの誕生石で造られた宝石華は気に入ったのか、用件はアッサリと通った。
　しばらくアルーク区画で抗争などが起こっても、現場に特定の暗号が残っていたら大事にはせずに処理される。
　そう約束を取り付け、俺達は本拠地から外に出た。
　録音ゴーレムによって一連のやり取りは記録され、反故された時の保険の一つは確保済み。
　それから密かにラクン中隊長の執務室に設置した盗聴ゴーレムが退出後の動きをコチラに伝えてくれる。
　俺達が退出した後、別室に控えていた裏組織≪イア・デパルドス≫の幹部の一人がラクン中隊長と接触し、あれこれやり取りをしているのを帰路で聞く。
　まあ、繋がりはあるだろうと思っていたのだが、動きが思ったよりも早い。
　ラクン中隊長は俺達の情報をアチラに渡し、俺達が何かすれば捕縛するつもりらしい。
　ラクン中隊長改めタヌキ親父は、タヌキだけに悪巧みが好きなのだろう。
　公正に治安維持部隊として動くならともかく、賄賂を受け取って即座に反故するつもりなら、コチラもそれなりに対応するしかない。
　まずはさっさと動くべきだと判断し、宿に帰らず今後の為に武器の購入など色々とやって時間を潰す。
　そして夕暮れ時になると蟻人少年と共に裏組織≪イア・デパルドス≫の構成員が屯する裏路地の小さな酒場を三つほど強襲した。
　顔を隠すなど最低限度の変装をしてからドアを蹴破り、そこに居た構成員を狩るか拉致する。
　そして回収できる物資は回収して即座にトンずらだ。
　最後に襲撃した酒場は他の二つよりも少し大きく、地下に隠し部屋もあった。
　構成員も居たので踏み込むと、そこでは再生力だけを極端に高められた青年が居て、延々と拷問を受けていた。
　不衛生な場所で治療もされずに、ただ再生する為の材料として量だけはある不味そうな残飯のような食事はとらされていた青年は、精神が壊れながらも生きていた。
　それを見た蟻人少年が震えていた。
　何かを言いたそうに、しかし言葉が出ないようである。
　とりあえず何かあるのだろうと思って構成員の大半を生きたまま無力化して拘束した後、この中では一番偉そうな魔人を尋問する。
　すると、どうやら蟻人少年他数名を逃がす切っ掛けになった青年らしい事が分かる。
　逃げ出したが、他の皆を逃がす囮となったこの青年は捕まり、見せしめも兼ねて死に難い身体に改造されてずっと拷問を受け続けていたそうだ。
　しかし精神が壊れてきたので、今では構成員のストレス発散の為の肉袋にされていたらしい。
　下劣に笑いながら言うのがイラっとしたので機械腕で顎を砕き、関節や重要な臓器をいい塩梅に壊して放置した。
　そして構成員を前にした蟻人少年は怒りのまま、構成員全員に両手に備わる太い針を使って毒を撃ち込んだ。
　蛇毒のように血液を固めるモノではない。健全であれば一日もすれば自然に分解され、死ぬ事はない種類の毒だ。
　しかし毒なのだから、無害でも無かった。
　ただただ全身が吹き飛ぶような激痛を与える毒であり、弱っていた構成員は最後まで苦しみ抜いて息絶えるだろう。
　複数の断末魔を聞きながら酒場を後にし、救出した青年を担いだ蟻人少年と共に夜の闇に紛れて移動する。
　残念ながら宿には戻れない。戻ると網を張っている治安維持部隊が何かしてくるだろう。
　タヌキ親父が新参者よりも長い付き合いのある裏組織≪イア・デパルドス≫との関係を優先したのだから。
　という事で、タヌキ親父の屋敷に忍び込んだ。
　違法行動、という点では裏組織と似たような事をしているもんだと思いつつ、約束を違えたタヌキ親父が悪いよね、という事だ。
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