The Academy’s Deceased Ate It All

t into the meanest laugh I can make here.

 

“I'm going to kill you slowly, with more pain than you can possibly imagine.”

 

“Oh, no.
This can't be..… .”

 

She shook her head.

 

“You can't kill us, you can't kill us all…
It can't be! The boss has told us many times how important this is! But, at this point, if you purge all of our entire operative team, how much delay the plan will be, you don't even know!”

 

“It is not a job to replace manpower like yours.
So you don’t have to worry about the organization.”

 

At my words, she clenched her teeth to the point of making a crackling sound.

 

“Don't be ridiculous…! No one other than our captain could penetrate that deep inside the association! Do you know how many of us died for that?!”

 

Tiling!

 

[Esmeralda Lysnerger's Confession! (1/3)]

[Red Case's infiltration, we found that the person in charge of the operation team is hiding inside the association.]

 

'Great…..
.'

 

No matter how relaxed a person was, in a situation like this, even the slightest impulsive action would cause blood to flow to her head, making it impossible for her to make a rational decision.

I decided to keep provoking her.

 

“That's none of my business.
No matter how many trash like you die or not…
Our leader told us to put the traitors under our chin and do our best, even if the plan is delayed a little bit, we should strengthen the internal solidarity.”

 

“Who says we're traitors…!”

 

In Esmeralda's eyes, it was as if there was a spark of fire.

 

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“In the first place, that person killed the original boss and took his place! Your watering team, the current bodyguards, and us too! All the other bastards had their heads down there too! But now, you're calling me a traitor…
!”

 

Tiling!

 

[Esmeralda Lysnerger's Confession! (2/3)]

[It has been discovered that in the past, a civil war broke out in the huge villain organization Red Case, and the current Red Case boss was the leader of the rebellion.]

 

One more to go.

With that in mind, I took one more step towards her.

 

“Should we stop chatting now? I'm a very busy person.
There will be many opportunities to sit down and talk with each other in the afterlife, right?”

 

Esmeralda then bit her lower lip as if she had given up now.

Anger and resentment.
Her eyes, full of abandonment, began to get wet little by little.

 

“Then… Promise me one thing.”

 

I looked at her.

 

“Yo, you can kill us all… But not the captain, please…
.”

 

Looking at her bowing to me and begging for mercy, I wondered how I could scratch off the last piece of information.

 

A way to erode and disintegrate psychological resistance more effectively than constant disenfranchisement and irresistible fear.

I knew all too well from my childhood experience that it was a small mercy, applied on a whim, in unexpected circumstances.

 

“… Okay.
As a matter of fact, I don't know if it's you guys, but that guy is worth using.”

 

At my words, Esmeralda looked at me in surprise.

I could even see faint anticipation filling the corner of her eyes.

 

“I'll advise the leader once.
You have to answer me one question in return.”

 

She immediately nodded her head.

I asked her the fact that Lee Myung-Joon was probably most curious about.

 

“Why did you guys suddenly turn against the boss? If you had just stayed as you were, the boss would have been willing and merciful to grant you everything you wanted.”

 

“…… .”

 

Esmeralda was silent.

In fact, I knew very well why all the infiltrators, including her, had rebelled.

But this was a story that had to be heard from her.

 

“You don't want to tell me? Then I guess I don't have a choice.”

 

I reached out towards Esmeralda's head.

Then she sobbed quietly and asked me instead.

 

“Are you seriously asking me that…?”

 

“What?”

 

“The boss, that man is crazy.
And so are the guards who truly admire and follow him, and your waterers who walk around killing people without hesitation.
It's all crazy.”

 

“What bullshit…..
.”

 

“Bullshit? It's your delusions that are the bullshit.”

 

she muttered quietly.

 

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“Breaking the seal of the Seven Evils…? There is no way a person who sincerely thinks like that would be sane.
Do you really not know what will happen if that happens?”

 

Tiling!

 

[Esmeralda Lysnerger's Confession! (3/3)]

[We found out that the purpose of the present Red Case is none other than to break the seal of the Seven Evil Sects.]

 

'Good.'

 

I got all the information I wanted.

I reached out and grabbed Esmeralda's head, and she swallowed her breath a little.

 

“I've done everything you've asked.
So…
please… .”

 

“Don't worry.”

 

I looked at her and smiled a little.

 

“It was all a lie.”

 

“… Huh?”

 

She looked dazed at my words.

She always had a squirrel-like expression in the game, so it was quite refreshing to see her with such an expression.

 

“It was a lie.
lie.
A LIE.”

 

“What….”

 

“Wow, was it that shocking? Well, it was a lie, starting from the fact that I was with the Red Case, it was all a lie.”

 

I pulled my hand away from her head and walked towards the door.

Then I put my hand on the doorknob and waved my hand towards her.

 

“Thank you for being tricked into telling me all of these by an obvious lie, sis.”

 

“This….
.”

 

After a while, a startling scream erupted from behind.

 

“Hey, you baaaaastard!!! I'm going to kill you, you, I'm going to rip you apart with my hands and kill you!!!”

 

Leaving her behind me screaming, I opened the door and came out.

Then, in front of the door, Lee Myung-Joon greeted me with an indescribable expression.

 

“Is this enough?”

 

“You're really….
.”

 

Esmeralda Lysnerger had no other options left.

Even if it wasn't intentional, she had confessed all of the important information.

 

Now, as a traitor, she had only two options: either she would be executed as a traitor, including her colleagues, or she would cooperate with Lee Myung-Joon with a glimmer of hope.

 

Both I and Lee Myung-Joon knew that fact, but no one had to bring it out of their mouth.

 

“So…..
.”

 

Lee Myung-Joon continued to look at my face, and then opened his mouth as if his worries were over.

 

“… Do you have any plans to join our guild after graduation?”