Chapter 20 (2/2)
It was because by doing that, she could interpret it however she wanted.
— She added,
“This incident weighed heavily on us, and so it has been decided that at the next Purple day, we of the East Blood Knights will be a.s.signed the duty of the East Ward’s night patrols for a time.”
“…… eh?”
Rather than being a stickler about that, this was a thousand times more grave.
The notification brought the news that things were trending towards the worst direction for s.h.i.+zuru and the gang.
Names and such, frankly speaking, didn’t matter at all.
“I really wanted to go out and personally deal with the Chopper myself, but for a Captain of the Knights to face a single random killer, no matter what they’re like, would generate bad rumors. Ah, what is a rumor! How terrible are the eyes of the world, Doctor s.h.i.+zuru! But if it were for you, I would readily bathe myself in the mud pouring down from unfathomable heights!”
Of course they’d stop you.
Also, if you actually did come down here, I’d be done for.
Looking at Rosa exaggeratedly face towards the ceiling, s.h.i.+zuru imagined a spotlight bearing down on her from the sky.
He desperately tried to keep his smile from freezing on his face.
It was a great shock to s.h.i.+zuru, as he silently took the blow; like being suddenly hit from the back when walking on a street.
“Then Doctor s.h.i.+zuru, I shall take my leave now. I truly wanted to escort you all the way back home, but the deployment of knights need to be arranged, although temporary as it is, so there are doc.u.ments and groundwork I need to arrange … ah, my apologies. Well then, I will make time later and come visit again. Au revoir!”
Just like before, Rosa left the clinic in 30 minutes.
She was busy after all.
Left behind, s.h.i.+zuru fell silent for a short while, then finally collapsed over his desk.
“No way …”
They were seriously an elite bunch. Never mind Beth, their numbers include people on par with Casca and Lady (though in this case it was those girls that were abnormal for rivaling the kingdom’s strongest) and these knights are going to start patrolling the capital during the next Purple day.
In other words, four days from now.
Even under normal circ.u.mstances, he would always try to avoid the Garrison as much as possible, and yet he was pressed with these circ.u.mstances.
“Spare me, please …”
He fell flat on the desk, groaning from the bottom of his heart. Then, s.h.i.+zuru thought.
According to what Rosa said, the switch that led to the current decision was the existence of the killer called Chopper.
However, it probably wasn’t that alone. Even if they killed several tens of Garrison guards, it was too hasty to conclude they were too much for the Garrison to deal with that they had to send in the knights.
Recently, even though it wasn’t obvious, the security in the East Ward had been slowly worsening.
For example, the count of thefts and incidents resulting in injury had been rising.
“… which means, they are taking this chance to improve the public order in the East Ward”
By sending in the Guardian Knights, things like the Garrison’s patrol patterns were going to be changed.
They would need to redraw the maps and also gather information from the ground up.
“and they’re doing it as soon as possible … four days, that’s just too rushed …”
Even the lowest member of the Guardian Knights had a considerable status just by being affiliated with them.
By having such personnel transfer, even if temporary, it will cause quite some trouble.
Even though Rosa might have been notified in advance, laying down the groundwork for that in just a few days made s.h.i.+zuru both honestly impressed and resentful of her abilities.
“No more, seriously, I wanna get out of here …”
Incorrigibly, he muttered that, which he could not do.
After all, if he did flee the organization, he would definitely be chased down-
s.h.i.+zuru wasn’t so optimistic to think that he could outrun someone who had much higher abilities than him.
Also —
“— haah. Complaining won’t help with anything, let’s just gather intel for now.”
Depending on the situation, he may need to go and report to Richelieu.
s.h.i.+zuru took out a small notepad from his bag, a to-do list.
He began writing, in j.a.panese so that there would be no problem even if the list were to ever be stolen.
A disaster had suddenly appeared.
But one could not do business in the underworld, like being an a.s.sa.s.sin, without being able to deal with situational changes.
To have disaster bearing down on one is the way of the world.
This will not be the last obstacle that lay in s.h.i.+zuru’s path.
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