Chapter 41 (2/2)

That was why Ersmann, who had no qualms about eating civilized tribes, fought a war between their bloodlines and avoided eating each other as much as possible.

“Poison, that was?”

“Yes, it’s a poison that they can’t develop immunity to. Leave it to the researchers how to extract body fluids from this corpse and to process them. I don’t know about that either.”

Actually, I knew a little bit, but I shut up because I thought providing too much detail would cause more suspicion.

“We’ll need proof.”

Now there was no countdown mentioned in his mouth, saying there were a few minutes left. Whether what I said was true or not, the items and information I brought got his attention.

Now, Danton would send the sample through the back door of the Pentagon. After a few intermediate steps, the entire corpse would be handed over to the appropriate guild.

“Yes, I’ll be waiting.”

There was nothing to gain from holding on to the corpse, and it was enough to use it as a means of trading.

If they stayed as they were, the U.S. government would eventually not be able to stop some of the Ersmann from escaping the New York gate. In the absence of a dungeon key, it was helpless for them to block the gate with all sorts of means and obstacles.

Those who had such immunity to radioactivity as an option would even lay eggs in New York. Since they moved away from the queen’s pheromone, which prevented reproductive development, they would start breeding as soon as they escaped from the dungeon’s hostile environment.

For some time, they transformed New York City into a human hunting ground for the Ersmann. Many hunters had died to exterminate them.

It was not my wish to recreate that history.

“Well, what do you want?”

He knew that I didn’t come here simply to get the right to trade. I spoke about the things that I didn’t direly need first.

“I’m looking for an item that looks like this.”

I put on the hologram. It was an artifact that I reproduced as similarly as possible based on my memory.

It was a statue depicting a creature that did not exist on Earth.

Danton tilted his head.

“Do you have any features that you could describe other than the looks?

“No. This shape, luster, and color are important.”

There was no particular function in this product. It was not a weapon, and it was not a shield. It was an ornament made by a race to commemorate something.

And so, even after it was found in the dungeon, it was traded among the collectors who gathered them as a hobby, so I didn’t know who owned it at this point.

In the past life, by the time that Randy got his hands on the magic sword, that was not available anymore, so I had to find it in advance.

Danton’s network of information could find it out since it was from a gate in the U.S.

“What are you going to use it for?”

I just laughed without answering. What I needed was the metal that made up that statue.

I was going to melt it as soon as I had it.

‘Since I can’t always listen to all the babbles of the magic sword.‘

Danton spoke sullenly, “Anyway, hand over the data. Is that the only thing?”

“No, there’s one more thing.”

I asked, “Do you also have shares in a company called ‘Decker & Jefferson’?”

Danton frowned. “No, there’s something a little dubious about that.”

This guy had smelled it, too.

“Have you dug in?”

“No, I don’t think it’s worth it at this stage. Do you know anything?”

Instead, he tried to dig up information from me for any rumors I have heard. I lived up to the expectations.

“Soon, if the IRS and the Department of Defense will work together to find more about the company intensively, I think there will be interesting results.”

Danton raised his eyebrows. “Do you know how many businesses the company owns and how many subsidiaries there are?”

“It’s enough to shake down the headquarters for now. The subject is…”

I had better narrow it down.

“There will be interesting information on research that could give non-Awakens the effects of healing potions found in dungeons.”

I was trying to make a deal with Danton because of this, after all.

First of all, I would be going around to get the items that were considered necessary in the future. That was the case with the magic sword.

However, when those rank down to a secondarily important thing, it would be challenging to get my hands on it by going around the world even if I had more colleagues later on. That could be achieved through Danton.

And another thing, those too crucial for me to be less than of any other priorities, but I couldn’t figure it out by myself.

When I needed to shake off information against a large organization or company, I needed a backup.

Now was the time.

“Will it be possible?”

“Wait for the call. I will check the corpse first, and if what you say is true, I’ll drop in some words.”

For Danton, it was simple to produce and leak fake letters or fabricated evidence to a connected a congressman.

Only then did I smile satisfactorily.

‘I’ll see him soon.’

Not long ago, when I commissioned my old colleague’s whereabouts, I found out that three people, except Angelica, were born in this era. Unlike the fact that Choi Seung-hyun’s existence had been wiped out.

However, one of them had noticeable additions.

‘Nathan Drake. He is 19 years old as he was alive. Specifics: No trace has been found since he went missing ten years ago.’

Nate.

One of the last five, and was later called ‘Necromancer.’

He had no recollection of where he had been locked up in the past. Even when he was moving somewhere, his view was blocked entirely.

The U.S. government would now find out about the information that would serve as a clue.