Chapter 3 003
"The list of Port Mafia members with supernatural abilities, records about the 'Book,' the distribution of influence in Yokohama... all collected."
Inside the Port Mafia compound, a 30-year-old man with a buzz cut and sunglasses, who looks like the kind of guy you'd see anywhere, is organizing a large stack of documents in his hands.
Moreover, it's the kind of information that ordinary members are absolutely not qualified to access.
Needless to say, this wasn't a genuine Port Mafia passerby in sunglasses. Rather, it was Romain Rolland disguised as a Port Mafia passerby in sunglasses, a common sight in the area.
Romain Rolland, who once infiltrated countless organizations using his "Lives of the Artists" series, returned to his old ways after the UN arrived at a new location, searching for information within the local organization.
Based on past experience, to avoid alerting the enemy, Romain Rolland first went to the purely official Special Abilities Division, then the Armed Detective Agency which cooperated with the government, and finally the purely independent Port Mafia.
Logically speaking, and considering both response speed and message confidentiality levels, this seems like a reasonable allocation, but...
The Special Ability Special Agents easily blended in by changing their appearance, and spent an entire afternoon rummaging through the database. It had to be admitted that it wasn't that the Special Agents' files were particularly well-hidden; there simply weren't many. And no one paid any attention to Romain Rolland even as he casually walked out of the Special Agents' database with a stack of documents…
He casually changed his appearance, somewhat dismissively, but was immediately recognized by the Armed Detective Agency. Moreover, the Armed Detective Agency's database seemed to have anticipated his arrival, resulting in a chaotic mess from which he only managed to obtain a few insignificant details.
It took him a long time to prepare and infiltrate the Port Mafia's internal codes, personnel information, training habits, and leaders...
Now, the stack of documents found by the Port Mafia, which is more complete than the combined files of the Special Abilities Bureau and the Armed Detective Agency, has even made a seasoned veteran like Romain Rolland want to complain.
Are the official forces and liberal organizations in this area acting in opposite directions?
"The Port Mafia's data on its power distribution is more comprehensive and complete than that of official organizations like the Special Abilities Division. I've never seen anything like it before..."
In the places I infiltrated before, if there was still a stable government, the official documents within that government would be far more complete than those of some free organizations. Free organizations, at best, have a fast flow of rumors, but here…
"As expected of the organization that controls Yokohama's nightlife, this map of their underground power distribution is drawn according to military standards..."
This three-pointer idea is so bizarre; I really don't understand how things stabilized here.
Perhaps it was a unique way of survival in the concessions that I still couldn't understand.
Looking at the data map in his hand, he used his other hand to draw on a large sheet of white paper, creating a picture that was almost identical to the military-grade map on the paper, all with his bare hands.
"However, judging from the internal documents of the Special Abilities Division, they seem to be just on the surface. There is a hidden department inside that is responsible for important events... Trouble. This kind of place is the hardest to infiltrate."
Romain Rolland rolled the copied drawings into a paper tube and put them into his backpack along with the previous materials. With a satisfied expression, he put all the scattered materials back in the order he had taken them.
"This place is not bad."
As he was speaking, Romain Rolland was suddenly enveloped in a sandstorm, and almost instantly transformed into a twenty-year-old young man in a classic geological expedition uniform. Then, half of his body sank into the ground, dodging a flying kick that grazed his head.
"Besides the security forces being too annoying."
Romain Rolland, who was half-submerged in the ground, glanced at the person standing opposite him and recognized him almost instantly.
Chuuya Nakahara, one of the Port Mafia executives.
It looks exactly like the photo, even the hat is the same.
"Our security here isn't so bad that even a tiny insect that sneaks in wouldn't be detected."
The boy, wearing a black top hat and black gloves, with a jacket draped over his shoulders—definitely a boy, Romain Rolland thought he looked to be around 17 or 18 years old, but his face had an arrogance that didn't match his age.
Perhaps it makes sense; don't those high school hooligans also always have a fearless expression on their faces?
"But where are you from? Your abilities are quite good..."
Looking at Romain Rolland, half of whom was buried in the ground, and recalling how his appearance had changed drastically after the sandstorm, Nakahara Chuuya rubbed his chin with interest.
"Is it the ability to manipulate soil?"
Looking at Chuuya Nakahara with a genuinely strange expression, Romain Rolland's worldview was once again refreshed by this magical place.
"Don't you even look at the information?"
He just found his own information, and he still complains.
Are local officials just people who can fight? This feels like some kind of third-rate smuggler.
"Judging from this reaction, you're quite famous."
Having only read the local information on ability users, Chuuya Nakahara paid no attention to Romain Rolland's surprise and his expression of looking at a brute, and casually twisted his neck.
"Then, your net worth must be quite high."
With a sudden, earth-burrowing motion, Romain Rolland, whose standoff had been broken, instantly disappeared into the ground without looking back and ran towards the outside of the building.
Behind Romain Rolland's original position, four deep bullet holes were clearly visible, emitting white smoke.
—Just now, Chuuya Nakahara threw out four bullets that looked like they had just been fired, launching an attack in an instant.
Watching Romain Rolland run away in an instant, Chuuya Nakahara clicked his tongue in disbelief.
"They can slip away pretty quickly."
Meanwhile, Romain Rolland, who was constantly burrowing underground to escape, was also furiously complaining about this illogical place.
"Is this Zhongyuan Zhong using gravity manipulation or mechanics manipulation?! He can kick out the effect of a heavy weapon and flick his wrist to fire bullets. What kind of gravity manipulation is this? This is mechanics manipulation, I say!"
—Actually, it's about controlling the direction and magnitude of gravity.
While frantically fleeing underground—at a speed that was actually only twice the normal running speed—Romain Rolland deeply felt the unreliability of this place.
Before he could finish his reflection, a sudden sense of crisis made him drift to the side without thinking, avoiding the path he was originally on.
The next second, a tremendous force came from the ground, which blasted a large crater into the ground and sent a ring of rocks flying.
—This included the part where Romain Rolland was standing that flew out of the ground. The first thing Romain Rolland saw was Nakahara Chuuya, who was standing in the very center of the pit with a smug smile.
Seeing Romain Rolland flying in mid-air in surprise, Chuuya Nakahara revealed a cruel smile on his handsome face that inexplicably matched his temperament.
"Now it's round two, you idiot."
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