"This is... poison, too, which becomes smoke and scatters poison the moment it touches the air."

　It was the voice of the owner of a tool store under the control of Elema.
　gently put the bottle on the desk that one had been looking at in horror
　The bodyguard beside Dallidra stared at such a tool store to keep him from making strange movements.
　He was attacked in the daytime... and then he made a double blunder in the laboratory.
　For that reason, he was raising the tension by not allowing it for the third time.

"...do you mean that the one who used this poison was prepared to commit suicide?"

　The owner of the tool store shakes his head at Dallidra's words.

"No, I'm sorry, but I don't know the effects of the poison. I don't have that much expertise..."
"I see. But if you think of the person who tried to use this poison, it's probably lethal."

　Hearing that it was lethal poison, the tool store owner twitched his cheeks and stared at the bottle on his desk.
　What if I drop this bottle now?
　That's because I was seized with such fear.
　...however, this bottle must be so frightened because he doesn't know that it didn't crack when the white-clad man dropped it on the floor.

"Please keep it tightly sealed."

　When Dhalidra orders, one of his men in the room hurriedly puts the bottle into a nearby box and locks it tightly.
　Seeing his subordinates, Dharidra breathes again.

"To be honest with you, I have a headache. ...if the laboratory in charge of the study of the Tilla tree is that way, what should I say to Mr. Liebrand? And Auguste will take this opportunity to stop studying the Tillar Tree."

　Even though I'm joining hands now, I can't always join hands with Augusto.
　And under August, there was a substandard military force called Ray, and the option of antagonism did not exist from the beginning.
　However, it is difficult to say that Liubrand is unable to deal with the Tilla tree.
　For Dharidra, the situation was completely immovable.

(Why, in the first place, do you pretend to attack a Tilla tree laboratory... to create a critical rift between me and Augusto? Can we assume that those who attacked the laboratory before that and those who attacked me or Augusto are the same forces?)

　I have a lot of doubts, but it doesn't change what I have to do.

"Gather information. They are trying to oppose me and August. I'm sure I've left a mark somewhere. If not, it wouldn't be very..."

　When Dhalidra says so and tries to give orders again... suddenly the door of the room opens without knocking, and a man comes in breathlessly.

"Daridra, Renola's shop has been attacked!"
"What!"

　The unexpected report spills out surprise from Dhalidra's mouth.
　But he soon calms himself down and opens his mouth.

"What's the damage?"
"The store itself is safe, but... Renola..."

　The muddled state of affairs clearly shows that the shopkeeper Renola is not safe.
　Dhalidra opens her mouth, mixed with irritation in her nervous expression.

"Do you know anything about the assailant?"
"No, Renola said she had never seen him before."

　He breathes a little relief when he finds out that Renola is not dead.
　Then I tried to say something, and in the moment... the door of the room was opened again, and a man came in.

"Daridra!"
"What's next?"

　I'm afraid something has been attacked again. With that in mind, he screams, but finds himself in the room, the man who ordered an examination of the body of the man hiding in the laboratory.
　Was this house attacked by any chance?
　Dharidra looked at the man with that thought, but his voice was filled with fear because he saw something he didn't understand.

"Daridra... I was looking into the body of that attacker, and it turned out to be outrageous."
"What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"
"To be honest, I don't know how to describe this... I don't know what to say, so can you come with me? If you look at it directly, rather than say something, you'll understand it right away."

　Daridra frowns a little at the man's words, which would make it seem as if Ray were here.
　The man who came to report was a reliable subordinate to Dharidra, and he judged that he would not do anything meaningless in this pressing situation.

"All right, show me around."
"Here it is,"
"Daridra, who is in Renola?"

　A man who brought reports of the attack on a Renola shop speaks to Dharidra who stood up.

"Please send for help as soon as possible." If you don't already have an enemy, clean up the shop, treat the employees, including Renola, and be vigilant to avoid anyone acting foolishly. Oh, don't forget to explain the situation to the shops around you."
"Yes, I see. as soon as possible."
"And... some of you should go with him."

　Surprised by the unexpected development, the guards speak out to try to change Dhalidra's mind.

"But this may be trying to disperse our forces in order to aim at Mr. Dalidra."
"Nevertheless," Besides, I'm here to stay, and I think Narcus will soon be able to get back here, if not completely. So now..."
"... All right,"
"You were listening, sir, to Renola's shop with your bodyguard."

　After nodding to the quick instructions, the man leaves the room with his bodyguard to move quickly.
　Seeing it off, Dharidra leaves the room with his men, who had been investigating the white-clad man, and the bodyguard who was still in the room.
　Head to Dallidra's restaurant, where there are some research facilities.
　This is where we usually conduct research, development, and analysis of products.
　Of course, it's not such a large facility, so it's not satisfactory for full-fledged researchers like Kutoga, and as a result, they set up their own laboratory on the outskirts of Gorsuch...but the laboratory can't help but kill Kutoga.

(You've got a headache going on, haven't you? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )

　As he walks down the corridor, Daridra breathes and shakes her head, but immediately looks up as if she had noticed something.

(No, let alone Auguste, you don't have to be hostile to Ray... on the contrary, it's certainly good news that we can join hands in this particular case.)

　I had gathered information about Ray and had heard from his bodyguards that he was strong.
　The laboratory then easily defeated the enemy who attacked them.
　Given that, it's undoubtedly good news that he's working with Ray without being hostile.

(In addition, being able to see Ray's personality, nicknamed crimson, means you can see his taste and personality up close. He's still going to grow up. At that time, the value of the information I have will surpass even the value of the Orihalcon.)

　I appreciate Ray, but at the same time I make him a target of business.
　It's not in the least contradictory for Dharidra.
　Such a personality is the only way to expand the scale of Elema's business to the point where it has a high influence in Gorsuch.
　Thinking about the future, we go down the aisle and eventually arrive at the laboratory.
　Then, as they entered the laboratory, they saw the body of a white-clad man sitting on a table-like table.
　Dallidra's appearance may have made him aware that he was looking at his white coat. Men open their mouths.

"As for the white coat, it is apparently of no significance. Perhaps when this man broke into that laboratory... more specifically, he stole it from someone in ambush of Mr. Dallidra."It's probably a bit more time since I jumped into Dallidra's room, but I speak calmly.
　Such a man's appearance and content exhales relief.
　At least it became clear that there was no traitor among the people I had hired.

(No, there is a possibility that some of you have been disseminating information.)

　Even if you treat yourself as a subordinate, you can call yourself an outsider's subordinate as long as you are originally a subordinate of Kutoga.
　For that reason, it would have been reasonable if there were some people who were spreading information without a clear betrayal.

"As for the white coat, here's what I want you to see." Come this way, please. Honestly, it's not fun to watch."
"It's such a waste,"
"Yes. To be honest, this kind of technology... or should I say it's people?" I don't know what to say, but I've never seen anything like this before."

　That's what the man took Dharidra to where he had a head.
　The green liquid from the body's mouth has already been wiped.
　Noticing this, Dallidra opens her mouth in alarm.

"Now that you mention it, do you know what that green liquid was?"

"Oh, that's it," You said it was Ray who made this corpse, right? As he said, there was something in his back teeth that was supposed to be a self-determination poison. When I chewed hard, it seemed like I was going to swallow the liquid... but I guess I naturally drank it when I was hit hard."

　At the remark, Dharidra looks convinced, wondering if it was as Ray had expected...

"Please investigate the poison in the bottle which this man had, so that we may have to investigate it after the investigation of this corpse has been completed." I showed it to the proprietor of a tool-shop which sold many herbs, but I could not tell what kind of poison it was."
"All right. Here it is. Do you mind, Mr. Daridra? I won't tell you not to be surprised, so please don't be confused."

　Being told that way, Dallidra has a slightly grumpy.
　Dalidra has overcome many hardships to make Elema the best of Gorsuchs.
　I'm surprised... Far from that, I don't think I'much.
　But the man has spent a reasonable amount of time under Dalidra.
　Nevertheless, having to say such a thing meant that what I was about to show you was beyond common sense.
　As soon as he saw that Dari Dora was ready, he touched the corpse's face... gently touched the skin of his face and buried his fingers between his forehead and hair.
　...yes, I put my finger under my skin, not by patting it or touching it.

"What!"

　This naturally causes astonishment from Dalidra's mouth.
　The skin of my face is peeling off as if I were peeling it off.
　Naturally, underneath the skin is flesh without skin, which disgusts the viewer.

"Ugh!"

　Dharidra finally understood why the man should not be confused, but as soon as he calmed down, he turned his eyes to the guards around him.

"Why do you do this... do you understand?"
"Yes, sir," I don't really want to think about it."

　One of the bodyguards opens his mouth gently, looking away from the dead body, where the skin of his face is absent.

"Probably for the disguise." I wouldn't say it's impossible for brown skin people to disguise themselves as white skin...but it's quite difficult. But if you can freely peel the skin off your face..."

　The rest was understood by Dallidra, not to mention it to the end.
　In other words, it is possible to disguise yourself by sticking other people's skin or something on your face.

"...is there really someone who does that, in the first of all.

　the bodyguard muttering uncomfortably at the sight of a human head without skin at the end of his eyes
　The owner of this room shrugs his shoulders against such a bodyguard.

"With no one to know... you can still be a completely different person. It's all about skin color. I wonder what kind of people it is that need to be done like that."
"...the assassin..."

　The answer went without thinking.
　In the first place, the body in front of Dallidra and his bodyguards is the body of a supposed assassin.

"Did a third force hire an assassin to kill me?"

　I muttered Dari-dora, but somehow the answer seemed to be different.
　It's also my intuition as a merchant, and above all, it's irrational to try to involve August in targeting myself.

"Then is there someone who has a grudge against both me and Augusto?"

　Daridra, who, let alone himself, had no idea who would resent August, muttered briefly.