The sound of beating meat echoes in the alley.

"Oh, oh, oh, stop it... please, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

　A man in his twenties bowed to Ray as he spoke.
　His face was already very swollen with a few fists.
　Blood flows through his nose and mouth, disturbing his breathing, scattering some around him, reflecting the moonlight and the lights on the street.
　The man, who looked so wounded, wanted to tell him never to get involved with the person he was facing if he ever came back a few minutes ago.
　If it had been the man's plan, he would have reversed his position with that of the other person.
　When I wanted to have a prostitute I was familiar with, for some reason she had already disappeared from the brothel, and I was going to tell him that it was too early to come to such a pleasure-gown as it was supposed to be...
　You could only say that you were completely unlucky, or that you got the wrong person involved.

"Really? I'd be happy if you'd play a little more. Recently, I haven't had many opportunities to move my body, so the feeling of hitting people tends to slow down."
"Oh, my God! I'm sorry! I'll give you money or anything, so please!"
"Oh, that's strange. You were pretending to be a Rank E adventurer. But to expose such a disgraceful act to such an extent... is it a fake or something?"

　When Ray asks with a big smile, the man can't feel anything but fear.
　It's true that a man is a Rank E adventurer, but it's definitely a Rank E adventurer as a country of Rebullina.
　In other words, the screening of guilds in Levulina, where there are no dangerous monsters in a small country, is very lenient compared to the guilds in the guilds that Ray knows.
　...but not only powerful monsters, but instead, robbers appear and disappear.

(And there's a large entertainment district like this one... away from the capital city of Rossi. It's a good game for the robbers, if you think about it.)

　But why aren't we being attacked by thieves?
　That's what Ray thinks, and he's convinced.
　In the first place, if the organization to which Ajas belonged was running this major, it would be reasonable to talk to the bandits around him.
　Basically, robbers have their hideouts somewhere and often work mainly there.
　Of course, it's basically the case, and there are actually some thieves who repeat their attacks while wandering.
　However, when asked which was more common, it was overwhelmingly the former.
　In that case, let alone overconfidence, I understand that there is no need for Majogo to worry about robbers... Ray once again looks at the man looking at him trembling before his eyes.

(To get the information out, it's better to break it thoroughly.)

　With that in mind, he opens his mouth with a smile.

"Now, brother," Would you mind going out with my experiment?"
"... experiment? What kind of experiment is that?"

　Ray opens his mouth with a big smile as he turns to the man who asks him nervously.

"It's an experiment to see how long a person will be OK even if they continue to break their bones. It's all right, I look like this, and I'm quite confident in my arms, so I'm sure my brother won't die."
"Huh!"

　He probably understood that what Ray said was undeniably serious.
　The man's mouth screams as if he had been crushed to death.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm really sorry, please! Stop it now! See? I'll give you the money I have."

　As he says so, the man holds out a leather bag full of his fortune to Ray with a trembling hand.
　Ray, however, smiled broadly at the man's attitude...shakes his head.

"No, no one is saying they want money, right? What I want is how much effort I can make. ...it's all right. It looks like this, and I'm proud that I'm pretty good at breaking my bones."
"Yes, good! That's all right!"
"Do you like it? Oh, you're happy to use it as an experimental material, thank you."

　Towards Ray, who deliberately takes a step forward with the words "no," the man shakes his head in a hurry, completely obliterated from his initial entanglement.

"No! Stop it, that's what it means!"
"There are many difficulties in Japanese..."
"Oh, really... What is that?"

　Did you not understand the meaning of the word Japanese, or would you like to say that you don't know such a language?
　Ray didn't know that, but at any rate he noticed his mouth had slipped and frowned slightly... but the next moment he smiled again and spoke to the man.

"It's nothing," Well, then, let's get started. Are you ready? I don't know what preparations are for breaking the bone."
"Wait! Wait! Please!" Look, it was bad that I got involved with you. You've made enough of it, haven't you? Then, just a little more... please!"

　a man with a fear in his eyes and a deep bow to hide it
　After seeing him look like that, he must have judged that he had already given up his will.
　He approached me... lightly put his hand on the trembling man's shoulder with his head down.
　Ray spoke to the man with a smile on his face, though he shuddered for a moment at the feeling.

"Well, I'd like to ask you something. Can you answer it? Then you can overlook it. ... But if you don't know anything, let alone tell a lie... You know what's going to happen, right?"
"Oh, I see. I'll tell you everything I know. and forgive me now!"

　Ray nods contentedly at the man's words and manner, and opens his mouth after a few seconds of silence to further push the man.

"Then can you tell me a little about this mejogo?"
"What do you want to hear about mejogo...? What do you want to hear about prostitutes and so on?"
"Well... I'm afraid it's a little different. For example, if you want to run a place like this one, you'll need a lot of exceptional things, right?
"...I don't know the details, but I think so."

　If you ask an adventurer about running the city and his permission, you'll never get a firm answer.
　No, some adventurers are intelligent, so it's not absolutely true, but at least the adventurer who shakes in front of Ray is a man of such violent character that the word adventurer generally conjures up.
　When I asked such a person a difficult question, I thought I was a fool, and I spoke up again.

"Now, next," There are a lot of prostitutes in this mejogo, but how do you think we got together so many prostitutes?"
"Huh? But... didn't those who couldn't eat in the village or who wanted to make money easily become prostitutes?"When Ray comes out of his mouth, the man responds with an air of no understanding what he's saying.
　There was only a pure question, and she seemed to believe that the women had really come to Mejogo to become prostitutes.
　A man's character is rough, but that's why he's so simple that he doesn't seem to be good at hiding.
　It was also, in a good way, an object of information for Ray.
　But that leads Ray to understand that he probably doesn't have much information.

(You screwed it up! I was wondering if I could get a lot of information from them because they conveniently got me involved... No, it's too early to give up. There may be other possibilities for information.)

　Still, with a little regret, Ray asks the man again.

"Now, next," This mejogo... is not a normal town, is it, as the name suggests? Of course, there are people in places like this who manage it independently, except for the nobles who are in charge of it."

　It's what we call someone who needs to pay for something like a protection fee or a bodyguard fee.
　It was Ray's prediction that it would be a public story, if not a bluff, that some nobleman was officially ruling the maggot.
　And the organization that effectively controls this major is the organization to which Ajas belonged.

"Well... of course I know, but what are you going to do when you hear it?"

　Ray says nothing, just smiles at the man who timidly asks.
　As soon as he saw Ray, he felt a chill running down his spine, and even though it was still a tropical night in summer, he was sweating.

"No, it's nothing! It's nothing. Don't worry!"

　Ray smiles and... changes the quality and opens his mouth to the man who tells him hurriedly.

"You're smart, aren't you? ... I don't think I would have had this experience if I had shown my cleverness a little earlier. ...well, I'm glad I got a lot of information. So what's the name of the organization?"
"... an organization called Jaya."

　Bingo.
　Ray mutters inwardly.
　The organization's name had come naturally from Gilm's intelligence forces.
　That's why it was a predictable event for Ray that the name Jaya would appear here.
　But he could not even ask Kotonara, who had been with him in a carriage, because if he had to mention his name carelessly, he would be suspicious.

"Oh... Jah, Jah, Jah! Does the organization run Mejogo?"
"Yes, yes, but Jaya is a very powerful organization in this country. It's said that there are people in the upper echelon of the country who have connections. I don't think I can touch you carelessly."

　That's probably because they understand how powerful Jaya is in the country of Lavrellina.

(The man who gave me information about me at the bar seemed to have said nothing about Jaya... well, did you think that was not to be said about it, or that he was known in Mejogo, but otherwise not so well known?)

　He talks to the man to get to the end of the conversation, thinking subtly that the man he is involved with is the source of the information.

"And could you tell me where the Jaya organization is based?"
"Oh, I know! Jaya is the back organization in the first place!? It's an organization that has ties to the upper echelons of the country, so it's impossible for a lower echelons like me to know that!"
"…I see. Well, maybe that's just what I expected. But don't you know where it's not your home?"
"Oh, well... I know what you know... but it's a place that any one who knows a little about mego knows?"
"Even though it's an organization behind the scenes, is there any problem if many people know where the hideout is?"

　Ray has some doubts about the man's tone, but he nods and opens his mouth without any hesitation.

"If anything goes wrong with mejogo, I'm going to go there. So..."

　For a moment, Ray wondered if it was a police box, but if the organization called Jaya was practically running Mejogo, such a place would be necessary.
　If you make a fuss in Mejogo, it will be a disgrace to Jaya's face.
　Even if I knew that, there would still be bars, and if there were prostitutes, there would have been some people who would lose their jobs.
　What's more, there are people coming to Mejogo from other countries besides Levrellina.
　Many people probably don't understand the name of the organization Jaya.
　After that, Ray still gets a lot of information from the man, but as he says, he doesn't have any particularly important information... but he still hears a lot of details.
　When Ray was told that his favorite prostitute had disappeared from the brothel and that he was frustrated by it and wanted to take it out on Ray... he just let out a sigh.