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I wonder if there's anything good here?

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"Mr. Alphonse, we're going to take a look over there."

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"Yes, thank you. If you find something good, bring it to me first.

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Yes, sir.

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　The battle for Purge Street is over.

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　With the defeat of Guido, Graham, and the other main members of the Purge family, the fighting is over and we are now in a building in the center of the city.

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　It seems to be the city's treasury.

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　We, the Barka mercenaries, have come to a place where several large storehouses stand side by side, and we have decided to search for treasures here.

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　We open the heavy doors and enter the storehouse.

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　Dust is flying from behind the door, which opens with a sharp sound, and we all cough and gulp as we look inside.

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　There were many shelves and various items were placed on the shelves.

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"What is this?"

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"There seems to be a lot of ceramics here. There seem to be a lot of pots and teacups.

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"...... Is this expensive, Zen?"

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"How would I know? I come from a farming family.　What about you, Commander Alphonse?　Can't you be a connoisseur of such things?"

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"Hmm. I can tell that it's probably well-made. But I don't know exactly which one is worth how much. I'll look at this place later. We can't take the ceramics home with us, they'll probably break on the way.

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"Well, let's open the next warehouse. Let's open the next warehouse. I hope there will be something good in it next time.

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　After winning the battle of the Purge Street, we opened the treasure room one after another and ransacked its contents.

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　On the way, Walter's team seems to have found an armory.

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　There were some very nice looking weapons in there.

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　Unlike ceramics, weapons are good.

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　They are useful as practical objects rather than as works of art.

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　Besides, even we mercenaries can guess which weapons are good if we use them all the time.

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　Well, even if we don't know, we can be sure to choose a sword.

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　So we let the mercenaries choose the weapons in the armory and bring them back home.

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　They seemed to be quite pleased.

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　Everyone is saying this and that, choosing their weapons and putting them on their hips.

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"Shouldn't Commander Alphonse go check the armory?"

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"Hmm, I'm good. I have good enough weapons. This one's pretty good too. There's some gold here.

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"Oh, this is great. Isn't it gold?　I think there's some silver over there, too."

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　Leaving the armory to the others, we looked at the last storehouse and found nothing but gold and silver treasures.

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　Gold nuggets, silver nuggets, and jewelry were lined up on the shelves.

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　These things must be worth a lot of money.

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　I'll take this.

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　I decided, and stuffed the treasures in this treasury into my magic bag one after another.

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"But is it all right for me to be doing this?"

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"Hmm?　What's wrong?"

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"No, because you're right. Commander Alphonse was making a lot of theories, but after all, he invaded the city without permission, didn't he? Isn't this going to be criticized by Councilor Banagher and others later on?"

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"I think it's okay because we have a cause to protect the country. Besides, we've taken precautions just in case.

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"Is that so?　What steps did you take?"

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"I spread rumors. A large army is gathering in the city of the Purge, and it is moving against the Orient. We fought alone and in small numbers to prevent that from happening. We can be praised for that, but we have nothing to complain about.

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"Oh, you have been spreading such rumors. Oh, I see. They must have used the code on the bracelet. That's why you're having Laura spread those rumors.

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"That's too bad, Zen. That's not quite right. I'm sure it was the Orient that started the rumors. But it wasn't just that city-state. Many villages in the Orient must be talking about this rumor by now.

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"In a ...... village?　Are you saying that you have people who have gone to work guarding the village spreading rumors?"

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"Correct. A rumor like this is more credible when it is spread in many places than when it is circulated in one place. We have mercenaries of the Barka Mercenaries scattered all over the Orient. We have to make good use of them.

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　Apparently, Zen is concerned about the war between this city and the Barka mercenaries.

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　He is concerned that the Congress of the Orient will complain about it.

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　However, he has already taken care of that concern.

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　It was by spreading rumors in the villages in the Orient.

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　I have already instructed Ai to take action in each village using tracking birds and the like.

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　Usually, information spreads through the mouths of people.

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　If the information is from outside of the place where you live, you probably hear it from travelers or merchants.

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　It is basically the same for the members of the council.

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　There is probably no way to exchange information over a long distance in an instant like the Barka mercenaries.

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　So I decided to justify my actions by taking advantage of this slow communication.

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　We decided to make circumstantial evidence that there was a big army in this purge town that was after the Orient, and that we, the Barka Mercenaries, had fought to repel it.

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　To do so, we decided to spread our story in various places.

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　Not only in the city-state where the council was located, but also in other villages.

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　The information became more and more authentic as similar stories were heard in many places.

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　This is what I had in mind when I accepted this job from Banagher.

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　I felt that sending mercenaries to the villages of the Orient would make it easier to manipulate information.

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　I think it is called "manipulation of public opinion".

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　I heard that Brother Ars also used this method.

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　This is what I am going to do now.

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　If it works, we may be able to manipulate and induce information in the Orient to some extent in the future.

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　How well will it work?

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　Well, I don't care if I fail.

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　If they say anything, we'll just give them whatever money we got here and ask them to drop the matter.

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　Thus, the Barka mercenaries have conquered the city of Purge, obtained the treasure, and decided to occupy the city.

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