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 The female investigator was a criminal investigator under the direct control of the king.

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(Aha!)

 Jin D wondered ...... why she would bother to reveal her identity in this situation.

 The audience was in an uproar.

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 Sooner or later, some kind of action will be taken in this waiting room, such as dispatching some personnel to keep the silence.



"Well, all right. Reiko, go and secure the list of those involved in the backroom gambling that you found."

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"Yes, sir."

 Reiko dashed away.

 Her destination is the hidden room at the other end of the arena.

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 The old man's peepers are useful for gathering information, but not for taking things out of the room.

 The < troops and the <> will be in action in that room.

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 This time it is Reiko.



 < and flying through the air with her , Reiko crosses the hall where the arena is located in less than a second and arrives at the other side.

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 With a single blow of her fist, she smashed the hidden door of the hidden room and entered.

 Fortunately for the backroom organization, no one was packed in there, so Reiko was able to approach the vault without resorting to physical force.

 The huge safe was embedded in the wall and had a steel door 30 centimeters thick.

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 But steel is too soft for Reiko.

"It's in here, isn't it?"

 With a single kick, Reiko dented the door of the safe, disabled the lock, and ripped the door open with force.

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"The list of names stored in the back was a dummy, wasn't it?

 The old man had told her that before she left.

"Here it is, isn't it?

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 The real list was in a hidden pocket in the ceiling of the vault.

 Reiko gets the list of names she is looking for and returns to Jin D's office without looking at anything else.

"I got it."

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 Twelve seconds.



 The evidence is in hand. All that's left is to find out who's behind it.

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 There are four unconscious people in the room, tied up by the female investigator and her automaton.

 There are four others, including the announcer. They are located above the bleachers.

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"Mr. Investigator!"

 Jin D calls out softly.

"What is it? I'm busy right now.

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 The female investigator, who had finally finished tying up the four men, says in a bored tone, "I found this.

"I found this..."

 Jin presented a ledger book containing a list of the parties involved, pretending that he had found it in a desk somewhere around the room.

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"Oh ...... what is this! This is great! We don't have to catch them all here today!"

 The female investigator is overjoyed.

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 Meanwhile, Hope in the arena, having received instructions from the old man, took advantage of the panicked crowd rushing to the exits to secure the remaining four.

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 With a single jump, she leaps into the announcer's seat,

"Ow!"

 He knocks the announcer unconscious, grabs him in his arms, and carries him into the arena.

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 Three executives remained. One of them is the boss.

 The two executives were quickly captured.

 The boss, however, is flanked by a golem guarding him, so a surprise attack is not possible.

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"Shoo, shoo! Don't think this security golem is the same as those golems!"

 ......," the boss was saying under his breath,

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"It's the same, to me."

 Hope's line, "It's the same to me," was followed a moment later by,

"Geez!"

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 and fainted.

 At the same time, the guard golems on either side of her stopped moving.

 <, he stopped the guard golems and drove his fist into the boss's dove-tail.

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"You're done."

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 In the command center of Horai Island, Jin sighs in relief.

"This was supposed to be a short trip with Erza.

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"Well, it's probably because Jin is getting involved in so many things."

 It was Reinhardt who answered Jin's mutterings.

 He said he had come to take a peek because he heard something was going on in the control room.

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"But I couldn't keep quiet about it," he said.

"I understand how you feel."

 Reinhardt said that he too would have been upset if he had seen the golem being used like that.

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"Well, take care of these guys."

 He handed the captured black market players over to the agents,

"......Who the hell are you ......, who are you people?"

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 he asked with a look of awe on his face.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you that I'm just a tourist passing through ......."

 The agent nodded silently.

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"I am the ......3<>, Jin Nido."

 Jin D. had no choice but to identify himself.

 This name value seems to have worked after all.

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"You're that ......!

 I was still surprised.

"Now I understand why you own such a powerful golem.

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"This was just a short trip," he said, "so I didn't want to make too much noise. That's why I don't want to make too much noise. Do you understand?"

"...... Yes, I understand."

"So, can I leave it to you to clean up after these guys?"

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"Yes, I understand. You captured them and gave us the list.

 Hearing those words, Jin D felt relieved.

"Well, I'll leave it to you. If ...... they ask you anything, you can at least mention my name.

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"Thank you."

 Jin D. said what needed to be said and turned around to go back the way he had come.

 Even with a difference in elevation of more than 100 meters, the body of the automaton was tireless.

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 In no time at all, Jin D., Elsa D., Reiko, Hope, and the others climbed up the stairs, smashed the closed door halfway, and ran out of the building.



 The gatekeeper there had long since fled upon hearing the commotion below, and no one from the <> was in sight.

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"Was it the hotel's black market gambling? ......"

 Jin wondered if the management had changed.

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