186-Inferior Curse ④




 Lorenza arrived at the Dark Night Leopard's residence, also known as the Dark Castle of the Water Margin, and was discussing the future with Alessandro.

''Hmm........who is that rank D boy....... Moreover, that ability, that way of speaking as if you know a lot of things, I'm curious.

What do you want me to do? You. Perhaps ... the agency is going to mess with us here in some way, though.

Huh ... that's convenient.

What's going on?

''No, as a matter of fact, I've been hearing from that little boy in Zhang Lin day after day about how he's responsible for what happened this time, and he's being very picky. I thought that if we counterattacked the agency's meddling, it would quieten things down a bit, and if our show of power reached the center, it would make things even easier.

Well, it's a little thing.

The defenses here are not so easy to pull off. On the contrary, it's easy to return fire. So if you can get any evidence of the agency's interference...

So the authority of the institution is diminished and our position is raised.

'Kukku, well, that's just the way it is. I'm more interested in what the little guy said earlier. I'd rather capture him and ask him all sorts of questions about how much he knows about the other world.

''I don't think so. That little boy's wounds were very serious, even from the side. If we're going to catch him, we're going to have to go out here. Oh, and honey, here...

 Lorenza offered Alessandro a piece of fine paper, folded up to wrap something.
 Alessandro took it and unfolded the paper.

''Is this ... that little girl's hair! That's the way it is, Lorenza. You won't come back for free.

'Yes, I'm sorry that I went there and it turned out to be all this, but...'

'No, with this, even if it's only for a few minutes, I can make Master Azzi Dahak manifest! I may not get a chance to use it, but it's a good trump card in case I have to use it. Even though Raphael's vestments acknowledge it, even if the foolish members of the main family hide it.

Utterly stupid. But it made it possible for us to move on. If it weren't for that little boy, we'd be able to.... What a shame.

No, I don't mind. We have a time, almost an eternity. It will be enough when the little girl is an old woman. You'll have to wait for that again, though it will be a little regrettable. If I were to lose you by pushing myself too hard here I would lose the meaning of my life.

Well, you..................

''Let's get ready to intercept them for now. I'll gather all the Dark Night Leopards here. Also, I'll contact the military, police and my protégés in various locations and have them all assigned to it.

Oh, you're overreacting, aren't you?

'I'm a coward, and I won't cut corners. Besides, I can imagine that the agency will send someone of a certain caliber. You rest, Lorenza, and let me take care of the rest. I can take care of the rest.

'Yes, dear. Hey, I'm going to take a break after I do my thing.

What are you doing?

'A little ... reinforcement of the curse. You've had enough of the people you're sending the curse to now, haven't you? Besides, I've put a curse on that hateful little bastard, and I want to thank him to the utmost of my ability.

Well suit yourself.

Yes, dear.

 Lorenza got up and headed towards the cursed altar that was set up at the back of the room, while Alessandro also headed to his office to make phone calls to various departments.
 Alessandro sat down at his Scandinavian-style desk and picked up the installed handset.
 He's contacting the military, but unusually, it's not in the middle.

''It's..... Yeah, it's me. What are you doing, you're late. Yeah? What's up with all the commotion around here? Well, as a matter of fact, I'd like you to send a couple of companies over here to provide security as soon as possible. Huh? How hard can it be? What does that mean?!

 Alessandro was furious at the child's unexpected answer. He is a pawn, a servant who is supposed to never disobey his orders.
 It is impossible for that servant to say that it is difficult. The only time it's difficult is when it's physically impossible to do so.
 Alessandro returned to a calm tone and asked why.

You can't tell me why it's difficult. ........What? Donggala Gashan? What are you talking about, you!

"Ha! It's....."

 He told me that since yesterday, there have been a number of incidents of destruction of equipment on the base and it has become a problem. They immediately suspected operatives from a hostile nation and even a soldier's rebellion, and said they were investigating, but they had no idea what was going on.
 The damage is so severe that the military's firearms and heavy weapons have been cleanly dismantled, ranging from communications equipment to the base's surveillance network and command center, and now the base is in a state where it cannot even be controlled as a military unit.
 When we checked the remaining data footage, we saw that the armory was being destroyed in pieces all by itself, even though no one was present.
 I questioned the soldiers who were on watch for this mysterious phenomenon, as well as those who had entered the armory within a few days, and they all agreed that they had heard a strange voice the day before yesterday.
 And then.....

DONG RAGASHASHAN!

 I've heard.
 So now they're investigating this as a Don Rattle Gashern incident on the base.
 And by the way, some other testimonies are saying that

Did you miss it? Hey, Kurama, did I make a mistake?
What's an altar? Hey, Tsukuba, what's it like?
'What am I going to do - the chieftain is going to be mad at me! I want a compliment and a reward!
Let's go! And more! One day it will hit you! Someday!
'Oh! Let's do it! Well, if you go around to all those things, you'll hit it someday! Someday!
Osa!
Hey, hey, hey!

 The soldiers were frightened that they heard a child's voice saying, "I'm not sure what I'm doing here, but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it.
 Moreover, since the testimony of this came from a soldier who had been recognized as having a strong sense of the spirit by those around him for some time, there was a bit of a ghostly commotion on the base, and the military couldn't admit it, so they didn't report it to Alessandro.
 When it became an embarrassment to the military, the officers fumbled to cover it up.

'Eei! I don't care if you're unarmed, we'll provide the weapons. Make sure you send men, okay?

 Alessandro couldn't contain his annoyance, and as he said this, he hung up the call, this time calling his protégé at the police headquarters in Beijing.

''Ha! You too? So what's that, that dong rattle rattle rattle rattle! What!

 We were told that it's difficult to allocate personnel to the same don't-gashan report here, and as expected, Alessandro raised his voice loudly.
 Whatever it was, it happened yesterday, and now they're investigating it at the station.
 And that wasn't all.
 The police have received a number of reports of the same kind of damage from the country's major facilities in Beijing, and it is causing chaos.
 According to the police, the city transportation bureau, power plant, substation, and water supply bureau have been hit, and the city is on the verge of paralysis.
 It is said that the reason why they are connected to this Alessandro is because he uses a top-secret network that is also used for emergency situations.

What the hell! This country! For all your bravado and bravado about being a great nation, how vulnerable you are!

 Yelling that, Alessandro banged his fist on the desk.

(No way! The agency? No, it's too soon. And I don't think he'd do anything of such magnitude to affect the public this much. But this is too much of a coincidence. And the way this thing is going, it's f*cked up. It's not like he was going to attack us in a vacuum. Well then what is the point? (I don't know the purpose.)

 Alessandro is dismayed that he has no idea if this situation is a coincidence, or if there is a mastermind, what their purpose is.
 But as a result, there was a madness in the manpower sent to defend the dark castle of the Water Margin.

''This is when the agency is about to attack........ Mmm, well, okay, it's just to buy time to use it as a shield. The wards and defense grid here are independent of the outside world, no problem.

 The dark city of Water Margin also has power generation facilities, and its operation has nothing to do with external events. It also has a large stockpile of food.
 In a way, this facility is also an independent fortress.
 Alessandro calms himself down, leans back in his luxurious chair and begins to ponder what he needs to do now.

(First, repel the agency and embarrass the agency by spreading the word. And after that I'd like to build up my strength and hold the center of the country as well. Then Zhang Lin will be useless. (It's a good prelude to building the land of Master Azi Dahak from this country).

"Kukku, let's give that gentleman a heads up. And thank him for giving me this body.

 The man whose origins and identity are unknown, but Alessandro recalls the man who sheltered them and even gave them this half-demon's body.

''We met during the Great War of the Abilities, Dortmund Demon God, and most recently during the manifestation of the Shinagawa Demon God?

(They say that Swordsman Alfred Arkwright is looking for them with a bleary eye, but to no avail. Even we can only contact him once a year, at a certain time of day, and for a very short time.

The information on the other world comes from that man and it's hard to get a little bit of information from him every time we don't have time to talk, but we do have time. We will have to wait. Huhuh. When we get control of this country, it will be fun to gather our brothers and sisters from all over the world and try to do it again.

 The door to the office with Allesandro, eyes drooping with amusement and letting out a wicked grin that doesn't seem like a human face, opens.

'Oh, you!'

What's the matter, Lorenza, why are you in such a hurry?

Yeah, come on! My altar! It could be an intruder!

What?

 Alessandro had a bad feeling as he followed the panicked Lorenza.

'I was in the room next to the altar just now, picking out the ritual vessels and the catalyst for the spell to reinforce the spell, when suddenly I thought I heard a loud voice from the altar room!

'No way! If you don't want us to notice, this place is... no! If they try to break into the grounds of this facility before that, they should be able to detect it right there!

'Yes, it was supposed to be! Look at that!

This is....

 There is a splendidly destroyed altar and the fragments of the altar and other objects that had been used to curse until now are scattered about.

''Bah, that's ridiculous...''

''You ... we have to deploy the Dark Night Leopard immediately! The agency's work, that's all!

'Oh, no! Slipping through these wards.........  They could still be inside! They'll catch you and peel that skin off!

I will not allow... my precious altar and altarpiece...! I don't know how you did it but if you don't show up, that means you're not fit for battle. They will get you!

 At this point, Alessandro is caught up in what Lorenza says, a loud voice.
 No way.....

'Lorenza, how did that loud voice sound?

'Kuh ... it was the overlapping voices of multiple children. As I recall.....

 Lorenza speaks as she trembles with hatred.

''Is that........if........?''

 A voice like a child's, he heard, and Alessandro's face twitched.

'As I recall, donggala gashan! And!

!

 Hearing that, as expected of Alessandro, a cold feeling ran down his spine.