Chapter 69

Soon after my fight with Igor, the round ended.

En and I met up with the others.

Sakura doesn't seem to notice anything unusual about Reina. She even talked to Sakura for a bit and was friendly.

There were also no signs of her plotting against Sakura.

Hmmm...

...

The second will be in 3 days huh...

"Is it just me or is the sky eternally dark?" Asks Yumiko.

"It is... It looks like there is only nighttime here." Says Ika.

En pulls my index finger.

I look back and can see her anxious expression.

"Don't worry. He won't do anything to you as long as I'm near." I whisper.

"Hmm... So we can just relax for the next 3 days? Alright!" Exclaims Yumiko.

"I heard that points are valuable currencies in this world! Plus, we won't get fat no matter how much we eat! Bon appetite bitches!!" Shouts a player nearby.

What the... Why are there so many gluttons?!

Anyway, now should be a good time.

I nod to Sakura. "Let's go."

Sakura stares at the ground for a while before nodding back.

"Alright, let's go."

En decided to follow me and I can't refuse either way so my team parted ways for now.

After a few hours of travelling, we arrive at the cemetery.

Sakura wanted to come here first.

"Dad, mom... I..." She collapsed on the floor as she cries in front of their graves.

I look at En. She has a sympathetic face.

She takes out her notebook and writes on it before tearing the page out and passing it to Sakura.

"Cheer up. I don't know what happened but I can see that you love them very much."

Oh, En is back to using paper to communicate.

Sakura wipes her tears and smiles at En.

"Let's go." She says.

I silently nod.

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After another hour, we arrive at the mansion previously owned by Sakura's family.

Hmm?

No wait, the nameplate is still written as "Edgel".

Sakura press the doorbell and waited for a while. Soon, a maid appeared in the monitor installed in the gate.

"Hm? May I ask who are these ladies and that gentleman right there? Oh, wait! Are you the people Sir Roger hired to win FG?"

Sakura's eyes widen upon hearing that and smiles pleasantly. "Sorry, ma'am. We went to the wrong address." And pull both En and me away from the mansion.

...

Once we are far enough I say "Let me guess, you want to see Roger suffer first before killing him right?"

Sakura smirks at my comment. "As expected of my inspiration."

Wait, what? Did she get that idea using my methods as an inspiration?

Damn...

"Alright then."

As always, the me in this world is a huge loser with no family or friends. And it looks like me in this world love... Technology so much, my apartment is filled with electronics.

We decided to make good use of these electronics in my apartment.

After several searches for information, we found out that Roger has become a successful businessman. At least that's what it seemed like on the surface. On the other side, he is one of the many important figures in the underworld and has been working behind the scenes for many cruel projects.

This is...

I stare at the computer and En comes over purely because of curiosity.

!!!

She quickly runs over to the toilet and puke once she sees what's on the computer.

Sakura came to my side and take a look as well.

The computer screen shows several mutilated bodies of both man and woman alike wrapped together in bags and thrown in a pit.

Those are victims of Roger's schemes and projects.

This Roger seems to be a huge paedophile too. He has several young girls kept captive in what seems like his own personal prison in the basement. He is a huge sadist as well... Torturing those girls while raping them.

I throw a glance at Sakura. She is not expressing any emotion.

Hmm...

"Let's stop this. We know enough now." I say.

Sakura and En agreed.

I print out a map of the city we are currently in.  (Note: they are in stage 5 and not in real life. But they are also not in FG so they are in something like the "lobby". After all, Stage 5 is a world similar to the real world and has a virtual game called FG.)

I circle a few spots on the map to avoid looking suspicious.

"Ever heard of the black market? These few places might be it and we may be able to find out more about Roger there." I say.

Sakura and En nod before they proceed to prepare and head out.

Out of every spot I circled, only one is correct. Sakura knows that too so Sakura and I guided En to this one particular spot I want to go to.

I walk into the bar and a giant drunk man blocks my way.

"Huh? What are you looking at boy? Scram off! This place is not for you!"

I tap on the floor 5 times consecutively and flick a purple coin up.

!!!

The man snaps out of it and instantly becomes sober before walking away.

The bartender stares at me and I went to take a seat.

"How much for a Latina?" I casually ask.

"4000 points."

"Deal."

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"So any other recommendation FN?" I ask.

The bartender places a cup of cocktail in front of me. He then pours a bottle of wine into a large mug.

The way he is pouring the wine...

"Go left. Go straight to the end and turn left."

That was the message the bartender indicated by the way he is pouring the wine.

FN means Finding Network which means looking for information.

I gulp the cocktail in one go.

"Thanks," I say and place the purple coin on the table.

I look at the baffled Sakura and En.

"What's wrong? Follow me."

They obediently followed me.

I went to the back of the bar into the kitchen. The chefs open a wooden door in a blind spot that cannot be spotted from the outside and let us in.

Inside reveals a huge marketplace with several worn out tall buildings and tents set up.  It reeks of alcohol in here and I can see people fighting almost everywhere.

The black market is created in an abandoned mine. It also became something like a lawless city unknown to the surface.

"Oh? What's a beauty doing in a place like this?"

A man approaches En and Sakura.

I immediately grab that man's arm and snaps it.

!!!

"ARGGH!!!"

"K-Karma?!" Exclaims En.

"In the black market, the only way for a woman to get out unscathed is to do things this way. No matter how much you try to avoid it, there will always be people trying to find a 'plaything' in here. After all, this is a lawless underground city. Everything is permitted here." I say.

"Y-You bastard!!" That man charges at me with a knife.

I kick the knife away and did a spinning back kick to his chest, fracturing his ribcage.

"Ack!! T-Taekwondo?!" The man says as he collapses on the floor.

"Let's go. Hurry." I say.

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I follow the instructions of the bartender and reach a narrow platform leading to one worn-out cottage with spider webs and bugs everywhere.

"Be careful..." I say, jumping from one platform to another.

*Crack*

!!!!

"Eek!" En screeches as the platform she stood on falls apart.

I quickly grab hold of her arm before she falls into whatever is down there.

"T-Thank you."

Sakura help me and we both pulled En up.

Now...

I knock on the standing door slightly for it to fall on the ground.

...

Okay then...

I walk in to find a man probably in his 30's looking at a worn-out computer.

"Hmm? What do you want?" He asks with an annoyed tone.

"You are Tsuido, right? I want to know more about a certain somebody."

"Oh? A customer?"

I hand over a picture to Tsuido.

"Roger huh... This is not going to be cheap." Says Tsuido. "Oh? Are those beautiful women behind your payment? If they are then I'm fine-"

"Of course not."

My reply seems to piss Tsuido off as he slams on the floor.

"Huh? Then get the fuck out! I don't accept any other kind of payment." Tsuido shouts.

"Oh really? Don't you want information about your missing daughter?"

!!!!!

"H-How do you know-"

I smirk. "Why should I tell you?"

Tsuido stares at the floor.

"Fine. Let's trade information." Says Tsuido.

"Deal."

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"Roger, that bastard, has done many things from human trafficking, human slavery to assassinating anyone who pisses him off or a potential rival. This is the list of his current schemes or project." Says Tsuido.

"Oh?  How did you manage to get all of this information? I can trade that for your daughter's information." I say.

"Tch! ARE YOU TRYING TO PISS ME OFF?!" Tsuido shouts.

"It's a joke."

...

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"Whatever, take it and tell me what you know about my daughter."

I sigh. "Where should I start?... Your daughter... Is dead. And the one who caused your daughter's death... Is Roger."

!!!!!!

Tsuido just stood there in shock, unlike his normal pathetic hot-tempered self.

"W-What did you say?" Tsuido asks as if he doesn't believe what I said.

"Your daughter is dead. Roger raped her and force her to be his plaything before 'borrowing' her to his friends. Your daughter has red eyes and long purple hair, right? With a slender body and a wonderful smile. Unable to take the torture, she committed suicide." I say, handing him a photo of his daughter's dead body.

Tsuido drops onto the floor as tears appear in his eyes.

...

"Let's leave-"

"Wait!" Tsuido stopped me from leaving. "You are going after Roger right? Then scrap that list I gave you. It's a fake, this is the real one... I'm sorry and I beg you, please kill that bastard!"

I stare at the pleading, kneeling Tsuido and smirks. "Sure."