Reset Life – Chapter 61

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Chapter 61: Wouldn’t it be boring if you knew that? (2)

“Joey. Joey? Hey! Joey, hello?”

「Yes? Ah…… Um. Huam…… Sorry. I dozed off a bit.」

“You won’t die sleeping on the street in late autumn, but you’ll catch a cold. Head to E4.”

「Yes.」

Now even someone who’s dozing off has appeared. I shook my head and grabbed the black bishop.

“Old Man, how is it?”

「He’s a human trafficker. Seems like the kind of guy who kidnaps anyone he meets on the street. He’s probably connected to a slave trader.」

“Did you catch him?”

「Yes. He’s currently unconscious. What should I do?」

“If you have any ink, write ‘Human Trafficker’ on his forehead and leave him on the main street. Damn it.”

「Got it.」

Ugh, I thought I caught one, but what is this? Only strange small fries are getting caught.

I sighed and rearranged the pieces as I had just discussed. And as I was about to give a few more orders, Lucy spoke.

“Huh……?”

“What is it this time?”

“No, the three people who were going together here have been reduced to one.”

“Huh?”

Lucy extended his staff and pointed to a main street on the lower left block. A dot was seen walking leisurely there.

“Wasn’t it originally one?”

“No. There were three just a moment ago, but now it’s down to one. Hmm, did he enter a building?”

“Let’s check it out. P5, look at the path from H1 to G1.”

「Yes. Heading there now.」

I moved the pawn to H1 for now and glanced at the tray. The dot Lucy pointed out walked leisurely and then moved eastward. Over there is…… Jay, Joey, and Levidian are nearby.

About 10 minutes later, when I had forgotten about the dot, a message came.

「This is P5, a corpse.」

“What?!”

「Corpse…… There are a man and a woman’s corpses. They…… appear to have been murdered. Both had their necks cut…… There are no heads, and the cut surfaces are rough. Perhaps…… they were cut off with something like a saw.」

“Oh, my goodness! Lucy!”

“I’m here! Now…… F5! He’s going up?”

I looked at the map and checked the deployment of personnel. If it’s that place…… Good! Let’s begin!

“Jay, I see the tail! Through G5 to F5!”

「What? Got it!」

“Teacher, he’s been spotted. Wait there for 15 minutes and then go from F4 to E5! Cut through the alley!”

「15 minutes? Why wait?」

“It’s a long story! Just do it!”

「Alright. Exactly 15 minutes.」

“Joey, have you arrived at E4?”

「I’m still a little ways away. Your voice sounds urgent…… Is something happening?」

“Change direction, wait at E6.”

「Ah, yes.」

“Namia-nim, you’re at A5 now, right?”

「Yes.」

“Go to D7!”

「Yes.」

I called in most of those who were far away. Chess pieces moved here and there on the map, and Lucy informed me of the movements of the dot that was confirmed to be the culprit.

“Someone ran and arrived at F5!”

“Jay, go straight to E5! The culprit is heading there!”

「What? Huh? I see him! Stop! You bastard!」

I glanced at the center of the tray. D4, D5 and E4, E5 are the areas surrounding the square where Lucy and I are. A dot that was approaching there suddenly increased its speed.

「I’m chasing him! But he’s running away! Ah! That bastard!」

“Keep chasing him! P2, target acquired! To D8! From there, go to D7! P1, the hunt begins! From C8 to D7 diagonally! A suspicious-looking guy is going that way!”

「Yes!」

「Yes!」

I cracked my fingers and moved the pieces. A black king without a metal piece was newly placed on the map.

Lucy shouted urgently.

“He changed direction! It doesn’t look like he’s coming to the square?”

“Really? But will he really be able to do as he pleases?”

Several dots were chasing the culprit. I slowly moved the black king, checking its location. It goes without saying that our manpower would feel insufficient.

“Jay, turn into the 3rd alley on the left! There’s someone who will help you when you get to the main street! Send him from E7 to D7!”

「Someone who will help? Got it!」

After the conversation with Jay, Lucy was looking at me with an awkward expression. I looked at him with a questioning gaze, and Lucy scratched his cheek and asked.

“Well, that friend named Jay…… Isn’t he an underworld boss?”

“He is. Why?”

“But you said someone will help…… Isn’t that a patrol officer?”

At the spot Lucy pointed to, two dots were moving side by side on the main street leading from E6 to E7. According to the information Jay found out, they are definitely patrol officers.

I grinned and said.

“That’s why I said someone will help.”

“Huh? Ha, haha! What an absurd guy you are……!”

Lucy laughed in vain, but soon a pleasant smile appeared on his face. The sight of an underworld figure asking for cooperation from a patrol officer is quite comical in a way.

I moved the black king. The dot that just appeared on the main street leading to E7 and D7 seemed to have just spotted the three dots approaching rapidly from E7. There were no other alleys to move to across the street. Just tightly packed houses.

He had no choice but to start heading towards D7.

I picked up two pawns and a white bishop at the same time and grabbed all three metal pieces. And I said to the three people at the same time.

“The prey is coming! Each of you guard the way you came from and chase after the first guy who comes running!”

「Yes!」

「Yes.」

「Got it!」

Tak! Tadak!

I placed the three pieces and moved the black king. I folded my arms and watched the busy blue dots. Watching the dots flocking towards one intersection, Lucy said cheerfully.

“Haha! This is going to be a real hunting party, isn’t it? You’ve already set all the traps, haven’t you?”

I shook my head slightly. He’s only half right.

“No. Those are the beaters.”

“What?”

“The trap is somewhere else.”

「Target spotted. Commencing pursuit.」

「I see him! Eek? What’s that, a neck?!」

「He’s got human heads hanging from his belt…… Ugh. That’s disgusting. Anyway, I’m going!」

Six dots are coming in from four directions. The chased dot had no choice but to run down the main street leading from D7 to D6.

“Jay, keep going into the left alley! He likes alleys! Down to below D5! Run through the back alleys!”

「What a peculiar taste he has! Got it!」

“P1, P2, go into the right alley and run to D5!”

「Yes!」

「Got it!」

The dots that were chasing one dot dispersed. One dot is going down the open main street with three dots chasing it, and there are dots dispersed in the alleys, chasing after it with a time difference.

「This is Old Man. I’ve arrived at E4 with P3.」

“P3, from E5 to D5! Old Man, through the alley to D5!”

Tak! Tak!

I put down two pieces and this time picked up the rook.

“Joey, run to D6 with all your might!”

「Yes? Ah, yes, Hyung-nim!」

Tak!

I placed the rook in its designated position and looked at the tray again. I could see other dots flocking towards one dot.

“P5, the culprit is in Sun’s Square! Pass through H3, H4, G4, G5 in order and call all the patrol officers! Gather at least 6!”

「Pa, patrol officers? Ah, yes, sir!」

I moved the pawn to H4 for now and looked at the dot that appeared to be the murderer who had arrived at D6. He suddenly turned south, but Joey was already running up there with all his might.

At the same time, Jay jumped out of the alley, and from above, two pawns that had jumped out of the alley blocked the way. In the end, the black king had no choice but to start heading towards D5.

“Hey, I see him over there.”

Lucy pointed to the road that stretched east and west from the south of the square. Under the streetlight on the east side of the road, people were flocking together. He stroked his chin and said.

“Hmm. This is quite a spectacle. You called him back here after all, didn’t you? So, is D5 the place where you’ll catch him?”

“No, that’s just a passing point.”

I answered, alternately looking at the map and the tray, moving the pieces little by little. Lucy also looked at the map and the tray alternately and asked in a puzzled voice.

“Huh? Then where are you going to catch him?”

“Here.”

I picked up the white knight without a metal piece and placed it on D4.

This is the point where we’ll catch the culprit.

Lucy tilted his head and asked.

“Huh? Were there troops in a place like that?”

“Just watch. Now, now, he’s arrived at D5.”

That’s where P3 and Old Man are. Watching them slowly descend southward from the north and northwest, I turned my gaze towards one side of the square where this was actually happening.

“He’s coming.”

Lucy leaned on his staff and looked at the intersection designated as D5. Although the darkness severely limited visibility, the murderer was clearly visible.

He ran hurriedly and looked around. Then, seeing Old Man and P3 coming down from above, he immediately started running south. Lucy tilted his head.

“Huh? Why isn’t he coming straight here? Ah, did you anticipate that?”

“That’s right. I made him head west several times, so he probably thought there would be something there if he headed west again. He probably thought there was a huge trap at D4.”

“Isn’t there?”

“Of course not.”

I picked up four pieces.

“Jay, Old Man, Joey, Namia-nim, to D4!”

Each of their answers came back. I also made the three pawns head towards D4. And I moved the pawn that I had left alone for about 30 minutes.

“To P4. Stand slightly south of the center of the road from E4 to D4.”

「Yes!」

With this, the deployment is complete. I let out a low sigh and stretched, and Lucy asked with a slight frown.

“Uh……? He’s heading towards E5, isn’t he? Huh? Who is that?”

I didn’t answer Lucy’s question and just smiled faintly. The real trap, the trap that will drive him into the final abyss, is at E5.

Just as I smiled, the expected contact came in.

「Risel, I’ve arrived at E5.」

Her piece is the white queen.

There’s no one more fitting than her.

I placed the white queen, Levidian’s piece, on E5 and smiled even wider.

Now everything is in place.

“Well, then, shall we wait a little longer?”

Lucy sat down in the middle of the intersection designated as D4 and leisurely rummaged through his robe.

I told Levidian to drive him to D4.

The only one among us who can do that alone is her.

“Khaha-! Good! I’m getting fired up!”

“Is it okay to drink alcohol?”

“It won’t hinder the battle. If anything, it might help. Want some?”

The sound of liquor sloshing around could be heard from the flat, metal flask. The strong scent that wafted out suggested it was quite strong. Seeing that reminded me of one of my subordinates before I died. That guy used to gulp down alcohol by the bucketful before every battle.

“No. I’m good. But it’s about time he arrived……”

I stretched out fully. Just then, a group of people came running from the east.

The seven people, led by Jay, ran towards me, breathing heavily, and stopped. Jay plopped down on the spot and wiped his sweat-drenched forehead.

“Puha! Oh my, I’m out of breath! Has he not arrived yet?”

“That’s right. Not yet. Get some rest.”

“Where’s the culprit?”

“Teacher will be driving him here.”

Namia just nodded her head, without even a hint of breathlessness or a single drop of sweat. Somehow, seeing her so composed when even Joey is panting makes me feel quite strange.

Joey put his hands on his knees and took a deep breath, saying.

“Huaa, if it’s Ibi-unni…… Uh, wouldn’t she just catch the culprit?”

“There’s a possibility, but she also knows that it’s much better to surround him with several people. She’ll be here soon.”

“Phew, that Noona is really amazing. Hey, mister, give me a sip of that.”

“Just a little.”

While people were resting and Jay and Lucy were bickering over the little bit of alcohol, a group of people came running from the south.

Are those P5 and the patrol officers? But why is there someone familiar……

“Huh? Who are these people? Where’s the murderer? Huh? Sir Arisein? And Lucy…… sir?”

“Yo. Sir Permed, was this under the 16th Patrol Unit’s jurisdiction?”

I awkwardly greeted Permed Hendi. I’m pretty sure this is under the jurisdiction of the 3rd, 7th, and 13th Patrol Units?

Permed Hendi said with a puzzled expression.

“The patrol officers were reinforced overall, so we were sent here for support…… But who are these people with you?”

“You know Lucy, and this is the High Priest Benamijan of Lynin, a guest at our house, and the rest are bounty hunters. We agreed to cooperate for now.”

I brought out the words I had prepared beforehand.

We’ll have to hand the culprit over to the patrol officers once we catch him anyway, and everyone involved will have to write a statement together. That’s why I had prepared beforehand to dress up my subordinates like Jay and Old Man as bounty hunters.

There’s a joke that being a bounty hunter is a job that even a farmer can become in a fit of anger because there’s no special registration process. Permed Hendi seemed to understand and nodded.

“I see. But where is the culprit?”

“Someone else should be driving him here…… Ah, there he is.”

I pointed over Permed Hendi’s shoulder.

The black figure that suddenly popped out of the alley flinched as he looked this way. However, he couldn’t turn around and run away because Levidian was closing in on him right behind.

“Stop!”

“Kheeeet!”

Making an inhuman sound, the black figure started running towards us. In his right hand was a saw, and in his left hand, he was still holding two heads.

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