The Difference Is Like Between a Dog and a Cow

40 – One Strike (4)

“Where is your guard captain?”

“Mo, I don’t know!! I really don’t know!!”

I ran away and pulled out the guard hiding in the alley. He had already lost all will to fight, and was only trembling.

‘It’s a big deal.’

I wiped out the Gavial guys at once, but I missed the most important Golden Goblin.

“If you don’t answer straight away, I think I’ll throw that water cannon into your mouth as well.”

“Yes, yes!! Got it, Officer!! I’ll tell you everything I know!”

“Where is the direct passage from here to the guard barracks?”

“Go straight that way and turn right and you will see a building right away! No, it’s tall, so you’ll be able to recognize it right away!”

I let go of the guard’s collar and ran straight to the barracks.

You bastard, Lamour, 100 percent noticed that I was from the military police. So, as soon as I fired the water cannon, I ran away without even thinking about fighting.

However, in the end, what Ramuru can do right now is extremely limited.

Throwing away all the money and running away, or taking what you can and running out of the city.

I thought it was the latter.

‘How much did you eat, but you wouldn’t run away without preparation. He’s definitely in the barracks.’

From now on, it was purely a time attack.

Evidence to prove the charges is overflowing, but if Lamour is not secured, there is no way to confirm the top line who instigated the leak of the ‘Artifact’.

Couldn’t it be that Ramour, the city’s chief of guards, ordered the capture of the artifact?

It is clear that there must be someone behind the guard, who is only at the bottom.

It’s a chance to make the operation 100% successful, and we can’t miss it.

I arrived at the barracks after running through the streets after the sun had set.

There was only cold silence there.

When I quickly looked around, I could confirm the traces of the horse being released from the stable built in the corner.

“Damn it!”

Only one. Anyone could see that it was Lamour who rode it.

But it’s still too early to give up.

I approached the stable and untied one of the remaining horses. It felt good to snort in a healthy way.

“It’s my first time riding a horse…… It will work out somehow!!”

Check that the saddle is secure, then jump on the back of the horse. Then, like a ghost, it seemed that the strands of how to drive the horse were caught.

The setting is that he graduated from the military academy, so he must have been good at talking.

Is this correcting the possessor?

For a moment of admiration, let me put my foot firmly in the stirrup and strike the reins.

Hee-in-!

He lifts his front paws and starts galloping forward.

‘The closest entrance to the barracks is the back door! I’m going that way!’

Unless La Mour took the wrong path, he’d already be out of town. However, if I run fast enough, I can catch up.

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In less than a few minutes, the back gate of the city came into view.

“Yes…… ? What.”

The troops lined up in front of the firmly closed gates. At first, I thought they were the guards who blocked the road after being instigated by Ramour.

Unlike the sloppy guards, these are clean and luxurious outfits.

Golden buttons attached to a jet-black coat, and a badge with a huge reindeer pattern vividly drawn on the chest.

It was the National Military Police.

“Stop, stop!”

Following the order of the military police, I stopped my horse and jumped from above.

“The city was temporarily shut down by the National Gendarmerie. Show your ID and go back!”

Anyway, he was dressed in plain clothes, and he had no acquaintance with the military police except for Major Lannister.

It was natural that the members of the National Military Police did not recognize him.

“Glory to the motherland! I am 2nd Lieutenant Enoch Levandell of the 3rd Magic Battalion under direct control of the Northern Corps.”

I approached and saluted a man who appeared to be a lieutenant, and he was greeted with a salute.

“The 3rd Magic Battalion…… ? Why is your officer here?”

“I was on a mission under orders from Major Lannister.”

As I took the military police insignia out of my pocket and showed it to him, the lieutenant’s gaze changed.

“Ah, you are the rumored platoon leader. I’ve heard the story. We will talk about the meritorious service after arresting the chief of the guard and others involved.”

“Okay. By the way, did any of the people on horseback come here by any chance?”

“No one came through the back door except you.”

What happened? If it wasn’t Lamour, who else pulled the horse and disappeared?

‘Did you escape before the military police arrived?’

It was a reasonable doubt, so I asked the lieutenant one more time.

“How long has it been since you sealed the back door?”

“I arrived as soon as I received orders from Major Lannister. It’s 19 o’clock now, so it’s about 10 more minutes.”

As the lieutenant said, the timing is a bit tight.

Isn’t it time to organize the Gavial gang and head towards the barracks? If I had really packed the bare minimum and escaped, I would have gotten out enough before the military police sealed the entrance.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally told the lieutenant the truth.

“Looks like Guard Captain Ramour has fled the city.”

“What?”

“After arranging the thugs he hired, I immediately went in pursuit…… We confirmed that a horse was missing from the guard barracks.”

“Damn it…… ! Then, now is not the time to organize a pursuit team…… !!”

Just before the lieutenant gave orders to the cavalry waiting around the entrance.

“You don’t have to.”

A familiar voice came from an alley not far away.

“Ramour is here.”

A huge figure collapses helplessly at their feet. I immediately recognized him as Lamour, the captain of the guard.

And who the people who captured Lamour were.

“…… Sergeant Bell, Sergeant Claude.”

“You owe us one, Platoon Commander.”

Claude said with a light laugh.

***

“So that’s how it turned out. Oh, thank you.”

I said as I drank a glass of cold water. It was pure water that Bell had created directly with magic.

The whole story was like this.

While I was confronting the guards, Lumia successfully escaped the city.

I reported to the captain of the Lockhart battalion that I was in danger, and that there was clear evidence that the chief of Cherno City’s guard had acted as a transfer.

He’s a battalion commander who’s a little thin and has a good mood, but does it right when he’s doing it.

As soon as he received Lumia’s message, he urgently sent a message to Major Lannister.

It is said that he approved Rumia’s request to mobilize quickly and brought Claude and Bell Mayer to the city.

Thanks to that, Bell Meyer and Claude, who arrived earlier, were guarding the side door.

They were able to arrest Lamour, who was trying to escape. It was a million bucks.

If he had managed to escape through the side door, we wouldn’t really have been able to track him down.

“Because he is the captain of the guard, he must have known the city’s secret passages.”

“But how did Sergeant Claude know about that passage?”

When I brought up a question that suddenly came to my mind, Sergeant Claude strangely averted his gaze. Bell Mayer sighed heavily at that appearance and answered instead.

“What…… It’s obvious. Until now, there are many records that have not returned even after a long time has passed. Usually, after midnight, the front and back gates are automatically controlled, so you must have gone out through this side door. Look at me, shamelessly pretending not to.”

Claude did not respond to Belle Meyer’s words.

“Did you do that even after I took office?”

“…… Hmm.”

“Sergeant Claude, please say something next time. So, wouldn’t it be possible to deliver news in case of emergency? It doesn’t matter if you leave…….”

“You don’t mind going out? Platoon commander!”

Bell immediately protested, but I had already given up on Claude’s rehabilitation.

In fact, since he is in the position of being a war hero and even a sergeant, to be honest, he is no different from a colonel who gave up on being promoted to general.

Jangpodae?

Don’t talk if you haven’t experienced it.

Because no one can really stop you?

On the contrary, Bell, who tackled so far, was nothing short of miraculous from my point of view.

“Okay, next time I’ll do a minimum report and go.”

“Let me ask you a favor.”

Still, I must have thought that he had made a lot of concessions, but Sergeant Claude showed a fairly receptive reaction.

Just then, a woman in a robe came from far away, waving her hand and running away.

“Platoon leader!”

Silver hair that glistens in the moonlight.

Lumia Bluet is a sergeant.

“Are you okay!?”

“Yes, there are no injuries. I overpowered them all with magic anyway.”

“Then all the people who were scattered in the plaza earlier… ….”

Rumia seemed to have witnessed the horrors on the way. I shrugged her shoulders at her in amazement.

“I wouldn’t have been seriously hurt. A fracture at least?”

“Really…… !! You’re not overdoing it!”

“Well, again, I don’t know. I might get sick tomorrow like this.”

Well, I used a little more magic today than usual, and I moved my body a lot.

“If that happens, I will ask you again tomorrow, Sergeant Rumia.”

When I made a light joke, Rumia looked astonished and hated it.

“No! What if you eat like this every day! Work out with me in the future! I need to develop my stamina first!”

“Good, platoon commander? If you get hurt while working out, come to me. I’ll let you recover from fatigue for free.”

“Sergeant Bell is no exception. If you are stuck in your room all the time, what are you going to do later!”

“Ugh… ….”

At the sparks that suddenly jumped out, Bell Mayer stepped back as if in trouble.

Claude was looking at the two of them with a somewhat relaxed expression.

…… Looking at it like this, it doesn’t seem too bad, does it?

Anyway.

“It seems like our platoon solved the problem.”

“That, I will…” …. Did you solve it faster than you thought?”

I didn’t expect to arrest the suspect in one day, but…… She looked at the platoon members who helped her in many ways and said,

“You really worked hard.”