Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain

Grand Cruno

-Yes, then I will prepare. sure. Say hello to Mr. Pietro.

Bastien, who manages the western network on my behalf, was busy receiving the communicator and continuing discussions with them.

[Everyone is impatient.]

“Because they are quick to notice.”

Starting with Doris, several bosses within the cunning network contacted Bastien.

They noticed that I was preparing a purge, and each of them was anxious about whether they were the target of the purge.

A few quick-witted ones offered themselves to be the guns of the purge, and those who were stabbed revealed their sins and asked for forgiveness.

[What kind of magic did you use, Pietro? Why are you so frightened?]

Osman did not seem to understand the officers who were so frightened and willing to pay.

“The West has been lawless for a long time. It’s a land so vast that it’s just a bunch of scruffy people who play as local thugs.”

My western network integration began when I was 17.

At the time, I was the head of a gang that was the head of a fairly large port city in the West, where I had a hunch about a new type of network.

“Automobiles, airships… Integration of the transportation business and transportation routes that operate them in large quantities. Links with public institutions and continuous smuggling routes are also combined.”

At that time, automobiles and airships were developed in earnest and started to be supplied to the private sector.

I came into contact with Count Zeppelin, the father of airships, and offered new ideas for airships, and also created the automobile industry.

“It’s thanks to me that the West started to use automobiles instead of wagons and horses.”

After that, even after entering the Imperial Military Academy, the organization of the West continued to build.

In the process, secrets of the Empire’s military airships were stolen, and road development plans to be built in the wasteland were also identified.

The network of the West completed in this way gave enormous benefits to each organization.

“Even if it’s a mafia or a godfather, it’s a profitable business after all. The person who makes money is the boss and the president.”

They naturally decided that it would be beneficial for them to stick to me.

After that, it is a tightrope walk of exquisite calculation and loyalty.

Establish rules, show the authority of rules, and sublimate them into discipline.

The reason I’m king in this place called the West.

This is because those who broke the rules I made were dealt with without exception.

[·······.]

“Why but?”

[When did you first start forming an organization?]

“I was thirteen when I was the captain of the back alley scoundrel. At seventeen I was dealing with the mayor.”

Osman’s expression hardened. Well, it’s obvious what you think. How was that possible at such a young age?

“Nothing too surprising. I am a reincarnated person. Using the knowledge of the world I lived in, I can overcome anything at a young age.”

[Well… Unless you’re a special person like me who has realized the power of magic, you wouldn’t have come up with such an idea even if you returned to that time. It is more difficult to execute.]

What’s up? Choosing an incompetent person who can’t even use magic as a regressor is a magician who whined that his genius brain must have been savored by his life in prison.

[Well, I admit that only you can do this.]

Osman seemed to admire my progress in the South as soon as I returned. It slowed the collapse of the empire by stopping Aburak Abdeslam, expanded its territory to the south, and captured Elysia.

Osman, who witnessed the network built in the West, which can be said to be my realm, now seems to acknowledge the peculiarity of the existence of the country.

[But you know? Purges are also purges, but our real purpose is different.]

“Of course. The reason I came all the way west at this time was because of ‘that’.”

There are two main reasons for my visit to the West.

The first is to purify my subordinates who will contribute to the catastrophe of the future stars. It is necessary to calculate the result derived from it and adjust it appropriately.

And this is directly related to the reason why I first visited the South.

“Mr. Pietro. We’ll be arriving soon.”

Bastien came. As he said, you can see the familiar city view outside the window.

Kelbeg City. A city of luxury and pleasure. This city full of glamor is the most money-making place in the West.

[What is luxury and pleasure? Corruption and self-indulgence.]

‘Whatever it is, isn’t it important to make money?’

The airship landed at the dock and we took the vehicle out of the hold.

Me and Elysia. Two cars for Bastien and the Highney Squad. Louisa approached me with a backpack full of weapons.

“Pietro, I’d like to get my armament ready before going to the hotel.”

“Is it the gun side?”

“Yes, ammunition and armaments. And I’d like you to pack some heavy weapons.”

The Highney Squad are all veteran mercenaries with knight-level fighting power, but they were fundamentally the Empire’s special forces.

Specialized in guerrilla warfare and firepower rather than knightly combat. And for that you need a lot of equipment.

Even so, during the purge process, several organizations were wiped out entirely, and the warlocks were also engaged, so equipment supplies will be needed.

“That part will be solved by Bastien. Bastien!”

“Yes, Pietro.”

“You go to the arms dealer with Louisa. I’ll go with Ellie.”

“Are you all right?”

“Of course. I can only have one companion from now on anyway. You’ll find out where the ‘two people’ I mentioned are staying by today.”

“All right.”

Bastien nodded and pulled something from his bosom.

“This is a cleanly laundered account. Happy shopping.”

Also Bastien. always quick-witted

I took the account card he gave me. It is a magic tool that serves as a cash check card in this world, but it contains a magic formula that is expensive to popularize, revealing a measure of wealth just by holding it.

I accepted it and grinned.

“Are we going alone?”

“Yes, Ellie. But before that… what’s your bust size?”

“???”

* * * *

Casino Grand Cruno.

One of the three major casinos representing Kelberg, a city of luxury and pleasure, this place is called Nighttime and attracts visitors with colorful lights day and night.

As it is a casino city that has been sublimated into a city of pleasure that attracts tourists and sucks in money, visitors to this place do not discriminate on social status.

Nobles, chivalry, commoners…even criminals.

There is only one thing required to enter the Grand Cruno.

money.

The account itself needs to be verified, and the area where you can enter is different depending on the amount.

“Now, wait a minute! My car! I’m betting my car! It’s a Mayer luxury sedan I bought last month!”

Of course, if you run out of money, you will be kicked out quickly. Customers with low balances were dragged to the entrance by the guards, but they did not lose their will to gamble.

“Haa… Guest. We have already confiscated the vehicle you parked. If you do not bring other collateral, you will not be able to use it any longer.”

“Muh, what are you talking about! Whoever wants to seize my car!”

“Did you use the express loan service we provided? You walked to the shops in District 7 with the collateral, but you lost it all. The car is the interest.”

“Nonsense! Taking my car with interest on money I borrowed three hours ago!”

Despite the man’s pleas, the manager of the Grand Cruno subdued the gambling addict by waving his guard.

Of course, that suppression meant being beaten and thrown so badly that several of his teeth were blown out.

“Oh my, it hurts.”

Wealthy guests on the terrace of the casino overlooking the scene.

They mocked the ugliness of the things below, enjoying the sumptuous food and champagne the casinos had to offer.

“If you run out of money, it will go off immediately, but it only took up time.”

“That’s right. Those who can’t even get collateral will play in the bronze section.”

The customers in the waiting line were different from the men.

A beautiful, fashion-forward dress or a suit with jeweled buttons, rich outlanders or city-centre riches who are distinctly different from the wild westerners of the outlaws.

How ridiculous it must be to see the middle-class people in the Bronze District, not the Silver District, looking at the walking gold storehouses with a million Guliks in their accounts.

They were the city’s aristocrats who were treated as VIPs even in this city of luxury and pleasure, and proof of their lineage was ‘Gulik’ filled up their accounts.

“This town is still the same.”

“Have you ever been here?”

“Why didn’t I see it? I came because the restaurant on the 4th floor was incredibly delicious.”

“Like them?”

Elysia’s gaze went to the terrace on the third floor. In the five-story Grand Cruno, the third floor is the gold area.

Since the pocket of the stake required by Bronze is 10,000 Gulic, and each floor goes up, it is tenfold, so the gold area on the 3rd floor means a million Gulik customers.

They are guests who bring a million Gulik stakes to gamble, so they are distinguished guests who have considerable influence in this city.

The real thing is the platinum area on the 4th floor and the black market on the 5th floor.

“By the way, Ellie. How about the dress?

“······It’s inconvenient. The defense is too low. I can’t even wear a sword.”

Elysia was dressed in a pure white side slit dress.

A dress that elegantly and stylishly emphasizes a thin waist and long, slender legs, silver-colored heels with knob heels, and a sparkling diamond necklace draped over a healthy neckline tied in a ponytail.

“Did you need to wear these expensive clothes…?”

“Casinos don’t just let anyone in.”

For Grand Cruno, suits and dresses are required, even in the bronze zone. It was said that if you don’t have that much money, go away.

“I wouldn’t have followed you if you hadn’t said you were going to catch a criminal.”

“You have a strong work spirit. But you’ve been doing well over the past few days.”

Among the purged targets, he handed over the small pikes and some warlocks to Elysia and sent them to the Bureau of Investigation.

In particular, black magicians were criminals who could be punished immediately, so it would have been a good performance.

“Okay. Rather than that, how much did it cost to borrow it?

“Borrow it?”

“???”

In an instant, our gazes crossed. questioning each other.

“I borrowed it… isn’t it?”

“Do you see me as someone who borrows clothes?”

Elysia looked pale as if she had just imagined the cost of what she was wearing.

“Well, then how much…”

“······For Ellie’s mental health, I won’t tell you. I bought it in the first place, so don’t worry about it.”

“That can’t be! Blood, Pietro? Pietro!?”

Elysia, who was contemplating how bitter she was, was pretty cute, but also pitiful.

‘Still, she was the daughter of a count.’

[Isn’t it all because of you?]

It is.

Anyway, we tried to enter the casino with Elysia, who was still sweating, but the manager stopped us.

“customer.”

He said, pointing to the long line for bronze.

“You must wait for your turn to enter this casino.”

Behind the janitor’s back, good guards stand like folding screens. The unspoken pressure that if things go wrong, you can beat them up like the man who was kicked out earlier.

[Amazing. Bringing in a semi-knight grade as a security guard at the entrance to the casino.]

Osman was surprised to see the daggers of the guards who could feel the magic. Well, even so, in front of our Ellie, she’s no different than a small stick.

“Hello. It’s nothing special. I have someone I need to meet.”

“yes?”

Confused janitor. I said teasingly with a relaxed smile.

“Contact the top floor.”

“Hey, what is this again…”

top floor. i.e. the owner of the casino.

When the manager of Grand Cruno was mentioned, the manager sighed as if it was absurd.

“Boss. This is a truck made by the owner and the gentlemen who know each other.”

“You don’t think at all the possibility that I’m acquainted with that friend, do you?”

“under···!”

Let me try my luck. The caretaker smiles. He really seemed convinced that I couldn’t be acquainted with the casino owner.

The owners of Grand Cruno and those pretending to know them were all over the place. In the first place, the owner is a thorough businessman. There is no customer service that relies on friendship.

The only condition to enter Grand Cruno is money. It’s just money.

So the manager has no choice but to doubt the impersonation.

“Guys, a guest wants to greet you today.”

The moment Elysia took a stance as the good guards approached, I saved the lives of these faithful employees.

“Tell me that I have come to collect the debt from Brumont.”

“······!!”

The caretaker’s pupils widened and widened.

“Now, please wait a moment.”

“wait?”

“Oh, no… I’ll take you to the VVIP area. Welcome to this casino.”

A manager who quickly changes his attitude and becomes polite. The guards also moved in perfect order.

“What, what?”

“VVIP? Isn’t that the Platinum area? A place where you can only enter if you have at least 10 million Gulic!”

While the people waiting in line in the 10,000 Gulik Bronze Zone stared blankly as if they did not understand the situation, the companions also asked in a voice full of questions.

“What is it…?”

[I know. What have you been doing?]

“Well, just know that I made a huge contribution to building this casino.”

I should have come to collect the debt someday, but I didn’t get it in the future.

It was natural too.

The top 3 casinos in Kelberg City, a city of luxury and pleasure.

Because Grand Cruno collapses tonight.