Chapter 117


    <strong>CHAPTER 117 – CHASING AFTER THE MASTERMIND</strong>


    「I’ll open it . Even!」


    ーーohhhh!!


    The gambling den mors .


    「Isn’t this the tenth consecutive time……?」


    Iris who is beside me was stunned .


    There is a reason that she became like that .


    There was only even that came out since earlier . It is the tenth time right now .


    Because it resulted to even consecutively, the guys who are gambling in other groups gathered, and started to say this and that to themselves .


    And there is a man who missed that ten times .


    The man who brought fake notes continuously bet on odd, and continuously lost .


    It was like he was betting on odd for no particr reason, but half way, he started betting on odd obstinately .


    「Oi, bastard, you’re cheating right?」


    「I am not doing such thing」


    The dicer answered with a friendly attitude .


    「Everyone who are gambling here has sharp eyes . There is no way to cheat with so many eyes watching」


    「Well, that’s true, it doesn’t look like he’s cheating」


    「There are more than a hundred people watching here . We should be able to tell if he’s doing something」


    The surrounding guys said . The fake notes guy clicked his tongue resentfully .


    『He’s not, cheating it seems』


    『Is that so?』


    『Umu』


    The mother and daughter chatted .


    I also agree with Eleanor .


    They are not cheating in the sense of tricking people .


    That’s for sure .


    「Next! Come on, next!」


    「Alright……I’ll start」


    The fake notes guy prompted, and the dicer shook the dice .


    *Don*, the pot was mmed to the floor, and the dices stopped .


    And then, the fake notes guy quickly said .


    「It’s odd! I’m sure it’s odd this time!」


    He took out more money and bets on odd .


    「Odd!」


    「I’ll bet on odd too!」


    「Odd shoulde out this time」


    And following him, the other guys started to bet on odd .


    Well, I get how they feel .


    「Hey」


    Iris whispered to me quietly .


    「What?」


    「It isn’t cheating right?」


    「Yeah, it’s not」


    「I see……」


    Iris thought for a bit .


    「Even」


    And bet on the opposite of the surroundings .


    She gathered the surrounding’s attention .


    After odd hade out for ten consecutive times, the surroundings betted on odd, and only Iris betted on even .


    She didn’t bet that much, but she stood out because she was the only one .


    「Oi oi, there’s no way that it would be even this time」


    「That’s right . There’s no way that it would continue that much unless he’s cheating」


    「What an idiot」


    They showered sneers .


    If there was no cheating happening, there is no way that it would be even again after even came out ten consecutive times .


    I get the logic, I get it, but .


    『Iris-jou, she’s good』


    Yeah .


    I agreed with Eleanor .


    There was no cheating, if so, Iris’s judgment that it would be even again for the eleventh time is .


    「I’ll open it . Even!」


    After a moment of silence, the answer naturally came together with the chaos surrounding it .


    ☆


    In the end, the fake notes guy left the gambling den without winning even once .


    Iris and I went out, following him .


    「Let’s follow him」


    「Of course . But wait a second」


    I stopped Iris who was rushed to chase after the guy .


    「What is it?」


    「It would be all for nothing if we were found right?」


    「That is true, but……ahh! He turned corners . Let go」


    「Just listen」


    「We’ll lose him if this continues! If that happens, it would be all for nothing like you said!」


    「Leave it to me . I did the same thing in the past」


    「The same thing?」


    「I can hear that guy’s footsteps, I can tell what course he’s walking through」


    「Footsteps?」


    Iris looked around .


    Various sounds are overflowing within the crowd .


    Chatting voices, lifestyle sounds, there was also the sound of a messenger horse rider that passed by in such timing .


    「You can tell his footsteps with this?」


    「I can」


    I showed a clear nod .


    Soon after I came to this world, I had an experience of following someone . I also followed that time by hearing their footsteps .


    Unlike that time, I am now used to using my abilities better so I can create the route that the opponent has passed through just by listening to their footsteps .


    I can trace them even without following after them .


    「That’s amazing…… you aren’t a man sessful only on battlefields huh」


    「That impression isn’t that wrong too」


    「……no wonder Aneue is infatuated」


    She whispered somewhat profoundly .


    I ignored it because it would onlyplicate things if I poke into it right now .


    And while that happened, the footsteps finally stopped, so I told Iris .


    「He stopped . Let’s go」


    「Yeah」


    Iris nodded . Her expression became solemn .


    I led her and started to walk .


    I walked following the route that was made by the footsteps I picked up in my head .


    We turned several corners, passed through the middle of the town, and came out to the opposite side .


    The atmosphere changed drastically . That ce was like the slums .


    The buildings are unsightly and dirty and there are people with ragged clothes sitting here and there .


    They stared at me and Iris but we ignored them .


    After going through a winding street and entering aplex path, we stopped in front of a certain building .


    It’s a wooden t house and wind seems to pass through it very well .


    「Is it here?」


    I nodded to Iris .


    「Yeah, he entered here」


    「Is there other people inside?」


    「There’s none . There is only one person’s sound of movement and presence」


    「I got it . If so, I’ll go」


    「Are you sure?」


    I looked at Iris with widened eyes .


    「Leave it to me」


    Iris said that and entered inside with high spirits .


    I stayed where I’m standing and let her do what she wants because in this distance, I can intervene anytime in case something happens .


    I heard arguing voices from inside . It’s Iris’s and the fake notes guy’s voice .


    Iris cornered the fake notes guy and questioned him .


    The man attacked instead . He blows a fuse and punches towards Iris .


    But, he was immediately suppressed by Iris .


    From how it sounded, she dodged his punch and then twisted his arm .


    The man quickly surrendered and said「I’ll talk, I’ll talk okay!」


    『She’s quite good』


    「Yeah」


    『Well then, shall we move as well』


    「I guess so」


    『Fue?』


    While Hikari was puzzled, I took out the warp feather, and warped half-way the path we passed through beforeing here .


    There was a man who waits and sees from the shadows in the distance, and I appeared behind that man .


    「Don’t move」


    「ーー!!」


    I threatened him, poking his back with the Demon Sword’s handle .


    The man reacted quickly, raising both of his hands immediately .


    『A-re? This person’s the one shaking the dice earlier』


    Hikari said .


    That’s right, this man is the dicer .


    I questioned the man that I poked from earlier with a low voice .


    「Why did you collect the fake notes?」


    The man flinched .


    There was no cheating . The man used his skillful technique and perfectly controlled the oue of the dice he shook .


    And the fake notes guy spat out the fake notes that he had without winning even once .


    I questioned the dicer why he targeted that man .


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