I Reincarnated as a Mob Villain in a Game World I Had Been Playing~ Using My Knowledge of the Game, I Lived a Carefree Life but for Some Reason I Became Famous Everywhere~ - Chapter 50 - Events of the Following Day

Chapter 50 – Events of the Following Day

The next morning.

“T-This is terrible… It’s even worse than what I heard…”

The arched stone bridge over the stream was now in a miserable state.

The scene was proof of what yesterday’s disturbances were all about, as people gathered one by one to see the stone bridge that the Jet-black had destroyed.

One of them is Garagh, the branch manager of the city’s Treasure Hunters’ Association.

The branch manager, who has managed to unite the bloodthirsty treasure hunters, has a good reputation and has even established his position in the city, was quickly approached by the head guard…

“Long time no see, Garagh.”

“Oh Captain. Are you okay? You look tired.”

“I’ve been working since midnight… I’ve been here for over 10 hours now.”

“That’s a lot of work…”

His current expression really seemed that he had been working since ‘midnight’. This suggested that he went home after working hours were finished, but then was sent out again.

Garagh, who was tapping his shoulders, grinned and said,

“In that case, why don’t you complain to Jet-black who added more unnecessary work?”

“Haha… That’s not funny…”

The head guard responded with a drawn-out smile, showing it was no laughing matter.

Jet-black was the kind of person who could easily bring down a bridge.

He was the kind of person who, in a hostile situation, would think, ‘I’m going to bring down the bridge.’ It was already crazy that he could make that choice.

After the commotion, he tried hard to explain that he had no intention of taking down the bridge, but he was fully armed for battle.

It was obvious he was lying.

The bridge itself is not something you can take down without intending to take it down. It is not something you can take down even if you wanted to.

What was certain was there were a number of screws that had come loose in Jet-black’s head.

“Hey, Garagh. Try not to put the Jet-black in a bad mood. It’s for the sake of the city.”

“Yeah, I’ll tell the association members not to mess with him. Well, there aren’t many people who would get involved with the Jet- black who could do something like this without a second thought.”

“T-That’s true, but… Still, just in case.”

It’s better to be safe than sorry.

If the Jet-black were to go on a rampage, there was no one who could stop him.

The fact that Garagh was moving so cautiously at this point made it clear.

In fact, the head guard, when confronted by the Jet-black, was horrified.

The more he asked the Jet-black about the bridge, the more the Jet-black responded with a sense of how small it was.

He waved his hands with a “No, no, no,” and bowed his head while saying things like “Please spare me.”

The fact that it was actually an act was obvious from the sight of the bridge collapse, but the thoroughness in which he concealed his abilities under all circumstances was so intense that it was almost frightening.

“Anyway, did you hear about it, Garagh? The way Jet-black was fighting this time, or rather, his approach to it?”

“I heard. He pretended he didn’t want to be hostile, pretended to want to have a discussion, and then suddenly took down the bridge, right? How ruthless of him…”

“Well, it seems they were trying to attack a place that the Jet-black group was indebted to…”

“But he really showed no mercy… Wait, can we even say there was some compassion because they were unharmed? I just don’t know anymore…”

The scale of taking down a bridge was too great. It was an anomaly.

It was not surprising that they couldn’t measure Jet-black’s judgment.

“Anyway, who’s going to pay for the cost of this repair in the end? Will it be the Jet-black?”

“Well, there were signs of cracks, deterioration, and structural changes on the bridge, so a certain percentage of the burden is supposed to fall on the city’s shoulders, but…”

“Hmm?”

“The three powerhouses made an offer to cover for it…”

“Ah… They came forward.”

The three powerful families that took responsibility on behalf of the primary cause of the bridge collapse, the Jet-black, were the Aldi family, the Ansage family, and the Albrella family.

Has there ever been a time when they joined forces for the sake of just one person…?

With the strongest backing of this city stepping forward, the head guard couldn’t help but break into cold sweats.

“So you’re already under pressure.”

“I can’t give you the details, but… I got commands like ‘Don’t let the Jet-black pay for it,’ and others similar to that… I’m in a state where I can’t touch him anymore.”

“Is the Jet-black manipulating things behind the scenes?”

The head guard let out a loud sigh when he heard Garagh’s words.

“He’s doing as he pleases…”

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At that time.

“I-I knew it, he was up to something, that bastard! Don’t use my help or the shop as a lure! And don’t break the stone bridge!”

There was an inn-keeper shouting behind the kitchen.

This morning, he heard about it during an interview with a security guard.

Because ‘the inn-keeper received a reward from the Jet-black’, he was mistakenly thought to be Jet-black’s informant.

As a form of revenge against the Jet-black that had thwarted their plans,  this inn was about to be attacked last night.