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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 151

Retribution 2

「Hey, what’s the meaning of this?」

「Hiii.」

I point my sword at the collector’s neck.

Having this guy lead the way, I’ve come close to the headquarters of the Bartalis family, but it’s different from what he said. There are about ten men hanging out at the entrance to the external stairs. Damn it, it’s not only two or three.

「I don’t know, I swear. Maybe some of the executives have come.」

「If the executives have come, the boss is surely there, right?」

「Y, yeah. Well, I suppose so, but please spare me, seriously. I’ll get into trouble too.」

No need to worry about getting into trouble, as I’ll definitely kill you, after all. Be useful until you die.

「Alright, go gather information from those guys about how many executives have come. I’ll pretend to be your underling and follow you from behind. If you do anything strange, I’ll stab you from behind.」

「Hii, I get it, I get it, alright?」

Hiding myself with my cloak, I point my sword at the collector’s back.

Due to the fact that it’s late at night, there are no street lights, and we’re in front of a yakuza headquarters, there are no people around at all. One of the guards is illuminating the area with light magic, but that’s the only source of light.

The inside of the first floor of the building seems to be a tavern, so I can hear the voices of people talking, but the entrance is located in a different place, and they’re making merry inside, so we probably won’t be found if we get into a fight at the outside staircase. It’s easy to erase your presence in this darkness, so it’s easy to run away.

Hiding behind the collector, I approach them.

「Hey, brother.」

「Huh? Who are you?」

「Ah, I’m the person in charge of managing the prostitutes around the main street, but more importantly, what’s with this big crowd? Are the executives gathering or something?」

「Yeah, today is the executive meeting day. All six of them have come. You too, if you don’t have any business here…」

Executive meeting? All the executives are here, huh. That could be said to be a good opportunity, but as expected, it might be difficult to fight all of the executives at once. I wonder if those guys are strong.

Now then, there are eleven of them in total. No one notices even when I appraise them, and there are no high-leveled ones. Above all else, they are completely not on guard against their surrounding area and not ready for battle.

I look around. As expected, there is no one around and it’s quiet. Well, I guess there’s no one who would willingly wander around a yakuza headquarters late at night. Alright, let’s do it.

「Gah… Ouch!」

I kick the collector towards the men from behind. The men focus their attention on the collector who fell to the ground while letting out a loud cry. In that instant, I use full-strength body enhancement, channel my magical energy into my mithril sword, and send the heads of those guys flying.

「Gah.」

「What?!」

「Gugah.」

「Gah…」

Not only am I able to catch them off guard, the men are not ready for battle at all. When I cut off the head of the one who is using light magic, the area is shrouded in darkness, and the men fall into panic and are unable to grasp the situation. I cut them down mercilessly.

Seven, eight, nine. Two more. As expected, the last two are ready for battle. I can’t back down at this point. I’ll finish them off in one go.

The technique I learned from Nakulus, the pugilist from the Cotton Clouds, comes in handy. Using body manipulation, I channel magical energy into my brain and increase my processing power. This puts a lot of strain on the brain, so I need to finish the battle in a short time.

The man on the right puts his hand on the hilt of his sword. The man on the left assumes a boxing stance. He must be a pugilist. It doesn’t go as far as slow motion, but time feels slow, slow enough to allow me to think about my next move. There’s no need to kill them in one hit. Rendering them incapable of fighting is my top priority.

I use my mithril sword to swipe the fingers of the man on the right who is trying to draw his sword. Four fingers fall off cleanly. With this, his fighting power is now less than half. And then, the man on the left, if he’s a pugilist, I should be careful of his foot movement rather than his fists. I immediately swing my sword at the pugilist’s thigh. I need to conserve my stamina and magical energy, so I cancel the body manipulation on my brain.

「Guaah.」

「D, damn it.」

I decapitate the man who can’t draw his sword and the pugilist who is on his knees. And then, I finish off all the guys who are still alive. Phew, no one has noticed. So far so good.

「Hiiiiii, ahh, you’ve gone and done it now….」

「Hey, don’t make a fuss. Someone might come.」

「Y, yes.」

I make the collector calm down. This area is shrouded in darkness, but the bodies of the eleven men are splattered all over the place. The collector is unable to stand up due to fear. Given things, he probably won’t run away.

What should I do? If the executive meeting is being held, there’s a chance someone will come here. I put the chopped up bodies of the eleven men into my storage. Even if the ground is wet with blood, they probably won’t notice in this darkness.

「Huh?! You were a porter?」

Shoot. The fact that I’m a porter has ended up being exposed to the collector. Well, I guess it’s about time. Let’s extract some information for the last time.

「The headquarters is on the third floor, right? What about the second floor up the stairs?」

「The second floor is the guard area. There should be a lot of gang members waiting there, including the executives’ underlings.」

This is bad, as expected, it’s too dangerous to deal with such a large group of people. I guess this is as far as I can go.

「Do you have to go through the guard area to get to the third floor?」

「No, you can go through the hallway and reach the stairs to the third floor. The guard area is inside the room.」

I see. If all goes well, I can get to the third floor without running into anyone. They must’ve never thought that someone would break into a yakuza headquarters. He said there were no rival organizations, after all.

In that case, if I’m lucky, I’ll only have to deal with the guards guarding the iron door on the third floor. If that’s the case, even if it’s just to check what the situation is like, let’s go in for now.

「Hey, please. That’s enough already, no? I’ll pretend I didn’t see anything, so please let me go.」

「Yeah, I suppose so, thanks for everything.」

「Gaah.」

I behead the collector and then put his body into my storage. By all rights, I would have made him suffer the pain of hell before killing him, but not only did he seem to not have any intention of killing Cordis, he’d been useful in many ways, so I killed him in one fell swoop.

「Phew.」

I steady my breath. I have plenty of magical energy left. My automatic recovery is also working. I can do it.

I recall the meeting of Japanese yakuza executives. When the boss and the executives gather, they don’t bring guns or knives. It’s because they trust each other. In other words, right now, where the executive meeting is underway, in which there’s a good chance they’re unarmed, is the perfect opportunity.

I step towards the stairs.