Pick Me Up, Infinite Gacha

Chapter 256

#256

256. Requiem (2)

Late evening a few days later.

I looked up.

The gray sky came into view.

Amkena is disconnected. There was no worry of getting caught.

In the first place, this party is also a day trip.

[Ticket]

I narrowed my eyes.

A golden ticket lay on the desk.

It was an item that arrived the same night I contacted Mobius.

[How to use]

[Tear the ticket to open the ‘dimensional door’ connected to the party!]

[You must observe the entry time.]

[Entrance time – 201X. XX. XX 20 : 00]

[Precautions – Please use it in an empty place. You may get suspicious. ^_^]

[Mobius Inc.]

I picked up a ticket.

On the cover of the ticket, the logo of Moebius was stamped.

‘A celebration party?’

I don’t know why you have to party.

Besides, why did you invite me?

A strange smell wafted up. Well, I already made up my mind that I had to enter the tiger’s den to catch the tiger, but I decided not to let go of my guard. I flicked my left hand.

[Yah-ho!]

Isel appeared spinning around.

Instead of her usual black dress, she was wearing a short frill dress.

[How is Loki? It suits you?]

“Where did you get that?”

[Ahem, it’s a party outfit. I’ve poured all my paycheck into the shopping mall to buy this.]

Issel coughed and dusted off the hem of her dress.

[Is Loki going to wear that? Nothing different from usual

, right ?]

I was wearing leather armor and a belt with a sword hanging from it.

It was not fully armed, but it was an outfit that could be dealt with at any time in an emergency.

clap. I touched the dagger sheath attached to the back of my belt.

[It’s still a party...]

“I’m not going to play. I’m going to find out.”

I caught my breath.

In the worst case, the party itself may be a trap aimed at me.

I must keep my mind straight.

‘I’d like to take a member of the 1st party...’

Whoever he accompanies will be a great escort.

The question is whether they will allow you to join the party or not.

Of course, I will raise my hand and oppose it.

After checking the condition of the dagger sheath, I covered the belt with a cloak.

Then the door was locked tightly. The passage under the door that had been left open for Gugu-Con was also blocked. This business trip is going without anyone noticing.

“Are you ready?”

[Yes.]

I nodded and took the ticket.

And without hesitation, I tore the ticket.

Aww.

The golden paper was torn and light began to ripple through it.

[A dimensional door connected to ‘???’ has been created.]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

The dimensional vortex swirled and rotated.

Enemies come in here. keep your mind straight I made a promise to myself and stepped forward.

The light wrapped around his body with a familiar feeling of floating.

[Royal Cruise Ship]

[Welcome to the dimensional passenger ship ‘Pioneer’!]

I opened my eyes.

The first thing you see is the rolling sea beyond the iron railing.

The surface of the water shimmering softly in the moonlight extends to the end of the horizon.

‘This is...’

I looked back.

A streamlined building towered high into the sky above the steel deck.

“What is this?”

[I’ve only heard about it... Pioneer!]

Issel looked at me with twinkling eyes.

[It’s a luxury liner exclusively for employees!

“Temple only?”

[This is where Moebius employees go on vacation. Various leisure facilities including high-end hotels, golf courses and swimming pools! There’s everything from restaurants to large banquet halls!]

Issel’s cheeks turned red.

It seems like you are in your own world.

‘Everything’s special.’

It’s not surprising anymore.

“Are you a guest?”

I turned around at the unfamiliar voice.

A man in a suit was staring at me.

As if he were a Moebius employee, his employee ID was hanging around his neck.

“Excuse me, please show me the invitation. No one can enter without permission.”

I took the invitation out of my pocket and held it out.

The man looked at me again after scanning the front and back of the invitation.

“Did you come alone?”

“With Isel next to you.”

“Okay. One person and one bird.”

[One ha?!]

Issel opened his mouth wide.

“Follow me. He is waiting for you.”

“The heroes of Niflheim...?”

“You didn’t come. Why?”

“this.”

Siselle scratched her cheek with a troubled expression.

“Well, it can’t be helped. The manager is coming. See you later.”

Sizel lowered her head and began to climb the stairs in the middle of the banquet hall.

I laughed out loud. I couldn’t figure out what the woman was approaching.

The host in the middle of the banquet hall raised the microphone.

[Applause everyone! Pick Me Up’s general director and producer Lecadis enters!]

Clap clap clap clap.

Applause echoed through the banquet hall.

‘Alpha zero.’

Kirik.

The main door in the middle of the banquet hall opened.

A middle-aged man walked out of it.

‘Rather than walking... It must have been the right expression.’

The man was in a wheelchair.

The gaze of a middle-aged man who was looking at the inside of the kite with blurry eyes met mine.

“Loki.”

The director muttered in a low-pitched voice.

“Siris... where did you go?”

“...?”

“Chi-Siris-Jang...”

What is that guy talking about?

The middle-aged man muttered with a blank expression.

“I wanted to lick...”

“what?”

“Ha, lick...”

I frowned.

“...because I’m completely senile.”

Someone in the room muttered, but he didn’t even pretend to hear.

“Siris Jean...”

The middle-aged man dragged the wheelchair and disappeared beyond the open door.

Confused, I stood there blankly for a while.

‘What is that idiot?’

I couldn’t imagine.

Is that Alpha Zero?

The general manager of Pick Me Up?

‘...’

I glanced at the back of the invitation.

[Remarks – We strongly hope that Niflheim’s submaster Siris will participate in the party.]

When I asked why he wrote such nonsense...

[Welcome with applause. It was a great speech from the director!]

Clap clap clap.

Empty applause echoed through the banquet hall.

“Hmph, that waste has gone as far as it goes.”

Amidst the applause, cynicism echoed.

I looked back over there.

A blonde young man in a white suit was smoking a cigar.

“It should have been fine.”

The young man blew smoke.

and looked back at me

“Same goes for you. It looks like the CEO is getting a lot of attention, but don’t even think about rebelling. If you don’t want to look like El Cid.”

“...”

“You still don’t know why we invited Masters or something like that? They’re telling you to figure out the subject. This is a warning. No matter how strong Niflheim is, you can never win against us. Keep in mind.”

The young man, speaking only of his own words, threw the cigar on the carpet and rubbed it off with his foot.

Took. The young man purposely came out and bumped my shoulders and left the banquet hall. Several men who appeared to be bodyguards followed him.

‘...’

I immediately left the banquet hall.

A young man was going down the stairs humming. I glanced back at him and headed for the ledge.

‘There is no one.’

I took the paper out of my pocket.

[Party Schedule (Executives Only)]

When he bumped into my shoulder, I snatched something sticking out of my pants pocket.

As I was slowly reading the paper, I stopped at some point

[2:00 am – meeting in the conference room on the 7th floor. All team leaders attended. Dorado’s ending screening. Discussion of El Cid’s actions afterwards and prevention of recurrence.]

Ending screening.

This was the information I was looking for.

‘It’s the 7th floor.’

It was the top floor of the cruise.

The security would be tight.

“Hey! What are you?”

I looked back

One of the bodyguards following the young man was walking towards me.

I immediately hid the paper.

“What did you just do here?”

“Not at all.”

“Suspicious...”

He furrowed his brows and reached for his pistol holster.

“I’ll do a body search. Raise your hands and lie down...”

Kwajik.

I momentarily grabbed his right arm and broke it.

“...he!”

When the bent joint popped out the other way, this time I grabbed the guy’s head with my left hand and threw it against the iron railing.

puck! Blood spurted out with the sound of a broken nose. I then kicked him in the leg. He spun in the air and bounced off the railing.

with a plop.

“...”

I’ll have to find that bastard.

I brushed off the blood on my hands and went down the stairs.