＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

■ Commercial city Cortana

Cortana, the second largest city in Cardina.

It is formed along a giant oasis in the middle of the Cardina Desert.

Not even the surrounding scorching desert, but the lake from which clean groundwater gushes in an unnatural way, and the land that has been nourished by nourishing soil.

As was the case with this cortana and gambling city of Hermaine, the city of Cardina is rooted in the oasis in the desert, with the exception of Dragnomad, the capital.

Why is there such an oasis… a safe zone in the Cardina Desert, where the scorching, vast, and ferocious worms live?

That is theoretical, but the most powerful one is the theory of 'savepoint impact'.

Now it is a savepoint known as the return point for the < Master > who moves to different worlds, but its very existence has long been.

It was there before the cities were formed.

Strangely, the environment around that savepoint is kept susceptible to people surviving.

It's as if someone is adjusting the surrounding environment, marking a savepoint.

In history, people have lived around habitable savepoints, and it takes hundreds of years for the city to form.

This means that they didn't create a savepoint within the city they are now in, they created a city with a savepoint as their starting point.

The place, which at first was not called a savepoint, was also spread by that name only at all times.

The first person to say 'savepoint' is not in history.

As mentioned earlier, this commercial city of Cortana is the second city of Cardina… it is the first city, depending on what you see.

Cortana, the capital of water and gold coins in the desert, can also be described as a particularly privileged location in Cardina.

But even such a privileged land does not escape the heat of this cardina.

Oasis keeps temperatures lower than the desert, but they are still less hot than in other countries.

Even those who are accustomed to it will sweat, and summer bats will be inevitable if they come from other countries.

Now one of the two walking in flames...... so was the girl walking with Tobotobo.

The girl is dressed in a bright red dress, wearing shoes for children and a large ribbon on her hair.

The girl was sweating potatoes because of her outfit.

"Ugh, acquis. I think I'm gonna blow it..."

I would be about ten years old, but the words uttered from my mouth were tongueless a few years over my age.

But those who hear beside her will get the impression that they are 'naturally tongueless because they cannot speak well' rather than purposefully speaking that way.

"I want to go to Yukigu." And then... Umi's "Gulahara".... Ah "

Hardened by the heat, the girl looks up at a person who walks hand in hand with herself - an adult man who seems to be in her thirties.

"Grandpa. Why don't you give me that" Tomorrow "?

The girl asks me, and the man who was holding hands - shakes his head.

"... Cardina's oasis is forbidden to swim in principle. That's the drinking water for all the inhabitants."

"Shit. Well, there's no other way..."

The girl has nothing to say, she says so and keeps walking with Tobotobo again.

"... there's a cafe over there offering fruit water. You want a break?

"Are you sure!?“ Ashiyu "is there?

"It's supposed to be there, but it'll melt soon"

"Well, no big deal!

That's what the girl said and let go of the hand she was connected to and ran to the cafe with her footsteps much lighter than before.

Man looking at its back - [Great Spirit Taoist] Zhang Funeral Qi shrugs.

"... Again, it's hard to believe in Russia. I know you're not lying."

As he followed the girl, a week ago...... he remembered when he got his current job.

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■ A week ago Cardina Station

On that day, Zhang Funeral Qi, the Cardina Branch Manager of the Yellow River Mafia, had been made in his dreams.

What he puts himself in in his dreams is a battle with flying pale airframes.

The sight of five dragons, his two names and crystals of power and technology, being lost.

And the depths of his whole body and spirit do not reach the pale fuselage.

- A shell fired by a pale airframe chopped his right arm off.

"...... ah!!"

So he woke up.

I felt terribly sweaty all over my body because of what I was doing.

Trying to wipe your whole body like that, trying to wake yourself up......

"What, this?

He noticed that he was tied up on the bunk.

And I get a clearer picture of my condition than I do right after I wake up.

His whole body had many scars.

That was most of what has come on in previous battle days, but some of them are unrecognizable before they wake up.

And as the biggest difference...... there was no ahead of me from my right arm elbow.

"... well, wasn't that a dream"

Zhang guessed that he had failed miserably in that battle with the “Ethereal Princess" and then lived with congratulations.

I guess the numerous new scars are traces of healing wounds with [potion] or healing magic, meaning the right arm couldn't be cured,.

…………

Zhang moves his neck and checks his surroundings as far as he can see.

It's not so big but it's a clean room where he is, and the closest thing is the hospital room. Except it's tied to the bedroom, which is a good place for him right now.

In this room, he doesn't look familiar.

(If this is the hospital room, who helped me?

My own men were the first to think about it, but that's impossible.

If I lost to that Ethereal Princess, my men would have lost as well.

I can't even think of a line of other illegal organisations.

If Zhang is dying, who was making other organizations stare at him as a militant in Hermaine, he should be lucky enough to stab Todome.

Then the answer to "most unlikely," Zhang mocked herself as a bona fide public......

I haven't lived a virtuous life enough to be saved by such people, he said.

After Zhang could not find from his own memory the presence of those who helped him,

"Hey, are you awake, Cheung Funeral Chi?"

A caller in his name came into the hospital room.

It was, at first glance, a man who was not steadfast.

The man was wearing a gray fashion suit.

No country employs it as a social garment in this Infinite Dendrogram. However, clothing exists as a type of clothing because it is made to order from time to time.

On the suit he weaves a trench coat with a strange texture that looks like a perk martial arts.

Plus, he was wearing a gangster hat.

Overall those outfits...... the man was an outfit that only seemed to be a resident of the back society.

His height was not as high as about 160 cm in sightings, and his face was also a child's face whether he was over twenty years old, but that in turn served to change the nature of the intimidation transmitted from him.

On the back of its left hand is the crest of “meshed gear” … a crest indicating that it is.

At the same time, Zhang perceives.

(This man is much stronger than me...)

Which is up there with that “Ethereal Princess"?

I felt so much power from a man that I couldn't judge myself right now.

"Can we talk now?

"... oh"

"Right. Then let me name you first. I'm Rascal the Black Onyx. Is it easier to tell you [The Weapon God]?

!?

Zhang was stunned by the name of the man.

Because he who finds himself in the society behind Cardina, can't possibly not know his name.

[Vessel God] Rascal the Black Onyx.

Businesses exploring.

At the same time, items excavated from… are widely known, especially for arms trafficking, and his weapons are flowing into the prestigious organization of the back society.

In addition, he is also famous for destroying < ruins > after exploration, and has also received nomination arrangements from various countries for the crime… a man who has not yet been debated.

And......

"Now, as you may know, I'm a sub-owner of a clan called < IF >"

It is also known by the public as the number two most powerful criminal clan that collected only the < super > of the nomination arrangements.

Considering that [the criminal king], the number one, is in prison, it could be considered essentially the number one.

"......"

"Yes, the clan was supposed to receive the beads of the Yellow River from you"

Zhang remembers.

Indeed, there was such a story.

He received that bead from the headquarters of the Yellow River and was responsible for connecting the edges by means of a deal flowing to < IF >.

Until then, Zhang had not been asked what to exchange in Mirage and IF...

"... sorry"

"I was robbed of that bead... Failure to achieve a deal"

In a battle with the “Ethereal Princess", Zhang used that bead.

On top of that Zhang is defeated... the beads are taken by the "Ethereal Princess" on every right arm.

"But please! I give you my life! So please, think again about doing business with the organization... Mirage!!

Zhang thought that there was no way to have a protest between an organization that he had dedicated his life to and < IF > because of his own failure.

Mirage is the largest tissue behind the Yellow River. But now that Zhang knew the strength of < super >, he had already assumed that the militant < super > would only be destroyed if compared to the < IF > he had assembled.

Therefore he risked his life to avoid the end of it.

"Right. But in conclusion, we can't do business with Mirage."

When Zhang was desperate for that reply,

"Because there is no longer an organization called Mirage."

Words went on that made me want to refuse to understand, through despair.

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Then Rascal told Zhang about two weeks of events that he was unconscious.

That the Yellow River raised its main waist and embarked on a crusade for the Mirage.

[Princess Mai] All bases in the Yellow River were crushed by the Huili Fools Army led by Huili.

And the executives were killed or captured, including the most powerful [Tooth God] in the organization, and Kaoru, the head of the Mirage, was also imprisoned.

And by now, it will be after the investigation has been completed and the execution carried out.

…………

Zhang, already untied of the bedroom restraint, cried without words as he covered his face with his remaining left arm.

It saddened and cried that the organisation, to which it had dedicated its previous life, had not left any fine dust already.

In the meantime I felt helpless about what I couldn't do, and I cried.

Or I regretted and cried that it would have been different if I had broken the "Ethereal Singing Princess" and closed a deal with < IF >.

"Zhang Funeral Chi. I don't know... I don't know if I'm done, but can we keep talking?"

".................. oh"

With his red, sobbing eyes, Zhang looks at Rascal.

"You're the one who saved my life. Then you should listen to the word rather than mourn your own stupidity"

"... To tell you the truth, I'm not the one who helped you. I was supposed to do business with you, another subowner of ours. I was told to take care of you."

"Right...... But I won't be a benefactor."

"Well, I hope you think so. So, to be honest, the reason I helped you is because I want you to join me."

"... what?

That was water talk to Zhang in his sleeping ear.

Instead, I doubted my ears.

"Even so, I'm not a full member. At one point, we narrow down the membership on the condition that" Super Appointment Arrangements Only ". Because there is a brand.... Well, there are idiots who squeeze their members like that and they can't help but waste their abilities....... ha"

Rascal sighed tired of remembering something.

Zhang doesn't know what he has such feelings about.

"I'm sorry...... So, to get back to you, I want you to be our support member. I'm not in the clan, but I'm in a position to support the clan's activities. This is mostly tian and quite a few"

"... but I have nothing right now. I lost both the organization I was supposed to serve and my men."

"Still, your skill and level haven't disappeared. With a few exceptions, Tian is inferior in skill. We want you to be yourself."

Zhang is losing to the “Ethereal Princess", losing the organization he was serving, and losing confidence.

In contrast to him, Rascal sincerely keeps scouting.

"... if you want my super position, [Great Spirit Taoist], I will kill this life. That would give < IF > an advantage in the struggle for the [Great Spirit Taoist] throne for instant perception of what is available."

"No. That's troublesome. Not one of our people seems to be a [Great Spirit Taoist] right now. When you die, the other masters will have a super position. Then they won't come around anymore. That's really troublesome."

That equates to saying, "There was also a possibility that if the < master > matched the conditions were in him, he would have just died," but Zhang didn't care about that.

"So what happens to me? Should I be connected to prison until there's someone out there who can be a [Great Spirit Taoist] with you?

"That's a waste of human resources. As I was saying, we want you to be one of us. We don't have enough talent."

"Why? It's an organization that brings together all of them. Why do you want me so much more than just Tian?"

"... right. Should I have spoken from there first, cracking my belly?"

That being said, Rascal stares at both Zhang's eyes jizzily.

And then slowly start talking about the backbone of......

"The purpose of us is…"

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So after nearly ten minutes, Rascal finished telling Zhang what they were up to.

That's what we're trying to do.

…………

After listening to Rascal...... Zhang was quietly convinced.

I also understood why they were trying to make a deal with Mirage.

(I see, it matches. Then I can understand the movement of the organization and their movements)

The absence of lies in Rascal's story is also certain because Zhang had no reaction to the True or False Judgment he was taking at the maximum level from the production.

Not a skill, but also Zhang's experience of seeing the evil men of Haiqian Mountain Thousand...... I knew Rascal was telling everything honestly.

"... right"

If it were, the Mirage's plan would have been just one of the candidates for their purpose.

However, Zhang understood that he was willing to cooperate with the < IF > side as well.

But it was bad, and I was defeated, and I was crushed by the Yellow River before the Mirage itself joined forces.

"That's why. We want someone named you."

"... I want to hear one thing"

"Ask me anything."

"Now... where is the most powerful candidate?

"Heaven and earth."

"Right..."

Listening to Rascal's immediate response, Zhang closes his eyes.

When it opened again...... a strong will dwelt in his eyes.

"Then sooner or later you will use me on the front line when you are facing the Yellow River. If you promise me that, I'll go under the umbrella of IF."

"Let's promise."

Zhang's eyes were burning in his will for the Yellow River.

That is not the dark will of revenge.

(... Huh. I thought I was unrealistic when the Yellow River was overthrown from generation to generation. But still... Was I part of the Mirage?)

I risked my whole life.

As one of the last of the Mirages, he exchanges his own Kun Chi, which the organization was supposed to exchange.

Zhang had decided to join their umbrella to live for it.

"But use it on the front line, but don't worry about dying. What a waste of talent."

"Oh, I know."

Zhang said so and Rascal...... took the hand of a new companion.

"Let's go under your umbrella, Lady Rascal."

"Dear, what a fearful way to call me. You're older. Rascal is fine."

"If so... I can't call you out, Mr. Rascal,"

I also considered the designation "Lord Rascal," but I'm sure that's also "too awe-inspiring" by Rascal standards, Zhang thought.

"Right. Even if you call it off, you should be more comfortable with it. Anyway, thank you for joining us. Quick, but can we get a contract?

"Of course."

After that interaction, Rascal took out the [contract].

That's a common contract for members of the back society, etc. trade contracts so that they are not easily betrayed or disseminated. That will be the beginning of credibility.

But as far as Zhang can tell, < IF > 's contract is highly liberal.

There are only two conditions that restrict action in writing: 'Do not speak without the permission of a full member of the IF until the time has come for the purpose of' and 'follow the instructions of a full member of the IF unless Zhang Funeral Qi himself determines that there is a strong risk of loss of life'.

"Are you sure this is okay?

If this were a contract to impose on newcomers to the Mirage, the second condition would rank up to a condition like 'Death when it comes to bosses dying', and there would be various other restrictions. Compared to that, the conditions are loose.

"Oh, and considering later on, contracts that are too restrained will leave their roots behind."

"Right."

Zhang was convinced of the contract and signed it with his left hand.

Zhang, a former executive of Mirage, thus became a supporting member of IF.

"I'm sorry to be a part of this, but I want to leave you to your first job. For a while, this job will be your role."

"Oh. Say anything."

In response to Rascal's words, Zhang thinks.

(First job at. How many iron fires are thrown into...... But whatever it is, let it go beyond)

And consolidate his resolve, Zhang waits for Rascal's words.

Rascal accumulated words,

- Babysitting, please.

I uttered words that clapped out so much that I thought Zhang's determination would disappear.

To be continued