Rasputin of the East

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“The number of armed forces to be wary of is around 200. A mercenary.”

“A mercenary hired by terrorists.”

“Yes, once on paper it was under the control of the Asian CDP. We will deliver the data.”

In an instant, the material was scattered.

“The base is located in Korea, and they are personnel who have gained practical experience in China. But they are not Korean nationals, they are Europeans.”

Korea has already changed a lot. The biggest feature is that non-Korean Koreans and their mixed race have become so common that it is possible to meet them anywhere in the country just by walking on the street for 5 minutes.

It was the result of Korea’s indiscriminate settlement and assimilation of foreign manpower, especially those who had to leave because of the lack of skilled manpower and experts, and those who settled in this way, including their families and descendants, amounted to millions of people. it is presumed to be As a result, the Korean language has also changed quite a bit as foreign languages permeate it, but that was not important.

“As a result of estimating through various channels, it was not simply hired for money…”

“You are a follower of terrorists, you want to see the end of capitalism.”

“But they are on Earth. There is no information that they were on board a spacecraft headed for Mars.”

“You mean doing something on Earth?”

“Yes, we are tracking. But the United States has privatized a lot of space, so nothing can be guaranteed.”

“It’s always America’s problem.”

Freedom is good, but if freedom threatens security, isn’t that a bit of a problem?

“Whatever they do in the Arctic, we must subdue it before that.”

“Didn’t you say that you can’t dispatch other troops?”

“That’s right. All I have is the drones and the satellites.”

“Ha, after all, stop at least hundreds of terrorists with multiple drones per human. Is this too difficult?”

“…it doesn’t have to be one. Besides, isn’t there someone who tells you to do it even if you don’t have to risk it?”

“Ah, that dispatched officer or a human doing something?”

I took the lid off Jack Daniel’s.

“take no interest.”

“Yes?”

“What do you believe in and fall for in a human you’ve never seen before? It’s the cleanest thing I do, and I don’t have any regrets because I’ve already lived my whole life.”

“……Someone may be sad.”

“Okay.”

I saw a distant light shining on the windshield of the car.

Sister cities in Arabia Terra, Spirit City and Opportunity City.

Las Vegas of the United States … In fact, the ‘Vegas Baron’ Howard Hughes led America’s space exploration in his later years and led a different life from the original history, so it did not become as glamorous as the original history.

Instead, the city has become so glamorous.

If you look at it, it’s like Las Vegas of the original history, which was built a little later.

Then, Ogas’ voice came from the car audio.

“Are you going?”

“Eating and sleeping in a long-distance patrol car for several days is enough. I’m going to lie down a little more comfortably today. What would you do if your salary was billions of dollars, it would be hard to die.”

Sheriffs directly under the UN Security Council are generally entitled to receive salaries ranging from five times that of the middle class in developed countries to 20 times the salary depending on their rank. It’s because the work is so hard and you risk your life.

“I do it out of concern. As you know, the ‘Paradise’ area is under the jurisdiction of the United States, and I cannot intervene in an emergency. If there is a problem, even a drone can sortie and fire support, but there are too many eyes to see.”

“You know there’s better security out there than any other U.S. jurisdiction, right?”

“…… I agree with that statement. It’s funny that the mafia are more secure than the sheriff or the police.”

“Even if it’s the mafia, it’s not that I’m doing illegal business, I’m just going to sleep for the night.”

“……Please, please don’t gamble.”

“I will not.”

To be clear, I have never gambled in my past or present life, except for the fun of betting.

“Are there any records of me gambling in the first place?”

“It is, though. For your own safety, if possible, rest in a luxury hotel, Father. I will give you the money.”

“……Isn’t that an abuse of authority?”

“It is forbidden to give me such an order, but it is not prohibited by the regulations to provide convenience to anyone in my judgment. In fact, there have been times when I have been funded by a few intelligence agents and other people as needed. Even if it was necessary for gambling funds, I applied for it.”

“Who would think that would happen? in the first place. And participating in gambling is also necessary for human resources to catch opponents.”

“So you want to gamble?”

“It’s pointless to do it here, if it’s just to get to someone, but is there anyone?”

“The possibility cannot be ruled out.”

So, talking with Ogas, I entered Sin City.

***

“Whoa, there’s not much place to put your eyes on this?”

“It seems that others do too.”

“Even for those who are in order here, the UN sheriff is not a good match.”

Literally, it’s not only the sheriff’s who can freely move anywhere on Mars, but almost all Mars residents, but the fact that they can exercise all kinds of powers, including the right to investigate and arrest, regardless of region, and those powers are so powerful. It is natural to be looked down on in the neighborhood.

Since I came here to just have fun, I wore a uniform in an official vehicle, so if it wasn’t just for mid-level supply, it would be natural for the mafia to feel restless if there was something to be upset about.

“In the first place, the fact that the mafia maintains security is a problem. It is impossible to eradicate all criminal organizations in the first place, so the only solution is to keep a few large organizations with a lot to lose and let them take care of themselves and then continue monitoring.”

“The alternative of monitoring the entire nation is even more so since it is impossible to realize on Mars.”

“There are places on Earth where even you can’t wiretap.”

Even if you spray wiretapping devices like grains of sand in the desert, in some areas, such as the Kremlin, wiretapping devices or surveillance cameras are not installed. Of course, in many indirect ways, Ogas achieves the same effect as eavesdropping within the Kremlin, but that’s not always the case.

“There is such a thing as a necessary evil.”

The mafia, which has legalized most of its businesses, has little cause or evidence to arrest them – unlike Russia, where Ogas is monitoring and if you decide that you have gone too far, you can blow your head like a knife without looking for evidence or anything – root the mafia Picking it up is virtually impossible.

And there are many cases where the guys protecting their businesses are better than the unmotivated police.

***

“Whoa.”

A black-haired woman in a plain clothes lowered her yellow eyes.

I came to this damn neighborhood where even getting from city to city without an airplane was a chore, but it was daunting.

Local procurement for personnel and funds will be provided by the upper management, and the cooperation of local agents is to be obtained.

Whether you fail and come back, or you bury your bones here.

I had guessed from a long time ago that I would eventually become a victim of such a faction fight, but it was so true that my mouth was bitter.

Even eating Jack Honey Cock, famous for its sweet taste, was bittersweet.

“Hey, lady, why are you wearing such a porridge?”

“go away.”

Lieutenant Colonel Bagration, who replied angrily, glanced at the opponent at once, and the man who was just about to work or walk was taken aback and retreated.

“That’s the look in which you killed a person, that’s true.”

“Shut up and turn it off.”

In response, she sighed inwardly. In Russia, there are people who get into fights while drunk, but there are no people who openly try to work like this.

‘Why didn’t the guy who said he was coming?’

Since the upper level does not give proper information, the contact person who decided to just contact the site will be delayed.

‘Eugene. The answer is Tokarev.’

The contact, who didn’t know if it was male or female, was a senior manager overseeing informants in the area. Of course, he himself is an informant.

At that moment, the door opened, and she made a quick decision, glancing at the doorway with a mirror while pretending to be fixing her makeup.

‘Men, black hair, Asians, uniforms? Sheriff, damn it.’

In principle, the sheriff is the only group in the city that has the authority to investigate and arrest. In reality, it is managed by the mafia. It’s hard to see a sheriff in town because there’s no work.

That is, in the case of a special violent incident, etc.

And, arresting a spy is like that.

Carefully putting on the knuckles, she calmed down. She hasn’t broken any laws yet, so it’s not illegal for an active-duty soldier to come to Mars and have a few drinks with his own money.

‘The epaulettes… Austria-Hungary is a friendly country, so even if they try to arrest you, they won’t drag you too long.

Needless to say, if it was on the American side, she would have nailed it with a knuckle, but her tension reached a climax as she did not receive a contact message that she was coming. I wondered if the contact had been arrested.

However, the moment passed in a vain and simple way.

“May I take your order?”

“Yeah, that course over there, the steak, and the dessert there with honey vanilla.”

“All right.”

‘Did you just come to eat?’

The sheriff, who ordered the course meal, sat down in the seat of the man who ran towards her earlier and ran away.

So, right on the left.

***

-I don’t know if I should call this a coincidence or a necessity.

I let go of the steak I was about to take a bite when Ogas, who was unable to speak openly because of his many eyes, texted me.

– What do you mean by that?

– Do you see the woman sitting alone at the table on the right?

-Look, she’s pretty.

Immediately, the hologram was projected invisibly to others. Immediately, all kinds of materials and photos were arranged in a row.

-The rank is a lieutenant colonel, an officer of the Russian Empire, the officer who was assigned this time.

“under?”

I unknowingly let out a voice out of my mouth.

– There is nothing strange about it. Father, I got all the information, but she’s coming up from the bottom. There is no better place than the Paradise sector to get information about items that have entered the spaceport.

-Actually, it was a place I had to go through anyway to get to the North Pole, so she must have come here at any time, but only the timing coincidentally overlapped.

– What would you like to do?

– You’ll have to judge what you’re doing.

At that moment, a woman entered the bar. A black see-through veil is wrapped around the mouth, long, opaque black gloves reaching above the elbow, and a black corset-like design is tied with a black skirt-like fabric tied with a leather strap, and a decorative dagger is hung from the strap. It was a woman in a dress with a complex shape.

Everyone’s eyes were momentarily focused on the violent body of a woman who could be judged as a high-class dancer working here, but she sat in front of me casually.

“Hello, Eugene.”