"Percival was utterly useless!"
"Not only did his plan fail miserably, but it also cost him his life-which fits perfectly with my and Begat's assessment of him: a self-important fool."
"Of course, that was also why we approached him."
"To prevent this affair from triggering a chain reaction, we could only make the painful decision to cut our losses and abandon Damik, that obedient pawn."
"-He had been held back by his father-in-law for too long and was desperate to climb higher, so Begat subdued him with little effort."
"Hmm, in Emperor Roselle's words, I believe that was called 'promising pie in the sky'?"
"The plan went very smoothly!"
"Damik died during an operation to wipe out a gang. A gang member's gun discharged accidentally, but at that very moment, the policeman who had been standing in front of the chief all along happened to crouch down to straighten his leather shoes. The bullet accidentally struck the dedicated chief, killing him on the spot."
"Damik's wife caused an uproar at the police station, but her father talked her out of it."
"That makes perfect sense, because he is precisely the sort of old stick-in-the-mud who fears politics like a wild beast. Otherwise, he would never have stopped his son-in-law from entering politics."
"For her family's safety, Damik's wife soon let the matter drop."
"Begat learned from MI9 personnel that although the case had been closed, someone was still investigating it."
"His name is Vera, a lieutenant colonel in the Internal Affairs Operations Department. He is a Sequence 6 himself and is suspected of possessing several Mystical Items."
"A lieutenant colonel belongs to MI9's middle ranks. We cannot move against him lightly."
"Begat promised to deal with him and put me in charge of dealing with someone else-the culprit responsible for