Chapter 219 - Chapter 219: Manager Samura Will Not Betray
The Big Bear Empire operative, "C", was preparing for Samura's visit. Then, with an anxious face, she asked the person standing next to her, Balt.
"Um, are we really going to tell the one coming today our true purpose?"
C was worried because Balt had told Samura their purpose for creating cannons and was trying to recruit him as a comrade. Hearing this, she became anxious. If they were betrayed, they would all be caught at once. Recruiting someone who had not sworn loyalty to the Big Bear Empire as a comrade carried such a risk, but since Balt did not seem to feel that importance, C was worried.
"Yes, if that is the case, there is no problem."
"Really?"
"It has been confirmed."
Balt flashed a confident smile.
"I may look like this, but in the homeland, I am called Balt the Illusionist. I can use magic to make people see hallucinations. With that, I have already confirmed about Manager Samura. If it is for his own promotion, he will not hesitate to cooperate with us."
Balt was a mage and could use illusion magic.
So, beforehand, he showed Samura a hallucination, making him see that by cooperating with the Big Bear Empire, his sales would increase and he would become an executive.
At first, he naturally showed some confusion, but baiting him with sales and kickbacks for him, he successfully recruited him as a comrade. And then, he watched to see if he would betray them, but he did not do so.
"He is completely unrelated to anything other than his own profit. If we can present profit to him, he will not betray us."
"I see. But magic is indeed convenient."
"Yes. However, due to the development of science, the existence value of mages has been diminished. It is impossible to understand that even the strongest mage in this country said so."
Balt held resentment toward Steve, a person who did not even exist.
Although he had aptitude for being a mage, as he grew, science developed, and the value of mages fell relatively.
Hearing that the cause lay with the mages, his anger grew even more.
If possible, I want to eliminate that guy while he is in this country.
He hated him to the point of thinking that.
While they were doing this, Samura, who knew nothing, arrived. Balt showed Samura the blueprints of the parts he wanted to obtain.
Samura was also the sales manager of Archibalt Steel. He knew well enough that those parts were not used for drilling oil fields.
"Pardon me, but isn't this unrelated to oil fields?"
To the expected answer, Balt responded without panic.
"That is correct. These are for weapons we are developing in our country. We contacted you to make those weapons."
"Of course! I cannot cooperate in arranging such things!"
Samura rejected it with a strong tone. However, Balt did not flinch, narrowed his eyes slightly, and continued in a low voice.
"In that case, I cannot let you return alive. Since you know the secret, you must disappear."
Saying that, C stood up and moved behind Samura.
Sweat flowed down Samura's forehead.
"Do you intend to kill me? If so, I won't be able to obtain the pipes either."
Samura said that, trying to save himself. It was unknown how effective that was, but that was about all the negotiation cards he had.
Surprisingly, Balt nodded.
"That is true. Also, it is not good that there is no benefit for you. Please charge the parts with the amount for the kickback for you. To get promoted within the company, factional work is also necessary, I suppose. The more money, the better it should be."
"Why do that?"
"We are not incompetent. We investigate the other party before contacting them."
When told that, Samura understood. Completely unaware that he had been shown illusion magic, he fell for Balt's rhetoric. If he could save his life and get money to use for factional work, he judged there was no reason to refuse, and decided to cooperate with the Big Bear Empire.