Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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However, he had only been distracted for a short while when he saw the little girl return with a frown, looking different from when she left.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Roland asked the little girl a question, and the little girl just sighed.

"There is indeed a problem. A batch of supplies is stuck in Twilight Street. Honestly, we've always done this before. Although Twilight Street is chaotic, it's usually quite free as long as you follow the rules. Why did this have to happen now of all times!"

The little girl scratched her head, and you could tell from her exaggerated movements that she was a bit annoyed.

"And Roland, you didn't see it, but that guy who used to run illegal transport operations, took our money, and was responsible for using the chaotic Twilight Street area as a transit point to transport supplies everywhere, has apparently joined an organization called Anti-Entropy. Now he's practically looking down on us!"

"Then he confiscated our supplies. When we went to him, he not only refused to release them, but also took advantage of the fact that he was now a member of Anti-Entropy, and forced us to spend a large sum of money to buy them back! It's outrageous, how is this any different from robbery!"

At this point, the little girl frowned even more deeply.

"But the anti-entropy that this guy was talking about seemed to be really powerful. At the time, there were a few guys who did shady work and seemed to be planning to use force, but they were all dealt with by anti-entropy in a very short time."

Thinking of those people, the little girl sighed helplessly.

"Since they all did it this way, even though I was unwilling, it seemed that I had no choice but to obediently pay up and buy back our supplies."

"Otherwise, the supplies are still fine, but it would be bad if we were targeted by that Anti-Entropy thing because of this."

Hearing what the little girl said, Roland, who had initially thought it might just be a misunderstanding and was even a little embarrassed, now had a smile on his face, but his heart turned cold.

There's nothing wrong with confiscating the supplies, since Twilight Street is now Anti-Entropy's territory. If all supplies were allowed to pass through Twilight Street, it would greatly affect Anti-Entropy's order.

But then they can seize the supplies and then demand a huge ransom...that's interesting.

so...

"This certainly sounds like an undeserved disaster. Let's go together then, consider it paying to avoid trouble."

Roland knew that this was clearly not something Paddo had done.

Moreover, since they were all on the same side, Roland had assigned all the important and minor matters of Anti-Entropy to people like Thousand Calamities, Aponia, Ryougi Shiki, Tiamat, and Alicia.

They are not the kind of people who would do such a thing, and if someone did it in their area of ​​responsibility, they would not fail to notice.

Since that's the case, Roland decided to go and take a look.

Let's see who is tarnishing the reputation of entropy under the guise of it.

.....well...

101. No one's death is a loud bang.

In an underground workshop on the edge of Dusk Street, a man with a large beard but no hair on his head, who at first glance looked like he had his head upside down, was lying on a wooden rocking chair, eating grapes on the table while looking at various reports and documents on his side, occasionally grinning and laughing, looking very relaxed.

He finished reading the last report, then tossed it onto the table, patting his large belly as he turned to look at the person lying in another rocking chair beside him.

"It's really easy to make money these days. After we seized their supplies, those guys started paying up obediently. Hehehe, I have to say, it's always easier to make money when you have a powerful backer. Even if it's just a little bit squeezed out from under their fingernails, it's a huge sum of money for us."

"Hmm... Pru, when I told you about this before, you disagreed, thinking the risk was too great. Now look at me, wasn't I right about everything back then?"

Lying on another deckchair was a person who looked very different from Pru.

He didn't have a big beard or belly like Pru, and he also had thick hair on his head. He was a little shorter than Pru, but he was strong and well-built, and he was more than twice the size of the big fat Pru who looked like a ball.

Even though he was underground, he was wearing sunglasses. He took them off a little, turned his head and looked at Pru, as if he had just woken up, and responded to Pru in an extremely lazy voice.

"However, when it comes to making money, you have to know when to stop. We've gotten money now by using the name of Anti-Entropy, but we need to quickly push things out and let those who saw us making money and got envious take over. After we swindle a sum from them, we'll run away."

As he said this, a strange light flashed in his half-open eyes hidden behind his sunglasses.

“Pru, trust me. Take the money we’ve earned over the years and go to Mu Continent to develop our business. I’ve heard for a long time that Mu Continent is the most developed and prosperous place in the world. With my talents, I’m sure I can find room to grow there and make more and more money in our hands!”

“I believe you when you say that. After all these years, you haven’t missed a single opportunity, Oak. The very risky and outrageous plan you mentioned before has now been realized by you. So if you want to develop in Mu Continent, I will fully support you, even if it means giving up your current business.”

"After all, what we are doing now is indeed not going to last long."

Pru sighed, and Oak perked up a bit.

"That's right. If it weren't for a big shot from the Mu Continent contacting me, even someone as known as a madman as me wouldn't dare to do something like this, causing trouble under the nose of Anti-Entropy..."

Both Oak and Pru were amazed by this.

The two of them had been working in the vicinity of Dusk Street, taking advantage of the fact that Dusk Street was a lawless and unclaimed area to do illegal transportation work. So they had almost witnessed Anti-Entropy rise from its inception to its current strength, which was very rapid.

Everyone knows that you can make money by using the name of anti-entropy, but very few people actually dare to do it.

And that small portion was also processed by reverse entropy.

And the reason why Oak dared to do this

"But Pru, don't worry. The big shots on Mu Continent just want us to ruin Anti-Entropy's reputation. We'll just seize the goods once and find someone else to take over the job. The mission is already complete. After that, we'll leave those money-grubbing guys to shield us from Anti-Entropy's wrath. By the time Anti-Entropy finds out, we'll already be on the world's largest beach on Mu Continent, watching beautiful women and enjoying sunbathing."

"Anti-Entropy is indeed very powerful, but it's just an organization that hides in and around Twilight Street. It can't compare to the real big shots and powerful forces on the Mu Continent."

"According to that big shot, his faction is called something like the Moth Chaser. In my investigation, I couldn't even see how big the Moth Chaser really was. I only knew that there were definitely those big countries behind it."

"If we can join the Firemoth, then we will be completely unafraid of anti-entropy!"

As he said this, Oak sat up and extended his fist toward Pru beside him. Pru also sat up and then skillfully bumped his own large, fat fist against Oak's fist.

They exchanged a knowing glance and then both smiled.

“Puru, it’s like what I told you when I was a kid, wandering the streets, and it’s like what I told you before I did this—I’m going to do something big, do you want to come with me?”

When asked by Oak, Pru touched his bald head, his smile unchanged, and answered without the slightest hesitation.

“Of course, Oak, my answer has always been the same as before. Since you really want to do this, then let’s do it together.”

"Whether it was killing the first person back then, or facing entropy now."

Let's do it together and make it the best we can!

Still underground on Dusk Street, still in that workshop, Oak and Pru, who were full of vigor in the morning, are now hanging upside down by black shadows under a high platform.

Below them, the original transport factory had been completely set ablaze. The heat of the flames caressed their heads, scaring them so much they almost wet themselves.

Following the shadow upwards, the shadow's owner, Roland, lay on the edge of the platform, expressionless as he looked down at the two utterly disheveled figures below, asking them questions in a casual yet precisely targeted voice.

"So, that's all you know?"

"Yes, yes, sir, what we said is absolutely true!"

Oak shouted as loudly as he could, as if afraid the owner of the shadow wouldn't hear him.

"We are just two insignificant people. We know nothing except that the other is from the Moth of Fire, that's all!"

"Please let us go, we'll never..."

Oak's plea for mercy was cut short when the intense feeling of weightlessness shattered his voice as he fell.

The shadow had disappeared without anyone noticing.

Without the drooping shadow, the flames below, like children hearing the school bell ring, were no longer suppressed. They danced, they rose, they did their utmost to assert their presence.

Without a sound of hitting the ground, the flames formed by magic completely consumed Orc and Pru as they descended, along with the workshop they had painstakingly built.

It is said that no one dies with a loud bang, but only a whimper.

Some people die without even a whimper, passing away silently.

However, this was something he brought upon himself.

It's their own fault for doing things they shouldn't have done, offending people they shouldn't have offended, and then getting caught.

Roland wouldn't hold back; no matter what their thoughts or purposes were, the outcome wouldn't change.

It's that simple.

"It's that easy?"

The little girl looked at the supplies being transported to Australia, and then at Roland beside her, she felt a little disoriented.

She and Roland had prepared the money before they arrived, but the trip ended before they even paid.

She and Roland simply arrived here, and after verifying their identities, the Anti-Entropy people returned the supplies and told them that the previous two were fraudsters using the Anti-Entropy name, and they politely apologized to them.

Moreover, the leader of the Anti-Entropy team has long pink hair, is beautiful, has a nice voice, and is a really nice person—I think her name is... Alicia?

If you don't tell the little girl that she's from Anti-Entropy, she'll think the other person is a newcomer from some idol company!

This feels so real, it's like a dream!

"Wouldn't it be better to end it simply? After all, if we drag this out any longer, we won't be able to finish other work. Okay, what happened is none of our business. Now that the supply issue is resolved, we should go back and continue preparing for the concert."

"That's right."

Hearing Roland say this, the little girl stopped worrying and directly pulled Roland back to Eden's manor.

So, is this the end of the matter?

Of course not!

Roland learned from the last words of Oak and Pru that the reason they dared to do this was because the people of the Fire Moth had promised them something and even sent them some thugs to deal with the problem.

However, the other party did it very cleanly, and Roland couldn't find a single clue. Even mobilizing the councilors who were symbiotic with the Firemoth couldn't find any trace.

This intrigued Roland.

Because the other party is targeting Anti-Entropy, and they are keeping it from Anti-Entropy as well as from within the Fire Moth!

Thinking of this, Roland switched his symbiotic partner with Anti-Entropy, and then used his domination power to add a false memory to the previously symbiotic partner. Roland then came to the high-level meeting of the Firemoth with a new identity, and directly said these words to all the high-level executives who came to the meeting.