[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World

[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 236: Cooperation

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"Whatever you do, I will always watch you. Even when no one knows your situation, I will always be the first to notice it. That's why, don't stop."


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His eyelids were quite heavy, but he was somehow able to open them normally.


Noelle looked around her, feeling strange with the scenery there.


"This … "


If there is a proper word to express it, then it is 'horrible'.


The world he saw consisted of only two colors; red and white.


The place he stood on, which he himself was not sure whether it was the ground or not, was entirely bright white. Meanwhile, the sky that was supposed to be blue was now bright red.


Glaring color alloy. However, for some reason Noelle could not take her eyes off the scene at all.


A heavy feeling of deja vu approached him, making him instantly look at his own body.


Noelle was sure that she had seen this before. However, he did not remember that.


Unmistakably, this was a similar feeling he always had every time he woke up from a strange dream that he could not remember.


Even more bizarre, this was all unlike anything he had ever felt before. This time, he still had his consciousness.


"I'm in a dream, but I'm still conscious? Is this some kind of lucid dream? "


In order to ascertain the situation, Noelle decided to walk a few steps in a certain direction. However, due to the absence of navigation markers, he did not know whether he was actually moving or not.


There was no sensation of footing, but he knew that there was something that made him able to stand up.


While he was still confused, his gaze was instantly blurry. He can't see clearly.


The two contrasting colors began to disappear from his sight, while he was also faintly able to see some white flower petals beginning to fly.


Noelle had just seen a human being there. However, before he could clearly see her figure, his gaze darkened.


Noelle immediately woke up from her sleep, without understanding what had happened,


However, this time, he did not lose his memory. All the sights he had just seen were still fresh in his brain.


Without him noticing, tears began to drip from the corner of his eyes.


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After recovering from her confusion, Noelle finally made up her mind to get out of bed.


The light that slipped in through the window slit was still not bright. Just from that, Noelle knew that it was too early for her to come out.


However, everything that had just happened in his dream made him unable to remain silent.


Noelle finally remembered it. He could remember what happened in the dream. This is clearly a major advance.


He had already experienced the strange dream several times, and all the dreams he had experienced were completely nothing to go into his memory.


He quickly took out a notebook from his spatial warehouse, then wrote down everything that happened in detail. This was a right he did just in case. After all, no one knew until when those memories would remain.


After finishing her note, Noelle immediately got out of bed. He stretched for a moment, then opened the window.


As he expected, the sky was still quite dark. The predetermined meeting time was still quite long, so Noelle still had time to do something else.


She went to the bathroom, and washed her face to refresh herself. After which, he directly went into the living room while changing all of his clothes by utilizing spatial magic.


All dirty clothes are placed in a basket, which Felice will bring to the washing service provider.


After doing all that, Noelle then went outside the apartment and looked around her.


(It's still pretty quiet. That means ... I have a chance to meet them.)


Noelle didn't know if Felice was awake or not, but it didn't matter. He would only leave for a while without messing up the plan Dolf had made for him.


Passing through several intersections, Noelle finally arrived at the place where she had become her destination.


"Based on their range of observation .. Should they be around here .. Damn, why don't I ask where they live? "


The one he was going to meet this time, was the group of agents sent to watch over him. They were the ones sent by the police in the city of Nif.


Noelle stayed in place, and began to expand the range of presence detection.


All around him were lodging buildings, bars, and merchant kiosks. So, it was rather difficult to find someone with detection ability.


However, Noelle did not care much about the matter. He continued to expand his range of detection, until he finally found what he was looking for.


A building, located to the east of where it stands. It was an inn building that looked luxurious due to its simplicity.


Noelle had already found the three agents who were following her, and they all lived in the same place.


The reason Noelle could figure it out so quickly, was of course because she had some methods to it.


One of the methods he used, was the 'elevation' method'.


The number of people following him were three, with two men and one woman. Naturally, men and women would be in separate rooms because they did not have any relationship.


Utilizing that, Noelle immediately searched for all the existence of two men and one woman whose distance was not too close, but also not too far away.


As a result, he found the building that the three people occupied.


However, there was a problem when he started searching.


Just then, Noelle glanced to the side, and a woman was sitting in the cafeteria customer seat with a very clear bored face.


(Compared to detection, this would be much better.)


Noelle shrugged her shoulders slightly, then walked up to the woman.


Without saying anything, Noelle immediately sat right beside the woman.


"I think it's too early. What do you want? " ask the woman without glancing at Noelle in the slightest.


"Where are your men? "


For a moment, the woman was silent without saying anything. However, seconds later, he glanced at Noelle.


"Just tell me your purpose."


This woman really doesn't like to talk. In response to that, Noelle only smiled wryly.


"You remember that we were in a working relationship to find Feran Cerces, right? "


"Do you have any information about him? "


The woman stopped focusing on herself, and asked Noelle.


Noelle nodded in response.


"No, not yet. I'm sure everything I know you know first, too. But church organizations in the city began to move to find the whereabouts of Feran Cerces and all his associates. Will the police not cooperate? "


The woman thought for a moment, but immediately shook her head resignedly.


"We haven't received any reports yet. It's possible that the police will cooperate, but .. I don't know to what extent we'll be involved. Especially, we're here only as agents watching you. Investigating Feran Cerces is a side. I'm not even sure if this branch of the police force in the city will get us on the case."


"What does that mean … "


Noelle deliberately did not continue her words, and instead waited for the woman to respond herself.


"We might be involved, but our role won't be too big. Maybe ... Just an informant."


(Informant, yes .. )


Noelle didn't mind that much. Instead, he was grateful to have received additional help from the agent who was now watching him.


The problem was that he did not know how much help other church organizations would give him.


Currently, Noelle's team consists of only two people, namely Noelle and Felice. It would be good if there are other members of the organization who help in the team. However, it would be difficult considering he only had the role of an informant.


Including the support of the agents who watched her, the total Noelle group members now have five people including himself.


Even so, it was still a small amount. They would investigate the entire city, and what could be expected of five people? At the very least, they all had to work endlessly to find the information sought.


To overcome that shortcoming, Noelle had made some way out.


First, he will expand his connections through his work at the Nautica bar cafe, then seek other help from some outside parties such as private detectives or Bounty Hunters.


Fortunately, the Nautica bar cafe will not be closed during this mission. So, Noelle had plenty of opportunities to expand her connections there. The problem is, many members go on missions, and that means the bar cafe will be short of employees.


(Did the Captain not have predicted this? )


Dolf didn't say anything about the new employee, so Noelle didn't know how the process would proceed. However, just in case, he would talk to Dolf about hiring part-time employees.


Part-time employees are there only to work, and they will not be involved in this mission. In fact, they would also not know that the bar cafe was actually the headquarters of the church-owned organization.


(One problem is solved, then .. )


Noelle thinks this is lacking. He needed more human resources to help him gather information.


Making a search mission in the adventurer guild would not be a good thing, so he immediately removed that choice.


At least, the people he will recruit later must be people who have loyalty in maintaining confidentiality.


After taking a long time to think, Noelle finally returned to talking to the woman.


"Where can I find the Bounty Hunters? "


Seeking help from the Bounty Hunters was the best option for now. Most of them are vagabonds, or gang members who need a lot of funds to sustain the lives of all members of his group.


So, spending a little money to pay them will not be a problem.


(I can send the Captain a letter of funding, right? I don't want to spend more money out of my pocket on this .. )


"Bounty Hunter? You can find them anywhere. But, most of them would gather in a bar that was indeed used as a gathering base. I know the address, you can go there later."


After saying that, he immediately took out a paper and pencil from his pocket, then wrote something down there before finally handing it to Noelle.


"Remember that they will only accept jobs based on their pay. You may have to spend a lot of money to recruit some of them."


Noelle understood that. Unlike adventurers, the Bounty Hunters did not have a ranking system in their society. Which means, everyone could take on any mission as long as they wanted to.


Moreover, if the mission giver wanted more than one person to cooperate with him, then he would have to spend more money to pay them one by one.


The pay does not need to be given if the mission fails to complete, but the mission giver must be responsible if there is something dangerous that is not as reported.


(With such a rule, the Bounty Hunters could have exploited the mission giver, but .. I don't think I should have worried. A little threat may be enough to make them honest.)


Thinking of a few things for a moment, Noelle then took out a silver pocket watch from her coat pocket.


It was the pocket watch Dolf gave him yesterday.


The hour hand showed at half-seven, while Noelle's meeting with Felice was half an hour away.


After confirming the time she had, Noelle closed the watch, then returned it to the coat pocket.


"Alright, thank you for working together. Give my regards to your other men, I'll get out of here."


Noelle stood up, and immediately walked away leaving the woman alone. Now, his destination is the Nautica bar cafe where he works.


"Ahh, I forgot to ask her name … "


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