He was a person of capability, however no luck.

At the very least, that’s what he believes himself to be.

He was speculated to have graduated from top-of-the-line colleges in his hometown and went on to graduate from a superb college, however sadly, an unprecedented job recession abruptly occurred and unable to discover a job, he was pressured to work as a dispatch employee. He moved from one black firm after one other, and earlier than he knew it, he was in debt.

He actually had no luck.

However now, an opportunity revealed itself earlier than his eyes.

An opportunity to show his life round.

[So…… Kaneda-san, if I can accomplish this job, my debts will be cleared, right?]

[I didn’t say I’ll pay off your debts. I said that if you enter the premises and come up wwith conclusive evidence, I’ll purchase that information at your asking price. Of course, if the information you acquired is valuable, you can ask for an amount of money enough for you to pay your debt.]

[Ohhh!]

He had a debt exceeding ten million from the tortoiseshell glasses.

Being a freelancer in his mid-twenties, he had no manner of repaying the debt.

[K- Kaneda-san, we’ll do our best too!]

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[That’s right! Like hell we’ll let you outrun us by yourself!]

[I can also accomplish things when needed!]

The tortoiseshell glasses had gathered a gaggle of people that had been scums apart from him.

Drug, alcohol, pachinko, intercourse, gacha video games, bank cards…… There are lots of causes, however these are the individuals who have run themselves into the bottom and are actually unable to pay their money owed.

The person believes himself completely different from the others. He believes he can nonetheless begin over.

He simply wasn’t fortunate sufficient.

Dedication inside his thoughts, he resolved himself. His luck goes to alter tonight.

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[Now then. I wish you’d be able to find out something.]

Adjusting the place of his tortoiseshell glasses, Kaneda regarded on the six scums in entrance of him.

He gathered solely those that had been drowning in money owed, and to verify it wouldn’t be tracked, he gathered those that had been comparatively robust and had been deserted by their kin.

Even when something had been to occur to those guys————- even when these scums had been to die———– The bereaved household will be unable to run to the police.

They’re however scums that society would like to see lifeless.

[Listen closely. All of you received balaclavas and disposable phones. With that, go and find some kind evidence. If the police catch you, don’t tell them anything. At best, you would just be charged with trespassing, and you’ll be released in no time. If such an incident occur, you can be relieved that I’ll have a lawyer by your side. Other than that———– Don’t even think about running away, okay? The GPS on your phones will tell me where you are as soon as you run away. If I catch you doing that, your debt will be tripled, okay?]

Everybody silently nodded at Kaneda’s menace.

However then, despite the fact that Kaneda mentioned that, the danger of those guys escaping was most likely low.

All of them got smartphones for info gathering and communication.

They had been disposable smartphones———– ones that they may simply simply get rid of.

There isn’t a approach to hint them again to him.

At first, Kaneda considered shopping for a high-end drone to do reconnaissance himself, however the buy historical past might be traced again to him, and interested by it, having people do it will be less expensive———— particularly the lives of scums like these.

These scums appear to be satisfied that that is their probability to show their lives round.

A few of them even have bloodshot eyes.

You’ll by no means know what folks can do once they’re trapped in debt.

Nicely, if Hiroki will get harm, Kaneda thinks of simply leaving issues to the long run.

No matter happens can be their very own duty.

[Alright. Go ahead!]

Late at night time, after dropping off the scums packed in a black one-box automotive with home windows tinted darkish close to the waste disposal website, Kaneda determined to drive to his workplace and await the report.

On this case, Kaneda didn’t use his subordinates.

If one makes use of others for one thing shady, they may probably be traced again to you.

In his line of enterprise, individuals are meant for use, not trusted.

That was the lesson Kaneda learnt by means of his money-lending enterprise.

Happily, there’s whiskey and glasses within the workplace, initially ready for guests.

As he sips his whiskey, he gazed on the listing of shoppers he has lent cash to, and felt pleasure as he imagined the lifetime of a buyer be ruined.

This was the modest interest of Kaneda, the money-lender with tortoiseshell glasses.

[Well, one or two of them should be able to accomplish it.]

The folks he despatched could also be scum, however they’re determined.

There’s no manner one or two bodyguards would be capable of take down six folks without delay.

Then, a minimum of half of them might take pictures or movies, and ship the data to a dummy deal with.

After that, it was as much as their luck and talent to flee from the group behind Hiroki.

In different phrases, that is nothing greater than throwing a pebble to seek out out who it’s that’s lurking beneath the darkness.

[Whether a demon or a snake comes out, only God knows what will happen. Whatever it may be, that would be their own responsibility. The unfortunate ones here would only be the thrown pebbles.]

Having such ideas in thoughts, the melting ice within the whiskey glass raised by Kaneda made a clinking sound.

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Nevertheless, what occurred was past Kaneda’s expectations.

Ultimately, not one of the scums that Kaneda despatched had contacted him.

The GPS sign on their telephones had additionally disappeared, and never a single picture or video had been despatched.

Suspecting that they’d escaped, he had a detective company examine, however there have been no sightings of them on the close by practice stations or bus stops, nor had been there any passing autos on the primary street that they needed to keep watch over.

The six folks Kaneda despatched disappeared with out a hint.

The pebbles they’d thrown into the darkness, with out even resounding an echo, was misplaced in useless.

All throughout the black gap, darker than even the darkness.