This is Two Eight. The mission was a success.

　On the roof of a building a few hundred meters away from the villa.
　After I finished sniping, I contacted Chris on the comms paper.

Copy that. ....... Didn't you just shoot a guy in the smoke screen?

"I could see inside the room for a second as the window opened. That's good enough for me. ...... I've done this kind of work before, in sandstorms and blizzards. ...... Mainly because of someone else.

"...... Who do you think I'm talking about?

　It's you.
　You're the one who's always talking nonsense.

　But compared to sandstorms and blizzards, smoke screens are relatively easy to deal with.
　It is surprisingly difficult to move while hiding behind a smoke screen. Not for a confused amateur.

　--I'm a little tired.

　If only for the final shot.
　All in all, this was a very difficult mission.

　How do you hunt down a coward like Roberto?
　And how to avoid killing anyone other than Roberto.

　The latter was the difficult part. At any rate, Roberto was always surrounded by the Order of the Phosphorus.
　When he tried to plan a strategy to avoid fighting them, his options narrowed down.

　First. I tried to shoot Roberto with no plan. But Roberto was a coward, and he had taken precautions. All the windows in the room where Roberto was supposed to be staying were covered with curtains.

　That's why I decided to do this.
　I prepared a gift with a smoke screen, put on the armor of the Order of the Phosphorus that I used in Elysia's mock revenge, and handed the gift to the servant in front of the mansion after telling him that the contents were a letter to Lauren. The cowardly Roberto would want to have Lauren, the strongest of the Knights of the Order, by his side at all times.

　After handing over the gift, he immediately moved to his predetermined sniper position. If you use the 《Tough Body》, you can travel a few hundred meters in a few tens of seconds.

But ...... isn't a mission for one person.

Thanks for your help. That's quite a tightrope to walk. Did you have a backup plan?

Oh, ...... worst case scenario, I was going to detonate the bomb trap in the house and snipe Roberto as he rushed out.

"...... Don't do that. Our budget is running out.

　That house must be very expensive.
　I'm glad it worked out, because this plan is the most conservative and causes the least damage to the surrounding area.

"Speaking of which, how's your partner?

　Chris asked, and I looked at the tool I was currently holding.
　It was the pitch-black sniper cane that I had been using during the war.

It was the same black sniper staff I had used all through the war.

　I smiled with satisfaction as the sniper staff returned the old feeling.

　--BF28 "Kurofeather Two-Eight".

　BF28 "Kurofeather Two-Eight" is a military magic tool made from the material of the giant raven monster Kurofeather.
　As the name suggests, this sniper staff is a magical tool developed for me.

　It is rare for a magic wand to be developed for personal use, let alone a magic wand that can assist in all kinds of magic, but a magic wand that specializes only in assisting in "sniping". This is because it is costly and has little versatility.

　However, the agency has made this sniper staff with all the latest technology available.
　Its performance is incomparable to that of a general-purpose sniper staff.

　The sniper cane may have been half responsible for the successful shot through the smoke screen.

　He looked through the farsightedness crystal attached to the top of the staff.
　Through the farsighted crystal, I could clearly see the scene inside the house a few hundred meters away.

　It's not just the Knights of Phosphorus, but also the guards of the royal capital who were patrolling the area, heard the commotion and gathered in the room where Roberto died.

"......?

　There is something familiar about the guard in the room.
　The guard pretended to ---- check on Roberto and casually retrieved a silver bag that had been left by the window.

You can see why the ...... bureau has been so cooperative.

"Oh, did they find out?

　I had noticed.
　I knew that the bureau was trying to take advantage of my actions.

　The silver bag that the guard had just collected seemed to be the target.
　That guard is a fake. Probably someone from the bureau.

It's mostly just a ledger.

"I haven't checked the contents yet, but you're probably right. Roberto was planning to make a backroom deal on his way to King's Landing. That information was leaked a while ago.

　That's right," I said to myself.
　Perhaps the back book contains the names of all the organizations that Roberto will be dealing with. The bureau is trying to get the weakness of the organization by obtaining this back book.

"I'm the one who's busy here. I'll cut the ...... transmission. You can have your partner back another time.

Copy that.

　Cut off communication and breathe a sigh of relief.


　Now the matter was truly settled.

　Passing the magic power through BF28, its shape quickly changed and it became a black bangle. I wrapped it around my left wrist.

　I jumped to the roof of the next building and started to move away from the noisy house.
　Our destination, of course, is the academy.

　--Let's go back.

　Back to that peaceful life.