Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 484



Apostle Evan (2)

Pabababat!!!

Sparks bursting through a dark hallway.

The overloaded power plant is flowing backwards blowing out everywhere through the distribution box inside the temple.

Regardless of the electric lights the heating wires on the floor and the power wires on the walls they exploded everywhere creating sparks and causing panic among the priests who were already embarrassed.

“No the facilities inside the temple are completely paralyzed!!”

“I can’t believe it… such an unholy commotion right before a sacred ceremony…!!”

“We’ll have to settle things before the Archbishop returns!!”

Of course there are no priests who want to immediately report the problem that occurred at the temple to the archbishop and have her return.

If internal facility power issues are reported to the highest authority within the branch who will take responsibility and who should take charge of resolving the commotion?

Reporting this to Archbishop Naidry does not mean that the damaged temple facilities will be immediately repaired.

In this situation where the power plant itself has been damaged due to backflow the most reasonable way for the priests to choose is.

The plan was to somehow restore the temple in secret from the archbishop until the service was over.

“The management priests should immediately go down to the underground power plant and check for problems.”

“First of all the priority is to resolve this matter quickly and I will not hold you responsible!”

“We need to put everything back in place before the ritual begins so hurry!!”

The sight of priests stopping even to move the bodies used in offerings and starting to hurriedly run around the temple.

Zaif who had been watching the whole scene from the side looked back at Lennok in confusion.

“They intentionally cut off communication with the plaza while causing chaos inside the temple… Were you predicting this from the beginning?”

“What can I say?”

Lennok shook off the hand that was holding the wire and responded angrily.

“If trust is not guaranteed between us it will be difficult to achieve any cause together.”

“…I made a mistake. “I don’t think an apostle like you would get carried away by mere impulse and go astray.”

To prevent any more attention from being drawn to Lennok and Zaif he immediately finds and stabs the blind spot that is causing chaos in the temple.

At the same time by shifting responsibility to someone else this fact is prevented from reaching Archbishop Naidri’s ears for the time being.

Even if other agents who are high-ranking superhumans notice that there is a problem inside the temple it would be difficult for them to leave the plaza unless the Archbishop himself moves.

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Zaif quickly understood the results and purpose that Lennok had achieved by opening the distribution box and was slightly impressed by his acuity.

But Lennok slowly shook his head as he looked at Zaif.

“There is still a long way to go. “Our work begins now.”

“what?”

“Didn’t I tell you earlier that it’s difficult to get into every single part of the temple?”

Lennok grinning slowly released his wrists and looked back down the hallway.

“There is a very legal way to raid the temple without arousing any suspicion from other priests.”

* * *

Quaaaa!!

An antique wooden door on one side of the hallway was shattered and a large amount of water flowing out from inside began to fill the hallway.

The priests are embarrassed by the rapidly rising water that wets their calves.

“The sewer has burst. The valve is out of control!”

“Where are the priests who manage the facility and what are they doing…!”

“We are attempting maintenance using magic but the overload is spreading to other facilities!”

Once Lennok has damaged the power plant it is not easily repaired.

Since the overload was caused by direct flow of magical energy it would be difficult to repair it using magic without first removing Lennok’s magical energy.

Of course if Lennok does not manipulate it directly if he takes the time and effort the magic itself can be removed.

The internal structure of the power plant is complex and it takes a very long time to remove the magic power from all the wiring.

In the meantime the aftermath of the overload of the power facility will spread to other facilities based on it.

It was the same reason that the sewer burst at the end of the hallway turned into a huge flood.

It was a moment when other priests were infusing meaningless spells in the face of the sewage that was constantly pouring out.

Jump up!!

Lennok appeared through the opposite door and looked down at the priests coldly.

“Get out of the way.”

“Who are you…?”

“Can’t you understand once you say it?”

“Now let’s go Zaif…!!”

Zaif appeared behind Lennok and threatened the priests with an expressionless face.

“I had some business to do so I came back to the temple and there wasn’t much of a mess.”

“I have no shame….”

“If you tell the archbishop he will be very satisfied.”

The priests’ complexions turn pale as Zaif calmly mentions Archbishop Naidri.

“I’m sorry. “We will do our best to keep things under control until the ceremony begins…”

“No it’s okay. “I don’t need it so everyone get out of there.”

Zaif muttered coldly and gestured towards Lennok.

“I am with Apostle Martinez who was specially invited for this ceremony. “This friend will solve the temple’s problems.”

“yes? But how can you do something that even high-ranking temple priests can’t do…”

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Squeak…!!

As soon as he finished speaking Lennok put his hand into the sewer and stopped the flowing water.

The priests’ eyes widened when only a finger-sized stream of water flowed from the water pipe that was pumping out several people with the potential to swallow them up.

Lennok shook off his water-soaked arms and muttered the promised line.

“Is it this much?”

“A problem that couldn’t be resolved even after a dozen department management priests stuck to the underground water pipe….”

“I should have told you.”

“sorry!!”

When Zaif glared at the priests with cold eyes he closed his mouth and lowered his head.

“I don’t like the Far East branch’s poor management skills but since awareness is coming soon I will turn a blind eye to it.”

Lennok looked at the tops of the priests’ heads and spoke very naturally.

Seeing the priests raising their heads in shock he slightly lifted the hood he was wearing and smiled softly.

“Let’s keep the commotion that happened this evening between us. Do you understand?”

“Apostle Martinez…!!”

This is an unusual situation in which the apostles who had only reprimanded them a moment ago gently let go of the situation.

As if there were no priests who were not impressed by this small favor they all called out Lennok and Zaif’s names in wet voices.

Lennok looked at the priests and opened his mouth once more as if asking for something obvious.

“From now on we will check and repair all facilities within the temple that have problems so you can prepare.”

“All right!!”

Priests who report in detail the location of the facility where the problem originated without even the slightest suspicion.

Lennok began to wander around the Crystal Palace without hesitation receiving friendly guidance from priests who explained the temple’s facilities and structures in detail.

“The distribution box near the spire exploded. Guide me.”

Ordinary priests can freely enter and leave secret places where they cannot enter.

“Why are the water pipes near the underground safe like this? “From now on I’ll put my hands on it so don’t let anyone get in on it.”

With the safe door wide open they freely walk among the offerings collected by the church.

“You can’t open the office? So does that mean it’s okay for the Archbishop’s room to be flooded when he returns?”

Even the empty archbishop’s office is proudly entered with feet of clay.

It does not end with simply fixing the facilities or rooms visited.

Instead of repairing the place where Lenno stepped directly it repeatedly overloaded and damaged other facilities connected nearby.

In other words by repeating the process of repairing 1 and destroying 2 you will be able to come up with a legitimate reason to visit all the facilities inside the temple at least once.

In fact some of the facilities repaired by Lennok were in better condition than before earning him praise from the apostles.

“The automatic control system of the water valve has been restored…!!”

“Apostle Martinez did what no one could fix for ten years!”

“The recognition error at the entrance to the incinerator has been resolved but I heard that the magic circuit is so twisted that it cannot be solved at all….”

“Thank you Apostle Martinez!!”

“There are more facilities with problems. If you don’t mind I will guide you personally…!!”

It is an ironic situation that Lennok himself is receiving a lot of admiration and respect by repairing the damaged facilities and destroying them again.

Dismissal!!

“You’re wrong. There’s nothing special here. “Let’s just destroy the nearby facilities again and move on.”

“…I can’t easily show my shame.”

After rummaging through the shelves of the archbishop’s desk he shakes it off and stands up.

There was even a faint reverence in Zaif’s voice as he watched Lennok.

“I had no idea that they would solve the problem so completely under the pretext of repairing the temple’s internal facilities. “I apologize for doubting you even for a moment.”

As Zaif was right next to me and watched everything unfold from beginning to end I know very well how absurd this situation is.

All of these moments in which the goal is achieved fluidly by playing with not only the temple’s internal facilities but also the psychology of the priests are unrealistic.

At this moment it seemed that Zaif would not have any doubts even if Lennok told him to catch and kill the priests immediately.

“That’s not the problem Apostle Zaif.”

Lennok responded clinking several artifacts he had taken from the safe by the handful.

“We searched almost every place we could think of but strangely enough there was no trace.”

“…Are you saying that the archbishop kept the secret that carefully?”

Now Zaif doesn’t even think that Lennok lied about the Archbishop.

“It’s even more suspicious because there are no traces. “You still don’t understand?”

Lennok’s original plan was to destroy the temple’s internal facilities and weaken its security making it easier to disrupt the selection ceremony.

The statement that the Archbishop was hiding a secret was just an excuse to convince Zaif.

However after searching almost all of the temple’s facilities like catching a rat Lennok had no choice but to admit that he was holding back and catching the rat.

“Even though we searched everything from the safe to the office it is unnatural to find nothing other than confidential documents that are officially used within the church. “This might be a bigger deal than I thought…”

In the process of running an organization setbacks are an inevitable result.

In particular if it is a renegade denomination that covers the entire continent no matter how strong your faith is there is nothing you can do about it.

What would it be like for the Far East branch which is said to be responsible for the supply of each branch from outside the continent?

If you have searched to this extent there should be at least some clues related to internal corruption or cover-up operations but even though it is normal there is no sign of anything at the branch temple where the apostle selection ceremony is held.

This would not have been possible unless the secret the church was hiding was much bigger than that and was hidden from higher ups than expected.

If you can’t find any clues even with Lennok’s magical power detection there’s really nothing to see here.

The moment when Lennok and Zaif were walking quickly down the hallway after leaving the archbishop’s office.

“Apostle Zaif?”

A young man walking across from me suddenly called Zaif’s name.

The impression is that the body appears unusually light. Judging from the fact that he calls Zaif without hesitation is he a priest with a high status within the church?

Sure enough Zaif also frowned and answered as if he was a bit troubled.

“…Bishop Tritan.”

“I thought it was strange that you didn’t show up for the service so what on earth are you doing here?”

Tritan’s eyes sparkled sharply.

“I think I need to explain what all this fuss is about.”

The Genius Wizard Who Takes Medicine Episode 486