Junta & Wizarding World

#48 City of Cloria

“Hmmmm”

The junta looked at the map that was in front of him with a suspicious look.

“Dia.. Moving again?”

Kou said that while staring at the map in confusion.

Previously, this tracking magic had search area results that were too wide, but now the search area results are no longer as wide as they used to be, if the search area results were very wide as they could shine a light on some cities, now that his search area results were no longer that wide, his search area results could be said to be now small enough, small enough to only be able to shine a light on one city on that map, Junta is very grateful to Kou who managed to optimize this search area, because if Kou does not manage to optimize this magic, then Junta will not be able to know if the target is moving.

The last time their target moved was when Junta and Kou were in a city where in that city, Junta and Zonya went together to a place to hire someone to investigate The Fingers, after the Junta left the city, their target did not move from its position at all, but now, their target was moving again, and again, actually the movement of the target Junta can be said not too big because the position of their target is now not far from its last position.

“Before he was here right?”

The junta said that while pointing to a black dot on the map.

“But again he moves to the city that is to his right”

The junta said that while dragging its index finger towards the right towards another black dot.

“Does our target move because he knows he's being tracked? Or is this just an ordinary movement that has become his daily life?”

Kou said that with a confused expression.

“If indeed this is his daily life, I think he may be a trader, only a trader who feels will move from one city to another”

“Can also he is a member of the Association, maybe he is running a request or something

“Hmmm, I think it's also a possibility”

The junta said that while looking at the map that was in front of him with a puzzled look.

Regardless of who exactly the target of the Junta is, it seems like the target of the Junta is a person who likes to move places, he said, of course, this is based on the assumption that the movements carried out by the target of this Junta are movements that he usually does in his daily life, The junta only hopes that the movement made by the target is not a movement made because the target feels that he is being tracked.

“I think tracking target every day is the right decision”

Kou said that while taking care of the items on the floor such as the map and the bottle containing the black water.

“Our target is an important target Kou, so we should monitor our target closely, yes although in fact I hope we can monitor our target at least twice a day”

“Let's see what I can do Brother, if I manage to optimize the use of Mana, then it seems to allow”

“Don't overextend yourself Kou”

“I know that, still, today's target movement really worries me, hopefully this detected movement is not a false movement”

Actually what Kou was worried about was what the Junta was worried about as well, indeed the power of the Junta and Kou could be said to be quite strong in this world, indeed, they could defeat a royal military leader easily without having to use Full Potential, but this did not mean that they were the strongest, such as when the Junta fought one of the 10 Fingers, The Junta was forced to allow Kou back then to use his Full Potential in order to defeat the enemy, therefore Junta was sure there were still many people stronger than him, as well as many people stronger than him, so that he still had to be careful in determining the next step, besides that his parents also always reminded the Junta to always be careful and alert to the possibility of an enemy stronger than them.

“Because we're done tracking the target, how about we have lunch?”

“I agree Brother, maybe we should invite Aya, Alicia and Zonya”

Not long after Kou said that, there was a knock on the door.

“Kou? The junta? You guys are inside right?”

“What's the Zone?”

After Junta said that, Zonya opened the door and entered into their room.

“Do you want to come with me to the Association building?”

“Oh, of course why not, I and Kou happen to be planning to take you out for lunch, Kou, can you call Aya and Alicia?”

“Wait Junta, I invite you guys out not to find lunch”

Kou looked at Zonya with a slightly confused expression.

“Do you want to take Zonya request?”

“Has your brother not told you Kou yet?”

“What story?”

Kou looked at his brother with a confused look.

“Wait a minute, that's my sentence, what story?”

“About that time when I invited you to hire someone? Investigating The Fingers?”

“Ah.. The problem was”

“Wait a minute, I seem to miss something here, what is this Brother?”

“Do you remember that time? When our target first made a move?”

“Sure, in that city you came out with Zonya right?”

”To be exact, I went out with her Zonya to go somewhere, her Zonya went to that place with the intention of hiring someone to investigate what The Fingers” was planning to do

“Oh, I understand now, so you want to go to the Association because you guys made an appointment to meet there?”

“Not making an appointment to meet, rather I told the person to submit the results of his investigation to the receptionist who was in the Association building of this city”

“Wait for Zonya first, does that mean we are now in Kloria city?”

“Of course, you think we're where Junta is?”

“Alright then, I'll come if my brother comes with”

“Good, let's go before the hotter day”

After saying that, Zonya went out of Junta's room towards the very busy streets of the city.

The city of Cloria, a large and very busy city, the Junta honestly felt that this city was not much different from the previous cities, but the city was very busy, perhaps the slightly unique architectural style that distinguishes this city from the cities that the Junta had previously visited, in addition to architecture, Junta feels that this city is not much different from other cities, but the city is not much different from other cities, equally busy and equally crowded.

This City of Cloria is the first city that Junta visited after completing the request of Mr. Clark, indeed the distance from the city of Mr. Clark living with the City of Cloria is not too far away, but nowhere near either, that time after the Junta returned to Mr. Clark's residence to return the stolen box, Mr. Clark was very grateful to Zonya, Junta and Kou for having successfully reclaimed the box and added the prize to 130 gold coins, after receiving the prize, the next day, Zonya and the others immediately rushed out of the city and headed straight for the next stop town, the Junta did not remember how long it took him to get to this city, but at least Junta believes that the journey to this city takes about 3 days.

While walking on the very busy streets of the city, the Junta looked around, there were merchants shouting loudly to promote their wares, he said, there were also those who wore strange clothes and did attractions to attract the attention of the people, so far just the usual hustle that Junta saw, nothing strange.

Unknowingly while looking through the situation, Junta, Kou and Zonya had already reached the Association building, after going inside, the atmosphere that was in the city felt like being moved here, he said, the Association Building in the city of Junta feels more crowded than the Association building that the Junta has ever visited.

“Here feels more crowded than other buildings, is this just my feeling?”

“No Junta, this building is indeed crowded, the city of Cloria is a city that has been crowded since the first, so many Association members are active in this city”

Zonya says that while looking around.

“I think we should be a little careful in walking, I feel if we walk casually we will soon hit 1 or 2 people here”

Kou said that while stepping his feet carefully.

Indeed, this building seems very crowded, a lot of people pass by here, some even drink while standing up, he said, a new sight for the Junta that the Junta never knew that the Association building could be so full like this, when seen again, this building has 2 floors, which is the building, which means this building is a branch building that is quite large because not all Association buildings have 2 floors, the 2nd floor itself is the place where special requests are usually placed, and this floor is also designed as a resting place for class 5.

“How are you Zonya? It's been a long time since you last came to this city”

“Yes that is, still busy as usual, by the way is there any item entrusted to me?”

“Oh, there, that item I just received about 30 minutes ago, briefly”

The receptionist was seen looking for something in a closet behind her.

“This is dia”

“Oh, this is bigger than I expected”

The receptionist handed a box to Zonya, it could be said to be quite large, perhaps enough to wrap a large cake that is usually eaten at a birthday party, after receiving the box somehow Zonya felt that reading the results of the investigation report conducted by that person would take a long time.

“Can I use the 2nd floor briefly?”

“Sure you can Zonya, I think class 5 like you don't need to ask permission about this issue”

“Thank you”

And so Junta and Kou followed Zonya up to the top floor, the 2nd floor was still what the Junta remembered, the floor was still a floor that was not too broad like the 1st floor, but the floor was still like the Junta, there is a round table with 4 chairs surrounding the table, then there is also a fireplace located not far from the round table, on the fireplace there is also a kind of round clock, and beside the fireplace was a notice board, and lastly, there was something like an umbrella-like place near the staircase where the Junta was standing at the moment.

After taking a look around, Zonya, Junta and Kou walked up to that round table and sat down on the existing seats.

“It looks like it will take time to read the entire report it”

Kou said that while looking at the box that Zonya placed on the table.

“Maybe next time I have to add instructions to simplify the results of the report..”.

Zonya said that while opening the rope that tied the box.

After the rope came off, Zonya opened the box.

But after opening it quickly he closed the box again.

“What's up?”

Junta asked with a suspicious tone.

“Sials.. This is the reason I don't actually want to deal with The Fingers”

Kou who was sitting close to Zonya immediately picked up the box and dragged it towards her and opened it.

After opening it, Kou does look a little surprised, but it seems that Kou can control it so he handed the box that is still open to his brother who sat not too far from him.

After receiving and looking at the contents of the box, Junta said.

“So it seems, I now really understand why you don't want to deal with The Fingers Zonya”

The contents of the box were the heads of the people Zonya had hired to investigate what The Fingers had planned, no wonder Kou was a little surprised when he opened the box.

“I don't understand, where did The Fingers know that I hired him? While the time we met this guy our face and voice was completely unknown to him, even I used my unique secret code L Z!”

The Junta tried to recall the events that had happened for some time, even though it had been a long time ago, but the Junta still remembered some things, and among them was that place, which was the place, Junta recalls that Zonya once said that the places they visited were very anonymous, the place that looks like a narrow room with mirrors is a room equipped with magic to keep their voices from coming out of the room and also to make sure that only Zonya's interlocutors are the ones being able to hear Zonya's voice, the room also changed her voice so that their interlocutors would not know Zonya's real voice, not only that, Zonya's face was also nowhere to be seen there, either, plus it was Zonya and Junta using something to cover their faces so that it became safer, so no one should have known that Zonya was the one who hired that person other than Junta.

While it can preserve the anonymity of the Junta and Zonya, the room does not seem to maintain the anonymity of the interlocutor because Zonya once said that the room can show the real face and voice of the interlocutor, to Junta's attention is the unique code that Zonya created, namely L Z, which means ‘Towered for Zonya’, Zonya said that this unique secret code she created was only used under certain circumstances and all the receptionists working in the Association building knew about this code, if the Junta's memory isn't wrong then the only one who knows this code is Zonya and the receptionists throughout the Association building, he said, and this code is also what the Junta says is the only clue that can lead The Fingers to Zonya, certainly this was one of the results of Junta's thinking among the many possibilities he thought.

If indeed The Fingers knew that the one who hired this man was his Zonya through the L Z code, that, it is possible that one of the receptionists in the Association is a member or someone associated with The Fingers, there is also the possibility that the L Z code has been leaked or at least The Fingers know about this code somehow, there are many possibilities that the Junta is thinking about now, but there is one thing that is clear here, he said, the identity of the person who sent this person is already known by The Fingers is Zonya, and now The Fingers send this as a hard message to Zonya not to disturb them.

The problem here is that now Junta and Kou are leaving with Zonya, so that if Zonya is targeted or danger is chasing her, then it will definitely affect Junta and Kou, so that if Zonya is targeted or danger is chasing after her, not only Junta but also to Aya and Alicia.

“What are you going to do now Zonya? I don't think I need to explain the intent of the item sent by The Fingers's”

“I know that The Fingers are warning me, but I still don't understand how they know it's me, but at the same time I also understand that what I'm talking about here is The Fingers, as I worry about the dark organization that many people fear from”

“I don't know exactly how The Fingers got to know this, but the most important thing now is your move Zonya, if you continue your investigation, you'll endanger Aya and Alicia”

“Then should I stop? Didn't I tell you yesterday when we executed Mr Clark's request? The Fingers are now planning something big, and if we don't know this plan, either what will happen in the future, I don't even want to imagine it”

“Why not submit this to another class 5? You guys can work together or something

“Every 5th class that is in the Association is definitely like me Junta, they are all acting on behalf of the Association, so they are a little hesitant if they are asked please to deal with the investigation of The Fingers like this, he said, after all, if from the beginning I cooperated with all the 5th class, then we were caught by The Fingers, then the Association must have been destroyed by now”

Zonya's argument is hard to argue, what Zonya says is true, if Zonya acts as a team along with the rest of the 5th class in the Association, so the Junta is not at all surprised if the Association is destroyed the next day, it does not feel wrong if The Fingers assume the Association is harassing them because all its strongest members are investigating them, it could be said that this time Zonya was lucky enough because it seemed like she was the only one investigating the matter of The Fingers, so The FIngers may still assume that what this Zonya is doing is something personal or some other act that is not in the name of the Association.

“You don't want to let The Fingers go, but at the same time if you keep doing this investigation, then the Association might get in trouble, as well as Aya and Alicia, are you really sure you don't want to take off The Fingers Zonya?”

The Junta said that in a very serious tone, of course the Junta is serious in this regard as this also concerns his security and his sister.

Of course after hearing Junta's question, Zonya did not immediately reply, she was seen thinking out loud.

For Zonya, it was a difficult decision, if Zonya let The Fingers do their plan, then I don't know what will happen in the future, Zonya intends to know the plan of The Fingers and try to prevent the danger or disaster that could happen because the plan in the future, more precisely said as a measure of anticipation.

Seeing Zonya who was thinking, Junta also came to think, at this time the identity of Zonya has been found out, The Fingers know that Zonya is trying to find out what they are planning, and they are, and this is not a good thing, especially Junta is now traveling with Zonya, which because of this incident, indirectly also threatens the security of Junta and Kou, as well, Junta thought of various things in his head while waiting for an answer from Zonya.

“It would feel much riskier if I let The Fingers Junta, so I will keep investigating them, I will think of another safer way”

“Is that your answer Zonya? You are class 5, you didn't forget that right?”

“That's my answer”

“I understand”

Junta folds his hands while closing his eyes, Zonya intends to keep going, namely to keep investigating The Fingers, seeing the ability of The Fingers is how they can find out if Zonya is teasing them, and the ability of the Fingers, The Junta thinks that this organization is a dangerous organization, and allowing Zonya to investigate this despite the warnings will only cause another disaster, but on the one hand the Junta also understands Zonya's feelings, too, His zone was class 5 in the Association, he was one of the strongest members of the Association and that was why he became the symbol or representative of the Association, The Fingers were indeed a troublesome organization, indeed a troublesome organization, so if the Association fails to know the movement of The Fingers, then in the future it can certainly happen a major disaster.

“Zonya, aren't you thinking of cooperating with the royal side all over this land? The Fingers is an organization that threatens the existence of the entire kingdom in this land right, so it should be easy for the Association to invite the entire kingdom to cooperate”

“Reality is not always that easy as Junta, every kingdom has their own problems and not all kingdoms are ready or able to exert their strength to destroy The Fingers”

“It looks like it's more complicated than I expected”

Junta held his chin and seemed to think for a moment, it seemed like there was no other choice but to help Zonya in this investigation, after all this also had to do with the security of Junta and Kou, after all, so Junta thinks that there is no harm in helping Zonya in this investigation because if Zonya is left alone, then Junta and Kou's security could also be threatened, honestly, Junta is not interested in The Fingers organization at all, this organization looks dangerous, but it has become the principle of the Junta not to be conspicuous or too involved in the problems that exist in this world, of course, this principle will be ignored by the Junta if the problem becomes serious as it concerns his family.

“Alright I understand, Kou, can you do it?”

Kou looked at his brother for a while, he looked confused by his brother's decision, but after looking at his Brother for a while, it seemed that Kou understood what his Brother was thinking, so he said.

“More or less I understand what is going on, if indeed it is Brother's decision then I will follow him, give me at least 1 day, time, Brother and Zonya will receive the results of my investigation approximately tomorrow or tomorrow again”

“Wait a minute, what do you mean Kou? I didn't ask for your help to investigate this, The Fingers is a dangerous organization, I can't let class 0 like you guys plunge into this area”

“I just follow the will of my Brother Zonya, after all I also understand what Big Brother is thinking, and I also agree with this decision”

“Just calm Zonya, Kou is an expert in things like this”

“So to clarify this, all I have to do is investigate about The Fingers right?”

“True Kou, more precisely investigate what The Fingers” is planning

“I understand, give me time and let's see what I can find”