Mob №116 “If you won’t agree with us, we’ll blow up this entire colony!”
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[Side: Third Person Perspective]
When the final maintenance work on the Gate is completed, the workers and mercenaries from the last shift gradually return to the colony.
Only after all the people from the final shift have returned to the colony will everyone finally be released from their duties.
The workers are scheduled to return on large ships prepared by the construction company, so there’s no particular movement until the ships arrive.
However, since the mercenaries have their individual ships, most of them depart for home as soon as they’re released, unless they’re part of the final shift.
As these mercenaries approach the corridor leading to the hangar where their ships are docked, they find several workers blocking the passage, equipped with assault beam rifles and grenades, wearing reflective heat-ray protective jackets layered with anti-physical protective vests.
The mercenaries wonder if some kind of emergency has occurred, but seeing no signs of anything particular happening, they quickly understand that the problem lies with the workers in front of them.
“What’s this cosplay you’re doing? We want to get home and collect our pay as soon as possible. Move aside, will you?”
A mercenary who happened to be at the front calls out to the workers.
Then,
“We are [Those Who Worry About the Empire’s Future]!”
“This country is one where citizens constantly suffer disadvantages because of the nobles and royalty!”
“We object to these disadvantages and resist them!”
“Therefore, we will grant you the honor of becoming righteous vanguards in destroying the Empress, who is the symbol of evil in this nation!”
“Those who accept this honor can participate in various operations to annihilate the evil Empress and her minions, the nobles!”
The armed workers begin making suspicious declarations one after another, as if they had coordinated it.
“Are you out of your minds? The previous Emperor and the current one have finally started rebuilding the country, and things are gradually getting better—what kind of joke is this about killing the Empress?”
The mercenary at the front denies their claims.
Then one of the workers becomes angry and begins loudly asserting their own justice.
“As long as the Emperor exists, nobles will be born, and the people will continue to be exploited! The current Empress may be lenient, but eventually a tyrant will definitely be born again! That’s why we must annihilate the nobles and the Emperor!”
“But that might not happen!”
“That’s not true! A tyrant will definitely be born! History proves it!”
The mercenaries understand that what this worker says is true.
Until the previous Emperor ascended the throne, the majority of this country’s supreme rulers had been foolish emperors, incompetent rulers, and tyrants.
However, that doesn’t mean they should eliminate the wise empress who currently exists.
“Then when that tyrant appears, recruit volunteers or whatever you need to do.”
The other mercenaries show their agreement with the words of the mercenary at the front.
The workers were armed, but most of them appeared quite unfamiliar with handling their weapons.
From the perspective of veteran mercenaries, subduing them would be extremely simple.
The workers understood this as well.
Therefore, they had prepared certain countermeasures.
“If you won’t agree with us, we’ll blow up this entire colony!”
The enraged worker showed the mercenary at the front a general-purpose terminal tool with a call standby screen.
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I woke up around the time when everyone from the final shift had returned and the mercenaries would be arriving at the hangar.
This way, by the time I got ready, completed the procedures, and finished breakfast, the hangar would be empty.
Most people finish everything in advance and try to leave as soon as they’re released, so the hangar inevitably gets crowded.
Anyway, I decided to get myself ready and head to complete the procedures.
I could go pick things up immediately after the shift ends, but the staff members are usually busy producing procedural documents, so I refrain from doing so. After checking my luggage and room to make sure I haven’t forgotten anything and leaving the room, I encountered a worker carrying a large bag.
“Ah, hello.”
Since the accommodation facility houses both workers and mercenaries together, there’s no particular reason to be on guard, so I casually greet him and try to head toward the procedures, when—
“Damn it! We’ve been found out already?!”
For some reason, the worker shouts loudly, pulls a gun from his bag, and points the muzzle at me.
“Put your hands up! Don’t move!”
His hands holding the gun are shaking, and his stance is completely amateurish.
His breathing is rough, and he’s quite agitated, so thinking it would be dangerous to resist, I raise both hands.
Once I raised both hands, he seemed to calm down a bit, and his breathing became quieter.
So,
“Um… what exactly has been found out?”
I decided to ask a question to assess the current situation.
“The plan to plant bombs in this colony, make the mercenaries our vanguards, and attack the Empress and nobles!”
The worker gave a passionate response, but I had an inkling about what he was talking about.
“By any chance, are you affiliated with those anti-imperial movement people who sometimes give street speeches in town?”
While hoping I was wrong, I asked the worker for confirmation.
“That’s right! We are active to destroy the Empress and nobles! You must have had unpleasant experiences with nobles too!”
So I got it right after all…
I can’t just leave this person alone, but if I counterattack poorly, people around might think I attacked him one-sidedly.
“Yes, I have. More times than I can count.”
So I’ll go along with the conversation for now.
Well, it’s not wrong that I’ve had unpleasant experiences with nobles many times.
“Then become one of our comrades! Let’s eradicate the hateful Empress and nobles!”
The worker—no, the anti-imperial activist terrorist—enthusiastically tries to recruit me as if he’s found a comrade.
“By the way, weren’t you heading somewhere?”
“Ah! That’s right! I need to hurry and set this up!”
At my fundamental question, the anti-imperial activist terrorist looks flustered, puts the gun back in his bag, and starts running.
This really shows he’s an amateur.
He easily puts away the gun, and more importantly, he hasn’t even confiscated the blaster I’m openly wearing at my waist.
I could stun him or render him unable to move by setting the blaster to minimum power, but here I’ll follow him and extract information.
“Is what’s in that bag a time bomb?”
“No. It’s a remote bomb. And this one’s the parent device, so unless this one explodes, the others won’t explode either.”
The anti-imperial activist terrorist, perhaps thinking I’ve become a comrade since I’m following him, readily answers my question.
“Why didn’t you set that up first?”
“I mistook a different one for the parent device…”
I don’t think all the anti-imperial activist terrorist members are like this, but at least this person isn’t suited to be an anti-imperial activist terrorist.
While thinking such things, we apparently arrive at a warehouse that seems to be the installation location.
Entering the warehouse, he places the remote bomb in a corner and says,
“Good. Now if I flip this switch, preparations are complete!”
Just before he flips the switch, I shoot the anti-imperial activist terrorist in the temple with my blaster set to minimum power.
The anti-imperial activist terrorist collapses with a thud and stops moving.
I check his pulse to confirm he’s alive, then step on the anti-imperial activist terrorist’s neck with my foot and point my blaster at him.
If I went back to my ship, I’d have tranquilizer guns and handcuffs for capturing criminals, but I can’t go back to get them.
And while maintaining that position, I contact the colony’s management department and ask them to call the police.
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