Fist King - Chapter 1 - Episode 32: Section Chief of Audit, Material Collection Department, Shizuoka Prefectural Office

Fist King: I Will Save the Earth from Zero in Another Reincarnation, Starting from Real World

Section Chief of Audit, Material Collection Department, Shizuoka Prefectural Office

I adjusted my appearance in front of the mirror in the changing room of the Shizuoka Prefectural Office.

Today, I had to go to the First Ward Office and the Adventurers Guild to investigate a certain individual.

I checked that my suit and tie were not disheveled and confirmed that the name tag with my position and name was attached to my chest.

【Suguru Sasaki, Section Chief of Audit, Material Collection Department, Shizuoka Prefectural Office】

After checking my appearance, I picked up my business bag and stepped out of the Prefectural Office to get into the car my subordinate had prepared.

As I got into the back seat, my subordinate, having confirmed my presence, started the car.

I looked through the documents in my bag, which I had seen many times before.

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Satou Kazuya Collection List

Slime Core (G) …… approx. 300 kg

Warwolf (F) …… 4

Degraded Mandragora (F) …… 1

Mandragora (F) …… 7

4m-class Grizzly (E) …… 1

Cockatrice (E) …… 35

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All of the collected items were the result of hunting almost entirely done by one person.

It was reported that these results, starting with the Slime Cores, were achieved in about the last month.

(If this is the result of hunting done solely by Satou Kazuya, he must be quite skilled.)

However, there was no information that such a skilled person would come to Shizuoka Prefecture, and I didn't know the reason for collecting such a large quantity of Slime Cores.

Since only the name and collected items were known from the documents, I was visiting the First Ward Office and the Adventurers Guild, where the collection reports were submitted, to investigate Satou Kazuya in detail this time.

I was an adventurer until I was 29 and managed to reach Rank 3, which led to my entry into the Prefectural Office.

Even after working in the Material Collection Department for several years since then, this was the first time I had seen a collection report for undegraded Mandragoras.

Furthermore, it was reported that all 35 Cockatrices were collected in a single hunt.

(What kind of person could he be...?)

This audit might be driven more by my own interest as a former adventurer than by my duty as a Prefectural Office official.

However, due to the large quantity of collected items, I was also considering the possibility of fraud to make the results look better.

I headed to the First Ward Office, wondering what kind of formidable person it would be if no fraud had occurred.

Upon arriving at the First Ward Office and being guided to a room, two officials from the Material Collection Department and a person from the General Affairs Department, who appeared to be in their late 30s, were waiting.

(Why is someone from the General Affairs Department here?)

While harboring this question, I sat down and looked through the documents placed on the table in front of me.

The paper contained information about a person completely different from what I had imagined.

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Satou Kazuya, 12 years old

First Year, Swordsman First Junior High School, Shizuoka Prefectural

Skills possessed

Bash Lv2

Heal Lv10

Physical Ability Enhancement Lv10

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As I checked the contents, my hand holding the paper became sweaty with confusion.

(This is the person who achieved those results!? And he's only 12!?)

I hid my agitation, quietly placed the paper on the table, and confirmed with the Material Collection Department official if there were any errors in the content.

"Is there any mistake in this document?"

"No. We confirmed the audit subject multiple times beforehand when creating it."

"I see..."

They said there was no mistake in this document.

Satou Kazuya was a 12-year-old junior high school student, with only three skills.

(He couldn't possibly achieve such results with just that!)

I suspected that this official was concealing something.

Just then, the man from the General Affairs Department spoke to me.

"May I say something?"

"...Please."

"That Satou Kazuya is my son."

"Your son!?"

"Yes..."

The man from the General Affairs Department sitting here said he was Satou Kazuya's father.

Moreover, when I listened to his story, it seemed he had witnessed the scene where Warwolves, Mandragoras, and a Grizzly were subjugated right before his eyes.

And the content of that story was even more unbelievable.

"I'll confirm again... Did Satou Kazuya really hunt this many with just one sword and no armor?"

"Yes... it's true."

"Unbelievable..."

As I muttered that, the man, who was his father, also looked down and said he couldn't believe it either.

Satou Kazuya was apparently not a particularly remarkable boy, just a normal child.

But then, from a certain day, he changed and achieved such results.

Furthermore, his father seemed unaware of the Cockatrice incident.

When I showed his father the documents I had prepared, his face turned pale, and he asked if it was true.

(I'm the one who wants to ask if it's true...)

Thinking that, I left the First Ward Office and headed to the Adventurers Guild next.

I had to cross-reference what I heard at the Ward Office with what I would hear at the Adventurers Guild.

Upon arriving at the Adventurers Guild and stating my business to the receptionist, I was led to the Guild Master's room.

I owed the Guild Master a great debt from my adventurer days.

I had to speak to this Guild Master while harboring suspicion.

"Guild Master, as I informed you, I would like to know about a person named Satou Kazuya."

When I asked that, the Guild Master sat with his arms crossed, leaning back in his chair.

After a moment of thought, the Guild Master furrowed his brows and began to speak to me with a serious expression I had never seen before.

"First, let me tell you one thing: I will only speak the truth from now on."

"Understood."

Hearing those words, I quietly nodded and looked into the Guild Master's eyes.

"Satou Kazuya subjugated 35 Cockatrices alone."

"Do you know what weapon he used?"

"Just one sword."

"Armor?"

To my question, the Guild Master quietly shook his head from side to side, denying that he wore any.

If the Guild Master was so definitive, there must be evidence.

I couldn't be convinced without confirming it.

"Who is the witness?"

"The one who went hunting with him was Ōta Mao. She was the winner of last year's Disassembly Technique Tournament."

"She..."

The name Ōta Mao sounded familiar.

She was supposed to be the woman who often went hunting with Taniya Ellen to hone her disassembly skills.

(Why was she hunting with Satou Kazuya?)

However, if she testified to that, then it might be true.

I still had more to discuss with the Guild Master and was about to continue when I heard a loud knock on the room door.

Hearing that sound, the Guild Master raised his voice.

"I'm with a client now! Come back later!"

"Guild Master, I apologize! I know you're with a client! But there's something I need you to see!"

"Is that Shimizu!? Can't it wait!?"

"Ōta-san said it was urgent! Please confirm it!"

The moment the Guild Master and I heard the name Ōta, we exchanged glances and nodded to each other.

"Enter!"

"Excuse me."

The woman called Shimizu entered the room and handed something like a green cloth to the Guild Master.

The Guild Master looked at the green cloth-like object he was handed, then asked the woman.

"What is this?"

"Ōta-san said she couldn't say the name, but that the Guild Master would know if he saw it."

"Oh..."

Hearing that, the Guild Master seemed to appraise the object in his hand.

And the Guild Master's face grew increasingly stern.

"Sasaki, you can use Appraisal too, right? Take a look at this."

I appraised the green cloth handed to me by the Guild Master.

【Green Dragon's Flight Membrane】

I doubted the result of my own appraisal for the first time in my life.

What I held in my hand was undoubtedly a Green Dragon's Flight Membrane.

I looked at the Guild Master and conveyed the appraisal result.

"A Green Dragon's Flight Membrane... right..."

"You saw that too... Shimizu! Where is Ōta!?"

"She's waiting at the reception!"

"Understood. I'm coming now."

The Guild Master said that and gestured for me to accompany him.

I followed the Guild Master to the guild's reception.

There, a short-haired woman with a changed expression was talking to the Guild Master.

"Ōta, where did this come from!?"

"Ah, Kazuya defeated it in the forest just now. I told him to be back in 30 minutes."

"30 minutes, huh..."

The Guild Master looked at his wristwatch to check the time.

Then, the Guild Master spoke to me.

"It seems Satou Kazuya subjugated a Green Dragon."

"Subjugated!?"

"That's right. What do you think we should do now?"

Hearing the Guild Master's words, I crossed my arms in thought.

(A Green Dragon should be a D to C rank monster. Moreover, there are no records of individual subjugation.)

When I was an active adventurer, I once challenged a Green Dragon with one Rank 4 and three Rank 3 adventurers.

At that time, we couldn't subjugate the Green Dragon; repelling it was all we could manage.

Since then, I took my current position and started auditing various monster materials, but I haven't seen many Green Dragon material transactions.

And Satou Kazuya reportedly subjugated such a Green Dragon alone.

(This information cannot be widely known.)

If a single boy subjugated a monster that has no individual subjugation record, the impact on society would be immeasurable.

(As an official, I must protect this boy.)

With that thought, I made a proposal to the Guild Master.

"Let's close this guild immediately and isolate it."

"Indeed. Let's get to it right away."

The Guild Master nodded to my words and immediately began giving instructions to the guild staff.

Just barely within the specified time, we managed to finish putting up curtains so the guild couldn't be seen from the outside.

At the appointed time, the boy and the Green Dragon returned.

When I first saw Satou Kazuya, he looked around with a surprised expression.

As reported, he wore no armor at all, and for some reason, held something like a stick in his hand.

(He didn't defeat it with a sword, did he...?)

While wondering that, I proceeded with the hauling to process the Green Dragon's materials.

(The exhibitor of this auction must not be revealed.)

I resolved that and returned to the Prefectural Office to carry out the work.

And such curiosity welled up within me.

(I want to see him fight.)

Thinking that, I took the documents to the department in charge of auctions to explain.

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Auction Application Form

Material

1 Green Dragon

Subjugator Name

【Unfilled】

Remarks

Acquired as a donation to the Shizuoka Prefectural Adventurers Guild, therefore subjugator unknown

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