The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well

Chapter 98: Conference

One year after the war broke out.

With the elves joining, the tide that was turning towards Katra was strongly countered by the angels, once again creating a balance between the two sides.

Two years after the war broke out.

Katra further corrupted the dwarves and beastmen, establishing an empire where all races lived together.

The angels did everything they could to stop it, but overwhelmed by his power, they were forced to allow the establishment of the empire.

Three years after the war broke out.

Seina’s attack using the humans greatly shook Katra’s forces.

Four years after the war broke out.

News reached Katra’s ears that Jung Minwoo had invaded all the remaining unconquered nations.

Katra tried to intervene, but strong resistance from the angels made it impossible.

Ten years after the war broke out.
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Jung Minwoo recovered from all the damage he had suffered over six years, gaining even greater power than before.

This news reached Aroma, and sensing that they would lose the planet to these strange beings if they let things continue, a conference with Katra was miraculously arranged.

On the day of the conference.

“Damn it… To think the day would come when I’d have to have a conference with that bat bastard.”

Aroma sat in the conference room with a disgruntled look on his face.

“Don’t you think so?”

He asked for the opinion of the woman sitting opposite him, Seina, glancing at her.

“Don’t talk to me.”

However, Seina only replied coldly, as if she had no intention of conversing with Aroma.

“Hey, you bitch still haven’t come to your senses?”

Aroma stood up from his seat and raised his hand high, but…

“If you dare touch Seina-nim, we won’t stand idly by!”

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck―!

500 angels positioned behind Seina pointed their weapons at him, preventing him from taking further action.

“…Are you all really crazy?”

Aroma burst into laughter at the sudden change in the angels’ attitude.

“You don’t even recognize your true master anymore?”

Just as he was about to turn and approach the angels…

Grab―

“…If you touch my subordinates, I won’t stay silent either.”

Seina grabbed Aroma’s wrist and threatened him with a murderous voice.

“Crazy bastards.”

Feeling that educating them would be pointless, Aroma returned to his seat and sat down.

As silence filled the conference room…

Creak―

A demon wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a black suit, and a gray cloak entered the conference room.

“Did you fight before I arrived? Why is the atmosphere so frosty?”

Katra, upon entering the conference room, glanced around and sat down in the middle seat with a snide remark.

“None of your business.”

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At Aroma’s words, Katra shrugged and replied.

“Right, it’s none of my business.”

Then he leaned towards Aroma and added.

“But if you’re already at odds like this, it could be a problem for the conference, so wouldn’t it be natural for me to be concerned?”

Aroma felt deep irritation at his provoking words, but…

“…You have a point.”

He couldn’t deny it, so he decided to let it go.

“Then, shall we start the conference?”

“Sure.”

Katra crossed his legs and asked Aroma.

“First, we agree on joining forces, right?”

Aroma nodded and answered.

“Of course. We can’t let that cunning bat take over the planet.”

“It’s fortunate that we’re on the same page.”

“Do you know anything about the demon’s information?”

“Naturally.”

Katra said, taking out a document from his pocket.

“There are a total of five demons, and the leader is a guy named Jung Minwoo.”

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“…Jung Minwoo?”

“Yes, his unique trait is the same as the Great Demon Lord’s.”

“The same unique trait as the Great Demon Lord…”

Aroma’s expression became serious upon hearing that Jung Minwoo had the same unique trait as Satan.

“His rank is 4th, so he’s not that strong, but he’s not someone to be underestimated.”

“For a 4th rank, he’s stirred up quite a mess.”

Katra suddenly turned his gaze towards Seina and said.

“You have a history of being badly beaten by Jung Minwoo, so I believe you know him well. Right?”

“…I didn’t fight him for long, so I can’t make an accurate judgment, but I’m certain he’s not someone to be underestimated.”

Seina answered with a reluctant expression at the unwelcome question.

“Oh, so that bastard she lost to was Jung Minwoo.”

Aroma looked at Seina with an intrigued gaze, as if he had just learned this fact.

“It seems my curiosity has been satisfied, so I’d appreciate it if we could drop this topic.”

Seina avoided Aroma’s gaze and asked him to stop talking, but…

“There’s something a little puzzling here.”

Katra, showing no intention of ending the conversation, leaned towards Seina and continued.
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“You were badly beaten on the ‘Yurain’ planet, and the next place you came to was ‘Dainik’ planet, and Jung Minwoo is here too… Don’t you think that’s too much of a coincidence?”

“…What are you trying to say?”

At Seina’s question, Katra gave a nasty smile and said.

“To be blunt, I suspect you might be Jung Minwoo’s pawn.”

“…What are you saying?!”

Seina was about to get angry at Katra’s blunt words, but…

“Shut up.”

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Aroma interrupted, cutting off Seina’s words.

“Go on.”

And he asked Katra to continue his explanation.

“As you can see from the document, there’s a demon with the unique trait ‘Charm.’ I suspect he might have used it to turn her into his pawn.”

“Charm…”

Aroma stroked his chin after hearing the explanation.
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“If she had been charmed, wouldn’t she already be corrupted?”

He raised a question to Katra.

“He must have erased her memory.”

“How?”

“I don’t know how, but it’s possible with the Great Demon Lord’s unique trait.”

“Hmm…”

While there were many weak points in his explanation, it sounded plausible for some reason.

“This is slander!”

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Seina shouted in frustration, but…

“Shut up! I’ll be the judge of that!”

Aroma dismissed her explanation lightly, showing no intention of listening to her.

“Let’s see if this is slander or not.”

Katra gave a playful smile.

“How did she join us here?”

He asked Aroma.

“She came to me and begged to be included in the planet conquest.”

“Oh, she specifically chose this place out of countless planets and asked to be included… What a remarkable coincidence.”

“…Indeed, it’s not easy to have a coincidence twice out of countless planets, especially so soon.”

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Katra moved on to the next question with a confident look.

“Isn’t it a bit strange that it took 30 years to discover Jung Minwoo and the other demon?”

“…”

Indeed.

Unlike Katra who found them within a year, it didn’t make sense logically that it took 30 years to learn about Jung Minwoo.

In other words, it could be inferred that someone deliberately hid the information, leading to their inability to find them for 30 years.

“I initially thought you knew about Jung Minwoo’s existence and were turning a blind eye to it.”

Katra tapped the armrest, starting to unravel the doubts he had felt.

“But when you wanted to have a conference with me, I realized that you only noticed Jung Minwoo’s existence recently.”

“That’s right. If I had known there was another one, I wouldn’t have continued this meaningless war.”

“I found that strange, so I investigated what had happened so far. And when I learned of her existence, all my doubts were cleared.”

“Your doubts were cleared?”

“Yes, if we assume she hid his existence for 30 years, it explains why we couldn’t find him all this time.”

As Katra finished speaking…

“You bitch…!”

Aroma’s face started to contort menacingly.

“No!!!”

Seina jumped up from her seat and protested her innocence, but…

“Betraying the angels will be paid for with your life.”

Aroma, without even listening to her explanation, declared Seina a traitor.

“Things will go back to normal when you die.”

Just as he was about to gather holy power in his hand and strike Seina…

“Protect Seina-nim!”

“This is a frame-up!”

“Don’t be swayed!”

“We know because we reported it ourselves!”

The angels behind her drew their weapons and protected Seina.

“Foolish.”

Just as Aroma was about to wave his hand towards the angels…

“Aroma-nim. I think we need to think calmly.”

Halt―

An angel from behind spoke up in a serious voice.

“What do you mean?”

Aroma stopped his hand and frowned.

“There are too many holes in that bat’s story.”

“There may be holes, but the suspicion is clear, isn’t it?”

“On the contrary, I suspect that bat is saying this to drive a wedge between us.”

Aroma calmed his agitated emotions at the angel’s words and said.

“Why?”
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“There are 1,000 of us. We’ve been scouting regularly, so the fact that we haven’t found that bat named Jung Minwoo suggests that we need to focus on his unique trait rather than internal betrayal.”

“But then, how do you explain not finding that demon for a whole year?”

“But the angels found him, didn’t they? You, Aroma-nim, discovered the bat Jung Minwoo yourself.”

“…Now that you mention it, you’re right.”

Thinking coldly, there was nothing wrong with the angel’s claim.

“My subordinate said so, what do you think?”

Aroma asked, glaring at Katra.

“Haha, I said I suspect. When did I ever definitively call her a traitor?”

Katra suddenly spoke playfully and took a step back.

‘This bastard…!’

Seeing that, Aroma could be sure that he had subtly sowed discord.

‘…Since I fell for his trickery, it’s highly likely he has a unique trait related to speech.’

He wanted to immediately question Karma about his sin, but…

‘Tsk, I can’t say anything since it’s something I did.’

Katra had only spoken, so it was difficult to hold him accountable.

‘Should I just kill him here and now with our combined forces?’

He felt resentment and thought about attacking him, but…

‘I might suffer losses too, so it’s better to hold back.’

It wasn’t a good option since he would have to bear significant damage.

‘Tsk, it’s true that I need that demon’s power right now. There’s no other way but to form an alliance.’

Aroma decided to be careful not to be deceived by Karma’s cunning tongue and stopped his thoughts.

“Seina, there seems to have been a small misunderstanding.”

And Aroma, who had regained his composure, offered an olive branch, but…

“…”

The emotional rift between them had grown too deep for Seina to accept his apology.

“I’m apologizing, but you’re not accepting it?”

“Would you accept it if you were me?”

“Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t.”

Aroma shrugged and then turned his gaze to Katra.

“Then, let’s resume the conference.”

“As you wish.”

Afterwards, they held a long conference on how to eliminate Jung Minwoo.

After a day of discussion, they reached a satisfactory conclusion and decided to proceed with the operation as planned.