Secret Side Business Reincarnation: Former Yakuza Expands Territory for Family, But What?

My name is Yokohama Ryusei, and I’m 32 years old. On the surface, I’m a programmer, but in reality… I’m a gangster.

I don’t want to talk about how my name differs from that of a top-tier celebrity by just one character.

At the age of 18, I chose the path of becoming a gangster, a dark profession that cannot be openly discussed with others.

Fourteen years later, my main tasks involve debt collection, tracking down runaway debtors, and cleaning up afterward. Usually, when a debtor skips out, the guarantor is forced to pay as a standard collection method. However, our organization is different.

Unlike ordinary loan sharks, our borrowers are also involved in the underworld, so it’s common for them to have no guarantor. Those who dare to borrow money from gangsters are often quite quirky. As long as they quietly pay off their debts, everything is fine, but these types of people suddenly concoct plans and plot their escape

Some try to flee overseas, others run around within the country, while others hide in provincial cities or take refuge with women they’ve been involved with.

My job is to track them down and recover the debts.

Just the other day, I caught a hitman who was about to flee overseas, seized his assets, and put him on a long-distance fishing boat.And this time, under the direct orders of the boss, I was entrusted with the task of collecting a debt from a certain man.

The debtor was an ordinary civilian. Normally, I would never accept such a job, but since it was a direct order from the boss, I couldn’t refuse.

Although I was able to find and capture the ordinary civilian quickly, upon interrogation, the man claimed to be working on a research project that could generate money, something called Tensei Mahoujin.

It was a suspicious and hard-to-believe story, but the man was an alumnus of the prestigious Imperial University, and he said that a USB memory stick containing his research results was hidden inside a stuffed bear belonging to the university’s dark magic club.

Upon hearing this, I was 99% sure it was a lie, but my nature wouldn’t allow me to rest until I confirmed it, even if there was a 1% chance it could lead to money. I would collect every last yen.

Without hesitation, I decided to wait for nightfall and sneak into the Imperial University.

──Imperial University Dark Magic Club Room

A few days ago, late at night, it seems a student had died under mysterious circumstances here, and “Do Not Enter” tapes were posted all around.

It appeared that the scene had been preserved to some extent, and the items in the room had not been collected yet.

In the center of the room, there was tape in the shape of a person.

And beside it, a stuffed bear was lying on the floor. It must be the stuffed bear the man had mentioned.

Upon checking, I indeed found a USB memory stick inside.

To verify its contents, I powered up a PC in the room and plugged in the USB memory stick.

A folder appeared, and when I clicked on it, a diagram that looked like a magic circle emerged.

It seemed that he had really been researching this Tensei Mahoujin.

“…I might as well check if it’s really valuable.”

I began to draw the magic circle on the floor of the room, imitating what I saw.

This should be the correct procedure, and next, it seems I need to chant a spell.

That was also written down.

**Mumbling**

While stumbling over the words, I recited the spell.

…

“…Nothing’s happening. Tch! I almost believed in such a childish hoax.”

Nevertheless, I removed the USB memory stick from the PC and put it in my pocket to take it home.

“…Now, how should I collect from that guy…? Maybe I’ll put him on a long-distance fishing boat, and that’s how I’ll collect the debt.”

As I muttered, the moment I tried to walk over the magic circle I had drawn, it happened.

The magic circle began to glow!

“What?! It actually worked!?” Yokohama Ryusei was astonished.

In the next instant, Yokohama Ryusei’s consciousness faded, and he collapsed on the spot.

News flowed from a TV set in a certain diner.

“──Following an incident a few days ago, another mysterious death has been discovered in a clubroom at Imperial University. The cause of these consecutive mysterious deaths is still unknown. The deceased man was not affiliated with the school, so the police have begun investigating the case as both an incident and an accident, including the motive for entering the campus. The identity of the victim has not been released yet.”

“This is the same incident where a student died a few days ago, right?”

A man in work clothes watching the TV confirmed this with his colleague while eating.

“Ah, I remember. It was such a common name, Taro Sato, that I laughed out loud when I heard it here while sipping miso soup.”

“Yeah, yeah, that’s right.”

Thus, the incident became a topic of conversation among people for a while. However, it was eventually treated as an unexplained death and would end up becoming an unsolved mystery.