[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola":3,"chapter-i-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola-i-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola-chapter-72":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I’m Quitting Everything and Selling Cola",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},223498,492,"Chapter 72","i-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola-chapter-72",72,"\u003Cp>Chapter 72. Young Lady (Not) in a Greenhouse (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm a retired Britannia military veteran. I was from the 7th Griffin Regiment stationed in the Soltera Protectorate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wanted to earn a lot of money. I was dealing drugs to locals when I got dishonorably discharged by my superiors...... From then on, thinking my life was already ruined anyway, I might as well live recklessly, so I formed a cartel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honestly, it wasn't difficult. After all, I'm still a 5th Rank Knight, aren't I? As I crushed small-time cartels that were just neighborhood punks, my organization quickly grew. Before I knew it, I was proudly reigning as the boss of the Montagra Cartel. Until you came, big brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got thoroughly beaten by you, big brother, and many organization members left. Now there aren't even 50 people remaining.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I held my position. Even if I ran away, I felt like you, big brother, would somehow find me and bury me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But as I actually farmed, I felt it......! The energy of the earth, the breath of the forest, the blessings that rain and sun bestow...... As I touched soil and grew crops, peace of mind settled in! How much I had been chasing after vain things these past ten-some years! So I'm very grateful to you, big brother. Though it came with violence, you showed me the right path......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry to interrupt a good story, but could you shut up? You're distracting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen cut off Lofo's farming testimony as he ran alongside, rambling on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still claiming to be a 5th Rank Knight, he was running quite fast without even being out of breath while chattering away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You broke a living person's fingers and now you're being cold-hearted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To sum it up, you learned the beauty of farming and completely reformed, isn't that what you're saying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk, that's too summarized.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo's reformation was certainly praiseworthy, but right now there was no leisure for word games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, anyway...... After I quit the cartel business, the Costa Cartel originally took over that position.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would bastards based in Costa confusingly name themselves like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a rule of this business, what can you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a mistake from not knowing well about the Soltera cartels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had, he would have known that the most powerful organization in a vicinity takes the regional name, and therefore organization names changing frequently is commonplace, and that Montagra is a more symbolic region than Costa so it's a name everyone covets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time limit he'd roughly estimated had long since been exceeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he was making a U-turn and running to Costa Bay, it was already 3 hours over even at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Serena had already been loaded onto a ship, and in the worst case, her identity might have been discovered, putting her in an even more difficult situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the former, he could at least go to the slave market and purchase her, but if the latter......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very terrible ending might be waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately cut off his thoughts and controlled his emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anxiety and impatience adversely affect missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brief me about the Montagra Cartel while we go. Concisely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're vicious bastards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo conveyed what he knew about the Montagra Cartel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The boss is a cruel bastard called 'Matador.' I don't know the details well either, but word is he was an assassin from the archipelago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not someone you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never even met him. However......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo hesitated, then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by the growth rate, he may have received support from the Empire. Perhaps the Matador himself is completely a rat for the Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alcand Empire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, even when I led the organization, there were bastards secretly supplying weapons and funds. When I dug into it, circumstantially the Alcand Empire was the likely suspect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Makes sense. Lofo, no matter what, how does someone who received military pay accept money scattered by the enemy nation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soltera also bordered the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Alcand Empire's perspective, Soltera was perfect land to release rats inside and give the kingdom a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any idea where they might have smuggled the kidnapped companion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's a place that comes to mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Treya Salt Warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you follow the coastline up from Del Alba Resort, there's a warehouse that stores salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That warehouse is their headquarters. They sell salt from nearby islands. Human trafficking is a side business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you be certain? If what you say is true, it's been almost a year since you left this business.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm 99% sure. There's no better spot to avoid outside surveillance while sailing ships toward the Empire. Usually loading salt sacks, occasionally slipping in a person—that's nothing, isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen stopped briefly to catch his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo, who had been barely keeping up, also stopped with relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Going to rest? Good thinking. I didn't show it earlier, but my toenails hurt too much. Do you know what ingrown toenails are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From now on, only open your mouth when asked to speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you being so harsh, big brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo also whined while massaging his feet as if letting out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there's no time, choices also narrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now is the time for selection and concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, let's move assuming Serena is at the Treya Salt Warehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You follow behind. I'll go to the salt warehouse first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I can follow along.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Serena moved tactfully, she might not have had her identity discovered yet, but that's closer to optimism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a state of being kidnapped without knowing why, the 'Actually I'm a noble!' card would look like an emergency escape button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is that it's not an emergency escape button but a self-destruct button......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll have to push myself after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen closed his eyes and activated his dormant Magic Circuits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The circuits he used to exert power as a 'Knight.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......Nngh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they were circuits damaged from severe injuries during the Great Subjugation, just flowing Magic Power through them immediately spread a burning sensation and pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level of circuit activation was fixed at 5th Rank Knight level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going beyond this would cause irreversible self-inflicted wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without caring, he slowly warmed up the circuits like starting an old engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Jurgen's Magic Power-mixed breathing, Lofo's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, weren't you an Alchemist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't make me repeat myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go-goodness......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo was shocked seeing Jurgen, who was now spreading the wavelength of a 5th Rank Knight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knights condense Magic Power internally while Alchemists release it externally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Jurgen that Lofo remembered was at minimum an 8th Rank or higher Alchemist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him to blatantly use Knight-style Magic Power circulation, of course he'd be surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen gripped the Wind Feather in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through 'Calling Wind,' he minimized air resistance, forming vortexes ahead like a slipstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he simultaneously ran along the wind path with a Knight's body, he could reduce the time to Costa Bay to about an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this case, both his body and circuits would be severely strained, and because of that he wouldn't be able to choose the 'full-scale war' card, but it couldn't be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't take another route, come straight to Del Alba Resort.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aw, big brother, I told you I can keep up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Lofo, who had firmly bandaged his thumb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen shot forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could that even be called running?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dirt where he kicked off was flipped over as if a bomb had dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no way......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lofo could only watch Jurgen's back, which had instantly become a tiny dot, like a dog that had been chasing chickens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran and ran again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steel body wrapped in wind deflected the rain as it shot forward, and after an hour of sprinting......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen arrived near the salt warehouse where kidnapped Serena would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the grounds being surrounded by chain-link fence, it looked ordinary at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, camouflaged guard posts were erected here and there, and fierce-looking men were loitering about carrying weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While inputting the rough structure into his head, Jurgen panted like a sick beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't...... do this...... twice......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat flowed like rain, and he tasted blood in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not metaphorically—blood water had actually come up a few times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His limbs became unsightly with multicolored bruises and protruding veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't see without a mirror, but his eyes were probably bloodshot red too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the price of using circuits he shouldn't have used to arrive quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To use an outdated hot-blooded boxing manga metaphor, it was like continuously throwing straights with a broken right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was that even after this suffering, he'd far exceeded the time limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Serena used her wits to perfectly hide her identity and the situation rolled along without major variables, the possibility that she'd already been dragged onto a ship was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd start infiltrating immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, the full-scale war card was sealed due to the forced sprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd identify Serena's location as quickly as possible, and if she hadn't been loaded onto a ship long ago, he'd initiate a maritime pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he confirmed the patrol route and personnel deployed at guard posts by eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight guard posts, patrols in teams of two, five teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were walking listlessly along fixed routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By examining the patrol routes and deployments, he could predict the importance of each building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were largely three warehouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warehouses A and B had workers and carts coming and going, loading salt sacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Warehouse C, deployed relatively on the outskirts, had almost no personnel entering or exiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the surveillance network was particularly concentrated on Warehouse C, and the windows were blocked with wooden boards so the interior couldn't be confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's probably the warehouse storing 'merchandise.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd check Warehouse C first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his purpose solidified, calm anger boiled along with impatience, like a safety pin had been pulled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Britannia packaged and promoted Hanbin as a great hero, but he himself had never once thought of himself as a hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd never pursued perfect justice, nor had any obsessive sense of duty to exterminate evil forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes for comrades, sometimes for people around him, sometimes just because it rubbed him the wrong way—he moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had power, and used that power as a means of self-satisfaction within visible limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this journey had flowed as scheduled, he would have moderately enjoyed traveling, signed a contract to purchase peppers, then returned to make Seasoned Chicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the new Montagra Cartel had crossed the line of self-satisfaction Jurgen had set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their fate was simultaneously decided as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the old Montagra Cartel had, the new Montagra Cartel would disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, if even a hair's breadth of harm had come to Serena......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All organization members, and even the resort staff who colluded with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would eliminate them by any means necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jurgen's body approached the salt warehouse like seeping in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Movement was suddenly detected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vehicle burst through Warehouse C's wall with avroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And immediately following, several people burst out making a huge fuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The model was probably 'Caliburn Model M,' a model designed to drive on unpaved roads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Caliburn M that burst from the warehouse began spinning round and round in place like a colt on fire, sliding its rear wheels using the front wheels as an axis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The organization members who belatedly rushed out hesitated, not daring to rush at the vehicle spinning fiercely while making a powerful exhaust sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of people around being unable to settle down, the Caliburn M that shot out through the gap in the dust like an arrow began racing through the salt warehouse grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroooooom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oho?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the absurd situation, it was driving skill excellent enough to naturally draw admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skillfully avoiding obstacles irregularly placed inside the grounds was basic......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching a dead-end wall, it reversed at high speed and performed a J-turn, rotating the vehicle body 180 degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screeeeech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inertial drift employed to shake off pursuers chasing from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen learned for the first time that such tricks were possible even with this world's vehicles, which still lacked technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did it slip through between rushing organization members, but it also minimized loss by obliquely striking those who blocked awkwardly with the vehicle body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like directly witnessing a car chase scene from an action movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen was confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it conflict between organizations?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would this sudden event be a gain or a loss?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The option of stealthily infiltrating had completely disappeared, but what about using that vehicle as bait?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vraaaaam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle's exhaust sound gradually approaching with the Doppler effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyaaaaaaah!!! Move!!! Everyone move!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tremendous scream no less impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Jurgen realize the driver roughly turning the steering wheel in the driver's seat had familiar pink hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle that leaped cleanly over the chain-link fence using a ramp disappeared as soon as it reached the public road connected to the salt mine, flooring the accelerator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Organization members belatedly rushed out in a flurry, but the situation had already concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......Rescue complete?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jurgen muttered in bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>",2207,"2026-05-29T14:34:06.509Z","2026-06-01T04:29:32.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","93c4e9f3332b14afbcb6d23c251564b3ba3b19e343460ab3f8e2a5d2b8769039","i-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola-chapter-73","i-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola-chapter-71",146,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-quitting-everything-and-selling-cola-cover.jpg"]