"Yes! Queen! Of! Japan! From now on that's you!" He excitedly said while looking at me with glistening eyes.
.....How come he seems more into this than me?
"Although on the surface the 3 kings are still higher ranked, you'll still have more influence and hold more importance than them. Just like in real chess, they're just decoration while you're the more powerful one!"
Hmmm....that does sound nice. As long as I don't become some pawn then I'm okay with it. It's not like I'm obsessed with gaining power or anything.
I just wanted to live a normal peaceful life...but it looks like that won't be possible anymore.
Here goes nothing then.
"I'll work for you, as long as you don't touch my family or friends. I don't want them dragged into this giant mess."
Judging from what I heard, I doubt any of my acquaintances could go against Joker's backing. The scale of this entire problem is just too large.
"Of course, of course. I'm not interested in those lackeys." He quickly agreed.
. . .
Some of my 'lackeys' are actually quite amazing...
"So uh, what do I do exactly?" I asked. "Will I be acting on the front lines or behind the scenes? Business? Management?"
"Tsk tsk, Yuri. You're my second-in-command now! You don't need to worry about all the trivial details. I'll inform you whenever I need your assistance with business deals or....quieting some people. You know what I'm talking about. Here, I'm sure you play Sapphire so contact me in the game later. We've always been doing business in the game ever since it came out. It's more efficient than meeting face-to-face."
I took the piece of paper he offered.
So his username is....Joker. Of course.
Should have expected it. No change at all.
"Oh! I almost forgot, I also have a gift to show my sincerity!"
Walking behind his desk and opening up a compartment, he took out a pitch-black leather case and placed it on the table.
"Come over here and open this. I'm sure you'll love it." He commanded with a suspiciously confident smile. "It wasn't easy to get these in Japan you know."
I opened up the case with curiosity.
Within the red velvet, two very expensive guns appeared.
Seeing what was inside, my eyes widened and I unconsciously started grinning.
This is it.
I think I've fallen in love.
I held up the twin silver 44 Magnum revolvers in my hands and gazed at them in awe.
Beautiful. Perfect. Yup, this is love for sure.
It's no wonder that people claim these guns are the most powerful handguns in the world.
I quickly fastened the holsters meant for concealment to my sides.
I'm surprised at how comfortable they are.
Smoothly twirling the revolvers around and sliding them into their leather holsters with a satisfying click, I looked up at Joker who was watching me with amusement.
"How'd you know that I could use guns?" I questioned him.
"I mean, you're the granddaughter of THE 'Lord of North America'. I guessed that you would know how to use firearms." He shrugged.
I nodded my head in understanding. My mother did teach me how to use guns and even how to treat life-threatening injuries when I was younger.
I was a bit weird thinking back to how I was only 6 but holding a loaded gun and practicing on the shooting range. My childhood was quite interesting. My mom did promise to teach me how to use bombs as well but she passed on before she had the chance.
It's fine though, I taught myself instead. If my mom thought that teaching me how to create bombs was necessary, then I'll trust her judgment and learn it even if she's gone.
Just give me some gunpowder and a spark and I can help you blow up a building. No problem. I won't involve innocents or work for free though.
"Hey, aren't you afraid of giving me these? I could shoot you and just run you know." I asked.
In a flash, I had one of the revolvers in my hand and pointed the loaded magnum at his chest.
He didn't react and simply laughed.
"I know you won't do that. I'm much stronger than you right now, you're no match for me. I could pull out my own gun and shoot you before you even react."
To show that he wasn't lying before I could blink he revealed a hidden pistol from his sleeve and pointed it at me.
Tsk. It's true that I'm no match for him.
Yet.
As he said himself, I haven't been following my training schedule for some time so my full potential is being wasted.
I smirked at him mentally. I'll get stronger and pay back what happened today soon enough. I hate being threatened.
"You're sure that your bosses won't catch on to this?" Better safe than sorry.
"Well you see.....there's technically only 12 people who have a higher standing than me within the organization. 4 council members who lead the House of Beginnings, each of them have 2 Generals who are like their second-in-commands. As for me, I'm just one of the 195 Commanders. Each commander is secretly stationed in a country and expected to do their best in taking over it. Although not all of them can manage to actually take complete control as I did to Japan....however there's like an invisible hierarchy within the 195. Those who are in charge of larger countries generally have more influence within the organization."
Makes sense.....Japan is important but it's a pretty small country.
"Thus if you ask me how powerful I am within the group, not very important but I'm not unimportant either. Perfectly in the middle, perfectly avoiding attention. Am I amazing or what?"
"Mhm, totally. Super amazing."
I looked at the clock in the office and realized that it was already almost 3 am.
Seriously? We've been talking for over an hour already?!
I need to get back before my dad gets suspicious.