__________ POV Ashton__________
I looked at Cheadle's side of the battle. She seemed to be almost done, having only the Vacuum Lady to take care of.
While that was happening, I signalled to Illumi and Kalluto, sending a knife with a little written message I have prepared for them.
It was simple and polite. 'Get your assess off this ship or I will make you swim back home.'
I don't want any of Zigg's descendants going to the continent after all this time. He's lost enough of his offsprings to the horrors of my homeland, one is more than enough.
The two of them seemed to understand the message I had subtly sent written to them, and left the scene. Kalluto even waved at me, I could see some annoyance on Illumi's face though.
Oh well, I don't care about pleasing him.
While this was happening, the Vacuum Lady seemed to be quite shocked to see the body of her boss fall limply on the ground, Cheadle dealt a swift blow to her, sending her into the ground.
I don't know if she's dead or not, but she sure isn't getting up anytime soon...
I slowly walked towards Cheadle, my spectacle seems to also have shocked her quite a bit.
__________ POV Narration__________
"Good job! You took two of them down!" Ashton said with a friendly smile. Well, as friendly as he could muster after just massacring his Chrollo and his friends.
"T-thanks... You seemed to be able to handle yourself too..." Said Cheadle, a bit nervous in the man's presence.
She found his way of fighting to be highly efficient, something to be praised, but his lack of hesitation just seemed offputting to her.
Of course, she was a hunter, so she wasn't all that bothered by it. But it left her off with an odd taste in her mouth.
It also made her think back on his previous statement. About him being stronger than all of the Zodiacs and Beyond put together.
She didn't really believe it wholeheartedly, but after seeing him not even get his clothes dusted while fighting a group of powerful Nen users, she changed her mind.
Even when fighting two of them, she had been injured a couple of times.
Even if she wasn't being completely serious, they were able to injure her repeatedly, if only due to their pristine teamwork.
And that was still a feat. She was strong enough to be acknowledged by Isaac Netero himself after all.
Ashton handled 4 of the members all by himself one of them even being their leader, Cheadle had no doubt the man was playing around at some point.
Especially when seeing him break Chrollo's defences in a second. He could've done that the entire time, he chose not to.
And Chrollo was by no means weak. Cheadle even considered him to be on par with her. He was an exceptional fighter, even just judging by what she had just seen.
Now, she was trying her best to keep a straight face. She needed some time to think about the events that had just occurred.
Ashton could easily notice how uncomfortable Cheadle was, he just smiled a bit.
"Could you please go and help Kurapika a bit?" His words seemed to break her out of her trance. She nodded and left after Kurpika. Who was still fighting Feitan.
Ashton's smile vanished completely as soon as she was out of sight. He looked at Shizuku, who was still alive.
__________ POV Ashton__________
I didn't want any loose ends. Even if my plotting likely isn't known by her, I don't feel like taking that risk.
Killing her in an obvious way would paint me in a bad light, Cheadle likely knows she didn't kill her with that last strike. But if she died due to an accumulation of injuries then it's fine.
I just went near her, tapped her abdomen with the slightest of force. Her already broken ribs dug deeper into her lungs, rendering her as good as dead.
I then scanned the room with my eyes once more. Underneath the meeting table, I can find what I am looking for.
A strange urn with a face. I assume this is the National Treasure of the Kakin Empire. And, surprisingly, a relic.
It's quite basic. But, from what Momoze described, it should be able to grant the Royal Family parasitic Nen beasts.
Which isn't all that shabby, and should provide enough protection against regular people. That train of thought is also why I decided against teaching Cheadle archery.
She also seemed a bit unwilling to learn, so I didn't force her to do it. From her words, this item should only work with the Royalty of the Kakin Empire.
It must be one of the base conditions for this strange relic. It's by no means a strong relic, but it's also not all that weak. Especially since people that don't use Nen can use it too.
Momoze barely knows anything about Nen. She had to learn a bit in our previous operation, but that's about it.
I grabbed the urn, I don't yet know what to do with this thing. I guess I need to see if it affects the Succession War in any way.
I know just the person to ask for this too. The captain of the guards should know about that. The king must've at least told that much to his most trusted subordinate.
I decided against placing the Urn in my void space, as I don't really know if that will affect the competitors.
I just held it in my hand for now. I also started heading for the corridor, where Kurapika's fight was almost coming to an end.
Fei Fei was quickly overwhelmed by Cheadle's appearance, it broke the stalemate he had barely been keeping up. A ball and chain smashed into his chest, he fell to the ground dejectedly.
With the injuries on him, he should be dead. I doubt he will survive, but killing him now would be quite hard.
I noticed something strange in Kurapika's eyes when he gazed at me. Hmm, I guess he heard a few things from Fei Fei... That shorty isn't usually the type to speak a lot, I wasn't expecting that...
Well, I was already expecting something like this to happen, so I guess that's quite fine.
Cheadle looked a bit curious about the random Clay pot in my hands. But she didn't ask anything about it.
"You guys can wait around here for the clean-up crew... I have to go somewhere." I said in a simple tone. Kurapika didn't look me in the eyes at all. But I will have time to fix that later...
"S-sure... Thank you for the help..." I could hear Cheadle's meek voice coming from behind me. Signifying that she also wasn't really comfortable around me.
But that's not really important. I have to head for Momoze's room. I need to call a meeting with the entire alliance...
_______________________________________________
Hope you liked the chapter!
If u want to support me look up VeganMaster on Patre_on:
Discord: