Lotus pov
'Nice clothes clean and well fed really a change for the better '.
That skinny sadistic girl that the gust of wind could knock over is now standing in front of me and looks so good now. Even though I felt that she would make it, I didn't expect such a change
'I just feel happy that she managed to come out on top.'
'Not everyone succeeds, or rather, it hasn't happened so far that someone I know has gotten out of this garbage. '
However, I can't show my joy when a gun is put to my throat. Fortunately as if she heard my thoughts she moves away from me allowing my body to fall freely to the floor. Lying on the ground, I look at my feet and have a deja vu seeing the small hands hiding in my shadow.
" So you came for revenge ?"
I ask without getting up from the ground. What I did last time was really below my dignity but like everyone else I was afraid I would die. But well I deserved I took money from her in exchange for protection and yet I tried to hand her over to the syndicate .
" Give me a moment to think about it ".
She says crossing her arms over her chest as her chin rests on the barrel of her gun. And in this position she circles around me watching me.Not caring I look at the two of them and notice another change.
This temperament, both she and the girl sitting in my chair give me this same feeling. The feeling of blood on ther hands I feel it, from experience I have met dangerous people once I was even forced to kill someone myself.
Now as I look at her she has a gun and apparently she is better with her skills probably some crime family noticed that glimmer in her which I also saw so they took both of them into some kind of work in the organization.
And now that she has the power she has come to take revenge. She has always liked to bully people however I didn't think she would be so angry about that situation . My nervousness grows the longer this silence continues.
'Now my old decision will bite me in the ass.'
I think with a sigh.
'I've lived long enough and wasted opportunities many times .... '
" No"
My thoughts are interrupted by her calm voice. Looking up I see her face when she looks at me with that sadistic smile of hers .
" I have a proposition for you with which you can make money ".
She says jumping up on the desk then she sits down on it swinging her legs.
" You didn't come to kill me or I don't know.... ? "
I say really not understanding what she wants from a homeless person like me.
" You have some value to me besides didn't the spider people punish you properly?"
She asks with that evil smile as she looks at my left hand where now there is only a stump.
' I managed to save my people at the cost of my hand.'
' And it's all thanks to the fact that none of my people did it, as far as I know some random kid did it.'
' And all because of some random kid I lost my hand, when I meet that kid I will teach him '.
Feeling hatred for the brat who got me in trouble my gaze lands on the girl sitting on my chair or rather on the top of her head which is visible from my mundane perspective.
' Suddenly I have a bad feeling? '
" Besides, after you chased me away a bunch of good things happened to me including meeting my pink mouse ".
Hearing the way she calls the other girl I feel I'm going to get diabetes from the sweet atmosphere between them. I've lived in this world for a while so I've seen romances and other kinds of crap so I have a feeling that in five years they'll be kissing on that chair when I get tossed aside. On a serious note I literally feel the aura of future romance .
" Then what can I humble Lotus do for you ?"
I ask slowly getting up from the ground.
" I have a simple deal for you and I want ten percent of it ".
' You don't say anything and you're already giving numbers'.
I think while listening to what she has to say.
" Information I will give you a way to sell them ".
" I know that you can collect them without having to give up what you always do ".
Hearing her words a green light goes on in my head.
' We homeless people hang around the Vale and in the course of doing our daily things we often hear conversations because people don't care that there is a homeless person standing next to them most of the time we would be invisible to them.
' And it's true that we can gather information while doing our daily things it's brilliant!!!'
" Don't be so happy , you should know that the value of information depends on three factors."
" Timeliness of information the newer the information the less people know about it which makes it more expensive ".
" What it relates to, no one cares that someone eats something every day unless someone needs that information "
" And most importantly, What impact does this information have on the world ".
Listening to this girl I can't help but admire her intellect she was always smarter because she was raised by this woman as I think about it now I can't even remember what this woman looked like.
" Hey Lotus focus when I'm talking to you".
I am pulled from my thoughts again by her voice and looking into her eye a shiver runs through me.
" Yes ma'am"
I don't know why I told her this but I guess I did the right thing because they both smile contentedly.
"However, how do I know that ... "
I want to ask because even though it sounds great it is all too great however the young one interrupts me before I can finish my sentence.
"I'm not going to elaborate here do you have a scroll? "
Hearing her question I reach into my pocket.
'Lien, an old button, a piece of paper torn from a porn magazine and there it is.'
I think pulling out my old barely functioning scroll.
" Yes I have"
I say with a smile that apparently they didn't like.
" Call this number and the person under it will explain everything to you ".
Says the little nightmare handing me the piece of paper.
" Now this is my number"
She Says handing me a second piece of paper.
" I know that some of your " people " are hanging around the docks so ask them if in the meantime they can look around there for something suspicious preferably for some kinds different transports or exchanges"
" I don't have to explain to you what it looks like".
She says looking at me and she doesn't have to tell me, I know what a gangster or an exchange between them looks like, but I'm curious why she wants to know, but it's not my job to ask that from now on it's my job to find it for her.
" Of course I will pay however don't give me any junk information preferably registration numbers, car colors or where the last exchange was"
She says as I nod my head to confirm what she is saying. With her last word I hear the door behind me being opened.
' So they finally came back.'
I think of my people I sent to get some tea as I turn toward the door .
" Girls will you have a drink too..."
I say turning back towards them only to see nothing as if nothing had ever been there. If it weren't for the two piece of paper in my hands I would have had doubts about whether I was stoned.
" Boss we have tea".
Hearing my bodyguard's voice I dismiss him with my hand.
" Bring everyone who hangs around near the docks tell them they have an opportunity to make money".
" Now leave I have to make a phone call."
I say slowly typing the number on my scroll.
' I am not the best at math but ten percent is not much for such an opportunity to improve our lives the question is whether I will reach out to this opportunity and how much we will earn from this information. '
Pov 3 person.
In one of the ice cream shops in Vale Kurumi and Neo are enjoying ice cream.
" We have a contacts , but even so, we can't count on Lotus to do everything for us".
Kurumi says after which she finishes off her ice cream.
" Neo we will go to the docks and split up there to look for information."
Says Kurumi looking at Neo who with a serious expression nods in confirmation after which she finishes her ice cream herself. After finishing eating, the two girls leave the ice cream shop. Completely unaware that they are being watched by a shadowy figure who sits on a rooftop several kilometers from their location.
On the lips of the mysterious figure apparently female is a wide smile showing her snow-white teeth when her single red eye shines with a scarlet light looking at the two girls .
" Ara Ara I remember that day"
Says the figure in a soft feminine voice as hands emerge from beneath her and then pulling her into the shadows.
" Let's see if how big the butterfly effect is if we mix too much with the dark one then the light one will make a problem for us. ".
And with her last words the figure disappears as if she was never there.