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As for the very Mr. Hei Xiong in question . He was currently sitting at the bar in front of a glass of cheap alcohol . Despite the complete silence punctuated by the rhythmic ticking of the clock, he was not alone. In the bar besides himself, there were also his people in the form of three bodyguards and the bartender, his old friend from the days when he had nothing.
But paying no attention to them . Hei sat in his bar chair in front of the counter , drinking and looking at the three pictures , spread out on the counter in front of him . The photos showed Kurumi , Neo and Emerald . Each of them taken from a great distance and quite blurry .
While the image of a middle-aged adult male looking at , taken from a distance photos of the three underage girls may cause some imagination as to Hei Xiong . However , adding context , changes the picture of things . These girls , and in particular Neo caused him some problems .
Neo's father , who supplies him with unlicensed and unregistered dust , wanted his daughter dead . Which in Hei's eyes as a father , made him want to punch the guy in the teeth . After all , he himself despite his profession , would never kill or have someone kill his son . After all , all this shit about running a crime family is for his future . If he had killed his son , the whole thing would have lost its meaning .
Besides , he had become something of an uncle to the girl . He saw well how the girl was treated . In a way he liked her and sympathized with her a little . Of course if he had to use her as a hostage he would not hesitate . However , as long as there was no need , he did not have the will to harm children . Eventually as a father he developed that little bit of empathy .
The idea of killing his own blood , his own child ..... seemed to him below any dignity . Not to mention that after her escape , Neo ( Trivia ) stays away from her parents and shows no intent to disturb them . She abandoned them as they abandoned her . The girl just lives her life and seems happy . Which in the current situation , both improves Hei's mood and destroys it . But just as he thought if you have to do something then you have to .
Work is work , he needs dust to control his part of the market . As was always the case in his relationship with Neo . If necessary , he would use the girl as a hostage . After all his relationship with Mr. Vanille himself , is a checkmate relationship . If the Vanille family breaks off the relationship with Xiong . Hei would lose his dust which will disrupt his black market .
Most of his money and his family's new high position , comes from trading this very illegal dust . After all, it allows him to manipulate the price of this raw material on the black market . Admittedly , the loss of the dust will not completely destroy his family . After all , if he only focused on one business he would be an idiot . Hei has several safeguards if everything go to hell .
This ensures that even if something were to happen to him or the business . His son and at least part of the business would be able to survive . Of course, there would be chinens who would throw themselves at easy prey . Be it old enemies, new competition or other families . However, Hei is not able to predict exactly what would happen in such a case . So Hei leaves it to himself from the possible future or to his son from the possible future .
However , there is one thing for sure . If the Vanille family betrayed Hei or his family , he would share information about the family's dark deeds with everyone . He would present evidence of their connections to the criminal world . He would show the world how they treated their daughter , how they accepted bribes , helped with smuggling , cheated in elections and hired people to kill people inconvenient to them . Including their own daughter for whom they " cried " so much , at that fake funeral.
This would certainly destroy the political ,career of the family . Even if it does not destroy them completely or they would have found something to protect themselves , it will certainly give the Vanille family enemies a place to show off . And the number of these enemies is enough to make Hei confident that they will eventually tear the Vanille family to pieces .
Besides , he would certainly use his contacts in the police to harass the Vanille family . If he still would had them . But Hei has dirt on them too so even if something happened in the police he would still have some control over them . So in the end , even if Hei had not fulfilled his part of the deal , related to the killing of the daughter of the Vanille family . There would be no major problems for him .
Which is a good thing in itself looking at the fact that on his first and also last attempt something went wrong and Neo lives on . For that his equipment went missing and his three men were killed . Well they found only one headless body , other two people were missing . However, Hei believed that they were dead . His investigation into the matter also came to a standstill .
Besides the mysterious informant himself , who let him know where to find Neo . There was no other trace . Even when they went after this informant they found nothing , so all that was left for Hei was a mass of blood at their observation post . In this action he ultimately lost good people and high quality , expensive military equipment .
Unfortunately , the only thing he received for his efforts and losses , was a mockery from the head of the Vanille family , who nevertheless did not let go with his demands and continued to pursue the death of his daughter . Neo's father is afraid that when the world learns that his daughter is alive , the shit may pour out . Which is nonsense for Hei . He has seen and " talked " with the girl more than once .
From his interactions with her , he knew that she did not care about her old family She has no respect for her old name and does not seem eager to announce her true identity to the world . The girl has apparently found a new family with whom she is happy . Her own " death " seems to suit Neo , giving her a chance for a new life. Of course the solicitation from the girls father did not disappear even after this news .
Which is annoying , however Hei has already decided that he will give up on killing the girl . Her talent and that of her friends , Kurumi and Emerald are indescribable . They are just brats with milk under their noses and yet ... Each of them is in his opinion among the top best assassins in Vale . And on top of that they are still the most promising . After all, as kids they have not yet shown their full potency .
There are many assassins in Vale , 38 % of them work privately and their skills are often not too good . They are amateurs , without aura or real skills . In general they are not very different from street thugs . What sets them apart, however, is that they can get things done quietly and with some accuracy . Still , at most they can serve as cannon fodder or disposable pawns .
The 10 % of unaffiliated private assassins are former or current hunters , people with experience and aura or experience alone . They are good enough to be noticed , unfortunately their not being affiliated with anyone has pros and cons .On the one hand you will not tie them to anyone like the rest of the mob without affiliation . With the right maneuvering when outsourcing a task to someone, it gives some security even if something goes wrong .
But on the other hand they have no loyalty or anything other than their own honor and good name that would bind them to the contract . Even recently there was a buzz when one of them betrayed his Clients and escape with his target . Of course, the ending of this meaningless love story doesn't matter to Hei. The assassin and his mistress , will have to be careful from now on and run away looking over their shoulders .
The next 4 % are private assassins belonging to large organizations . Their skills depend only on how much an organization is willing to devote to their recruitment and training . Hei himself has none of them are on his payroll . He prefer to outsource this kind of thing to professionals and not waste resources .
That's until someone as promising and talented as these three girls comes along . Spending money on them would not be a waste because Hei would have to be blind not to see what advantages they would bring . The money would probably pay off immediately .
As for the professionals and the rest of the killers with different skills . They belong to the De Rose family founded by that intimidating woman from Pawn shop . Big mom , who is now taking care of three girls . This makes Hei's attempts to kill one of the girls , exposed him to conflict with the whole crime family . Of course , because of how this crime family works it is not so strong in terms of direct combat .
Besides , looking at the fact that the girl have established a good relationship with another large organization , which was founded by " Big papa " , their other guardian .Conflict with them would also be certain . In theory this family may not seem strong either . However, looking at how much money they have in their possession , how much land and ownership of debts they have in their hands . If these two crime families pooled their money to pay De rose's assassins for the Xiong family heads . This war would be much more dangerous than it seems .
This ultimately justify Hei's decision to abandon his plan to kill Neo . He would rather argue with her mentally handicapped and idiotic father than fight two crime families . After all, he has the blackmail material on the Vanille family .
On the other hand, such a precarious and foul fight with contract killers would certainly destroy his business . After all, sabotage is what assassins do . No business could succeed if his people were killed one by one , in the course of selling , exchanging or transporting goods . Not to mention the uncertainty , tension , anticipation and fear that would turn into psychological warfare . Even Hei couldn't sleep soundly knowing that the grimm knows how many killers are waiting outside his window
As for the possibility of , buying his own killers ? Hei knows that Da Rose's assassins , despite the lack of , " official " connection with the family will take their side . If not because of their own views then because of the money offered to them . The same applies to other assassins. His funds and economics would not allow Hei to win this war . Especially since there is a certainty that smaller gangs and families would join the slaughter of his people, knowing that he no longer has support . The Vanille family itself , would probably also stab him in the back knowing what is happening .
To make matters worse , Hei knows that if he really did something to Neo , and he could not hide it from the world . Kurumi would be on his neck for the rest of his existence . So far , Hei has spoken to Kurumi several times , nevertheless their first meeting made the biggest impression on him . The girl is motivated and she is certainly crazy enough to stalk and torture her target until the end of the world . A girl named Emerald would probably also join in .
However , besides these obvious reasons why Hei had a problem with another attempt to kill Neo .
Optical illusion , hypnosis and creating clones from shadow manipulation . Gathering information about these skills has been damn difficult . However , Hei has had them for some time . It required in-depth analysis and observation of all three during their tasks to gather this information . Well the observation itself required spying on them , which was difficult because these three are quite vigilant of their surroundings as they go about their tasks .
Their rare and unique skills combined with their good for their age skills in fighting , stealth and Kurumi's excellent mental skills , make them the perfect team of killers . Their skills in good synchronization and understanding turn them into a real nightmare to defend . No marks or mistakes . The target always ends up dead .
Undetectable , professional , versatile , synchronized , complementary to each other , intelligent , skilled , loyal , ambitious and yet they can still learn and grow . A treasure , the rarest that ever existed .Competent and talented people with ambition and the opportunity for further development . '
These were Hei's thoughts about these kids , hence his irritation . On the one hand he has the best talents , the most promising generation , which he wants to at least partially seize for himself and his son . Even if they already have their own affiliation . By gaining their goodwill , befriending them enough , Hei is confident that he will be able to develop his family with their help .
On the other hand , he has to endure empty threats from this cunt in the body of Neo's father . However , Hei has already made up his mind and withdrew his name from the offers to kill Neo . For reasons already quite obvious .
Of course he could simply lie about Neo's death . However, her father had already prepared for this and told him to give him proof in the form of her body , which he could put in the grave . Hei was sure that Neo father would check through DNA tests whether the body definitely belonged to his daughter, so the option of deceiving him was out of the question. Therefore, the only thing left for Hei was to endure him .
" Father ... Father ! "
Hearing the voice behind him , Hei sighed and pulling himself out of his thoughts , he looked at his son , who had just sat down beside him .
" We found his traces . Gray and his men appeared in the Vale . According to information, he holed up in a decrepit club, which now serves as a hideout for the gang of oblivion . "
Said his first-born . Making Hei drink the rest of his glass after hiding the pictures .