At Dossoles, Ash was currently being guided by the blonde Perro, Ernesto. Alongside Ch'en and Lin that were supposed to be the responsibility of Ernesto.
"This here is the beach of Dossoles. It's actually man made. It's like a very large lake that has underwater mechanisms to emulate waves." Ernesto explained and Ash yawned.
"We're not here to look at beaches blondie puppy. Bring us somewhere more exciting, like a place to gamble or get shit faced drunk." Ash rolled his eyes at Ernesto's really vanilla tour.
"Ummm. I don't think that's a good idea sir..." Ernesto sweated bullets. He was right in front of the most powerful man on the planet.
Nobody doesn't know about Paradiso and Leithanien's offshoot group of mobile cities. They were legendary. They attacked Ursus and Yan, just a mobile city.
"Bah, you're on my payroll. That means I'm your boss, so you should just lead us there. What's gonna happen? Some weak ass thugs attack us?" Ash snorted and Ernesto actually nodded.
"Um, your majesty. That's exactly what will happen. I can't help but notice that there is something shady here in Dossoles." Lin didn't have much information about him as her father does not want to talk about Ash at all.
Wei Yenwu and his wife; Fumizuki doesn't want Ch'en to learn more about him too. He was too goddamned dangerous.
"Ch'en here is LGD's best cop. And Lin can also use arts. I can feel it, you even have an arts unit hidden right here." Ash traced it on the back of her dress and she shuddered at his touch.
Her dress wasn't really the thickest and it was form fitting.
"Hey! You're sexually harassing her." Ch'en wanted to protect her friend.
"Uhh, no? Sexual harassment has to be like that in the victim's view. Did you feel sexually harassed? I just pointed out your arts unit." Ash smirked and Lin couldn't really say it out loud that she felt real good from that.
"N-no, stop arguing with him Ch'en." Lin ordered her and Ch'en was actually surprised. Lin wasn't exactly a doormat that just let others do things. Even though they were powerful.
It was in her upbringing as a mafia boss' daughter. But he was just built differently. And Ash used his mystic hands.
"Please, let's calm down." Ernesto put his hands up and was trying to deescalate the situation.
"Just lead us to the nearest bar or casino, Blondie." Ash took out a wad of LMD and began tossing it around, making the people catch it.
"How rich are you really?" Ch'en squinted her eyes at his wasteful display of vanity.
"Well, I can buy Bolivar. But that's redundant, this place is already a part of my possessions. Because my wives already own this place." He shrugged.
"Y-you own an entire country?" Ernesto acted surprised, but he was actually resentful of his words as a part of the revolutionaries.
"Let's see, there's Kazimierz, Leithanien, Kjerag, Bolivar. That's about it, oh, I'm going to get Iberia soon too." Ash counted them one by one.
"T-that's..." Ch'en couldn't help but be shocked at that revelation. They were basically controlling more than half of the world.
"Victoria is in Kazdel's hands for now, but I have a plan for that empire. So you can say that I own Terra." Ash shrugged and they gaped like goldfish.
"Uhhh, the casino is right here..." Ernesto was too shocked to think about the scale of his power and wealth.
"Is that true?" Lin couldn't believe it. "Well, you already saw Kazimierz fight against Ursus and Yan. The silverlance pegasi fought in that war." Ash reminded them.
'Truly a man that is worthy, I need to bag him... But how?' Lin clicked her tongue and was thinking of seducing him. But she remembered what happened earlier and thought that he would counter her.
Not to mention that his wives were the twin empresses. She had to admit that they were more beautiful and curvier than her. He was also married to the warlord of Kjerag.
The Rat king of Lungmen might be the head honcho of their city's underground world. But Enciades Silverash is also a tycoon with almost bottomless wealth. And she isn't called a warlord for nothing.
They'll be assassinated if she missteps. "I know that look on your face, don't do it... You have no idea what he could really do." Ch'en saw dragons fight in Lungmen that fateful day.
Real dragons, the deities of Yan. And the world trembled at their battle. She wasn't the one protecting them there. It was him who was their biggest deterrent.
Ernesto guided them to a casino and because they looked really rich, everybody immediately tried to bootlick.
'As expected, if you have the money. People will kowtow to you.' Ash sighed as he cashed in millions of LMD's.
They went to a roulette and Ash of course will cheat. He wants to cause a ruckus so that the Singas, coalition government, and the true Bolivarians would focus on him.
And with Ernesto being a pretty close Mook of their leader; Pugh Silva. Ash can give them numerous reports of his activities.
"Rouge 15." Ash waited for the very last second and went all in. And he used his telekinesis to put it right at the number and color.
"Ohhh... The good sir seems to be really lucky..." The dealer's eye twitched as she smiled with a strained expression.
She was of course cheating as well. Using a mechanism to magnetize other numbers so the ball would land on them. But Ash's method is undetectable.
"Lucky, you! Bring me some drinks. I'm going to drain this casino dry!" Ash pointed at a mob and she immediately nodded.
Ch'en and Lin betted as well, but of course. They did not win at all and kept on losing money.
Meanwhile, Ash's chips were getting so ridiculous that they had to be changed into the highest denomination.
The dealer who looked like she lost her soul already was replaced.
'Sorry girl, but if you try to cheat me. Then that has some consequences too.' He would have gone easier than her if they were honest.
"Sir, would you like to move to the big table?" A manager went up to them and Ash nodded without hesitation.
"What are they playing?" He smirked and Ernesto started to get nervous. Those guys at the VIP were definitely people that their group are trying to get some information on.
"Poker, sir. A classic." The manager replied and Ash stood up.
"Let's go then." Ash started following the manager and his companions also began walking.
They went to an elevator and the manager pushed a hidden floor.
'I have a bad feeling about this.' Ch'en was the top cop of Lungmen and she thought that high profile meetings like this never ended well.
The doors opened and they were led to a room with dim lights.
Ash immediately checked on them and he found some juicy targets there. One of the players is a part of the Singas family.
There is also a middle aged man that looked strict. And he was the one that Ash focused on. Being a part of the Columbian military.
'Hmm, This guy is most likely the commander of the plants here. Maybe I should show Columbia why they shouldn't try to encroach in my territory?' He remembered their Manhattan project.
And bombing a few mobile cities here and there after evacuating the civilians would be easy enough with their military might.
'Nah, we should only use those on the seaborne. I'll definitely go Oppenheimer on their asses.' Ash rid his head of useless thoughts.
"Welcome sir, enjoy your stay." The manager bowed and Ash snapped his fingers.
"How much are we playing here? Give me tenfold of their chips combined." Ash ordered the assistant on the table who was gobsmacked.
"Yes sir, certainly." Ash then gave Ernesto, Ch'en, and Lin their share of chips.
"Now, gentlemen. Let's have a little game shall we?" Ash looked at their chips and they were surely lacking.
He was sure that they could spend more, considering their affiliation. But they can't squander money like he can.
Ash was sure that he could burn piles of money at night to stay warm and he would still be swimming in LMD.
"Hoh? Is this going to be a bet?" The Singas smirked and the Columbian official was interested. Wanting to strike a deal with such a money bag.
"How about it? I'll go all in. If you lose, I'll have a nice little talk with you. I'm sure we can agree on a lot of things." Ash smiled and they thought about it.
There was nothing wrong with a little talk for some agreements. So they agreed.
"What if you lose?" The Columbian raised a brow and he snorted.
"Then I'll fund you, whoever wins the most will get my support." Ash shrugged and they almost salivated at the thought of being helped by a tycoon.
His support would move billions or even trillions of money around. As evidenced by the billions he just gave to his companions.
"Then let's begin." The dealer started handing out cards and Ash manipulated their brain to see an optical illusion.
And he gave himself a royal flush, reaching for the deck shamelessly. Making the others gasp, while those who are affected by his powers were serious in trying to check their cards.
"I-is that really fine?" Ch'en blinked as she asked him. "Well, they're not complaining." Ash laughed and they sweated.
'He could just mindfuck us and be done with it? T-this guy is super scary.' Ernesto gulped as Ash manipulated their minds by his will without even blinking an eye.
And it was like there was nothing wrong. They just played without any problems. Ch'en and Lin was sure that they won't be able to do anything about it too.
'This man is really dangerous... He can just bring out a contract and let us sign it. Then we'll be nothing the next second.' Lin was having doubts of trying to seduce him so their mafia group would be the strongest in the world.
'Can he just pick our brains? That's crazy!' Ch'en fidgeted in her seat in paranoia.
"Well, well, well, it seems that my luck is quite strong. A royal flush." Ash revealed his cards and they shook their heads in disappointment.
But they could still make deals with him, it just isn't as advantageous.
"How about you guys go on downstairs and enjoy what this establishment has to offer?" Ash made his group go down again and they nodded.
Not really wanting to know what will happen next. Because they were sure that he is going to do something ridiculous.
And right after they were gone, Ash grinned at them. "You, you're an associate of Clooney. Aren't you?" Ash had a twisted smirk on his face as the official went wide eyed.
He immediately tried to pull a gun on him and shoot him. But Ash just raised his hand and choked him with telekinesis.
"It was a pretty good plan you know? Plant some people here and there. Establish a new governing body. Slowly tear down the Singas Dynasty. But I can smell it on you. You were interacting with Clooney." Ash walked up to him with a smile.
"T-that's impossible! I haven't been in contact with him for months!" He was gobsmacked and Ash laughed.
"Well, you will have a pretty nice reunion then. He's sleeping with the fishes you see? And I hope you can swim well. Because you'll be joining him." Ash ripped off his memories as he screamed.
"W-what do you want?" The Singas back pedaled immediately and he was sweating bullets.
"Honestly, nothing for now. It depends on what Singas Simon is doing though. My subordinate is cooperating with him. You? You'll be staying with me for now. Just hope that he does nothing stupid." Ash snapped his fingers and he lost consciousness.
"Hah, the things I do for my wives." He thought that Soleil or Luna should be doing this. But he can't be impartial, because he helped Enciades control Kjerag.
But Bolivar is much larger than Kjerag and it would be a headache to clean up house.
"Shotgun weddings are troublesome." Ash sighed and then smiled. It was the least he could do for them.
Soleil, Luna, and Gertrude were running Leithanien which is full of noble pricks without hassling him anyways.
"Now, I wish Vina won't have much trouble in her assignment." Ash picked up the Singas and Columbia's general.
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