For Reinhard, he naturally wanted to mend his relationship with his grandfather, and he always blamed himself for the death of the previous Sword Saint.
"Thank you very much! But I don't know why Ayanokouji-sama is helping me so much?" Reinhard asked.
"Because you are my friend." Ayanokouji said calmly, "Reinhard, just call me Ayanokouji."
In Ayanokouji's mind, the so-called friendship was just a relationship that made it easier for him to enter a certain group, and the people called friends were more valuable in his mind.
However, he also remembered what Butler Matsuo had once told him, telling him to make more friends after high school.
The man who had a blood relationship with him thought that friends were secular existences and had no value.
This made Ayanokouji curious about the so-called friendship.
"Ayanokouji..." Reinhard thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Dinner will be held tomorrow night." Ayanokouji said, "There will be no sloths present, just the three of us. Maybe I can help you both in the conversation."
"Thank you Ayanokouji!" Reinhard immediately said gratefully, "I owe you one!"
What Ayanokouji was waiting for was Reinhard's words. Everything he did was to win Reinhard's heart, who would be an important force for him to fight the Witch Cult in the future.
However, he didn't plan to invite the other party to join his camp now. If he proposed it now, he would seem a little deliberate.
"No, this is what friends should do." Ayanokouji said calmly, "If there's anything else, let's talk about it tomorrow. I have to deal with Russell's matter now."
"Alright, if there's anything that needs my help, Ayanokouji, please let me know!"
"I can't thank you enough."
"I'm the one who should be thanking you." Said Reinhard.
The scene changed, Ayanokouji had left the palace and began to pretend to investigate matters related to Russell.
He already knew very well the contents of the black market in the royal capital. Whether it was human trafficking, illegal drugs, etc., he could handle those involved, and those who couldn't be handled.
Many people in this black transaction chain had great power and complex networks of interests behind them. Touching them could be said to be very dangerous. For them, Russell was just a replaceable person. He asked Otto and Rom to contact these people and stabilize their hearts.
Ayanokouji provided assurances that it would not affect their interests, and gained certain benefits from them. Asking for too much would make the other party hostile, so he also asked for too many benefits, and with this opportunity, he could let Otto contact these people first and get to know them.
However, since he openly wanted to investigate related matters, he naturally couldn't do anything. He had already thought of suitable candidates to scare the monkeys. Next, he needed to negotiate with the giants in the black market for further communication.
In the name of investigation, Ayanokouji took Otto, who had completed the mission, along with these businessmen to negotiate in a secret place. A basic consensus was soon reached, and it was included among them that Otto would become Russell's successor, and he would improve and optimize Russell's previous trading policies.
"Although it's fine for you to do this, but Russell is gone, why should I listen to your words." After Ayanokouji finished talking about his future plans, some people naturally jumped up to do the opposite, not only to add fuel to the fire, but also to seek more benefits.
After one person uttered such words, many people agreed, which made the situation at the scene even more confusing.
Ayanokouji stared expressionlessly at everyone. Each of them was a shrewd and black-hearted businessman. When they were involved in this field, they only had interests, no matter what the law, morality or other things were in their eyes. For the sake of gaining more benefits for themselves, they could do anything.
Ayanokouji knew this. For such greedy people, giving benefits alone is not enough to satisfy them, and other methods are needed.
And they are like raising beasts. If he feeds them too much, they will harm his own interests. If he feeds them too little, they will point the spear at his head.
Unreasonable greed may be part of human nature.
However, Ayanokouji also knew that for such people, there is something more important than interests.
To tame a beast, it's not enough to just feed them, he also needs to whip them with enough pain.
"Let's do it." Ayanokouji said softly.
Behind the person who made the sound, a hooded man suddenly pulled out a dagger and neatly cut the person's throat.
The next second, blood splattered, and the man also lost his life and fell to the ground.
"A fun job." A familiar and very charming voice came from behind the hood, and then a very beautiful face was revealed – Elsa gently licked her sword.
After using magic weapons to disguise herself as Russell and leave the royal capital, Elsa easily circled back to the royal capital.
Everyone present was shocked by Elsa's beauty, but more than anything, they were afraid of the deadly killer aura emanating from her body.
"When did this person appear here?"
No one noticed Elsa's presence before, and she was hiding quietly among the crowd.
"Black clothes, black hair...and this special sword...are you the Bowel Hunter?!" Someone in the crowd recognized Elsa's identity, and everyone was terrified after hearing the name Bowel Hunter.
This notorious killer was actually Ayanokouji's subordinate?
So what is his background?
"With Elsa's strength, there is no problem in killing all your riders."
Faced with such a scene, Ayanokouji showed no expression. In the eyes of others, it was as if he had seen countless bloody scenes countless times.
"Not only that, there are members of the Royal Guard nearby who are searching at my command."
"And I know all the information about each of you. For example, you have a seven-year-old daughter, who should be walking around the capital with your wife now, and you have an elderly mother at home. ... " Ayanokouji slowly recounted all the information about the relatives and friends of everyone present.
Everyone present was sweating profusely, and their eyes were full of fear.
None of them expected him to have such a method. Before he decided to take action against Russell, he had already investigated the information of everyone present.
Ayanokouji knew that what was more important than benefits was life.
Not only your own life, but also the lives of your loved family members.
Ayanokouji used this as a threat to suppress everyone present.
Standing beside, Otto was so nervous that he almost vomited, but because of the fear in his heart, he dared not speak.
Ayanokouji at this time looked no different from the previous Ayanokouji, but he exuded a terrifying aura, like a huge rock pressing on everyone.
Ayanokouji who got along with everyone, and Ayanokouji who now faced these businessmen, who is he really?
Or because Otto didn't understand Ayanokouji enough.
"It seems there are many people. They should be able to play with a lot of guts." Elsa said in a very ambiguous tone.
"Please don't kill me!"
"Don't touch my family, I'll give you whatever you want!"
"Ayanokouji-sama!"
The people who had just echoed changed their expressions in an instant.
"We should be able to continue the conversation now." Ayanokouji ignored them and simply said lightly, "After all, I don't want you to follow in Russell's footsteps."
"Russell's steps? Could it be?!"
Initially, they thought Russell had received the news beforehand and immediately fled.
Did it turn out that Ayanokouji was the one who got rid of him?!
At this moment, everyone realized that the man in front of them was very terrifying. He looked like he was only seventeen years old, but he was playing with old foxes who had been crawling behind the dark side of the capital for decades.
What is this person's background?
In the eyes of these people, Ayanokouji was like a monster wearing human skin.
From beginning to end, he was the only one who took the initiative. Even Russell couldn't defeat him.
"If you cooperate with me, I can give you enough benefits." Ayanokouji continued, "But those who disobey me can only make them disappear here. You can make your own choice."
"Can you bring me some fun?" Elsa was sitting on the table, her eyes scanning everyone, but no one dared to look at her, for fear of being killed directly.
In the end, everyone agreed to obey Ayanokouji's orders and let him control this industrial chain completely.
"This is really boring. I thought you could show some interesting guys." Elsa reached out to stroke her sword and said with a little disappointment.
"So from now on, Otto is my agent, and his orders are my orders." Ayanokouji turned and looked at Otto.
"I, I..." Otto didn't have time to say anything, but the people in front of him knelt together, "I understand, Ayanokouji-sama, Otto-sama."
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"Wow, someday I will be called respectfully too!"
Otto looked at the scenery in the sky with a smile on his face. Although it was very different from what he imagined, in a sense, this could indeed be considered an achievement.
And in the royal capital, in an empty house – or in other words, there was a lonely person living here a few minutes ago, but his stomach was split open not long ago, and his intestines were scattered on the ground, and the air. It was filled with rich blood.
Although people in the royal capital already knew that Elsa had sneaked into the royal capital, they never caught her.
Elsa held one end of the intestine with a happy expression as she looked at the scenery in the sky through the window.
"Ayanokouji – I should be able to call you by your first name. I really want to meet you!"
Her face flushed and her eyes narrowed slightly.
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Almost instantly, Elsa moved to the door quietly, holding a sword in her hand, waiting for her next prey to arrive.
However, the knock on the door suddenly stopped, and a male voice with a strange and seductive voice could be heard.
"Are you the Bowel Hunter? I'm not an enemy. There's something I want to talk to you about."
Elsa immediately knew the identity of the other party. It was Roswaal, who was also her employer.
She didn't know how Roswaal found her, but she was also curious why Roswaal came looking for her.
But it must be something interesting.
Moreover, when the sky illusion appeared, Roswaal's situation was no better than her own. Whether he hired himself to kill Emilia or tried to kill the dragon, his reputation was ruined.
"I'm coming in, please don't do anything."
Roswaal slowly opened the door, his heterochromatic eyes stared meaningfully, and focused on Elsa.
"Let's discuss what will happen if Ayanokouji actually comes to this world in the future."