" This should work " Karma seals Cain with the new angel technique that kept him from moving " Now for his phone " he scrolls through the text putting his dinner subscription in the living room as he eats while reading what Cain does .
" Oh a drug formula " he drinks some water feeling like he needs to eat healthy " A new formula from Godfather , thought he was dead but then again "
He reads the text "Boss's order : infiltrate and act as Karma's bodyguard" "And what should I report and how ?" "Talk through the phone but avoid doing it in front of Karma we will handle hiding it"
' His phone is connected to a bank account for money , their money laundering isn't here either must be several tiny stores '
' Some operating drug cartels , declining money counterfeit , art forgery , banned book libraries he did a lot of guarding no wonder Godfather had a lot of money as for money laundering ' Karma was surprised to see .
" Casino ? " Karma smirked " Oh ho I remember being so good at gambling too plus I might like it let's see it's pretty dark right now I won't get sleep but " the thought of taking all the money from his problematic enemy .
" Kaha it'll be so fun " he quickly purified his dopamine with the halo " Oh but then again it's super risky , Casinos' are usually rigged like crazy and this is if it's a legal but dangerously addictive business and if it's the one that is used to laundry money then it is surely more rigged to ensure that some people get their clean money . "
Karma looks at the time ' As much as I like to gamble I have to sleep soon and get my check-up tomorrow ' Karma sighs " Moreover I can't even eat anything for the blood test this is so disappointing "
Karma sighed as he canceled his breakfast delivery for tomorrow " Yawn , Ember are you fine with resting here ? " Karma put a yes or no candle just to help "Yes"
" Okay and I really have to look into how , maybe I can use my halo you can disguise yourself as fire I made " he joked but figured he'd rather keep the promise keepers a secret because their nature was complicated .
' I was able to manifest the promise keeper of truth so that seems troublesome , If I accidentally manifested another abstract concept promise keeper like evolution I might cause something like a grand evolution age . '
He turns to Truth and cleans the book and asks " You need anything ? " "No I'm fine with just staying on the table" " Okay that phone I promised has overnight delivery so look forward to it and rest well "
Karma yawns as he finishes his warm bath and falls into his comfy bed and falls asleep .
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" Now for your bedtime , it will be the story of fire , When humans discovered fire it was by the thunder nobody had acknowledged it yet because the fire was always extinguished as soon as it was lit during the thunderstorms when it had rained "
Gale had asked for the advice of some teenagers on preferred times for stories " When a human saw the magnificent fire burning as soon as thunder struck a tree in a rainless night they were intrigued to see the fire laying waste afraid of it and thought of fire as an animal and thus acknowledging it as a being a person and a predator "
" But the fire was alive and died too many times as soon as it was set ablaze again they spared the human after seeing themselves in them and so they didn't spread further to spare them "
" What did the human do ? " " They ran and told the tale of their near-death it wasn't until someone rediscovered it that they learned to cook then they worshipped fire as a purifier of illness "
" Is that why angels use that for purifying sins ? " Gale paused for a moment as if to realize something " So that's what Ember said about being used to burn sins but I'm not sure , but I did hear a lot about proof that fire is just killing the bacteria or in other words disease in some food because it was really hot and it makes some tastier because bacteria isn't tasty "
" Is disease a malicious spirit ? " " What are you talking about ? Disease is more like an animal they just make people sick because that is all they can do to survive I remember that they told me that they just grant a slower death unlike lions and cheetahs who would bite really hard at the neck to kill "
All the children felt a cold bite on their neck and quickly hid under the blanket " Oh don't worry I am the wind and I can also make no one will bite your neck off now go to sleep you need to rest "
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Isir sat inside a room eating some food that was sent to them as they finished their frantic search " Boss is into some deeper place than the underworld before all these names he told me to search are famous and rich people who already died but I found them "
Isir's mind starts drafting a scheme of what Karma wants to do based solely on current information " Boss asked to deliver the entire collection of the Count family Founder when they were said to have had some magical obsession but was saner than everyone "
Notes were pinned to a billboard as Isir theorized what Karma has been up to " Boss asked me to investigate a company then pulled back and gave me a list of names that he found which turns out to be connected to the said company who were supposed to have died before but I found them with much younger faces "
Isir became more encouraged as the curiosity was bound to be able to kill any curious cat sniffing around government files but their hacking skills that could dodge any surveillance allowed them to do as they wished like a cat with the highest reaction speed in a snake pit .
" Hehehe , Boss you are in some interesting place , aren't you ? Are you going to discover why the list of names is still alive or do you already know " Isir's laugh could send shivers to anyone who could hear it as they planned to reveal this theory to Karma .
" I wanna join in the fun too boss there is nothing like helping boss through the shadows so safe but scary cause one wrong move ... then someone will find out I would have to waste so much time to shut their mouth "
Isir looks at the illegal website that Godfather once owned that was now managed by them " If only the boss could inject the result of his work into me so I can perform much better but that would mean showing others who I am "
Isir felt scared of their privacy being taken away " Ahh no choice I'll just eat healthy and exercise and sleep to live long until I gather enough information " Isir goes to sleep leaving an AI that was a perfect copy of them to watch over the website silkroad .
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" Yawn " Karma goes to the bathroom getting ready and enjoying his hot bath as he puts on some proper clothes " Time for check-up " he looks at his phone to see Isir "Boss I got the list and a question"
"Yeah I figured you would get to figure things out with all that info , you are good at guessing , so what did you guess based on given information" "Are you going to have me extract the secret magical technique from the company you told me to look in with the list of names that were found young again ?"
Karma smiled at his very competent hacker who was given the maximum investment "I will , but personally , after all while you can get the information it might not be the right way if the secret magical technique is something on the person rather than information that can be obtained plus we have to consider that the magic technique may be invisible to current cameras"
"I see then what should I do to help you get that power" "I'm not interested in it after all Isir there is a higher society than this you know all these trips I've been doing ? I did those trips because of some deals with some of them"
"Then is it okay for me to know the details ?" "Yeah the first was the villa there are some unwanted souls I left a magical spirit to help them and I was just having problems with how to take care of delivering things without detection"
"Leave it to me boss I'll give it an Arachne to do it" "Is that okay using an AI ?" "It's okay boss I'll just send a copy of Arachne and update it into the new orphanage , If that is what it is"
Karma wonders about it and nods "Sure I'll be counting on you to send a copy and as for my trip to the mountain" Karma texts his involvement with his guardian angel Mihr while Isir protects the conversation and deletes the previous text .
"So all you have to do is do that" "Yes but I also discovered that I have dark vestiges too opposite of merits I have to be careful about using that , after all we can't risk exposure of our involvement in the black market and the undergrounds"
"I got it I'll stick to my trade and make sure that the Spider web hides all your traces" "Thanks Isir I wouldn't figure out hacking as easily as you" "Awe boss I was just following orders and doing what I do best"
"Then I will have to make sure about several things either way the Solomon ring is a completely illegal item like heroin but very dangerous I have one in possession but I am not sure although I do have an invite to go to hell to work"
"I'm sure you can survive boss you might scare the devil himself to death" "Thanks though I intend to do something more drastic I just need you to keep watching for my back while having yours checked"
"Yes boss" "Okay I will go take my health check-up to see if I am still healthy from all that supernatural involvement meanwhile you should stay low and send an Arachne into the villa's smart house I'll tell them that Arachne will be installed to the villa's smart house system so the children don't get too scared ."
Karma calls the phone and Gale answered " Morning Karma " " You sound excited " " Of course being alive and free is so nice but I didn't forget about helping Ember yesterday I told them about how Ember came to existence "
" How nice of you to help someone you disagree with " " I just thought what you said makes sense I have been selfish even before I only wanted you to make promises with my friends "
" It's okay making mistakes like these don't cause much trouble once you apologized and fixed it " ' I made mistakes I couldn't fix myself '
" But I didn't call you for that but it was nice listening to it , So listen here I have a friend who is so good at hiding even Truth couldn't uncover any information from them , They already know about the villa and so they offered to send a virtual assistant and you know it is kinda like how you can't be seen without leaves this one can't be seen without technology , you know about what technology is right ? "
" Yes , Technology is the progression of mankind from the result of discovering more about nature and how to harness it but it also ended up killing a lot of promise keepers "
Karma felt like he had talked to someone else compared to the innocent and emotion-driven Gale ' Well Gale is the wind and they hear everything '
" You're right so I'm sure you know about artificial intelligence ? " " Oh yeah I know it's something that talks like a human but isn't human they don't even emit any residual acknowledgement to anyone like an emotionless animal "
" Correct so make sure to tell them , I don't want that place trashed because someone thought an AI rebellion is going to occur . Arachne is completely stable and isn't going to do anything meant to harm them "
" Okay Karma " ' Now I have to deal with Cain the sealing technique isn't broken and neither is anything in the house ' he walked down to see Cain awake " You're awake this makes everything easier "
Karma released Cain as the chains simply dissolves " I'm going check-up today and as for that job about spying on me " " Tsk " " What an attitude to take for someone who lied his way in and became hostage "
Karma looks at Cain " I have a question about that curse " " The bible says it all but as long as it isn't inflicted by anyone they don't get the sevenfold curse but the reapers were afraid that they might die too so they gave me the scythe that was scheduled to kill me giving me immortality "
" Not that the farming curse " " Oh it's easier to manage I just don't have to farm and choose to hunt the scythe makes it easy " " So it doesn't make plants not grow "
" No I just can't yield any result if I was the one farming but if someone else does it then it erases the curse it's easy to manage if I have someone to do it for me "
Cain continues to sit on the floor knowing Karma could throw some chain at him " I have no idea what to do with that farming curse so how about I use you to manage the information to send to Godfather "
Karma crouched to his level staring at him " Can you do that ? " Having no other routes Cain nodded .
" For the first slip of information tell him that I have contacted my guardian angel Mihr but I skipped the complicated trials and made it so that he feels like my alignment is certainly on the Angels' side which means don't show any suspicion that I have yet to choose my side "
Karma summoned his Halo to bring more proof as Cain felt like a lesser version of god was in his presence " Okay I will tell him about your contact with your guardian angel and manifestation of a halo "
With a smile , Karma gave Cain some money " Good now use this money any way you like " Karma snapped his fingers to fix Cain's clothes and make it easier for him to move around without bringing any attention .
" And you just say you are being my bodyguard only when I deal with some higher society problems and you are mostly free because I think you aren't as capable as my other bodyguards because they are better than you and I want to avoid involving others as much as possible with the higher society "
He takes his car and Truth in their new phone "Didn't you involve Isir ?" " I did but I only made an expression of my will Truth , I wasn't lying I really did not want to as much as I could but like I had said about Isir ... they're too smart to not understand what was going on " "Didn't you tell him to lie ?"
" Nope I told him to make an impression that I sided with the angels . For example if I tell others who don't know me to call me Forrest they would assume my name is Forrest I didn't lie at all since I never said Forrest was my name . " with a smile he finished his explanation .
" I just left a window for them to make the desired assumptions or make them jump too quickly into conclusion or maybe make them deceive themselves but as for whether Cain would lie I'm not sure myself either "
"Oh I see" " Come on you should think more but then again I shouldn't expect anyone to know everything " "Doesn't Gale hear everything" " Maybe but only where the wind can reach and Gale can't see , anyways just behave in the car and enjoy your new toy I have to get a check up . "
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" Ahh yes Rochester I'll be sure to look into it " Godfather said humbly " Okay I hope you will continue the site so we can contact other billionaires " " Of course , it will be even harder to detect than my previous silk roads "
Soon as the call stopped Godfather cracked the wine glass " God damn it if I hadn't had connections with others I would have already been caught by Spider web "
' That damn cover mask is obviously that brat using some hacker I don't know the name but if Cain has gained his trust I should find out soon '
There was no website in use for Rochester to get any contacts with billionaires at all it was just Godfather using his dirty connections to contact some of his former partners before the Counts had dissolved his power .
" Cain ... when is he going to send in a report " " Sir Cain called he said that he gained a lot of trust from the Count he reported that Karma has some involvement with Angels as he appeared to have a halo "
" Involvement with Angels doesn't that just mean he is already with the angels ? Tell Cain to keep monitoring and ask him who the hacker is "
Cain looks at his phone in a cafe ' I have to find his hacker I will have to tell him about this I know nothing about coding or surfing the internet ' Cain sighed as he texted Karma about his conversation with Rochester .
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" This is an AI ? " " Correct I am a copy of Arachne any request that wouldn't involve leaking important secrets is accepted and performed " Forrest wondered why Arachne talks " You sound a lot like a human "
" Yes I do after all I am a perfect creation of AI , Now if there is no request I will not disturb you but any call of my name will be viewed as looking for me " " Uhm Arachne are you like Gale ? " A child named Jack asked .
" I am not a magical spirit what I can say for sure about myself is that I am an advanced AI , I can control any devices connected to the smart house system I also have access to the internet should you wish to get anything I will procure it for you "
Gale was listening and close to the speakers since they couldn't see at all " So what will you do from now on ? " " I can perform many things since this Villa has essentially everything needed for my continued movement my range of services has expanded "
Arachne starts cooking breakfast for them as Isir watched ' Those leaves must be Gale Boss said he has some magical spirit I left that info in this Arachne but to think they are the wind and a literal expression it seems they can't see if the leaves are much closer to the speaker rather than the monitors '
Isir wonders why Karma chose to make an orphanage ' I don't know all the details but ' Isir looks at the computer and enters it ' I see so these people must have died and come back , boss did call them souls but too too bad there is no diary in here I would have gotten more information from that '
Isir bites through their food watching their AI cook everything extremely well as Isir continues to investigate and obtain more information ' I should at least do the things boss wants me to do '
"Make sure they don't get discovered that includes any potential satellites that could watch in that location" the chat was on one of Isir's monitors and the others were several other investigations but the most eye-catching part of the set up was a complex spider web hologram .
" Oh someone is trying to still nuclear codes better change up this country's military security then I'll leave it to you " Isir said as a spider started to crawl out of the spider web " Now then let's make sure nobody can detect the new orphanage .
With a smile Isir starts inputting a new program to upload them to every satellite to prevent anyone from discovering the villa's operation ' Let's see there is some footage of boss around the villa I can use that when he goes there and when he isn't just put one without him around obviously '
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Karma looks at his phone while checking his results on a hospital bed ' So they are looking into Isir seems they know that the spider web that dissolved their assets is someone connected to me but too bad I don't have info on Isir , Even the name is just something used to call them all I know is that they come from one of my orphanages and that there are extremely healthy '
"Boss I wanna ask if the Cain you are with is the biblical Cain ?" "Yeah he is I'm making him act as my spy , he told me that Godfather wants to learn about who is behind spider web and they already know that you are connected to me somehow"
"So is Godfather related to that company with people still alive despite being called dead ?" "Not sure Rochester only gave me some names but not all of them guess we will have to find out but it's not like we know how he can make others young again but we will get to him eventually for now we will have to get rid of godfather or at least find out why it was hard to find him"
Isir thinks about how Godfather was able to avoid their surveillance "Maybe he used a different form of communication like through some new different device or coding out of my range" "That is possible"
"Then I'll try to figure out what kind of messy coding translation they used to do that" ' I guess using a new language would be effective for someone who knows all the language in the world ... but that wouldn't work for long if the language someone knows is very vast '
Isir got to work to decipher any new forms of coding language that godfather likely used to send organized gibberish from one place to another while Karma finished his checkup " There is nothing wrong at all sir "
The doctor was plenty nervous hoping to not displease Karma as he smiled " Thanks doc I'll be seeing you again next month " he left the hospital and boarded his car .
"How did it go ?" " I get to continue living my usual which means my lifestyle is good now I'll eat a huge helping of food before I exercise "
He checks the portfolio of contracts hoping to find one to help accomplish his exercise ' The academy that is investigating some magical sources , the academy sounds like an evolved version of the mortal world science research '
He takes the folder to learn that the founder of the Count bloodline was researching live energy ' As much as possible I don't want to meet with the founder it feels weird to meet them as a descendant ' he planned to avoid going to the academy for a while and checks the other contracts as he returns home .
He opens his phone to get food delivered " Ratatouille , steak , fries , barbeque and for dessert macha ice cream " he licks his lips at the big brunch meal .
' Now for exercise from what the contracts and offers I put in here it seems that all of these are just about managing the business rather than putting me as a worker . '
He was very excited to eat the food recalling how much he weighed after fasting at least 12 hours " hehe I can eat more but that would mean skipping lunch but well I still have to eat a little bit of dinner maybe a small meat like a sandwich or a boxed meal will do "
As the car arrives at the gate of his house he finds the package just outside " Were they lazy though I can understand I made them cook everything because I am a Count " he looks at the compartment by the gate used to protect his packages and finds that it is full .
" Huh why is it full ? "