NO00eb: Retainer

Jean Boyer, who had been so angry that he wanted to kill Jim, immediately became quiet after the group of samurai with swords entered the door. Regardless of the injuries on his face, he immediately put his hands on his knees in a dignified manner, bent down and bowed deeply to the middle-aged woman in black sleeves, sweat and blood dripping down his incomplete chin. Fainted on the carpet.

"I didn't know you guys arrived so early. I'm a little disappointed, so please..."

Although his voice came from the speaker rather than the leaky mouth, the smart voice package still perfectly restored his fear and uneasiness at the moment.

"Mr. Jim told us earlier that our lady had worked in a place like yours before?"

Before Rang could finish his polite words, the retainer of the Linyuan family stepped forward and asked in a calm tone.

The words in an understatement made Jean Boyer feel as if a knife edge was close to his neck, and he immediately replied:

"I guarantee with my own personality that nothing like this has ever happened."

Jim on the side couldn't help but sneered.

A pimp vouching for his character?

"Miss Hayashihara Eri has indeed been here, but that's just because she has some personal relationship with me... Yes, it's just a personal relationship, just like the Mr. Jim Leiter next to me, he is her friend."

Probably hearing Jim's sneer, Jean Boyer turned his head and glared at him, and then immediately explained.

The retainer of the Lin Yuan family didn't say anything. She tilted her head slightly, and a samurai with a sword behind her immediately stepped forward with understanding.

"Put your hands on the table."

The samurai with the moon-haired man said this to Jean Boyet.

Jean looked at the retainer with some confusion, as if trying to figure out what was going on, but the latter just said calmly:

"Do as he says."

Hearing this, Rang put his hand on the desk anxiously. He looked at the samurai holding the handle of the sword, as if he wanted to ask something more, and then...

"嚓——"

A cold light flashed past, and when Jim could see clearly, the samurai's sword had been sheathed again.

On the table, Jean's thumb was cut off neatly, but there was not even a trace left on the table below the cut - it was just a temporary knife, and its accuracy almost reached the level of a finishing lathe. , the terrifying control power of the knife wielder is evident.

It is this level of ability that prevents these samurai warriors with Tsukiyo heads from patrolling the streets as they were just having fun in the Heian Era of cosplay.

"Next time you dare to call yourself Miss's friend without knowing the truth, then you will leave more than just a finger."

Picking up the finger, the retainer said calmly.

"Ming...understand."

Rang gritted his teeth and nodded, not daring to find any trouble with the other party.

next time?

Although seeing the other person's fingers being chopped off made Jim feel a little gloating, the retainer's subsequent words really made Jim alert.

He looked around, wondering if it was an illusion, but the remaining warriors seemed to be vaguely surrounding him. Not only that, they also blocked the only door leaving the room.

Coupled with the inexplicable "run away" that came in when he answered the phone earlier, Jim couldn't help but start to reflect on whether his plan to use Mrs. Lin Yuan's power was the right choice...

Although judging from the information he has in hand, using Eri's mother's power to intimidate this obviously problematic club seems to be the optimal solution - after all, although he has a depth 2 upgrade level, he is not good at the upgrade path. A type of head-on battle, and even if a witness discovers that he has resurrected from the dead, he is not allowed to slowly collect evidence and investigate...

No, I am still too impatient.

Jim thought.

He had not even considered before that the Lin Yuan family might also be insiders.

Thinking about it now, would Huili's controlling mother really let her precious daughter, who had been kidnapped to the lower levels of the resettlement area, simply and generously participate in the Icarus Liberation Front's subversive activities against the resettlement area government? ?

"This club is just one of the strongholds we use to cover our activities. On weekdays, Ms. Hayashihara Eri attends gatherings in other places...a simulator theater, a very clean and safe place. But today she came to me to deal with Jim. I happened to be here when the incident came to an end, so I made an exception to let her in. Please be assured that we will destroy all the surveillance files here today, and we will definitely not leave a single bit to tarnish Miss Hayashihara Eri's reputation."

Plugging the section of the severed finger to stop the bleeding, Jean Boyer explained in a humble tone.

"So what happened on Crescent Street tonight? The Riot Control Task Force almost let our lady die on the street. Is this how your organization fulfills the terms of the contract between us?"

For the first time since entering this room, this retainer of the Linyuan family asked sternly in a tone full of strong emotions.

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As she asked, several warriors behind her drew their swords, and for a moment the whole room was filled with cold light.

"We are also investigating this. But the activities that Ms. Hayashihara Eri participated in this time were just trivial things, nothing dangerous. We even sent bodyguards from the organization to protect her secretly in case of accidents. But I don't know what the 'Tenth Floor' was stimulated by. Just because of a small matter like handing out leaflets, they actually dispatched a force like the Riot Control Task Force to suppress it. The people we sent to protect her died to cover her escape from the scene, and then..."

"Clang!"

A samurai sword slashed on the desk close to Jean's body, and this valuable solid wood desk was easily split in half like cutting paper.

This knife also cut off his endless excuses.

"Ms. Hayashihara wants to hear, it is definitely not such a poor excuse... Whether it is incompetence or dishonesty, you need to tell me in person."

The retainer of the Hayashihara family said so.

"It's just a guess. Maybe Miss Hayashihara Eri's identity was exposed for some reason, and some people in the 'Tenth Floor' wanted to get some information from her... But I can guarantee that she didn't leak anything."

Under the other party's stern eyes, Jean Boye replied sweatily.

"So the answer is incompetence?"

The retainer raised his eyebrows and shook his head:

"If the incompetence reaches this level, then our master may have to reconsider the cooperation with the Ikaros Liberation Front... It seems that after Liao Qi's death and Booker's imprisonment, the real ability of your organization is not as rumored. It's just a group of rabble trying to use public opinion legends to build momentum, and has no ability to challenge the existing order at all."

After saying that, she looked at Jim next to her for the first time.

"But considering that you helped our master deal with a troublesome little character this time, at least your life is saved." (End of this chapter)