Chapter 69 (1/2)
Hinagiku retreated to Mikoto’s side and quickly tried to calm down her fl.u.s.tered appearance before putting up a serious front.
“Yan, don’t you think the last item was a bit strange?”
He nodded and paced around the wide VIP room, as he walked he mused out loud.
“It would be hard not to feel something off, as long as an individual has some sense to their mind one would feel perturbed right…”
Mikoto sighed while pulling at her hair.
“Would it be more accurate to say we’re lucky? or Just unlucky? It’s the first auction we’ve been to and now this kind of thing happens.”
Well, I kinda already said it so Railgun please, don’t take a jab at it again…
Lirin is held by her hand, standing beside Hinagiku she stayed docile. She’s a bit of a brat sometimes with that little brain of hers. She might not be able to follow or comprehend what’s going on but she understands that big brother and big sisters are discussing crucial matters and therefore she should strive not to disturb them. (Tl: hnnnggg)
She rubbed her golden hair before pointing out.
“It feels like the matter is not as simple as the old gramps make it out to be…”
That old gramps in this case would refer to the tier 7 auctioneer.
“There is certainly omissions, and there’s multiple inconsistency in his words.”
Clenching her fist, this unfeminine behaviour exhibited a certain natural charm when Mikoto did this. He really wanted to tsukkomi that Railgun is the embodiment of violence. (Tl: as with any tsundere naturally…)
“Inconsistencies?”
Hinagiku looked at Mikoto with s.h.i.+ny eyes, those eyes basically told tales of the master’s curiosity.
She nodded sternly before stretching out her slender hand and sticking out 3 fingers, the meaning of which is self explanatory.
“3 inconsistencies…?”
Wu Yan lowered his head and started piecing the puzzle.
Noticing that all eyes is on her, Mikoto stuck out her chest proudly. There’s nothing awfully noticeable though, she didn’t have a.s.sets there what with being a and all…
Hinagiku took out a more serious expression before nodding.
“Let’s ignore the smaller details first, firstly, why did the firm really revealed the map?”
Hinagiku blinked in startlement.
“Isn’t that because the old gramps said something about inviting all the capable supers..”
“Is there really a need for that?”
She cut her off bluntly, for very good reason as well.
He nodded before giving his view.
“It’s as she said, there really is no need for the reveal, if they wanted strong people to come along then they could just as well had monopolized the map and making their intentions known, surely there would have been people coming along as well, so what’s the aim of revealing it?”
Hinagiku started doubting when she heard this, poking her cheeks with her finger she continued.
“It seems like that really is a redundant move, aren’t the firm afraid of other parties going ahead without them?”
“And that’s the first inconsistency!”
She then lifted 2 fingers.
“2nd point, on what basis does the firm think they can handle a party that is equal or greater to a tier 9, think about it, a tier 9 basically died trying to get to the treasure, once they made this news public, can they really handle the sheer amount of parties coming along?”
Realizing the implications Hinagiku elaborated on her behalf.
“That make sense, a tier 9 would risk his life going in there for the bounty, that’s sure to attract a lot of supers at least tier 7. No, even tier 8! or quite possibly…”
“If you’re going to say tier 9, I can say with reasonable certainty that they won’t appear.”
It wasn’t Mikoto that cut her off this time but Wu Yan.
“It’s just a random gossip from an auction firm, without absolute a.s.surance of its certainty. Would a tier 9 mobilize?’
Mikoto concured.
“He’s right, not at least before some fodders go in to test the water first the tier 9 probably won’t make an appearance.”
“That means tier 8 can still mobilize isn’t it!”