Chapter 116 (1/2)

Faced against Kainen’s resolve, bloodthirst slowly evaporated from Rivelia’s eyes. In that moment, Kainen followed Isaac and began clapping slowly. The clap spread like a plague, and other agents began following along one by one as if they were possessed.

The applause echoed all over the village, and Isaac spun in circles with his arms wide open and shouted out excitedly.

“That’s right! Harder! Louder! So Central, and this f.u.c.ked up world, and the f.u.c.king Empire hear you! Applaud so they know r.e.t.a.r.ds like you exist!”

The intense applause echoed above the cold bodies on the ground. Saints and his agents s.h.i.+vered in fear of this abnormal sight, caught in the middle of this village possessed by madness.

Rivelia approached Isaac, who sluggishly moved his body around as if dancing to the rhythm of the applause.

“Hm? Why aren’t you clapping damsel?”

“… I swear on my sword and my life that I will kill you myself one day.”

Rivelia declared coldly, and Isaac responded with a sincere, bright smile. He bowed magnificently, his left foot behind his right, and swung his arms in exaggeration, placing his right hand on his chest and his left on his back.

“I will gleefully await that day.”

“…”

Isaac arrived at New Port City to restock his weapons supply. When he climbed up to his residence on the rooftop, he spotted Rizzly cowering in a corner and asked.

“What are you doing there?”

“Can’t you tell? I’m just contemplating why I’m living like this.”

Rizzly grumbled as he got back on his feet, and Isaac couldn’t help but smirk after taking one look at Rizzly.

“I see they had their fill with you.”

“It was no joke, I tell you.”

Patches of Rizzly’s white fur were missing as if he was balding, replaced with a colourful range of ink.

“Where’s Kunette and Reisha?”

“They are on their way here now.”

“Send them off again tomorrow.”

“Please! I beg of you, spare me!”

Hearing Isaac’s cruel orders, Rizzly prostrated himself at Isaac’s feet. The sight of a giant bear groveling at his feet as if it was constipated may have made him popular with girls, but it was just revolting to Isaac, who knew of Rizzly’s human form.

“Since when did North Bear Tribes use cuteness as a weapon?”

“Hng. That’s a habit I grew dealing with human females… Anyhow, I will die if it continues like this!”

“No.”

Just as Rizzly hung his head with a grim look at Isaac’s unswerving att.i.tude, he spotted Kunette and Reisha peeking their heads out the entrance of the rooftop behind Isaac. Rizzly’s eyes gleamed and he returned to his human form as continued the conversation.

“Are you not taking Kunette nim with you because you’re worried she will see unsightly scenes?”

Kunette and Reisha’s ears perked when Rizzly asked the question.

“Rumours really do spread fast. Where did you hear it from? Or was it that obvious?”

Though the agents of Security volunteered, tempted by its reward, they were originally spies sent from other Directorates. It was a given their information would be updated in real time.

“It’s the first mission of the Directorate of Security. All other Directorates are keeping you on close surveillance just to see how you work.”

“So they know everything I’ve done.”

“Yes. Men from Strategy are at a loss for words, as it exceeded their wildest imaginations while a.n.a.lysis is, how to say, grinding their teeth at how Rivelia nim was treated.”

“What about Surveillance?”

How the human factions felt was irrelevant. Surveillance was what was important. No matter how strong humanity was, its civilization would be knocked back into the medieval ages if the other races of the Directorate Surveillance decided so.

“The morales and common sense of another race is of no concern to us.”

It was a cold, hard fact. Only humans forced their beliefs and standards onto others.

“Anyway, is that really the reason you excluded Kunette nim and Reisha?”

Rizzly quickly asked in a hurry, noticing Kunette’s eyebrows were narrowing for every second they spent on tangents. Isaac took out a cigarette and nodded.

“… Well it’s part of the reason. It’s not a good show for kids to watch.”

“Ha! Kids…”

Rizzly almost accidentally burst out in laughter at hearing the word ‘kids,’ but Kunette’s eyes gleamed like a knife’s blade.

“Ahem. If that’s the case, you don’t need to worry about it.”

“Why’s that?”

“As I’ve said before, the morales and common sense of humans is of no concern to us. Whether the human is righteous and just or evil beyond comparison, they are both humans to us.”

Isaac was somewhat shocked at Rizzly’s response. After a pause, Isaac snickered.

“Is that so? Kuku. I guess that makes sense too.”

Rizzly let out a sigh of relief at Isaac’s laughter and asked.

“Then how about the three of you move together in the next…”

“No.”

Isaac shook his head. A wave of despair hit Rizzly’s face, and the glares from Kunette and Reisha grew increasingly hostile. Rizzly desperately tried to convince Isaac.

“Is it really that important that they go and play with the fake?”

“Of course. I need to set up my alibis early on in case someone suspects me.”

“Then can’t you set up fakes for Kunette nim and Reisha and have the fakes roam the city together?”

“Huh? Does that work?’

Isaac tilted his head, then smirked.

“But that still won’t do.”

“Why!”

Rizzly screamed, and Isaac looked back quizzically at why Rizzly reacted such a way. He breathed in his cigarette and answered.

“Reisha isn’t a problem. But Kunette is still a child.”

“I’m telling you that child part…”

Suddenly, Kunette exposed her molars at Rizzly. Rizzly immediately shut his mouth, and Isaac, still oblivious, muttered in a bitter tone.