Chapter 236 - Mastermind (2/2)

”I understand. If I am unable to deliver the amount needed by the end of the month, I have found a few groups of employees from outside of town. The only problem is that it will have to be the entire group that goes or none at all. If one of them goes missing, the rest will notice,” Chad explained.

”Really? Hmm. Seems you thought ahead. Still, this is good, very good. It doesn't matter the number of people, we can handle that. You just need to make sure to have the required amounts in time. After all, if we can't get what we need, we will start with the ones who signed a contract in their place.” The voice displayed no emotion what so ever.

”I understand. I will send their living information as a last resort. No worries. I said I would be able to handle this without fail.”

”See that it doesn't fail. As this is all for the continuation of our people, a few sacrifices are necessary for the greater good.”

”For the greater good!” As soon as Chad said the required response, the other side hung up. Chad couldn't do anything but sit there for a while after setting down the phone, worry etched in his face. It was easy to make tourists disappear, but if a large group of employees from his restaurant were to go missing, a lot of questions would ensue and that wouldn't be good for business. He had originally thought that signing up for the community program would give him a buffer, but now that he had come to this point, he finally understood that it wouldn't be that easy since they all had to fill out paperwork and such due to the program.

Chad briefly entertained the thought of not handing over their information to the agent, but quickly discarded that thought. He wasn't going to go down if he couldn't find enough people the fill his quota.

Chad could only hope that business would pick up soon, otherwise, he wouldn't have a choice.

...

In an active business complex slightly outside of town, a man put down the phone and then wrote a few notes in his ledger before getting up. He walked quickly to the main office without delay.

Since the light outside the door was on, he didn't bother knocking and just stood there silently, waiting. After a hour went by, the door opened as the light went out and two young men with white hair walked out, joined by another man.

”Young master Jesse is lucky to have such a good friend as you, young master Tommy.”

”Yes, truly. To be willing to come here and take on his work personally shows you are a man of character.”

”I'm just doing my part. Thank you both for the hard work of leading the children in this endeavor. Please let me know if you need anything else.”

”Pure blood only!” Both white haired men said in enthusiastic voices.

”Pure blood forever,” Tommy replied back, seeing the two young men off. After they had vanished, Tommy's face which had been smiling before, quickly turned into one filling with mocking and hatred.

”Like I would f.u.c.k.i.n.g be here working if I had a choice. Damn son of a bitch is getting too far ahead of himself. I swear to f.u.c.k.i.n.g god he thinks he owns the world now... Get your a.s.s in here.” Tommy turned around after ordering the office worker inside.

The large room was decorated lavishly, with plush sofa's, a wall sized 4k, potted plants and a large wooden desk at the center. The only things that seemed out of place was a spot in the corner where something square was covered with some white sheets, as though it was hiding something underneath. Despite this, the office worker didn't dare let his eyes stray.

”What's the final report?”

”Sir. We are still coming in under quota. Several of our contractors have mentioned that there has been a low turnout of tourists so far, thanks in part to the disconcerting rumors that had been floating around.”

”We already have the media departments working on that. Although rumors are a problem, it doesn't take much to get people to change their opinions as long as they hear what we want them to hear.”

”Still sir, it seems like we might have to start ramping up taking a few locals as well, unless we can get a large group to show up quickly,” the office worker suggested while looking over his spreadsheets.

”A large group quickly... hmm... Actually, that should be easy enough.”

”How so sir?”

”Just ask the media department to put out subtle suggestions that there might be some riots occurring due to the infestation of this city. That should lure thousands of those idiot hunters here,” Tommy said with a smile.

”Sir?”

”What is it?”

”You plan to use hunters as sacrifices?”

”Why not? They are perfect in the end. Not only can we make many of them disappear, but we can also place blame on the infected which will fire them up more and cause more to come. It's a perfect cycle.”

”But sir...”

”No buts. Our time is tight and that prick Jesse wants to see what's behind the curtain. Besides, Annie's 'prison' experiment has been showing very promising results for a while and I refuse to lose to that s.l.u.t. Make it happen.” With the, the office worker hurried to carry out his bosses commands while Tommy sat down at his desk, eyeing the covered object in the corner.

”I swear to god I will rip his d.i.c.k off and make him eat it one day. But for now, having him lead this shit isn't bad. And being here isn't horrible either. At least I get first pick before things get themselves wasted.” Tommy laughed, a harsh and grating laugh that seemed like it came from a madman, rather than from someone who was still under twenty years old. The appearance of blood red marks appeared on his face as though it was tracing a vein pattern.

Hearing Tommy's laughter throughout the room caused the object under the sheet to shift slightly and let out a painful and woe filled m.o.a.n.