Chapter 31: Investigation (2/2)

It's time to find some answers at the Red Circle"

Aldrich raised his staff up, ready to pierce the boss's throat, but then he shouted "Wait! Wait!"

"What?" said Aldrich, the staff still raised and ready to kill

"Th-the guy, Mr X, the guy that connected us to the Trident, he also toldmy boys to Haven as often as I could"

"Why is that?" said Aldrich

"He-he wanted ood and expensive sht like X, to a list of dealers he approved," said the boss "Dealers that aren't nouys that deal sht in the city, inside clubs or bars and stuff"

"And did you?" asked Aldrich

"Y-yeah, it was a no-brainer He paid us way et the X I have no fuckin' idea why, but that's e keep comin' back and back to the Settlements around Haven," said the boss

Very, very interesting

"Bring up that list of approved dealers if you can, Fisk," said Aldrich

"Here" Fisk turned his laptop screen to Aldrich He scrutinized a list of twenty nanize any of them except one

Davis Shane

The Blackwater technician and engineer that Aldrich had blacks to students Aldrich knew that Davis sold drugs inside Haven when the A and B class students went out, but now he knehere this all happened: the Red Circle

Aldrich began to realize there were threads tying together the Trident with not only the nomads, but Blackwater and its students

The Trident was peddling drugs to Blackwater students indirectly through a supply chain co of the Odinsons and then select dealers in the city

But why? He started to for up info frohtclub called the 'Red Circle'"

"There's a sht ton of eroup chats, location tagged pictures, don't knohere to start with this-"

"Any correspondence with a 'Davis Shane?'," said Aldrich

"Yeah Good amount Looks like this 'Ghost' kid was a junkie Real deep in it, too Bought from Davis at the Red Circle every week," said Fisk

"You know anything about this?" Aldrich asked the boss

"No! N-nothing at all!" said the boss "I just peddle the drugs; I don't actually deal eo to and never needed to!"

"I see" Aldrich looked down at the fearful boss's face and came to realize that the man would have no more useful information He was just too low level for this All he had been for the Trident was a i

"Well, looks like your usefulness has come to an end Take a break down in hell"

"W-wait-," began the boss before he choked on his words as Aldrich's staff tore through his throat, killing him

[+8 EXP]

[1x Odinson Soul (boss) obtained]

[1x Odinson Soul (boss) consumed]

[+4 EXP]

[EXP Bar: 88/650 ] 100/650]

[Current Level: 9]

Aldrich kicked the boss's corpse over for Ada away at to sate their hunger for brains and flesh Meanwhile, he sat behind Fisk

"Show me all the correspondence you have from Ghost related to the Red Circle," said Aldrich

"You sure, boss? That's a lotta stuff," said Ghost

"I have ti party was doing well They were doing excellently, ready to track down h, he would hit level 10 and then access the first Tutorial Quest at which point he would gain a massive boost in power