Chapter 218 Negotiating with the Chiefs 2 (1/2)

Chapter 218 Negotiating with the Chiefs 2

Aldrich saw the awed reactions around hiitimate Fortune of Council member could have He capitalized on this moment

"Thanatos and I hold far more influence than meets the eye," said Aldrich "What you see is just the tip of the iceberg"

"Then it is true? The rued white beard His extending monocle zoomed in on Aldrich

"What ruanization How else could he have ather so ? That arh class Alter that nobody knows aboutequipment for him" Gerard pointed at Aldrich "You too then, have to be froanizations

I can't sense any AC count from you, but I've heard that Thanatos didn't show any either Is that new tech too? Are you Thanatos's handler? What are your eriatric fart," said the bull horned chief "And let the man speak"

Aldrich saw that all the chiefs stared at him with expectation, and it was understandable There was strong evidence out there that there were hidden organizations on par with established villain bodies like the Dark Six

Strange ciphered codes that led to hidden recruit without a trace, traces of abandoned and dehtered before they reached population centers - all of these made people wildly theorize there were hidden forces out there

The fact that the Panopticon actively censored this infor only fanned the flames of curiosity further

Aldrich hi possibility, but he had no way of knowing for sure Between denial and rabid conspiracy theorist, he placed hi

"A man needs to have some secrets, no?" said Aldrich "Where I come from and who I am does not matter Just nohatever power you think I have behind me, I stand at the very top of That includes, of course, Thanatos"

This was, of course, a bluff Aldrich did not have an unfathoanization behind him Well, technically, he did if he counted the Necropolis, so he was not exactly lying

"Interesting Then Aarav Singh is in on this?" said theover the author Her body language seely

"That's a reasonable assumption, isn't it?" said Aldrich

"Don't be so coy, kid," said Gerard "If you want ive us far better details than this"

"I' voice He sla it

"What!?" Gerard stared at theabout this boy!"

"And that rin "When my pa was the leader of the Spearhorn noest laugh out of his with burns all over his face, but he still proudly wore a gold ring he probably stole and spoke that saue, like he just kneas going to be at the top

My pa had the ti to o all in"

"What of your people? You willing to use them as chips for this bet of yours?" said the chief with dreadlocks

"My people ain't like yours, Des," said Clint "Spearhorns love risk We left the cities cause they were too da You bet your ass they'd ride or die with ood laugh outta us at the end

And shi+t, secret organizations, Thanatos, beating the Dark Six? You fuckin' kiddin' me? I'm in"

"It's Deshed "Well if that is your decision, then so be it But if Mr Vane over here is unwilling to reveal anything about his self and his potential organization, then I cannot risk the Spiders over him"

"Your pa would be disappointed, Des," said Clint "He kne to have a good tiood times' killed two hundred of us," said Des open to now shut off and cold "No more" He looked at Aldrich with a polite shake of his head "As things stand, I am afraid I cannot lend you my assistance, Mr Vane Maybe some other time"

"Are you sure, Desmond?" said Casimir "It is foolhardy to bet on a stock when its prices are high You capitalize on the profit when it is low and developing"