Chapter 1040: The nightingale and the trickster (1) (1/2)

'There are more people in this world that wanted him to shut his mouth rather than opening it. Some of the Crime Lords knows that the Broker possess an artifact that enables him to gain information. Some of them know what is called. Some of them is ignorant. The fact is, the secrets he kept is his insurance. If he started singing like a bird, then what do you think would happen?' Loki smirks and shakes his head

Sasha is silent again. Then she sighed and said

'You do not have to sacrifice yourself this much'

Loki look at Nathan behind him and shakes his head. Then he looks back toward Sasha. And then he said

'You do not know the internal structure of the Crime Alliance. You needed someone in the inside. I have that someone. But that is not enough. I already outlined my plan. After this, if we were to meet each other, pretend that I have gone to the dark side. I would sell information to the Shadow Guards and I would sell some information to the Crime Alliance. A small sacrifice for a lot of big fish.'

Sasha sighed and then she said

'Would nothing I say convince you to do otherwise?' Loki shakes his head. She hesitates to say something but in the end, she said it anyway

'He had married Riana'

Loki smiles and said

'I know' Sasha eyebrows raised up. Clearly she was not expecting that answer from Loki. She frowned and then she said

'They had a daughter together'

'I also know that.' Sasha began to frown. If Loki knew all this….he would still kill the Broker? She thought to herself. The more she thought about it, the more she believes that Loki would not hesitate to do what he said he would do.

He is this determined? She muttered to herself. Sighing, she said

'What will you with those two?' Those two none other referred to Riana and her daughter

Loki reply was nonchalant as ever

'They have nothing to do with this. I would protect them. Do not mistake me, Sasha. This is not personal. This is simply a necessity driven by circumstances. The Book of Secrets is necessary for me to have a firm foothold in the Crime Alliance. And killing him and revealing some things about him to the Crime Lords is important if I were to sit at the High Table. They need to believe that I am one of them'

Sasha was not ready to give up so she said

'We could fake it'

'No, it has to be real' Loki said. Even as Loki and Sasha is talking the space and time around the area is still distorted. The energy is also in disarray.

Loki then said.

'You do not know the methods of the Crime Alliance. They have a girl who could reconstruct past scene. If I know them, and I do know them, when I present the news of the Broker death, they would want details. When that times comes, they would verify it'

Sasha frowned

'Then why are you revealing it right now? If what you said is true, someone will come here to reconstruct the scene. At that time, the scene of you and me talking would also be captured' Loki smiles and said

'While I do not have the full confidence to evade all of their detections, at least right now-' and he pointed toward the air around them '-with the energy in disarray, with time and space distorting, they would not capture what we are talking about. They might see glimpses but not the full conversation.'

'Always with the tricks' Sasha said.

'But, I could not let you do this' Loki eyebrows raised up

'Oh. Even when it benefits you?'

Sasha then said

'I know all of the things you said. I thought about it while I was flying here. I thought about all of that. The consequences of trying to save the Broker. The benefit of having him gone. It would not be hard to scrub any of his involvement with the secret ops of the Shadow Guards. But…I made a promise to myself. I would not let you be this…evil man the world believes you to be'

Loki then chuckles loudly.

'Could it be that you…. are fond of me?'

Sasha shakes her head and simply said

'Do not speak nonsense. Sina loves you. I would not let you do this. And the broker is a good man. He is a changed man'