Chapter 182 - Explaining the idea to the elders (1/2)
Reading the message didn't give me even a single clue as to what could've happened. We talked only yesterday, so why does Venna summon me again? Or maybe someone got a clue of the scheme that I was trying to make and this was just a bait to get me into a secluded place?
That's the problem of being just a small tool for someone else. Without any other backer that I could relly on, if Venna's faction decided that it was better for them to get rid of me, I would be close to powerless to stop them!
After only a few minutes of following the messenger, we arrived at the building site. In every direction that I looked, I could see crowds and crowds of people rushing to finish their tasks, with a big, old building being the centre of their attention. From the number of various materials and furniture gathered on the courtyard, I could see that this was some serious investment, but I didn't want to believe that it was Venna who actually stood behind this!
Does she even know the meaning of doing something covertly? I would be down even for a quasi black-market, yet she actually made such a mess? What the hell am I working with?
”You are finally here! My master was losing her mind while waiting for you! You need to hurry up inside!”
The moment that I stepped into the area directly in front of the building doors, a familiar fatso came out to fetch me.
”What the hell happened here?”
Unable to hold back my curiosity, I probed Ham with this simple question. Considering how he was just a servant, there was no point trying to get him to tell me any details because most probably, he had no clue about them!
”While I can't say for certain, it seems that other faction saw our movements and decided to butt in. Representatives of every influential organisation, family and sects are already inside! Venna can stall them only for so long, so hurry up!”
Jiggling his fat to all sides as he tried to hurry up, Ham leads us to the spacious room, made by demolishing most of the inner walls on the top-most floor of the property.
”...for him! If you don't believe me, then just ask the author of the idea!”
Before we even reached the end of the stairs, I was able to hear Venna's annoyed voice as she argued with other people. Rushing past Ham, I stepped into quite a big commotion made out of several dignified looking people. Since there was a chance that Katenari had someone sent by them as well, I made Eve wait on the first floor in one of the rooms that were yet to be demolished.
”I'm here, is someone willing to fill me in what seems to be a problem?”
Seeing that she was already cornered, I couldn't help but come in from with a haughty attitude. If they caught the news that Venna was investing in a new auction house, they wouldn't swallow any explanation that came out of her mouth. Seeing that she pushed the burden of explaining things on me, I was free to pretend that I had no clue what was going on, giving some legitimacy to her claim that I was behind everything.
”This woman that you seem to collude with broke our agreement by following your idea. If you did realise that the whole Bakari house was just a joint ruse of all the sects, who gave you the balls to interfere with it?”