Chapter 210 - Commander Bruce (2/2)
”Fine, I will be there in a few minutes,” said Balthazar as he cut the call.
”So, anything else?” he asked D.i.c.k who seemed to be concerned about something.
”What is your relationship with Rowleys?” asked D.i.c.k. The question surprised both Glen and Balthazar. Glen was just mildly surprised and confused. As much as he knew, Balthazar wasn't on good terms with the Rowley family. His testament caused them to cut of ties with one of the members of their family, Raymond Rowley. Although, they informed the world that Raymond Rowley was a traitor, they still will be harboring a grudge as he was directly responsible for failure of their plans.
Balthazar on the other hand was completely on guard and he suddenly felt the urge to not use the identity provided to him by D.i.c.k. There are only three ways to know think that his relationship with Raymond family might be different to that of Glen's opinion or even suspect it to be so. One was to have been in contact with his cousin, Jack Blyth, but knowing D.i.c.k's personality and life he strongly doubted it.
The other way was to have been in contact with Muramasa or having some sort of way to spy into their meeting in the somnium technology. The last was to be able to spy into his activity in his Shadowcard account which he suspected to be the most probable.
D.i.c.k was also quick in uptake and managed to notice the change in expression and his wary behavior. He immediately realized that his concern and doubts have put Balthazar in caution against him. He needed to quickly assuage those concerns if he wanted some trust between them. Luckily, Bruce had already suspected this might happen and suggested something to him. Bruce actually asked D.i.c.k to inform him about the ten Shadowcard commanders and Bruce's identity as he was vouching for him. He intended to let Balthazar know about the manner in which his shadowcard identity was created.
”Bruce wanted to know about it,” explained D.i.c.k with his hands raised indicating Balthazar to not be hasty. ”I would request your bodyguard to leave the place before I explain,” he continued as he looked at Glen. After a cursory glance at Balthazar who also wanted to listen to D.i.c.k and indicated Glen to leave, Glen went out of the room and stayed guard outside.
”There was a request to kill someone in that family and someone known to Bruce attempted it. It was considered too hard to do and the minimum bounty acceptable for the assignment was increased to twenty times the original. At that time, Bruce was also informed of your request as he was one of the ten commanders of the Shadowcard and was the one who vetted your account,” explained D.i.c.k.
”Bruce is a commander of the ShadowCard?” asked Balthazar in surprise. He had known about the hierarchy of the organization, but the commanders were always a mysterious existence unknown to him in his past life. He only learned of them as a Rhodium agent called Rohan ghatke he once tagged along with took an interest to him and wanted him to join his crew. He was the one who informed Balthazar about the hierarchy of ShadowCard and offered to recommend him to a commander, but later they parted ways.
”Yes, but I suspect that you are already acquainted with another commander as you knew the loophole,” said D.i.c.k.
”No. I was actually informed by a Rhodium level agent. Bruce is the first commander of the ShadowCard that I know,” said Balthazar.
”Even if you didn't and were told of the loophole by a Rhodium agent, the agent wouldn't inform you without consent of a commander. It means that one of them already has their eyes on you but didn't personally recruit you. Else, you wouldn't have needed by help to set you up with an account. Usually commanders only consider agents who have reached at the very least Rhodium level. So, Bruce was interested and wanted you to stay within our group known to one another.”
”Aren't you concerned about the other commander who might have taken an in interest in me?” asked Balthazar. He wanted to know how useful he is being assumed to be by Bruce. That would give him a better idea of the relationship between them.
”You don't need to worry about that. You are already well acquainted with us and Bruce is a good friend of your family. So, I doubt anyone would compete with him. Moreover, you always have the choice. You can choose an affiliation with one of the commanders once you reach Rhodium level. At that time, you will be contacted by them through your account,” said D.i.c.k. Though he told the truth about the Rhodium agent, he carefully managed to avert Balthazar's suspicions that Balthazar had about him monitoring his account. The reputation of the ShadowCard along with his explanation were enough to keep Balthazar from doubting him unless Balthazar was someone who was overly suspicious about others without reason.
”So, how come I am being notified about Bruce being a commander. Is he really fine with it?”
”You are my recommendation to Bruce. I am Rhodium agent and consider it a friendly gift. Moreover, he wouldn't have accepted if he didn't think you capable of reaching Rhodium level,” explained D.i.c.k. ”Of course, it isn't official, and you are forbidden to speak of it if you want to continue to remain a member of ShadowCard. We aren't going to hunt you if reveal this information due to your family and contacts, but you would definitely lose some privileges.”
”Don't worry I have no intention of revealing it,” said Balthazar. ”But there is one thing I didn't expect. You are a Rhodium level agent?”
”Of course, I am. I specialize in infiltration and hacking. You are looking down on me, dude,” said D.i.c.k.
”I didn't mean it like that,” said Balthazar hoping that D.i.c.k didn't take it as an insult.
”I get it. It is my behavior. Wouldn't be good at infiltration if I didn't have an amicable personality,” said D.i.c.k. ”It is part of my charm. Either way, you shouldn't make assumptions. For Rhodium level, there would be specializations. Based on those specialization, the interested commanders contact the agents. As you probably have seen in your account, you are considered a silver level agent.”
”That is good enough,” said Balthazar agreeing with D.i.c.k's assessment. He didn't need a higher level and he considered it enough to get some others to join him temporarily to hunt the pirates. He didn't need higher level agents as he put his age to be on the younger side and anyone at that age who is a gold agent would have some fame in those circles. If there was a golden agent who suddenly popped out, the others who joined him would probably try to test his skills and such attempts he was determined to avoid.
”But not to handle either the Rowley's forces or the escaped pirates. Both require a higher combat capability. So, I suggest you to not take any risk and have capable people from your friends or family accompanying you,” advised D.i.c.k.
”Do I give of the vibe that I am foolish or incompetent,” laughed Balthazar taking D.i.c.k's words lightly. ”I will take sufficient precautions.”
”It is not about your vibe. People like me don't rely much on it. It is your history or lack of history. No one knows anything about you or your physical capabilities. Still you did something which suggests you could be a capable leader. So, the advice,” explained D.i.c.k.
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