The group had mixed reactions to Hiro's declaration. He then placed three money piles each close to 100,000 Val in value in front of him.
"Take these, use them for whatever need you may have. Get me a room closest to that place. And five skull masks, bandages enough to cover five grown men, and five sets of fake metal arm prosthetics. Four for grown men, one for a ten-year-old child."
Alan then interrupted "I can get those for you within the hour, currently it is the month of Lions so most merchants are preparing for Halloween. But why those things specifically Musashi-sama."
Hiro made a bloodthirsty smile as he answered. "I changed my mind, even if no one sees, I'm sure there are ways to peer across time and space. Why not use it to announce my arrival."
He then stood up and looked out the window. "These items will be the mark of a terrorist group I will use as a front. Any and all actions I cannot do in broad daylight will be performed by this group."
Geo who noticeably got excited asked in reverence. "And what will the group be called Master?" Hiro gave his reply and thus the most feared terrorist group of Valorious came into the world.
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The time now passed by slowly, and with their plans mostly set, San-Baka continued to survey and perform reconnaissance on the auction house.
Alan vowed in the name of Shani to never disclose what he heard. And proceeded to try and leverage the situation as much as possible. How would a businessman act if he had knowledge of disaster that would happen in the future?
Naturally, send all your enemies there, and tell your allies to avoid it. Of course, he couldn't be obvious so Alan's letters sounded like this.
"Greetings Enemy, I know we got off on the wrong foot. I apologize for any bad blood we have that was shortsighted of me. As a peace offering, I got invitations for you at tonight's black market auction. Enclosed in this letter. Please attend and I'll treat you to a drink afterwards."
Or
"Greetings Ally, I give this information to you in full confidence. Do not share it unless you wish the wrath of Shani upon your head. Whatever you do, do not participate in the black market auction tonight.
"I will reimburse your expenses for acquiring your ticket. Just stay clear of it. Should my words help you in some way, I hope you remember it the next time we do business."
Naturally, the effect of such actions would bring about a good future, Alan would be able to eliminate the competitors he had bad blood with, and have his allies or even prospective partners owe him.
Hiro who spied on the merchant using his senses and [Reverie Beyond Hope] laughed in amusement. Being gray in morals could be considered a necessity if one wanted to be an excellent businessman. The reincarnator admired the ruthless efficiency of Alan.
His actions could be considered second-degree murder but the man spent a fortune on getting tickets to the event. Of course, getting a large number of recommendations would tip the hand of shadows. So he employed several black market forgers to create them.
As the documents were all in a rush with absolute anonymity by the time he was done, Alan spent close to 400,000 Vals. Most would consider such a gamble insane. Yet, should it payoff the monopolies he would secure in the future would pay for that amount a thousand times over.
Hiro noted each name Alan invited, as a service to the merchant. He would ensure these bastards died in the cruelest manner. When the thrill of the hunt evaporated. The reincarnator again checked on Rilu.
The helpless child cried in silence in the darkness of her prison. Gagged, and bound there were no considerations made for her comfort. Hiro felt his heart crushed.
Remembering what the actual Rilu went through, it seemed that such a cycle of hardship is normal for the heir of Dragonblood. Hiro who experienced one reincarnation already suffered from both memory and personality dissonance. What more a person that had more than ten? The butcher again brought up the status screen for the child as he inspected further.
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Name: (Unnamed)
Race: Unawakened Dragonkin
Past Lives: (Orkan Vingesverd), (Nydelig Forsyn), (Lyn hellebard), (Vulkansk Kant) , (Lidende Messias), (Keiserinne Kavaleri) , (Brennende Jomfru), (Isregn brolende), (Rosasjele Gudinne), (Filiale Von Drachenfeuer), (Riluttante Zhertva)
Level: 1
Age: 10
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Rilu was already in her twelfth reincarnation. When Hiro inspected it further, he noticed he could scroll up in the past lives section. While only the last dozen could be viewed Hiro soon discovered Rilu had thousands of names.
"Just how much suffering are you expected to endure? How merciless is Ethan Dragonblood to forcefully treat his heir like this? All to protect me? What the hell is so good about me, I'm just a random orphan from earth?"
Suddenly Hiro started to remember a beautiful voice trying to tell him something. The weird thing about it lay in the nonsense surrounding it. He "remembered" the voice to be heavenly but in reality the memory he had turned the voice into something from a radio on an extremely bad frequency.
(Are you sure? Your soul cannot endure another life. This will be your last chance to live a happy life. There will be no do-overs if you die prematurely once more.)
'A soul has a limit? Then what about Rilu? How can the universe force her through all those lives without rest? Her last dozen names all either screamed of battle or hardship.'
[Polygot] a skill Hiro got from grinding in the Frozen Dew forest allowed him to understand words intuitively. Even without knowledge of the words. He gained the ability to read and understand any language.
Unfortunately, the effect ended there thus he could not speak it so its use only came from listening to people bitch in another language. Hiro acquired it without trying from the hundreds of monsters that made unintelligible sounds as he fought them.
Only overlords such as the 10-meter Owlbear could speak in human tongue. The rest just screeched or hollered in whatever form they could.
(Hurricane Wingsword), (Lovely Providence), (Lightning Halberd), (Volcanic Edge), (Suffering Messiah), (Empress Cavalry), (Burning Maiden), (Ice Rain Roaring), (Pink Soul Goddess), (Daughter of Dragonfire), (Unwilling Sacrifice)
'Riluttante means unwilling. Damn, it's like these names are an indication of the lives they would be given. Her names are all violent in nature. Some of them are downright depressing.'
"System do souls have a reincarnation limit?"
- Alert: Affirmative, souls are a finite resource. They are regenerated by karma, but as not every soul is kind, the average limit is three reincarnations. -
"Wait. What do you mean souls are regenerated by karma?"
- Alert: The energy of souls depletes when they are in a shell. The only time they regain it is if they perform acts of Karma. The more they perform the stronger the soul becomes. When it reaches a certain value the soul is allowed to reincarnate once more. The Ledger rating determines how long the regeneration process would be. -
"You are telling me souls have to work in order to get reincarnated?"
- Alert: Affirmative, souls working to get reincarnated grant their strength to people for a portion of their Karma. The more just or unjust the act, the faster or slower the souls get to reincarnate. -
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