Chapter 1660 Strange Detour
Rui exited the room, heading back to the viewing gallery before running into Master Ceeran once more.
"Ah, how did it go, Rui?" He asked eagerly.
"Interesting, but ultimately fruitless," Rui replied. "It probably won't be joining Her Highness' campaign."
"I see...that's a shame," Master Ceeran remarked. "If you're partaking in the Kandrian Throne War, then you only have two princes left. You might want to reconsider some of your choices. After all, you only have the People's Prince and the Underworld Prince, and both of them are bad choices."
Rui turned to him with a curious look. "Why do you think so?" This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
"It should be obvious. The Underworld Prince is a little bastard who caught up with the mafias and the black market. Sometimes, I don't understand why the Royal Family doesn't just clean that entire mess up with force." Master Ceeran snorted. "The People's Prince, on the other hand, is a peasant-loving prince who puts their interests above all. I'm surprised that any Martial Artist supports him at all."
Rui stared at Master Ceeran with a quizzical expression. It was interesting to see how a Martial Master of the Martial Union regarded the People's Prince. Apparently, a prince that put the people first was an eyesore. He wasn't sure why the Master would come to think in such a manner. Then again, he wasn't a Martial Master of the Martial Union.
At that point, he had diverged so much from the average human that they weren't even of the same species anymore.
"The Royal Family cannot wipe out the Kandrian Underworld for the same reason that no other state in the world has succeeded in curbing the black market," Rui replied calmly. "Supply always meets demand. Always. No amount of restrictions, sanctions, or proactive or reactive measures are ever enough to stop it. If it's illegal but highly demanded, people will get their hands on it, one way or another. The only way to destroy the Underworld is to legalize the trade of the black market. Otherwise, they will always lurk in the shadows."
"You think the Royal Family does not have the power to find and annihilate the black market?" Master Ceeran asked, raising an eyebrow.
[Martial security protocols: No sky-walking or jumping permitted.]
Apparently, stopping unauthorized sky-walking after the event began was part of the security protocols? He found that rather strange when compared with other formal events hosting members of the Royal Family but abided by it nonetheless, heading northeast in the direction of the Mantian Region.
Just before he reached the range from where he could sky-
walk, suddenly;
"Look, it's the Karokann!"
"I want to get a better view!"
"Move out of the way!"
Rui tutted in irritation as he tried squeezing past the crowd without killing anybody accidentally. He had gotten so used to evading crowds that this experience was almost entirely new for him.
Yet waves of crowds washed just down the street, trying to move in the opposite direction as him. He would have loved to have just jumped above them, but the guards stationed across the street were staring at him pointedly.
"Alleys it is," He squeezed through the buildings, heading through the network of alleys in some of the poorer parts of the town. The population here was scarce and was of the type that was too poor to care about a submarine.
