Chapter 418: Comparing People Leads to Death
“Strange request.”
The next morning, the young girl lying on the bedroom bed on the ship gazed at the blue sea outside the window and couldn’t help but sigh.
This mission was indeed a bit beyond Kazumi’s expectations. Although Kurokawa Iori had mentioned in the information he gave to the young girl that Andre was a peculiar existence compared to other executives, Kazumi never expected him to be so strange to this extent.
He had completely deviated from what villains in reality should be like, and instead, he was more like a major villain in a third-rate novel written as a “villain” but read as a “protagonist.”
“Sigh…”
With a long sigh, Kazumi picked up the breakfast sent by the attendant and tasted it.
As the saying goes, comparing people leads to death, and comparing goods leads to being thrown away. If she hadn’t come into contact with them, it would have been fine. But after actually coming into contact with Executive [Spike] and his subordinates, Kazumi felt that her current situation was not very satisfying.
Although Kazumi had only met Andre for a few minutes, based on her contact with Igarashi Aya and the unnamed young bug wielder, she could prove that he should be an extremely reliable leader.
Well, compared to Kurokawa Iori and Masashi Sakuraba.
As for why, it was probably the word “normal.”
Yes, to be able to organize within an organization like [Shadow], and despite possessing evil abilities that greatly influenced one’s personality, to still have the personality of a normal person and interact with others kindly, it could be said to be an extremely rare thing.
Thinking back to the other two executives she knew and their subordinates, one was an unpredictable monster who arbitrarily abused and killed his subordinates, and the other had a group of fanatical followers and was a scheming sorcerer influenced by the ** of the Demon Snake. Kazumi could probably understand why Kurokawa Iori and the others didn’t like Andre much, and only cooperated now due to the organization’s major moves.
“I can’t think about it anymore, I’ll really want to jump ship.”
Swallowing the whole wheat bread in her mouth, Kazumi picked up the milk next to her and took a sip, patting her forehead and throwing away the strange thoughts in her mind.
Such an idea was indeed quite tempting, but for Kazumi, it was completely impractical. Not to mention the kind of treatment she would receive from Kurokawa Iori, with his terrible personality, if she really jumped ship. Just the principles followed by Andre’s subordinates were not something the young girl could accept.
The young girl never hesitated to kill, or rather, for her, killing was the quickest and most direct way to improve her strength. For someone who, if not for her strength limitations, would have thought of bringing about a plague of the undead to Kyoto, restraining her desire to kill in exchange for an excellent leader did not seem like a worthwhile deal at all.
Moreover, from another perspective, Kurokawa Iori’s position within the organization was not something that Andre could compare to. There were also differences between executives. An executive who managed the entire organization’s logistical operations and had close ties with the leader, and an executive who operated his own small groups on the fringes of the social circle, who could control more resources was obvious without even thinking about it.
This was also the main reason why Kazumi was willing to work under Kurokawa Iori, even after facing danger several times. After all, her abilities were a real big consumer of resources. Of course, not being able to leave and an inexplicable obsession with her true form also accounted for a considerable part.
“Hmm. They’re here?”
Casually leaning against the bed and eating the cheap breakfast on the ship, the Corpse Crow, who Kazumi had sent out earlier to act as her eyes, conveyed the information from outside the door. With a couple of bites, she finished the last piece of bread in her hand, patted her hands, took a tissue to wipe the crumbs from her mouth, and strode towards the door.
“Click—”
“Huh! Goo- Good morning, Miss [Coffin].”
Kazumi’s sudden opening of the door startled the short-haired boy standing outside, who was about to knock. He instinctively let out a cry and then, somewhat awkwardly, retracted the hand that was suspended in mid-air, greeting her sheepishly.
“Good morning. Are you done outside?”
Nodding lightly, Kazumi walked out of the room and asked the boy in front of her.
“Busy? Oh, you mean Brother Sawai and the others, right? The passengers on the ship should have been sent away by them.”
The young bug wielder was stunned for a moment, out of the loop, then immediately reacted and quickly explained.
“Sent away the passengers… That’s really your style of doing things.”
Kazumi was also stunned for a moment by this answer, then smiled with some relief, and couldn’t help but feel that her boring breakfast this morning was not worth it.
After all, due to Satō Shinichi’s long-term feeding, the young girl’s requirements for food quality had increased significantly. The breakfast sent by the attendant was ordinary standard fare. Kazumi had planned to go to the ship’s restaurant to take a look, but she sensed the movement and chose to stay obediently in her room to eat bread.
“Ah, I think this is quite good. They are also innocent. Miss [Coffin], how did you sleep last night? We’ll reach the target location soon. Aya told me to call you to the conference room.”
Rubbing the back of his head, the boy responded to Kazumi and explained the reason for calling her. Although it was only the beginning of the mission, Kazumi was still needed to be present.
“Yeah, it’s okay.”
Nodding and responding expressionlessly, Kazumi made way, signaling the other party to lead the way.
With Kazumi’s personality, she would naturally not rest carelessly in an unknown place. After taking care of Doggy’s internship issues yesterday, the young girl left a [Ghost Gate] as a marker, hid in her territory, prepared the ability troop types she would need, and took a rest.
The environment in her territory was indeed conducive to a good night’s sleep. However, the throne full of skeleton heads was still a bit uncomfortable to sit on for a long time. Kazumi was already considering whether to put a bed in her territory.
“We’re here, Miss [Coffin].”
Just as the young girl was pondering what kind of bed she should put in her territory without being eroded by Death Energy, the young bug wielder’s words pulled Kazumi back to reality.
Following the door that the other party pushed open, she entered, and the large, luxurious conference hall appeared before the young girl. However, among the crowd gathered ahead, she seemed to hear some disharmonious arguing?
It wasn’t until Kazumi walked two more steps that she realized that compared to the arguing, it was more appropriate to describe it as one-sided scolding. As for the object of the scolding, it was someone Kazumi had never imagined.
In the center of the conference hall, the short-haired girl wearing glasses was angrily scolding the person in front of her. Her originally delicate face now had an exceptionally resolute expression, while the strongman, who was two or three times her height, showed no dignity whatsoever. He awkwardly scratched his head while listening to her words, and beneath his eyes, hidden by bandages, a look of helplessness was clearly visible.
“Little Aya, I just….”
“No, Master Andre, I absolutely disagree with your arrangement!”
(ps: I couldn’t study, so I came up to write a chapter. I’m sorry, Little Pigeon from the 1st to the 9th QAQ)
