Blood Of Platinum
Chapter 93. Bag exchange. 1
Arkan and Riz enter the lobby of [La porte du Paradis].
“Welcome back, Monsieur, Madame” welcome the lady at the reception desk
“Yo, we have a little business. At the door there is a cart containing goods for this place so occasionally please see yes, Lucy”
“Good, Monsieur”
“Come climbed”
Jack and Seren climb the ladder first. The two people behind him were still silent on the spot until the married couple started to be nowhere to be seen in front of him.
Inwardly, Arkan began to pray and hope.
‘Just a little more. Please hope everything can go our way’
Riz who saw the tensed face Arkan asked while whispering.
“Do not strain and look panicked! You have to do well because I've taken you this far, got it?”
Arkan looked at Riz with a serious look.
“Help me if I have trouble saying anything from my mouth due to nervous”
“I know. But first help yourself first before asking for help” replied Riz while walking towards the stairs
Arkan began to take a deep breath and looked at the woman at the reception who was walking towards him.
“Do you not want to go up?”
“A–aku will ride. Thank you very much”
Arkan started walking towards the stairs. As he climbed the stairs, he looked back. The receptionist opened the door and walked out of the place.
“He actually went outside to check his wagon as Jack-sama ordered. Was he not afraid of such a leader?” arkan muttered in a soft voice
Very nice comment. But apparently, the comment continued. Arkan continued it in his heart.
‘Normally, everyone would think so. Who likes to work in a place filled with the scent of death everywhere? Besides, the employee is a woman. She's woman! Regardless of whether she was single, married or recently divorced with her husband, why would she want to work in a place full of blood and corpses like this?! Is it so desperate that he wants to work in a place like this?!’
Arkan had reached the second floor and saw Riz standing in front of an open door. He saw the teenager waving his hand and then entering the room.
While walking, it turned out that he was still thinking about the woman below.
“That woman..Lucy yes. I wonder how much salary he received while working in this place? Should I ask what salary range they give her when she comes home?”
A few seconds later, he changed his mind.
“No no no no no !! That's not necessary! Do you want to work with psychopaths like them, Arkan? Strengthen yourselves!!”
How depressing. That is the content of the dilemma of a bartender who is still thinking about the fate of his salary and bonuses, and his workplace that is still destroyed when abandoned by him.
Arkan entered the room and saw sofas and tables and chairs like a normal work space. The most astonishing thing is that the room is clean, neat and far from the impression of a bloody psychopath who likes to cut human limbs.
‘Is this really a human workspace or is this already in another world?’ ask Arkan in your heart
The question in his mind was indirectly a sentence that insinuated the dedication of black market managers. But luckily none of them had the ability to read minds.
Riz who was still standing near the sofa was as reluctant to sit down before herself and Arkan were welcome to it.
Jack, who was sitting with his wife on the sofa, smiled and invited his guests to sit down.
“Please sit. Consider your own home”
“Te–thank you so much” Arkan said with a forced smile
Arkan chose to sit next to Riz for greater security and assurance of life. Arkan who showed a flat face as if all was well immediately said in his heart with complete confidence.
‘I would never consider this as my home, period! If possible, I will make this moment as my first and last session to visit this place. After that, I will put this place in the list of places ‘most I don't want to go to’ again in the world! I'll take notes in red ink and write them on the top list!’
Jack who looked very relaxed with his clothes was really elegant. At least Arkan admitted that in front of him now, he was talking to an owner and business person.
Seren who was sitting next to her husband pulled her clothes and whispered something. Jack asked permission from his two guests.
“Excuse me, I'm sorry. There's something my wife wants to say and this is a little personal”
“Please” replied Riz with a smile
What a fine ethic. Although in any world, whispering is not polite for some moments but both do not think about it too seriously.
The reason there are two is because the couple asked permission first and the second because the person who did it was a murderer. Of course, the two people did not care about all the disrespectful things they did as long as they could get out alive from there.
Seren seemed to whisper something to the husband.
“Darling, I think they're out. How'this? Should I chase after him so they don't run away and break his leg?”
“No need. They don't really catch my attention anymore so just ignore them. Nor would they be able to leave this place because William was ahead. I'm sure he will definitely catch the two kids back” Jack replied in a whisper
“I'm just not interested. It's up to them if they want to play a chase first if they can. Now, I'm interested in Justin's body they're carrying. Forget about the angel Justin who no longer shines in my eyes. I want to hear offers from them”
Finished whispering, Jack smiled again and Seren walked out of the room.
“Thank you for waiting. I'm really sorry for taking your time for approximately two minutes”
“No problem, Jack-sama. We want to talk about important business related to corpses under”
Riz started the conversation with a good opening. He continued it back.
“Umm..begini Jack-sama. Arkan wants to make an exchange with Jack-sama using the corpse under it”
“Seren has confirmed that it is indeed his corpse. But before that I want to hear the story first. Of course I will also tell you my recent relationship with my old friend was”
Riz fell silent and looked towards Arkan. With complete confidence, Arkan began telling Jack everything, including what had recently happened.
“Jack-sama, this morning Seren-sama came to the bar where I worked with the gatekeeper outside to inquire about the residence of the street children that Justin-sama” is taking care of
“True. My wife told me that too. It had something to do with the relationship I had just agreed with my old friend that”
“I know. Justin-sama asks Jack-sama and Seren-sama for help in finding a sword-less man who has entered the foreign territory where Justin-sama is in power. Is my story right up here?”
“True. Actually the reason it was so absurd and trivial to me. Even more stupid, the vague features given by my friend are also as ridiculous as his two men who are ready to become Riz's merchandise later tonight” replied Jack casually with a smile
Not long after, Seren came to bring four cups of tea and a red cream cake. While sharing his treats, Seren smiled and said.
“Please drink and enjoy cake”
When it was served, Arkan immediately turned pale because the tea and cake looked very normal. Normal here is interpreted really like the meaning of the word. The smell of fragrant tea and cream cake that looks delicious.
His suspicion increased when Riz unhesitatingly drank the tea in his cup and enjoyed it so calmly.
However, Arkan did not change his mind to prejudge the no-no. It was because her treat was too normal, she became so afraid of touching it.
“You don't want to drink it? I didn't put any poison into it” Seren said
“Ti–no, not so Seren-sama. A–aku just wanted to talk more seriously before enjoying the tea made by Seren-sama” Arkan replied with a reassuring smile
“Good. It will be spent. Otherwise, I'll cry later and might just accidentally cut your head” Seren's smile so pretty
His smile was like a real threat that Arkan could not avoid.
“Ahahaha”
Indirectly, he is indeed obliged to spend all the treats or maybe he will be the next treat on the black market. That's what he thinks.
Arkan resumed his conversation.
“Jack-sama, let's continue back that earlier”
“Sure. Where was that?”
Jack tried to remember his last sentence and said “oh, until I said the two fools had entered Riz's trade. It's true, they were killed last night and the body was already listed as an item sold for opening”
“Jack-sama, I know that Justin-sama made a transaction with Jack-sama and exchanged the lives of the nine street children to find a sword man without a sword sheath. But, there's something Jack-sama hasn't noticed yet.”.
“.....” Jack is still listening
“...On returning, Justin-sama fought with the sword-wearing man without the sword sheath itself and died in his hands”
“What? He fought with the person he was looking for and died?” Jack was surprised to hear that
Seren who was eating his cream cake immediately fell silent and put the cake back on the table while looking serious.
“The swordless man came to my work for a personal reason and accidentally the two met and Justin-sama attacked him. After fighting, the sword man managed to cut off both arms belonging to Justin-sama and kill him”
The story is no lie but the ‘kill him’ section was slightly added because Arkan himself did not know who killed Justin. He only suspects that one of Ryou or Kaito did it.
“Because of that, I want Jack-sama to make an exchange with me! I want the black market manager to cancel all Justin-sama requests because he is dead. In exchange, I will exchange Justin-sama's corpse for the three people who were brought to this place! After that I want all the rest of the transactions Justin-sama made if any are canceled!”
Arkan said all of that with great confidence and seemed to be in a hurry. Riz who saw it could only be dumbfounded and muttered inwardly.
‘I thought he'd be nervous when he said it. It turns out he can say everything well. Now..just stay to see what reaction will be given by Jack-sama and Seren-sama to this offer’
Riz looks very anxious just by observing the calm and quiet attitude of the two couples.Both Jack-sama and Seren-sama look very serious.
There was not the slightest smile on their lips and the sharp eyes of a killer who was stalking prey were piercing sharply towards himself and Arkan. Riz's hands trembled yet he tried his best not to look panicked.
‘This is a business transaction. I'm sure everything will be fine’ that's what Riz thought in his heart
Jack started saying something after a moment of silence.
“Arkan, I want you to answer me honestly first. Did the man who killed Justin come with you to this place?”
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