BXBX NOVEL Chapter 103 - 103: Deal
Eric\'s words were like a clear clap of thunder in a clear sky, as Uncle Satoru looked at him more closely, and said in a solemn voice,
"Just like I doubted, you knew about my secret identity. But how…?"
Without allowing him to continue with his question Eric looked at him with a cheeky smile, as he said,
"How do I know about it!?
Wouldn\'t be weirder for me not to know something like this Old Ghost? With my organization backing me, there are only a few things that I don\'t know.
But the problem is that soon I will lose the backup from my organization, and for that reason, I need to make a deal with you!"
At first Uncle, Satoru was a bit unhappy with the way that Eric interrupted him, but the fact that his question was really predictable was against him.
Not to mention that he was more interested in the answer than the question itself. The problem was that he didn\'t get an answer.
He just got more mystery on his plate, not that he expected Eric to answer truthfully about it, but he was still curious to know how.
The reason that Eric knew his secret identity though, was because of the memories of his past life. He had immediately recognized him from the moment he saw him getting out of the police car.
At first, he couldn\'t believe how lucky he was, that this person was precisely the guy coming at his front door, things would be easier with him here.
In his previous future, this Old Ghost had been one of the most important figures of Japan after the remembered S-day.
He and his division had become the new police in the country and managed to keep peace, quiet, and control for more than two months.
In a daily increasing chaotic place, and time this was something that only a few countries managed to be able to reach.
But then due to the outside infiltrations, and influence people became too strong too fast, and they were unable to hold on any longer.
Nonetheless, this man was able to escape the encirclement of Tokyo City and safely accompany the government outside.
After that, he participated in a lot of battles, and most of the people knew him for a bloody and merciless person who killed a lot of evildoers.
His name Old Ghost completely described him, as he seemed to be undying, and illusory, he was never caught by his enemies, and nobody knew what his end was.
Returning to the present though, the Old Ghost was seemed really startled by Eric\'s last words. He was saying that he was going to lose his back up from his organization.
Unable to handle his curiosity, he asked in a confused way,
"Why!?"
Eric seemed to have expected something like this, as he replied back calmly,
"Why am I losing my support?
Just like I said earlier, we are people who live afar the secular world, and all your crap. And we don\'t want to get involved in this.
When we got the information about what was to happen, our people were divided into two factions, one wants to come out and help Earth, the other part wants to keep staying in the dark.
When I and Master left, our faction was on the winning side, and we had all the back-up we needed, logistically, and in manpower.
But after tonight everything changed, as the other faction seems to have taken the upper hand, and we are expelled from the organization.
Those idiots don\'t understand that once this happens, our peace and happiness would be in other people\'s hands and not ours anymore.
Those worms will bottle up and do nothing, so I and Master are left out here stranded. But we don\'t have any intention of staying put, for that reason we will create our own organization.
We have decided to take our fates in our own hands, and for that reason, we need to come into a deal with you Old Ghost."
Uncle Satoru was having a deep thinking face, as there was too much information that he was receiving, that needed to be sorted, and made sense of.
Of course, the important points were the fact that the powerful organization that was supposed to be behind Eric, and his Master couldn\'t be counted.
After all, everyone knew that Earth was a shitty complicated place, where the reality was two-faced, the fake, democratic, and free world on the outside, and the true, might makes right on the inside.
Most of the people lived in pure ignorant bliss, as they knew nothing of the truth, while they were being used as tools and servants from the truly powerful people.
There were also people who were aware of this sad truth, but they had no power to make a change, so they just became lunatics who could just see in despair, as the world treated them as wastes.
The best choice was to live far away from the system, in hopes of being neglected by it, and this was precisely what the organization behind Eric was doing, in his opinion.
He wasn\'t much concerned about their division, as wherever more than one person was found, there was bound to be a difference in opinions.
The second important point was that Eric wasn\'t alone in all this, he had a partner, or to be more precise he had a Master.
Eric alone seemed like a frightening existence, then what about his Master? Not to mention that there was no trace of him in Eric\'s life. At least they had found no one.
Thinking up to here, he looked at Eric with an observing look, as he asked,
"I understand almost all of what you said, but there is something I need to know, or better say meet."
Once again he was interrupted by Eric,
"You want to meet my Master! But I am afraid that would be impossible because at the moment he is in a secret location recuperating from the wounds he took in his last battle.
Unfortunately, he is heavily wounded and I am afraid that you won\'t be able to meet him for at least a year or two.
But don\'t worry my Master believes me with his life and my word is his word, you can be assured of that.
Now, shall we talk about our deal Old Ghost?"
Seeing the created situation, and Eric\'s solid and confident words Uncle Satoru knew that it would be useless to insist more, as he recomposed himself, and said,
"You have been mentioning the word deal quite a few times already, and while I can understand what you might be asking from us, what are you exactly going to offer, Mister Eric?"
Looking a bit surprised at how quick this guy was to evaluate the situation, and also recompose himself, Eric thought to himself what a fox this guy was.
There was no trace of curiosity on his face anymore, as he had a calm, collected, and cold business look on, at the moment.
Not losing a bit to him, Eric just continued in a calm and carefree manner, as he said,
"There are some really important things that you are missing at the moment if you want to prepare for the upcoming disaster Old Ghost! Which probably, only I am able to provide you with!"
Eric\'s words clearly caught Uncle Satoru\'s attention, as he looked him in the eye, and said,
"Oh!? Like what?"
Seeing that he had the old man\'s attention, and had piqued his curiosity, Eric said in a calm voice,
"You need manuals, pills, and potions to make your side stronger. I am able to provide you with each one of them.
I can give you 1 manual in a week so we can sign our deal, 1 will be given to you in good faith and for better relations, and there are 2 extras which you can buy.
soon I will also hand you a list of the pills, and potions that I will be able to provide you with, but you will have to provide me the base resources, and will only get the finished product.
Of course, the finished product will be given at a fixed price, and the price of the base resources will be taken out of the total."
Uncle Satoru was completely speechless, even though he expected something like this it was still too much. Even if all these things were level 1 goods, were already a lot.
One had to say, that only a manual, and some resources were enough to create a considerable family not only in Japan but in the whole world.
And Eric was claiming, that these manuals would be able to strengthen his people more, which meant that they were above level 2!
It was something he wouldn\'t even dare of thinking a level 2 manual was something really rare, only the people in the Shadows could practice those manuals.
Eric was handing those things over to him as if they were some cheap goods in the bunk, how could he not be stupefied at that.
But of course, human greed knew no boundaries, as he looked at Eric, cleared his voice, and said,
"How about you include some pill and potions formulae on the deal!?"
He couldn\'t believe himself he was saying those words, but he couldn\'t not try it. Hearing that Eric seemed to have heard a good joke, as he said with a smile,
"Try not to push your luck too far Old Ghost, I think I am already being extremely generous here you know!"
How could Uncle Satoru not understand that, but he had to try it, who knew perhaps he would be able to strike it gold.
But then seeming to remember something more, he said in a dark tone…