Rebuild World: Volume 5 [Complete] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

When Viola entered the room with Carol, Shijima glared at her. “What do you want? As you can see, I’ve got a lot of shit to deal with, so make it snappy.”

“Oh? Well, if you’re busy, I wouldn’t want to keep you. Another time, then.” Viola turned on her heel and headed for the door with her companion.

Shijima scowled and called after her. “Wait! Let’s hear what you have to say first.”

“Oh, well, it’s a long story, and since you’re so busy, I doubt you have the time. Sorry for showing up with no notice—we can talk again when you’re free.”

Shijima’s scowl deepened, but he managed a response through gritted teeth. “All right, I’m sorry. Is that what you wanna hear?”

“Good enough for me, as long as you’ve learned your lesson. Now we can quit these silly games and cut to the chase,” she said with a calm smile.

Viola had merely pretended to leave, knowing Shijima would definitely stop her, and he too had known it was an act. But he had no choice—if he let her go back home, that witch would surely engineer a situation where she could throw his decision back in his face. He knew she’d say something like “If only you had stopped me back then, you could’ve avoided this fate.” Then she’d make an example out of his demise for anyone else who might refuse her or turn her away, so that she could more easily manipulate them into doing as she pleased.

In other words, Viola already had Shijima in the palm of her hand before the negotiating had even begun.

Attempting to maintain his composure, Shijima heaved a deep sigh. “So, why did you come here?”

“Business, of course. I heard you were in a tough spot, so I thought I’d offer to sell these thieves’ assets for you.”

“Sell them?” Shijima echoed.

Even in a wild region like the East, one could hold someone else responsible for damages compensation. So Shijima’s syndicate could have theoretically demanded that the bandits pay for all the trouble they’d caused. The problem was that such claims would be hard to enforce. Even if the gang drew up a contract for a large sum and forced the bandits to sign it, the document would be worth no more than scrap paper. If someone tried to use an agreement like that as grounds to seize another’s personal assets or houses within the city, the security companies would consider it an act of theft. The banks wouldn’t touch an agreement like that either, so acquiring their bank accounts would also be out of the question.

The syndicate also couldn’t sell off the bandits’ debt—no one would buy it. Even companies who purchased the outstanding debts of others—in order to force them to take part in human experiments (or, as they were known publicly, “clinical trials”) without their consent—were ethical enough to stay away from such illegitimate claims.

And above all, the Eastern League of Governing Corporations wouldn’t allow it.

The ELGC considered crime an act of hostility against the League itself and the prosperity of the East’s economy.

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