An Extra’s POV

'Adrien Chase… it all makes sense now.'

As Rey's thoughts trailed, he wondered why he never pieced together all of the information beforehand.

'Back then, when I first saw him standing behind Scylla… I instantly knew he was involved. I just didn't know why…'

However, now that they were standing opposite each other, Rey had a good idea of what was going on.

"Did you manipulate the events thus far? Pretending to be a part of the Criminal Underworld… acting like someone you're not… just to gain all the benefits?"

Rey thought along these lines because they were the kind of things he had done and would do in order to get what he wanted.

What were the chances that Adrien had a similar thought pattern as him?

'He has been controlling Scylla without her knowledge. He probably wants all the resources of the Underworld for himself.'

This was an elaborate way to set things up, but he was able to orchestrate the events thus far.

'Or am I the one overthinking it?' Rey thought to himself.

"No, you're not overthinking things."

The moment Rey heard Adrien's voice and saw the boy move, Rey instantly took an offensive stance.

"Relax…" Adrien reached for his mask and began to pull it away.

"… I don't want to fight."

As Adrien revealed his face to Rey, it precisely matched the smiling boy who turned back back then.

His black hair swayed as his blue eyes gleamed with some sort of hidden motives.

He instantly got shivers when he remembered that event, but [Dead Calm] suppressed everything in an instant.

"I know what you're thinking, and you're not completely wrong… but you're not completely right either."

stance as

gain. I mean, look at the results? The Black Market,

"And?"

the perfect conclusion?" Rey narrowed his

didn't believe a single

ensure

Rey's words,

didn't account for your

"What?"

mean… you're the main

any longer. Adrien was skirting around the issue, or

set the

end? If you truly wanted to reap the maximum profits, you wouldn't have involved me."

said, I did all of this

was obvious in his

get in the way of the Alliance's progress in

at this Nation's resources and potential. They're a detrimental

Scylla's head and instantly turned

I had to cut them

of the Alliance?' Rey had already had the exact same thought about the Criminal Underworld some time back,

to the Alliance in order to

special items would be more helpful in the mainstream market—especially in times

would disagree, but if the Underworld kept hoarding things from the mainstream, it would

Mercenary Gang also committed atrocities for

that would eventually burn

was just as

isn't sustainable.' Rey

However…

really expect me to believe that you did

blade from seemingly nowhere,

idiot and

killer as Ralyks, then it was possible for Adrien to act as

a low opinion of me,

do.' Rey gritted his teeth