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."

offensive stance as Adrien began to

for personal gain. I mean, look at the results? The Black Market, the Mercenary Gang, and the Slave

"And?"

narrowed his gaze as he

a single

was here to ensure whatever plan you cooked up

to Rey's words,

didn't account for

"What?"

the main player today, Sir

was skirting around the issue, or perhaps

the

wanted to reap the maximum profits, you wouldn't have involved me." Rey narrowed his eyes as his glare

already said, I did all of this for

was obvious in his

entire Criminal Empire that the Triumvirate founded is stupid. It'll only get in the way of the Alliance's progress in the long run." Adrien drew even closer, until

were a cancer eating away at this Nation's resources and potential.

Scylla's head and instantly turned into

I had to

had the exact same

of the Underworld would be best distributed to the Alliance in order to improve

in the

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

Trade was also incredibly vile, and the Mercenary Gang also committed atrocities for the other branches of

that would eventually burn itself out and

was just as

sustainable.' Rey agreed on all

However…

expect me to believe that you did

from seemingly nowhere,

be an idiot and just accept

Ralyks, then it was possible for

really have such a low opinion of

I do.' Rey