The Martial Unity

This realization assured that at the very least someone so shrewd would most likely not make blunders under pressure, most likely. That on top of the fact that Martial Artists were generally capable of retaining composure under the threat of life changed his mind about allowing Rui access to the investigation being a bad idea.

Shortly after, the two of them fleshed out the details of the agreements, as well as how the agreement would proceed in certain cases. Commissioner Reze negotiated for the ability to update the list of mafia-related companies, as the Underworld would certainly adapt quickly to the bans and restrictions.

In return, Rui obtained a promise to help him smuggle the wealth he earned from the Shionel Confederation back to the Kandrian Empire.

Unfortunately for Rui, digital transactions were not really a thing on the Panama Continent. This meant that all transactions required a physical exchange of currency and goods/services to some degree.

This was where Rui was in a pickle. He needed to somehow transfer all of the revenue he made in the Shionel Confederation to the Kandrian Empire. This was one of the few things the difficulty of which he hadn't entirely foreseen. He had expected to rile up the market, most certainly, but he had underestimated how violent of a reaction there would have been. He most certainly did not expect a jaw-dropping bounty to be placed on him that early, nor did he predict Chairman Deacon literally forming a gigantic alliance as though the man was preparing to wage an all-out war.

This vastly raised the difficulty of Rui withdrawing the fruits of his labor and successfully leaving the nation with it. The hardest problem would be using it anywhere. Thanks to the new system that Guildmaster Bradt had put in place. He had the ability to withdraw money for his expenses thanks to the anonymous withdrawal in place in the new protocols that Guildmaster instated with Bill C-16.

net worth would not go unnoticed. If Chairman Deacon was really aggressive

Void Step to a certain extent when he did leave. On top of

problem. The second problem was how he would eventually get all of that wealth past the borders and finally deposit all that money in his

increasingly difficult to solve. Furthermore, some of these problems couldn't simply be solved by Martial Art techniques. What Rui needed was an organization to

"Rest assured we can transfer the revenue you've made from the Shionel Confederation to your

qualms about aiding Rui to transfer the fruits of his labor to his holdings account in the Martial Union. Considering that Rui would basically be the effective equivalent

sides had gotten what they wanted and proceeded to flesh

time

go," Rui lightly commented as he finished signing the documents after

Commissioner Reze smiled. "We look forward to working with you, Squire Quarrier. As

nodded, shaking his hand. "Now then, if there's nothing else, we'll take our leave. We

bade them goodbye as they Void Stepped away from the location, heading back