“10 minutes. I want to know all about this person.”
Mag walked into an information hut in an alley. He tossed a bag of gold coins and a piece of paper on the counter.
The sleepy shop owner reached out for the bag of money and opened it. His eyes lit up the moment he saw the content of the bag, and he quickly put on a smile as he kept the bag of money. He picked up the piece of paper, and politely said, “Please hold on for a moment.”
10 minutes later, Mag walked out of the information hut with a black cloth bag, and quickly disappeared into the alley.
“So he’s Marquis’s illegitimate son. He only got the Marquis’s family name right before his father passed away after trying hard for so many years. I wonder what’s the most important thing to him?” Mag laughed sarcastically after reading the last page. He pulled out a lighter, and lit the stack of information on fire. He watched everything burn to ashes before stepping them into the snow, and leaving the deserted courtyard.
The information was very detailed. It was worth every one of those 1,000 gold coins.
Bennett, Bennett Marquis in full, was the owner of the teahouse named “Ben”. He was the illegitimate son of the previous family leader from a drunken one-night stand, and also the brother of the current family leader, Bowen.
However, the relationship between these two brothers from the same father and different mothers wasn’t good, and their lives were very different.
Because Bennett was an illegitimate child, he was not welcomed by the Marquis Family, and even his father did not care about him. It was to the extent of not acknowledging him, and not allowing him to use the Marquis family name.
He was from the slums, and started out from nothing before he gradually made a name for himself in Chaos City.
He had quite a lot of assets under his name, and this teahouse was merely one of his registered assets. He still owned two casinos, five to six brothels, and other businesses that dominated the labor in the slums.
Benett’s performance in the business world in Chaos City earned him his father’s recognition, and he was allowed to use the Marquis family name before the latter took his last breath.
And in recent years, he had been trying to raise his status in Chaos City’s business world, and to put on a beautiful and noble facade to become known as a kind and generous man. He even tried to overthrow his brother and officially enter the Marquis Family.
This was just like a dramatic soap opera. Although the information did not contain details on his family history, Mag could already sense the cruelty and bloodiness within.
This fellow has a bunch of problems with just a random check. Since he has things important to him as well, he should have a taste of his own medicine. Mag kept his disguise and walked out of the alley, leaving on his bicycle.
Killing was very simple, but it was too boring.
Similar things might happen in the future, so he had to give the others a warning.
Mag rode to the Gray Temple and saw Borg, the supervisor of the intelligence department in charge of liaising with him, waiting at the side gate.
“Supervisor Borg, I do have partial rights to carry out investigations through the Gray Temple according to the agreement, am I right?” Mag asked Borg with a smile.
Borg, an orc whose hair was already graying, nodded and said, “Yes, according to the agreement, Mr. Mag can look at all the information in Gray Temple except for classified information. You are also allowed to deploy a limited amount of Gray Temple resources, which includes manpower for investigation.”
Borg examined Mag. The Gray Temple had never given someone who wasn’t yet an official member such privileges.
However, this was Lord Rolan’s orders. He even specially ordered him to accede to Mag’s requests as much as possible. This showed that Mag had to have his merits.
“The lives of me and my employees are threatened, so I need help from the Gray Temple to investigate this person.” Mag passed a paper to Borg.
“Your lives are threatened?” Borg became serious. This was a grave matter. Rolan had once passed an order to protect Mr. Mag’s life at all cost. It was a 5th-tier response event.
“I will arrange for someone to start the investigation immediately and deploy manpower to protect you and your staff,” Bolton said solemnly as he kept the piece of paper.
“You don’t have to send people over to the restaurant, but I do need people to keep watch at the employees’ dormitory.” Mag nodded and bade farewell to Borg as he rode off.
“Bennett Marquis.” Borg unfolded the paper and saw the name on it. He frowned. That was a familiar name. He folded the paper, and kept it before returning to the Gray Temple.
“Activate the 5th-tier response mechanism. Form a special investigations team and stop all work at hand. I will be the leader of the investigation team. I want to know everything about this person within three days.” Borg gathered seven core members from the intelligence department, and told them with a grave expression, “The other departments will cooperate fully with us in our investigation work.”
***
Mag wasn’t concerned about the restaurant, because if Bennett was to lay hands on the restaurant, Amy alone could crush his group several times.
The only one he had to pay attention to was Rena’s mother. She was just a normal person, so any seemingly ordinary accident could have a dire effect on her.
However, with the people from the Gray Temple keeping watch, that should no longer be a problem.
The reason why he chose the Gray Temple was that they were professional, and they had the right to uphold law and order. They just needed to find something small to be able to take action.
In the past, Bennett might’ve been able to use several ways and excuses to avoid being investigated. Since that was the case, Mag would give the Gray Temple a reason that they couldn’t reject to investigate Bennett.
He was certain that if his safety was at stake, Rolan would prioritize his investigation.
Mag stopped in front of the teahouse named “Ben”. The gold ornaments in the teahouse made it look lavish, and the two seemingly refined black-suited staff members looked at Mag with a smile.
This was the most extravagant teahouse in Chaos City. It was a legitimate business that capitalized on its elegance. It was also another very important identity for Bennett.
Since I’m already here, some tea would not hurt. Mag parked his bicycle at the entrance, and walked straight in.
One of the staff members pulled open the door with a warm smile, and said, “Hello, do you have a reservation?”
“Tell your boss that Mag is here for tea. He will make arrangements,” Mag replied with a smile as he strode into the lavish teahouse.
The staff member’s eyes lit up. Seems like this customer is the boss’s friend.
“Sure. Please wait at the rest area for a while. I will inform my boss right now.” The staff person left quickly.
“What?!” Bennett, who was lying in the embrace of a red-haired beauty on the sofa, bolted right up when he heard the staff member’s report. He increased his volume, and said, “You are referring to Mag from Mamy Restaurant?”
“He… He didn’t mention his identity,” that staff member answered timidly. It seems like he was not the boss’s friend.
Bennett suddenly smiled. He stood up, and said, “Heh, very bold. He actually came looking for me first. In that case, let me go meet this Boss Mag.”
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