Taking the Mafia to the Magic World

Chapter 499 Miss Death Reappears

499 Miss Death Reappears

”That person who just passed us... I feel like Iʼve met him before. His aura is no stranger to me.” Miss Death continued with her face turned in Vicenteʼs direction, feeling something familiar about him as he calmly walked towards his destination.

She couldnʼt see him because she was blind. But with her magical powers, she could not only feel the familiar sensation coming from this young man, but she could also smell him and feel Vicenteʼs facial contours to the point where she could form an image in her mind that resembled his real appearance.

She didnʼt understand where this strange and pleasant sensation came from but couldnʼt help but be interested.

”That brat?” One of her companions watched Vicente and didnʼt feel anything special.

But the older man narrowed his eyes as he stared at Vicente in silence, thinking better of his young missʼ words. ʼIs this person related to her? If thatʼs the case, then she has managed to retain some of her memories from before the brainwashing, even if itʼs only a vague feeling.

Iʼll look into it.ʼ

The white-haired man approached Miss Death and said. ”Itʼs common to have feelings like the one you just experienced. Most of us members of Nixlasʼ Shadows have a terrible past. Thatʼs why we have our memories erased. But some remnants can remain and make us feel as if weʼve seen or met people we actually donʼt recall.

That could be a sign that this young person looks like an old acquaintance of yours, or it could be a mere mistake, a false feeling. Given his past, I doubt youʼve ever met him...”

Miss Death frowned, feeling that the young manʼs aura was so close to hers, but at the same time, she was disappointed. She understood very well how Nixlasʼ Shadows worked. She knew that an elder had saved her from a terrible situation before she was brainwashed.

”Sigh... Then itʼs a mistake. I thought our sectʼs brainwashing was perfect. Why do I feel so familiar with a stranger? Honestly, Iʼd rather not feel anything at all.” She muttered, a bit annoyed.

The only woman next to her said. ”The secrets of the mind are infinite, Miss. I can tell you that your brainwashing was perfect as far as our theories and knowledge are concerned. You went through the experience at the right age, and the one who dealt with you was the sect master himself.

If thereʼs anything left to make you feel this way, itʼs in your mind. We can do nothing about it except tell you to ignore it.”

Brainwashing worked best the weaker the victim. Miss Death was about to advance to the 4th stage, so even the master of Nixlasʼ Shadows would have difficulty correcting this problem, which was first noticed today.

Thatʼs why none of her companions thought of taking her back to the sect to take care of this problem as a matter of urgency.

But one of them looked at Vicente strangely, wondering if it wouldnʼt be better to eliminate this young man.

”Maybe we should take care of him for the Miss?” The man asked, knowing Miss Death needed a name to use her special powers.

Miss Death looked at the man and said. ”There is no need. That must be just an ordinary resident of Saltstar City. Weʼll be leaving this city for good soon, so Iʼm unlikely to see him again.”

The woman agreed. ”You shouldnʼt suggest such things so easily. Donʼt forget that we are Dark Path practitioners. If mainland society thinks weʼre persecuting ordinary, innocent people, we will be persecuted!”

”There are ways to act without revealing that it was us...” He said to the woman. ”But in any case, the Miss is right. Such a young man shouldnʼt be a problem, so letʼs ignore him for now.”

The eldest of the group remained silent, wondering if he should do something. The feeling she had felt might be stronger than she had indicated, and there was a possibility that this young man was an old acquaintance of hers.

ʼI will have someone from The Ruby Devils investigate this boy for me. If heʼs connected to the Miss, Iʼd better eliminate him to avoid future problems.ʼ He thought to himself.

Then Miss Death said. ”Letʼs continue with what weʼve been doing. Snow Claw is harder to catch than I thought...”

They left with that in mind, as they were in this city to fulfill a mission that The Ruby Devils had paid Nixlasʼ Shadows to send Miss Death on to kill Snow Claw.

...

Meanwhile, Vicente had no idea that he had just passed Miss Deathʼs side, let alone that someone now had malicious plans against him.

He arrived at the place he had been told about earlier, the Book Emporium.

Entering the shop, he quickly chose the book Phantoms With Pride and paid for it.

When he sat down where customers could read, he read a few pages until a man with another book sat beside him.

”Donʼt look at me. Keep reading your book.” The man said before going straight to the point without looking at Vicente while pretending to read his book. ”What information are you looking for?”

Vicente did what he was supposed to do. ”I want to know about the Bone Mountains. Especially information that is hard to get without good contacts or special investigators.”

”Bone Mountains of the Chutha Dynasty?” The man asked, just to be sure.

It was possible that there were two sects/clans with the same name on the continent.

”Yes, thatʼs the one. Thereʼs a member of that group Iʼm also very interested in. Heʼs known as Dax, and heʼs a Sovereign.” Vicente said, adding another point to be answered.

”I see.” The man murmured as he closed his eyes for a second. ”I know someone who has information about the Bone Mountains. I can gather more detailed information about this group and give it to you in a month at the most. But as much as Iʼve heard stories about the one known as Dax, Iʼd have to investigate him before I could talk about him properly.

I donʼt know anyone who knows the real story of this guy, so investigating him could be expensive.”

”How much?” Vicente asked, willing to pay a lot to get information about one of his motherʼs killers.

”To investigate Dax, Iʼll need between 5,000 and 10,000 gold coins. Heʼs a Sovereign, and as far as we know, he doesnʼt live in our kingdom. So Iʼd have to leave Saltstar City, hire people from the Chutha Dynasty, and run into a lot of danger.

But itʼs very likely that I can get the information youʼre looking for if youʼre willing to pay the necessary amount. It will take me between six months and a year, but eventually, Iʼll have what you want.”

That was a stratospheric amount of money for mere information. But this investigator wasnʼt trying to take advantage of Vicente. It wouldnʼt be easy to get information from someone like Dax, and the price would have to be very good for someone like him to put himself at risk for such a thing!