Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 97. Bag exchange. 3
Inside Jack's study, Riz turned pale as Jack said in a relaxed tone with a smile.
“I'm glad you know me so well, Riz”
Riz who sat on the sofa with a pale face could only ask “why?” in a soft tone.
“I can't explain the reason, but to be honest I can't possibly let go of that teenage boy just to be exchanged for a single corpse. From the beginning, the teenager was never in the deal I made with Justin so the reason I made so much sense, right?”
“I–it does..se–“
“Even if it's the corpse of my own friend, I don't think I'll let it happen”
“But Jack-sama, our destination–”
“Since the beginning, I never thought that it would end like this. Justin who was feared by people on the outside of the secluded place was actually killed in such a despicable way. And even more funny, he was killed by the man he was looking for”
“.....” Riz was speechless without being able to say anything
“I also did not expect that this morning would be the last time I met him. Though my wife and I were just joking around a while ago imagining that if she really died later, you might not be able to sleep 7 days and 7 nights. Ahahaha”
Jack laughed happily and casually as if it were a joke. But then his face changed again.
“But I see it seems like you are much more worried about the child than the source of your money that has become the corpse, Riz Mortem?”
- Deg
Riz was silent with fear.
‘This is really beyond expectations. Should I use the last way?’ Riz asked in his heart
Riz tries to recall what he and Ryou discussed regarding the last attempt if the worst possible event happened as it is now being faced.
[There are times when everything has to be solved with...you know what it is, right?]
[Of course I know money can solve everything. I also know that we're dealing with a business so they're most likely going to listen when the money is talking]
He recalled everything that was talked about in Justin's room and now, he felt that the last way was a must try.
‘Our goal is to bring home three people who are in this place. If I lose one of them, I have a bad feeling about it. The worst of all is bloodshed. Even with the ability of this married couple, want to be as strong as Ryou and his friend. I should try it first’
Riz swallowed his saliva and began to ask Jack who was smiling while sitting cross his legs.
“A–I want to know..would Jack-sama..let go of the teenager if we pay you with money?”
“Hmm?”
Riz decided to bet on Jack's answer. As he explained himself to the other three people who went with him, he knew enough about the black market manager.
‘Ryou may know that all things can be done with money, but I am sure for now he will definitely not have that much money. Moreover, this was completely different to the expectations of all of us. This barter did not achieve the results we wanted. Stupid again, Arkan actually ran in the middle of the exchange before realizing it because it was worried about the two street children who run away’ thought Riz inwardly
Riz looked at Jack who was still looking at him and started thinking in his heart again.
‘At first, Ryou and Arkan might have thought that barter was the main option to get those three people back, but now it's not like that. I had to ascertain if there was any possibility of filing another option for the sake of releasing the teenage boy. For example, just..doing a sale-buy transaction with money’.
Jack asked Riz.
“You want me to release that teenager with money?”
“Be–truly. I wonder what price Jack-sama will give for that young man?”
Jack was silent for a moment and smiled happily.
“Ahaha, you pulled Riz. I thought you'd be more shocked by Justin's current fate but it turns out my mind was wrong”
“Ja–so for this–“
“Sure I will release it with money. After all, he's still a human I can sell. Although honestly I want to process it myself after this, but if you are willing to buy it why not”
He gets the result that the option of buying and selling with money can be done.
“Be–how much price will be given for the teenager?” Riz began to ask seriously
However, right now he's doing business with Jack the businessman not with Jack the killer. So, of course in the end something that holds the most important role with the highest value in the business world is money.
Riz learns that Jack has a high dedication in his business. Therefore, Riz makes Jack as a role model.
Now, the main problem is the price that will be opened to release it.
[The minimum will be left alive with an opening price that is an abnormal amount. The maximum will be cut and separated by Jack-sama].
It was a sentence that Riz said to Ryou and Arkan himself while still in the bar. That is, he could already think of the price to release the teenage boy would not be cheap.
Jack thought for a moment and started talking.
“Alright Riz, let's see. Actually, as I said that I don't want to say the reason why I'm interested in the teenager but because of the current situation change so I decided to say a few things including his condition in the depository”
“That teenage condition?” Riz started to feel like there was something bad that he would hear
“After all, as a buyer you have to know the condition first, right? I will also take you to see it after this so that you are sure of the price I offer”
“What...what is the condition of the teenager is fine, Jack-sama?” Riz asked with a panicked face
“If you talk about the state of the teenager I think he is still alive with wounds on his body and left arm–“
“Ap–hmph”
Riz who originally wanted to open his mouth, quickly covered his own mouth with his right hand and said inwardly.
‘Luka?! The teenager was injured?! How'this? Is the wound severe enough or…. Nah! Don't think about anything bad and calm yourself down, Riz! I have to make sure this works! At least I'll make that idiot Arkan pay for all the money I'm gonna spend later. But, that teenager was injured now! There's no way I'm not panicking right now!’
“Can I continue?” ask Jack to relax
“Si–please..”
“Because he was injured in his left arm and some of his limbs so he has already lost enough blood even though he may still be alive. With that condition I guess I'll release it for 100,000 Franc”
“What?!! 100,000 francs?! That expensive?!” Riz immediately stood up in shock at the opened price
“Yes, that 100,000 Francs in my opinion is quite cheap” Jack said with a smile
“Ta–but that's a very high price! Even for the price of a good quality corpse that was ever sold in this market, the highest price that could be reached was only 65,000 Francs!”
“That's the cheapest price I can give”
Riz began to look emotional even though he could still be detained. However, his tone of speech could not hide it.
“Why?! That was obviously an abnormal price! It was not the price for a human being sold in this place but the price to buy five living humans! Why such an unnatural price is precisely–“
“That's a normal price, since adolescence it has a special thing that no other human being has ever sold here”
- Deg
Riz became unable to move and his sweat started to come out of his forehead. He gulps at Jack's sharp eyes as well as a cynical smile that shows his psychopathic side and killer soul.
‘This is not true! It's like..I'm not doing a transaction with a businessman but with a demon!!’ riz said in his heart
Like a scream in her heart, Riz now feels her hair goosebumps and she has trouble saying anything.
Jack opened his mouth again to speak.
“I told you earlier that I refused to let go, right? But, because you said you wanted to buy it so I told you. The teenager was very special, even too special for a normal human size. Now I doubt that he's human like us–“
Jack remained silent for a while and corrected his sentence.
“I'm sorry, we're both no longer human but have become human demons. Ahahaha”
That's amazing, Jack. At a time like this he still had time to issue a joke ‘lucu’ which only made Riz more tense. Jack is back on topic.
“Ehem..I mean, I doubt he's human like Arkan and others. The price has been very cheap since I have hurt him and made the quality decline. So it's only natural that I put down sedi–”
“What does it mean to be different from that human?” Riz immediately asked quickly before Jack finished talking
“For faster, come with me now”
Jack got up and walked towards the door, but he suddenly stopped and looked at the table.
“Riz, it's best if you're just a little bit you should still taste my wife's cake or you won't get away from her” Jack said as he pointed to the cake at the table from afar
Riz fell silent and looked at the cake and said.
“A–I'll eat it later”
“Alright then” Jack walked back and out of the room
Riz followed him while muttering inwardly.
‘Don't joke at an important time like this, my role model! I'm not gonna die just because I put off eating your wife's cake, am I? Now I can see the teenager who is Kaito's friend. I wish I could do something with this. Why am I the one who made the exchange with Jack-sama and not that fool!’
After going down the stairs, Jack sees Lucy writing something in her book. Lucy who noticed her boss coming down instantly kept everything neat and saluted Jack.
“Se–good afternoon, Monsieur”
“Yo. The one you saw?”
“Already, Monsieur. The goods are still in this front door cart, I have not moved because I only saw it for a while and then went into the”
“Hmm...means you don't see anything coming out of the storage room next door huh?” ask Jack
“Exit? There aren't. I only saw the goods at a glance quickly” Lucy replied calmly
Jack smiled and walked to the exit. Riz, who was already in the lobby, followed the man in front of him and asked.
‘Ja–Jack-sama could have been the one you said it was–“
“True. About those two kids. They ran away not long after we were still in this place.I thought by asking Lucy to come out, she could see the kids when she was about to run away. But it looks like the kids are luckier” Jack smiled happily
Either he really didn't think about it at all or there was something else on his mind.
Jack takes Riz into the building right next to [La porte du Paradis]. They enter and Riz smells an unpleasant smell. He looked around and saw the vomit marks on the window floor.
‘That's for sure..’ guess it in the heart
Riz was quite shocked because obviously the vomit was still wet and new. His mind was immediately thinking about the two children.
As the two climbed the stairs to the second floor, Jack was somewhat shocked to find traces of blood on the floor coming from the room where ‘managed’ his goods, while Riz was so shocked that he could not say anything.
He just walked while holding back his anxiety. Not because he was afraid of the place but because he was afraid of the state of Kaito's friend.
“Wah wah..the kids did an amazing thing” praise Jack who saw the blood trail on the floor of the place
Jack saw traces of his blood on the floor like the result of a body being dragged and headed to the room next to him. That room was where Will had put two little angels of Justin before.
With a smile, Jack asks Riz to walk nearby. Riz who was still trying to control himself followed Jack and when the man in front of him opened the door of his room, Riz's heart was completely shocked to see what was lying there.
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