Chapter 19: Chapter 19:
The second night of the meeting soon came, a shadow of greed loomed in the air as everyone quietly waited for the host's to arrive, the mood inside the hall was solem.
People walked around and formed temporary groups, ready to do anything to get their hands on the treasure promised by Ryōshi.
The man soon arrived at the venue, following faithfully behind him was the mysterious beauty who mostly kept to herself and never interacted with any of those that attended.
"Ladies and gentlemen, for those whomare still here I can assumed you're interested. As most of you know news about our little meeting has traveled farther than anticipated so as to wrap this up quickly we will be auctioning off our blueprint, we expect immediate payment in the form of money, shares and even rare resources so please don't be shy and let us get on with it." As Ryōshi spoke, he once again picked up the P90 in his hands.
Some server to quickly brought out a metallic armor onto the stage a few meters ahead of him.
"Please step back and let me demonstrate just what exactly we're selling you." After he spoke, he immediately pulled the trigger, the bullets ripped through the maniquin mercilessly as the gun roared.
After emptying the full clip, Ryōshi turned around and let everyone gape at the pathetic state of the mannequin.
"With this ladies and gentlemen, you can change the tide of war in an instant. Ninjas can shoot flames, lightning or even overturn the earth but those who cam truly make a difference are few and far in between. The rest of them will become fodder, they won't be fast enough to evade such a fast moving projectile and I assure you it will take years to reverse engineer this weapon should it fall into enemy hands." Ryōshi pitched with enthusiasm, the audience just stared at him shocked by the power of the weapon before them.
"We'll begin the bidding at 2 million ryo and 50 percent shares in your company or any other worthwhile incentive." After his announcement the whole place was still silent.
"5 million ryo and a 60 percent share of the profits." A man bravely stepped up and gave his offer.
"6 million ryo! and a 15 ton quota for steel and aluminum ores!" Another man roared not wanting to be outdone.
Soon the entire place went into a frenzy, the price rose little by little, 8 million, 10 million and up to 10.5 million ryo. Some offered rare chakra scrolls, others offered a share in the profits others offered ores and other weaponry.
"15 million ryo and 1 ton of chakra metal ores and a partnership with my firm." An affectionate female voice sounded, the crowd went silent as they heard the offer.
People turned around and looked the person who made the offer. They were stunned by the fact that someone had acess to chakra metal ores. Afterall the best weapons were made up of those and even then hidden villages usually made sure that no private company could own a metal ore mine.
"Hmph! 2 tons of chakra ores, 19 million ryo and a partnership with my smithing company."A man scoffed and placed his offer. As he stepped onto the light, all those present bowed respectfully at the man. He was wearing a nobles apparel from Ancor Vantien, nobody had expected someone with such weight to be here. He was the very big fish that nobody dared to challenge.
"Hahaha, oh my 15 percent shares in profits, 4 tons of charks ore 20 million ryo and my company will also enter a partnership with you sir Ryōshi." The female voice defied their expectations as she made a counter offer.
The two bickering amongst themselves for a while until finally the woman won. The winning bid settling on 5.5 tons of chakrs ore, 20 percent of the profits, 25 million ryo and her company's assistance should the need arise.
Hearing this the noble man fumed, he had never expected to lose to anyone, afterall all those gathered here were supposed to be small fry worth nothing, he also didn't expect someone to go against him since it was the same as going against their Supreme leader.
He was about to make a fuss when the woman unveiled her face, after seeing her the man calmed down a little, she belonged to Soragakure's research branch but was also known for having her hand in every pie, whether it be slavery, smithing, restaurant, and even some of the darker sides of the village.
She was mostly a mystery to everyone and answered only to their Supreme leader. After her company had made a breakthrough in flight technology she had risen to power in a short time and also occupied an honorary noble title.
The man was still angry of course, he had come here overnight on his lord's orders to aquire the blueprints under any circumstances, heck he even planned to backstab Ryōshi after getting the blueprints, but after seeing who he was up against he changed his plans slightly, he would still get the blueprints in the end. He was just going to need to use a bit more force than before.
"Better luck next time milord, but fret not our interests are aligned so technically it is our win." The woman comforted, the man nodded stiffly and left the venue silently, the look in his eyes told everyone he was not done.
"Hahah, Mr Ryōshi I believe it is my win. If you may let us finalize the deal tonight and be on our way." The woman refocused her attention back to Ryōshi who was still shocked by the turn of events.
Nonetheless he cleared his throat and announced the end to the night, he guided the woman back at an empty warehouse.
As they walked, Ryōshi cleared his throat and decided to carefully probe the woman.
"I am flattered that a noble such as yourself could come to my humble event miss Ichinose." He tried to gain leverage by showing his knowledge of the other party since most people didn't know her face.
"It's me who should be happy, afterall when one of my contacts told me of your offer I couldn't resist. I am curious as to where you got this weapon though." Ichinose inquired.
"Hahaha. I just got a lucky encounter with an inventor that's all. He was part of the serpent's gang slaves, and I happened to run into them. Even managing to win a brawl against serpent himself." Ryōshi stated. Ichinose could tell that most of what he said was bullshit, it wasn't well known but some people knew the faces of serpent's lieutenants.
"Ohh, from my knowledge aren't you part serpent's men?" She called him out.
"Not really, I complete a few contracts for him but we went our separate ways. The last time we met, we met as foes and I came out victorious." Ryōshi continued.
"Hmm. Things do change quickly don't they, one moment you're allies with someone and the next you meet on the battlefield." Ichinose chimed.
"Indeed, now his people want me dead so I thought it would be interesting to take over their gang and take care of a future hassle." Ryōshi said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
Once they arrived at the warehouse, things got messy really quickly.
Kunai flew towards Ryōshi's head while Ichinose was also attacked albeit not at any vitals.
Ryōshi evaded the attack easily while Ichinose was protected by a shadow that suddenly appeared.
A group of eight ninja surrounded the building without further conversation, the group attacked. The shadow protecting Ichinose created a smokescreen and retreated with his master in tow.
Another group appeared and engaged the assailants outside, some small jutsu were used but nothing that would cause too much of a mess.
"Hehehe, your security is quite something miss Ichinose." Ryōshi commented calmly, he was also unharmed through all this.
"Haa. Let's cut to the chase, nobody is listening anymore so just give me the blueprint and tell me the truth. I'll let you live as a reward." Ichinose said with a serious tone.
"I can't do that, not without what you promised me anyway, besides I think you and my new boss would really hit it off." Ryōshi said calmly.
By his side, Ichigo appeared, she radiated power as her blades hummed menacingly, showing her readiness to fight.
"You believe that one man can take on more than eight chunin?" Ichinose asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Not really, but you see the events that happened tonight were really unexpected, so we're willing to renegotiate a new deal. You may want to listen before deciding to kill me Trust me it's in your best interest." Ryōshi spoke. On the outside he looked calm but internally he was already looking for possible escape routes and even getting ready to fight to the death.
"I could just kill you now, take the gun you have with you and just live on with my life so don't test me, you have nothing I want." Ichinose threatened.
"Excuse me ma'am, my boss would like to speak with you, he wants no bloodshed between us tonight. Listen to him and then decide after you have nothing to lose." Ichigo finally spoke, she l relaxed her stance and the metallic plates on her armor retracted back and reformed into her uniform.
"Oh, then where is he, let us speak." Ichinose decided to humor the two.
"Hello miss, I apologize greatly for not being present in person." A voice suddenly boomed throughout the entire warehouse. A mass of blue lights converged and formed a humanoid silhouette that had no facial features.
"Who are you?" Ichinose asked in annoyance.
"My name doesn't matter right now, instead please refrain from speaking as if you hold any power here, once you entered this building you became a lamb to which I can slaughter easily." As the robotic voice spoke, red dots appeared all over Ichinose's body and even her guard was also targeted.
"I can kill the two of you right now and give my subordinates enough time to escape while your men are still occupied, they'll need to spend a few minutes breaking down my blast doors.But since I want to build good relations with you I'll refrain from that, instead I want to make you a new offer." The blue humanoid spoke.
"Ohh you're bold, but tell me more about this offer." Ichinose spoke, unfazed by the looming threat of death.
"I'll give you the blueprints for my weapon, in exchange I want you to cement Ryōshi as the new leader of the underworld. I also want 30 million ryo and you can keep everything else. But I also have a second offer, let's work together and I promise you an even better future than if we part ways today." The humanoid proposed.
"I think you're bluffing, you got a lucky break and designed a powerful weapon but that's all you're worth." Ichinose claimed with confidence.
"We both know you don't believe that. Who do you think owns the armor you spoke of last night? I am worth more than a stick that shoots metal pellets miss, it'd be wise to remember that." Hearing the figure speak so lightly about such a dangerous weapon, Ichinose's curiosity was peaked. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and considered the proposal.
"What is your second offer?"She finally inquired.
"I'm glad you asked miss." The figure spoke in a jovial tone.
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I don't like how this chapter turned out, but I think it's still decent. If you disagree comment and I'll consider rewriting it.
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