Chapter 1487: Escalating bet

The Rays of Reborn. The very top officers of their company, all of whom had reached the Nascent Spirit realm, the pinnacle of cultivation itself, had made a little bet amongst themselves.

Whoever protected their territory the least would become the loser.

This little bet started with Zion bragging to everybody that he will make sure that his territory was the most protected out of every territory.

Jaku told him that he would be able to protect the territory that Michael assigned to him in his sleep.

Both of them made that bet. Then, somehow, it also extended to the Shadow Orcs. Both of them were also bragging to each other about how they could protect their city better than the other.

"BU TO TO! My half of Neo Orcus will be sparkly clean. No harm shall come to it for as long as I am alive."

"RAH TA TA! No, my half of Neo Orcus will be spotless. Not even a speck of dust could lay waste on our streets!"

Once they joined, Grieve couldn’t help himself and also joined.

"Yohohoho! I don’t know why we’re competing against each other, but I’m in!"

Then, Fudge came in and made things a little bit spicier. "Le’ts make this official!" said the mischievous slime. "Let’s all have a ranking. Whoever is in the lowest rank will have to do whatever the others want!"

The details of this bet wasn’t that clear. But it didn’t seem to matter to the ’boys’ who started it. They simply started the bet and didn’t mind the details at all.

They didn’t even know what the rankings would be based out of. Number of citizens protected? Number of crimes stopped? No one knew.

But since almost everyone had joined this little bet, Sheina took it upon herself to mediate between everyone.

She knew that she wouldn’t be able to stop them. So, it was just best to join them and make sure that they wouldn’t go overboard.

"I’m only joining because this bet will be for the benefit of the Reborn company. I do not condone the bet. But I will make sure I win it," she said to the group chat.

And once she joined, Umisu also joined. She didn’t want to get left behind, after all.

So, every Nascent Spirit cultivator of Reborn became especially enthusiastic about protecting their territory.

No crime could pass their eyes. Even the most simple disputes, the Rays of Reborn would immediately mediate and stop whatever happened.before it worsened any further.

Of course, this included phone smuggling.

The employees of the 10th ranked heir couldn’t actually buy the phones from the Reborn company outright. After all, this would have made a paper trail that would have busted them immediately.

So, they had to source it from the black market.

That was why Sheina had arrived here and interfered in Conglomerate business. The phones were smuggled, and therefore, it was her responsibility.

"You... you are from Reborn?! I take this as a formal indication that you are willing to go to war against the Hepheasteus Conglomerate?!"

Sheina remained calm as she faced this no-name heir.

"I do not think that your family is willing to do that," she said with a bit of a smirk on her face.

She waved her hand and conjured a piece of paper from out of nowhere.

"I have already informed your family about your little incident here. And when we asked if they were complicit in you wanting to execute an innocent farmer for such a simple crime... they replied no."

The paper floated over towards the 10th ranked heir, who immediately read its contents.

And just as Sheina said, it was a letter that was written from the main Hephaestus Conglomerate itself! It even had their signature itself, which was something that could not be forged.

"How... how did you get this?!"

"I already informed them of what happened before I arrived here," Sheina said. "I wanted to ensure that there wouldn’t be any misunderstandings when I interfered in this problem."

The 10th ranked heir crumpled the piece of paper in his hands.

The contents of this message was very clear. He was abandoned.

{We do not condone his actions. You can punish his wrongdoings as you see fit for as long as you return all of his belongings after.}

He couldn’t believe that his family was actually acquiescing to the Reborn company!

Then, he realized something. This... this was probably done by one of his siblings who wanted him gone from the Inheritance race!

They probably wanted to curry favor towards the Reborn company. After all, just like what his butler had said earlier, a lot of the heirs were very interested in obtaining the electricity lines that Reborn was offering.

So, it was a win-win situation.

They would be getting the favor of Reborn, while also getting rid of their competitor!

The 10th ranked heir then looked at Sheina and realized... she knew all of this.

She had orchestrated everything! She knew how the Hepheasteus Conglomerate would act and used it to her advantage!

"You... you..."

Sheina gave him a very formal smile. "As you can see, your family has allowed me to deal out the punishment for your wrong doings."

Hearing this, the 10th ranked heir immediately bolted out of the door. He was a fairly strong Body Formation cultivator, but he was no use against an actual Nascent Spirit cultivator.

A single arrow shot towards his leg, crippling him immediately.

"ARGH!" he shouted.

Sheina walked towards him. "It is unfortunate that I am not able to obtain any of your territories. But that would complicate our relationship with the Hephaestus Conglomerate.

Now, you must go back where you belong."

The 10th ranked heir immediately panicked. "Where are you taking me?!"

"Back to your family," said Sheina.

And suddenly, an arrow appeared above the 10th ranked heir. On its end was a string that was attached to the mna’s chest.

Then, Sheina plucked her bow, and the arrow flew out of the window, taking the 10th ranked heir with him back to the Hepheasteue Estate.