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Chapter 909: Chapter 490, I Became an Investor of Assassin Court?_3

Thirdly, I too am outraged by what Norberto has done. If you need any help, just say the word.

This was undoubtedly an offer of goodwill.

Ou Juren and Galaraldo politely responded with a few words.

After Xue Yongsheng left, Ou Juren said to Galaraldo, “I didn’t expect the unexpected benefits. Norberto… ha, he really shot himself in the foot this time.”

Galaraldo’s face didn’t show a hint of a smile, as he stressed, “That old bastard must pay the price!”

“I know you’re angry, but calm down,” Ou Juren said. “Patience. A noose tightens gradually, not all at once.”

Galaraldo whipped his head around, “Gu Hang nearly died! And you’re telling me to be calm? How can I be calm!”

He seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, but his emotions refused to settle. He added, “He’s a crucial part of our plan. According to our idea, he would have fired the first shot, he was supposed to annihilate the Fury Flame Battle Group! If he had died, with my understanding of the Dragonhawk Star Domain situation, that alliance would inevitably collapse, and all of our plans would go awry!”

“We must make Norberto pay a sufficient price. Otherwise, what if next time the target is you or me? Are we confident that we can block an assassination of this magnitude?”

This time, it was Ou Juren who fell silent.

After a moment of quiet, he said, “Alright, I’ll think of something. Clement is also implicated in this matter; he has to give us an explanation.”

…

Jefferson Clement, though not one of the High Lords, still held a status that was lofty and unique as the Great Mentor of the Assassin Court.

He was capable of obtaining a seat. And even without such a seat, the Assassin Court was not an entity to be taken lightly.

And yet, such a person now could only sit in front of Gu Hang, issuing an apology.

Certainly, it wasn’t a matter of groveling, Gu Hang hadn’t reached that extent.

But, at least the manner was sincere.

“Marshal Gu…”

“Not yet.”

Clement smiled and said, “Soon enough. I have to admit to you, the operation went seriously awry due to a significant issue within the Assassin Court. An assassin instructor named Naldo Kero violated the Court’s rules and issued an operation order on his own, leading to this incident.”

“I won’t shirk the responsibilities that the Assassin Court should bear and will offer you appropriate compensation.”

“On behalf of the Assassin Court, I sincerely invite you to become a sponsor of the Court. From now on, you can donate funds to the Assassin Court, the specific amount being up to you.”

“You will also automatically obtain the authority to assign tasks to the Assassin Court. Of course, you still need to abide by the Empire’s laws. The Assassin Court will review whether you have the authorization to assign tasks to a particular target, based on the situation. Given your rank, the Empire Marshal and Star Domain Head—I well know you’re not there yet, but you soon will be—you have actually a pretty broad choice of targets for the Assassin Court’s assignments.”

“Moreover, the Assassin Court has an iron rule: we do not kill sponsors.”

“I wonder if my sincerity meets your satisfaction?”

Gu Hang did not immediately respond.

But in fact, he was quite satisfied.

This ‘sponsor’ identity didn’t require much investment—merely a few million or tens of millions at most, a symbolic rather than substantial significance.

The Assassin Court wasn’t short of money.

It’s the attached powers that mattered most: after ‘investing’, Gu Hang could assign tasks to the Assassin Court.

Plainly put, it meant hiring killers.

Despite the fact that Gu Hang had to observe restrictions related to the assassination targets’ authority level. For instance, if he were to give the Assassin Court a task to kill Norberto right now, it would be impossible. No amount of money would help; the authority level isn’t high enough. However, once he gets the Marshal’s title and establishes himself as the Dragonhawk leader, giving an order to kill the former leader, Tan Jiuyi, would certainly suffice.

And the use of the Assassin Court goes beyond just internal strife.

In the event of a situation like the Iron Teeth War against the Green Skin invasion, he could assign the Assassin Court to assassinate the Green Skin leaders.

The Assassin Court has the capability, and there are success stories.

Of course, the Assassin Court would pay a substantial price for this, and Gu Hang would have to pay as well—this is the concept of a sponsor. Give money, and the Assassin Court helps you kill anyone within your authority.

Despite having to pay and face authority restrictions, the Assassin Court doesn’t take just anyone’s business; many would covet such access but never have the chance.

This was an unexpected gain.

Although the people Gu Hang wanted to kill couldn’t be touched by them now, this rare access might come in handy at any time in the future.

Having personally experienced the ‘services’ of the Assassin Court once, Gu Hang was quite ‘satisfied’.

Furthermore, the iron rule of the ‘Assassin Court does not kill sponsors’ also caught Gu Hang’s attention.

Although, this didn’t mean an absolute talisman of protection. After all, the unsaid subtext was: once you’re no longer a sponsor, you can be killed.

And it’s not like a sponsor status couldn’t be revoked.

However, should the sponsor status be canceled, the individual would be notified. If in the future, a higher-level decision mandated the Assassin Court to take action against Gu Hang, the Court couldn’t refuse, but they would inform Gu Hang beforehand that his sponsor status had been revoked.

In other words, they would subtly notify him: we have no choice but to act, so be on your guard, and let’s see how it plays out.

This was actually quite disadvantageous for the Assassin Court.

The best way to complete an assignment, of course, would be if the target was unaware of the impending assassination; conversely, once prepared, the difficulty of the mission would greatly increase.

But even though Gu Hang was quite satisfied in reality, he did not respond immediately.

There was something else he cared about:

“So, Great Master Clement, may I ask where is this Naldo Kero now?”

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