Chapter 697 - "No Capable Heir"

The barrier hadn't collapsed, but a tiny gap was enough for the Naran Family to send continuous troops to enter the yards. 

At the same time, he prioritised the team that would infiltrate the mansion. After all, their most important goal wasn't to destroy the Sloan Family but to steal the flag. 

Destroying the Sloan family could wait until they took the flag. 

At the end of the day, the siege would continue for three days and three nights. 

Even if the Sloan Family had lost, the tournament wouldn't end yet, and the mafia council wouldn't meddle in their affairs. 

Whether the fallen family could survive or not, why should they care? 

These families were just mid-ranking families that were strong enough to become high-ranking, but most of them relied on the high-ranking families. 

The mafia family wasn't like ages ago where new powerful families without being influenced by other mafia families would pop out once every two or three years. 

Now, the mafia families, aside from the high-ranking or above, preferred to become a lackey for the high-ranking families or above. 

The power became heavily concentrated on the 7 great families, the 7 sacred families, and the high-ranking families. 

Even many high-ranking families allied themselves with either the 7 great or the 7 sacred families, creating two opposite sides. 

Only some of the high-ranking families would stay neutral. 

This was undoubtedly dangerous. 

If one day the 7 great and 7 sacred families decided to wage war, the entire mafia society would be dragged into the fight. 

What could the mafia council do? Nothing. 

It wasn't good for the power to be concentrated only on two sides. 

The mafia council actually held this tournament for some reason. 

One of them was so that the newly-promoted high-ranking family wouldn't become the older high-ranking families' lackeys. 

It's okay to become allies with other families, but becoming their lackey...that's the same as becoming a sub-branch but using a different family name and different location. 

The mafia council didn't want this to happen. 

Thus, aside from wanting to monitor Ainsley's growth and the Sloan Family's growth, they also hoped that the Sloan Family could break free from this vicious cycle. 

They weren't convinced that a baby could become a true mafia boss without becoming a puppet head, but if she's truly capable…

The mafia council's judges who were staying inside the floating car while watching the battle through drones' cameras couldn't help but pay more attention to what Ainsley was doing. 

While the Naran Family's troops were battling the Sloan Family's troops...what is she doing? Is she doing her job as a true family head, or...is she just a decoration? 

Ever since the legendary Sloan vs Aretha Battle, some of the mafia council members already believed that Ainsley was the real deal, not a puppet boss. 

But some of them weren't convinced and thought that her power wasn't hers. Maybe her power actually belonged to someone else who wished to become a shadow boss? 

Who knows? 

What if this someone is the missing 17th family head, Ainsley's father? Rumours said that the scumbag left the mafia society and entered the mercenary guild. 

The mercenary was neutral. They could be employed by the government but would also work for the mafia. 

The mercenary's stance wasn't clear, and the mafia council didn't like a former mafia boss joining this kind of powerhouse that would work for anyone as long as they're paid. 

Thinking like this, the mafia council's judges sent to monitor the Naran Family, and the Sloan Family's battle casually spoke to each other. 

"How is it? Do you think the Naran Family will win?" 

"Ha...quite hard. The Sloan Family's defence is actually better than we predicted. Not to mention that their members are all talented." 

"Right, right. I also feel that they are equipped with many monsters...must be thanks to the Sloan Family Head's unique ability." 

Everyone knew that Ainsley could let non-tamers contract monsters, which was supposed to be impossible. 

This speciality alone was a massive boost to the family's military strength. 

"Speaking of the Sloan Family Head...from what I saw for the past few hours, she seems like the real deal." 

When the topic shifted to Ainsley, the four judges couldn't help but become more excited. 

One of them, the only woman among the judges, patted her chest and nodded. 

"Yes, she's the real deal. I didn't see her looking panicked when facing unknown circumstances. She didn't seem to be receiving someone else's order. She's the one ordering others." 

"Yeah, there's no pausing or any useless interval between the war.'s situation and that kid's decision." 

In other words, she didn't wait for anyone to tell her what to do and could immediately take action. 

Several of her precaution measures were also beyond imagination. 

"Hum. I didn't think she would employ a 'copy' ability user to multiply the flags, spreading many fake flags around her mansion…" 

"That's clever, indeed. The barrier and the array are also good. Their air force, the land troops, the patrol guards, and other elite members…" 

The Sloan Family was already enough to be called a high-ranking family. 

They only had to fill their newly-gained territories with more members, and if they didn't have enough, they could simply recruit more members.

Anyway, the family's core strength was already established, and it's all thanks to that baby alone. 

Of course, the cons of relying heavily on the family head was none other than the family head's well-being. 

If the family head suddenly couldn't lead the family anymore or lost her strength, or even passed away, the Sloan Family might decline even faster than before. 

Even more unfortunate...the Sloan Family had no heir better or as capable as Ainsley. 

WANT MORE CHAPTERS?! Vote for our little Ain and take her to the top 20 of Webnovel world. 

And don't forget to follow our baby's nanny's Instagram, @Zehell2218. The great nanny will provide you with baby Ain's rare photo shoot a ometimes. 

PS: If you guys don't read this on Webnovel.com and read somewhere else, Ain will HWUNT u and KWILL you!