Chapter 549: "Spies"

When talking about The Golden Scale, Ainsley had always been interested. After all, the group seemed to be newly formed by the government to mess up the mafia families. 

And they had to target her family…

That's a wrong move, peeps! 

Grandpa Yofan didn't immediately answer Ainsley's question and went to sit next to her before turning on the tablet's screen. 

He then pointed at the screen while starting his speech. "See this? This is The Golden Scale Symbol." 

"Hwum…" 

It was the symbol of a golden scale just like the one used in Libra or something. Anyway, it really represented justice. 

"Using this symbol, we track their whereabouts and recent movements, and we collected quite a lot of information through the black market and underground networking." 

Since the Sloan Family was a mafia family, of course, they would use a backdoor method to investigate this mysterious force. 

"So far, we know that The Golden Scale only targeted the mafias and not other criminal organisations. And indeed, just like what Mr Walter said that you told me, they only aim for the developing mafia families." 

"Owkay. And?" 

"Now, here's the thing. We investigated how many members this group has and how many people they send to attack the mafia families...and every time, it's always only 20 people." 

"Only...20? Maybe their gwoup is only that big?" Ainsley tilted her head. 

She didn't really remember how many people attacked her territory but it should be around that number too. 

Then...does it mean the group was extremely small? 

But Grandpa Yofan shook his head. "Apparently, they never send the same personnel to attack a different family." 

...huh? 

"What?! Then, the 20 people...they…" 

"Right. Each team of 20 people got assigned to the same family. Different families, different personnel too." 

Ainsley instantly felt like fainting. 

"How many members do they have so far based on that information alone? Let's say they had attacked 10 families...they had at least 200 people?" 

"Yeah, around that, and it's still growing." 

"That's on par with a low-ranked mafia family's members!" Ainsley slapped her thigh and sighed. 

The Golden Scale Group was even bigger than she imagined. 

"Oh, right, and this group is really secretive and meticulous. If one of their members gets caught, they won't hesitate to kill that member, or the member would kill themselves on the spot." 

! 

Ainsley covered her mouth as her face paled. 

"That's so cruel...how did they commit suicide?" 

"There seemed to be a curse on the Golden Scale tattoo they have on their body, and they only need to say a keyword for the curse to be activated." 

When Ainsley heard Grandpa Yofan mentioning a curse, she instantly recalled the curse that the elders got in exchange for power. 

Do they also have a symbol or something? And wait...someone with a curse ability really exists? 

"The curse...is it from an ability user, grandpa?" Ainsley couldn't use cutesy language anymore and started to speak in a solemn tone. 

"Yeah, it's from an Ability User. And our informant said that the source of the curses is all from the same ability user. However, when they discovered the curse, the curse disappeared right after the victim died." 

There we go. The group was so meticulous that they didn't leave the curse evidence behind for their enemy to research. 

"The informant can only identify that the tattoos are a form of a curse, and they're all the same type of curse." 

"...a death curse?" Ainsley gulped, and Grandpa Yofan nodded weakly. 

"Yes. And it's the type that can be controlled remotely as long as the tattoo is there. Terrifying, right? That group is really a suicidal group…" 

"They're so determined to destroy the developing mafia families, ah!" 

"Right, Ain. And we predict that when the group grows even larger than now, they will start to target other stronger families and not just the rising stars." 

At Grandpa Yofan's concern, Ainsley couldn't help but furrowed her eyebrows. 

"This group is really dangerous…" 

"They are. Not to mention that from the informant's information, the 20-men team have various type of ability users, not just assassin-type." 

"What are they?" 

"So far, we discovered speed-type, poison or corrosion-type, assassin-type, and spy-type ability users." 

"Spy...type? Is there a type of Ability User like that?" Ainsley tilted her head in confusion. She had never heard of the spy-type…

"Oh, of course, there is. Transformation ability, camouflage ability, mind-reader, mimicry, invisibility, and so on. They're all suitable to be spies. Especially transformation and mimicry types." 

Transformation ability enabled the user to change into animals or monsters, depending on the specific type of their ability. 

But there's also a transformation ability user that could change their whole appearance to be someone that had never existed in this world. 

Some people could only change into one different persona,, but others could even change into many different personas, not just one. 

The latter type was definitely a pain in the a*s for the enemy. 

"There's also mimicry. The ability of users can mimic other people's appearances down to the very last detail. Some stronger ones can even copy or mimic the target's habits, memories, and so on." 

Just like the transformation ability users, not all mimicry ability users could copy or mimic many people. 

Some of the weaker ones could only mimic one person in a day, and others could do as much as ten per day. 

"If a mimicry ability user infiltrates our mansion, we won't even know that they're fake, and the real one might not be here anymore." 

Grandpa Yofan said things casually, but when Ainsley heard it, she suddenly got a chill down her spine. 

"R-really? They can also copy t-the soul oath too?" 

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