Chapter 525 – Angry Aria

Chapter 525 – Angry Aria

"Vanessa," Aria said with a dark voice.

"I don't feel comfortable using first names any-"

"I'm not up for your games, Vanessa," Aria said with a seething voice as she narrowed her eyes.

Vanessa could feel the rage coming from Aria, and that was definitely not a common thing.

Aria was always very approachable and had herself under control.

Vanessa wasn't sure if she had ever seen Aria this angry.

Vanessa also narrowed her eyes. "This is not a game. Our relationship is different-"

BANG!

Aria waved her hand, and the furniture of the entire office was thrown towards the wall.

"I'm done with you!" Aria said in a dark and threatening voice as she approached.

Naturally, Vanessa jumped to her feet and became ready to fight.

However, she was still very nervous deep inside.

She had always looked up to Aria as a person and as a boss.

Seeing her this angry intimidated her quite a bit.

"We want to make this city better! Do you not understand that?!" Aria shouted as she stepped closer.

"Nick wants to improve this city! Nick wants to make this city better for Aegis!"

"Kugelblitz is not the leader of the city!"

"Nick is!"

"He might not have the physical power, but he has the intelligence and dedication! As a mere Initial Expert, he is willing to put his life on the line against several Heroes!"

At that moment, Vanessa summoned her sniper rifle and pointed it at Aria.

Aria stopped advancing, but her rage only increased.

"If you dare to take a shot, I will kill you right this instant," she spoke in the darkest and most threatening tone imaginable.

Even though Vanessa was intimidated, her arms were steady as she looked at Aria through her scope.

"Don't come any closer!" Vanessa ordered.

Aria looked at her with narrowed eyes.

"If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't slowly walk up to you like this," Aria said in a dark tone.

"I am here to issue a warning."

"Jornis has taken 30 liters of blood that didn't belong to Kugelblitz and used it to work with the Crimson Fungus."

"This is a break in our agreement, and I have all the authority to issue a hefty fine on Kugelblitz for that."

"Instead, I am here to tell you about the facts."

Aria took another step closer.

Now, Vanessa's arms started to shake.

She wanted to pull the trigger.

Aria wouldn't be able to evade a shot from this distance.

They could get rid of Aria right now.

However, Vanessa knew that this would have dire consequences.

Aegis would investigate, and they wouldn't be able to keep this a secret.

Aegis would most likely take them into custody and force them into servitude for decades.

Killing Aria was akin to killing herself.

"If you take another step, I will shoot! I am only defending myself!" Vanessa shouted.

Aria deeply looked into Vanessa's eyes.

Then, she took another step forward.

Vanessa's arms shook more.

"Why are you doing this?!" Vanessa shouted in a mix of panic, rage, helplessness, frustration, and betrayal.

"You don't have to do this!"

Aria was reminded of when she had said these words to Nick.

"Because I have no other choice," Aria said darkly. "You left me no other choice."

And right now, Aria was putting her life on the line for Crimson City and Nick.

At this moment, protecting these things was more important to her than surviving.

"Stop with your stupid games," Aria said after several seconds of silence.

"This is no longer the old Crimson City."

"With the new blood donation system, we do not need to go after Kugelblitz any longer."

The next moment, Aria's body relaxed, and her expression was more cold and distant than threatening.

"Your profits will no longer be negatively affected," Aria said evenly. "The way things are now is how they will stay."

"Accept your new reality."

Aria slowly turned around and walked towards the door.

Vanessa still aimed at Aria with her sniper rifle.

Aria turned around one last time and looked at Vanessa with a deep gaze.

"I don't want any more incidents where blood mysteriously goes missing."

"And if anything happens to Nick, I swear upon my life and everything important to me..."

"I. Will. Kill. You."

"Don't test me!"

Then, Aria calmly opened the door and walked out.

The door closed, but Vanessa still aimed at it with her rifle.

The next moment, her arms started to shake even more.

Finally, she took a deep breath, let go of her gun, and weakly fell to her knees.

Her entire body was shivering in stress and anxiety.

She felt like she had just battled for her life.

Vanessa didn't recover for several minutes, and the scene from just now replayed in her mind over and over again.

Meanwhile, Aria told the guard to lead her away.

The sound in the office was isolated, and the guard didn't hear any of the clamor.

Aria was led out of the building, and she quickly returned to the city's headquarters.

As she walked back, she had a spring in her step.

She felt great!

She finally did something!

She stood up for what she truly believed in!

This was a great feeling!

Nick was bound to be proud of her, right?

At that moment, she stopped walking.

'Why did I think that?' she thought.

'Is it important to me that Nick's proud of me?'

She imagined talking to Nick and telling him what happened.

She didn't want to admit it, but she realized that it would feel nice if Nick approved of her actions.

Aria scratched the side of her head.

'Are we friends? Pretty sure.'

She remained silent for a while as she looked at the ground.

'Is that all that I want to be?'

In the end, she walked into the headquarters and went into Nick's office.

As she walked into Nick's office, she felt more nervous than when she approached Vanessa's sniper rifle.

Nick casually looked at her. "How did it go?" he asked.

Aria broke out in a wide smile.

"I dealt with it! Kugelblitz will no longer be an issue!" she said with pride.

When Nick heard that, he released a sigh of relief.

"Good job. I'm glad that I trusted you," Nick said with a slight smile.

Aria's smile brightened.

"No problem!" she shouted.