Chapter 37 Ardito’s Empathy

A few moments passed outside of the warehouses after the sounds of gunfire had stopped. The same Veneziale gang guy who hurried James to finish the job stood in front of the warehouse door and waited patiently.

The warehouse door opened and James, who wore a bloody rag as the pants came out, then took the cloth that the Veneziale gang guy had prepared for him.

"Thanks"

"No problem Mr.James."

After James said his thanks he went back inside the warehouse for a few moments then came out again, wearing the new set of biker gang cloth.

"You guys can go in to clear the area. There are some survivors, they should be useful to you. I'll go over to wait for lord Magitek." Said James, then he walked toward the port area entrance to wait for the arrival of his lord.

The Veneziale gang guy bowed to James in respect then took out the phone and called the Veneziale gang cleanup crew over to do their job alongside some additional detail they needed to do.

A few minutes pass and two black vans that have the logo of the waste disposal company drive over and park near the warehouse entrance.

A group of muscular and bulky men in black jumpers get off the van along with many cleaning equipments and several big briefcases containing necessary tools for a special cleaning task walking into the warehouse.

"Oh… that was… a lot!" One of the cleanup crew blurted out after he saw how messy it was inside once the door opened.

The group then walk inside the warehouse and begin their work. The living got captured by the Veneziale people and the dead got transported out in body bags.

While the cleanup crew is working, two black armored luxury cars drive into the port area. The two cars parked and one of the Veneziale men quickly went to the car and politely open the door for the people in the first car.

The black-haired man in a brown luxury suit gets out of the car and thanks the man who opens the door for him. He was, of course, Daniel who pretended to be a big shot, then He walked toward James who bowed at him.

"Good job James." Said, Daniel.

"Ha ha thank you, my lord. It's nothing!" James answered with a laugh.

While Daniel and James are chatting happily, a man full of bruises and blood on his face gets dragged out of the car by a muscular man who is one of the Veneziale capos.

As for Veneziale himself, he got off from the second car and followed his capo who dragged that unfortunate man in front of the warehouse where Veneziale people had quickly set up a table, a pen along with transferring papers on the table.

The man with bruises on his face sat on a chair while looking at the face of the royal guard who got captured and was forced to kneel in front of the table in disbelief, then his face turn from disbelief to shock after he saw many body bags being carried out of the warehouse by Veneziale cleanup crew.

"Mr.Volkov, how about we make a deal huh?" Don Veneziale spoke in a cold tone and sat down at the chair opposite the bruised face man named Volkov.

"You… You are crazy! No, You are mad! Do you know what you just did!? Don Veneziale!?" Volkov roared at Veneziale who let out a small smile.

The scene before him made him very pleased because Volkov was the leader of the Bratva group, a powerful Russian mafia group in the city that has been at odds with his family since its inception. Oh... how he dreams of having a day like this. The day when he could step into Volkov's face and spit on his enemy's dignity.

"Why? Mr. Volkov, what did I just do? Stealing your port? Or let my boys rough you up?" Don Veneziale asks in a teasing tone, enjoying this moment.

"Heh! Feeling bold aren't ya? Will you be this bold when the royal court magician comes knocking on your door?" Volkov threatened, as the competitor who was nearly on par with the Veneziale family in terms of influence. He is also privy to the secret about Curtained World.

Don Veneziale then notices that Daniel is walking toward him with his subordinate so his face becomes solemn.

Volkov was in a separate car from Daniel and then sat while his back turned toward the entrance of the port. He doesn't know that someone is coming over from the direction of the port entrance.

"Ha! Weren't you brave just now!? Why don't you say anything? I heard you got some trashy mage as your backer! But can he stand up to the whole royal family!?" Volkov begins to provoke Don Vemeziale not knowing that James just stood right behind him.

"I apologize for being trashy in your eyes Mr.Volkov, but these past 4 days I had sent 8 royal court mages back in body bags. I'm afraid that the quality of the royal court mage does not live up to your expectation." Daniel said in a cold but gentlemanly tone.

These past 4 days he had learned from Maria how to act like a mage from a noble clan. Increasing his ability in bluffing others. Now he was able to almost act like someone who came from the mage noble clan.

"What!?" Volkov was startled and turned toward the direction of the voice and saw Daniel walking to sit in place of Don Veneziale who quickly stood up and offered his seat.

"Thank you, Mr. Veneziale," Daniel said his thanks and sat down.

He looked at Volkov straight into the eyes of the latter as if trying to peer through his soul.

As for Volkov, he felt like he got marked by a primordial predator beast. His heart beat faster and faster, cold sweat ran down his neck. A sense of fear gripped his heart, making him unable to breathe comfortably.

Seeing a lot of cold sweat run down from Volkov's neck, Don Veneziale knows what Volkov is going through right now. It was the same fear he felt back then when he was talking with Mr. Magitek. Now seeing his enemy going through the same thing he did back then, he was secretly delighted but still kept his cool and didn't show it on his.

Daniel secretly uses "Frozen In Fear" at Volkov making the latter fear him to the core. Intimidating and making the other feel insecure as much as possible is the first rule if someone wants to make a sale pitch about offering the other securities.

Daniel only sat and didn't say anything other than looking deep into Volkov's eyes. He patiently waited for Volkov to break and speak first before he started his sales pitch since eager customers are easier to convince.

As for the time, the card made Volkov fear for 1 turn, and 1 turn equals 1 hour in the real world. He had plenty of time.

As time passed by, Volkov wanted to say something for the first few seconds when the man in front of him sat down, but the intense fear made him unable to open his mouth and didn't dare to use his voice.

15 minutes passed but the intensity of his fear didn't subside, he felt like his bladder was going to leak, this is a crisis! If it were to be leaked. Even if he were to survive and return to his gang, he won't have a face to fight against Veneziale again!

Volkov gathered his courage and gritted his teeth.

"S… Sir…"

ραпdα nᴏνa| сom Daniel saw that Volkov had spoken first as he had anticipated then slid a property transferring paper toward Volkov along with a pen.

"Mr. Volkov, everything has…" Daniel was about to continue his sales pitch to sell Volkov his freedom but Volkov immediately snatched a pen and signed his name on a transferring paper.

After Volkov has finished he looks at Daniel with pleading eyes as if he wants to say something but doesn't dare to.

Danie was confused and looked to Don Veneziale for help. He should know something, he was the leader of the mafia gang so he should know what Volkov wants right now… right?

He saw the powerful man in front of him looking at Volkov in confusion. He knew that this powerful man didn't know what he wanted! Now he had no choice but to look at his enemy with pleading eyes.

Don Ardito, of course, knew what his pitiful enemy wanted before him. This guy needs to go to the toilet... Fast! He thought for a few seconds about loss and gain.

It's good to play dumb and let this old enemy of his to leak in front of him, but then he thinks again about the first time he was filled with fear by MR. Magitek's intimidating eyes. If it wasn't for his subordinate helping him to the bathroom after Mr. Megitak went back. He'd have leaked, too.

"Eddy, take Mr. Volkov to the toilet." Don Veneziale shouted at his subordinate who stood nearby.

"Yes, Don Veneziale" The subordinate replied and quickly brought Volkov to the nearby Toilet.

Volkov looked at his former enemy in gratitude, even if he had lost, Ardito still spared his dignity and let one of his subordinates bring him to the toilet.