The Goddess Made A Mistake Again-Chapter 252 - - Ridiculous Suggestion
"Boss, you believe they're already prepared for a war?" Aslac asked in slight disbelief.
"Why shouldn't I? The intel previously told us that they would bomb another place, right. And what was the end result?" Kay Gon's words shut up anyone that had a counteractive thought, except for one.
"I think I know the reason why they bombed us." Philip said, gaining everyone's attention. He looked straight at Henry and subtly pointed at him, "Because of someone here, Sekai has taken heavy damages in the income department. Maybe they wanted to retaliate for that reason."
"Maybe the bombing was even prepared for that person."
He's words immediately divided the people once again.
Rocco quickly pointed out, "Why are you guys always aiming for Mr. Tax huh? Is this about money? Are you so self-conscious that you weren't able to gain money like us that you act so shamelessly?"
"Rocco!" Phillip aimed his finger angrily, "Don't you dare try to insult me, you punk! What the hell do you even know, you're still a small pod in this business."
"Well, that small pod earns more than you Phillip. I'm sure that must by one of the reasons why our presence irks you so much." Reina said.
"You bitch! What noble whore do you think you are? If it weren't for us, you'd still be selling counterfeit items at the streets and scurry every time the guards come to pick you up." Elric said.
"Now this is getting personal, Elric." Salvick said in his Russian accent, "And try to correct me, but wasn't it our boss who brought Ms. Reina in? Are you trying to take the boss's credit as well?" He said in an accusing but laughable tone.
Elric at that started jittering and apologized to Kay Gon, "Bo- Boss! Sorry if that turned out wrong. I was just trying to educate these people. They don't respect you boss! We should have taken car-"
"Slap!"
Another slap instantly stopped the guy.
"I should have taken care of you, you rascal." Kay Gon angrily muttered, "How long are you guys going to keep arguing about the same things every time?"
He pointed to the four snakes, "If them earning money irks you so much then go earn more than them. Otherwise don't try to destroy the peace that my predecessor gave unto me, you got it!"
"Yes Boss!" Everyone shouted as that was meant for everyone.
Seeing that everyone was finally calm, Kay Gon shared his insights.
"Sekai wouldn't go so far as to bomb the capital just because they wanted to harm Henry." Kay Gon slowly said, "But it indeed is true that they wanted to bring trouble to you."
He looked at me, "How many of your shops got hit?"
I faintly give a small sigh, "Somewhere around half."
"And causalities?"
"Not much. Most of them were given the day off so only a few people and some guards were caught in it."
"That's a good result." Kay Gon said, "Not the greatest, but it's still the best."
"And how about you guys?"
They gave their own share too. Somehow the four snakes had gotten more damages than any other. Which would say why they were so argumentative from the start.
"How much will the business get affected by this?" Kay Gon said asking everyone, but I knew he was only asking me.
I answer, "The first few weeks would be slow. But after the first month, things will start looking up again. It wouldn't take more than three months for us to keep running as we did and close to a year to repair all the damages."
Kay Gon gave a relieved sigh.
"Goodness… just what is Sekai thinking anyway? Going to such extreme on such a day." Kay Gon rubbed his somewhat bald head with few large strands of white hair, "Are they ready to burn down all the bridges?"
"Ah, fuck me. No wonder why my previous bosses wanted to retire their place and give it to me, they knew how hard this was and deliberately gave it to fuck with me." Kay Gon said as everyone smiled at his words and he looked sharply at them, "You think I'm joking?"
They quieted at that.
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Me?… I was just sitting quietly at my seat, neither laughing nor bowing.
Dude, I am the second in command, I don't bow to no one. The moment this dude collapses or goddess does not forbid, dies, I'll be fucking up the gang and taking everything for myself… of course I would still share some with my homies.
After a bit more business talk, Kay Gon uttered something that shocked everyone.
"Send someone to Sekai, find out what they intend to do and if possible try to build a bridge between us again."
"Boss, you want us to have connection with them again? After they burned us like this?" Phillip asked and everyone was in agreement with him.
"I must… at least we need to be prepared for whatever they throw at us." Kay Gon said, "If they are vouching for war then we need to side with the favorable party, even if it means it's the Sekai Kingdom."
I finally speak, "If you want to build something like an alliance after what they did… then we have to give something that would interest them."
"I know… half."
Kay Gon's words shocked me as I mirrored, "Half?!"
Finally, everyone understood with my word as they also looked at Kay Gon like he lost it.
Everyone had gotten damages that day and giving up half was a ridiculous thought.
"Yes… but that is only the highest point. If possibly, we'll go for lower first." Kay Gon and the next whole meeting was a blur.
Kay Gon saw everyone was fixed on the 'half' thing, so he ended the meeting and gave us time to think on it.
Getting out the hotel, everyone took their own carriage and left for their place, except for us seven.
We regathered at another place that was far from here, where nobody would listen to us.
"HALF!! HOW THE FUCK DOES HE THINK WE'LL GIVE UP HALF!" Benedict said slamming his fist on the table, spilling the drinks.
"Patience Benedict… we need to think calmly on this matter before getting rough." Fredrick said but he also had a frown on him.
"How the fuck will Patience help me?! That old bozo's telling us to give up half." Benedict said and calmed a bit as he drank, "With what I've lost already, losing half would practically throw me onto the street."
"The only reason why Kay Gon is saying that because he knows he won't lose anything… the half he wants to give is our half to begin with." Salvick said sorrowfully.
"I can't give out half." Reina shook her head, "I need to compensate for the guys that died and I still haven't gotten to those that need medical attention."
"Let's just kill the guy… let's do it." Rocco said but everyone ignored him seeing he was the most drunk. The guy was practically swaying with the smallest wind.
"Mr. Tax," Maverick, the smartest asked, "What do you think we should do?"
"For now, agree with the guy." I say, "I don't believe Sekai would agree to his alliance."
"Then we sit and wait?"
"Yeah… until the visit comes, we'll lie back in our caves."
