Lord Shadow

Chapter 1374: A Familiar Name

The chairs around the table is also magical in nature and is carved with intricate details.     

The chair where Amaterasu is sitting is black in color and there are the carvings of all kinds of mythical Japanese gods and monsters on the chair back.      

The black color itself is magical as it seems to absorb light. Yomi, the name itself is Japanese word for the land of the dead or the World of Darkness.      

It is then the reason why all the high ranking members all have taken the name of mythological gods and deities.     

Amaterasu, Susanoo and Tsukuyomi are the three leaders of the three Gates of Yomi.     

And then there is the two founder of Yomi, the one who had subdued the criminal underworld of Japan and then expand its influence over the world     

It is Izanami and Izanagi.     

These two people had never been seen but everyone knows their existence. Unlike some Yakuza gangs where they gain reputation by notoriety and by showing their faces and their power openly and publicly, Izanami and Izanagi power seem to come from their anonymity.     

They are shrouded in darkness, their names are whispered in the dark alleys but no one knows who these two people are, where did they come from, how they look like and where they are.     

Elusive as a ghost      

Probably the only people who have seen these two figures are the Three Gate leaders of Yomi.      

As for Mister Moscow chair, there is the carving of hammer and sickle and stars. There are many various symbols that denotes the Bratva.      

These chairs have special properties in that they could isolate sounds around them and detect their thoughts pattern.      

So when Mister Moscow wanted to talk to Amaterasu, the chair sends a permission request to Amaterasu and Amaterasu accepted so they could talk freely without disturbing the other three and also keeping the connection of their conversation a secret     

While these people do not trust each other, some trust needed to be established if not the cooperation could not be maintained.      

In the past, it was the Broker that brought these violent men together and created the most powerful criminal organization in the world, an alliance of criminal and outlaws to defend themselves from the purge of the Great Powers.      

'Void is a problem that we need to address sooner than later but for now, we have to focus on Death Monarch'      

Even though the topic of the gathering is not yet being proposed, everyone around the table knows that this probably something to do with Death Monarch.     

Amaterasu nodded and then he said     

'We'll see whether the others had ideas on how to counter. I would like not to abandon my facilities in the Ten Seas and the other continents. It is one thing that we could not do business in Pandemonium, it is another that we could not even do anything' Amaterasu said.      

Of course only criminal like them could think what they are doing is right and it was that Death Monarch that does not understand the rules of the world.     

To them, everyone has to compromise. But Death Monarch was never a person who compromises with others.     

You either follow his way or you die. It is suffocating dealing with this kind of person yet Death Monarch is not someone they could simply ignore      

Mister Moscow did not say anything else because he knows that Amaterasu would like to listen to the others and the connection between their two chairs is immediately severed     

They went silent.         

Sitting on the seat beside Amaterasu is Falco, the representative of the Consortium the unified Italian mafia.      

The Consortium is consisted of the Falcone's, the Salvatore's and many other new crime families that have risen since the Fall     

They are basically the mafia. The Five Families of course still existed in bits and pieces but the new upstarts had taken their place.     

Honors and all that is push to the sides especially in a world where the one who is the strongest reign supreme.     

Falco wears a mask of an eagle. But just like the other two, his mask is not simply some trinkets or mask he buys in some convenience store.      

It is a mask that seems to emanate energy.      

The Italian mafia was quite hard to remove because unlike what happened in Japan and in Russia, the mafia had quite the pull in Italy.     

But when Italy joined the World Government, the mafia basically had a bit of a contests of power with the regional governor that Hirate had sent     

This then turn into a full blown war and they lost that war. And ever since then, they struggle to find a way to get back up.      

And during the assassination attempt of Death Monarch, there is the hand of the mafia behind those assassination attempt so their forces is also hunted by Pandemonium forces     

But they are slowly recovering. Falco did not say anything to Amaterasu or to Mister Moscow, remain silent for most of the time.      

As for the cartel, it was Diablo who is representing. The Cartel is simply a name that came to represent all of the South American criminal underworld.      

There is a certain man who have unified the entire South American crime families. This person is elusive and some people called him El Fantasma     

The Ghost.      

The Red Lotus Triad is represented by Hong Yaoshi. All of them uses code names and wears mask.      

Does this mean that they did not trust each other? There's that but actually it is also because they fear that there are some ways of knowing who they are.     

The fact that they are the representatives of their faction means that they are quite high in the ranking.     

It would not be surprising if one of them is the heads of these forces.      

But they would never speak so obviously.      

They might know in their hearts who is sitting beside them but they would never verbalize it into words.     

Because they know the risk and they don't know who is listening. Even though everything in this room seems to have an anti-surveillance runes carved onto it, the world is vast and there are all kinds of people who have all kinds of abilities     

They know that the Heavens could listen and eavesdrops.      

And they don't like that.      

The reason why all of their mask have certain energy to it is none other than because all of it has some kind of anti-surveillance magic.     

Diablo started saying first         

'I would propose the topic' When he said it, he push the center button enabling his word to be heard all over the room.      

Mister Moscow, Amaterasu, Hong Yaoshi and Falco all nodded. The barrier that cancels noise around them immediately come down. This time everyone could hear each other     

'The return of Death Monarch. How to handle this?'     

They all went silent for a few second before Amaterasu then said.     

'We should have really killed him when he was still weak'     

Hong Yaoshi snorted and said     

'What's the use of speaking about things that have already happened'     

He looks to Mister Moscow and said     

'Any ideas?'     

Mister Moscow seems to be silent for a second before saying     

'We have created some weapons'     

'The Bratva creating weapons. That is hard to believe' there is a trace of disdain in the tone. It was Diablo saying it     

'There were some researchers of the Order of Thinkers that defected to our side' Hearing this the other went silent.     

One could not see their facial expression because of the mask but most of them are probably shocked. But they did not ask any more.      

Everyone have their own methods and they are not exactly the sharing type.     

'Are you confident that your weapon could kill Death Monarch? Probably it would only tickle him' said Amaterasu     

Mister Moscow did not say anything for a few second before saying     

'It is true that even though the weapons had been created there is no certainty at all that it could be used against a Divine Comprehension leveler.'     

Amaterasu nodded. This is simple logic. If the Bratva had such weapons, they would already be dominating the world.      

Mister Moscow could tell that Amaterasu had something to say.     

'Amaterasu, it seems you have an idea'     

Amaterasu takes his time. Even though this room is dark and it appears that they were the only one here, that is not entirely accurate. Around the room is service robots.      

Out of the many conveniences brought by the explosion of advanced technology, one of them is these service robots.      

Amaterasu waited for his juice to come. The rest did not bother him. Even though they use code names and meet in mask, this are not the first time they met each other.     

They are the representative of their factions and most of the time they meet each other in one way or the others because they have already established rapport.         

So, they waited. The juice came and Amaterasu uses the straw to slurp the juice.     

'Ahh…that just hit the spot' he exclaimed before suddenly saying     

'Loki wanted a seat on the table'     

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