In the two months after Nie Hou sent Aiders off with gorgeous fireworks, he returned to his usual days of eating and drinking in the office of the Imperial City Garrison Guard.
That's right, it was a life of lazing around and waiting for death. As the captain of the Imperial City's garrison, although he had no right to point fingers at some of the major nobles, it was too easy for him to lead his men to deduct the goods of merchants and capture a few people he did not like.
Therefore, in order to curry favor with Nie Hou, the ever-changing captain of the garrison, many merchants would occasionally carry a purse full of gold coins to curry favor with Nie Hou. They would also often invite Nie Hou to some sensual places to play and have fun together. Although Nie Hou would reject the women he sent over every time, Nie Hou would treat them to food, drinks, and gambling. Therefore, when most people knew of Nie Hou's habits, they began to cater to his preferences.
Nie Hou placed his feet on the office table without any regard for his image. He lazily lay on the chair and weighed the bulging money bag in his hand, listening to the pleasant sound of gold coins colliding.
A middle-aged man with a big belly looked at Nie Hou, who was weighing the money bag, with a stiff expression. He said uneasily,"That…Lord Nie Hou…"
Nie Hou looked at the man in disgust and waved his hand.""Alright, alright, I'll let you pass your goods. Remember next time, report as much as you want. If you dare to smuggle and evade taxes again, I'll hang you on the city gate, understand?”
After hearing that Nie Hou was willing to let him off, the middle-aged man immediately bowed and nodded at Nie Hou to thank him. He was just short of offering Nie Hou three incense sticks a day.
Nie Hou threw the money bag in his hand onto the table and said to the guards standing behind the merchant,""You, bring this merchant to retrieve the goods he has detained! When you come back, help me look after this office. If the fine is less than this bag on the table, we will ignore it. Of course, we will not accept any more, understand?”
The guards, who had been hit by a huge pie, immediately bowed to Nie Hou and thanked him."Understood, Lord Nie Hou! The fine we collect will always be this amount, not a cent more or less. Mr. Merchant, please follow me!”
After watching the guards leave with the merchants, Nie Hou said helplessly,""It's disgusting to deal with people like that, and I have to deal with them. It was really hard to be a father who didn't hide his daughter's brilliance. However, which shop should he go to today?”
Nie Hou stood up unsteadily from his chair and pulled open the cabinet under his desk. Black money bags of the same size were neatly placed inside. He randomly picked one up and placed it in his arms. Then, Nie Hou walked out of the office and left the headquarters of the Imperial City Garrison Guard.
On the roof of a building that was facing Nie Hou's office, a blonde woman with a hot figure was hiding in the shadow of the chimney. She had two big feline ears on her head and a golden tail that kept swinging. Her hands were not human hands, but sharp claws covered in golden hair.
She was Leona, a member of the assassin organization NightRaid, a bold and unconstrained giant nanny. He grew up in the slums of the Imperial Capital, and the emperor relic he used, the Lion King, was bought at a low price on the black market. He killed all the nobles because he could not stand the cruel game of trampling children to death on horseback. Later, he joined the killer organization NightRaid.
As one of the Night Raid members who had not revealed her true identity, her main job was to gather information in the capital. She would investigate which of the missions she received were pests of the empire that needed to be killed and which were loyal officials of the empire that needed to be protected. Then, she would decide whether to carry out the mission based on the information she had obtained.
The captain of the Imperial Garrison Guard, who had always been known as the greedy Marquis Nie, had naturally become the target of countless people. Night Raid had also received such a request and sent Leona to investigate if Marquis Nie was a pest that needed to be killed.
The moment Leona saw Nie Hou, she instinctively activated her Thearch relic, Hundred Beast King Transformation-Lion King, to resist the fear that her beast instinct felt.
The feeling of being stared at by the existence at the top of the food chain made Leona not even have the courage to look at Nie Hou. She could only hide in the darkness of the chimney and tremble until she could no longer feel Nie Hou's existence. Then, she walked out with all her strength.
This person was definitely not someone that he could deal with alone. He had to report to the BOSS and let her make the decision. After resting for a moment, Leona disappeared from where she was and could no longer be found.
When Nie Hou, who was walking on the street, realized that the person spying on him had already left, he silently wondered who was following him.
"Who is the person who is targeting me at this time? Is it that damned fatty from Ernest who doesn't get along with me because I disfigured his son? Or was it the Great General Bude who had not given up? But they didn't have a beautiful woman like that one under them. Furthermore, he felt that he had heard of Aiders, Bude, and Ernest somewhere before, but he couldn't remember them. It seemed that old people had the habit of forgetting things from the past.”
Nie Hou, who was constantly thinking about who he had made enemies with, realized that it seemed…seemed like…he had offended everyone in the Imperial Capital except for Aiders. This was simply a situation where he was besieged on all sides.
"Hmm? This is!"
Nie Hou, who had stopped in his tracks, looked at the three wanted posters hanging on the most eye-catching notice board in the Imperial City Square. All the messy clues were connected by a thread.
A dangerous smile appeared on Nie Hou's lips.""Night Raid, a group of assassins who specialize in killing nobles and officers of the Empire. Every time they kill a target, they will leave a notice of 'God's Retribution' at the scene, and even throw out the evidence of their crimes. The leader is the former Empire General Nadehitan, the former Empire Army's 100-man beheader Brand, and the elite of the Assassination Department, Scarlet Eye. It seems that the people following me must be their people. Don't you know that the fine I set is just a small fine? If it was that idiot Oka, hehe…"
Nie Hou, who had unknowingly arrived at his destination, walked into a restaurant called 'Demons and Monsters'. Ignoring the waiter's greeting, he walked to the innermost table and clapped his hands."Tell the kitchen that I, Nie Hou, am here.”
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