Mercenary Harem in Murim Novel

Chapter 34 - 34 – A Scheme

In Chengdu, Jessica was sighing. The plan to create a new business came into a halt due to the lack of funds. She realized that creating a shop wouldn’t be as easy as she thought it would be.

Preparation cost money and her plan was not an exception to that. Buying another land and creating a new entertainment place required a lot of money she didn’t have.

"We don’t have enough." She sighed again in regret as she looked at the blueprint for the place she wanted to build, "Unless we can get some loan from banks, we can’t proceed with this project. But is there any bank here? I don’t think so."

The plan was to create an entertainment place with the theme of gambling den and modern bar where bunny girls serve alcoholic drinks. They also wanted to recruit beautiful girls for this place to serve the customers while becoming idols for them at the same time. This combined both the modern and Murim world into one place.

A gambling house was the thing that interested her the most in Murim.

The method they used was quite unique. Many people came here to bet and play games instead of fighting. The martial artists here lacked entertainment just like people in the modern world did, so they played games that originated from the modern world to entertain themselves.

They even went as far as creating their own version of poker using the cards! She thought that was very amazing. So amazing that she wanted to join them and gamble too.

"We also need a chef." Jessica said, thinking about the high-quality food she enjoyed eating in Langya Inn, "Our customers will need delicious food as well. As for the bartender, we can hire someone and have Shui teach them how to make cocktails."

The secretary once again let out a sigh and leaned her back on the chair. She felt tired already despite it being just 10 in the morning.

"Sigh... Maybe I should get some rest first." She stretched her body a bit before laying down on the table in front of her.

Just as she relaxed, a voice called out to her.

"Here you are."

Jessica immediately raised her body and turned around. She couldn’t be seen sleeping by anyone from her workplace, especially in the base. Luckily, it wasn’t a stranger but merely Chiaki.

"Chiaki? What is it?" She asked while clearing her throat awkwardly.

"Leader contacted me to open the infirmary."

"Infirmary?" The secretary raised her eyebrows in confusion.

"Shui fought an unexpected opponent and Leader wanted to recruit him. He managed to hold the sword maniac for 5 minutes in a fight. Apparently this said man is a famous 8 Stars martial artist. He asked me to reconnect his arm. No one in this world is able to do it."

"Reconnect his arm... That’s a simple matter that a basic infirmary we currently have can do." Jessica muttered quietly, realizing something. "That might work."

Chiaki looked confused. Why did Jessica suddenly smile like that? She didn’t know what she meant by that, but there was a saying among the members.

Prepare for a war when the leader smiled and prepare for trouble when Jessica smiled. And now, Chiaki felt like she would be overworked once again.

"Just... hold back a little." She said as she patted Coco who somehow trembled on her shoulder. "Ah, Leader also asked you to investigate something. He wants you to look deeper about Tang Clan."

"Alright. I will report directly to Leader after I am finished."

***

When the death of the third Young Master of Tang Clan was announced a day after the attack, the atmosphere in Qin City suddenly changed. All Tang Clan’s guards were put on alert while all residents were restless.

As the clan in charge of Sichuan province, Tang Clan was pretty influential. Its influence reached out of the province as well and was spread throughout the Central Plains. So the news about their third Young Master’s death spread very fast among Tang Clan’s subordinate families and clansmen.

The number of guards patrolling Qin City increased exponentially with every day passed. From a few dozen, they eventually reached several hundreds as they marched around the city while checking each nook and cranny of it.

There was no one allowed to enter or leave Qin City for a time being by Tang Clan’s order and even those who resided in Qin City weren’t allowed to leave without proper identification.

Another thing they did was to declare a war against Green Forest Bandit band, stating that the third Young Master died because of them as they attacked during the tournament. They blamed them for the massacre and swore that they would bring the bandit group into extinction as a payback.

Hearing that, Leo noticed that everything went as that sly snake had planned.

’Indeed, they have no shortage of people to use.’ He thought in his mind while listening to Tang Yao’s speech about justice and eliminating evil from the world.

’In the original novel, they use Qin Weiqi’s death as the reason. But because I saved the City Lord and killed the third Young Master, he decided to use his relative’s death to declare this war. How sly of him.’

He didn’t take part in the Tang Clan’s decision to declare war. It wasn’t his job to take care of the announcement anyway, so he just watched them and decided to sit still for now. The mercenary was still doing well and making money, so there was no need to intervene right now.

Currently, he was watching Tang Yao give a speech to the Tang Clan’s warriors in Qin City, gathering them before starting to head out and raid Green Forest’s territory.

There were hundreds of them gathered there and around the city right now, waiting for Tang Yao’s command to begin the attack. There was also Tang Soso standing beside him that boosted everyone’s morale.

"He’s pretty good at giving a speech." He commented from the roof of a certain building, not visible from below. "Don’t you agree, City Lord."

He turned around, looking at the person behind him who wore a black robe covering his whole body except for his face.

"I didn’t think I would be found out."