It seemed the situation was sliding in an unknowable direction...
Facing a Blood Demon like this, Ronan found himself utterly baffled.
If not for the restrained yet still arrogantly blazing power of Qi and Blood standing before him, Ronan would have suspected he had run into a subpar salesman.
Ronan politely replied, "Sorry, I don't really understand."
"Ah, ah, I got too excited and didn't explain it clearly."
Blood Demon was not about to make Ronan sign anything right away. Seeing that Ronan had not immediately refused, he maintained his enthusiastic attitude, pulled Ronan over to some seats by the street, and sat down across from him. Then he asked attentively:
"What would you like to drink?"
"Plain water is fine."
It was a good chance to replenish the water-vapor avatar. When he had shaken Blood Demon's hand earlier, its structure had suffered slight damage from the other man's vigorous Qi and Blood. There was no way that could have escaped notice, but neither Ronan nor Blood Demon cared about it.
Once the necessary pleasantries were over, Blood Demon got to the point. "Brother Ronan, it's like this... Ah-ha, calling you 'brother' should be appropriate, right?"
When an Extraordinary Species took the initiative to show goodwill, whether sincere or false, one had to give them some face. Ronan could not refuse, so he smiled and reverted to the more familiar role of an introverted young boy, waiting to see what this fellow, so eager to show off, was trying to pull.
Blood Demon looked ready for a long talk. "Let's start from the beginning. First, Brother Ronan, did you know that I invested in acquiring Card Deck magazine?"
Ronan answered honestly, "I heard about it. I only found out last night."
"Exactly, it only happened in the last couple of