"There are so many gentlemen and ladies in this city who need the Security Department's help. You could protect them to satisfy your sense of justice, rather than crawling into those filthy alleys to stand up for prostitutes, thieves, and layabouts..."
Perez's words made the situation clear to Renato. The Wolf Gang had a powerful backer, far beyond an ordinary wealthy merchant.
For a noble born into the Atwood Family to describe someone that way, Renato could not help wondering who the Wolf Gang's boss really was.
He walked out of the office with a measure of regret.
Not because of the department head's reprimand-compared with the managers back on Earth who would curse people out by name at the slightest provocation, the noble-born Perez chose his words far more carefully.
What he regretted was the pace of his own actions. According to his original plan, he should have stirred up a little trouble in Shantytown, drawn out a minor Wolf Gang leader, and discreetly sounded him out about the movements of the three bosses, rather than confronting them directly as he had now.
But the tragic story of that disabled woman huddled on the street corner had driven Renato straight into the Limping Dog tavern, where he had injured Fang.
Damn it. After all this time in another world, why was I still so impulsive?
I had enough trouble looking after myself. I shouldn't have meddled. I was just a soul transported here from another world, not even a native of Ereel...
Still, what was done was done. Dwelling on it would accomplish nothing. Renato gathered his thoughts and considered his next steps.
Now that he had pinpointed the location of Uta, the Wolf Gang boss known as Fang, his assignment for the Assassins' Guild was complete.
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