Chapter 71:Partners Meeting

'What am I supposed to do with this information now? If the churches haven't been able to find these guys with the resources they have how can I...'

"...."

"....He..."

"..He he he..."

These were valid reasons but this did nothing to appease the hatred in his heart, so he just let out an empty laugh as he raised a hand to his face.

'Who am I kidding? I'm going to find them and I'm going to make them sing about everything they know about those neutered bitches'

After laughing for a long time, Adryan calmed down and began to think more coldly about what to do with the information he had.

'One of the reasons why the churches haven't found these cops, and supposing they haven't, should be because those who they did catch sang like little birds in the morning, so the fugitives are no longer a priority....

After all they are much more busy with the issue of annihilating the Black Skull,they are a more dangerous threat than some corrupt cops...'

'So if I were a dirty cop, I'm on the run but there are no posters with my face and no bounty on my head where would I go?'

The information Glaint had managed to get included a bit of each other's personalities.

They were all quite similar in the fact that they were treacherous, lacking in morals and would do anything for money but there was one crucial detail that they all shared and was the strongest one....

'They are huge cowards so they wouldn't try to leave Backlund for fear of being caught, nor would they stay in any decent part of the city....'

Using his right hand to scratch his chin, he already had an idea and couldn't help but growl in annoyance.

'The best option would be exactly East Borough, the police have no power there and the power of the churches is greatly reduced, they would be practically ghosts, they could join any gang to get money and nobody would care, what better place for a rat than to hide in the sewer?'

'But this is a big problem I can't go there to collect information as Adryan nor Mr.Holmes, that would be serving me on a silver platter with a juicy red apple in my mouth ready to be devoured by whichever of the three churches manages to catch me... ..'

His mind turned several times on what to do, but it didn't take long for an idea to come to his head and this made him smile dangerously.

'If neither Adryan nor Mr.Holmes can go then let's leave the job of gathering information to Batwoman!'

'Xio has a large number of contacts so it shouldn't be too difficult for her to move some of them around the East Borough to find these wretches and I have several ways to pay her~'

Paying Xio would not be a problem, after all he had the Trickmaster formula and a part of the Sheriff formula.

'Today in a few hours is our meeting so I can talk about this with her.'

The week that Xio had requested was over and they would have to meet again today, perhaps it would be the last time considering that Joseph is still alive but Xio has no chance against him, and he had already been reported to the Churches so his days were numbered....

'I may have already joined the Tarot Club and it's no longer necessary to maintain contact with her but the channels she has would take a long time to create, time I don't have so I'd better try to think of a way to keep this relationship alive.....'

Thinking about that last part, the redhead couldn't help but let out an funny laugh as he tried to cover his mouth with his hand.

"I already sound like a little kid trying to keep his parents' toxic marriage alive..." Adryan whispered with another laugh....

...

Leaving that episode behind, he left the alley in the direction of his house.

'First I write the letter to Glaint about the party and then I prepared myself for marriage therapy~'

....

It was already 6:00 pm and around this time was when the sunset fell painting everything a beautiful orange.

Adryan was already behind the bar waiting for Xio's visit, he was wearing a black leather jacket which was another one that he had modified so that it had many more pockets inside where he had various tools, tripwires, first aid kits , etc. This jacket also concealed the revolver under his left armpit.

He also wore black hunting pants as well as his hunting boots and black gloves, to crown his appearance was his short black windbreaker that barely exceeded his shoulders with the hood raised and with his faithful mask.

The best way to describe the windbreaker would be the short cloak that the Hunters in Yharnam wear to wipe off the blood of the beasts they hunted in the nightmare.

And this was the main reason why Adryan hadn't gotten a new one other than that it was much more comfortable to move like this...

'Xio shouldn't take too long but if that's the case I'll just wait until 20:00 because I don't have anything else to do to be honest and I don't want to be bored at home....'The redhead thought as he leaned against the wall and began to wait.

After 20 minutes he heard light footsteps heading towards him and turning in the direction of them he saw the figure of the Miss heading towards him from the bottom of the alley.

"Good evening Miss," he said in Mr. Holmes's tone as Xio came up to his side.

Looking up, Xio still had the costume she had used when she 'hid' her identity, but with the hood down, this allowed him to see that she no longer had her makeup on.

"Good evening Mr. Holmes" Xio's tone despite being well hidden Adryan managed to notice the sadness behind it and this made him sigh.

"How are you doing?"