Chapter 299 Great Writer

Executing an assassination in Pirate City, particularly against the owner of the "Nagano-ya Geisha House", was bound to attract serious trouble.

After all, it was one of the local powers of Pirate City.

That "Demon Sword", Yachi, wasn't weak himself, let alone he represented the country of Mountain Hermit.

Su Lun also guessed that this was probably why Qian Tiao did not want to get involved herself.

Even so, there might be more complicated situations involved.

Su Lun had learned a secret from stripping the soul of "Cyclops" Sock: the "Rune Old Man" was not a native of Mountain Hermit, but a defector from Ruying.

That was the problem.

Why would a foreigner become a more powerful person than the daimyo of the Mountain Hermit country?

Something like the Geisha House, one of the most important cash flow channels, was in the hands of the Old Man's son, which was quite puzzling. The untold story behind this was probably why the geisha Koike was so reluctant to talk about it.

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