Chapter 216 - Fundraiser
Chapter 216 - Fundraiser
"I have extracted the guy's memories. There's nothing of significance that could backfire on our plan."
Eren heard Reen after she had finished him off without leaving anything behind. She shared the memories of her victim with her master after she was done extracting them.
Eren closed his eyes and experienced Edward's memories in the first person. He shifted through a lot of recent memory fragments and confirmed what Reen had said earlier.
"Alright. Give me his ID Stone. We'll need that as well any identifiable stuff inside to plant the evidence."
Eren raised his hand and caught the ID Stone thrown his way by his pet. Reen had already destroyed Edward's mana signature on the ID Stone, making it easy for her master to look through her victim's stuff.
"Hot damn. The guy was loaded. Look at all these Extols! We caught him on his payday. It's like catching a horned sturgeon and finding caviar within it. Hehe!"
Eren was pleasantly surprised to find his victim's storage space, so he impolitely moved the abundance of Extols into his. He liked his victims when they dropped high-quality items and wealth. Of course, his victims couldn't share those feelings.
Eren then assumed the form of Edward Jener with the help of Reen's fusion with him. She aided him in controlling his shapeshifting to get the desired visual profile. Then she separated from her master and assumed the appearance of Elena, the young woman who was seen together with Edward.
Edward AKA Eren waited in the room for dawn to arrive. He could have left the crime scene early if he wanted to. The staff at the Grand Hiyat knew exactly what the supposed couple were going to do during their temporary stay. It would raise suspicion if he had left early.
Raising the suspicion was fine this early in the game. But Eren was thinking about the investigation that's take place after he unleashes his revenge on Sienna. He wanted there to be as few loopholes as possible, even if complete cover-up seemed like an impossible task.
Now all Eren needed was for his illegal slaves to do their job right.
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Ron of the berserkers had been very busy these days dealing with his shady contacts. He had been tasked with handling the core part of Eren's designs on Sienna Slughorn. And he dreaded doing every part of it.
Why wouldn't he? He was en route to hurt someone whose family was known to hold significant power and influence in Edinburgh. Therefore, he tried to think of a few possible ways the plan could turn out wrong and started implementing countermeasures for it.
Ron wasn't a cynic like Eren. Instead of assuming that everything would turn out wrong, he would build on the plans he was confident about.
Ron and Damien had been asked to organize a secret event for LA students outside the LA grounds. Under Eren's guidance, he had also started spreading rumours about the same.
Among a select few students, rumours circulated that the event was organized by Edward Jener to collect bribes in advance from students who could afford to pay. He would then make it easier for students to complete their lab assignments, making them pass their tests with flying colours.
Almost every rich student knew Edward Jener was a sellout. So the hush-hush news didn't come as a shock to them. But what they were furious about was the fact that they had already paid the guy for their upcoming projects in advance. This was because he had demanded that they pay him first before he could help them.
Sienna along with her friends Vivi Loren and Luna Selene heard the news and were equally incensed. That was because they had already paid their dues. Sienna had paid multiple times more than the others to get extra benefits.
Despite this, the wretched guy was holding a fundraiser outside the LA grounds after raking in the Extols. But then another piece of news started circulating that an academic event regarding potioneering will take place. And the select few students who perform well in that event will get to attend the lectures of a B-Rank potion master.
All of these rumours were only circulated among students who had the background to pay for the bribe money. And they all naturally thought that Edward must have organized this "fundraiser" in anticipation of that event.
The students who thought that they had beat the system found that this was a chance for them to gain even more benefits. It would also soothe their ego that all they needed to do to get ahead of talented students is throw some money and leave them behind.
Sienna and her friends were no exception to that thought process either. Therefore, they along with almost all the other rich kids who had heard about the "fundraiser drive" decided to attend it. Edward Jener was a greedy man. But he had always come through for them. So there was no risk of investing in something dubious either. At least that's what they thought.
Ron had come up with both the rumours himself. He had retained anonymity in spreading them too. The first rumour was intended to lure Sienna and her friends to a specified location. The second rumour was to bolster the first one.
Ron was not as connected as Sienna. But he too had his source in the academy which was his maternal uncle, Lin Karr. He had learned from him that soon a B-Rank potion master would be on the grounds of LA as a Master professor.
Ron moulded that information into a rumour to give it a touch of authenticity. This was why the rich kids ended up buying into those rumours. Because just like Ron, they too had their sources in the academy that confirmed the potential existence of a B-Rank potion master.
Ron knew that the most convincing rumours had bits of truth mixed in them. Hence, he circulated the rumours while hoping that Sienna and her friends Vivi Loren and Luna Selene would fall for them.
Otherwise, he would have to deal with an unhappy Eren.. And he would want to avoid such Eren at any cost.