You made me angry… . .

The guarding duty of the Lawless City route is complete and I return to the underground facility . 

Yukime should be back soon . 

She must be riding back with a carriage full of gold coins . 

After that we can collect the rest of the gold coins and withdraw . All that left is for us to witness their collapse . 

Then John Smith would sit cross-legged in the royal capital high-rise hotel and say [As planned . The collapse is upon us... . . ] while sipping the finest wine with a profound smile and pile of gold coins on his table—- . 

So cool . 

I went through the underground pa.s.sage while drawing such delusions . 

However, it is awfully quiet . 

All the workers were already withdrawn but there're still guards remaining behind . 

Did they have too much free time and fell asleep . Well, I overdid it and no one could reach this place after all . 

[Fufufu... . ]

I showed my white teeth with a smile and walk with a light footstep to the front of the vault . 

[Are... . ?]

Why is the vault door unlocked...… . . ?

Moreover, it doesn't seem like it was opened using a key but forced opened . 

[N, no way, don't tell me...…]

My security should have been perfect . 

I haven't let even one rat pa.s.s through Lawless City . 

My legs are shaking . 

My hand also shaking . 

My body overflowing with cold sweat . 

[i, i, i, ii, it, it will surely be fine… . . ]

Then I opened the half-open vault door .

The inside was...empty . 

That golden mountains has disappeared without a trace . 

[It . it's a lie...]

The power escaped my knees and I crumbled on the spot . 

[How, Why... . . ]

My gold coins... . 

[Ha, hhaha, it's a dream… . . no, a bad dream… . I am going to become [A POWER IN THE SHADOW]... . ]

I used my shaking hand to fold my all-backed hair and stand up . 

It will be fine, It has to be . 

Yukime may have brought it out for some reason . 

And if someone has robbed us, it would take sometimes to transport all that gold . Unless they are very skilled then they shouldn't have gone far . 

I walk out of the vault with my shaking knees . 

When I felt two presences approaching, I feign to be calm . 

[——John-sama!!]

Two s.e.xy beauties are calling my name . 

They were Yukime's aides, Natsu and Kana . 

I asked the two who are behaving unusually . 

[What happened?]

Something did happen right? there must have been something, Why you ask? because the vault have been swept clean . 

Yukime-sama——Yukime-sama was captured by Gettan!

[What… . . did you say… . . ?

Yukime was... . Gettan...…I see!

Everything start to be connected in my head and I laugh out loud . 

[John-sama...?]

[I see, so it was like that...]

The skeptical Natsu and Kana saw what inside the opened vault behind me . 

[Th, This is—–!]

[D, don't tell me, he———!! but it was too fast… . . ]

The two's eyes were wide opened due to astonishment . 

[Do you know where he is?]

[Y, Yes… . . !]

[Then there's no problem . I will retrieve everything immediately . ]

Then I pa.s.s through the two people, the exploding magic power shake the atmosphere . 

[S, so much magic power !?]

[Is, is this John Smith's true power?]

Moreover I manipulate the steel wire and cut the air causing the Shushushushu sound and draw a beautiful line of light . 

[Gettan… . you have made me angry...!]

Now, let's begin the retaliation—— .