"Did she tell you who she was...?"
Simba heard a familiar voice.
He turned around, and his eyes fell on a certain three-eyed woman who had entered his office right after Amaya left.
"Arshia..."
He called out with a complicated look on his face.
Arshia was special. Her background was special, just as Nux had guessed. She hailed from one of the Four Supreme Worlds. Of course, not many people knew about that. Actually, only the Leader of the Fortune's Call and Simba did.
Her background was also the reason why Arshia had some special privileges others working in Fortune's Call did not.
No normal person could meet Simba this easily inside Fortune's Call. The very fact that that unknown woman was able to get an audience with him despite her low cultivation level was because Arshia made it possible.
And Simba knew exactly why Arshia did it.
Information.
One look at that woman was enough to tell them that she was related to Riona Leander. Following a simple logic, it was easy to understand that the woman was also related to Nux Leander.
And for Arshia, who desperately wanted to know about Nux Leander, that woman was her only option.
However,
"I didn't need to know."
Simba shook his head.
"What do you mean?" Arshia turned towards Simba. "You have to fin-"
Before the woman could complete, Simba interrupted,
"Don't get involved in this, Arshia.
You are a smart woman. You already have the answer to the question that is in your mind; you are just refusing to accept it."
"We cannot be ce-"
"Don't be foolish, Arshia."
Simba raised his voice..
Then, as he looked into Arshia's eyes, he sighed and continued,
"Roughly 150 years have passed, and Umbrasol still stands.
What does that tell you?
It was a Black Mission where even an Eternal Level being lost his life.
He was supposed to face 90,000 beings who are on the same level as him, and you know what's worse? We aren't even sure if that's the end of it.
Umbrasol is a High Level World, little one, and it is doing everything in its power to protect itself from destruction.
That boy was basically facing a High Level World on his own. How high do you think his odds were?
Stop letting your emotions get the best of you. You already have a lot on your plate. You are in no position to get involved with this. We are in no position to get involved in this.
The woman who came here belonged to the same force that man did, and the very fact that she wants me to get it off the records that Nux Leander ever took that mission means that they have already accepted the fact that Nux Leander is dead."
Simba then stared at Arshia, his eyes showing how pressing this matter was,
"And the force behind him wants to make sure that not a single being learns of his failure.
You should know it better than I do about how much those worlds and the forces inside them value their reputation. They would go to any lengths to make sure that nothing harms it.
Any lengths, Arshia."
Simba stressed those words.
""
Arshia turned silent, and Simba, who thought that she understood, nodded.
"This will be the last time we bring this topic up. Is that clear?"
"I..."
Arshia momentarily paused, then, with a frown on her face, she spoke,
"I have never heard of a force capable of cultivating a being like Nux. How are you so
sure that they are from a Supreme World? And... are we sure that that woman actually part of the same force as well?"
"You think any other world is capable of raising that monster?"
Simba just questioned back, and Arshia had no words to rebut him.
"As for that woman, I am sure she comes from the same force as well, and...
She might even be stronger than him."
"Huh...?"
Arshia couldn't believe what she just heard.
"You say that just because that woman used an Absolute Law...? Nux didn't even use his Law even when he faced all the Sovereign Level Mercenaries combined. The two aren't even comparable. I am sure Nux also has an Absolute Law."
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