Chapter 960: Section 630: Regret (3)
The Canine Lady quickly recited the addresses of several guild safe houses, one of which was the small building visited by Malin. Malin pointed to the small building, "All your men died there; you should stop using this safe house in the future."
At first, the Canine Lady marked the map with a pen, and then in a delayed reaction, she bristled with outrage, but Malin wasn’t in the mood to lecture her on keeping her mouth shut. Instead, he patted her on the head, "Thank you, and also, change your hairstyle. That kind of ponytail sticking up doesn’t suit you dogs."
After speaking, Malin headed towards the exit.
The middle-aged man at the door was silent. When Malin passed by him, he stopped and said, "The Array is well constructed, and the illusions are very realistic, but still, they couldn’t fool me. The Dark Guild is able to operate here, surely with the consent of quite a few people, right? You sometimes take care of their tasks, don’t you?"
"...Now that Your Excellency knows all this, why didn’t you burn this place to the ground?" The middle-aged man resigned himself and sat down on a chair to one side.
"No, I have learned quite a bit from that young man called Hamil. There’s a need for those who hire assassins, and you help connect them with people like Hamil who can meet those needs. Without you and them, others would take your place and might be even more ruthless and cruel. So, for me, since killing you won’t change that fact, why not kill those who have these needs?"
After speaking, Malin, standing in the doorway, reached for the door handle, "Tell your people, the Dark Guild continues business as usual, but if there’s any contract involving murder, I must approve it."
"This contradicts the confidential agreement of the guilds, Your Excellency." The middle-aged man replied while trembling as he took a small liquor flask from his pocket.
With a Psychic Palm, Malin crushed the silver flask into a lump and threw it into the corner, "Say ’no’ one more time, and your head will end up like this flask. I can easily replace you with someone else. The significant figures might have threatened you, but you’ve seen how I threaten. The Dark Guild survived under their tacit consent, so adding my name to their list shouldn’t be a problem, understand?"