Chapter 666: Angry birds make an appearance.
"They have taken the small fish, we are left with the big ones." He went on to say.
One of the triplets raised his left hand and asked, "Are we also making money on the hunt?"
"Yes." Old tiger responded, instantly. He did not take a breather, look to Chi Lian for permission or have to think about it. "Three million per target." he added, because another of the brothers had raised his hand. He assumed that this was the question to follow.
"This.." he started to say, when another voice cut him off.
"This has been bothering me since we stepped our feet into this unconventional gathering of unlicensed bounty hunters. Why isn’t the police, special operations, intelligence, CSA or any other department of our empire’s military handling this? And who is paying for the targets we capture?"
It was Ringo he asked this question, and he made sure to address the question directly to Chi Lian.
She had expected this question, in her thinking, it had actually come later than she expected. Ringo was the skeptic, the one who always had the most questions but also the most ruthless and mission oriented when the mystery was cleared up.
She swung her body slowly and faced him. Then she said, "You will understand why when you see the names on the list. We are not doing this unlicensed, the emperor gave me full authority and we negotiated a price yesterday. I demanded one million for the ordinary targets and six for the big ones."
"Wait, the youngest of the triplets interrupted in a loud and dismayed voice, "This means you will be making seven hundred thousand from each of the small ones and three from the big ones."