" It's so bright and colorful " Mihr praised as Karma looked around " It's too bright " he tried the hiding technique Mihr taught him ' I can't see it anymore ' Mihr was plenty disappointed to not see the familiar glow that reminded him of being in the third sphere of the heavenly kingdom .
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" does this mean you are going to use Merit then ? " " Nope if I can get a halo isn't that enough " Mihr felt joy to hear someone desire a halo instead of merit as money " Really ? " " Yes yes although I would like to know more "
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" Then let me go to heaven and get a book on how to use halo " Karma felt like something was wrong with learning heaven's techniques " Is it okay for a mortal person ? "
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" I'm sure they would let me if I tell them that you don't plan to use your merit for money but rather as a halo and your meritorious deeds are something everyone in heaven has heard of "
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" Then I'll be counting on you Mihr " " Yes my protectee " ' Is that the term for the person being guarded my bodyguards usually call me boss but that must be something guardian angels have to use when they want to talk about their ... protectee '
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Karma watched Mihr fly to heaven and looked at the food ' He ate it so cleanly but during this time I should check on Truth and maybe order some black curtains if I accidentally conjure the halo by accident '
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Karma checks on Truth " Truth are you there ? " "Yes ?" " Are you bored " "Yeah" " Then can you help me with something ? " "Sure what is it ?" " Can you make it so that I can tell whether a person is lying or not ? "
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"I can do that but what if the person doesn't know they are lying ? Like for example they were misinformed ?" " No need I'm okay knowing whether a person is lying or not you are still young so I don't plan to burden you "
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"Okay then here" Karma felt some warmth " Thanks " "Aren't you going to test it to see if it works ?" " It's working perfectly actually you are telling sorts of truth so you know very well that it works so do you want anything for that ? "
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... "Can I access the internet , I want to learn ?" " Sure go ahead I'll let you use my phone for now just don't go to the contacts okay or Isir might send people thinking I'm in danger again but I'll get you your own " "Okay thank you"
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Karma leaves his phone and goes back to the cabin to read the book of laws Mihr gave .
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' That confirms what I had thought no forced contract , no trespassing on personal property which means nobody can learn of anybody's secret so like a company secret will stay a secret even to higher societies maybe I should remove that welcome sign '
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He figured there was no problem since he had nothing important in here ' As expected several of the laws in the higher society are very much similar to the laws here it's not hard to learn some things and not too easy if you don't have a lawyer's degree '
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He takes a search through his new database "how to identify an artifact" " Ah cursed grimoires and artifacts " "Some original text like the devil's manual are cursed because of the devil's sins inviting retribution to any artifact the devil has touched"
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' Oh but I'm sure these texts are original text after all the Count bought it at a very early age and right after their destruction ' "Solomon's ring can only be identified if the wearer commands for a demon they can sense"
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Karma searches for the opposite of merit which appears as sins "This is the dark vestiges of someone who has destroyed not for the good of anyone , This abhorrent stain attracts disasters to try and cleanse any traces of it"
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' That sounds dark maybe that's why I haven't been hearing any reports that someone robbed the place ' Karma continues to read more about the sin vestiges .
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"the devil themselves and demons are full of these dark vestiges satan or Lucifer and his former name Samael has plenty of this for committing the gravest sin blasphemy against the lord"
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"Despite the past sins the higher society allowed demons and the devil to be part except Hell became a private property of Satan himself as those who have sinned for far too much are sent to hell to cleanse their vestiges until they become more acceptable to go to heaven"
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' Now I am curious what hell is like , it says here that hell became Satan's private property so I have to be careful about that law on trespassing as for whether I have any sins ' Karma hears knocking and opens the door .
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" Back already ? " " Yes the archangel Michael heavily insists that I take this to you in hopes that you can become an angel " Karma starts to recall the unwanted souls " Mihr I want to ask why do some souls not become demons or angels ? "
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" Are you perhaps referring to the souls that you took in ? " " Yes " " Well it's because they have yet to experience or live long enough for us to ascertain their alignment with god "
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" I see " Mihr puts some shining books as Karma wonders if this is similar to how the vestiges of sin would stain anything the devil writes on like a scent .
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" Here make sure to put a dark cloth over it " ' These hiding techniques seem crude but effective I wonder why ' Karma takes the book as Mihr notices that he isn't needed " I see that I'm no longer needed if you need me please call me "
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Karma nodded as he waved goodbye " I'll watch you from afar and it was very nice to meet you " Karma waved back ' Hmm now I feel sorry about all the things I said about angels ' As soon as he didn't feel that Mihr was watching he went to confirm his collection .
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"Boss Sebastian said that the collection is delivered to your house it is in an air-tight box" "Thanks I'll get there now" Karma gets in after ordering the new phone he promised to give to Truth and starts reading the text that was given to him .
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"Isn't it not good to read in the car ?" " It's fine in this car it moves so smoothly like a metro train you don't feel any motion sickness , but thanks for concerning about me " Karma reads leaving Truth to his device as Karma learns other uses of the halo .
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"A halo is an angel's symbol of power if you can harness it one can be immune to fire and cleanse the sins and pains" ' The classic healing and immunity from diseases also includes superpowers ' he could still feel that the halo was hidden and recalls Mihr's disappointment when he hid it .
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He stares at the book and recalls how demons are fallen angels ' So how does one commit blasphemy to the lord or have I accidentally done it already , I recall Mihr saying I have a beautiful halo but what about the other side '
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The underworld business is where all sorts of crime occur and where Karma has plenty of involvement through commanding Isir as his messenger the number of people that suffered from him would make war criminals look like petty thieves ' Isir must've been so good at tracing his steps but why does Mihr only see the merits , not my sins ? '
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He tries to understand relating them to the indirect command of crimes ' No that can't be , I'm sure I specified the details myself in fact Isir just acts like an eraser could it be because I only intend to show my good side ? I had told Isir to erase any evidence and not to leave a clue to trace who did it ' he flips through the books to learn "Eyes of an angel"
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"These eyes are great gifts the lord taught us how to harness them to learn of those we see" he starts to learn to use the eye of the angels as they arrived back home
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Karma left Truth or at least the book in the kitchen and stood in front of a mirror in the bathroom nearby conjuring a monocle with several golden frames .
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' Now this is bothersome I do see the sins , is it because I know about it ? " Karma watches as the color halo's brightness covers the darkness of his sins.
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' I guess this poker face experience will come in handy more than I thought but with this shouldn't they have known ... Rather I'm more curious why it seems that these angels and demons' influence is much less in these present times than before '
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His suspicion aroused and realized hitting his palm with his fist ' Oh I forgot , god set up some restrictive rules but that's just weird should I learn more about the history in the eyes of higher society then ? '
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He looks at some classes that explain the history but " Now that I think about it I'd rather not meet face to face with the family tree feels kinda embarrassing and there would be too many relatives asking me questions "
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He looks at the fireplace " Now that I think about it Gale usually helps me communicate can you try to talk with flames ? " Ember tries to form words but it's just very hard " Oh it's okay I'm sure Gale is at the orphanage trying their best to make promise keepers appear "
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Karma then recalled what Gale said about not liking Ember because of their fire nature " But maybe he won't " Karma called the villa as the telephone rang " Hello ? " " Can you call Gale or are they telling stories ? "
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The teenager froze " U-uh " " I'm not going to eat you just call Gale and say that Karma is looking for him " " GALE KARMA IS LOOKING FOR YOU " ' No need to shout ' " Hello ? "
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" Gale " " AHH Karma you're voice is on this thing " " It's just human innovation now then can you tell me what stories you are telling ? " " I was just about to finish the promise keeper of water "
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" Then can you tell stories about Ember " there was a pause of silence as Gale seemed so quiet all of a sudden " Gale don't be selfish please just because you want to meet with your other friends doesn't mean you should discriminate Ember just because you don't like their nature "
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" But Karma it's so lonely " " You have plenty of people there to talk to don't you , you have been storytelling but you keep holding them back because you wouldn't open up to them just do Ember a favor and tell stories about them and stop barricading yourself just because you keep receiving thanks from them doesn't mean you can't thank them yourself "
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The souls were watching unsure what to do since they had only listened to what Gale said " Also you shouldn't occupy most of their time with storytelling , you have existed for a long time at least teach them some other things to let them get to know you more and willingly listen "
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" So what about my friends ? " Karma sighed " Gale everything requires sacrifice or some form of exchange but if you keep forcing them to listen to your storytelling they will get bored and not want to listen to more , instead try to let them have more freedom after all you don't like it either being trapped in a box "
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Gale looked at the children and the doors they left open " Nnngh okay I will I'm sorry " " Don't apologize to me now make sure you take care of them and tell them they can ask for anything they want in the computer I'm sure some of those teenagers know how to use it "
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" Okay thanks Karma " " Bye then " Karma put the telephone back and turned to Ember " It is obviously hard for you to talk after all Fire's vocabulary is too narrow worse comes to worse I might have to be reading the words you write most of the time but Truth already does that so it's find "
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Karma wonders how to help Ember and checks on the history lessons ' Promise keepers sure are little maybe I can learn more in history class ' he takes a look at the internet and reads the text on the history .
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' Seriously it's more like the bible at this point the only extras are that there were some creations that didn't originate from god but came from god's creation and Grim is one of them this really doesn't have much to learn it pretty much matches some world lore theorist stories '
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Karma reads the text knowing that all of it is true and starts to scroll as much as he can to see if there are any lies .
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' I don't see any mentions of promise keepers here maybe they are one of the creations that sprouted out of god's creation but since Truth did say that this ability can only identify if someone is lying it's pointless if this information doesn't come from the person who actually wrote it '
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He looks at the package outside ' I can certainly tell there is not a single vestige in any of these artifacts ' he tests the monocle by looking at his own hands and goes to the big box opening it to check ' It's a good thing my yard is big or I won't be able to fit these '
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He looked through everything with Truth's ability confirming that they were somewhat authentic " According to what truth had lent me I can identify that some of these writings have evidence the writer experienced that proves its authenticity like this has proof that they indeed sold their soul "
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He found something that intrigued him . He takes the book and starts reading through it making a smile ' So that's what it is hmph well I already have copies of it just knowing what it is ... is enough '
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He tries to recall where Truth is and holds the book he was intrigued ' For now let's try to practice imbuing the merit's vestiges the glow is plenty suitable for what Mihr has said '
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He imbued the words with the merit vestiges and his phone suddenly rang as Karma picked it up hearing the guards of the residence .
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" Uh Sir You have a visitor they call themselves Cain " ' As in the first murderer ' Karma recalls the description that Cain has as the first murderer and his curse about inflicting more harm to those who harmed him .
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' And finally , unlike most of his family , he wasn't described to have died at what age ' " Let him in it I was expecting him " Security wasn't suspicious as Karma has had weirder visitors lending Cain a map .
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' Seven times payback if I heal him once do I get seven times but then again the bible said that god put that payback curse on him so that Cain wouldn't easily die , moreover it seems like this curse is a declaration that nobody other than god is allowed to punish Cain . '
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He looks at the footage on the gates ' So not even death was allowed to kill Cain ' he checks on Cain in the network learning what he does "Nobody should try to kill or harm Cain as it will return to you sevenfold"
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"Helping him doesn't amount to much as he is essentially the same as a normal person except he can't die because even death doesn't want to hurt him so what if he poisons himself while he does not die then"
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Karma looks at the kitchen and hears a doorbell as he makes a drink " Oh hello Cain come in " Cain was surprised at how easily Karma lets him in and hands him some water " Here drink some I'm sure it would help " ' me that is '
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Cain was too thirsty and at his limit and downed it he couldn't taste the heat " Ugh it's hot " " I have a bathroom on the first floor by the kitchen get yourself a bath in there "
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Cain felt that he was being led but figured that any harm be it direct or indirect would be returned sevenfold and assumed that his sevenfold payback was well known already so he went to the bathroom as Karma smiled .
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' Have a good rest Cain I spiked that drink if this does attack me then I can just test out my new halo skill ' Karma set up an alarm on his phone and sat on the couch reading the grimoires from his collection as Cain went to bath feeling warm and fell asleep as Karma smiled .
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" In one hour he will wake up moreover it doesn't hurt me I guess this curse can identify what will harm him and if submerging in hot water for one hour is his own action I doubt I would be affected if he was the one who harmed himself "
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Karma smirked as he read the book on summoning ' It's so complicated to summon Lucifer I was able to call for Mihr because they were actually waiting and all so ' He was amazed to look at the simple instructions .
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"Placed the pentagram on any surface preferably a wall to act as a door to hell , Once you do a demon will appear to guide you through hell" ' I could test Solomon's ring but I'll use it once I dealt with Cain '
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Karma looks at the books Mihr gave him and conjures an invisible shield as Cain swings a scythe " Is that how you treat someone who gave you a bath and a roof to rest " " You spiked my drink " " Don't be a cry baby Cain is this scythe something you stole from a reaper ? "
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" Yeah they were insistent that I take it you could say it's some great relic " Karma flicks a finger to the scythe as he felt a greater force hit his hands " Ouch " Cain flew out to the garage as Karma complained
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" I was just testing if your sevenfold payback works on poison I made but you willingly drank after all it would be considered as a trap you stepped on yourself not something I insisted you fall into "
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" You are crazy what if you had fallen to sleep seven times longer " " Who knows maybe because I have a health check-up I need to go tomorrow to ensure that I'm still alive else some big fan of mine mobilizes the entire country to find the killer mister first murderer "
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Cain swung the sword as Karma planned to test the halo's restoration on his house later " You're lucky nobody watches the security cams unless something big happens so don't quickly escape alright you will have the entire world know when someone was brave enough to mess with a Count "
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' I'm in a real pinch even though I wouldn't die having people constantly harass me . But that would reveal my sevenfold payback and that damn god would put me through the deepest depths of hell to keep the higher society from exposure '
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" But I'm curious so why don't we take a sit and talk I didn't plan to hurt you and you just acted out of caution of course I won't ask you to pay for damages " ' Who knows what will happen if I do ask for payment '
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' If I do run I will be chased by the world because of his fame I can't risk it ' " Okay let's talk " ' Good thing Gale isn't here ' Karma restores the house before Cain destroyed a part of it " Alright first off why did you look for me "
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" I was going to look for a job I couldn't get an education so I didn't have a degree so all I managed to do was scrap with odd jobs but those are becoming more restricting asking for my family background "
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" Poor you want me to get you a private tutor " Cain narrows his eyes with great suspicion " I'm just kidding do want me to help you die ? " Cain was now confused " Jokes aside Did you choose me as a last option because I would believe you ? "
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" Yes " Karma smiled as his phone rang " Oh I was expecting them to realise " " Who's that ? " " Just my personal hacker not everyone gets one " "Boss what was that disconnection ?" "Oh let's see I accidentally had some troubles it's nothing you should worry about I got it handled"
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Cain watched as Karma put his phone down " So What job were you intending to do for me to hire you " " Bodyguard " Karma chuckled as he laughed at Cain .
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" Don't overestimate yourself just because you were the first human to be born and the first murderer doesn't mean you should be this arrogant "
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Karma said " Also you should be careful about what you said your act was plenty convincing " Cain was surprised that Karma saw through him already and reached to grab his scythe as some fire occured .
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" Ach " he turned to look at the couch on fire as his surroundings were being isolated " My bad but I already considered that I wasn't the first to be in contact with the higher society before dying "
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Cain was confused as to why Karma wasn't being affected as he saw the glow around him " Fire immunity as long as I have this won't be affected so maybe you should think about the fire "
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Karma sat beside Ember " Make sure you don't try to hurt him alright " Cain's mind wasn't working at the intense heat that Karma put him into as Karma continued talking to Ember " And thanks for lending me your help when I flung him to the garage "
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Ember tried to say something but they had no words to show " It's okay I'll look for some way to make it easier for you to talk now where should I pat you ? " Karma reached out as he tried to rub Ember only to feel the wood " ehh no use huh oh well time to clean up "
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Karma the rest of the room which didn't show any sign of burning but Cain passed out from the intense heat " Now I should look into who sent him " Karma connected it to his phone "Isir I connected my phone to another I just need you to get me the passwords out and I'll do the rest"
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"Okay boss" Karma looks at Cain and wonders if he should use the angel's special imprisoning ' Guess I'll learn that part first shouldn't be too hard '
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" I can't lose my advantage " Godfather said " He is already holding my influence on legal businesses I can't lose in this business " Godfather was just in a bad mood when he learned that Karma was going to become the legal age of coming into contact with higher society .
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" That Rochester already planned to get rid of me as soon as Karma appears " ' This brat you should've just gone to college and become a less pain to me why does the Count family have to be so greedy '
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" CAIN CALL CAIN TELL HIM TO INFILTRATE THE COUNT AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT HE DOES IF I CAN'T HAVE IT NEITHER SHOULD HE " " Yes sir we will tell Sir Cain about this "
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Background : the boss and manager of several underground businesses where people hire assasins , hackers , and manage several illegal businesses such as the circulation of illegal drugs , body parts , smuggled wine , ivory and etc .
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He was also the one who could put a name on the illegal business which was no longer remembered after someone destroyed it . This means all the data in his servers all of his goods and fortune and connections were robbed from him .
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He was barely scrapping with some illegal drug formula while hiding several of his tracks and using Rochester's lifespan to live much longer .
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As for who now owns his amassed fortune Karma obviously .
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