After negotiating things, Vice President Boca took Ivas to a small banquet.

It was a small gathering of fewer than 10 people, all of whom were mid-level members of Lloyd's. None of them were clearly the few transcendents within Lloyd's. Because the Vice President Boca did not mention anything about the Noble Red Society, and they clearly had no idea about it.

The vice-president of Boca announced that he had personally invited Eivas Moriarty, who had recently been awarded the Order of the Holy Sword by the Queen, to join Lloyd's.

With the guarantee of the vice president, in front of the vice president Boca, who has a serious expression, these people are very enthusiastic.

They are all well-known businessmen on the island of Glass, and the lowest is the owner of the second largest construction company in Lloyd's. They are all "corporate members" who join Lloyd's as a company, and are higher than those who borrow or take out insurance in their own name.

Even among these people, there are several people who have known Ivas for a long time. They had been friends with Moriarty Sr. in the past, and one of them had been introduced to Lloyd's by Moriarty Sr.

None of them apparently knew of Professor Moriarty's death. When they learned that Ivas had joined Lloyd's, their first instinct was to celebrate.

For in their opinion, it was obvious that Professor Moriarty was planning to let Ivas inherit the family business. That's why I asked Vice President Boca to invite Ivas in and get in touch with these "old friends".

Of course, these people may not be of much use. If they had known that Professor Moriarty had been "killed", they might even have fallen into the trap with a backhand. The vice president of Boca brought Ivas to meet them in order to make public the fact that Ivas was invited by Boca to join Lloyd's.

Although this incident may not be reported in the newspaper, these people are clearly not tight-lipped people. They will soon spread this information to their own small circles...... It wouldn't be long before well-informed people on the Glass Island would know that Eivas had become a member of Lloyd's and was a member of Boca's faction.

This behavior actually made Ivas feel a little playful.

Because Boca's behavior is actually not very good on the side of President Lloyd.

According to the information that Ivas has just obtained, Lawyer York, Vice President Boca, and President Lloyd are all transcendents of the Noble Red Society. But Vice President Boca didn't want Ivas to know what Lloyd meant.

Before he was introduced to the president of Lloyd, he even introduced Ivas to the people below...... This is obviously not to allow President Lloyd to refuse to join Eivers.

- It's completely out of the flow.

How can anyone recruit an important member - an important member at the level of a spy, a staff member, or a spokesperson at the same time, but he doesn't show the boss a look, and he doesn't even ask the boss if he agrees or disagrees?

In the previous conversation, Ivas already knew too much that he shouldn't know. If he refuses to join, then they will have to do it.

…… In the same way, if Ivas agrees to join but Lloyd refuses, they will have to do something to kill them.

Eivers was keenly aware of the "urgency" - not only the York lawyer who was given the death order was in a hurry, but even the vice president of Boca was a little anxious.

From this detail, Ivas boldly judged: Vice President Boca and President Lloyd should now have a lot of contradictions. Lawyer York, on the other hand, is a wall-rider who hasn't decided whether he wants to ride the wall or not.

Before that, he hadn't decided whether he would be on the side of the president or vice president. But now he clearly has no choice.

President Lloyd, as a giant hybrid and artificially cultivated transcendent, may be closer to the noble red. Today, it is also the glue that binds the two tissues...... Then he was the one who pressured the York lawyer and ordered him to kill Sherlock.

Boca should be the wall-rider of both organizations. As a merchant, his greedy instinct makes him want to take advantage of and even annex the dangerous Demon Scholar Society; And the characteristics of being a transcendent make him unwilling to give up profits to President Lloyd's, who is the immediate boss, and even wants to replace him.

That's why they're trying to recruit Evas.

Recruiting Ivas is a risky move, but businessmen are willing to take risks for the sake of profit.

Although they already knew that Ivus was a first-level demon scholar, they held Ivus's handle from both the military and political levels, and lured and befriended him from the two levels of property inheritance and demonic knowledge. But this plan is very risky after all, and it can be played out at any time.

Such a plan should be carried out with such urgency, even in a hurry, despite the risks...... This actually proves from the side that Vice President Boca is not in a good situation now.

This is also normal.

Also as a transcendent, he is already very close to the president of Lloyd's in front. President Lloyd's must have a sense of vigilance and crisis in his heart.

But there's a trap here.

A transcendent person who transcends the path must never deliberately suppress the latecomer so that the other party cannot surpass himself unless necessary.

Because this kind of behavior is, first of all, a restraint and rebellion against the act of "transcendence" itself; secondly, it symbolizes the fear of deterioration of one's own talents and inability to continue to improve, which may make subordinates realize that their superiors have become weaker; And this kind of top-down control and suppression is itself the domain of the "authoritarian" path...... The more you try to control your subordinates, the easier it is to deviate from the path of authoritarianism.

If you want not to be surpassed by those who come after you, the best way is to continue to move forward and keep moving up. You can't stop for a moment, or you'll be overtaken and taken away from you.

Therefore, the competition beyond the path is mostly in the competition of the same level and the backstabbing of the subordinates. Superiors will be more friendly to their subordinates.

The president of Lloyd's is clearly aware of this taboo. So he can't do anything to Boca, but that doesn't mean he's not nervous.

The "transcendence" of transcending the path is not as simple as running to catch up, so friendly.

The most legitimate plunder is the time when the weak defeat the strong. The more beautiful things you win and the more things you plunder, the more power you will get from this act that resonates with the path. Devouring death and eating defeat and growing, this is the essence of the path of transcendence.

And if it is meaningless to rely on the strong and bully the weak, it often means that the will is weakened and blunted, and it is possible to let one's growth stagnate, or even become weaker in turn. For example, the pretext for war of the Star Antimony Kingdom can only be "make Star Antimony as good as before", "Let Star Antimony be great again", "Let Star Antimony continue to expand", not "suppress the development of neighbors".

Because of this, in order to prevent the other party from having the opportunity to overtake themselves again...... When the transcendent surpasses the target, they deprive the other party of inalienability. Completely tear the opponent apart, defeat, and destroy it, and give the opponent no chance of revenge.

Vice President Boca had apparently set his sights on the ass of the man on his head.

President Lloyd also wants to move on, and he can't reverse the vice president of Boca at this time. If he goes further, he will inherit Prince Lloyd's wish - to usurp the throne. This is not an easy task.

But he can't suppress it openly without reason, but he can "suppress Vice President Boca by the way" within a reasonable range.

For example, under the pretext that "Ivas has offended the noble Red Society", he refused to join the association and killed him to kill him. In this way, the breaking point of the vice president of Boca was solved by him. And if Ivas dies here, then the York lawyer who brought him with him will also be involved in it.

In Boca's view, things will most likely end up like this. That's why he took the risk of offending the president of Lloyd and directly forcibly promoted the implementation of this matter.

It seems that Noble Red and Lloyd's are ready to tear their faces at any moment...... It is also reasonable, after all, one side is all businessmen, and one side is all transcendent. Common interests alone are no longer enough to unite them, and there must be a common enemy to make it possible.

And now the royal family is too weak, and they are still enduring it when they see that they are dying...... So on the eve of the victory, the noble red and Lloyd's couldn't help but start attacking each other.

- Since the contradiction has reached this level, it is simple.

Ivas already knew what he had to do.

After repelling the group of demonic scholars, he could fake a scene.

…… For example, in his dormitory, there are traces of demon scholars using rituals to summon shadow demons to attack him, and then directly hide, disguise themselves and disappear. Leave a wheelchair in place to prove that you have been kidnapped.

It's hard to contract the Shadow Fiend in this era, but it's still okay to just summon it and let it wreak havoc. And Ivas does have a Shadow Fiend, so it's easy to leave real evidence.

And at this time, what will Mr. Boca think? He would only think that it was Lloyd's hand to sabotage his plan to forcibly kill Ivus;

But what happens to Lloyd when he knows he didn't do it? He could only think that it was because the people on the other side of the association didn't trust them and chose to do it themselves—after all, the Great Purple Master and Apprentice were the ones who formed the association, and they had already summoned the Shadow Demon once.

But the association also knew that they had not done it, so they could only suspect Lloyd's.

If it is another organization, it can also use "making an oath" to prove that it is telling the truth. However, the noble Red Society has inherited the art of breaking the covenant, making the binding of the oath meaningless.

In any case, Ehuas, who is only a mere first-level and even has the knowledge of demons obtained from the association, must be innocent, he is a pure victim. Besides, the Shadow Demon is a high-ranking demon that not everyone can summon.

At this point, Ivus can directly control the Shadow Fiend to attack Lloyd's.

In short, his plan can be summed up in a single sentence – and in many cases, the shorter the plan, the more effective it is, because it points to the giant's most vulnerable weakness.

- That is, "You all fake your death, then I will fake your death once"!

(End of chapter)