The Reincarnation Room
Negotiating

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At this moment, the air in the entire room belonging to Madiath became extremely cold.

Suddenly, Madiath's expression changed. He still carried a gentle smile on his face. However, the aura coming out of his body was truly terrifying. 

Under this kind of pressure, apart from Ryan, Sylvia's expression became even more tense and tight.

Fortunately, before coming here, Ryan had given information about the identity of Laminamors to Sylvia and asked her to prepare mentally. Otherwise, Sylvia would definitely not be this calm.

Madiath who sat in front of Ryan, looked at Ryan while pretending to be confused. "Ryan-san, what do you mean?"

Looking at Madiath's acting, Ryan simply smiled and said, "As I said earlier, Laminamors. There's no point in hiding it anymore."

"You can take this as a threat from me, because I do know your true identity."

On the day that he first confronted the Laminamors, the reason why Ryan couldn't recall the memories related to Laminamors' true identity was due to Valda-Vaoth's mental disorder.

After the departure of Laminamors and Valda-Vaoth, Ryan was free from the mental disorder.

Although Ryan has been free from mental disorders, but Ryan can not remember the voice and appearance of Laminamors. So, logically, Ryan wouldn't be able to guess the Laminamors' true identity.

However, from the beginning, Ryan has known the true identity of Laminamors from his Anime source.

Therefore, even though Ryan cannot remember the Laminamors' appearance and voice, Ryan can still find out the real identity of this person.

"In addition, to guess the true identity of Laminamors, is not a difficult thing.  Because at that moment, I had cut off his hand."

Saying this, Ryan averted his gaze and looked at Madiath's right hand. "And it seems, you're trying to hide this important point."

Alongside Ryan, Sylvia's gaze was also fixed on Madiath's glove which was only used on her right hand.

Hearing Ryan's suspicions, Madiath just shrugged and said patiently, "That's impossible. As Chairman of the Festa Operational Committee, if I lose one hand for no reason, then people will doubt the capabilities of the Integrated Enterprise Foundation. After all, the Consortium has the technology to restore it." 

"So, it can't be proof that I'm the person you're referring to."

"Recover?" Ryan blinked and smiled. "Has the hand really recovered?"

You could say, recovering a hand that had been cut using the Mystic Eye of Death Perception was simply impossible. Because at that moment, using the power of the Mystic Eye of Death Perception, Ryan looked at the death line in the hands of the Laminamors and cut it off.

In other words, Laminamors' hands are dead. No matter what method was used, something that had cut its death line would not be recoverable, and that included the palm of the Laminamors.

“I'm sure you must have cut off your arm and replaced it with a prosthetic arm after you learned that your wrist is completely incurable, even your wound cannot close at all.”

Ryan's statement slightly surprised Sylvia. "So, his hand didn't recover, but replaced the doll's arm?"

Madiath continued to smile and did not speak a word. It was as if he had no reason to refute Ryan's statement.

After a moment of silence, Madiath took off the glove that enveloped his right palm.

Behind the glove was an ordinary palm, like the palm of another normal human.

But suddenly, Madiath took out a very strong Prana and gathered it in his right arm. As he clenched his hands hard, the skin covering his entire right arm broke. From behind the fake leather, looks silver metal sparkle.

From the appearance of Madiath's right arm, it is certain that he is Laminamors.

“As you said, my hand simply cannot recover in any way. Even his wounds could not heal. Finally, I was forced to cut off my entire right arm and replace it with a prosthetic hand.”

“After all, I'm also ready if you already know my true identity. It's just, I didn't expect you to threaten me during an official visit like this.”

Madiath could only sigh and give his judgment. “Should I say, you are very smart, Ryan-san."

A Chairman of the Festa Operational Committee is actually a member of the underground organization and is still active in carrying out illegal activities. Once this kind of information was revealed, then the Integrated Enterprise Foundation would not be able to ignore it.

After all, the Festa Operational Committee is an organization that falls directly under the power of the Integrated Enterprise Foundation. The chairman has an equivalent position as Manager in the parent Integrated Enterprise Foundation

If such a person were a criminal, then this would be the biggest scandal in the world and would obviously drop the name of the well-known Integrated Enterprise Foundation. Of course this would incur considerable losses, and they would not hesitate to get rid of Madiath.

Therefore, Madiath should not let others know his identity.

Had Ryan threatened him beyond this official visit, Madiath would have eliminated Ryan immediately. But reality says something else.

“If I beat up a Festa champion here, the Integrated Enterprise Foundation will definitely do a thorough check, and that is very unfavorable to me.”

Madiath this time greatly admired Ryan's intelligence. "Even if you get out of this place, I still can't kill you. Because before your wish is granted, the Integrated Enterprise Foundation and everyone in the world will always pay attention to you. Therefore, I cannot carelessly move."

The point is, Madiath won't be able to kill Ryan because Ryan is the Festa champion. This is what Ryan was after from the beginning.

"And on the other hand, you chose to confront me here. Do you want to negotiate with me?" Madiath then raised both his hands in surrender. "I see, I don't want to fight you, Ryan-san."

True, Madiath really does not want to fight Ryan. There are still many mysteries surrounding Ryan, so he must be careful in handling them.

This speech, made Sylvia's hands tremble slightly, her eyes were filled with various emotions.

However, Madiath's next remark, made Sylvia's emotions rise. "But, I can't guarantee your teacher's original consciousness can return once Valda-Vaoth is out."

Hearing this, Sylvia suddenly stood up from her seat. "What do you mean?!"

Sylvia said in a high tone, "Could it be that Ursula won't be able to wake up again?!"

"Quiet, Sylvia." Ryan grabbed Sylvia's hand and looked at her, "Try listening first.”

Ryan's voice made Sylvia aware. He then turned his head and saw a worried look in Ryan's eyes. Slowly, Sylvia's emotions began to subside.

After a bit of calm, Sylvia took a deep breath and returned to sitting on the sofa. Even so, Sylvia still stared firmly at Madiath in front of her.

"I'm sorry, Chairman .." Ryan tried to mediate. "Can you explain it in detail?"

Madiath nodded and resumed his explanation. "It's very easy to forcibly take over someone else's body. That is by suppressing the mind and consciousness of the owner of the body."

"In this case, Valda-Vaoth had long occupied Ursula's body. As a result, Ursula's original consciousness had long been in a state of sleep. Even if Valda-Vaoth came out of her body, it was still uncertain whether Ursula's original consciousness would recover or not."

"really?" Ryan said, "But since Valda-Vaoth has the Ability to make people sleep, she definitely has the Ability to wake up."

"After all, those two Abilities were included in the Mental Manipulating Ability. So, logically speaking Valda-Vaoth should be able to wake Ursula."

"That's right." Madiath spread out his hands and said, "But Valda-Vaoth has been in Ursula's body for five years."

"Under such constant repression of the mind, Ursula's consciousness should have been weakened. Therefore, even though Valda-Vaoth had relinquished control of Ursula's body, it did not guarantee that Ursula would regain consciousness." 

In other words, Ursula could wake up immediately after Valda-Vaoth left her body, or she could be in a coma until an unpredictable time.

"Although that's the case, do you want to accept it?"

Madiath said, "To be honest, I had no idea that Ursula actually had a close relationship with Her Majesty the Diva. Otherwise, Valda-Vaoth would definitely not have used that body."

Sylvia nodded at Madiath's question.

Seeing Sylvia willing to accept Ursula's condition, Madiath turned her gaze towards Ryan and smiled at her. "I have conveyed my good intentions. And now, what kind of goodwill can you give in this negotiation?"    

Ryan smiled falsely at Madiath and said, "As I said before, I just want to get Master's body back from this friend of mine. So, as long as Ursula returns, I promise I won't interfere in your affairs. Besides, I also won't reveal your identity and the existence of the organization behind you to anyone else."

This promise sounds like a blank promise. Under normal conditions, Madiath would definitely not believe it. However, the opponent of the negotiation this time was Ryan.

"I am a student of Banyuu Tenra. And Master seems to have a non-aggression pact with you. So, as his student, of course you trust me right?" said Ryan.

"Of course." Madiath laughed and said, "I hope that Ryan-san doesn't hold a grudge because of my actions last time wanting to kill you."

Hearing this, Ryan looked into Madiath's hand and insinuated. "I think you have more reason to hold a grudge than I do."

However, Ryan has made Madiath a permanent disability that will not be cured. So, it was clear, who suffered the most losses here.

After a while of talking, Ryan and Sylvia decided to resign.

Seeing Ryan and Sylvia leaving, Madiath smiled. Slowly, this smile disappeared and was replaced with a serious facial expression.

"Do you really want to compromise with that human being?" 

From behind Madiath, the figure of Valda-Vaoth suddenly appeared.

Madiath continued to stare at the sights of Asterisk city as he said to Valda-Vaoth, "Ryan has too many mysteries. We also don't know how he got that information. Moreover, he was a disciple of Banyuu Tenra."

"And he's also very intelligent, negotiating after being the winner of the Festa. This is totally unthinkable to me."

"Are you able to trust a verbal covenant with a human being?" asked Valda-Vaoth emotionlessly.

"I just chose to trust my current judgment." Madiath said meaningfully, "At least, he has no reason to bother us, just like his Master."

"If this is your decision, then I will follow it." Valda-Vaoth replied.

After a moment of silence, Valda-Vaoth asked again, "When are we going to return this body to them?"

Without hesitation Madiath said, "Quickly."

"I'll help you find a suitable body. So, cut off your relationship with that body immediately, so that Ryan has no reason to get involved again with our affairs" he added.

"understand." After Valda-Vaoth said it, she turned around and disappeared.

Only Madiath remained in the room. While looking at the view of the city, he muttered, "Then, what will happen next?"