Chapter 109 Capitalist Identity Card, Lanevus

Drinking wine and drinking wine alternately, pushing cups and changing cups.

This is a gathering of Tingen's upper class.

The development history of the Kingdom of Northern Loen is like the first industrial revolution.

And here, in a simple industrialized town, Genting City, the next-class city after Backlund, the shining pearl of the northern continent, the life enjoyment of the upper class is only the dazzling brilliance that makes the workers of Iron Cross Street hunch over.

Lanevus, today he was wearing an elegant tuxedo and was well-dressed.

His suit was completely handmade by a high-end tailor who spent thousands of pounds on it, and its value was comparable to gold.

He held a cup of tea between his fingers, stood in the banquet hall, and gently shook the cup.

In the hall, amid the singing and dancing music, the crisp sound of glass cups colliding could be heard from time to time.

Lanevus glanced around casually. The long table was covered with cashmere tablecloths and filled with art by the "upper class".

Tea, spices, coffee, and chocolate, these four items represent the elegance and status that belong to the upper class.

"How interesting." Lanevus thought about what he had done and despised his previous "stupidity" in his heart.

The swindler obtained so much gold pounds through scams, such a huge sum of nearly 50,000 gold pounds, why didn't he launder it?
Going far away and leaving the gold behind, what a stupid idea!
"With so many pounds, why can't I clean up my name? Money can make people accept me, even if in many people's minds, I am a devil."

With the corner of his mouth raised, Lanevus reached out and put down the teacup.

He walked slowly up to a lady and held out his hand.

"Ms. Sharon, your beauty is like a gift from the gods. I wonder if I could invite you to dance with me."

"Of course, I'd love to be with a gentleman like you."

Sharon laughed twice, then reached out and held Lanevus's hand.

The two of them hugged each other's waists and danced to the melody of the band...

Outside the Golden Sycamore area of ​​the dance, a group of night watchmen were squatting on the other side of the street.

"Captain, Lanevus is inside." Leonard held the pistol and looked at Dunn.

"Now is the chance to catch him."

"Leonard, we have no evidence." Dunn looked across, less than a street away.

"Lanevers, his identity... is innocent."

Dunn said the last two words through gritted teeth.

He is a Beyonder, and the aura of his Beyonder power is exactly the same.

But what's the use of this?

The councillors of Tingen City, the Tingen City Business Association, and the nobles with titles... all of them believed that Lanevus was a businessman who came to the Kingdom of Loen from other countries.

Even if he looks like the wanted criminal, has the same name as the wanted criminal, and... I can't make it up anymore.

Even if Lanevus is a fraudster, he can bring me benefits~
He can definitely clean up his act and become one of us~
Naturally, the Nighthawks are now stuck.

The Nighthawks now just feel that... it is very difficult.

This was completely different from the extraordinary events they had dealt with before. It could be said that the current Lanevus had told the Nighthawks how much harm could be caused when cunning businessmen, wealthy people who occupied positions, and unscrupulous nobles with power broke through the bottom line of negative numbers...

The merchants knew that Lanevus was a liar and a fraud.

The Night Watchmen knew that Lanevus was the "criminal".

Lanevus also knew that they knew his identity...

Almost everything is clear, but on the surface everyone still seems to be having a good time.

Even though everyone knew what was going on, and that Lanevus was an out-and-out devil, even if there were thousands of words of excuses, they could not defeat the real benefit.

Dunn and his team therefore didn't know what to do. Killing a wanted criminal, a cultist of the Aurora Society, or an extraordinary person was completely different from killing a wealthy or upper-class person.

“Leonard, this matter is very troublesome.” Dunn gritted his teeth and said, “Laneverus’ identity… is innocent. We cannot convict him based on the fact that he is a Beyonder through royal law.”

"Why, can't this cultist be dealt with?" Leonard was very puzzled. He didn't know why a cultist, no, a bad guy could go unpunished.

Klein looked at his companions here and began to explain on behalf of Dunn.

"Lanevers is now planning to establish the Tingen City Commercial Protection Society. He is prepared to spend 10,000 gold pounds to prepare for the upcoming industrial machines that will replace workers and a large number of laid-off workers and homeless people."

In other words, through business dealings and the business practices that Lanevus created for himself, he found himself a kind of get-out-of-jail-free card.

You can solve the problem, but the impact of solving it is too great, so you need to be extremely careful.

"Then, can't we do anything?" Leonard said unwillingly.

The other Nighthawks had the same idea.

How could they tolerate that a fraud and possibly a cultist, a member of the Aurora Society who believed in the true Creator, was at large?

But what can you do?
Kill him?
Without going into details, if Lanevus was assassinated, what would happen to the Tingen City Business Protection Society that he was running?
As for Lanevus now, since the Church of Evernight was unaware of his plan to play with the Heir of the Evil God, the worst that could happen to him was that he was just a peripheral member of the Aurora Society.

If he were to besiege the Night Watchmen, what would happen to the hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers and unemployed people waiting for jobs who were swept away by him?
Even if the church can support the three major churches to provide for these unemployed people, but what will happen next? !

As machines replace workers in Tingen, what should be done with the workers who have lost their jobs?

What about the expansion of Tingen City to other cities?
What about the Kingdom of Loen?
What about the Northern Continent?

The church believes in God and upholds justice, but this kind of justice and fairness are also relative!

The order here is very similar to that during the First Industrial Revolution in the Great Ying, and it can be said that the future development is almost exactly the same.

So what happens when a crisis breaks out...

"Long time no see, everyone." A familiar voice sounded, and then the Nighthawk saw the elegantly dressed Lanevus with a smile on his face.

"Hello, security guards from Blackthorn Security Company."

"Hello, Mr. Lanevus." Dunn replied expressionlessly.

“Well, thank you for your security service tonight.” Lanevus pointed at the group of ordinary people in ragged clothes who had gathered together at some unknown time not far away and said with a smile.

"If it weren't for your help, I would have been beaten up by these...poor people."

"…You should thank the police in Tingen City."

"Of course, I will invest some of the gold pounds in the police. Oh, by the way, regarding the security services of Blackthorn Company, I would like to ask, what is the price of your security services?"

"Oh, we won't..."

"Leonard!" Dunn interrupted Leonard, then he looked at Lanevus meaningfully and spoke in a deep voice.

"The price...needs to be discussed in detail."

"The party is still going on. I'm leaving first." Lanevus turned around and left with a smile.

He just stood there with his back clearly exposed in front of the Night Watchmen, without any concern that they would take action.

Leonard clenched his fists. He really wanted to punch Lanevus.

Not only him, many Nighthawks had the same idea and wanted to punch him.

But thinking of Lanevus's current "identity" and his plans, Leonard had to suppress his anger.

"Captain, I'll go check out that group of people." Leonard said in a somewhat irritable tone.

Anyone could see that Leonard was in a bad mood.

Lanevus completely ignored him and even came over to taunt him, asking the Nighthawks to provide "security"!
What a shame and humiliation.

Even though he said no more than ten sentences in total, Leonard was already in a very angry mood.

"I'll go look after Leonard." Klein said this and caught up with Leonard who was leaving.

The two men came up to this ragged crowd.

The leader, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his seventies or eighties, pleaded, "Laneverus, is he back?"

"Sorry, I'm so sorry." Leonard lowered his head and clenched his palms.

"Really? Really? It's true." The middle-aged man seemed to have aged in an instant and was about to fall asleep. He was like a straw blown down by the wind, powerless and helpless.

"I'll catch him." Leonard looked at him and made his promise.

"You can't catch him." The middle-aged man seemed to have seen a very funny joke, and he spoke with a voice that sounded like crying and laughing.

"This is how I came to be. Now and in the past, I have always been like this. I have never changed. You can't catch me."

That's how I came here, this sentence shattered the words he wanted to say in Leonard's heart.

Innocent people who were defrauded?
Perhaps it would be more correct to call it reincarnation.

It's all like reincarnation, one liar is deceived by another more savvy liar.

"Lanevers... I will catch him." Leonard touched the back of his gloved right hand several times, his tone adding a bit of inexplicable meaning.

　The system bug in the original novel where Lanevus abandoned the gold pound, gave up whitewashing, and did not choose to become a capitalist aristocrat has been modified.

　　The bottom line of the current version of Lanrvus is a negative number. He knows the bottom line of the gods, understands that his actions cannot cross the bottom line, knows what can be done and what cannot be done... understands the operating logic of money and capital, and knows how to use the subtle contradictions between the royal family and religion of the Kingdom of Loen to balance.

　　...Also, Lanevus now knows how to use the offspring of the evil god and understands how to use the divine umbilical cord and other equipment in his hands.

　　Thanks to the assistance of 008 Quill and Ins, his thinking and rationality are at their maximum. Poisoning, assassination, shameless threats, and using civilians as shields... He will do everything that a villain would do, and he does it without any emotional burden.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)