RISE OF EROS

Andrew wasn't lying, Sansa is a very beautiful woman, even superior to Zany in some ways, but it seemed that she was sensitive to the issue, so he decided not to continue bothering her.

In this world, strength is vitality, therefore, the stronger you are, the more years of life you will have and consequently your youth will be maintained. It is for this reason that Bita and the other old women, despite being over 1,000 years old, only looked like they were 80 years old.

Sansa was similar. Although Andrew didn't know how old she is, since it's taboo to ask women that, he believed that she wasn't very different in age from Oliver, so she should be in her 40s. Even so, she looked like she was in her 20s, that beautiful and preserved she is.

Unfortunately, there are many people who care more about age than what they look like, especially women and Sansa seemed to belong to this group.

Leaving the topic aside, Andrew changed the topic of conversation so that the situation did not become dangerous and began to ask about the status of the construction.

While the three of them were arguing about it, Castor, Vala, and the other Shadow agents had already arrived in the city of Calci a couple of weeks ago and began to investigate everything related to Doldo and Emilse.

The first thing Castor did was check to see if any of the members of his old gang had managed to survive and he was surprised to see that not only had some survived, but that the gang had reassembled.

This surprised him and seemed suspicious, so he did not meet with his former companions immediately. He knew that his former leader and that leader's trusted subordinates had died, so he had to verify who had taken control.

Although Castor's former gang was quite feared in the city, this referred to the commoners, because among the real experts, they were quite weak, so it was not difficult for Shadow's agents to find out everything.

According to the information they found, after the mysterious organization that attacked them left the city, the gang leaders were all killed, but the captains of the different zones did not suffer the same fate.

Apparently, the mysterious organization never believed that the low-ranking gang members had what they were looking for, so they only attacked the bosses and that was why, apart from them, most of the members survived.

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This information did not surprise Castor, because he expected something like this to happen, the strange thing was what happened next. Having lost the bosses, the captains wanted to take command, which led to internal fights.

That was normal, everyone in the gang is ambitious people, so, seeing the opportunity to be the boss, they wanted to take it, but this also caused them to wear down their strength fighting against each other.

These fights only added resentment among its members who previously got along well and were to the point of a war so bad that the city's rulers were about to intervene.

However, all this changed recently. To be more exact, the time was similar to Doldo returning to the city. Although Shadow's agents had been unable to find the connection, it was too strange that with his return the gang would reconcile and unite.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Furthermore, another important piece of information that Shadow's agents discovered was that the current leader of the gang was not a member before the previous leader died, in short, he was a foreigner.

They could not identify the leader, but it was certain that the leader came from outside the gang. This surprised Castor, because he could not believe that after so many fights and grudges, the gang captains would accept an outsider and allow him to be the leader.

Doldo's situation was also strange, because from the information that Shadow's agents gathered about him, when he left he had sold everything, although he had money, sometimes property and reputation are more important, so Doldo's movement when he left, was strange.

And now that he had returned, his growth was abnormal. Another oddity was that with the hatred that Doldo had towards his ex-wife Emilse, he did not make a move despite having the means.

Emilse on her side has always been on guard since Doldo returned and she was also nervous about the growth and inaction of her ex-husband. Castor, who was in a small house that they bought as a base of operations in the company of Vala, asked, "What do you think?"

"Well, I don't know that gang of yours very well, but if what you say is true, then their union and Doldo's reappearance are connected," Vala said seriously and then added, "Besides, it is very likely that both of them are not the real bosses."

Upon hearing this, Castor wrinkled his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean?", to which Vala replied, "Well, your gang got together thanks to a foreigner we don't know about and Doldo is growing too fast since his return, it is not normal".

"You mean someone is planning something and needs a wealthy merchant and control over the city's underworld?" Castor asked to confirm if he understood what Vala meant.

"I think it is the most accurate possibility," Vala responded. Castor, despite being in charge of this investigation operation, took the recommendations and thoughts of Vala and the other Shadow agents very seriously.

Castor was not arrogant enough to ignore them, just because Andrew appointed him as the leader. In fact, he held their opinions in very high regard, since they are all specialists in collecting and analyzing information, it would be stupid not to listen to them.

He didn't know it, but thanks to that attitude he had earned the respect of Shadow's agents who now acted as his subordinates. He had fallen into deep thought evaluating what they should do next and after several minutes Castor said, "Well, for now, I think it's best to check if there is any connection between Doldo and the gang."

"I think that's a good idea. If we manage to find a contact between them, it will be easier to make decisions," Vala added and then Shadow's agents left to carry out their mission.

Once they were alone, Castor asked, "Do you think we should approach Emilse?", to which Vala immediately replied, "I don't think it's convenient right now."

"We still don't know what Doldo is looking for and if in the end we are wrong and he is just waiting for the perfect moment to take revenge, if we get close to her, we will get into unnecessary trouble," added Vala.

Castor just nodded in agreement with what she said. "Well, I'm still pretty well known in this place, so I better stay out of it, but you're different, why don't you go over there?" Castor said.

Vala smiled at Castor's words and getting up she approached him and giving him a tender kiss, she left the house. Vala is equally or even more talented than the Shadow agents who came with them to gather information, but unlike them, she did not intend to spy.

She had been doing this for a long time, so she knew that sometimes, the best way to gather information in a city is simply by talking to the people who live there and that was what she planned to do, interact with the residents.

Meanwhile, Castor stayed at home writing a letter with all the information he had collected. Despite not being many, nor conclusive, he used to send a letter every week.

Not only did he report his findings, but he also reported that they were fine so Andrew and the others wouldn't worry about them. He didn't know that they were being watched from the moment he bought the house where he was staying.

Castor had sent Vala to buy this house and it was the house where he had grown up. Although it is a small house, without any luxury, he was somewhat sentimental and asked Vala to buy it if it was available.

Unexpectedly, both this house and Andrew's were available for sale and since they were not expensive Castor asked Vala to buy them. As he was known, he did not buy them himself and even had to enter with a cloak, to not be discovered.

He would stay with Vala in this house, while Shadow's agents would use Andrew's to rest. They were always running around the city looking for information, but they also needed a place to rest from time to time.

Furthermore, since they were both close by and in the slum area it was convenient for their activities, and Castor sent Vala to buy them, unfortunately, the slum area of the city had changed.

Before, although this area was dangerous, everyone lived in harmony and the gangs didn't mess with you unless you messed with them, but since the new leader of the gang arrived that changed.

Now all the inhabitants of this area were the gang's informants and even were charged with protection fees, which meant that when Castor and the others moved, they were watched.

They didn't know, because those who were watching them were their neighbors and it was difficult to realize when everyone around you is watching you. Very few people move to a new city in the slum unless they are refugees and that was the mistake of Castor and the others.

They came here and bought the houses, which was strange and that's why they were targeted by the gang. The gang still didn't know who were they, much less that Castor had returned, but they kept a close watch.

This was also the reason why Vala, despite being very casual in interacting with the neighbors, failed to obtain any relevant information. She immediately understood that there was something strange, but she couldn't pin point what it was.