Chapter 240 - Important Guests
"What?" Smith asked with a confused expression, not expecting Klaus to ask such a question.
"You heard me, where's the mayor's treasury?" Klaus looked at him coldly.
"It's in the villa." Smith said hurriedly.
"I know it's in the villa, I just need to know where?" Klaus had the urge of smacking him in the face.
"That...that...you see." Smith tried to look for a way to evade the question.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
"Trying to avoid the question? The funny thing is that your life depends on the answer I get." Klaus shrugged.
He could guess the area where the mayor's treasury was located, but it would take a lot of time to pinpoint its actual location. Why go through that stress when he could just get the location from Smith?
Hearing the threat, Smith gulped and threw a glance at Richard, hoping that he might be able to say something that would save them.
"I see no reason why you're placing your hopes on someone who can't even save himself, much less, you." Klaus followed his gaze and realized he was staring at Richard.
Smith refused to tell him the location of the mayor's treasury.
"It's not even yours, why are you protecting it that much?" Klaus was left stumped by his stubbornness.
'I'll do that to the other guy, that should scare him.' he thought.
"Hey Grey, hope there's no way for sounds to get out of this place?" He asked to confirm.
He was planning on using his self-named technique, the nutcracker. It has been a while since he used it, but it looks like it's time to bring out the big guns once again.
Klaus slowly started approaching Smith, preparing to start his run-up.
"There's a secret passageway in my father's room. You'll find the treasury there." Smith blurted out everything he knew.
He told Klaus how to get to the mayor's room without being spotted. But since it was already late, the mayor would most likely be in his room.
When the group previously came to the villa, other than when they were inspected at the gate, and when the servants brought the food over, they didn't see others. They haven't encountered any other guards nor servants. They were quite surprised about this and couldn't help but ask Smith the reason for this.
The answer Smith gave to them was that most of them were dismissed by the mayor. According to him, the mayor seemed to be expecting some important guests, and having too many people in the villa wasn't a good thing.
"This seems suspicious." said Alice.
"Yes, we need to complete what we want to do and leave immediately." Grey said seriously.
He recalled how the guards checked the carriage properly before letting them in, making it all click. Since the mayor was being that thorough with the people who entered the villa, it was a testament to how important the guests were.
"Yeah." Klaus nodded.
"Who are these important guests?" Grey tried to see if Smith knew the people.
"I don't know." Smith answered.
From his response, Grey guessed he wasn't lying. He also thought of the possibility of him being a good liar as well.
"Okay, now that his question has been answered, I have one as well. Do you still have more of this wine?" Grey asked pointing at the wine jug.
"Yes, such an important item, to think I forgot about it. Well, do you?" Klaus lightly smacked his head when he heard this.
He also thought of asking for more of the wine, but the coins came first.
"Yes, I have one more jug in my room, and there should be others in the treasury." Smith nodded hastily.