Under Luo Shu's admiring gaze and Sharon and La Folia's amused stares, Enigma seemed to have shut down, sitting silently on the sofa without responding for a long while.
Seeing Enigma remain unresponsive, Luo Shu quickly tried to comfort her:
"Don't stress. Misjudgments happen when intel is lacking. I've been there too—it's perfectly normal~"
"Right, right."
La Folia immediately nodded in agreement with Luo Shu's words, even using herself as an example:
"Before coming to Japan, I thought it was just Lacus wanting to discuss matters with me. But in the end, I realised the real key to the negotiations wasn't Lacus at all – it was Luo Shu."
"Thanks to that, none of the prepared talking points I'd worked on ended up being useful."
As she spoke, La Folia wore a somewhat regretful expression.
She'd been fully prepared to make Lacus pay dearly, only for Luo Shu to appear halfway through, bringing with him the irresistible temptation of a Class – an offer she simply couldn't refuse.
Faced with the option of obtaining a Class, La Folia had no room to retreat and fell right into Luo Shu's trap.
And just two days later, she'd practically thrown herself at him~
Not that she regretted it, but La Folia truly hadn't expected to gain a consort in just two short days.
Thinking about it carefully, this was indeed an unexpected consequence of insufficient intelligence~
As she continued speaking, La Folia's words carried genuine emotion:
"Honestly, rather than regret, I should be thinking about how to avoid accidentally stepping into traps due to information gaps in the future. One careless move, and you might end up losing yourself completely."
Hearing La Folia's complaint, Sharon gave her a slightly surprised glance before lazily leaning back on the sofa and calmly remarking:
"Speaking of regret, I've actually thought before – if I'd had general intelligence about Japan, would I have chosen to abandon chasing that Mind-Snatching Demon and not entered Japan?"
"But upon reflection, entering at that time might have actually been good for me?"
At this point, Sharon raised her wine glass and took a sip before continuing:
"At least the Hidden Management Department's logistics are far more useful than those useless Demon Hunter backlines."
Hearing this, Luo Shu couldn't help but chuckle: "Should I say 'thank you for the compliment'?"
"You shouldn't." Sharon replied, then smiled faintly: "Though I'd like to say that, many of the special support functions only exist because of you."
"So this time, please properly accept my thanks~"
"If it's the kind that stays in your heart, then I'll remember it."
Luo Shu responded to Sharon with a smile before turning to look at Enigma, who was biting her nails and seemed somewhat agitated, showing surprise:
"Why do I get the feeling that you, Enigma, don't seem disappointed about the intelligence failure?"
Hearing this, Enigma looked up at Luo Shu and sighed:
"I should have mentioned before that I represented the Hell Sect in trading for their Evil Piece technology."
Luo Shu nodded in confirmation before asking: "You did mention it. What? Are you planning to hand over the Evil Piece technology?"
Enigma's expression froze momentarily at this question before she sighed again:
"I'll organise and submit the technology to the system later, but that wasn't what I was just thinking about."
Here, Enigma spoke with some regret:
"Back then, following the Hell Sect's requirements, I traded the Demon Class with that Beelzebub for the Evil Piece technology. Now that I think about it, I got the short end of the stick..."
"The price they offered definitely wasn't their bottom line – I should have bargained them down to Elite Rank!"
Hearing this, Luo Shu instantly showed an expression of understanding and nodded:
"You thought the other side had a lot of jade, so you sold it at cabbage prices, only to realise later they were actually glass bottles disguised as jade?"
"I see what you mean now—that was indeed a disastrous deal!"
Enigma glanced at Luo Shu with some surprise:
"Though your analogy isn't far off, perhaps next time you could refrain from such tedious comparisons."
Luo Shu, feeling slightly snubbed, shrugged and turned his gaze back to Raziel.
[Ryan Arkham. Archbishop of the Phenex Society, phoenix hybrid, editor-in-chief of America United Media, one of the leaders of the Phoenix Descent Project.]
[Li Jianlin. Archbishop of Phenex Society's East Asia region, phoenix hybrid, honorary leader of the Phoenix Wuxia Alliance, one of the initiators of the Phoenix Descent Project.]
[Gōzaburō Seto. Archbishop of Phenex Society's Pacific region, leader of the New Seto Group, mermaid-phoenix hybrid, one of the leaders of the Phoenix Descent Project.]
Luo Shu scanned the names of these Phenex Society affiliates, committing their identities and appearances to memory for future reference.
After memorising two pages, he flipped to the next—and immediately narrowed his eyes at the contents.
[Olivia (real name: Kotoko Iwanaga). Bishop of Phenex Society's Far East region, one of the leaders of the Phoenix Descent Project.]
Seeing this, Luo Shu's expression turned faintly amused:
"Well, well... Seems I've stumbled upon quite the notable name."
Just then, a phone rang. Pausing, Luo Shu retrieved his mobile from his pocket. Seeing Juzo Megure's caller ID, he answered:
"Well, well, Megure—rare for you to call. Something urgent?"
From the other end, Megure's low voice replied:
[Apologies for disturbing you, but could you bring the Phenex Society materials you have and meet me?]
After a pause, he added:
[The Metropolitan Police Department is prepared to offer satisfactory compensation.]
Luo Shu's eyes narrowed slightly before he chuckled:
"No wonder I heard magpies singing this morning—so it was you calling for a favour!"
"Fine, send me the address. I'll be right there."