“Right. Back to business. Did we figure out the whereabouts of the beads?”

When he changed the subject, Kyren Pedler was looking at his documents on a laptop.

“There are four with Aenar Temple right now.

“Kronen Temple and Adenar Temple have one each.

“The Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed, Four-Eyed, Five-Eyed, Six-Eyed, and the Seven-Eyed Beads are included.

“The One-Eyed Bead is in the hands of a mysterious buyer.

“The Eight-Eyed Bead seemed to be with the Higgs family, and the Nine-Eyed Bead with the Klein family.”

“Tch! It won’t be right if I act before the Nine Eyed Beads are gathered. After all, this isn’t our turf. We should wait until the ceremony starts before we do anything,” said Kyren after briefly pondering the situation.

“And the other thing?”

“The competition between the four great tribes is about to start,” replied Mr. Tanaka.

“Because of the forces arriving at the outskirts, the competition would be extremely massive.

“According to our intel, Henrik Higgs, the man who l