While Kizuna was thinking about this, Elena proposed a plan of her own. It was something that only Kizuna could with her great authority and influence in this island and it would deal a great blow to the Thunder Destroyer Guild.

Hearing the plan, Kizuna immediately agreed. She would need to pay a bit for this plan but the returns would definitely satisfy her. So she had no reason to not accept it.

...

Hikaru was a native of the Inazuyan Archipelago but for some reason he had a very faint bloodline of the Lightning Phantom Demon race. With how tightknit the Lightning Phantom Demons were to each other, Hikaru had never been discriminated against because of this reason. But he had definitely felt inferior to others of this same age.

That was also why he had ended up joining the Thunder Destroyer Guild. Very few locals ever became a member of this guild with how much hated they were by the Lightning Phantom Demons. That was why even with his limited bloodline and powers, Hikaru was given a decently high position.

He was also given a very important mission, which was to get rid of the Pure Thunderbolt fruits. Hikaru knew the importance of these fruits to his fellow demons but he was told that if he could complete the mission then he would be given special treatment so that he could definitely reach the legendary rank which was above level 350.

There would also be a possibility of him becoming a demigod but as the trials of the gods were too hard and could not be cleared with outside help, no one could guarantee the progression to that realm. But still for Hikaru, reaching the legendary rank with his limited talent was already enough of a reason to betray his race.

Hikaru was from a well to do family and his father had a lot of connections. Through them, he had managed to get a respectable job in the Pure Thunderbolt Orchard and with enough time had became a manager. As this position did not need strength, it was a perfect position for him.

With his authority as a manager, he had helped many people from the guild to infiltrate the other orchards. It was not a hard thing to do for him as the other managers would always give him some face and would recruit some of his recommended candidates.

So it was mostly Hikaru who was the reason why the Thunder Destroyer Guild had managed to infiltrate so deeply to the orchards and Hikaru had already started to enjoy the fruits of his hard labour.

...

Hikaru was now a S ranker and he had reached this new rank very recently. This was something he had not even dreamed of in the past with his inferior talent. So he was currently busy enjoying himself in the pleasure district of the island. He had to always stay vigilant as he was a spy of a hated organisation, so he felt stressed out every now and then. Only the soft touch of the expert ladies of the brothel could help him in getting rid of this stress.

So he was doing the same again on this night but suddenly he started to feel dizzy. But it was not anything abnormal as he had been drinking quite bit throughout the night, so he did not think too much about it. But in no time his mind went blank and his eyes turned hollow.

As soon as that happened, all the prostitutes who were fawning over him became serious and one of them went out of the room. After some time, she returned with two other ladies in toe and seeing them, all the prostitutes bowed to them with respectful expressions on their faces.

Obviously the ladies in question were Elena and Kizuna. This brothel, which was the largest one in this city, was a secret business of Kizuna. The women working here as the prostitutes were not only that but also spies working for Kizuna. So with their help, she had managed to get this man under control very easily.

Then Kizuna started to interrogate him and now with his mind under her control, he told her everything. Obviously the Thunder Destroyer Guild was not foolish enough to not leave any countermeasures against mind control on such an important pawn of their. But Kizuna was known as the best illusion master of the Inazuyan Archipelago for a reason. So she managed to get all the information from Hikaru very easily.

After the interrogation was over, Kizuna next started to plant some suggestions in his mind. Next she needed Hikaru to meet up with a few high ranking people from the Thunder Destroyer guild. They were not weak so if Kizuna completely controlled his mind, they would be able to notice it. But with her expertise, if she just gave him slight suggestions so that he would do her bidding all on his own will, then even a powerful demigod would not be able to see through her schemes. Kizuna at least had this much confidence in her abilities.

...

After three hours, Hikaru left the brothel with a brilliant smile on his face. This was how he always left and there was nothing suspicious about him. But his mind was already filled with various orders from Kizuna and after returning to his home, he immediately started to follow them.

Firstly he contacted his superior, who was a powerful legendary S ranker. Through this superior, he also contacted the head who was in charge of him, a demigod rank powerhouse. Hikaru had been doing a good job for many years and the Thunder Destroyer Guild had a lot of expectations for him. That was the reason why he was given the honour to contact the Demigod so easily.

As normally Hikaru would not suddenly ask to talk with the demigod, it did made a few people suspicious. But when they heard his requests, their suspicions were mostly cleared. Hikaru told them that one of his pawns in a different orchard had managed to get the duty to take care of the Pure Thunderbolt plants after the working hours was over. This was a golden opportunity to poison the plants in secret so he was asking for more of these potent but extremely hidden poisons.

The leader immediately agreed to this request. He was free for the time being, so giving those poison to Hikaru would not be a big deal. As this poison was something that this leader had created all by himself, he always handled it on his own. So he decided to meet Hikaru in a small island just outside the range of the large Nimfera island the very next day.

After Hikaru was done with the conversation, he went to rest with a peace of mind while looking forward to an even brighter future for himself.

...

At that same time, Kizuna met up with three other Lightning Phantom Demons. They all were giving off the aura of demigod rank powerhouses and looked ready for battle. Seeing them, Kizuna smiled confidently and told them that it was time for them to hunt the mad alchemist.

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