A flash of crimson light, and Jin stand in his living room , book in his hand .
The smell of ozone and blood vanished, replaced by the familiar, dusty scent of old wood and the stale air of his own home.
Jin stood in the center of his living room, his tattered clothes still smoking slightly. The silence was deafening. He sank onto his sofa putting the book on table , the adrenaline of the fight finally draining away, leaving behind a bone-deep exhaustion.
The real prize wasn't the Gremory victory.
It was sitting on his coffee table. The "book" Sirzechs had given him.
He didn't open it. First he thought of getting a beer he move to get his beer .
His mind drifted back to the week before the Rating Game, to the moment he had truly hit a wall.
He had been staring at both laptop screen and physical record , at the digital and physical ledger he'd taken from the Manji Clan's
He'd found the entry. "Operation : Kuoh Asset Removal." The date lined up perfectly with his mother's murder.
He'd scrolled to the payment section, . It wasn't a bag of cash or a local transfer. It was a massive, single wire payment from a shell corporation: **"T.B. Holdings, S.A."**
A digital ghost. He'd called Shikaku, his only underworld contact . "Forgive me, Jin, but my network is domestic. This is international finance, a high-level shell. I cant help ."
Jin, a man who could shatter steel with his bare hands, had been defeated by a records . He was a fighter, not a forensic accountant. He had the "how" (Manji Clan) and the "what" (a bank), but he had no way to connect it to any specific "who." He was stuck.
That was the moment he knew he had to take Sirzechs's deal. he might get more than he can on his own and he might have gotten it .
Now, back in his living room, he reached for the prize. He opened the simple leather-bound "book." . Inside it has a clinical, precise intelligence dossier.
He take a sip of beer and read the first page .
The first page was a photo of a devil with arrogant, cruel eyes. **"LORD ZAGANIS."**
Jin's gaze scanned the page, his mind processing the data with lethal speed.
* **Affiliation:** Old King Faction .
* **Known Associates:** ...House of Bael, ...House of Phenex, ....
* **Recorded Movements:** ...Unaccounted for during [Date Range matching his mother's murder].
His heart beat a slow . These were not coincidences. He turned the page. "Financial Assets & Known Shell Corporations."
His eyes scanned the list. And then he saw it.
**T.B. Holdings, S.A. (Acct. 458-B, Tepes Bank, Romania)**
The two halves of the puzzle slammed together . The frustration of not finding any lead evaporated, replaced by a terrifying, singular clarity.
**Zaganis (The Client) ➔ Tepes Bank (The Financial Cutout) ➔ Manji Clan (The Assassins)**
He had the name.
Jin closed the dossier, sitting alone in room sipping on his bear thinking of his next move .
He couldn't just teleport to the Underworld and execute a high-ranking noble.
That was suicide.
It would ignite a man hunt , and Sirzechs, the man who had just handed him this key, would be the first one to hunt him down and kill him.
He cant go against underworld powers , not now .
Assasination ?
He was a human in a world of gods and monsters. He was completely blind in their territory.
he dont know anything about underworld terriority , he didn't even know much about Zaganis his target .
He has no way to take entery anonymously in devil territory , even if he could pull it off he would be just standard there and become a prey in hunting game .
This dossier wasn't permission to kill. It was a map.
He needed proof that would tie Zaganis to the Manji Clan . The bank was the link.
I want all the information on Zaganis , he might just be a middle man or grunt who do the work for other devils .
From his meta knowledge , in cleria belial murder conspiracy there was a king faction involved , he dont particularly know there name but he have to pull the thread in his end and see where i might end and maybe he could get some answer .
For now he has a target "Tepes Bank " and look like vampire were involved .
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well i was thinking how the next arc should go , so it took time and i dont want jin to waste time in japan in season 2 so we are moving on to romaina .