Knight Asylum

"Director, that guy is catching up with us!"

Asano frowned slightly, and his female companion immediately reached out and pulled down the screen. With a swipe of her finger, the screen clearly showed that a motorcycle was approaching them from behind. Although the driver was wearing a helmet, Asano still guessed the identity of the rider from his cheap clothes.

"This clinging guy, do you really want to embarrass yourself in front of Hongshang Fund?" Asano snorted coldly, "Get rid of him, we must not let such a guy appear in front of Hongshang Fund!"

After hearing Asano's instructions, the driver immediately stepped on the accelerator, and the extended version of Lincoln immediately accelerated and merged into the traffic at a very fast speed. Red, who was still getting used to the Mobile Pegasus, was stunned. Before he could react, he heard a sound coming from the Mobile Pegasus under him, and it automatically shifted gears and accelerated. Under Red's shocked gaze, the Mobile Pegasus raised its front end, turned around, and rushed into the narrow alley. The gangsters at the entrance of the alley opened their mouths wide.

A newspaper slapped Red in the face. As soon as Red pulled the newspaper off his face, he heard a sound coming from his cell phone.

"You have deviated from the route and are rerouting. Please turn around immediately."

Only then did Red notice that as he walked forward along the narrow and dim alley, countless pieces of garbage were knocked flying and hit him.

"Wait a minute! Turn around!"

Red twisted the front of the motorcycle hard, but the Mobile Pegasus seemed to have its own ideas. Not only was it completely impossible to twist it, it even increased its speed.

"Director, it has been thrown away."

The female companion stared at the screen carefully for a while and confirmed that Reid was no longer there, then took credit to Asano.

"Hmph - fight with me," Asano sneered, crossed his legs, pulled his sleeves again, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and smiled confidently.

As the director of the public relations department, he has different attires for different types of people, and the one he is wearing now is a "battle suit" specifically for sponsors. He is confident that he can convince Mitsuo Hongo.

At the same time, Seryu had already run to the PR department floor, kicked open the door and shouted, "Contact the Hongshang Foundation immediately and remove Asano from the meeting. The only person who will meet with Chairman Hongshang is Red Leonardo!"

The originally noisy public relations department suddenly became extremely quiet. After a while, someone sneered, and the public relations department employees present laughed. Seleu's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Staff Officer Seryu, are you kidding? How can the meeting between Director Asano and Chairman Hongshang go on without him?" An employee laughed out loud.

"Yes, that was a meeting with Chairman Hong Shang," another employee also spoke up, shaking his head as he spoke.

"Hey - are you guys betraying me? Don't forget that you are the public relations department of Servier Tulia, not the running dogs of those sponsors!" Seleu saw through the true face of the entire public relations department in an instant and said coldly.

"We are the PR department of Servi Turia, but we are not the PR department of U. We serve the public," the deputy director of the PR department stood up, walked slowly to Seryu with a cup of coffee, and raised his hand in the direction of the kicked-open door. "If there is nothing important, you can leave. We still have to continue working."

Seleu took a deep breath, turned around and walked out.

Although he really wanted to use a combination of punches to send this annoying deputy director to death, Selyu knew very well that even if he sent this deputy director away, it would not change the current situation. The public relations department could no longer be relied upon. He could only pray that Red could get to the Hongshang Foundation before Asano, while looking for U to think of other solutions.

"Something went wrong with U! The PR department betrayed us!"

After rushing into the command tower, Seleu didn't care about the morale of the army anymore, and immediately shouted to U who was sitting at the highest point.

The experienced communicators were quite calm and continued with their work, but some young communicators could not help but turn their heads to look at Seleu.

U's expression remained unchanged, and he raised his hand and waved.

"do not worry about it."

Selyu's breathing stagnated. She had always felt that she was quite abnormal, but now she felt that the one who was truly abnormal here was U.

It would be fine if it was just a normal PR department backstabbing, but this is an extraordinary stage concerning Hongshang Fund!

She didn't understand why U was so calm, could it be...

"Uh! Could it be that you have already contacted President Hong Shang!" Seryuu's face was full of anticipation, "Has the matter actually been settled?"

"No, I haven't contacted President Hong Shang. I can't reach an agreement with him."

U dealt a heavy blow to Seryu in a leisurely tone.

"President Hongshang is a maverick. I can't see through him. If I trade with him, I have to bear the risk of being eaten up by him and leaving nothing behind."

"Then why did you let Red meet with President Hong Shang!? Wait a minute..." Seryu's eyes widened, "You are not planning to sell Red to Hong Shang Fund in exchange for Hong Shang Fund's help!"

U did not answer, and Seleu took it as U's consent. At this stage, for Servius Tulia, or U, selling a Reed in exchange for the support of Hongshang Fund was a profitable deal.

"Gan—I want to quit! I want to change jobs!"

U ignored Seryu's protests and leaned over to wave, turning on the comm device, "Embe, how's the FAIZ debugging going?"

In the specialized research institute, Enbei, who was holding a board and analyzing the data of FAIZ dodging attacks in the venue, raised his head and nodded in the direction of the surveillance camera, "Just as we expected, the red photon blood is very stable, stronger than Red's white Kuuga form, and has more functions. It can be a candidate for the Knight Plan, but the clothing is indeed..."

After hesitating for a moment, Enbe glanced at FAIZ who punched through the reinforced concrete wall and threw it flying. He paused for a moment with a subtle expression and changed the subject.

"But I think the most important thing is the whereabouts of the remaining two belts, Kaixa and Delta. The reason why Iida handed Faiz to us so easily is because the remaining two belts are much more powerful than Faiz. The Enoch Group will most likely actively look for the remaining two belts. I think we also need to start taking action."

"I was thinking of—"

U raised his hand to block Seleu's grabbing right hand, his expression unchanged.

Chapter 20 Please, You're Disgusting

Hongshang Fund Building is located in the most prosperous area of ​​[S·L]. It seems to put the whole [S·L] in its sight. It is one of the tallest buildings in [S·L]. It is a very incredible thing for humans in [S·L] to have such a building, because [S·L] is a society where monsters and humans coexist. Monsters exist in groups. Since there are groups, there must be a king among the monsters.

For the kings, building and using a building that overlooks them is a provocation, so all buildings in [S·L] have very strict height restrictions. If the height is exceeded, if the kings are in a good mood, they will just physically cut the excess part. If they are in a bad mood, the entire building will be directly eliminated.

The Hongshang Fund Building is the tallest building in [S·L]. From the time it was built until now, no monster king has ever attacked this extremely conspicuous and majestic building. Even the kings recognize the O coins produced by the Hongshang Fund as the currency in [S·L].

It is easy to imagine how terrifying Mitsuo Hongo, the founder of the Hongo Foundation, is.

Out of respect for Mitsuo Hongo, Asano did not dare to park the car in front of the Hongo Foundation, or even in the Hongo Foundation's special parking lot. Instead, he parked the car opposite the Hongo Foundation building, got out of the car with his female companion who had dressed herself up, and then asked the driver to go for a drive first.

Passersby on the street glanced at Asano with surprise. As the director of the public relations department, Asano was already accustomed to such stares. With his hands behind his back, he walked towards the gate of the Hongshang Fund Building in a very casual and natural manner. However, before he got close to the gate, the security guards on both sides took a step forward at the same time and stood in front of Asano.

Asano was not surprised. He coughed lightly, raised his chin, and said respectfully but not in a cowardly and humble manner, "I am Asano, the director of the public relations department of Servi Turia. I made an appointment to meet with President Hong Shang yesterday. It's only a few days before the agreed time-"

Asano pulled up his sleeve, revealing his gleaming Rolex watch, and glanced at the time. Of course, he had been looking at the time and calculating the time the entire way. The reason he showed off his skills was that he hoped the two security guards in front of him would be more tactful and understand his identity.

"Five minutes left."

After saying that, Asano took a step forward, but unfortunately the two security guards did not make way as respectfully as he expected, so Asano was blocked directly.

Asano's face looked a little ugly. As a public relations person, he had considered that he would be troubled. After all, the target was the Hong Shang Foundation. However, the trouble he considered was that of being troubled by Hong Shang Mitsuo during the meeting, not such a low-level trouble as being stopped outside the door by the security guards of the Hong Shang Foundation.

"Excuse me, what does this mean?" Asano suppressed his anger and remained polite. He had already shown off his skills, but the two security guards still stopped him. This could only mean one thing, that this was instructed by Mitsuo Hongo.

As for the reason why Mitsuo Hongo was so difficult, Asano thought about it and could only think of one possibility, which was that Mitsuo Hongo believed that he, as the public relations director, was here to help U persuade the Hongo Foundation to give up its ownership and to provide a guarantee at the same time.

Thinking of this, Asano also understood why the Hongshang Foundation sent these two security guards to stop him. If it were him... he would not want to waste precious time on such an stupid thing.

Asano straightened his collar and said respectfully, "I am the director of the public relations department of Servi Turia. I represent Servi Turia, not the U."

"..."

The two security guards kept their expressions unchanged, but they squeezed towards Asano in unison, their pectoral muscles almost touching Asano's face.

A drop of cold sweat ran down Asano's forehead.

The attitude of the security guard made Asano make a bold guess, that is, Hongshang Fund had no intention of negotiating with Servi Turia from the beginning. In the final analysis, Hongshang Fund could do everything that Servi Turia could do, and Hongshang Fund could do everything that Servi Turia could not do. Servi Turia and Hongshang Fund were not equal from the beginning. Why would Hongshang Fund give up its own interests to Servi Turia, who was in a lower position? To make things difficult for itself?

This is a Hongmen Banquet! Daring to come is telling Hongshang Guangsheng that Servian Turia wants to replace Hongshang Fund!

After figuring it out, Asano suddenly felt a little weak in the knees, but this was a public place after all, so Asano still forced a smile at the security guard.

"It looks like President Hong Shang has something more important to do. I'll make an appointment next time."

After saying that, Asano walked down the stairs with trembling legs, supported by his female companion. After crossing the street and coming to the other side of the building, Asano finally recovered and looked at the gate of Hongshang Foundation with fear on his face. He was sure that there were "executioners" prepared behind the gate. If he dared to go up, he might be eliminated from this "S·L" by Hongshang Foundation.

"We...are just leaving like this?" The subtle looks from passers-by made the female companion feel very embarrassed.

"This is a Hongmen Banquet. Whoever enters will die. We made a mistake. This is the Hongshang Fund." Asano pinched his nose and let out a long breath. He put his hands behind his back and shook his head. "It's not our problem."

Just as Asano was about to ask his female companion to notify the driver to come back and pick them up, a motorcycle roared out from the alley behind them, jumped over the traffic and landed heavily in front of the Hongshang Fund Building. With a harsh friction sound, the motorcycle's tires left a half circle of dazzling black marks in front of the Hongshang Fund Building, and the cans and waste paper boxes brought by the motorcycle hit the security guard's feet like meteors.

The rider of the motorcycle got off the bike and swayed from side to side as if he was drunk, unable to even stand steadily.

Asano's eyes widened when he saw the cheap clothes, and Asano's female companion opened her mouth even wider.

It was Red who came.

She wasn't surprised that Red dared to come over, but she never thought that Red would appear in this way.

"Hmph—he's finished," Asano quickly recovered from his shock and sneered.

What a terrifying existence the Hongshang Fund is. Even the kings of those weirdos will give face to the Hongshang Fund. But Reid actually dared to appear in such an arrogant manner, and at the Hongmen Banquet.

Red, feeling dizzy from being swayed by the mobile Pegasus, took off his helmet with difficulty and took a deep breath of air before he recovered. But after seeing the situation around him clearly, Red froze in place.

Now he was standing at the door of Hongshang Fund. Two security guards with eyes as big as copper bells were staring at him. At their feet there was some garbage that was totally out of place with the environment. It was as if someone had deliberately thrown the garbage there.

It's me!

"Ahem—it..."

Just as Red was about to say that he had come to the wrong place, the Mobile Pegasus, the culprit behind all this, started up automatically and drove away slowly, leaving Red standing alone in the wind, disheveled.

"Beep-beep-"

Pedestrians alerted by the horn made way and looked in surprise at the mobile Pegasus passing between them.

Red, who watched Mobile Pegasus leave with the security guard, twitched his lips.

The motorcycle... has become a spirit...

"What are you doing Red Leonardo?! Do you know where this is!"

Just when Red was about to explain himself, Asano's voice sounded from behind him. Red turned his head and saw Asano crossing the road and walking straight towards him with a fierce look on his face, his brows furrowed as if Red had done something unforgivable.

Without giving Reid a chance to speak, Asano spoke directly to the security guard, "I'm sorry, I emphasized to U that the Hongshang Foundation is not a place for such low-class people to come, but U still insisted on his own way. Now, on behalf of Selvi Turia, I apologize to the Hongshang Foundation."

But the security guard ignored Asano and looked at Red, "Are you Red Leonardo?"

"Probably, no one else will be labeled like this because their parents are too unreliable," Red pinched the black hair on his forehead and complained.

"Red Leonard, please be mindful of the situation! I'm wiping you--"

Before Asano could finish his words, the security guard waved him away and forced him to give way.

Asano's female companion's eyes widened.

The tightly closed door opened to both sides, and the crisp sound of high heels landing on the ground was heard. A beautiful and capable female secretary appeared and made way. A red carpet rolled out and stopped right in front of Red. The female secretary raised her hand slightly, "I am President Hong Shang's secretary, Erika Satonaka, Red Leonardo. President Hong Shang has been waiting for a long time. Please follow me."

Reid blinked, looked at Asano who was wide-eyed, nodded, and stepped onto the red carpet. But before he took a few steps, Asano reacted and raised his voice sharply, "Wait a minute! Did you misunderstand something? I have an appointment with President Hong Shang!"

Erika Satonaka frowned slightly, "The president only wants to meet with Reid Leonardo. Who are you?"

Asano's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to treat Hong Shangguang's secretary with the same attitude as he treated Seryu, so he could only lower his posture and said, "I am Asano, the director of the public relations department of Servi Tulia who is in charge of this meeting."

"Hmm? Ah~ Then your work is done, thank you for your hard work."

Asano couldn't hold it anymore.

Does this mean you want him to leave?

"Excuse me for being blunt, but Red Leonardo is extremely dangerous. Although he looks like a human now, he is actually no different from a monster and may do something very dangerous at any time. The safety of Chairman Hong Shang is related to the future of all mankind. I don't think it is appropriate to let such a terrible and dangerous monster meet Chairman Hong Shang," Asano raised his head with increasing confidence as he spoke.

After a long silence, Erika Satonaka sighed and put one hand on her waist. Her aura instantly changed from that of a capable secretary to that of a outspoken big sister.

"Your name is Asano?"

"Yes."

"You're disgusting. Come on, Red. The president is waiting for you."

After saying this, Erika Satinaka no longer paid attention to Asano who was petrified in place, and raised her hand casually, waving for Reid to follow.

Reid blinked, nodded, and followed Erika Satonaka. The red carpet was immediately retracted. As Asano looked at him in disbelief, the door closed. Two security guards stood on the left and right, blocking Asano's sight like door gods.

Chapter 21 Happy Birthday!

Under the guidance of Erika Satonaka, Red got on the elevator of Hongshang Foundation. As the elevator went up, Red inevitably became nervous, because now he was about to meet the richest man in the world.

If the other party had a bad and strict attitude, Red would have had some confidence in his heart, but he was greeted by a red carpet right at the start, and Erika Satonaka's attitude also made him a little flattered. Combined with Asano's words that President Hongshang's safety was related to the future of mankind, Red was a little confused.

"stare--"

The elevator reached the top floor and the doors opened to both sides. Erika Satonaka walked out of the elevator first, turned sideways and walked towards the [corridor] that looked like an art gallery and was hung with various famous paintings, statues, antique vases, and armors. She raised her hand and pointed to the door at the end of this [corridor] that was full of history and antiquity.

Reid took a deep breath, raised his left hand and left foot, walked stiffly across the corridor and stood in front of the door. He carefully pushed the door open and poked his head in to test.

"Um... excuse me—"

"Crack-pump-"

Accompanied by two crisp cracking sounds, a pile of colorful ribbons and pieces were thrown up by the airflow and landed on Red's head.

"Happy Birthday!"

At the end, a tough-looking middle-aged man wearing a pink apron opened his arms towards Red.

"……what?"

For a moment, Red seemed to be in the universe, and what woke him up was a cannon explosion behind him. Some colored strips and flakes lazily fell on Red's head.