Four Split Personalities

Fourth, the hierarchy of the Clown Brand is quite vague, seemingly lacking absolute superior-subordinate relationships. The numbers seem to differentiate the size of energy, like being a common fifth-year student at an academy of alchemy, where Parker is a 3, but if he is the Student Union President of the academy, with high personal level and broad interpersonal relationships, then his number might become 4, 5, or larger.

Fifth, although the hierarchy is vague and the structure seems extremely loose, there should be decision-makers and officials within the Clown Brand, and their ’identification’ is probably unique. In other words, if you want to find a Red Heart 3 official member, you might pull out a dozen people, but if you switch to Red Heart J, Q, K, A and the like, it probably corresponds to a fixed person.

Sixth, there should be a person in Academy City with a very high position in the organization, and their suit seems to be Red Heart.

Finally, Frank Hughes or Link Zelda, the person who even the Wealth Saintess can associate with, has profound ties with Clown Brand, conservatively estimated to be a ’high-level customer’, because the service of monitoring a big figure like Diana does not exist in the three offices of Clown Brand, meaning they don’t take jobs of this level.

Above is Ivy Lehman’s complete understanding of the organization Clown Brand.

However, she calculated meticulously yet never anticipated that the man intertwined romantically with the Grand Astrologist Diana, able to go toe to toe with Lady Feiyali in business, was actually a [King]!

The Clown Brand’s [King].

It was mentioned before, Ivy had already figured out precisely what poker cards were, so she was also aware of what a King represents.

Next thing, before Ivy had the chance to ask whether he was the Big King or Small King, Motan frankly confessed straight away—

"I’ll say this with some embarrassment, but you can understand it as, I am the founder of [Clown Brand]."

Motan awkwardly touched the tip of his nose, smiling innocently, "Seems to be developing quite nicely."

Even for Ivy Lehman’s shrewdness, she didn’t know what to say at that moment.

And Motan simply smiled at her without speaking.

Finally, after a good while, Ivy, having calmed down again, broke the silence.

"Link, what kind of person are you, really?"

She stared straight into Motan’s eyes, her tone less playful, more serious.

"I think first and foremost, I am a man deeply in love with Diana A. Achizolti."

After a brief pause for thought, Motan slowly spoke, "As for the rest of me... you could basically understand it as an Otherworlder who can’t sit still? Haha, it might sound a bit vague, but that’s pretty much the situation, everything I’ve done, it’s fundamentally because I just can’t sit still."

Ivy blinked, tilted her head, and repeated, "Can’t sit still?"

"Yeah, because in our short lives, most of the time is peaceful, uninteresting, foreseeable, and mundane, and before meeting Diana, I always despised such uninspired times."

Motan laughed a bit helplessly, said with a smile, "So to avoid being too bored, I always look for things to do. Certainly, now I find spending a calm and stable life with Diana quite tempting, but unfortunately, once many things start, you can’t stop them just because you want to."

Ivy somewhat helplessly fell into Motan’s arms, and he courteously held her forward and covered her forehead, "You are truly adept at giving surprises, Honey~"

"People often say that."

Motan smiled modestly, then outright pierced through the layer of tacit understanding between them, lightly asked, "Now that I have shown so much sincerity, could Miss Ivy tell me what your real purpose for approaching me is?"

Ivy licked her lips, smiled charmingly, "The opportunity, naturally, was Kenneth’s commission, but I never intended to kill Frank Hughes myself, the dullest possibility would be to tell Double Leaf your specifics and let her take this credit."

Motan nodded slightly, "I thought so."

"But because of the Clown Brand, after seeing you, I didn’t make an immediate decision, because you are interesting, and I happen to love interesting people, so I decided to observe for a while longer."

Ivy caressed her eyepatch, giggled, "In the end, you brought me an even bigger surprise, darling. That experience in [Black Mary] excited me so much I couldn’t sleep well all night, filled with thoughts of you chatting and laughing with Lady Feiyali. It was after that the joke seemed to become much more concrete."

Motan raised an eyebrow, asked, "Which joke?"

"It’s ’I want to be your lover’ that one."

Ivy stuck out her tongue, cheerfully said, "After dispelling the thought of letting Double Leaf deal with you, I seriously considered if I really wanted to do that. To clarify, I didn’t lie to you that day, though I might have had a few insignificant relationships, I’ve kept my first kiss and night well, I’m not that kind of frivolous woman."

Motan nodded inconclusively, seeming not greatly affected by Ivy’s words, merely calmly continued to ask, "And then?"

"And then you once again surpassed my expectations, not only perfectly negotiating that promising deal, but you’re also the ’King’ of [Clown Brand]. Haha, although this organization doesn’t seem famous now, I believe it’s just a matter of time~"

Ivy closed her eyes, clasped her hands together in a blissful pose, murmured, "I’m enchanted by everything about you, so..."

"So?"

"So what I was thinking before is no longer important, darling, I now genuinely... wholeheartedly want to be your lover."

"If the notion could stay at the ’want’ phase, that would be a big help."

Motan shook his head somewhat helplessly, then tactfully indicated he didn’t want to continue this topic, softly said, "Then, I hope you can continue to keep my secret, Ivy. Honestly, I’m far less leisurely than I appear."

Ivy instantly realized the meaning in Motan’s words, playfully laughed, "You’re finally tired of our interacting pattern?"

"Can’t really say that, just..."

"Then let’s make it this way, to give you the chance to realize Ivy Lehman is a capable good woman, why not let me join your Clown Brand?"

"Hmm?"

"It’s literally that, I join your Clown Brand and I can even provide many fine resources, even deliberately give you some leverage for control, this way you won’t keep guarding against me, right?"

"Haha, am I guarding against you? I’ve always been showing my sincerity, hoping we can have an open and honest conversation."

"Sincerity and caution aren’t mutually exclusive, Honey, if I guess correctly, you’ve considered more than once killing me as a huge threat and trouble, right?"

"Yeah, I’ve thought about it many times~"

"What?! That really hurts!"

"So that’s why you want to join Clown Brand..."

Motan dangerously narrowed his eyes, smiled slightly without smiling, asked, "Is it purely to stop me from guarding against you, and to show you’re indeed a capable good woman?"

Ivy quickly nodded like a chick pecking at rice, adding, "And then become your lover!"

"I am a loyal person~"

"That’s because you haven’t sneaked a nibble yet."

"Hehe..."

"Heehee..."

"Hearts 10."

"Huh?"

"If you wish to join, then take the role of Hearts 10."

"Yay!"

Chapter 1289: End

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