Walking down the hall on the third floor, I saw that the floor was clean and the walls were not dusty like on the first floor, looking around there were lots of people here and all of them were wearing blue ribbons on their left chests.

"Gako, what clan is this?" whispered to Gako, I asked him for information but Gako just frowned while looking left and right "I'm not sure... I heard there is a new big group that has absorbed many clans under it called the Worm, but it doesn't seem like they are the Worm clan"

So even Gako doesn't know? looking at Gordon and Kita, they looked equally confused, but this clan was definitely different from the small fries that I fought below, even the man and girl in front of me could give me quite a hard time.

Arriving in front of one of the classroom doors that was supposed to be abandoned, the purple-haired girl opened the door.

"Please come in" the guy with glasses said kindly, but I focused my Six Sense into the room, there are no traps so far, but I don't believe it at all.

In the room there is a wooden table with an office chair behind it, two sofas with a table in the middle, and several cupboards filled with books and documents, this is quite a nice room, although I can see that these furnitures are not new things, however, I could feel they care about their appearance.

"Please put the bloody stick in the basket there" The glasses man looked at the iron baseball bat in my hand with disdain, hearing what he said, I put the dirty stick in the basket, it's not mine so I'm going to return it.

Ah, it's so disgusting, my hands are so dirty...

"Ren, please take this" Looking at my dirty hands, Kita gave me a pack of wet tissue from her pocket, wow! she's so kind!

"Thank you very much! I will not forget your kindness!"

"mm... it's nothing..." Kita spoke shyly, quickly taking the wet tissue from her hand, I furiously cleaned every corner of my hand, while I focused on cleaning my hands the glasses man and purple-haired girl asked us to sit on one of the long sofas.

Sitting side by side on the sofa, the three of us faced the two people in front, while Gordon chose to stand beside the sofa and straighten his back.

"Aren't you sitting down?" the man asked while pushing his glasses with his fingers.

"No, you can think of me as their bodyguard," Gordon answered firmly, it seemed like he was still alert after being caught off guard by the delinquents earlier.

"Alright then, how about some drinks?" the glasses man turned his gaze to me and asked, but I just made a sour face and pursed my lips, looking at the man and woman in front of me, I spoke "No need to make small talk, how do you know Gordon name?"

"Please take it easy, Mai can you get some drinks for our guests?"

"Yes" the woman named Mai went out of the room which I assumed was to get drinks, meanwhile the man with glasses in front of me, he has no shame to looked at me as if he wanted to examine me, so I asked him suspiciously "what your business with us?"

hearing the question, he smiled and diverted his gaze toward Gordon, then at, Gako, Kita and finally me before opening his mouth "Gordon, Gako, Kita, you three are a small Clan that has always gathered behind this building for the past month and recently lost because stupidly tried to challenge one of a senior clan"

Gako was surprised to hear his words, Kita lowered her head and Gordon frowned before speaking "Do you know us?"

"Of course, you all always gather in the trash can after all, Mr Punching Bag" The glasses man let a sarcastic smile on his face making Gordon tighten his fists, did he really just say that to Gordon? I don't like this person's cunning nature so I decided to confront him "Hey, are you stupid? Did you want me to look at your brain?"

looking into his eyes I activate the intimidation skill for the first time, it doesn't matter if it's level 1, I just want him to know that I'm serious.

"President, I got the drink- hm?" Mai who came in with a bag in her hand must have felt something strange, while Gako and Kita beside me were shaking on their shoulders, Gordon had his arms crossed but his forehead was a little sweaty, this must be the first time they felt a mental skill like this.

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"Apologies or I'm going to kill you" Under my intimidation the glasses man still maintained his casual smile while I looked at him cynically, The room fell into silence, staring at each other for a few moments, the glasses man stood up from his seat and lowered his head "I'm truly sorry for my impoliteness "

"President!" Mai calls out to him in surprise.

President? Is he the leader of this clan? This person is indeed very suspicious, I will ask Gako to research him in detail later.

"It's okay Mai, if we're wrong it's natural to apologize" the glasses man spoke in a sincere tone, but I felt like everything he did was just to look for my reactions, I shouldn't fall for his steps, the best way to fight someone like this is not to play his game in the first place, so I took a breath and stood up "you seem to only want to sell smiles and words, I don't have time for this nonsense, everyone, let's get out of here"

"Yes" Gordon immediately agreed, while Gako and Kita looked at me in surprise, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from their seat, however, when we were about to walk out of the room, the glasses man stopped us.

"Please wait a moment, my name is Fran" Fran spoke with Mai standing next to him, his smile had disappeared but I still didn't feel any hostility from him except from Mai who frowned.

She seemed angry because I made the president apologize, well, I don't care about that, so I just smiled and went back to my seat "You should start with that right?"

"A-Are we not going?" Kita said weakly looking disappointed to see me sitting back on the sofa.

"Wait a minute Kita, it would be impolite if we left after he introduced himself, well, I won't apologize anyway, ah almost forgot, my name is Ren" I spoke confidently, We're short on information but maybe I can get something from this guy, after all he seems to be the ruler of this place.

Gako, Kita and Gordon returned to their positions and I waited for Fran's next words, seeing that his strategy wasn't working, Fran and Mai sat on the sofa.

"I understand, Mr Ren"

"Ren is fine"

"I understand, you must be wondering why I brought you here but believe me I mean no harm to you all" Fran spoke while elegantly arranging canned drinks in front of us, Ignoring the drink in front of me, I didn't take my eyes off Fran.

"Thank you for the drink... delicious"

"Kita! Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?!"

"Ehh?!" Kita immediately drank the canned drink given to her and Gako immediately whispered in surprise to warn her, eh? this is fine right? She won't get poisoned won't she?

"We won't do cheap tricks like that!" Mai spoke irritably, looking at us with displeasure she puffed out her cheeks, seeing Mai's behavior, Fran just smiled wryly, pushing his glasses with his finger, Fran opened his mouth "There's no such thing, we're just here to do business"

"What kind of business?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Yes, let's get straight to the point" Fran turned his gaze towards Gordon, Kita and Gako "First, let me confirm that you three are from a clan called the Three Strongest Tigers, am I right?"

"That's not true, now we are the four strongest tigers" Gordon spoke with a serious face, while Kita and Gako nodded with Gordon's words.

"I see, so Ren, you are the fourth member?" Fran asked me.

"That's true," I answered briefly as I leaned back on the sofa.

"I don't mean to be insulting, but do you know what kind of group they are?"

"What kind of group?" looking at the three, my eyes met with Gordon and he nodded before giving me a thumbs up, no, what does that mean? looking at Kita, she was still drinking her canned drink under her mask, while looking at Gako he kept stealing glances at Mai while swinging his legs.

"Is this a trick question?" I asked carefully.

"What?" hearing my words, Fran looked at a loss for words.

"No, haven't you noticed? hm? How do I say this... you know that high school clans who have money can rent apartments or houses as headquarters, while poor ones like here use abandoned buildings at school or random places outside the school as headquarters?" Fran asked in an explanatory tone.

"Yeah I've heard about that" I answered casually.

"You know they can't even get a room in this building? They gather behind this building because they are... ahem, a little less strong" Fran chose his words carefully

"You mean they are losers?" I asked without changing my face.

"You are not angry?" Fran said surprised by my lack of reaction.

"Not really, they also know that they are losers" Looking to the side, Gordon, Kita and Gako nodded simultaneously.

Seeing our normal reactions, Fran frowned for the first time and Mai who was beside him let out a small laugh "It's good that you're self-aware."

"Mai!" Fran scolded Mai, but before he could scold her further, I opened my mouth "It seems like there was a misunderstanding, I don't like you looking down on us, but we don't deny the reality at all"

"Is that so, but you still chose to join them?" Fran asked me, this might be a genuine question from his heart, but it's a shame he couldn't see their potential, if I only chose the strongest, I probably wouldn't last long in the world of adventurers, that's how I feel.

"I have my own reasons, but the most important thing now is that they are my friends and members of my clan, I don't accept anyone who dares to mess with them" I emphasized my words to him.

"I see, so you have become their leader" Fran push his glasses.

looking at the three, they nodded happily, so I smiled confidently, looking at Fran he looked into my eyes while thinking about something, he spoke "understood, I have confirmed your position, and I will introduce myself"

The previous business smile returned to Fran's face, and he began to introduce himself "I am Fran, the leader of the Azure Alliance and a 1st year high school student, this is Mai, my secretary and deputy."

I can see the scheming behind this guy's eyes, he's definitely planning something else, it seems like the real business starts here, unaware of the alertness in my mind, Fran speaks with a smile "I want to make a proposal to you"