Heavenly Dao Child

Yamamoto let out a content sigh as he sipped from his cup before he spoke, "This is life."

He is was immediately answered by Ryuu with a loud growl, Yamamoto looked towards his direction as he barely managed to stifle his laughter, as he spotted from beyond the tall a mountain of paper a pair of heterochromatic eyes belonging to a certain redhead glared at him balefully.

'Her Highness was right Royal Prince has no patience especially when dealing with paperwork, it has not been a week and he has already tried to run away from the place he deemed it as his prison with me as his warden, and in a way, it is true as I am forcing him to work.'

"My Prince, growling will not help you finish your work, after this stack, there are even more for you to work on.", his words was followed by a scream of an equal amount of outrage and anguish which only made Yamamoto chuckle out loud.

Ryuu sighed as he looked at the paper in front of him, he might not like doing paperwork, but that did not mean he would not try to read it in great details so as not to miss any important information.

Kuvosie Central Branch was a unique branch, as it not only dealt with other smaller branches in the planet but was also the headquarters for every different operation of at least twenty different star systems.

Only the largest and most prosperous city had the honour of being a host to a Shangri-la, yet its presence was felt in many places as it supported many other operations ranging from mining to the cultivation of precious plants and herbs.

Shangri-la was structured in such a way that the top brass of a particular branch will always be near about equal in strength, if not outright stronger than the strongest person in the area, and since the nearby areas had lower strength than the General Manager of Kuvosie, they all fall under its jurisdiction.

As such the workload generates for the General Manager is large, especially for Ryan who had decided to act as a proper manager and perform an audit, as such since the time they had arrived here Ryuu and Yamamoto had to spend two weeks visiting every place that was under the Kuvosie branch to do surprise inspection and from what they had seen so far was up to standard adding another feather on the previous General Manager's cap.

But, it also caused a backlog of paperwork to be finished and Ryuu was working day and night for the last three days trying to finish up his work, work which had increased especially since the Grand Kuvosie Auction was only a week away.

A polite knock drew the attention of the duo as Ryuu spoke in a stern voice, "Come in."

Yu Wu entered the room as she spoke with a bow, "My Lord I bring bad news."

Ryuu looked curiously at her as he spoke, "And, what is this bad news?"

"Boss, one of our shipments, that was scheduled to arrive for the Grand Kuvosie Auction, was stolen."

Ryuu frowned at her words as he spoke, "What and how did it happen?"

"The people who went to collect them are confirmed dead, as well as our seller, the new leader of the winery wants to broker a new deal as apparently, the bandits have absconded with our shipment while doing a great deal of damage to the winery."

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, "The bodies of our men have they been recovered."

Yu Wu gave a nod as she spoke, "Yes boss, they have been recovered."

"Good, then please escort me to them, I wish to pay respect to my coworkers before they are sent to their family to receive a proper burial."

Yu Wu nodded as she spoke, "Of course boss, but what should we do next?"

"I will decide after paying my respect to the deceased, though if I am not wrong you already have assembled a task force."

Yu Wu once again nodded as Ryuu spoke with a small smile on his face, "Splendid, then let us leave every second we spend wasting the chances of avenging our comrades would lower."

Ryuu was soon escorted to the morgue where the bodies were kept and Yu Wu watched Ryuu kneeling by side of each of the corpse before lowering his hand in silent prayer.

Ryuu studied the body in front of him with great detail, the wounds have yet to be cleaned, as it was the policy of Shangri-La to return the deceased to their family without any wounds on them, and Ryuu was fortunate that he had been able to see the bodies before the deed was done.

"From the residual KI, it seems we are dealing with a second rank Celestial."

Yamamoto frowned as he spoke, "I see, so are you going to deal with the Celestial yourself?"

Ryuu nodded as he spoke, "Yes I am, sending any other group from Shangri-La after them would be foolish."

Yu Wu who was listening to their byplay suddenly grew pale as she spoke, "But, Boss your enemy is Celestial, there is no need to face a Celestial when you are only a peak Mystic Immortal Emperor, so why don't you simply send your guards."

Ryuu simply shook his head as he spoke, "No can do Sister Yu Wu, those guards have been ordered to protect my life and keep me safe no matter the cost, they will listen to no one, not even me."

Yu Wu frowned as she spoke, "But, then…", she suddenly stopped speaking as a bright smile appeared on her face as she spoke, "Ah, you will use them to pro…"

She shivered as did many of them who felt Ryuu's killing intent while he spoke with a devilish smile on his face, "Sister Yu Wu, you do not know me so I will let your comments slide this once, I am not an incompetent inept that needs others to fight MY battles for Me, this will be last time you will suggest something so worthlessly vile and idiotic to me, is that clear."

A frightened Yu Wu simply nodded only for Yamamoto let lose booming laughter before he spoke with mirth shining in his eyes, "Miss Yu Wu, my Prince is right for some puny Celestial he does not need any help.", his voice then turned cold as he continued, "And about what you just implied there are many cultivators, myself, included who would take immense offence so please do not say things such as this.", with his piece being said he leisurely strolled after Ryuu when went away to make preparations of his own.

As Ryuu went inside his room, which was empty except for some furniture, he spoke out loud, "Dwa, I have a job for you.", and as he gave out his orders a shadow in the corner of the room slight flickered.

A set of armour appeared all over his body, the very same armour that his sister Antariksh had crafted for him during her tribulation, and as he stepped out Yamamoto gave him an appraising look as he said, "That is a fine looking armour, and who made it?"

Ryuu beamed at him as he spoke, "That would be my big sister, advisor Yamamoto."

Yamamoto's eyes widen slightly before he spoke, "Her Majesty's creation is truly a sight to behold."

Ryuu could only nod before he spoke in a serious tone, "Advisor if I am not wrong you noticed the foul play."

Yamamoto mirrored his serious look as he spoke, "Yes my Prince I do."

Ryuu let out a growl before he spoke, "I will make them regret ever messing with Shangri-La, though I think I should make Yu Wu accompany me."

Yamamoto gave a curious look on his face before he spoke, "And if I may be rude may I ask why?"

"Simple I do not like my sister's Shangri-la to have such weak-willed and spineless people, a battle or two would do wonders for her, not to mention her talent may find some use."

Yamamoto simply smiled as he shook his head before he spoke, "Well then we better be off, after we return you have to finish your paperwork."

Ryuu's head hung low as fresh tears sprouted from his eyes as he spoke with a w.h.i.n.e, "You are sadistic bastard, let me enjoy the moment."

Yamamoto's response was a burst of deep booming laughter before he spoke in a serious tone, "So what punishments do you plan for our transgressors."

Ryuu shrugged as he replied to Yamamoto, "I have yet to decide but one thing I know I would make sure that no one would be foolish enough to attack us even in their dreams for years to come, I will make them scream and beg for mercy and when their hope is dead, their soul is broken will they die."

His loud proclamation that he had made with unholy glee, made any nearby listeners shiver in fright, even Yamamoto was taken aback by the sudden shift in mood o the otherwise calm and sometimes mischievous Ryuu.

'Ah, I sometimes forget he is Her Majesty's younger brother, of course, he would be like the rest of them, I just hope his act does not cost us our employees.'

With that thought in mind, Yamamoto quickly intervened, "My Prince, you should also think about your subordinates, it is true that any cultivator worth their salt has had to face life and death situations, some more than other and unfortunately the people of this branch may not be able to take it, you have already driven them up the wall with that prank of yours, and now if you act like this you might cause huge psychological damage to them."

Ryuu sent an incredulous look towards Yamamoto before he spoke in disbelief, "You are joking right?"

"Of course not Prince, I am an immortal being, not an immoral being who would make a joke like this, as such I would implore you to please do not do something nightmarish."

Ryuu sighed as he spoke, "Okay I understand."

As Ryuu met up with the rest of the squad who were ready to go and investigate the winery, he looked towards Yu Wu as he spoke feigning ignorance, "Sister Yu Wu, why are you not dressed for battle."

Yu Wu was shocked at Ryuu's words as she quickly spoke, "Boss, surely you…"

Ryuu's eyes widen slightly as he spoke, "Ah, I understand you do not wish to scare our supplier if we all go dressed ready to kill, excellent thinking now let us leave since you are better acquainted with them than me you would do way better to deal with them, please hurry we are short on time."

With that he quickly left leaving behind a flabbergasted Yu Wu, whose attention was drawn by Yamamoto with a small cough as he spoke, "I hope you are not having second thoughts, and that might prove disastrous to your career as your employment contract states for you to provide fighting support to Shangri-La in case of emergency so please hurry, and if you quit I believe your mentor might be disappointed."

A disheartened, dejected and quite frightful Yu Wu left behind Yamamoto, onlookers it looked as if she had resigned her life and was now working towards her death.

Meanwhile, in a certain room, an old figure suddenly opened his eyes as he exclaimed out loud, "I can sense, he is near, I can now find him."