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When Aiwass made up his mind, his ability to take action became incredibly strong—

He directly brought Isabel to find the chairman of the Giant Tree Party.

—This was a formal diplomatic request issued through Edward, which he could not refuse.

After Avalon merged into the New Heras Empire, Edward, as the brother of Aiwass and Yulia, also rose in status. Nowadays, Edward is the plenipotentiary ambassador of the New Heras Empire to the Iris Kingdom.

He is the highest-level diplomatic representative, even above the Iris Special Envoy Edward held previously, enjoying full diplomatic privileges. He can be said to be the embodiment of the New Heras Empire in the Iris Kingdom.

The diplomatic letter issued by Ambassador Edward must be taken seriously, even by the chairman.

—Especially since the Giant Tree Party probably knew what Aiwass wanted to do, after all. Although the matter of Aiwass's public assassination attempt hadn't been published, it was hardly a secret... Or rather, the fact that it hadn't been reported showed that it had already received the highest level of media control.

Even though most of the people who needed to know already knew, as long as it didn't appear in the papers, it meant there was still room for maneuver. Once it made the papers, it meant the situation was completely out of control.

In these circumstances, Aiwass's request for a meeting actually relieved the high-ranking officials of the Iris Kingdom.

They cursed the madmen of Hawkeye while sweating profusely preparing for an emergency meeting with Aiwass. They were afraid of any more incidents... In the Iris Kingdom, which champions human rights and freedom, they even blocked and secured the roads Aiwass was traveling on. Agents and spies were stationed at every vantage point, fearing another impassioned assassin might blow things up.

It's not just theater.

The Irisflower People were really fed up with Hawkeye—the first assassination attempt on Avalon failed, and they were caught, leading to a huge fine, which eventually became a tax; the second attempt to assassinate the Holy Maiden in the Holy Nation also failed and got caught, and the Holy Nation hadn't even punished them yet, just quietly buried the issue; the third attempt to assassinate Aiwass on their own territory failed again, and they got caught again—

—Come on, guys?

If you can't beat them, can you stop trying?

The high-ranking officials of the Iris Kingdom were really reaching their breaking point.

If the assassination had succeeded, it could have been seen as radical.

But the problem is they've never succeeded once, right? In just half a year, they've failed three times in a row, and each time was a significant and meaningless murder attempt—they simply couldn't understand why Hawkeye was provoking them.

As for Bone Sculptor... they knew Bone Sculptor was actually out to curse kill the Avalon Royal Family. But they never asked them to assassinate Aiwass, did they?

As for attempting to assassinate the Pope candidate, that was even more inexplicable—they had no conflicts with the Holy Nation, after all.

They couldn't understand, of course.

Because they really hadn't attempted to assassinate the Pure White Saintess.

—Only those who wrong you truly know how wronged you are.

But in this third incident, they were not innocent—this time, there was no room for luck as far too many people had seen it. That was in the bustling urban area, and at least hundreds of people witnessed it personally. All that could be said was that Aiwass was too merciful, not affecting any innocents... But this also made the public handling of the matter even more difficult, so they could only suppress it temporarily and meekly come to ask Aiwass about his terms.

The Giant Tree Party had already discussed it.

If Aiwass made a fuss, they would immediately hand over the Hawkeye Organization; if Aiwass agreed to this condition, they would instantly smooth things over, framing the incident as "internally resolved between parties."

—Don't tell me anything useful or not, brother, I'm voting first.

—Don't worry, brother, if the New Heras Empire attacks, I'll surrender first!

After all, within the Giant Tree Party, most didn't even know their party leader Pierre was the head of the Hawkeye Organization. Most of them didn't even know Pierre had any connection with Hawkeye... After all, Pierre had once been attacked by a Hawkeye assassin in public and angrily expressed his disdain for the assassins.

Only a few people knew that was just Pierre's acting. And most of those people were already dead.

Chairman Pierre himself expressed that the Hawkeye organization would definitely pay a price this time—he had already planned to seize the opportunity to cut ties with the Hawkeye.

Reluctant though he was, Pierre knew... Hawkeye couldn't be saved.

Not that they provoked the wrong people—if he wanted, he could have paid a price to block Master Thomas. Mainly Pierre believed that without the Son of the Moon, Hawkeye could no longer be controlled by these senior assassins with the "ideal."

At this point, Hawkeye would lose control at any time. And once out of control, they would have to pay the price, and no one could escape from the escalating situation...

—But as soon as they met, Pierre finally realized... although he had tried his best to keep adjusting upward Aiwass's difficulty level. Yet he still severely underestimated Aiwass.

The man in the deep black suit, with short, neatly combed-back hair, looked gentle, earnest, and respectable, stood respectfully before Aiwass and Isabel's car, personally greeting them off.

"Cardinal Moriarty," Pierre slightly bowed before Aiwass, placing a hand on his chest, then looked at Isabel and nodded to shake hands, "Your Majesty the Queen."