Business partners

Nika awoke early next morning with a migraine.

“Ugh! What happened? All I remember is the hot springs, the milk, and those titanic breasts,” she grumbled.

“Want me to fill in the blanks now?” I snickered as I restored her to base state.

“NO! I don’t want to know what- HUH!? WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME MIKU! MY HAIR! IT’S- huh?”

“Yeah, I can easily restore your hair back to normal, though you did look cute with the mohawk,” I jibbed.

“I thought I said NOT to remind me of what happened last night,” Nika grumbled.

“Part of the package deal.”

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After restoring my party to their base state, they all met with Ramona and Harumi in a conference room.

“Ramona Panini, I assume you wish for financial backing from the Ginkawa family yes?” Harumi asked.

“Correct. Succession candidates are required to have at least one large outside sponsor. Now, I assume you wish for Familia Panini to purge itself of all the Illumous influence within, yes?” Ramona answered.

“Seems you’re professional about this. Though the succession event also requires you to have a strong arsenal of subordinates. Do you have a sufficient force?”

“Aside from Kazeno, I have 4 other subordinates.”

“That’s not good enough, you only have the bare minimum of 5. Even if they’re strong, I’m certain your opponents each have 10 strong fighters each that they will choose for the event.”

“That’s where MY party comes in. If Ramona herself agrees to, let’s say a business contract, I’ll supply the remaining 5 fighters she needs to have a chance,” I snickered.

“Hold up! Are you saying we’re going to have to fight!?” Nika shouted.

“Nah, you’re too weak. You’ll be on the sidelines reporting on the event. Kumi is in though.”

“Hell Yeah!” Kumi shouted with joy.

“Great, my sister’s going to be working with a mafia,” Nika groaned as she slumped her face into table.

“Ramona, or should I say Naname, the succession event allows you to field fighters from your supporters, therefore if you officially sign a business contract with Dark Dragon wrecking company, we can fight,” I stated as I spawned the contract in front of Naname.

“Naname!? Wait, is that your real name Ramona?” Nika asked.

“Naname’s real name is Naname Hosen. Ramona was the name of Naname’s mother,” Naname explained, dropping her Ramona persona.

“I knew you weren’t old enough to be the actual Ramona, but I could tell you were related to her at the very least,” Harumi sighed.

“Naname’s sorry for not telling. Naname can only act tough when Naname’s Ramona.”

“Well, it probably is for the best. Your true personality and identity would make your path to becoming boss of Familia Panini much harder. Be careful not to get caught up in any lies, though I imagine if you agree to Muramasa Jouzu’s offer, that point becomes mute.”

“Yeah. Besides Naname, its thanks to me that your real name was kicked out of the police database and forgotten by the public. Though Illumous members know who you are. Heck, I imagine they’ve got a member or two in the succession race as well," I stated.

This was completely true. Back in the Omni-Deity realm, Averice was even collecting wagers on who’s guy would win. Of my foes, Invidia clearly wanted control the most. Guess he wanted some kind of accomplishment. Even though I didn’t partake in the bet, since it would give away my plan, I had a feeling Averice was planning something considering he wasn’t betting more than the entry bet on his own guy.

Naname sighed and signed the contract.

“Perfect, now let’s see the rest of your minions,” I smiled.

I then summoned Naname’s four other minions. Once they calmed down, Naname went into Ramona mode and introduced them.

“The man in the suit is Alonzo Mantodea. His power is brain tickler, it can rewrite your brain waves, perhaps a demonstration is in order.”

Alonzo naturally ran up to me, only to slump to the ground in horror as his power was useless against me. If we’re just talking about the mortal plane of existence, his power can be quite effective at controlling nations, however mere Omnis can do this shit and then some even at level 1. Well, at least he had some martial art skills.

“The pink haired girl is Sakura Montecarlo. She has some tech knowledge. She doesn’t have a power persay, but is skilled at fighting to the point where she can sometimes foresee her opponent’s attack.”

Sakura closed her laptop and shuddered when she saw me. Looks like she could sense that I was OP.

“The woman with the stylish mohawk and shades is Wakaha Kasegawa. She’s an expert markswoman with the power of sound. She can really go wild when out in the field.

Wakaha, took off her shades and sent a sound attack at me. I destroyed it much to her horror. She slumped down in resignation just like Alonzo.

“Finally-“

*Stomp*

The fourth member stomped her sneaker on the table as she stood atop it proudly. She was scantily clad and completely hairless, however, that didn’t seem to bother her. She was a tsundere masochist after all.

“I am Ayaka Himesaki. Though I am currently in servitude to Ramona and have suffered a traumatic wound that removed all my hair, I will become prime minister-Mmph ngh mmph!” she declared as she put on her gag ball.

I then flicked a small dark droplet of destruction at her causing her to roll around in pain.

“Looks like her reflection powers don’t work against OP,” I stated as I healed her up.

Ayaka then tearfully groveled on the table as Ramona sighed.

“Against most foes, they should do fine. On a scale of 1 to 100, Alonzo’s level 20, Sakura’s level 3, Wakaha’s level 30, and Baldy’s level 69,” I stated.

“So who will you be supplying?” Ramona asked.

I smiled as I began the introductions.

“First up, your lover who became MY minion, Kazeno. He’s a level 15 wind sniper, though he finally learned a new move.”

“I’m still only level 15?” Zeno groaned.

“Well, I was the one who beat Ouga after all. Anyway, next up is everyone’s favorite streamer and content creator, best girl Kumi!”

“YO! I'm gonna fry some fools!” Kumi smiled.

“Next up, the flaming hot swordswoman, Honoka!”

“Ohahaha! I do hope a strong foe is there for me to slay,” Honoka giggled.

“Then we have Tetsuka, the heavy metal maiden who just hit level 70.”

“Wait I leveled up!? Nice!” Tetsuka grinned.

“So who’s the last guy? I assume you’re gonna fight, and since you said I’m out, that means you need one more,” Nika stated.

“Come out to the viewing dock and I’ll introduce him,” I snickered as I warped everyone outside.

Everyone gazed up in horror as a meteor crashed down into the water soaking everyone, aside from me who it just fazed through.

The man atop the meteor laughed as he hovered over to us and posed.

He wore a military uniform and hat and had short purple hair.

“GAHKAKAKA! WAGANAWA RYUUJIN! JOUZU-SAMA’S NUMBER 1 DARK DISCIPLE!” he declared.

“As he said, his name’s Ryuujin Yuma and he’s my strongest minion at level 48,” I stated.

“Wait! I thought you said Tetsuka, and that bald woman were higher leveled just now,” Nika stated.

“No, for you see, Ryuujin is level 48 on the Omni plane of existence. That means he’s more powerful than Honoka and Tetsuka,” I explained.

“You had an Omni in your party? Why wasn’t he in Venice!?”

“Simple, because I had him doing other things, he is also the Vice President of the United States of America.”

“HUUUUUUUUUUH!?” everyone screamed in confusion.