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Tobacco Road Cake – Part 06

Kazuya cocked his head, then chuckled upon remembering something.

“Yeah, I’m determined to give it my all. But my companion flat-out refuses to work. They won’t be a laborer, just a lazy watchdog lounging at the doorstep of some rundown house.”

Troll’s eyes sparkled as he tugged at his proud beard. “Hahaha! Now that’s a rare kind of immigrant. Oddly enough, I like that. Well, anyway.” He cast his gaze down again. “I kinda understand Lady La Guardia’s relentless drive to claw her way to the top. Just picture being thrown into the vast ocean with no one to turn to and ending up in some undeveloped land. I can sympathize with a fellow ‘wretched refuse’.”

“Hmm, I see,” Mary interjected somberly. Coup de Grâce listened closely.

“I gotta say, though, I’m not exactly fond of Lady La Guardia either,” Troll continued. “It’s complicated. I get my satisfaction from my inventions and products