Good Moonlight Agency!0

Ashe's mind raced through the agency's credentials. Ranked second and ninth on the Azura and National Task Rankings, respectively, it was one of the two elite agencies within the city's top ten underworld organizations. These factions were known collectively as the infamous One Palace, Two Agencies, Three Families, and Four Corporations.0

The agency had a deceptively friendly name, but that was just standard practice. Agencies were part of the service industry. They couldn't afford to maintain aloof or haughty façades. Over the last fifty years, the landscape had shifted. Regions that once supported only a handful of agencies were now crowded with dozens of rivals fighting for the same clients. The seller's market had long since collapsed into a buyer's market, fueling a culture of cutthroat internal competition.0

In contrast, a name like Funeral Agency sat at the opposite extreme.  It practically shouted that the person in charge was a cryptic riddler who refused to speak plainly and insisted on their own stubborn,...0