Chapter 2071 Assassination (I Feel Very Hungry After Sleeping)
In the imperial capital, there is a frightening assassination force—Night Attack.
They are an assassination group belonging to the revolutionary army against the empire. In the imperial capital, members of the night raid are responsible for scouting the situation and eliminating those imperial ministers who are targeted. However………
"No way, the recent investigation work can't be done at all!"
A woman with messy blond hair gripped her hair vigorously as she grumbled.
"The imperial capital's current defenses are too tight, it's really a headache!"
Hearing the blond woman's complaint, a woman with short silver hair and a metal prosthetic right hand frowned slightly sitting on the main seat.
"Is it because of that Grim Reaper?"
"That's right, it's him!"
Mentioning that "Reaper" made the blond woman very angry. From the past few days, people in the imperial capital have gradually died. Among them are members of the guard, as well as businessmen, officials, and ministers. At first, people suspected that this was a night attack, but soon, they discovered that the other party's approach was completely different from the night attack.
Even though the night attack is an assassination, it is completely a killer. Although they will be more concealed, once they make a move, they will be noticed immediately. To put it bluntly, the so-called assassination in the night raid is to hide, go out recklessly, and then run for your life.
But the so-called "Reaper" is not like that. It is even doubtful whether there is such a person, and the Reaper will not pick the target or wait for the opportunity like a night attack. On the contrary, they seem to exist in any place all the time , anywhere.
And their targets, whether under heavy protection or alone, cannot escape death.
There was even an official of the guard team who led a group of soldiers across the intersection in public, and the next moment he fell to the ground and died there. If it wasn't for the slight stabbing wound on his chest, then he might have thought that the other party just fell to the ground due to the onset of some kind of disease.
Moreover, because they are worried about revealing their identities, night raiders will choose their targets very carefully. But the gods of death are different. They are ruthless and will kill anyone. As long as those who step into the evil way, no matter the smallest official or minister, they will be killed mercilessly by them.
This also frightened the corrupt nobles and officials, and strengthened their defenses. Whether this is useful to Reaper is unknown, but it has caused considerable trouble for Night Attack. After all, they don't have the ability to steal the enemy's head in the midst of thousands of troops anytime, anywhere. After the target has strengthened its guard, it will be much more difficult to assassinate the target in a night attack.
"And that god of death is too powerful, isn't it true that the god of death came out to hunt like the rumors?"
At this moment, another girl with pink double ponytails also complained. If it is just a small trouble that the death attack caused the martial law in the imperial capital, then there is a bigger trouble, that is, he often kills the night raider who accepts the commission. The target of hunting.
Ma Yin, a girl with pink double ponytails, met her once. At that time, she originally planned to hide in the forest and wait for the target to come out of her house, and then snipe and kill him from a long distance. However, she waited all night and did not wait for the target to appear. Instead, she saw it the next day. The entire aristocratic mansion was full of chaos, and she realized that the target had been killed at some point last night...
As a result, Ma Yin suffered from the cold all night and still had nothing to gain. She could only go back and shiver under the quilt with a runny nose...
"Okay, don't get excited. In any case, the decline in the strength of the empire is also a good thing for the revolutionary army."
The silver-haired woman Najieta comforted her in a low voice, and then looked at the woman with disheveled blond hair.
"Leonai, is there still no way to contact that god of death?"
"Absolutely not."
Facing Najieta's question, Leonai shook his head helplessly.
"To be honest, I also wonder if that Grim Reaper really exists... Otherwise, why didn't he get in touch with the Revolutionary Army?"
While everyone in the night attack was wondering, Sha You was also asking Fang Zheng the same question.
"Are we really not going to contact people from the Revolutionary Army? Mentor?"
"Of course, Shayou."
Walking on the streets of the imperial capital, Fangzheng replied in a low voice.
"We are assassins. Remember, our purpose is to protect people's free will and resist oppressors. This has nothing to do with the Revolutionary Army or the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army oppresses the people, so we must resist the Empire. If the Revolutionary Army wants to oppress the people , we will also wield our knives against the revolutionary army. We are protecting freedom itself, not the interests of a certain force, understand?"
"Is that why you don't associate with Night Raider, Teacher?"
Hearing this, Shayou nodded, and then she curiously asked another question again.
"yes."
Fangzheng raised his head and looked forward.
"They belong to the Revolutionary Army. Although our targets overlap, the purpose is not the same. We are not like them, just to resist the empire. We have our beliefs, our creed..."
Having said this, Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and looked forward.
"Now, open your eyes and look at this city."
Hearing Fangzheng's order, Shayou and Iyeas also stopped, raised their heads and looked forward, and then the world in their eyes changed suddenly.
After accepting Fang Zheng's "teaching" and changing jobs to assassins, Shayou and Iyeas also gained the ability of Hawkeye.
It's just that their eagle eyes are a little different from the eagle eye abilities in the game that are specially used to mark targets and find tracks. In addition to the eagle eye abilities possessed by assassins in those games, they can also see other things...
"Mentor, is that...?"
Seeing the terrifying aura that kept appearing around the imperial capital, rushing straight into the sky like a dark flame, Iyeas' complexion changed slightly.
"That's resentment, the resentment left by the civilians who were slaughtered. You should know that there are countless crimes hidden in this imperial capital, but many times, those crimes are perfectly hidden, just like the one who took you in at the beginning. Like a family."
Fangzheng turned his head and looked at them.
"Dead people can't speak, and they can't tell the truth, but their resentment before they die will remain, entangled with those perpetrators. So, as long as you pass this, you can see who is the murderer. Killing innocent murderers, who is not? Not only that, you look at the palace."
Hearing Fang Zheng's instructions, the two turned their heads to look at the palace, and were shocked.
I saw that in the direction of the imperial palace, the pitch-black smoke had almost covered the sky, dyeing the whole world in pitch black.
"That is………?"
"As the saying goes, there is a grievance and a debtor. Indeed, those people living in the palace may not have killed those innocent people with their own hands, but they issued an order to cause this result. So when those people died, Their grievances will follow."
"........."
Hearing Fang Zheng's explanation, Shayou and Iyeas gasped. It was the first time for them to use Hawkeye's ability under Fang Zheng's guidance, so they were naturally extremely shocked by it.
"What are we...how to do?"
"It's very simple. Eliminate all the sinners who are full of resentment. Only in this way can the country return to peace."
"but……………"
Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Iyeas hesitated for a moment.
"However, let's just kill a few people like this. Is it really effective?"
Faced with Iyeas' question, Fangzheng raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.
"Iyeas, you have followed me for so many days, and you have seen many nobles and officials behave in contempt. Do you know why even so, the people of this imperial capital did not choose to resist, but endured silently?"
"...?"
"Because of fear."
Fang Zheng looked forward and narrowed his eyes.
"Because of fear, they chose to submit instead of resisting. What we have to do is the same, except that they imprint fear in the hearts of the people, but what we have to do is to imprint fear in the hearts of these officials and nobles , let them know that once they commit crimes, the shadow of death will follow them and never leave."
Having said this, Fangzheng turned his head and looked at the two of them.
"do you understand?"
"But...the mentor..."
Although Shayou nodded, Iyeas still seemed a little puzzled.
"What is the difference between us and those corrupt officials?"
"The difference lies in the purpose."
Fangzheng moved forward again, walking along the street into the crowd.
"Those nobles and corrupt officials are here to suppress the people, and we are here to suppress those corrupt officials. We can't stop for those innocent souls who died in vain. Well, our goal has appeared."
Speaking of this, Fangzheng turned his eyes slightly, and soon saw a group of guard soldiers walking towards this side, and among them, there was a burly man wearing the armor of the guard, with a slit in his left eye. Cross scars. Seeing these people, the others also hurriedly avoided.
This person is their target, Oni no Ka of the Imperial Guard.
"start to act."
Fangzheng silently made a gesture, and seeing his gesture, Shayou and Iyeas immediately blended into the crowd.
Shayou lowered her head, and walked slowly towards the direction of Oka and other guards, and when she came not far from those guards, Shayou turned her left hand slightly, and then a knife appeared It was at her fingertips, and then Sha You quietly followed the crowd past a rich businessman who was shouting and carrying goods at the door of the store, and lightly swiped the knife in her hand.
"You guys, what about you trash, don't hurry up!"
The fat-headed businessman was yelling and directing his servants, when he suddenly heard the sound of clanging from under his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw a hole in his pocket at some point, a pile of Gold, silver and copper coins are being scattered all over the place.
"It's rich!"
"Hurry up and pick up the money!!"
Seeing this pile of coins, those people on the street immediately turned red-eyed, ran towards this side in a hurry, and began to desperately pick up the coins on the ground.
"Wait, you guys, what are you doing, return the money to me!!"
Seeing those passers-by picking up money, the rich businessman also jumped angrily. Seeing this scene, he saw a girl with a ponytail running out hurriedly behind Oka.
"What are you doing, don't take other people's money at will! Return the money quickly! Someone, arrest these people!"
Following the girl's order, other guards rushed over and began to maintain the chaotic order. There were only two soldiers still following Oka not far behind, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand, and staring at the surroundings vigilantly.
But at this moment, Iyeas passed by, and then he bumped into a man who was walking forward, hitting him on the back of one of the guards.
"What do you want to do, you bastard, are you courting death?"
The security guard who was hit also turned around in a hurry and grabbed the man, but the man just waved his hands in horror.
"I, I was just not careful, and I was just bumped into by someone!"
"Um?"
At this moment, Oka seemed to be aware of the noise behind him, and he instinctively wanted to turn his head and look back, but at this moment, a pair of icy sword blades pierced into Oka's back without a sound, and it ended completely. took his life.
Fangzheng supported Oka's body, then took advantage of the chaos around him and put him on the chair next to him, then turned and left. On the other side, Iyeas also disappeared.
"Captain Oka!"
After the chaos ahead finally ended, the brown-haired ponytail girl hurried over and saluted Oka who was sitting on the chair.
"The commotion has been dealt with!"
"..."
Oka, however, just sat there, motionless.
"team leader?"
Looking at Oka who bowed his head silently, the brown-haired girl seemed a little uneasy. She stretched out her hand and tried to touch Oka. However, the girl's hand had just touched Oka's shoulder. It fell sideways like this, and fell heavily on the ground.
He is dead.