The Martial Unity

There were several courses of action that he could take. The first one was, of course, the most straightforward course of action. He could just storm in and start interrogating the people running the show.

But the odds were high that that would alert the target of his mission before Rui actually reached him. First, he would be assuming that the people there were actually aware of the location of their ringleader. Second, even if they were aware, he needed to be careful of how he extracted the data from Faraday's men. It was risky.

Even if he killed all of them after interrogating them, there was a high chance that Faraday would find out about the leak and would immediately scram, making Rui's job even harder.

The probability that the target of his mission was waiting at this location was, of course, unlikely. Rui was relatively certain this was merely the location where the drugs were sold and distributed. The actual location where they were received and processed was likely not at this particular location, which was clearly just a commercial outpost.

('Barging in is risky.') Rui noted. ('I should nab a Martial Apprentice and interrogate him separately.')

It didn't take long for the masked Martial Apprentice to leave the flower shop. Rui waited for the right moment.

WHOOSH

One moment the Martial Apprentice was simply walking minding his own business, and the next moment he was gone.

A few random people who were near him turned, and glanced at the spot he was just at in confusion, before shrugging and going on about their day.

In a distant remote alley away from the commercial district, Rui dropped the man to the ground. Although Rui had moved extremely quickly, the Martial Apprentice had still struggled to break free from his grip while they were moving. Too bad that in front of him, even a grade ten martial Apprentice was no different from a child compared to a sports athlete.

The Martial Apprentice dashed away the second he was dropped to the ground, yet Rui simply tore off his Mind Mask.

"Freeze." He said calmly.

spot as if forcefully halted by a

a powerful

grand aura and force of a Martial Squire descended upon the area as the masked Martial Apprentice

Rui could kill him with the slightest exertion

Kandrian. "You're

as he realized

you heftily to

didn't reply, but he understood where Rui

me to detect whether you're lying or being

tell the difference between the

I will inflict horrific suffering on you. I won't let you die. You will suffer at my hands and at the

He nodded nervously.

Rui calmly asked him.

was a moment of silence before the Martial Apprentice opened his mouth to

underground base that poses

that the Martial Apprentice gave him as

Rui noted. "Where is this

of the commercial

we suspected, while he certainly did use the chaotic commercial districts as a way to distribute drugs without attracting much attention,

an address, be as precise and accurate

spat out an

throw me off?" Rui

address again, being