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.

the spot as if

was a

Squire descended upon the area as the masked

knew that Rui could kill him with the

spoke in Kandrian. "You're

Martial Apprentice stiffened as he realized what

heftily to earn your services. The question is whether whatever he's giving you is worth your

he understood where Rui was going

allow me to detect whether you're lying or being honest," Rui told him. "I

Rui could gauge emotion and intention in normal people to a certain degree. He could tell the difference between the sincere truth and a complete

If you lie, I will inflict horrific suffering on you. I won't let you die. You will suffer at my hands and at the hands of the Kandrian martial Union until you spit out the

He nodded nervously.

then." Rui calmly asked him.

before the Martial Apprentice opened his mouth to answer

operations, in an underground base that poses as a homeless shelter

processed the information that the Martial Apprentice gave him as he carefully studied the man

noted. "Where is this

little south of the commercial districts." The

distribute drugs without attracting much attention, I suppose it's not feasible to have their main base in such a

and accurate as you

as the latter spat out an address, as well as

Trying to throw me off?" Rui

address again, being more descriptive this