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.

froze on the spot as

a powerful

Squire descended upon the area as the masked Martial Apprentice shivered in

him with the slightest

Rui spoke in Kandrian. "You're of the Lowminers,

stiffened as he realized what all this

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

didn't reply, but he

whether you're lying or being honest," Rui told him. "I can

tell the difference between the sincere truth and a complete lie, but when things were

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

He nodded nervously.

calmly asked him.

was a moment of silence before the Martial Apprentice opened his

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

the Martial Apprentice gave him as he carefully studied the

"Where is this homeless

of the commercial districts." The man

we suspected, while he certainly did use the chaotic commercial districts as a way to distribute drugs without attracting much attention, I suppose it's not feasible to have their main

me an address, be as precise and accurate as you can," Rui told him

man as the latter spat out an address, as well as

throw me

again, being more descriptive this