The Martial Unity

He stared at Rui with fearful eyes. Rui calmly returned his stare with an icy one of his own.

"ACK!" He choked as Rui grabbed him by the neck.

"I know it was no more than an assignment for you." Rui strengthened his grip. "I know it wasn't personal for you."

He brought the man's face closer.

"But honestly?" Rui asked. "I don't give a damn."

"...!" The Martial Apprentice's face grew red. He felt as though his head was going to burst. He struggled desperately, trying to pry Rui's hands off his neck while kicking Rui with all the Apprentice-level technique he could.

In vain, of course.

His measly attacks couldn't even budge Rui even when he wasn't using any Squire-level defensive techniques.

The Martial Apprentice's eyelids fluctuated as his vision blurred.

The brain tended to automatically shut down when blood flow to it was shut down for more than seven seconds.

Rui clenched his grip, squeezing down hard.

SNAP

A Martial Apprentice's body was fundamentally human, barring the brain. Rui didn't even need to use Outer Convergence to snap his neck with ease, killing him on the spot.

THUD

He dropped his body to the ground, sighing.

('Not the most rational decision.') He had enough self-awareness to realize that wasn't the best decision he could have made. Maybe the Martial Apprentice had mastered some mental technique that allowed him to fool Rui's Primordial Instinct. Maybe the location that he had given Rui was wrong and fake, and he successfully fooled Rui using that technique.

case, Rui should have kept him alive in case the location was wrong so that he could extract the

it wasn't likely, but Rui was

time, however, he had

and a communication device,

one foot up

THUD!!

the corpse in it. Within five

hands, dusting them off.

the Martial Union on the intel he had acquired, through the communication device. It was necessary to keep them in the loop as soon as he got access to new intel, a policy that ensured

was where the location of the homeless

RUMBLE!

dashed away at incredible speeds. The

reach the location that the Martial Apprentice had

a good sign. Rui could sense a large number of people within the warehouse, huddled together. It was a cramped location. Seismic Mapping detected an underground layout as well, whose only entrance was at the center of the

was no reason

him. He was clearly not one of them. There appeared to be helpers who aided the needy, they too threw confused looks at him. Rui simply ignored

are you and where the fuck

bunch of armed

Faraday Lowminer." Rui simply

of shock and anger that emerged on their faces. Their reactions supported the claim that the target of

THWACK

his hand across the two guards, killing

commotion attracted the attention of the rest of

tore off his Mind Mask and watched them all freeze in fear, studying their reactions. He was trying to gauge

forward, running through them like they were light curtains. Deeper inside the facility was what appeared to be a locked section. Rui could sense the tunnel

BAM!

through, shocking

downwards. There were storage vehicles that entered and exited the tunnel. There were many men loading and unloading

weapons, yet

disappeared