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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.

alive in case the location was wrong

Rui was normally

however, he

sighed, shaking his head. He quickly scoured the man's body, finding some cash and a communication device, both of which he took. There was nothing else of value on the

one foot up in the

THUD!!

In an instant, he had created a crater several meters deep, tossing the corpse in it. Within five minutes, he had

then." He clapped his hands, dusting them off.

updated 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 that Martial Artists did not die before conveying valuable intelligence to the

That was where the location of the homeless shelter

RUMBLE!

ground shook as he dashed away at incredible speeds. The air

that's how long it took him to reach the location that the Martial Apprentice

to be accurate, this was a good sign. Rui could sense a large number of people within the warehouse, huddled together. It was a

no reason to

to be helpers who aided the needy, they too threw confused looks at him. Rui simply ignored all of them as he headed toward the entrance to the

are you and where the fuck do you think you're

armed guards

kill Faraday

emerged on their faces. Their reactions supported the claim that the target

THWACK

his hand across the two guards, killing

the attention

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

facility was what appeared to

BAM!

broke through, shocking the many people

was a large opening into the ground that inclined downwards. There were storage vehicles that entered and

their muskets and other projectile weapons, yet they never had a chance

simply disappeared