The Martial Unity

Rui immediately took off once he had exited the carriage.

('Alrighty, how do I deal with this?') He wondered.

The very first thought he had was engaging in recon to figure out what part of his daily schedule had the highest exposure to the public eye whenever Rui killed him.

It was then that he realized something.

('What if I just kidnap him and drag him into the public eye?') Rui wondered.

The condition he had been given to fulfill was the assassination of King Fujilin with as much exposure as possible. Wasn't it better to drag him out into the public eye and then kill him rather than wait for him to go into the public eye naturally?

Who knew how long it would take before the man would step out of his castle and actually make his way into a place with enough exposure?

Rui didn't want to waste all that time doing nothing. Ideally, he would have liked to complete the mission as early as possible.

('Will she get mad if I drag the king out to a busy area and kill him there?') He wondered before a mischievous grin cracked on his face. ('Even if she gets mad, what she can do?')

Her request was unofficial and something Rui was willing to humor because it wasn't that big a deal. Meaning, she couldn't complain to the Martial Union about the way Rui went about it. He technically will not have violated the contract and will have fulfilled the mission as quickly as possible, which was a performance parameter that the Martial Union cared about, and one that went into the rating evaluation of a Martial Artist. This was another reason to go all out and kill him quickly, he wanted to upgrade to a higher grade as soon as possible.

('Well, she should have been careful what she wished for.') He sped through the Kingdom of Dermile, arriving at a bustling and surprisingly urban town.

it. It was also not too far from the Royal Palace. He nodded as he walked around, looking for a good spot, it took him a while to spot what he was

('Perfect.')

center, where a large podium in the middle of a bustling area was present. Anybody that died atop

the direction that the Royal Palace was in, geographically, before immediately heading towards it. It only took him a minute to arrive at

king's personal chambers. All he had to do was verify that the king was there, and he could immediately swoop in and pluck him out and run with him

close as he could before extending his Seismic Mapping as far as he could. Its range had risen significantly compared to before he had the

a decently crisp view of the Royal Palace. ('There are multiple presences in the king's personal

the intelligence that the Martial Union had provided, the king's chambers were off-limits unless one had the king's authorization. Which meant that the people in there were almost certainly

pick up the presence of Martial Apprentices near the same

('Good enough.') Rui shrugged.

tensed up, the very air quaked as his muscles built up power. His eyes narrowed as he estimated the distance, angle, and

BOOM!

a bullet as he crossed a great distance with a single

BOOM!

front of the entrance, shaking the ground and the entire palace with

charged at him. Yet he simply ignored it as time slowed down from his perspective. He activated Wind Breathing as he

into several Martial Apprentices, but he simply ran past them like they were