The Martial Unity

Rui had long gotten the impression that the system of commissions worked differently now from when he was a Martial Apprentice. The role that the Martial Union took when he was a Martial Apprentice was much more significant than when he was a Martial Squire. The Martial Union was like a manager and a boss to Martial Apprentices when they undertook missions. However, when he was a Martial Squire, the Martial Union took a few steps back and instead shifted to the role of a somewhat distant moderator and a rule enforcer.

He had already felt this in the few Squire-level missions he undertook, but he could really feel it in this particular commission.

Conditional-approval contracts, personally negotiated failure penalties, and declarations that the Martial Union would enforce without having any hand in were much different than it was when he was a Martial Apprentice.

He had much more freedom and liberty in the arrangements he could have with his client. It was as though the martial Union was giving him more autonomy now that he was a bit more mature as a Martial Artist.

Of course, he didn't mind. It made his job much more enjoyable. But he also had to make important decisions.

Like the one he just made.

In all honesty, from an objective perspective, he knew that he was being risky and foolish. Not only was there a natural chance for failure from an objective perspective, but perhaps his own client may try to cause him to fail.

agreement meant that all the information he gave him prior needed to be true, or else it would violate the

he was

decided to take the risk, ultimately. Granted, he was more than smart enough to know that he probably wasn't being the most rational

device away. "I've officially accepted your application

his account, finding a digital version of the

it as he inputted the information into his Mind

the locations of

The director of the board of directors was answering to the Senate on the potential for treason in the form of facilitating espionage into classified military intelligence, that the company had access to and was

military of the Republic of Mernea, according to the mission bill. Rui could gauge the objective of the assassination on a deeper level,

will automatically be under a lot of suspicions just because this particular director happens to be assassinated,"

detrimental to your publicly-stated stance on governmental intervention on the information that you as a president has, dies before he can finish

wasn't particularly relevant to him and the

Artists,

Don't say I didn't warn you. I