The Martial Unity

A little under three days passed.

Rui spent most of the time in the Republic of Menrea, fleshing out his contingencies as he spent his time observing the target Herguson Meine from a good distance away with the help of his two sensory techniques. He had identified the man's tics and other movements that could be used to predict his movements ahead of time.

All the preparations had been completed.

It was time.

There were only a few hours to go before the estimated time of assassination provided by Fauche.

"That'll do." Rui quickly locked the door to the roof of the house he had chosen to reside on.

He lay flat on the ground as he observed the Senate Hearing commencing.

The security measures were quite accurate to the information provided by the Martial union and by Fauche. Rui had committed all of them to memory.

The outer layer patrolled the Capitol block, scanning the area with their senses. The senses of a Martial Squire were sharp even if one did not learn sensory techniques. They could all be used to ensure that there were no unauthorized intruders within the Capitol block.

Rui could sense that, as informed, there were multiple security check-ins and verifications at multiple levels before access to the Senate Hall.

Martial Squires sky-walking in the air to get a bird-eyed view of the

are definitely strict,') Rui

them, none of those measures

starting.') Rui peered with interest as all the senators and other dignitaries had taken their place and

the nation. Rui didn't really have any clue about what was going on. It was a shame because the commission had given him some interest in the contents of the hearing, to gain a deeper understanding of why

him to grow distracted. He hadn't developed the assassination mindset that centered

managed to stay focused. Focused on the target, while conscious of the comms device

and soon the fated

not for the Mind Mask straining to control his mighty aura, the surrounding humans in the area would have long collapsed unconscious. Civilians, who didn't receive training to resist mental pressure, did not have any way of not succumbing to

walking to the speaker's platform.') Rui's

during the address and opening statement of the target to the Senate. The whole point of the operation was to kill him at a time in his speech that would inevitably throw suspicion on the president. Rui had already informed Fauche that the shot would land only after

all, sound could travel nine hundred meters in less than three seconds, but Rui also had to account

Rui had long finished the first phase of the ODA system for the speaker's podium, because he knew that that would be where the target for his platform would be standing. Thus, all of the calculations of the distance

of the ODA system that tackled atmospheric conditions. He could not complete that part until after he got the signal. He had already begun paying deep attention to all

BEEP BEEP BEEP

had given him began beeping in

The moment had arrived.

dimension of time. His mind fired through the Mind Palace as remarkable amounts of information flushed through the calculations entailed by

formed in his