Chapter 4 - #4 Joining in (2/2)

”?! This...” Raksaya's face immediately changed to shocked one after a few more minutes of observing Akashi's training.

”Didn't I say that he is talented?” Arno wasn't even looking at display anymore since he trusted in Akashi's talent and he thought that his leader was surprised by Akashi's fast progress.

”Talented? It would be better to call him a monster, look at what he is doing!” Raksaya said with a serious expression and when Arno saw her face, he could no longer resist looking at the display.

”Wha-?! He is dodging with his eyes closed?! And he is doing even better than before when his eyes were opened.” Arno exclaimed with a surprised expression.

They weren't surprised by what exactly he was doing because most of the higher-ranking members were already able to do that but he was there just for 1 hour yet he was able to learn so quickly.

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I continued dodging attacks for what felt like 15 minutes and then the lights turned on which made me open my eyes.

*creak*

The sound of the door resounded behind me so I turned around to see Arno standing there with a wide grin while looking at me.

Like this, another 2 weeks passed by with me training inside the darkroom and practicing some martial arts. I already quit University and my mother didn't complain to me since I told her that I got a job offer. Even my employer, Arno, called her and explained everything. 'Thanks to my fluent English, I would be able to travel across the world' Which meant that we would be meeting less frequently and at first, my mother was against it but after a while of persuading, she accepted.

I started training mainly with the daggers and I also practiced a lot throwing small daggers usually used together with poison. however, I tried a lot of other weapons and I can't say that I was entirely bad with them...

---(3 months skip)---

”You have been here for more than 4 months already and your progress is extremely fast, however...Are you ready for your advancement to yellow rank?” Arno asked me with a serious expression. He was the one who spent with me most of the time together with Silver who was always training until half-dead exhaustion.

”What does the test entail?” I asked him with resolve in my eyes.

”Simply said, everyone here who has the yellow emblem already killed someone. You understand, right?” Arno said with a calm smile and asked me.

I just nodded my head since I was already expecting it.

”Good, you can start whenever you want by talking to people at the reception there, but I guess you are already aware of that.” Arno said with a smile and I once again responded only with a nod.

So, it's the time already, huh?

”Oh?! If it isn't Akashi, what are you doing here?” The man responsible for giving out missions greeted me with a smile.

I already spread my name here, in the underground, even without killing my first target which was usually impossible. Except for me, the only one who was able to do so was Silver due to his special status.

”Hello, I am here for the advancement test.” I greeted him and explained what I wanted.

”Alright, wait a bit...Akashi-Akashi” He said and bent down under the counter to look for my specific mission while muttering my code name.

”Got it! Hm? Here you go.” He finally found my mission and got slightly surprised by the content before giving me the paper with the information regarding the mission.

[Kill the woman named Cornelia, who is responsible for numerous deaths of other people. Police weren't able to find any evidence leading to her therefore the only way is to kill her. On the contrary, she misled the police to other innocent influential people which caused chaos in the city. While police have no real evidence to lock up those influential people, the rumors were still spread and now their reputation is suffering. Your primary objective is to kill the target, however, there is also optional secondary objective and that is to clear the name of those innocent influential people. You are allowed to kill those who will endanger your life, however, don't kill anyone else when it's unnecessary.]

This looks a bit more complicated than just usual killing. I thought after I was done with reading the instructions.

”Be careful with this mission...It's much harder than usual ones, I guess someone believes that you have the skills to complete it.” The man informed me with a helpless smile.

”No problem, I am going to buy additional tools and then go out.” I said without any change in my expression. Now that I have spent more than 4 months here, I was able to keep myself in half-asleep mode even down here. However, I wasn't bored at all, it was simply my bad habit.

”Of course, there is no real-time limit for your mission but I would recommend doing it as fast as you can.” He gave me advice and I nodded before leaving for the weapon shop.

----In the dark corner----

”Why did you give him such a hard mission when it's his first time?!” Arno asked his leader and couldn't help but feel skeptical even though he fully trusted Raksaya.

”Calm down...this is a good test for him. Cornelia's mansion isn't filled with many bodyguards so it will be easy to infiltrate inside. I wonder if he will decide to do just a primary objective and kill her instantly...however, if he will go even for the secondary objective...then I really wonder what will happen.” Raksaya said with an expectant smile while ŀɨċkɨnġ her lips.

”I am well aware of what will happen if he will decide against killing her instantly. This mission should be just for female members only! Cornelia's biggest weapon isn't her bodyguards but her body which seduced numerous men already.” Arno commented with a slightly angered expression since Akashi has yet to receive any training to resist the seduction. He was just an almost 20 years old boy...temptation in his current years are the most dangerous

”Well, let us see what will happen, there is no longer way back but I bet 10 percent of my whole wealth on his success in both objectives. Are you interested, Arno?” Raksaya said with a confident tone while taunting Arno to bet against her.

”Wha-? Of course, I won't bet against my own student!” Arno said decisively, however, there was also another reason why he fled from the bet.

'How can she trust him so much?! Plus 10 percent of her wealth? It's more than enough to feed numerous families for the rest of their lives! No way in hell I am betting my money on something stupid like that!' Arno thought while being puzzled by Raksaya's trust in Akashi.