Chapter 310 Shadows (1/2)

Henry was assigned the most troubling task and that was to bring back Sayaka Mutsu to HQ. Among the members of the Mercenary Club, Sayaka was the hardest to locate.

Henry was currently tracking her down near the capital city of the Granado Empire. It has been five days since Henry started his search for Sayaka, and he finally found a trace of her in Rektor City the capital city of the Granado Empire.

'Damn it, why am I the one who gets this kind of target! She could be anyone at this point. The Mutsu's ability to blend into their environment is legendary. They even have those realistic looking masks, that can make them look like anyone. She could even have taken a real citizen's identity, which would make my search even harder.'

Henry hated going to Rektor since the people in the Capital City of the Granado Empire were widely known to be crazy. In this city there are three factions present. The first one were the those loyal to the current Emperor. The second faction were people who believe that the Emperor must be the strongest person in the Empire. While the last faction were people that were loyal to the senate.

Then there was also the fourth hidden faction, those that believed that the Granado Empire should change. They were the people who believed that the Berdonians have the right to their own freedom. They were the people who didn't like the conquering ways of the Empire. Among the factions there the only ones who stayed hidden, since they were the weakest group, and their ideology wasn't welcomed by the majority of the Granado Empire citizens.

With all these various factions in the capital, everyone was always alert in the Capital City. There was even a saying that here in Rektor if one doesn't know how to scheme or fight, then you were nothing but a dead body.

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Henry didn't want to mess around with these fanatics so he wanted to leave as fast as he can. If he was caught by one of those factions, especially the faction that claims strength is everything, he would be placed in an arena to fight until he dies.

One of the more famous forms of entertainment in the capital, was the underground fighting ring. The people who fought there were slaves, people in debt, battle junkies, and of course prisoners of war. Once you enter the underground fighting ring you may never leave.

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Henry kept on searching through the city while hacking into the security cameras of the city. He didn't dare question the citizens, since they might do something crazy.

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After a few hours of searching Henry was able to find a footage that seemed important. from the mountainside of the city, a shadowy figure that couldn't be properly caught on camera appeared. He came from from the mountain's forest area, and entered the city. The shadowy figure was being followed by someone else, another person that was also able to easily avoid the sight of the security cameras.

While Henry was tracing where these two have disappeared to, he suddenly did a dodge roll. He looked at his surroundings and saw no one was there.

'Did I imagine that?... No that's impossible, someone else is here.' Henry was currently inside a hotel where he rented a room which had two bedrooms. After checking the whole room, and seeing no one, Henry still didn't let his guard down. His instincts have told him that something was wrong, and up to this point his instincts have never led him astray.