185 Contrac (1/2)

”Have you noticed that the emperor is behaving weirdly lately?” A hushed voice came from a pink alien receptionist. She was asking her colleague who was hurriedly working off some paper work.

”What do you mean?” It seemed like he was too deep into work that he didn't notice anything around him and only answered unconsciously.

”You know, since that guy came to talk with him, the emperor is frantically ordering his elites to search for someone.”

Now her colleague stopped working and looked at her. ”Search for someone, search for who?”. She only shook her head. ”How am I supposed to know that? I only know that it had to be someone important. He even cancelled several meetings and peace talks with the other True Emperors.”

”He did?!” Her colleague was shocked, hearing this news. Their emperor had made preparation for years to gain the alliance of several surrounding emperors.

To give that all up would mean an incomparable loss for his whole empire, not to mention that these emperors would surely be pissed.

”Maybe it has something to do with those Saiyans. They seem to prepare something big. All their troops were called back-”

Before he could say more, the door to the majesty's office was flung open. Their emperor stepped out in great strides.

”Cancel everything for today. I will be going out with someone.” Their emperor said hurriedly before he disappeared out of their sight, leaving behind two subordinates severely confused.

Their emperor was usually steadfast and always calm. His strength and his experience on the battlefield had let him stand firmly in between the many emperors and True Emperors. One could say with certainty that he was one of the true powerhouses of their universe.

Now it seemed like he was anxiously running away. They didn't know what to feel but even if they knew what was happening nothing be of would concern for these two lowly subordinates.

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The emperor was a bipedal rhino with a tall and strong body. Several cuts covered his face and neck, in every other situation he would give off an intimidating presence but now he was sitting in a suit that was obviously way too small for him. He had his hands on his lap as if he was afraid of knocking something over.

It was a ridiculous and pathetic image of a known fierce emperor. He was turning around hurriedly as if he was looking for someone but even after waiting for over half an hour, no one had arrived. He was sweating profusely. His suit was already drenched, only after waiting for an hour, a voice suddenly called out to him from behind.

The rhino emperor only felt the cold sweat on his back and the feeling of imminent death. Although the person that had appeared behind him was probably the one, he was looking, he didn't dare to turn around.

”Name, appearance and last location. 30 million universal credits.” The indifferent voice continued.

”Everything… is in… here…sir.” The rhino held a folder up as he scrambled the words together. Before the rhino could react, the folder disappeared and his body unconsciously relaxed. He knew that the legendary assassin, he just hired, had disappeared again.

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Hit was sitting on a desk in a giant room with a luxurious furniture and decoration. He opened the folder he just got from his client and the first thing was a black credit card.

It was a traceless card, so one could transfer one's money without needing to consider anything but Hit was always cautious. Although he believed that there was no one in this universe stronger than him, he wouldn't take any risk. There were still things he could lose.

He took out a device and placed the card on it. After a few seconds it glowed green and confirmed that the card was emptied. He then took out another black card and transferred the money on his own card.

This device was especially created for the few true elites in this universe. Without minding the money, he turned to the second page and looked at the picture of his target and his physical description.

Hit saw the small symbol in the upper right corner. Hit only nodded as it was the symbol of the universal intelligence. They had the best information gathering in the whole universe.

Even Hit was sometimes depending on their service if the data coming from the client was insufficient. If he wanted even better information, he needed to gather it personally. He focused on the figure that was being displayed.