"So our mission is to kill everyone and every dog in this mercenary group, then rescue someone named Lilin?" Hinagiku looked over the mission details once more before speaking to Wu Yan.
"Yeah. The mission says they're nearby, so that saves us a lot of trouble." Wu Yan surveyed the area, twirled Tessaiga in his hand, and smiled faintly.
"Kill... everyone..." Mikoto frowned, her delicate little face scrunching up bitterly as though she were struggling with something. "Kill... people... isn't that a little too..."
Hinagiku's expression was a little unnatural as well. In the end, both girls were deeply resistant to killing people.
Wu Yan naturally knew it was unlikely that he could ask them to kill. If they could do that so easily, then they would not be the Hinagiku and Mikoto he knew. He merely smiled and lightly tapped their heads with Tessaiga's hilt.
"I'm not asking you two to kill anyone. Relax, I'll handle it myself!"
Covering their foreheads at the same time, Hinagiku and Mikoto glared at Wu Yan before nodding. Still, their expressions did not look much better.
Wu Yan sighed. "Come on, you haven't actually started feeling sorry for a mercenary group that kidnaps people, have you?"
Without waiting for Mikoto and Hinagiku to answer, Wu Yan continued, "This world isn't as beautiful as you imagine. In a world where strength reigns supreme, there will always be people who rely on their power to do whatever they want. People like that don't deserve sympathy!"
Hinagiku and Mikoto froze at his words, then fell silent.
The two girls were smart, so naturally they knew that the sort of thing Wu Yan described did exist...
Wu Yan tilted his head and adjusted his sword. "I'm not asking you to do things you don't like, because then