For Mine, this was an unimaginable experience.
All this time, Mine had never thought highly of assassins. She believed they were merely rats hiding in the shadows, always sneaking around and never acting openly or honestly. In truth, Night Raid was not exactly made up of assassins either. Strictly speaking, they fell somewhere between assassins and killers. Of course, Night Raid would not remain as obscure as Fang Zheng.
But what she witnessed today gave Mine an entirely new understanding of the profession of assassin.
Walk in darkness, serve the light.
Honestly, Mine could hardly believe an assassin would say something like that, but she had to admit that it really... had a certain feel to it.
But what happened next left Mine utterly stunned.
Fang Zheng's group arrived atop a tall tower, and Mine watched as the girl dressed in white assassin robes spread her arms and jumped straight off the tower!
She jumped off!!
"W-Wait!!"
Seeing Fang Zheng and the others nod in satisfaction and turn to leave, Mine finally screamed in panic.
"What are you doing? Why did she jump off?!"
"This is also part of our ritual."
"Part of it? From that height, she'll... she'll die!"
Mine swallowed hard. She wanted to peer over the edge of the tower, but she did not dare. Contrary to her appearance, the girl was somewhat afraid of heights. Just standing atop this tower had already made her legs feel weak. There was no way she would go to the edge and look down, even if someone beat her to death.
"Ordinary people would indeed die, but assassins will not."
Fang Zheng appeared utterly calm.
Games and reality were different. In fact, even in games, players attempting a Leap of Faith could only jump into haystacks. If they jumped elsewhere,