The fact that the five assassins had been captured could only mean one thing: there were people in the Free State even stronger than they were.
But there were certain things that prominent figures could not do themselves.
Neither Reno nor Von Neumann, the Ark's great generals, could take part in assassinations that were too overt.
Now, the assassins were in a deeply precarious position.
They had been defeated by stronger opponents and reduced to prisoners. Those who had families had even had their loved ones taken hostage. They had truly lost everything.
At this point, they had no choice but to follow Zoe's arrangements.
Cosmos said coldly:
"A Longxia people? Do you think your joke is funny?"
Wen Xishu said:
"Got any paper? Toilet paper will do."
Cosmos turned away, ignoring the lunatic whose words made no sense.
Shadow began checking himself over.
His invisibility sometimes malfunctioned: he would turn invisible, but his clothes would not. It looked ridiculous. Sometimes, to ensure he could assassinate his target, Shadow had no choice but to run around naked.
Of course, he wanted to preserve a little dignity in front of his fellow professionals, so he hoped his ability would operate at full power today.
Cannon was inspecting his weapons.
His infinite ammunition did not actually summon ammo. Rather, any weapon in his hands would always have bullets. Probably only when facing Yan Shuangying would he find himself out of ammunition.
One of the two remaining assassins was called Canon, a Black man from the Black Earth Continent.
He was a cultist skilled in controlling insects, planting gu poison, casting curses, stabbing effigies, and so on...
He seemed to know a little of every kind of witchcraft.
Apart from giving Wen Xishu a disdainful glance, Canon did nothing but chant incantations.
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