When Wen Xishu asked his question, the assassins gave it some thought, but none of them considered a Ruinbringer.
After all, as far as they knew, Ruinbringers did not exist.
There were certainly a few rather unhinged people on the assassin rankings. They assumed he meant fellow assassins.
Fortunately, Wen Xishu added:
"Among the people you've dealt with, was there anyone who made you feel... you'd been deceived?"
"Perhaps they didn't look particularly evil, but they were good at deceiving people. They might even have seemed completely harmless. Think carefully-was anyone pulling strings to bring you where you are today?"
"How exactly did each of you get caught?"
"The people aboard the Ark, whether Reno or Von Neumann, should have had no quarrel with any of you."
After that reminder, Canon suddenly remembered:
"I met someone who gave me a contract to kill a man named Charles."
"That person was also the reason Reno caught me. I kill through witchcraft, and I have a bit of a reputation in the industry. So people can often recognize that certain dead targets were my work."
Hearing Canon say that, Cannon also recalled a few odd details:
"I was targeted because I accepted a contract, too. My target was a girl in a wheelchair. Both her legs were disabled, but she seemed to be the daughter of some incredibly wealthy businessman. I couldn't uncover her background, but I'd killed warlords before, so I figured a businessman's daughter was just another kill."
"But my mission failed. I never expected the place to have military-base-level defenses."
"And soon afterward, the arms dealers were all brought in for questioning, and Von Neumann set his sights on me."
Shadow and Night Demon had similar experiences.
They had all received contracts to assassinate someone, only to run into