A cool breeze slipped through the gaps in the window. Xu Ye finished washing up and shut the window tightly. He had just packed his medical supplies when he heard a knock at the door.
He opened the door.
A middle-aged man stood outside. His face was thin but refined, and he looked cultured. He would not have stood out in a crowd, yet there was something reassuring and unthreatening about him, with a hint of severity around his mouth.
"Hello, Doctor Xu. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Guan Ze. I'll be taking you to District 5 to treat Mr. Shenchuan Sato's wife. I hope you'll cooperate."
Xu Ye widened his eyes in feigned surprise. Before he could speak, however, the yellow mushroom in his mind trembled and glowed, interfering with his thoughts.
"Yes, Mr. Guan. That is indeed my next assignment." His expression stiffened before turning solemn.
My acting really is getting better and better.
Still, assassinating a Sequence 7 Awakened-and a key member of the Shenchuan Family at that-and your Mushroom Society only offers 50 Federation Currency? After the platform takes its cut, I only get 45. What cheapskates.
But I never expected Mr. Guan Ze to be a spy the Mushroom Society planted in the Federation. Someone wants to kill him today...
Is that person Li Wan's opponent?
They should have the Golden Key, so Mr. Guan Ze isn't a good person.
Their mission should be to bring Mr. Guan Ze down, but they apparently can't get conclusive evidence. That's probably because the Mushroom Society is protecting him, so they decided to kill him outright instead. That counts as getting rid of him, too...
Something feels off.
That feeling reminded him of the task the Captain had assigned him.
As Xu Ye pondered, he