In the imperial capital, there is a dreaded assassination unit - Night Raid.

They are an assassination group affiliated with the revolutionary army that is rebelling against the empire. In the imperial capital, members of the Night Raid are responsible for investigating the situation and eliminating the imperial ministers who are targeted. However...

"No, I can't do any investigation work these days!"

A woman with messy blonde hair complained while grabbing her hair hard.

"The imperial capital's current defenses are too tight. It's really a headache!"

Hearing the blonde woman's complaint, a woman with short silver hair and a metal prosthesis on her right hand sitting on the main seat frowned slightly.

"Is it because of that Grim Reaper?"

"Yes, it's him!"

Mentioning the "God of Death", the blonde woman was furious. Some days ago, people began to die in the imperial capital, including members of the guards, merchants, officials, and ministers. At first, people suspected that it was a night raid, but soon, they found that the other party's behavior was completely different from a night raid.

Although the night raid is an assassination, it is completely a killer. Although they will act in a more concealed manner, once they make a move, they will be immediately noticed. To put it bluntly, the so-called assassination action of the night raid is to hide, rush out, and then escape.

But the so-called "God of Death" is not like that. It is even doubtful whether such a person exists. Moreover, the God of Death does not choose targets alone or wait for opportunities like the night raiders. On the contrary, they seem to exist everywhere and at all times.

And their targets, whether they are heavily protected or alone, cannot escape death.

There was even a security officer who was crossing the intersection with a group of soldiers in public, and the next moment he fell to the ground and died there. If it weren't for the tiny stab wound on his chest, people might have thought that he just fell down due to some kind of illness.

Moreover, night raiders would be very careful in selecting their targets because they were afraid of exposing their identities. But the Death Gods were different. They killed everyone without mercy, regardless of whether they were the smallest official or a minister, as long as they stepped into the evil path.

This also frightened the corrupt nobles and officials, and they strengthened their defenses. It was unknown whether this was useful to the God of Death, but it caused considerable trouble for the night raid. After all, they did not have the ability of the God of Death to quietly take the enemy's head anytime and anywhere in the midst of thousands of troops. After the target strengthened its vigilance, it would naturally be much more difficult for the night raid to assassinate the target.

"And that Grim Reaper is so powerful, isn't it? Could it be true, as the rumors say, that the real Grim Reaper has come out to hunt?"

At this moment, another girl with pink twin ponytails also started to complain. If the martial law in the capital caused by the attack of the Grim Reaper was just a small trouble, then there was a bigger trouble, which was that he would often kill the targets that Night Raid was commissioned to hunt.

The pink twin-tailed girl Myne encountered this once. She had originally planned to hide in the forest and wait for the target to come out of his house and then kill him with a long-range sniper. However, she waited all night but the target did not show up. Instead, the next day, she saw the whole noble mansion in chaos and found out that the target had been killed at some point the previous night...

The result was that Ma Yin suffered from the cold all night and gained nothing. She could only go back home with a runny nose and shiver in her quilt...

"Okay, don't get excited. In any case, the decline of the Empire's strength is also a good thing for the Revolutionary Army."

The silver-haired woman, Nadezhda, whispered something comforting, then looked at the woman with messy blonde hair.

"Leone, is there still no way to contact that Grim Reaper?"

“Not at all.”

Facing Nadezhda's question, Leone shook his head helplessly.

"To be honest, I also doubt whether that god of death really exists... Otherwise, why didn't he get in touch with the Revolutionary Army?"

While everyone in the night raid was confused, Shayou was also asking Fang Zheng the same question.

"Are we really not going to contact the people of the Revolutionary Army? Mentor?"

"Of course, Sau."

Fang Zheng answered in a low voice while strolling on the streets of the imperial capital.

"We are assassins. Remember, our purpose is to protect people's free will and resist oppression. This has nothing to do with the Revolutionary Army or the Imperial Army. If the Imperial Army oppresses the people, we will naturally resist the Empire. If the Revolutionary Army oppresses the people, we will also wield our blades against the Revolutionary Army. What we protect is freedom itself, not the interests of a certain force. Do you understand?"

"Is this the reason why you, mentor, don't associate with Night Raid?"

Hearing this, Shayou nodded, and then she asked another question out of curiosity.

"Yes."

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked forward.

"They belong to the Revolutionary Army. Although our targets overlap, our goals are different. We are not like them, who just want to resist the Empire. We have our own beliefs and creeds..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and looked forward.

"Now, open your eyes and look at this city."

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, Shayou and Iyeas also stopped, raised their heads and looked forward, and then the world in their eyes suddenly changed.

After accepting Fang Zheng's "teaching" and changing their jobs to assassins, Shayou and Iyeas also gained the ability of Hawkeye.

However, their eagle eyes are somewhat different from the eagle eyes in the game that are used to mark targets and find traces. In addition to the eagle eyes that assassins in the game have, they also see other things...

"Teacher, that is...?"

Looking at the terrifying aura that kept appearing around the imperial capital and rushing straight into the sky like dark flames, Iyeas's expression changed slightly.

"That is resentment, the resentment left by the civilians who were slaughtered. You should know that there are countless sins hidden in this imperial capital, but many times, those sins are perfectly hidden, just like the family that took you in."

Fang Zheng turned around and looked at them.

"The dead cannot speak or tell secrets, but their resentment before death will remain and cling to the perpetrators. So, through this, you can see who are the murderers who killed innocent people and who are not. Not only that, look at the palace."

After hearing Fang Zheng's instructions, the two turned to look towards the palace and were shocked.

In the direction of the imperial palace, the dark smoke almost covered the sky, dyeing the entire world in darkness.

“That is…?”

"As the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, and indeed, those people living in the palace may not have killed those innocent people themselves, but they gave the order and caused this result. So when those people died, their grievances would follow."

“…”

After hearing Fang Zheng's explanation, Shayou and Iyeas took a deep breath. It was the first time for them to use the ability of Hawkeye under Fang Zheng's guidance, so they were naturally extremely shocked.

"We...what should we do?"

"It's very simple. Eliminate all the sinners who are haunted by resentment. Only in this way can this country return to peace."

"but……"

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Iyeas hesitated.

"But we're only going to kill a few people this way, is this really effective?"

Facing Iyeas's question, Fang Zheng raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly.

"Iyeas, you have followed me for so many days and have witnessed many despicable acts of nobles and officials. Do you know why, even so, the people of this imperial capital did not choose to resist, but endured silently?"

"……?"

“Because of fear.”

Fang Zheng looked forward and narrowed his eyes.

"Because of fear, they chose to surrender instead of resisting. What we have to do is the same, except that they engraved fear in the hearts of the people, but what we have to do is to engrave fear in the hearts of these officials and nobles, letting them know that once they do evil, the shadow of death will follow them like a shadow and will never leave."

Having said this, Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Do you understand?"

"But...Teacher..."

Although Shayou nodded, Iyeas still seemed a little confused.

"What's the difference between us and those corrupt officials?"

“The difference is the purpose.”

Fang Zheng walked forward again, along the street into the crowd.

"Those nobles and corrupt officials want to suppress the people, and we want to suppress those corrupt officials. For the sake of those innocent souls who died in vain, we cannot stop. Well, our target has appeared."

Having said this, Fang Zheng slightly turned his eyes and soon saw a group of security guards walking towards this side. Among them was a burly man wearing security guard armor and with a cross-shaped scar on his left eye. Seeing these people, the others also hurriedly dodged.

This person is their target, Demon Ouka of the Imperial Capital Guard.

“Let’s get started.”

Fang Zheng silently made a gesture, and seeing his gesture, Shayou and Iyeas immediately blended into the crowd.

Shayou lowered her head and slowly walked towards the direction of Ouka and other security guards. When she was not far in front of the security guards, Shayou turned her left hand slightly, and then a small knife appeared at her fingertips. Then Shayou followed the crowd quietly and silently walked past a wealthy businessman who was shouting and moving goods at the door of a store, and lightly scratched with the knife in her hand.

"You, you useless bastards, hurry up!"

The fat and big-eared merchant was roaring and giving orders to his servants when he suddenly heard a tinkling sound coming from under his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw that his pocket had been torn open at some point, and a pile of gold, silver and copper coins were tinkling and scattered all over the ground.

“I have money!”

"Hurry up and pick up the money!!"

Seeing this pile of coins, the people on the street immediately became red-eyed. They hurriedly ran over here and began to pick up the coins on the ground desperately.

"Wait, you guys, what are you doing, give me back my money!!"

Seeing those passers-by picking up money, the rich businessman was so angry that he jumped up and down. Seeing this scene, a girl with a ponytail behind Ouka hurriedly ran out.

"What are you doing? You are not allowed to take other people's money casually! Return the money quickly! Come on, arrest these people!"

Following the girl's order, the other guards also rushed over and began to maintain order in the chaos. Only two soldiers were still following Ouka not far behind, holding the hilt of the sword with one hand, and staring around vigilantly.

But at this moment, Iyeas was seen passing by, and then he bumped into a man who was walking forward, and knocked him onto the back of one of the guards.

"What do you want to do, you bastard? Are you looking for death?"

The security guard who was hit was so angry that he turned around and grabbed the man, but the man just waved his hands in fear.

"I, I was just careless, I was just bumped into by someone!"

"Um?"

At this moment, Ouka seemed to be aware of the noise behind him, and he instinctively wanted to turn his head and look back, but at this moment, a pair of cold sword blades silently pierced into Ouka's back, completely ending his life.

Fang Zheng supported Ouka's body, and then took advantage of the chaos to put him on a chair next to him, and then turned and left. On the other side, Iyeas also disappeared.

"Captain Oka!"

After the chaos in front finally ended, the brown-haired girl with a ponytail hurried over and saluted Ouka who was sitting on the chair.

"** has been dealt with!"

“…”

However, Ouka just sat there, motionless.

"team leader?"

Looking at Ouka who was keeping silent with his head down, the brown-haired girl seemed a little uneasy. She stretched out her hand and tried to touch Ouka. However, just as the girl's hand touched Ouka's shoulder, the burly man fell to the side and fell heavily to the ground.

He is dead.