Chapter 706 Honey Badger is on the move!
March 7th, afternoon.
Ms. Honey Badger was reading quietly in her residence in the fifth circle.
While she had been absolved of her sins by the Pope himself, this did not mean she was completely free. Her movements were still restricted, and she was under guard by two of the Pope's guards. Beyond that, however, her requests would be met to the greatest extent possible.
Alice was also informed of the situation faced by the Honey Badger. She would act as a messenger to bring this news, the Honey Badger's personal letter, and the balance of the money promised by Cardinal Loki back to the Hawkeye Organization. By now, she must have arrived at Iris and delivered everything to the right people.
With nothing to do, the honey badger wanted to try walking the path of the devotees, so he asked the papal guards who were guarding him for a few books and studied them quietly.
For an adaptor, enduring loneliness and adapting to solitude are fundamental skills. Whether it's an assassin who must remain silent in the darkness, a hunter patrolling the forest, or a prophet or astrologer who foresees the future but cannot reveal it... the path of adaptation is always associated with silence.
Instead of having to worry about the organization's economic and political situation, or taking on difficult missions with flawed intelligence to make money, or cleaning up the messes of those foolish young assassins... she actually felt that her mental state had improved a lot.
Until this afternoon - the two papal guards guarding her suddenly asked her to go somewhere.
Her first reaction was that Aiwass had changed his mind and that the Theocracy was planning to secretly execute her...
It took her a while to realize this was the Theocracy, not the Iris Kingdom she was familiar with. The elves weren't as treacherous as she'd imagined; it was the new Pope who truly had something to ask her.
When she went to the 22nd circle, she saw Cardinal Aiwass in black robes and the former Eternal Pope wearing the Holy Crown.
“…Your Holiness.”
She knelt on one knee and bowed respectfully to the two popes: "Please give your orders."
Although the honey badger had never been a private assassin, she had lived for so long and had seen it all - facing the two popes, she directly showed the attitude of those private assassins who were trained to treat their masters.
"I do have something to entrust you with."
Aiwass said seriously, "I need you to leave the Theocracy for a while."
Upon hearing the familiar task instructions, the honey badger, which was originally hesitant and timid, suddenly became energetic and a strong sense of self-confidence arose spontaneously.
Although she had long been a fifth-level Master Assassin, she had essentially never been involved in high-level affairs. One reason for this was that she didn't like to use her brain. Many Adaptors were also liars and schemers, but she wasn't one of them.
Rather than sitting around a long table discussing those headache-inducing personal political positions, party political philosophies, the subtext behind special operations, social impact and public opinion, and the chain reactions that may occur after various actions... she would rather take the time to take orders to kill someone, and then run back to hear the final result.
And usually, when she kills people and runs back, those people probably haven't finalized their plans yet.
"Is it an assassination mission?"
The honey badger asked skillfully, "Or is it to infiltrate and sabotage? Or steal information? Or to escort important people and rescue hostages?"
"It's an escort."
Aiwass nodded and asked, "Does your Hawkeye have a branch in Xinganti?"
"There are no branches... Are you talking about teams currently carrying out missions? Of course there are."
"Is there anyone you dislike? Or a member of the Theocracy you feel would be unable to integrate?"
Aiwass continued to ask.
When the honey badger heard this, she immediately reacted - although she doesn't like to use her brain, it doesn't mean she is not smart.
"In other words, you need a group of Hawkeye members who can be discarded?"
"Yes."
"Yes."
The honey badger didn't even think and answered without hesitation.
——There is no doubt that she had already thought of the candidate.
In order to eradicate the Son of the Moon, she and her Hawkeye companions were willing to betray—or rather, sacrifice themselves. These thieves, killers, prostitutes, gamblers, swindlers, criminals, and other people living in the gutter gathered together largely to fight against the Son of the Moon.
Since the Sons of the Moon will only try to infiltrate upwards and become increasingly elitist, recruiting people from the bottom of society is the safest approach. This is the only way to prevent the top brass of the organization from being quietly transformed into the Sons of the Moon.
Because even if they wanted to betray the organization, the Son of the Moon looked down on them and it was impossible for him to give the "gift of eternal youth and immortality" and his noble source blood to these scum among scum. In addition to the corpse of the Path of Love, the transformation of the Son of the Moon also required a portion of the source of life from the "father" of the transformer.
Even if there are some Moon Children who are willing to risk everything - choosing to accept these betrayers despite their disgust in order to find Hawkeye's trace, they are ultimately only a minority.
This inevitably leads to a lack of purity in their organization... While there are some righteous and chivalrous individuals quietly lurking in the shadows, the majority are simply lost individuals who cling together for warmth, living from today to tomorrow. It's absolutely certain that there will be ulterior motives, unqualified individuals, and weak-minded villains who sneak in and even rise to the top.
And this cannot be avoided, nor can we try to change their thinking or educate them.
Because a person who suddenly changes will easily reveal flaws in their daily lives, thus attracting people's attention and being discovered by the omnipresent Moon Children and Blood Slaves - Hawkeye is not a secret organization, their reputation is quite resounding. Only those who are rotten to the core, rotten to the mud, can forever avoid the mysophobic Moon Children.
But things are different now.
Because even Hawkeye himself knew that it would be difficult for them to completely defeat the Children of the Moon. If they could use the power of the Theocracy to target the Children of the Moon, then most of the previous principles, conventions, behavior patterns... even formal members, could be abandoned.
Of course, she also has feelings for those bad people who huddle together for warmth.
But when it's time to give up, she will never hesitate -
—For the greater good.
As the honey badger thought this, a hint of red suddenly appeared in the bottom of her pupils, like the setting sun, flashing away like a cigar that was lit and extinguished in the darkness.
"So, listen up...Honey Badger."
Aiwass, dressed in a black robe, ordered, "I require you to take two people to Xingbi. Safely deliver the target person to the designated location and give her some information about the Hawkeye base..."
Aiwass didn't finish his words.
The honey badger suddenly sniffed and frowned.
She smelled a familiar scent...it was the scent of "Son of the Moon" that she had smelled from Aiwass before.
Then, Aiwass waved his hand.
A veil of shadows, beyond the honey badger's reach, suddenly dissipated. It was the power of a high-level divine technique, and as a fifth-level adaptor, the honey badger was completely oblivious to the veil.
Sitting quietly in the corner of the room was a young noblewoman with long black hair, a crow perched on her shoulder. She looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old... and the first thing the honey badger noticed was her pupils, which glowed blood-red.
The crow's pupils are also this blood red.
——It’s the Son of the Moon!
"...let her kill those Hawkeye members in a high-profile manner, so that she can infiltrate the local Moon Child circle."
And at this moment, Aiwass said so.
(End of this chapter)
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