"Pretty boy, you're not lying to me, are you?"
Leone clearly didn't believe Hao Yun's nonsense and thought he was just stalling for time.
Hao Yun patted his chest and said confidently.
"We can make a bet. If it doesn't taste good, I'll give you ten jars of wine in return!"
Chapter 345 First Mission
"Okay, it's a deal. If it doesn't taste good, you'll have to pay me ten jars of wine!"
The bet was settled, and Leone and Hao Yun gave each other a high five.
"You can't sneak a drink. If you do, you lose, and you'll have to pay me back with an identical set of tiger bones and ingredients!"
To prevent Leone from drinking too much when he gets drunk, Hao Yun added another rule.
"Can."
Leone readily agreed, figuring he wouldn't lose out either way; if he won, he'd get ten jars of wine, and if he lost, he wouldn't suffer any loss.
Lubbock shook his head and left. He felt that Hao Yun was just stalling for time. He had never heard of tiger bone wine.
That evening, Najendan held an induction ceremony for Hao Yun. It was nothing special; she just informed the others and had Hao Yun recite his oath.
After joining the front-line combat team, Hao Yun soon received his first mission: to assassinate the noble family of Arya.
Is Zami about to appear? Hao Yun glanced at Leone. If he remembered correctly, when Zami appeared, Leone had swindled all his money.
After the meeting ended, everyone went to prepare. When Brand saw that Hao Yun hadn't left, he thought Hao Yun was scared, so he went up to comfort him.
"Everyone will be out tonight. It's just an ordinary nobleman, there won't be any problems. You'll stay by my side and observe carefully, and you'll get used to it gradually."
Hao Yun snapped out of his daze, nodded, and smiled.
"Thank you for your concern, brother. I'll go prepare the weapons."
Hao turned and left the conference room, entering the equipment warehouse.
Upon opening the armory, Hao Yun discovered that it was covered in dust.
Seeing this, Hao Yun couldn't help but shake his head. It seemed that the equipment depot of Night Raid was just for show. Apart from himself, the others were all Imperial Arms users and didn't need ordinary equipment at all.
Hao Yun pulled out two daggers and glanced at the musket hanging on the wall.
The development of weapons in this world is very strange. There are spears and cannons, but these weapons are not very useful to experts.
The truly skilled fighters still engage in close-quarters combat.
Just like the members of the Night Raid Squad, they are all Teigu users, and each one of them is incredibly powerful.
For example, Mine, an ordinary person, after obtaining the Imperial Arms, becomes a match for most second-rate fighters.
Hao Yun was actually quite interested in Imperial Arms, but unfortunately, the Night Raid Squad didn't have any Imperial Arms available at the moment.
Hao Yun pulled out a pair of inner armor and put it on before leaving the armory to await the arrival of night.
After dinner, everyone gathered in the conference room.
BOSS Najenda glanced at the time and signaled that everyone could set off.
"Stay close to me and don't wander off. The two of us will be responsible for the outer area to prevent people inside the manor from escaping."
On the way to the capital, Brand assigned Hao Yun a task.
"Big brother, where are Leone and Lubbock?"
Hao Yun turned his head and glanced at the advancing group: the eldest brother Brand, the sharp-tongued loli Mine, the airheaded Hill, and Akame.
Didn't Najenda say that everyone would be mobilized? Why haven't I seen Leone and Lubbock?
"The two of them went into the city ahead of time to gather intelligence. They will come and meet up with us after we enter the city."
Brand offered an explanation, then quickened his pace.
As the capital city drew closer, Hao Yun stared at the tightly closed city gates, wondering how they would get in. Did they have to climb over the city walls?
"Stay close!"
The older brother changed direction and, seeing that Hao Yun hadn't followed, turned around and waved to him.
"Big brother, where are we going?"
Hao Yun, who was in the middle of the group, couldn't help but ask a question.
As they sped up, Akame caught up with Hao Yun, frowned slightly, and whispered a reminder.
"Don't ask so many questions, just speed things up."
"Akame is right. Why ask so many questions? If you can't keep up with us, you'll be waiting for the BOSS's punishment when we get back!"
Mine caught up with Hao Yun and couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
"Sorry, that's just how she talks, please don't mind it, but we do need to speed up, otherwise the patrolling soldiers will soon reach this section of the wall."
Hill and Hao Yunqi explained why they needed to accelerate.
Hao Yun nodded, glanced at the city wall, and sped up to catch up with the three people ahead.
Reaching the foot of the city wall, Brand drew his short sword, plunged it into the ground, and pried up a stone slab.
"Go in quickly, hurry up."
The group filed in, with Brand being the last to enter. He placed the stone slab and lit an oil lamp in the secret passage.
Apart from Hao Yun, the others were already familiar with the route and continued onward.
“Let’s go. This is a secret passage dug by Lubbock and Leone, which leads directly to a secret base in the capital.”
Brand smiled and patted Hao Yun on the shoulder, signaling him to catch up with the group.
The group of five emerged from the secret passage and arrived at a secret room.
Inside the secret room, Lubbock and Leone had been waiting for a long time.
"You guys are so slow."
Leone, growing impatient, got up and began to stretch his limbs.
"Let's get going! I can't wait to kill that noble family!"
As the person in charge of intelligence gathering, she had long wanted to take action against the noble family after learning of their crimes.
"Alright, let's set off now. As usual, Lubbock, you're in charge of guarding the area. Don't let a single person escape."
Akame began issuing orders and assigning tasks to everyone.
"no problem."
Using the Thread Imperial Arms, the Thousand Transformations External Form, Lubbock with Crossed Tail, says it's very simple.
Akame looked at Leone and continued assigning tasks.
"Leone, you and I will infiltrate the manor and eliminate the mission target."
"Can!"
Leone clenched his fist, indicating his satisfaction with the mission.
"Mine, you're in charge of setting up the gun emplacements and being ready to provide support at any time. Hill, you're in charge of protecting Mine."
"Brand, you and Hao Yun are in charge of the perimeter. Kill the guards inside the manor."
With their tasks assigned, the seven arrived at the nobleman's manor.
Using the Cross Tail, Lubbock quickly set up a perimeter, and Mine and Hill also occupied the high ground.
"action!"
At a command, Akame and Leone quickly infiltrated the manor to find their respective targets for assassination.
"Brother, should we kill all these guards?"
Standing on the wall, Hao Yun glanced at the guards patrolling the courtyard.
"That's right, these people aided and abetted evil, they deserve to die!"
Brand glanced at Hao Yun, assuming he was hesitant to do it.
"You don't have to take action this time, but since you've joined Night Raid, you should be prepared. We are an assassination organization, and killing is our job."
He leaped down from the wall and rushed to the patrol team, easily taking care of the three men.
call out!
A dagger slashed through the night sky and pierced the throat of a guard.
Hao Yun leaped down from the wall, pulled out a dagger, and slit the neck of another guard.
Two guards who happened to be passing by slowly fell to the ground. The guard whose throat had been cut was still not quite dead, clutching his neck.
Glug glug.
The guard seemed to be trying to say something, but blood rushed into his trachea, making it impossible for him to make a sound.
Chapter 346 A Noble Family That Has Done All Kinds of Evil
"Well done, it seems you're prepared."
Brand gave a thumbs up and then ran to the other side of the manor.
Lubbock, who was in charge of guarding the area, stepped on the silk thread to guide Brand.
Within minutes, all the guards patrolling the perimeter of the manor had fallen into pools of blood.
"Big brother, have you sorted things out over there?"
On the bench, Hao Yun, having completed his task, waved to his older brother who was walking towards him from a distance.
"Of course it's all taken care of. What's the situation inside?"