Report x Assassination

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Silva was an assassin, and what assassins disliked most were unexpected situations outside their control.

Although such things happened from time to time, and were even more likely to occur at critical moments, he simply felt displeased by this kind of situation from the bottom of his heart.

"What happened?"

Silva asked, a hint of displeasure mixed into his calm tone.

Tsubone was extremely sensitive and detected it. Her next words would very likely determine the severity of the punishment Master Illumi would receive upon returning home.

But Tsubone wore a smile at this moment. Who could blame her? Master Illumi was just so talented, so likable.

"After Master Illumi ascended to the 150th floor, three contestants from above the 150th floor sought out Master Illumi."

"They explicitly told Master Illumi to forfeit his subsequent matches, preventing him from advancing to higher floors."

"Master Illumi naturally refused. The three inevitably made a move, and subsequently became three corpses."

"But the trouble is, these three had a 200th-floor level contestant backing them. Master Illumi, having killed these three, was naturally targeted by that person, viewed as a thorn in their side."

"Therefore, in order to kill him, Master Illumi personally ascended to the 200th floor."

"Then, in a match under the watchful eyes of myriad spectators, he personally killed him."

Tsubone slightly modified the events that happened to Illumi and recounted them tactfully.

After hearing Tsubone's words, Silva's brow remained furrowed. Although it sounded like a normal story of grudge and revenge at first listen, there were two unreasonable points.

They weren't normal people; they were assassins. Even if they wanted to kill someone, there was no need to necessarily go through a match, especially to kill a 200th-floor level contestant possessing Nen¹.

And Illumi not only killed the opponent but did so during a match, fair and square under the watchful eyes of the public. How did he defeat a Nen user?

However, since Illumi had dealt with the loose ends himself, and the matter had already occurred, Silva didn't intend to pursue it further.

After all, everyone has their secrets. He did, and Illumi did too.

Given Illumi's harsh Zoldyck family training, if he didn't want to speak, probably no one could force him.

Besides, knowing the reason now—that it wasn't his initial intention to disobey his words, but rather due to other factors—there was no need to dwell on such a minor flaw.

"I understand. Bring him back."

Silva's voice returned to its usual calmness, allowing Tsubone to breathe a sigh of relief. Master Illumi had passed this hurdle.

"Yes, Lord Silva."

Tsubone replied cheerfully. But after responding, she reported again.

"Additionally, Master Illumi accepted an assassination contract from the Kosser Group."

"I estimate Master Illumi will carry out the assassination activity tonight against the target."

Silva raised an eyebrow, showing surprise. He hadn't expected Illumi to receive a contract on his own during his first trip out; his business skills were quite strong.

"I understand. Keep an eye on things."

"Yes, Lord Silva."

Tsubone hung up the phone, looked towards Gotoh beside her, and nodded slightly.

Gotoh's expression was indifferent, a momentary glint reflecting off his glasses as he looked up at the sky.

Tonight was a full moon.

Above this massive city shrouded in countless neon lights, a full moon hung in the night sky.

Moonlight like gauze.

Time: July 15th, 00:01 AM.

Location: City outskirts, St. Loren Bay Villa Area.

This was the most famous large-scale villa project in the Republic of Padokea, blessed with unique geographical location and mountain-sea resources, making it a rare and precious plot of land in this city.

Illumi's assassination target was named Fitz Gerald².

Fitz Gerald, a rising star in real estate, Chairman of the Gerald Group, one of the top 100 conglomerates in the Republic of Padokea.

One month ago, the Gerald Group secured a joint development project with the Kuntoro³ city government, with a total investment value reaching 100 billion Jenny⁴.

And this renowned conglomerate chairman resided in one of the sea-view villas in this area. For peace and quiet, he had even bought the three surrounding villas.

This turned a large adjacent area into his own exclusive backyard.

"It's about time."

Illumi stood atop a large tree. He had already been squatting here for three hours, observing the situation.

Dense leaves concealed his body. He glanced up at the full moon hanging in the sky, then looked towards the brightly lit sea-view villa, and vanished from his spot with a shua sound.

Fitz Gerald was no simple character. Not only had he arranged numerous security personnel around his villa, but he had also stationed bodyguards inside his villa, along with five hunting dogs.

These five specially trained hunting dogs were already familiar with the scents of everyone in the villa. If they smelled even a slight unfamiliar scent, they would bark madly, alerting all security personnel.

The hounds would then take the lead, tracking the intruder based on scent.

However, what these people didn't know was that in this world, there exists a special ability called [Nen].

"Zetsu⁵."

Illumi actively restrained and sealed off his entire aura. Not only did his presence become faint, but even his scent became extremely difficult to detect.

"Silent Step⁶."

Illumi's figure transformed into a black shadow, rapidly darting through the dark corners of the villa. Zetsu combined with the Zoldyck family's Silent Step truly was a first-rate assassination technique.

"Shhh!"

A sound of something cutting through the air arose.

"Hm?"

A young bodyguard on patrol seemed to hear something and looked back—nothing there.

His brow furrowed with suspicion. He slowly walked towards the place the sound came from, stood on the grass looking around—still nothing.

"What's wrong?"

Another bodyguard standing three meters away noticed his strange behavior and asked cautiously.

"Nothing."

The young bodyguard replied flatly and returned to his post. The two bodyguards stopped talking, continuing to quietly stand guard at their positions, silent.

"Quite perceptive."

In a dark corner, Illumi stood pressed against the wall.

Just now, he had only stirred up an extremely faint breeze when passing through there, yet despite that, he was still detected.

"Someone with considerable talent. A pity."

Illumi looked upwards. From here, climbing up would lead directly to the second-floor bedroom where Fitz Gerald was located.

"Zing!"

Illumi brought the fingers of both hands together. His fingernails extended with a zing sound, like blades unsheathing, becoming incomparably sharp⁷.

"Pfft…"

An extremely subtle soft sound, unnoticed by anyone.

Illumi spread the fingers of both hands, curving them like dragon claws. The fingertips plunged into the hard wall with a soft pfft sound, as if inserting into tofu, climbing upwards slowly without making a sound.

"Someone's there."

As he was about to reach the second floor, he abruptly saw that there were actually two more bodyguards patrolling on the second-floor balcony.

"Truly cautious. Even needs bodyguards constantly guarding his own bedroom."

"Looks like I'll have to kill people other than the target after all."

"You earned two billion from me, Fitz Gerald."