Commission x Mercenary

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"Felicia Gerald?"

After hearing Adkins' words, Illumi chuckled softly and said.

"Understood. Wire the deposit to my account. Within three days, you will receive news of her death."

"No, three days is too long."

Adkins refused, causing Illumi's brow to furrow. He asked in a low voice.

"What do you mean?"

Adkins flicked the ash off his cigar, blew out a smoke ring, closed his eyes, and said.

"According to my knowledge, just an hour ago, a mercenary unit entered the territory of the Republic of Padokea."

"And the one responsible for receiving them is precisely Felicia Gerald."

"Therefore, I feel three days is too long."

"If I die by then, you won't be able to collect the remaining payment."

"Understood." Illumi replied in a low voice and hung up the phone.

He glanced towards the Zoldyck family mansion, then turned and walked towards the Testing Gate.

"Just got home, and already heading out again."

Illumi dialed the butler's office while walking.

"Ring ring ring~"

Inside the bright and spacious head butler's office, the telephone rang abruptly. Tsubone and Gotoh, who were meditating with closed eyes on the sofa, exchanged glances. Tsubone stood up, walked to the landline phone, and picked up the receiver.

"This is the butler's office."

Hearing the voice on the phone, Illumi stated calmly.

"Tsubone, inform my old man¹ that I've accepted a commission and am heading out."

After speaking, Illumi directly hung up, giving Tsubone no chance to reply.

"You're going out again?"

Just as the phone call ended, a slightly immature voice came from beside Illumi. Illumi² was leaning against a large tree, gazing at him with vacant eyes.

"You're almost there too, aren't you?"

Illumi looked at the other. He could already detect that the aura³ on the other person had become much stronger again. He knew this indicated the other's training was nearing its end.

"About another year, and you should be able to complete your training progress."

"But still can't compare to you."

Illumi closed his eyes and turned to leave. A very ordinary conversation, but in Illumi's eyes at this moment, a stream of blue smoke⁴ rose to the sky from the other person's body.

"The negative emotions are getting stronger and stronger."

Illumi thought to himself, watching the other's retreating back. Immediately, he also turned and left.

"Emotions..."

"My ability can be developed based on the emotions from these people."

Illumi suddenly thought. Why couldn't his Nen ability be developed in conjunction with his innate ability⁵?

"Seven deadly sins, seven emotions, seven individuals?"

At this moment, in the park pavilion where Illumi had just been, Zeno Zoldyck⁶ sat leisurely on the stone bench. He reached out to touch the teacup, but his movement paused.

A mass of aura gathered around his eyes⁷.

"This is aura... whose aura?"

Zeno Zoldyck frowned, looking at the residual aura on the teacup. His gaze shifted; there was also a wisp of residual aura on the ground one meter away.

Moreover, the aura on the ground gave him a very dangerous feeling.

A layer of purple aura surged onto Zeno Zoldyck's hand, flowing towards his fingertips, forming a small purple snake that slowly slithered towards the residual aura on the ground.

"Tss!"

The instant the small purple snake made contact with the residual aura on the ground, it was instantly devoured.

"Tss tss tss~"

That wisp of residual aura, like a human mouth, bit along the snake's body all the way towards Zeno Zoldyck's finger.

"Shua!"

At the critical moment, an extremely aggressive purple ray shot out from Zeno Zoldyck's fingertip, annihilating it.

"Such aggressive aura."

Zeno Zoldyck's brow tightened. The two masses of aura on his eyes deepened again. He looked towards the park path; footprint-shaped traces of aura extended continuously to the limit of his vision.

"Whose aura could it possibly be, to possess such strong aggression."

"Been neglecting family matters for too long. Still need to ask Silva."

Zeno Zoldyck couldn't be bothered with tea anymore. He stood up, left the pavilion, and walked towards the courtyard where Silva was located.

Time: July 16th, 03:00 AM.

Location: St. Loren Bay Villa Area.

After receiving Adkins' message, Illumi "spurred his horse onward"⁸, rushing here at the fastest possible speed.

According to the information Adkins gave him, after Felicia Gerald flew back to the Republic of Padokea, she had stayed in the room where her father was killed.

Even company affairs were handled within the room. A very strange woman.

"Should I call it confidence, or ignorance."

When Illumi heard this news, his first reaction was that the opponent was very confident.

Confident enough to surely catch the culprit who killed her father.

Felicia's goal wasn't just the client who commissioned Illumi; she simultaneously wanted to capture the assassin. Very confident, but very naive.

Illumi lay prone on the rooftop of a detached villa 1000 meters away. He took out a pair of binoculars from his bag and looked towards the sea-view villa where Felicia was located.

At this moment, in the brightly lit villa hall, a group of men of varying heights were drinking and merrymaking with women embraced on both sides.

And from the guest room on the first floor of the villa, faint moans of women could be heard.

"Truly vile. Is this guy the reincarnation of a lecher?"

Illumi's ability⁹ made it seem like he had X-ray vision¹⁰. Observing the situation inside the entire villa through the binoculars, he naturally also saw the situation in the guest room.

Those masses of humanoid smoke¹¹ twisted and intertwined together. Judging by the movements, it was one man and five women. The purple smoke representing lust almost dyed the entire guest room purple.

One versus five.

But what surprised Illumi was that besides the dense purple on the 'one' man's body, there was also a layer of dense deep blue smoke.

A strange person. While indulging in pleasure, he actually maintains absolute rationality.

"Truly worthy of the legendary mercenary, Maynard Morris¹²."

"Felicia Gerald seems to have spared no expense. No wonder she's so confident."

Before Illumi came, Adkins had already investigated everything thoroughly. This group of mercenaries who came to the Republic of Padokea was actually a legendary mercenary group with a huge international reputation.

The characteristic of this mercenary group was that their leader, Maynard Morris, had never been injured in his ten years as a mercenary, not even once.

"Hm!?"

Illumi, watching that guest room, suddenly noticed the other party stopped their movements. The body combining blue and purple smoke separated from the other purple smoke bodies.

He got off the bed, faced Illumi's direction, slowly raised his right hand, and drew it across his neck¹³.

"Interesting. Able to detect my surveillance from a thousand meters away?"

A smile appeared on Illumi's lips. The opponent was extremely perceptive. He didn't know if it was a Nen ability or some other reason.

Just one gesture made Illumi faintly excited. This was the first time he encountered someone who made him feel troubled before they even met.