Chapter 290

Hick
At Minghu’s words, Jian Chen looked toward the door.
“I don’t see it…
But Delay’s eyes saw no one. Hagi was in hiding, so it was no wonder he was invisible.
“Hold on.”
Ming Hu smiled at Delay’s reaction and began to approach the door. Ming Hu looked at the assassins and thought.
‘I can’t believe you’d be so bold as to infiltrate.’
I had no idea.
‘I thought you were going to duck into a window or something.’
I never expected them to be so brazen in their infiltration.
cringe
As Ming Hu approached, the assassins stared at him, a little puzzled, and flinched. Then they looked at each other and began wringing their hands.
“Sign language?
It seemed to be sign language. Of course, sign language or not, it wasn’t something he could understand, so Ming Hu dismissed it out of hand and reached for the assassin on his left.
Hmmm!
Ming Hu stretched out his hand, and the assassin who had been conversing in sign language flinched and quickly moved to avoid Ming Hu’s hand.
Suk
At the same time, the assassin’s translucent figure became clearly visible. Of course, the assassin on the right was still translucent. Ming Hu stretched out his hand toward the right assassin, and the right assassin also dodged Ming Hu’s hand, revealing himself. Seeing the assassins thus revealed, Ming Hu smirked, then turned back to look at Jie Li and said, “I’m sorry.
“Do you see it now?”
No longer were the assassins translucent. Now they were visible to the eye of the beholder.
“Watch out, Myung-hoo!”
But the cries of delay that followed left Ming Hu puzzled.
“…?”
* * * * *
“Ugh, I’m bored!”
No. 17 shouted.
“…”
Meditating, No. 16 didn’t respond to No. 17’s shouts; he simply closed his eyes and continued to meditate.
“Aren’t you bored?”
Looking at No. 16, who didn’t respond, No. 17 opened his mouth to speak again.
“…”
Still, No. 16 didn’t respond. 17 smirked at 16’s response.
“Huh? Hey! Huh? I’m bored. I’m bored!”
Soon, Mr. 17 smiled and began to speak, one after another. His words were unceasing, and a single wrinkle appeared on Mr. 16’s calm face. At the same time, Mr. 16 opened his eyes. He looked at No. 17 and said
“Get out of my room.”
His voice was full of life.
“Aww, where’s your room between us and mine, and aren’t you uncomfortable in that position? I’m so uncomfortable in that position.”
But No. 17 didn’t stop talking at the sound of his animated voice; he just kept opening his mouth with a friendly smile.
“Huh.”
After telling No. 17 to get lost, No. 16 closed his eyes again and tried to meditate, but then heard No. 17’s voice again and sighed. He stood up, looked at No. 17, and said
“I’ll take away your boredom.”
“Oh, are you really playing?”
No. 17 looks a little surprised at what No. 16 says.
“Yes.”
Nodding, No. 16 walked to the corner, drew his sword from its holster, and turned to face No. 17.
“…Why are you drawing a sword? What are you going to do?”
No. 17 swallowed hard as No. 16 looked at him with his sword drawn.
“I’ll take away your boredom.”
No. 16 started to walk toward him, answering No. 17’s question with an expressionless face. As No. 16 approached, No. 17 took a step back, looking embarrassed.
“Ha…ha…are you going to kill me?”
“That’s a good idea, too.”
At No. 17’s words, No. 16 nodded, his face still expressionless.
That was the moment.
Profit
The door opened and someone walked into the room, and Chapter 17, who had a puzzled look on his face, turned red at the sight of someone entering the room.
“Nice timing, sir!”
Entering the room was their boss, the deputy leader.
“…?”
The deputy looked at No. 17 as if he didn’t know what that meant.
“No, nothing, but what are you doing here?”
“Ah.”
Recalling his purpose for being here, the deputy leader turned his gaze away from Seventeen and toward the room’s owner, Sixteen.
Approaching No. 17 with his sword raised, No. 16 lowered it under the gaze of the deputy leader, who then opened his mouth to speak.
“Work.”
“What’s going on?”
No. 16 asked.
“There are royalty and nobles from other countries in the palace for the Empress Dowager’s party. Among them is Count Ming Hu, a nobleman of the Helioca Empire. This is information about him.”
The deputy leader answered #16’s question and handed him a piece of paper.
Sigh
“…”
Handed the paper, No. 16 began to read it wordlessly.
“What about me, Deputy? What about me?”
As No. 16 took the paper and began to read, No. 17 looked at the assistant foreman and said, “I’m sorry. The vice captain glanced at No. 17 and then back at No. 16.
“It’s a two-way street.”
“Huh?”
Seventeen gave the deputy a look that said, “What does that mean?
“…?”
He’s not the only one who’s flustered; 16, who’s also reading the paper, looks up from it and stares at the vice-captain in confusion.
“Even if you’re a noble of the Empire. He’s an earl, and you want two of us to go assassinate him, when you could have sent the 30th?”
No. 17 gave him a look of disbelief and continued. No. 16 looked at the vice captain as if he needed an explanation if he was thinking the same thing as No. 17.
“I expected that reaction.”
But the assistant captain had already anticipated their reaction. He smirked and began to answer their questions.
“I think Count Minghu has a secret escort.”
“Secret escort?”
“Yes.”
“No, even with a secret escort.”
Despite what the vice captain said, No. 17 said he didn’t understand. But the vice-captain interrupted him and continued, “I’m sorry.
“37 and 32 failed. They left no trace, let alone contact, which means the secret escort is at least as good as the members of the 20th. Time is of the essence, and the Director wants this done quickly. Or, more accurately, His Majesty wants it done.”
“Okay, I’ll take care of it quickly.”
“Really? If it’s His Majesty’s orders. We should all go and do something about it.”
The vice-captain’s next words were answered by #16 and #17.
“So you can get started right away. Keep in mind that you don’t have a lot of time.”
After hearing their answers, the deputy director opened his mouth to speak and left the room.
“When are you going?”
As the deputy leader left, No. 17 asked No. 16.
“Wait.”
No. 16 responded to No. 17’s comment and started looking at the paper again. When he was satisfied with the information on the paper, he handed it back to No. 17 and said, “I’m sorry.
“Familiarize yourself.”
Sigh
However, unlike No. 16, No. 17 only skimmed the information on the paper before handing it back to No. 16 and saying, “I’m going to read it.
“I’m done here.”
“…after.”
No. 16 sighed and shook his head at No. 17’s words. Looking at him, No. 17 smiled wryly and continued.
“Are you coming right now?”
The assistant director told me to get started right away. Besides, there wasn’t much time, as the deputy leader had said. There were only a few days left before the party was over, which is a long time if you ask me, but a very short time indeed to assassinate someone.
“Please wait.”
No. 16 told him to wait once more and walked off to the corner, where he gathered a few things before coming back and saying, “I’ll be right back.
“Are you ready?”
“I’m always ready. Hehe, let’s go!”
Soon afterward, Nos. 16 and 17 left the room and quickly traveled to where the invited delegations were staying.
“Here?”
“Yes.”
Soon arriving at the Helioca Empire’s lodging building, they confirmed that they were in the right place and went straight into stealth. Once in stealth, they entered the building and made their way to Ming Hu’s room, the target of their assassination.
“No?”
“Yes.”
Soon they reached the front of the room, heard voices from inside, looked at each other, and began to converse through sign language.
But something was wrong. The more they broke down the sign language, the more hardened No. 16’s expression became. On the contrary, 17’s expression gradually brightened. Soon, Mr. 16 looked at Mr. 17 with a furrowed brow, and Mr. 17 reached out and knocked on the door with a big smile on his face.
Smart
He knocked on the door, and a moment later it opened. At the same moment it opened, No. 17 quickly walked through the door and into the room. So did No. 16, who frowned. After entering the room, No. 16 and No. 17 first confirmed that Ming Hu, the target of the assassination, was present, and then began to converse in sign language.
[You’re crazy! I’ll report this infiltration to the deputy leader].
[What? Dude, you shouldn’t have noticed. Don’t you know that we’re all about the outcome, not the process?]
Chapter 16 and 17, who were talking through sign language, began to hear Myung-hoo and Ji-yeon’s voices in their ears.
“No one… what’s wrong?”
“Delay, come here.”
Myeong-hoo and Ji-yeon, who had been conversing in sign language, stopped talking and looked at Myeong-hoo, the target of their assassination.
“Hold on.”
The words and actions of Minghu that followed left them both bewildered.
[What? Why is he coming at me all of a sudden?]
[No way…]
When No. 16 and No. 17 saw Ming Hu coming toward them, they quickly looked at each other and began to converse in sign language.
[I think I have the wrong information].
[info?]
[I don’t think it was the secret escort that caught 37 and 32].
Chapter 16 finished signing and looked at Ming Hu. When he arrived at the location, Ming Hu was staring at him. He seemed to be aware of his stealth.
Yikes!
“Suck!
Then Ming Hu reached out his hand. He had a feeling he shouldn’t be caught, so he quickly moved his body to avoid the hand. It was the same with No. 17.
“Damn.
The flying hands made it clear. Ming Hu was clearly aware of them. No. 16 thought quickly about what to do.
“…?”
However, No. 16 was only momentarily dazed by Ming Hu’s next move, as he reached out for them and turned away without further attack.
“Do you see it now?”
“…”
Sixteen, who had been beating his bruises, was speechless at Ming Hu’s next words. He was humiliated, humiliated like never before, but that didn’t matter now.
“Opportunity!
He turned around, revealing a loophole. Seeing this as the perfect opportunity, No. 16 extended his dagger toward Ming Hu’s back. It was the same for No. 17. The two daggers began to fly toward Ming Hu’s back.
“Watch out, Myung-hoo!”
Delay shouted. Hearing the cry, Ming Hu started to turn around, but No. 16 could only smile, for his daggers were faster. Soon, No. 16’s dagger and No. 17’s dagger struck.
Ting! Ting!
However, the sound of the dagger ringing as soon as it struck caused No. 16 to panic.
“Huh?
He hadn’t struck the armor; he had plunged his dagger through a gap in the armor. But what does that sound mean? 16 looked at 17 with a puzzled expression. No. 17 looked at the dagger through the armor with a puzzled expression.
Sigh
No. 16 turned away from No. 17 and looked at Ming Hu. Before they knew it, Ming Hu had turned completely around and was looking at them. No. 16 swallowed hard when he saw Ming Hu looking at him.