(Four chapters today)
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Deep within the dense fog, a figure lay hidden.
He wore an examiner's uniform, blending in almost perfectly with his surroundings. In his hand, he held a jet-black bead that continuously emitted a gray mist.
Watching the distant Golden-Scaled Monocled Ape close in on Gu Yuexi step by step, the corners of his mouth lifted into a satisfied arc.
The mission was finally about to be completed to Perfection.
To this day, he still couldn't figure out who would pay the sky-high price of over a billion Federation Coins, and even throw in an Earth-tier Upper-Grade Magical Artifact.
All just to assassinate an eighteen-year-old female student during an event like the Tri-Province Joint Examination?
This was an extravagant move, wasn't it?!
But he had no desire to dig deeper.
He was just a killer who got paid to do a job. Who his client was and why they wanted someone dead had nothing to do with him.
