The sound of the rustling of leaves filled the entire street of an abandoned street. That is, for the ears of ordinary people. Fortunately rather, during this dead hour, normal human beings were either in their dreamland or wasted with wine.
For the ears of abnormal men, however, a thin layer of whistling sound signaled the start of their mission.
The Residence of General Huo had had their new batch of 'guards' that morning. These guards were recruited with requirements of having superhuman strength, keen perception and alertness, and intellectual intelligence that was not subpar. Those who were accepted into the residence would thus be certified as the cream of the crop in the capital.
The young master of General Huo Residence had a deeper plan. To further separate the premium ones, he had devised a 'mission' for the recruits. Sorta like capture the flag but an actual capture the flag - to infiltrate the residence of their archenemy, the Residence of Minister of Finance, and take down one of their flags from the inner doors of the main house.
No one else in the capital dared to challenge the great figure. Unbreakable defence, ruthless guards and basically an abyss, any infiltrators of the Minister of Finance's Residence would not see the daybreak. Not even the body would be spare as they would be fed to the dogs. Such are the destinies of those who had sneaky intentions towards them.
All the more if the caught ones were from their archenemy side!
The new guards' master is absolutely a devil! Even though the salary would be tripled the original amount offered, which was already beyond three months of living expenses, this mission is impossible!
That was when the Young Master said that he would not force everyone to participate that most of them withdrew with a sigh. What was left was a dozen individuals.
From the onset, these dozen individuals had realized the main objective of the Young Master of giving them this child's play mission. In the future, perhaps they would be reminiscing of the day they were given such mission as opposed to crazier missions and lamented the huge gap of the scope between them.
Hence, they began their strategy meeting, twelve people with different abilities and skills, as well as natural physiques that they could well utilise. Positions were drawn and tasks were delegated. Each and everyone had a role to play, each and everyone was vital to the mission.
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Is the story I told you enough to explain my current situation?
Just a few moments ago, I arrived at the capital. But, the only attire I have was the clothes I had on - a woman's robe. To put on a disguise of a boy, I was in need of a man's clothing.
'What convenience!', I said to myself upon my sight locked unto a 'squirrel' on top of the tree. He was knocked unconscious and I changed into his attire. I purposely made him to 'sleep through the entire night' just because I had to change behind him. Afraid of him getting sick the next day, I donated my own clothes for him to stay warm. No hard feelings, man and hey, I am not quite harsh to leave you naked outside.
Because I don't have a mask, I wrapped my face with a long piece of cloth, leftover of the same cloth used to bind my chest. My hair was put up high in a bun. The thought of this fashion of dressing is quite distasteful flitted by my mind. How would I know that 'someone' would mistake me as one of their comrades due to it?!
I was just silently holding my breath while inspecting the empty street atop of a tree branch - an habit I unconsciously do when arriving at a new place. Hidden too well by the lush leaves, I noticed too late the presence of another leaning to the tree besides me.
"Twelfth!"
He started.
"Once Fifth distracted the front guards, you sneak in and stay. When the time comes, you and Second will grab the flag and retreat!"
Qi Sha: (￣_￣)・・・
Total silence ensued.
Not long after, Qi Sha caught the layered whistling sound camouflaged perfectly by the environments' natural sounds. Before she could even raise an eyebrow, her wrist was grabbed and her whole person was thrown into the wall in front...
She robbed from a 'squirrel' so now who is the flying 'squirrel'?!