-Somewhere in the middle of town.-
"Hey! Did you hear? X had made another assassination!"
"Really? Well, I'm not surprised. He could pull any assassination mission off."
"Yeah, but this time, I've heard that he killed the city lord's son from the next city."
"Man, that's like centuries old. I heard he's accepted another one from our governor."
"I wonder if he get's bundles of money from those assassinations?"
"Of course he does! Why would he risk his life for something he wouldn't get paid of?"
People talking on the streets drinking beer and spreading rumors at broad daylight.
Why do people care about other people's business? Aren't they busy with their own lives?
I walk through alleys as word about X keep on spreading.
Heading for my boss's office, I started sprinting since I got too tired listening to the story of 'the assassin X' or the 'people killed by X'.
"Tony!"
I have reached the building. A woman with long hair and a mask on her face wielding long and thin swords or 'katana' as I recall her saying so.
"Hey Shin!"
"Why do you always have to be late?"
"Eh, you know I have a tendency to listen to rumors on my way to anything."
She just rolled her eyes and stood up . Oh and did I mention she was sitting on a tree?
"And to you too, Mr. X."
The both of us knew that our boss is about to come out, we stand back straight and greeted him.
"Hello X. How was the transaction? Anything new?"
"Just a rescue mission."
"What? That's outside our field of expertise!"
"Yeah X, we don't wanna sign up for finding a lost baby." Shin complained as she went down the tree.
"Just shut up and do the job."
"Why can't we have a say in anything that we do?"
"Because the reason you're still here in front of me, is of the fact that you are willing to follow everything I ask of you."
"I joined this group because of the fact that you are X."
"If you don't wanna follow your boss's instructions, might as well leave." X snared.
"That is enough Tony! We have to do this because X says so."
I sigh.
"Fine, but how much are we talking about here?"
".....250 royal gold coins."
" Holy -... Fine let's do this, but only because of how big the pay is."
"Good decision Tony!"
"Shut up Shin!"
X then walked out leaving me and Shin alone.
"That fucking bastard."
"Oh shut your trap! Aren't you a little ashamed of yourself? He has saved that ass for so many times! Thank him you're still fucking breathing."
She sprinted her way away from me.
I followed them when they were almost gone from my sight.