Within the mansion Ki sat facing Marilyn who had a serious look on her face while reading a letter which had just been delivered to the village from Wolfden city. "It has been confirmed that the family is dead and all witnesses have been cleaned up. My friend who handled the task has gone into hiding during this time and will not appear to the public for some time."
Ki listened and then responded. "We're there any problems during the task or any clues that could lead them back to us?"
"No, the person I gave the task to is a trusted friend and he risked exposing himself for the task to be completed. He left behind his calling card in order to point the suspicion towards himself. He is known for acting alone but I grew up around him and he is a trustworthy person." Marilyn added. "He is known as Wolfden cities grim reaper and leaves behind two copper coins on his victims eyes. He targets criminals within the slums who have been involved with the kidnappings and those belonging to the gangs who are involved in destroying the lives of those within the slums. We have lost a few friends to the gangs in the past and he was one of the first people I knew that began to fight back in secret. Only I know of his other identity so he will not leak a thing."
'Grim reaper… two copper coins… is it a coincidence or not? If the person I am thinking about is him then it is quite the find and he will be of great assistance to Marilyn's group.' Ki began to think about some things in her previous life that happened after her masters death. "Arrange him to be taught properly and take measures to keep him under control."
During the time Ki lived as a slave the name grim reaper and his calling card was often talk of the city.
He targeted the gangs and even the rich or those with a noble title who were using their power to fuel the chaos within the city.
After her masters death there was a period of time in which he began taking actions unlike his usual self.
His targets changed and looked more like revenge killings than anything related to his previous targets, in fact most of them were those involved in the hunting down of her master.
During his later years he established his own organisation which was formed of assassins with similar ideals which were known as the reapers.
The organisation mainly targeted people who were known for being evil and committed wicked deeds but they refused to expose their faces or names to the public or work with the martial alliance.
Ki guessed that they mainly did not work with them because they would end up becoming a tool to be used to kill the martial alliances enemies but after finding out about the connection to Marilyn everything began to fall into place and a lot of things made sense.
The martial alliance placed a bounty on the head of the leaders friend Marilyn and she was hunted down by the so called righteous people seeking the bounty.
He lost his trusted friend and hated those who ordered for her to be hunted down and did not help during the cities time of need.
Ki scanned her memory of all of the events and remembered that the organisation disappeared in another forty or fifty years. 'Even if he was a talented person there must of been a limit to the strength he could build up without a major backer or a supporter to help raise his martial arts to a higher level. Eventually the organisation would of collapsed once he reached an older age and his martial arts had not improved much. In fact he may of even died one day on a mission or he may of encountered a traitor in his organisation and met his end… so what would be the best option for him?'
Ki took out some paper, ink, a brush and began to to write down some details and instructions and sealed them in an envelope. 'Among the several experts tombs discovered in the past there was one particular location which was discovered and did not have any protection or traps to defend it. It was just that the location had not been discovered by anyone until around ten years later.'
The tomb was from a blind martial artist who used a darkness attribute based martial arts and the next user was known to have blinded themselves in order to practice it to perfection.
The book obtained within the tomb was called darkness sensory martial arts and it possesses the ability to sense better with her other senses and also gain greater sensitivity to others qi in a world filled with darkness after removing one's sight.
The martial arts helps to use qi energies to sense changes in the movement of the environment around oneself.
The user can train to sense the flow of ki around them through their connection to it.
If the flow of qi around user changes, the flow of their own energies also changes relaying this information to the brain.
Changes in the pattern of the qi warns the user of approaching danger or indicates the location of objects outside their range of vision.
The more powerful and/or concentrated a person's qi is the easier it is for user to follow their enemies movements.
This martial art in particular was focussed on adapting to changes, exploiting the enemies movements and disrupting their vision.
Since the reaper needed a set of martial arts then he would need one which would be best used in the darkness and this particular set of martial arts and qi art helped to develop a set of skills suited for an assassin.
She handed the envelope to Marilyn and issued another order. "Give this to the reaper after making sure he is working under you and let him go complete this task during the time which he is to be in hiding. After he gets back tell him to contact you and I will set up a place for him to train."
Marilyn's eyes lit up after hearing Ki's orders. 'It seems she has become interested in the reaper, hopefully he can find a place to call home with us all. He has been acting alone for far too long now.'