Chapter 13: A mission to kidnap
As he blew the whistle, a rather eerie silence shrouded the scene. The whistle was supposed to make a sound, but in contrary to that, it felt as if the wind merely passed through it!
Bozo was still confused looking at the whistle, however, at that second his instincts screamed to be alert.
Bozo squinted his eyes, completely conscious as he looked around trying to spot possible danger.
"Huh?"
What he saw next could be described with words such as magical or miraculous.
In front of him, darkness slowly materialized into three humanoid shadows. Bozo felt that it would be awkward, to speak with these shadows. Fortunately, the shadows covering their body slowly disappeared revealing three figures.
All three figures didn't dare to look into his eyes, with one of their left knees on the ground, similarly their right fist was also in contact with the solid floor.
This was clearly an indication of the respect they possessed towards Bozo.
Bozo narrowed his eyes looking at the three figures once again. One of them seemed to be a girl while the other two beside her, one on the left and the other on the right seemed to be males.
All three of them wore tight-fitting clothes and a mask that resembled a Halloween devil mask, except it was black in color.
'Is shadow present in them?'
[No.]
Bozo inwardly nodded and then looked at the ones that had been summoned.
"Where did Shadow go?"
"Sir Shadow is busy with a very tough mission. He should be back approximately in a month. Forgive his absence, my lord.", the female answered honestly, her voice cold and her words on point.
"Alright."
"Well, you guys must be curious… the reasons for your summons, right?", all three of them simultaneously nodded on hearing his words.
Such instances were rare. Chen Jie had shown his face rarely, and it was even more rare for him to personally allocate a mission. But whenever he did it was of great importance. Moreover, in those rare instances, the amount of wisdom shown by Chen Jie was great.
And even though they knew he was suffering from Qi deviation they still respected him for his wisdom and wits. With those alone, he managed to uproot three other organizations, during the primitive stages of The Shadows, where only he and the vice leader Shadow were present.
"I have a mission for you all."
'Mission?!'
All three of their hearts palpitated as they heard these words.
'Mission, is it some kind of grand scheme?! Is he going to uproot another organization or another family?!'
These kinds of thoughts immediately flashed through their mind, making three of them extremely excited. Their organization was too passive for a few days and only accepted missions given by employees to earn money and run their organization smoothly.
There were no grand schemes, no plans, and no increasing the scope of the organization. The number of members recruited these past few days also reduced by a great margin.
"Are you people familiar with the name, Feng Sheng? From the Feng family?"
"Yes." All three of them nodded as seriousness flashed through their eyes suppressing their excitement.
"I will keep it short. Kidnap him."
[Dang…]
'Kidnap Feng Sheng? The prodogy of the Feng family? Is the leader planning to uproot the Feng Family? Isn't that too much of a risk right now?'
Amongst their supposed gazes, Bozo continued speaking, "Feng Sheng is currently in Xiong Household. Kidnap him from there without alerting anyone."
All three of them remained quiet after hearing that, which Bozo thought to be unnatural.
Hence, he asked, "Any questions?"
The female raised her left arm up and asked, "Lord, is it not too risky?"
"Risky?"
"The Feng Family is one of the top powerhouses of the place. It is way grander and stronger than any organization we have gone after…"
"Furthermore, right now, he would be constantly surrounded by many experts…"
Hearing these, Bozo blinked once or twice. He didn't forget how strong the group was and hence, did not hesitate to give out the order.
However, the girl started to give various other excuses. Bozo found this annoying!
They were speaking to their leader whom they referred to as the Lord! How dare they question him?!
"Enough with the excuses and just tell me, can you guys kidnap him or not?"
"Yes Lord we can!", the two males who noticed the annoyance that Bozo felt, almost instantly replied, leaving the girl hanging in her words.
"And what about you?", his gazes shifted to the female whose face was covered with the half-black masks just like the others.
"Yes Lord. We can.", she said, lowering her arm.
"Good."
"Now, Don't waste any time and get to work. It needs to be done in an hour, do you hear me?", Bozo asked.
"Yes Lord!", saying this, all three of them vanished.
[I just can't believe. You acted out perfectly! Heck, if they do kidnap him, then I suppose the marriage would pause!]
'Uh…'
Bozo was not exactly pleased by Ego's praises after all, he had tons of concerns and complaints to make.
'I can't believe that they are assassins…'
[Eh? Why?]
'Just now, they were impolite…'
'No manners.'
[Huh? She was just questioning because you offered the chance. I don't see anything wrong.]
'The question wasn't wrong but the purpose was. She doubted the leader… this is very harmful for an organization.'
'And secondly, they were too loud when they replied. What idiots…'
'If all the members are like this, then the organization is doomed…'
[Pfft, you speak as if you have tons of experience.]
'Ah, that… I sure do.'
[Huh? What do you mean?]
'Come on, don't pretend you don't know my past.'
[Eh? No seriously, I don't.]
'Wait, if you don't know anything about me… then why did you choose me?'
[…]
[I mean, you satisfied the conditions and that's why…]
'What conditions?'
[These…]
[Desire: Revenge.]
[Hate against: Humans]
[Kill at least 1 human.]
[Race: Non-human.]
'I see…'
'Well, alright, maybe I will reveal to you someday. Though, I did have an organization… a goblin group under me.'
'Heck they looted tons of things from humans, and I managed that for a long time… So yes, I am familiar with these things.'
[Got it. Though, at least now, you can fulfill one of the missions and use the shop.]
'Yes, I'm just hoping they do it properly…'