Chapter 8: First Mission

After the measuring was done, Zeng Xin went to check out a mission for himself.

Inside the Mission hall, He asked the Elder in charge to give him an appropriate mission. He knew that he will have to kill a person but he was still not mentally prepared.

His target was a spirit-expert by the name of Xue Ming. A Royal who recently debuted in the military and was making waves in the reputation. His soul spirit Blazing Monkey allowed him to become a walking flash grenade taking down criminals while they were stunned.

According to Intel, Xue Ming had actually staged all his rescues and opened up a fake charity for all the victims that he saved. Under the pretence of giving the victims better lives, he shamelessly exploited the public's naivety and swindled them. Now living the high life he even indulged in other criminal-like activities such as drug smuggling and human trafficking. For Zeng Xin's first assassination he couldn't ask for a better target.

The next morning, he went back to pick up his suit and received all the intel about his target. During the night, wearing the new suit he was provided with, he went to keep an eye on his target.

His enhanced vision helps him here. He doesn't need any binoculars. He found Xue Ming in the large hotel in front of him. Its skyscraper-like appearance told him that only the wealthy had the privilege of dining here.

"Tch, really making use of that charity money aren't you." He mumbled to himself.

Looking at the top of the building he identified the window that would lead to his target's room.

'Security should be tight, sneaking into such a place won't be an easy task... Unless~'

Smiling at his idea he flew up in the air, his body vanished and appeared 10 ft up in the air. and flew around sneakily the hotel until he had made it to the window of his target. Without thinking twice he used his laser eyes to broke through the window and went into the room without alerting the security.

Seeing that the room was dark, Zeng Xin felt confused until he heard whimpering coming from the bathroom. Pulling out his knife to his right hand he crept towards the bathroom door and prepared to charge in. Slowly opening the door a crack he saw that no one could be seen. Closing his eyes he focused on his ears and heard only one heartbeat. Frowning slightly he walked into the room prepared to attack at any time.

Once inside he saw a young green-haired girl about 14 years old. She was covered in cuts and bruises and was handcuffed to the sink. She looked malnourished and smelt quite bad. Looking at her condition made Zeng Xin frown.

Hearing the door open up the girl looked up to see a man in a weird mask wearing a black suit. Feeling like this was one of Xue Ming's other clients the light in the girl's eyes dulled as she finally accepted her fate of being nothing more than a hole for others pleasure. Casting her head down she held back her tears until she heard a sharp sound.

Looking back up she saw that her handcuffs had been cut. She looked at the man in confusion as she didn't understand what was going on. Was this one another of Xue Ming's clients that had a fetish that needed her hands to be free? Before she asks, the sound of the front door being open echoed out.

Making the gesture for her to be quiet, Zeng Xin kept the bathroom door open wide enough for him to peek through the gap.

Watching Xue Ming and two scantily dressed women enter the room, Zeng Ming couldn't help but smile under his mask.

He and the girl waited a couple of hours until the three of them fell asleep. He was quite annoyed at the fact that Xue Ming didn't seem to need to pee as he could have ended him the moment he walked into the bathroom. But as an assassin, he knew that patience was key and being reckless could ruin a mission.

Sneaking out of the bathroom he approached the bedroom. Making sure that his breath was steady he did his best to eliminate his presence and snuck inside. Seeing the two girls lying on his chest, Zeng Xin thought of how best to deal with him. As much as he'd enjoy torturing the scumbag, as an assassin, he couldn't let his personal feelings affect the mission.

Picking out the knife he looked at the girl nearest to him. He didn't know if she was a criminal or not so he decided to leave her and the other girl alive. Standing over Xue Ming, he looked at him with pure disgust and didn't hesitate when he stabbed him through the heart.

Watching the life disappear from the Ming's eyes was one of the most delightful spectacles Zeng Xin had ever seen. He searched his body and picked up a token as proof.

Though he has finished his mission, he was not able to digest what he has done. Seeing all the blood, he was not able to control himself. He flew out from there and went near a valley, he vomited a shit ton.

It was his first kill. His emotions were in turmoil. He was feeling unwell but it was his new life. He has to cope up with it and keep his emotions under check. He can't let them affect him.

He consoled himself and took in a few breaths to calm himself down and went back to his clan to report. He was strictly advised not to use his soul spirit to assassinate. None in their clan ever uses their soul spirit for assassination.

He went back to the clan hall and submitted the proof he picked up from the target. He went back to the mountain behind the clan to meditate to calm his emotions down and accept his new reality.