Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"Don't look in that direction, Chizuru."

"Yes... Yeah."

The three remaining assassination team members, based on the information they had obtained before, came to one of the districts where Layed had appeared before. Using the "Night Owl" organization badges they had found on the enemies they had killed before, they disguised themselves as three elite members of the "Night Owl" organization and were now eating at a snack stand in the market in the city. The view here was good, and they could observe both ends of the street. The snack stand at one of the entrances to the market also gave them the convenience of blending into the crowd and retreating.

"Sister, that person is..."

"Don't call me sister for now. Just call me by my name. It's best to be low-key."

"Yes..Okay Yukiko."

The three members of the assassination team are orphans after the fall of Fuso. They are mixed-race children born with people from other countries in order to survive. Their names are Chizuru Takahashi, Yukiko Watanabe, and Saki Hayakawa. One of their parents was an orphan after the fall of Fuso. In order to survive, they voluntarily became third-class citizens and were used as tools or played with. Although the descendants of these third-class citizens are better than their fathers or mothers who are third-class citizens, they have only changed from third-class citizens to second-class citizens. These second-class citizens are working hard to become equal to ordinary people one day. Although their dreams are not completely impossible, they are not simple either. The assassination team that the three people belong to has almost all members of this identity.

The person who was previously called "sister" was Yukiko Watanabe. She could be considered the leader of the entire assassination team. She had previously acquired the ability to control shadows through some means used by her upper management. She had also developed a derivative ability that could temporarily generate black mist. She was a natural killer.

Takahashi Chizuru's mother was the eldest daughter of an Onmyoji family before the fall of Fuso. Chizuru learned some Onmyoji's leather skills from her mother. Because of her good talent, she became one of the high-powered members of this assassination team. She is best at using ice-related skills. Before joining the assassination team, she also strengthened her abilities a lot through the means arranged by the upper level.

Hayakawa Saki is rather taciturn, and it seems that she experienced some stimulation in her childhood and has no memory before the age of five. After being sent to an upper-level training school, she learned systematic Fuso swordsmanship. After being strengthened by upper-level means, she became a superb swordsman and also one of the high-powered members of the assassination team.

Just now, they saw a guy who was out of place with other residents in other districts or ordinary members of the "Night Owl" organization in terms of height and build. The man was wearing overalls and desert boots, but no coat. He bought some food at the stall next to the snack stand where the three were and left soon. As assassins, the three of them keenly sensed the powerful aura of the man, which was somewhat familiar, so Qianzuru secretly took a look at the man when he left.

"They may be elite members of the Night Owl organization, or special forces soldiers of the rebel army. Don't cause trouble and expose our cover identity."

"But he went into the hotel we investigated."

"Then try to avoid him. The aura on that guy is very strong. We shouldn't ignore it. Just be careful."

After quickly finishing the food on the table, the three of them left the snack stand and walked around the market first, getting a clear picture of all the exits and hiding places. If anything went wrong in the hotel, the bustling market would be the best way to escape.

"Now that we have figured it out, Yukiko, what should we do next? Should we go into the hotel now?"

"Well, move in early and get ready. According to the intelligence we found out earlier, one of Ledger's important lieutenants will show up in our city this afternoon. He stays in this hotel almost every time, and in order to keep a low profile, he won't bring too many guards, only two or three people. If we can seize the opportunity, we should be able to get some information about Ledger from him."

After formulating an action plan, the three of them temporarily separated and successfully stayed in the hotel at different times. The three of them lived on different floors. Chizuru Takahashi lived on the top floor of the fifth floor, Yukiko Watanabe lived on the first floor, and Saki Hayakawa lived on the second floor.

Next to the hotel is a multi-storey ground parking lot. The second floor and the entrance to the ground parking lot are on the same floor. Next to the fifth floor are other buildings, and the distance between them is very close. There is an alley below, and even children can jump from the roof of the hotel to the building next to it.

Yukiko was on the first floor observing the people coming and going, Chizuru was on the top floor observing and guarding the possible evacuation routes, and Saki was keeping a close eye on the movements in the parking lot. The three of them were carrying special communication devices that allowed them to communicate with each other, and as they continued to observe, the time passed unknowingly to 2:17 pm.

"Squeak~~!"

Outside the hotel, a "Night Owl" military jeep stopped in front of the door. Two people got out of the car. Judging from their attire, they should be "Night Owl" guards in plain clothes. Their unnaturally bulging chests and waists should be hiding their weapons. The two guards looked around the jeep, one on the left and one on the right. After finding nothing unusual, they opened the back door and a man wearing combat pants and military boots and a bulletproof vest got out. This man was the target of Yukiko, Chizuru, and Saki's trip, and one of Led's important deputies.

"He's here. I'll go out and see which floor he'll be staying on."

Yukiko closed the gap in the curtains and synchronized the information she saw with the communication device. After transmitting the information, she walked to the door of the room and looked out the peephole first. After finding nothing unusual, she opened the door and walked out, following the deputy and his two guards from a distance.

The deputy did not negotiate with the hotel staff at the front desk, but his guards took his place. They were very cautious and did not take the elevator, but opened the door of the stairwell and walked in. Yukiko found an opportunity and took advantage of the fact that no one was around, used her ability to hide in the shadows, and quietly followed them.

After receiving Yukiko's message just now, Saki also left her room and walked to the entrance of the parking lot through the connection between the second floor and the parking lot. Her main purpose was to observe whether the deputy and his guards would transfer to the parking lot through the second floor.

Chizuru did not leave her room through the door, but opened the window and jumped to the next building. There was a guardrail on the top floor of the building to prevent the risk of falling. Chizuru calculated the distance and placed some triggered freezing traps on the guardrail and the top floor. To be on the safe side, she also added some non-lethal venom to the freezing traps, so that anyone who escaped from this direction would be knocked down to the roof by the freezing traps and venom.

When she was about to return to the room, Qianhe subconsciously looked elsewhere, and suddenly she felt a strong breath passing by her. Qianhe immediately looked in the direction where the breath appeared, which should be somewhere on the fourth floor. But when she looked at the window on the fourth floor, the breath was gone.

"It should be fine. The aura is not looking for or locking onto me. Maybe I'm too nervous..."

"Chizuru, their location has been determined. It's in a room in the middle of the fifth floor."

Yukiko sent a message and Chizuru returned to her room. She had planned to wait for Yukiko to come to her room and tell her what she had just discovered, but Yukiko did not come to her in order to keep a low profile, so she planned to send the message via a communication device. However, as soon as she took out the communication device, she found that it emitted a warning light indicating that it had detected a signal interception device, so she temporarily gave up the idea.

Chizuru thought of the moment when she was on the roof of the building opposite, she saw Saki standing at the entrance of the second-floor parking lot. She decided to use gestures to communicate with Saki. She stretched her head to look at the second floor. Fortunately, Saki was still in the same place. She used her ability to make a small snowball, and Chizuru attracted Saki's attention. Using the agreed gestures, Chizuru informed Saki to inform Yukiko that the three of them should meet up and discuss what to do next. She also passed on the news that the communication was interfered with.

Ten minutes later, in Chizuru's room.

The three of them gathered here and began to discuss the next plan.

"Those two guards aren't very strong. If we find the right time, we should be able to easily get rid of them. However, according to the intelligence we got, the deputy shouldn't be easy to deal with. At least he's stronger than the black beret before."

"That time we were affected by the poison gas, and I was injured, so we were a little embarrassed. Now, it should be fine."

"If there is no problem with the battle, the next thing is to find a suitable place for interrogation. This hotel is definitely not suitable. We will not be able to stay quiet while we fight."

"The rooftop of the building opposite should be fine. I have set up a lot of traps there. If someone comes, those traps can slow them down. We will have enough time to retreat after getting the information. And that building also has many exits, so we can evacuate at any time."

"Well, the action plan is set. The sun will set in a few hours, so we will take action after nightfall."

"By the way, Yukiko, I just..."

"Several jeeps have come down from the building. They seem to have bad intentions. Come over and take a look."

Saki, who was standing by the bed, saw a convoy of vehicles coming to the door of the hotel. They were all military jeeps of the "Night Owl" organization. Many soldiers of the "Night Owl" organization got off from them. Some of them entered the hotel quickly and purposefully. This information interrupted Chizuru's words. She didn't have time to tell others about the previous abnormality. But now that things seem to have changed, that matter seems not so important.

"Go and have a look."

The three of them left Chizuru's room and were about to walk through the corridor and enter the stairwell when they suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from the stairs below. They hurriedly evacuated the stairwell. After coming out, they saw the elevator rising from the fourth floor, so they had to go back to Chizuru's room, open the door a crack and look outside.

Not long after, the three of them saw through the crack of the open door that there were many soldiers of the "Night Owl" organization standing in the corridor. They blocked the stairwell and the elevator and surrounded the room of the deputy and the guard. Just as Yukiko, Chizuru, and Saki were analyzing the situation, several "Night Owl" soldiers closest to the door suddenly raised their guns, and then fierce gunfire sounded without warning.

“Bang bang bang bang!!!!”

The corridor on the fifth floor was instantly filled with gunfire. After more than ten seconds, the gunfire stopped. Several "Night Owl" soldiers outside the door walked into the room with guns in their hands. As soon as they entered the room, they saw flames from the explosion burst out from the house, blowing the soldiers who entered the room away.

"He's not dead! Keep firing!!"

"Crash!"

Before the gunshots rang out, the three people who were observing in Chizuru's room heard the sound of glass breaking. Saki immediately looked out the window and saw the deputy jumping out of the window and landing on the opposite building, grabbing the edge of the building with his hands.

"Follow!"

Yukiko immediately gave the order, and the three of them jumped from the window to the opposite building, but the deputy did not climb up. Instead, he jumped down one floor from the outside of the building and climbed into the fourth floor of the opposite building.

Those "Night Owl" soldiers were also chasing them relentlessly. As soon as the deputy showed his head, bullets would fly over him. He was very skilled and quickly moved between the rooms in the building, broke open the window from the other side, jumped onto the street lamp on the side of the road, slid to the ground, and then immediately started running as fast as he could, running towards the direction of the market.

"Were those Night Owl soldiers here to silence us? Why did they just open fire?"

"We'll have to wait until we catch him to find out. Let's follow him!"

The assassination team moved much faster than those "Night Owl" soldiers. They successfully locked onto the deputy's position before he disappeared in the crowd at the market. The three of them sped up and quickly rushed to the deputy's side, ready to intercept him.

"Bang bang bang!!"

"Here! He has help!"

A black gunshot was fired from somewhere and hit the middle of the assassination team and the deputy. The gunshot also attracted the attention of the pursuing "Night Owl" organization soldiers. They immediately found the deputy and the three assassins who were about to blend into the crowd. Naturally, they regarded them as the deputy's helpers and quickly chased after them.

The gunshots that rang out in the crowd caused ordinary people and vendors to flee in all directions. The method of blending into the crowd was completely aborted. Faced with a large number of soldiers chasing them from behind, the three members of the assassination team could only follow the direction of their deputy while escaping from the pursuit. Unknowingly, they followed the deputy into an abandoned shopping mall.

"Seal off all exits! Don't let them escape!"

Not long after they entered, the "Night Owl" soldiers who were chasing them blocked all the exits of the abandoned shopping mall, called in reinforcements, and surrounded the place. At the same time, they sent several teams into the shopping mall, ready to kill all the deputies, including the assassin team.

Chizuru, Saki, and Yukiko had to leave their deputy temporarily, quickly hiding their whereabouts in the shopping mall, ready to wait for the search teams to leave their location before taking action.

"Buzz~Boom!"

However, after the team's search failed, they immediately passed the message to the reinforcements outside. The reinforcements outside activated the shopping mall's anti-theft device, and all exits, whether doors or windows, were sealed with lowered metal gates. The abandoned shopping mall was completely turned into an iron barrel, with no one able to get in or out.

"This is trouble."

Several search teams entered the shopping mall and set up temporary checkpoints at the escalator in the center of the key hall. Since the power was cut off from the outside, the elevators and lighting in the shopping mall were all unusable. Only the temporary checkpoints had searchlights for lighting. Everyone was trapped in the dim abandoned shopping mall.

"This is quite useful to me. Come out. The search team has left our location."

"What are we going to do next, Yukiko? Are we going to fight these search teams?"

"Try not to. If we can capture the deputy without being discovered by the search team, more support will not be sent from outside. We will have a chance to get the message and evacuate safely without making any noise. What we have to do now is to try to avoid those search teams and find the deputy's hiding place."

"I remember the last time I saw the deputy, he was running up to the third floor. Maybe we should start our search from there."

"Well, let's do as Chizuru said. Let's go. Be careful."

After determining the search location, the three members of the assassination team drew their weapons and walked towards the stairwell.