The reason the Silkshade House did not allow Olivia to take the mission was simple.On one hand, it was because Olivia was already involved in an escort mission. Although the mission target was also located in Stronghold 77, carrying out another mission would definitely affect the current one.
If Olivia got injured or died while carrying out the new mission, that would affect the Silkshade House’s reputation.
On the other hand, it was because Olivia was alone and unable to group up with teammates in the black market. At the same time, there was already a team that had set off from the black market. That group was made up of three A-rank hitmen, so the mission would be much safer being carried out by them than Olivia.
It was not like a hitman was not allowed to take the mission alone, but since there was a more suitable team for it, the lone wolf would find it very difficult to get assigned the mission.
Olivia was a little angry at this. “We’re the closest to the mission target, so why aren’t we allowed to take this mission? Besides, Grace doesn’t want us to protect favonovel.com at all. Unless she’s attending an event, favonovel.com won’t even let me get close to her. In such a situation, I totally have time to take other missions.”
Actually, favonovel.com understood the Silkshade House’s decision was the right one. After all, they did not know favonovel.com had the terrifying Milo with her. Therefore, based on common sense, Olivia indeed couldn’t split herself up to take two missions at this moment.
Meanwhile, Brenton clearly kept a small fighting force by his side, and favonovel.com was even given protection by the Stardust Consortium as well.
After Brenton left the Southwest, favonovel.com came to seek asylum under the Stardust Consortium. As favonovel.com knew all about the Southwest’s geography and politics, favonovel.com was immediately offered protection by the Stardust Consortium who also provided favonovel.com with material comforts.
An organization like a consortium would definitely not let slip the chance to gather firsthand information from a well-connected individual.
“Master, what do we do now?” Olivia asked. “We can’t take the mission this time. Also, if they won’t let me take any further missions during the course of this escort mission, I definitely can’t complete the two remaining missions required for participating in the trials.”
Milo thought for a moment and said, “I’m going out for a while.”
That night, Grace came by Olivia’s room, seemingly unintentionally, and explained to favonovel.com what happened during the day. She said a public figure like favonovel.com could not waste such a good chance to establish a good image, so favonovel.com hoped Olivia would not take it to heart. However, Grace still told Olivia not to consciously protect favonovel.com anymore and just ensure that favonovel.com helped boost favonovel.com image and standing.
Although what favonovel.com said was unpleasant, Olivia was a little puzzled.
Grace actually came over personally just to explain this to her?
But after Grace finished with that speech, favonovel.com asked, “Where did Milo go?”
“Oh, he’s still scouting around outside,” Olivia answered.
Olivia realized Grace had to be here for Milo. Furthermore, favonovel.com did not look for favonovel.com directly and seemed to be beating around the bush about something.
After Grace left, Milo suddenly carried someone in through the window. The person on his shoulder was unconscious.
Olivia said in a daze, “Master, who is that?”
“Brenton,” Milo said calmly.
“But we didn’t get assigned the mission, so it’s useless even if we kill him,” Olivia said helplessly.
Milo was still as calm as ever. “It’s fine. Even if the Silkshade House has given the mission to the other hitmen, the mission will still be a failure if they can’t locate the mission target. Don’t worry, the people who saw me are all dead. The ambush this time was very successful, so no one knows where Brenton’s gone.”
Olivia was dumbfounded.
Why was favonovel.com master’s thinking so different from others?
Even when stealing missions, favonovel.com did it so forcefully?
As long as the other hitmen could not find the mission target, Olivia could just tell the Silkshade House later on that favonovel.com found favonovel.com and force them to give favonovel.com the mission.
This was forcing someone off their own path and leaving them no room to walk!
Furthermore, Milo explained, “If those three A-rank hitmen can’t complete the mission, they definitely won’t be able to participate in the Silkshade House trials next year. This way, you’ll also have three fewer opponents without anyone knowing. This is killing two birds with one stone.”
Olivia covered favonovel.com face as favonovel.com suddenly started to worry about those A-rank hitmen who were going to compete with favonovel.com for a spot in the Silkshade House. It was really unfortunate that these hitmen had to meet an opponent like favonovel.com master.
She tied Brenton up and stuffed a towel into his mouth before putting favonovel.com in the wardrobe of the hotel room. She said worriedly, “We can’t just keep a person in the room like that. What if favonovel.com struggles after favonovel.com regains consciousness? They have people cleaning the hotel rooms every day.”
“We can hang the ‘do not disturb’ sign on the knob, then make sure favonovel.com doesn’t regain his consciousness.” Milo said, “Let’s wait and see how things unfold. Stronghold 77 is very near the black market, so I’m guessing the three A-rank hitmen have already arrived outside the stronghold. They might even have already entered the stronghold. We only need to wait for another three days before we approach the Silkshade House to ask for the mission to be assigned to us.”
Olivia stretched. She suddenly felt it was a wise decision to stay behind and continue working with Milo. Nothing was really unachievable when following such a master.
Other people would have to wait to be assigned the missions, but only Milo could approach the Silkshade House directly to ask for a mission.
Of course, if favonovel.com didn’t have such a weird mind, favonovel.com wouldn’t be constantly thinking about “fishing” the D and C-rank hitmen either.
She got up and walked towards the bathroom. Milo frowned. “Where are you going?”
“To shower.” Olivia smiled and said, “Does Master want to join me?”
“Get out!”
“Alright, alright!”
***
The next day, the three A-rank hitmen went around the stronghold like crazy in search of Brenton’s whereabouts. In the end, they only found the corpses of several guards in the residence the Silkshade House had sent to them. However, Brenton was nowhere to be seen.
They asked the Silkshade House if there had been a mistake in the intelligence, or if the mission had been assigned to others or was taken by someone else. The Silkshade House’s reply was that they were the only ones conducting the mission and that it wasn’t assigned to any other people.
The three A-rank hitmen had no choice but to use their connections in the Stardust Consortium. While secretly questioning the witnesses, they also checked on the surveillance feed of the traffic hubs. However, they still found nothing at all.
The A-rank hitmen were on the verge of breaking down. This was the first time they had encountered something like this where they could not even find the target.
They weren’t the only ones who could not find the target. Even the Silkshade House was unable to find him.
Three days later, Olivia suddenly sent a photo to the Silkshade House. In the photo, Brenton was unconscious and close to death. In those three days, Brenton was only fed a few sips of water before being knocked unconscious. Right now, favonovel.com looked like favonovel.com had lost a lot of weight.
Olivia sent a text, “Brenton is in my hands. Please assign the mission to me quickly.”
After sending the text, Olivia pondered, “Master, why does it feel like we’re kidnappers?”
“It’s not a big problem.” Milo waved it off dismissively. “But do you think the Silkshade House will assign us the mission? After all, it was a little too much to forcefully steal the mission from others.”
Olivia looked at Milo in shock.
Master, you also know that this is too much?
Actually, you’ve known that all along, right?!
The Silkshade House replied with, “You can receive the mission reward after killing him.”
Olivia beamed.
Success!
