As the night deepened and the rain became heavier, Prato, who was lying in ambush near the office, began preparations for action.
In a house of the Shadow Group, the people who were going to participate in the operation tonight were lined up in front of him and Macola. He had fewer people than Sancho, only eight, but they were all his direct subordinates, and none of them were mediocre.
After Plato assigned the two of them to a group, he warned them, "These people from Montenegro are very strange. Sancho's subordinates and several of our brothers disappeared inexplicably before, and we don't know whether they are dead or alive. So, be careful and keep your eyes open when you work. As long as we catch them, we can slowly find out the truth, so retreat if you can catch them. No one should show off and cause trouble, otherwise I will not forgive him, do you understand?"
"Sir, they probably don't know we are coming to attack. It would be easy to capture a few ordinary people."
"Those who disappeared before probably all thought the same thing. Even if you are ordinary people, you must be on your guard, as if there is a master-level expert guarding the place!"
"Yes! Sir, we will be careful."
"One thing to note is that we are here to capture people, not to kill them." At this time, Markola interrupted, "Before we find out the details of these mages, be gentle."
"Don't worry," said Prato. "My people know what they should do."
At this time, the lights in the house were basically out, and four groups of Prato's men sneaked into the house from four different directions.
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The first group consisted of two assassins, a man and a woman, who climbed over the outer wall on one side of the garden. After they landed, they found that there was no one around, only a dog staring at them, neither barking nor running away.
The two assassins looked at each other, and the male assassin took out the prepared meat strips from his arms and threw them in front of the dog. But the dog was completely indifferent to the food, and instead circled around the two assassins, as if he wanted to see them from head to toe.
"Is there something wrong with this dog's brain?" said the male assassin. The dog heard his hoarse voice and slowly shook its head.
"Let's just kill it. What if it barks when we take two steps?" The female assassin's words were cruel, but her voice was pleasant. The dog nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
"This dog is really sick. It actually agreed to let you kill it." The male assassin drew out his dagger, crouched on his knees, and arched his back to get close to the dog and slash its neck. The dog saw his ugly and wretched figure and shook his head again.
"Faster." The female assassin put her hands on her hips. She had a fit and tall figure, which made the dog wag its tail in satisfaction.
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew up for no apparent reason. The wind came so fast and at a strange angle that it actually blew off the hoods of the two assassins.
The male assassin was a rough man with unshaven beard and messy hair, while the female assassin had long dark blue hair tied in a bun at the back of her head. Her face was a little thin, but her appearance was quite beautiful. The dog took a look at the man's face and ignored him. Instead, it happily jumped around the female assassin, and the dog's eyes were full of greed.
"You bastard." The male assassin had an illusion that the dog had just looked at him with a mocking expression. Although he didn't rely on his looks to make a living, being despised by a dog already made him angry. With a fierce look on his face, he stabbed the dog's neck swiftly with the dagger in his hand.
Just as he made his move, the surrounding environment suddenly changed. The dog suddenly began to grow larger, larger than a lion, larger than an elephant, and finally as big as a mountain.
The surrounding gardens and houses also changed their appearance and turned into rugged mountains. The sky turned purple and red, and it began to rain fire.
The dog's skin turned dark black and even grew scales on it. Its fangs were longer than the assassin's body, and flames spewed from its bloody mouth.
Although the assassin was an experienced warrior, he was still stunned by this drastic change. Even though he had realized that this was an illusion, he didn't know how he should react.
Then, he seemed to hear a few crisp sounds in his ears, and then his vision went dark, and he fell down.
Li Tianrui put his hand on the side of the male assassin's neck, confirming that the guy with three holes in his head was completely dead. Not far in front of him, there was a dead dog and a woman lying on the ground trembling all over.
The female assassin rolled her eyes and foamed at the mouth, looking like she was having an epileptic seizure. But what was even more bizarre than the seizure was that there was a ball of clear air in her head, circling around her brain.
She also lost control of her fighting spirit. Blue air currents appeared and disappeared over her body, freezing the wet dry grass around her into ice crystals.
Li Tianrui did not dare to be careless and kept pointing the gun at her.
He never thought that the stupid dog could be such a terrifying... monster. He easily killed an assassin without him noticing. He also devoured the soul of another assassin and tried to take over her body.
No wonder Mei had a playful expression on her face when he asked her how she could give him only a dog as a companion.
The female assassin's trembling became lighter and lighter, and finally calmed down, as if she was asleep. Li Tianrui waited for a few minutes, but the other party did not move at all. He took a step forward and moved closer. At this moment, the woman's eyes suddenly opened and she sat up straight.
Li Tianrui was so frightened that he took two steps back and almost fell to the ground.
The woman sat up, her movements somewhat stiff. She used her sleeve to wipe the foam off her face, but it only spread the foam further. She opened her mouth like a puppet and gave Li Tianrui a cold smile.
"Who are you?" Li Tianrui held the gun and pointed it at the woman's head.
"I am a book spirit." The woman stood up slowly.
"How do you prove that you are a book spirit? I mean, your two souls were fighting just now, how do I know who devoured whom?" Li Tianrui did not relax at all. Regardless of whether the woman in front of him was a book spirit or not, he felt a fear from the bottom of his heart.
"Do you think souls are two pieces of plasticine that can know each other's memories by kneading them together?" The woman stood up and said while moving her arms. "Okay. Yesterday you walked around the yard with me twice and gave me a thigh bone from the kitchen. You were holding a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. You are afraid of me now because you have watched too many horror movies. I am not a zombie or a puppet. I am already a real person."
"It seems that you really are a book spirit."
"Well, although this name is nostalgic, I should also have a name now." The woman tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled. This smile was a little more natural than before, which made Li Tianrui feel a little relieved.
"I'll just call you Xiao Mu."