Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 681 I haven’t taken action yet?

At this time, the special reporters from various countries have basically arrived at the 21st Circle.

Although the most stringent selection process had been carried out, there were still more than 100 reporters who finally entered the scene. Even though all the reporters tried their best to keep quiet, there was still a slight noise in the extremely silent temple.

Alice is among them.

This year's papal election ceremony made an exception and allowed reporters to enter - this is an opportunity for the entire media industry, and it is also a difficult test.

Because more than one newspaper was invited, it was really difficult to produce a piece of news that was eye-catching, interesting, fair, and unique in viewpoints at the same time when the Church's reputation was so prestigious that reporters didn't dare to talk nonsense. In fact, they are basically mutually exclusive, and you can usually only do two of the four.

Especially the Kingdom of Iris.

As a country with the largest number of private newspapers, their news media industry has developed extremely rapidly. And good development usually means the arrival of involution - when buying newspapers becomes one of the important entertainments for ordinary people, how to take advantage of the other party's market becomes the first thing to consider.

And Iris people are never stupid.

They quickly realized the most cost-effective solution: instead of improving themselves, attack their opponents.

It's hard to do your own news well, but it's much easier to attack other newspapers' news.

This is also the reason why Alice, as a young reporter who is not very experienced, has only worked for a year and a half, but was promoted three levels in a row and temporarily became the chief reporter.

As one of the very few official newspapers in the Iris Kingdom, the "Iris Gazette" has always been besieged by a number of private newspapers. And this news is too big... because the Theocracy and the Pope are so powerful that even the editor-in-chief of the "Gazette" dare not take the blame.

Although there may not necessarily be a problem, but what if it does?
——And as the most beloved young lady of the Harcourt family and the youngest daughter of the military minister Duke Harcourt, no matter what the news is written, no one will have the courage to attack it.

It is precisely for this reason that Hawkeye will give this task to Alice, who has just left the category of newcomer.

Because she is indeed the most suitable to take on this task - Alice has only undergone simple training and has not officially started killing people. Her cleanliness can pass the review of the Theocracy.

As for her being accompanied by an assassin full of shadow power, this is normal.

After all, she is a noble lady of the Harcourt family. It is normal for a person to travel to such a far place on a business trip and have a high-level guard force around him - and there is no doubt that extraordinary people who are adapted to the path are almost the most suitable to serve as The guardians are only slightly worse than the extraordinary ones on the authoritarian path.

Rather, it would be strange if she really came here alone without anyone. Not to mention, their whereabouts were covered up by the Theocracy’s internal forces...

Everything is reasonable.

Now Alice is nervously picking up her notebook and writing something. She kept writing out a few sentences, and then erased a large part of them. Write a few words and draw a few cartoon patterns next to them. When I really don't know what to do, I just let the tip of my pen poke the paper to cover up the anxiety and tension in my heart - although it doesn't cover up anything, it's just right.

It suits her especially well.

This is what a newcomer who is suddenly pulled up by his leader to take the blame should be like. None of the reporters around her had any doubts. Only a few people looked at her with some sympathy, while a few others had ridicule and sarcasm in their eyes.

"...I don't know what's going on with the instructor."

Alice murmured in her mind.

No one could understand her excitement and uneasiness at this time.

It is said that among the pope candidates of this generation, there is this eternal saint.

Rounding it off, it’s equivalent to assassinating the Eternal Pope in advance!

Honey Badger is the assassin mentor who taught her camouflage and poisoning techniques, and is one of only four fifth-level members in the Hawkeye organization. With the death of Lars Graham, the high-end combat power of the Hawkeye organization has been reduced by one-fifth... If something happens to the Honey Badger, the Hawkeye organization, with only three people left, will no longer be able to deal with the Moon Son. Forming a strangulation trend.

There are six official fifth-level extraordinary beings in Iris, five of whom are sons of the moon. Previously, the Hawkeye organization was able to form a balance of power with them, but after Iris's extremely unreasonable "war reparations" to Avalon, the Hawkeye organization's support among the people dropped sharply.

Only two months have passed this year, and three strongholds have already been uprooted. It is said that they were betrayed by previous collaborators. Now the Hawkeye organization is urgently reviewing all collaborators and has therefore scaled back its operations.

To support an organization, you need money.

With insufficient funds, they had no choice but to accept the difficult task from the Theocratic Cardinal.

Once the mission is successful, they can completely open up the Theocracy's market. At least they can establish a stronghold on one of the floors... If Iris' strongholds are all removed, at least they can have an overseas stronghold to reorganize their strength and continue to fight against the Sons of the Moon's erosion of human power.

and……

The money given for this task is really, really, really large.

So much so that the organization can continue to shrink for more than a year as long as it gets the money. This time is enough for Hawkeye to catch all the betrayers and update the safe house. - In other words, the mission must succeed.

Alice is just a "ticket", just like the "collaborators" they used in the past. She does not need to participate in the assassination operation, let alone the honey badger's plans and methods. The difference between her and her collaborators is probably that they also have to take risks.

Although she dresses very mature, in fact she is just twenty-three years old and has just graduated from college for one year.

For a young girl from a noble family, this kind of dangerous and exciting secret service mission with a noble sense of mission, which can prove her ability and change the situation of the entire world, is obviously irresistible to her.

But until now...

Her face was as red as drunkenness, and the fingers holding the pen were trembling. Although everyone else would be considerate and laugh at her because she was a newbie who took the blame... but Alice was smart. She knew that as soon as the honey badger's assassination mission was completed, she would almost immediately fall under suspicion.

But no matter how much she told herself not to be nervous, it was difficult for her to control her inner anxiety.

——She also probably guessed her result.

If he could survive, it was probably because his employer was powerful enough. If nothing else happens, I'm afraid I will die here, today.

It's like a newspaper company using itself as a shield...

The Hawkeyes are also sacrificing themselves.

Time passed by, and nine o'clock was getting closer and closer.

When it was nine o'clock in ten minutes, Alice suddenly saw... The Eternal Saint picked up the wine glass in front of her and took a sip.

—almost immediately.

The Eternal Saint suddenly covered her eyes and let out a small cry.

"Gray!"

Anxious shouts came from Yanis.

At that moment, Alice's ears suddenly buzzed - there was a long and distant metallic sound.

She had tinnitus due to excessive tension.

She watched the cardinals stand up nervously and come closer. The crowd where the reporters were standing exploded almost instantly, and people were whispering and discussing something.

She looked at everyone's expressions and became extremely excited, but everything was like a mime, without any sound, and looked so funny.

I saw Yanis suddenly pulling out the pure white cloth belt of the pure white saint.

Her left eye is still a beautiful sky blue...

But her right eye was as brilliant and dark as the stars in the universe. The amber in her eyeballs spread to her eye sockets, making her look like a delicate sculpture with one corner broken off.

——That is a terminal disease for elves!

Alice's mind buzzed.

There is no doubt that that is the effect of the special poison they got, "Tears of Time"!

Mrs. Honey Badger really succeeded!
Their plan... actually succeeded!
At this moment, the honey badger in the 18th ring was looking at everything on the live crystal screen in disbelief.

She looked down at her pitch-black gloves soaked in a special liquid—this was an assassination prop she had specially modified for this assassination operation.

- It's not even ready.

"...Could there be a companion?"

The honey badger looked at the screen with half confusion, half doubt, and ninety-nine points of astonishment: "Or did the boss find more than one company?"

That was indeed what the employer described to himself as "post-intoxication performance."

But you haven’t taken action yet?

Why did you fall down?
...In this case, will the money be returned?
(End of this chapter)