A Long Dream Thousands of Years Long

For those who have forgotten, allow me to remind you. Miss Caidie was the young girl, who tested my skills under orders from Meng Jiangnan (Fu Xiang), when I entered the League of Assassins' branch. It had been over a month since then; the League of Assassins had completely vanished; Fu Xiang's whereabouts were unknown. As for why Miss Caidie was here, I had no idea.

"You're Caidie, correct?"

As soon as I exposed her, Miss Caidie straightened up her torso and drew a cold short sword, which she hid in her dressed, using her right hand.

"Take th-"

Before she could say, "this," or even draw her blade from its sheath, I had already touched her lower back several times and sealed her meridians. As an assassin, she relied on surprise attacks. Consequently, trying to escape or retaliate when she had been exposed was already too late.

As I injected my internal energy into her meridians, she wasn't going to be able to move for the next five hours, instead, she'd feel weak all over. I supported her lower back with my hand and continued hugging her lean physique.

"Miss Caidie, it's been a long time. Are you still doing well?"

"My name is not Caidie!" She fumed, "My name is Sisi. Caidie is a fake name."

"Is it? Sisi is quite a unique name. But I was wondering if it was your idea to come here to assassinate me today or if it was someone else's idea."

Sisi didn't show any fear. She harshly exclaimed, "Despicable scoundrel! I never wishfully thought for a second that I'd live to see another day after you captured me. Go ahead and kill me."

"It doesn't seem as though you became an assassin for money."

I apparently read her mind, and thus, she couldn't hold it in and gritted her teeth, "You killed my foster father!"

"Fu Xiang is your foster father?"

Now it made sense. Fu Xiang had no shortage of skilled assassins from the League of Assassins around him. Sisi's swordplay and hand techniques were decent, but she was too young. If she wasn't related to Fu Xiang, they most likely wouldn't have kept her.

'But then, given how perverted that Fu Xiang is, did he adopt her purely out of good will? I wouldn't have erased all of his martial arts skills had he not harboured crooked ideas for Boss Shen.'

"I didn't kill him. Didn't you people rescue that pervert?"

Sisi raged, "If we had rescued him, would I need to come here and fight you to the death?! Foster Father saved my entire family. When my family encountered bandits back then, we were fortunate enough to be rescued by him."

I took a careful look at Sisi's appearance.

'You can say she's a beauty.'

"That fellow didn't do all of that out of good will. You were definitely tricked, girl!"

"Don't you baselessly malign him! He promised to give me my freedom after I served him until I was sixteen years old!"

"That's because he was waiting for you to be a little older before laying his hands on you! He even set the date for it! I assure you, what was waiting for you that day wasn't freedom! I don't know what it was, but I'll bet anything it wasn't freedom!!"

"H-How can you insult my foster father that way?! You're the pervert; why would you have followed me here, otherwise?"

"Hey, you posed as a girl at a brothel, yet you're patronising me? I have yet to ask you why you're here."

"Look at yourself; we figured out places you frequent long ago. Besides Eight Deities Tavern and Dong Po Restaurant, this is the place you frequent most. You're the master of Night Fortress, yet… yet… you pervert!"

'Hey! I'm here for work today, okay?!'

'Previous visits were for… umm, were just to search for those beautiful times in the past. What do you know, Brat?!'

Sisi snickered, "You pervert; you have no idea that you've fallen into my trap already. I may not be able to kill you, but since you've followed me here, you can forget about leaving this place alive."

"No, I know that this is your trap; else, why did you think I asked you so many questions? Get this into your head: those who are best at keeping secrets are always those lurking in the dark, because they rely on secrets to live."

Just when Sisi was wondering what I meant by that, the doors to the rooms in the corridor flung open in unison. Six to seven individuals dressed in black clothing exited from each of the rooms. All of were armed with long swords. Their murderous intent gave off their intentions a while ago. In the span of a few sentences, the corridor was packed with assassins.

Judging from their clothing and the way they held their swords, they didn't appear to be from the League of Assassins.

"Your boss is Jin Wangsun, isn't it?"

The individuals in black froze. One of them said, "D-Don't make things up. We won't admit it."

'It seems that I was right. You people aren't from the League of Assassins, since you're also professional assassins, but can I bother you to not expose your boss so soon?'

"I get it now."