Assassination

"He… he just got involved with her like that?"

Wu Mo and the others had been hiding in the back. Now, after Zhou Qiang, with his exceptional hearing, relayed the conversation ahead, they all felt that after following them around for so long, they still couldn’t compare to the other guy saving someone once.

"Damn it, that guy’s really scheming. He must’ve planned it all out."

"He wanted to get her attention and build a connection. Who knew Suzaku was the type who couldn’t move when he saw a beautiful woman?"

"He’s so practiced at this. How many times has he done it? Anyone capable of going solo really isn’t simple."

Seeing Xu Yue establish a connection with the mission target, the group that had been following from afar gave up on going over to interrupt. It was clearly more appropriate to wait until he had built up her favorability, then share in it together.

Only Sun Lin maintained her icy expression as she spoke.

"I heard about him from my brother. He originally had a chance to receive core training. During his first mission, he built a bond with a powerful native, but he squandered it through misuse. So he should have his own tricks for raising favorability."

Sun Lin actually knew some information about Euphemia as well, but she clearly hadn’t connected this random passerby who had fallen from a window with the Third Princess.

Finding a princess just by walking down the street? What a joke. Euphemia didn’t have distinctive equipment like ZERO’s to make her easy to identify.

"That lucky bastard!"

Wu Mo, who was the most dissatisfied with Xu Yue, felt his jealousy grow even stronger. Why had that kid been able to build favorability the moment he entered, while he had worked so hard and still couldn’t even form a team?

And yet he had not only wasted a plot character’s favorability, but also wasted two chances to form a team by going solo. Why did all the luck get used up by him?

The Wood Clone was fairly satisfied that his teammates behind him hadn’t held him back and had let him do his thing. If they really cooperated, then while he ate the meat, there would always be some soup left for them.

He hadn’t done anything excessive, either. He had merely "coincidentally" and "luckily" built a bond with an important character.

It could even raise his potential evaluation within the legion.

After Xu Yue successfully inserted himself between Suzaku and Euphemia, half of the warmth that had originally been rapidly growing between those two was diverted to him. Both Euphemia and Suzaku developed a favorable impression of Xu Yue, a sunny man with a wonderful personality and impressive skills.

Xu Yue knew perfectly well about their ideals and goals of peace. Both wanted the people of Area 11 and Britannia to live together harmoniously, and the content of his words continuously guided them in the direction he wanted.

In the end, at Euphemia’s request, the three of them headed for the destroyed Shinjuku Ghetto…

I will definitely change this situation!

Looking at the tragic state of the Shinjuku Ghetto, Euphemia and Suzaku both had the same thought flash through their minds.

The seeds had already been planted ahead of time. All that remained was for them to sprout…

However, Sun Lin was not the only one who knew something about the plot characters!

Sun Lin had intelligence on ZERO, while the other Reincarnators had their own corresponding intelligence as well!

On top of a distant high-rise, a cold figure fiddled with a sniper rifle, aiming it toward Euphemia. As he watched the beauty through his scope, a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"The Third Princess… If I successfully kill her, the space will definitely grant me a huge achievement reward for altering the plot!"

As a Reincarnator who had gathered some intelligence and belonged to the Britannia faction, he possessed an inherent advantage when it came to confirming Euphemia’s identity.

Besides, he had never intended to complete the Promotion Mission step by step. As long as he successfully killed such an important figure and evaded the subsequent pursuit, he could later find a way to secure a Reincarnator quota and ensure that he would not be erased.

All the other rewards could be obtained by killing the Third Princess!

Those idiots only knew how to follow the rules. None of them dared offend Britannia’s authority, and every last one cherished the advantages of the Britannia faction.

But how could anyone become a true top-tier powerhouse in the space while being so constrained?

The reason he had stood out in his previous missions and traded for a rare sniper rifle and its related skills was precisely because he was bold yet meticulous.

Third Princess, please die!

As flames burst from the muzzle, the bullet shot through from over a thousand meters away at an initial speed several times faster than sound.

It completely severed a utility pole!

Watching the target get shoved a step aside and narrowly evade the shot, Hyena’s eyes filled with disbelief.

She had been detected in advance?

He possessed the rare skill Killing Intent Concealment!

A supersonic bullet would hit its target before the sound of the gunshot could be heard!

And that had been while he was actively saving someone, not dodging himself.

Just how sharp were his senses?!

"A sniper?!"

Suzaku and Sun Lin’s Squad, who had been secretly following all along, quickly understood what had happened.

A sniper was trying to kill this woman? Who exactly was she?

But there was no time to worry about that now, because everyone in Sun Lin’s Squad received a mission prompt.

The Princess's Assassination: Protect Third Princess Euphemia from assassination and apprehend or kill the culprit. Perfect completion reward: one B-Rank Plot.

This was one of the space’s characteristics. Triggered missions that appeared ahead of time would inevitably guide Reincarnators to respect the direction of the plot.

A sudden assassination mission that rewarded a B-Rank Plot instantly made the rest of Sun Lin’s Squad feel as though they had been injected with stimulants.

That earlier mission to rescue Suzaku had been so difficult and so dangerous, yet it had only rewarded two C-Ranks in the end. Now, a triggered mission was rewarding a B-Rank!

They just needed to catch the culprit, right?

"Newbie, you protect her. We’ll go catch him!"

Wu Mo made the first decisive response. Following the direction of the gunshot and the bullet’s trajectory, he immediately sprinted toward the approximate area.

Most of Sun Lin’s Squad specialized in firearms. Mastering basic ballistic prediction skills was the foundation of their survival.

They also continuously moved in zigzags as they advanced, constantly searching for cover.

Only Xu Yue once again analyzed and assessed the space’s mission system in his mind.

Back in Koutetsujou, the space had issued a corresponding mission in order to stop him. The greatest changes in the giant world had occurred during the delayed time, while in Naruto, he had generally followed the plot.

It seemed he would need to pay more attention in the future.

And besides…

A B-Rank mission directly? It had even rarely stated the reward amount outright instead of calculating it during settlement?

So far, the only mission rewards Xu Yue had obtained directly without entering settlement were the lottery system triggered by killing enemy Reincarnators during Promotion Missions, as well as the time he and Chu Yingxiong’s group, acting as a cannon fodder squad, killed an enemy Chunin Reincarnator team. All of them had involved Reincarnators.

This was probably a hint from the space itself!

How could the stingy space possibly be this generous?

The most likely explanation was that, although the enemy was a Reincarnator participating in a Promotion Mission for the first time, he probably possessed a B-Rank core skill!

Moreover, there were eight people who had received the mission, himself included!

If every person received a B-Rank skill as a reward upon success, it was likely that the other party possessed more than just one B-Rank core skill…

The fact that he had dared launch an assassination attempt directly against the Third Princess showed both his confidence and his recklessness.

A Reincarnator quite accustomed to the space, huh? Even Chu Yingxiong had coveted B-Rank missions so much back then, but this guy had already farmed more than one before even entering a Promotion Mission? Sun Lin’s Squad probably wouldn’t get much out of chasing after him…

There will only be the guaranteed two updates today. Let this chicken have a break on Monday—I feel like my whole body is on the verge of exploding.

Also, a reader reminded me that when writing this Lelouch arc, I really didn’t explain some plot details clearly enough. The last two chapters may have confused readers who haven’t seen the original story. That was my mistake.

To put it simply, because the former governor of Area 11 died, C.C. escaped amid the chaos. Then, the first thing she wanted to do was find Lelouch to freeload food, drinks, and pizza, so she came to Nunnally. The protagonist had been waiting for this plot event all along. As the owner of the Code, she can grant Geass to others, and Xu Yue obtained his ability from her, so he had it right away.

As for the Third Princess, she had climbed out through a window, gone out, and fallen down. It was the runaway princess plot. Originally, Suzaku was the one who caught her, and because their ideals were close, she quickly captured Suzaku’s heart. The protagonist cut in ahead of him instead, building favorability with both of them at once and taking them all…