The Eminence in the Shadow 143 That Ordinary Boy is Revealed to be—!

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"He's looks shifty . Kill him . " Said one of them while another pulled out his sword . .

I immediately lowered my head submissively . .

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"P-please, spare me, mercy, please—!".

"—Begone . ".

My pleas were all but fruitless and a sword was already making its way to cull my life . .

I sighed, and kicked it away . .

The sword broke off in the middle flew off with a clang . .

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"—Wha!?".

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"Come on, you could've at least gone "He looks shifty, capture him" . " I said to the grunts who only kept staring eyes wide . .

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"What in the f.u.c.k are you talking abo—!?".

"All I wanted to be was a no-name citizen getting rolled up in the domestic turmoil . ".

An ordinary boy unjustly accused and captured . .

However, soon after they captured him, the soldiers of the occupying forces began to disappear in the dark of the nights . Slowly at first, then more and more, until only that no-name boy and the leadership of the army remained . .

Just who is this mysterious boy—? Sounds thrilling, right?.

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"On your guards, he might be trouble…".

The soldiers surrounding me all drew their swords now . .

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"Seriously, you guys are the 10 group already . This is getting bothersome . " I muttered . .

One leader-seeming soldier came up front and said, "Am I supposed to believe you're responsible for the recent a.s.sa.s.sinations of our men? A kid like you… no matter, we shall make sure now . ".

"Too late . That won't make me a 'no-name' boy . " I told the man as I sliced off his neck with my slime sword . .

His gaze, that of a decapitated head, turned to the sky . The moonlit sky from a back alley tainted with blood splatter . .

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"F-fiend! Kill him!" .

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"Hey, maybe I'll get lucky with the 11th…" I muttered after nonchalantly finishing off the grunts . .

This kind of felt like being a secret a.s.sa.s.sin I guess . .

The fight was over fast and the smell of blood permeated around me . I checked my clothes . .

Good . Not a drop on them . .

I had failed in my goal yet again, but I did manage to get some clues out of the exchange . .

Currently, this royal capital was being occupied by some faction and men of this faction were being a.s.sa.s.sinated as of late . .

That, might be mostly my doing . .

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Meaning, maybe I might get captured under suspicions that I'm a spy or a.s.sa.s.sin . Of course, I'll still be a lowly falsely charged mob . .

If that's the case, maybe I should've gotten some blood on me after all . Then again, that itself could make it too obvious . .

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I was walking out of the alley while thinking, when I sensed multiple presences approaching . .

I determined their number via sound and mana signatures… 7 of them, should be soldiers . .

They might be looking for the bunch I left back there . .

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"Oh, this could work . ".

I fell on my a.s.s in front of the alley and waited . .

Soon—.

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"D-dead, in the alley, they're…!" I pointed down the alley and croaked in a terrified voice, making sure the soldiers were within earshot . .

I took especial note to be on the verge of sobbing, like a helpless mob . .

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"What!? Dammit, don't tell me—".

The soldiers rushed into the alley . .

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"Dammit! It keeps happening!".

"f.u.c.k, once we catch him, I'm swear I'll!".

"Oi, kid! You see who it was!?".

One of them screamed at me as I was pretending my knees had given out . .

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"I, I, no… I didn't see, nothing…" I said, shaking like a frightened pup . .

"You, you look like an outlander . " The soldier's eyes turned sharp . .

"I, yes . I'm a student from Midgar…".

"From Midgar eh . Why would someone like you be here now…?".

"I, I came to see if a friend was doing alright… I swear, please, please believe me!".

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The soldier's eyes remained sharp . .

"Very well . One more thing— Why would you be walking the streets in the dead of the night?".

"I, uh, needed some air…".

"Some air eh . Do you expect me to believe someone would try to go out on a pleasure walk in the current state of this country? And here in the capital no less?".

"I-it's true! Wait, please don't tell me you suspect me of causing that!? I, I could never do something, so, so horrible!".

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"Hmph…" After a final glance at me, the soldier turned his eyes towards the alley . "All 9 of them were killed by a single stroke… You're right . You don't look the type to have done all that but… show me your sword anyway . ".

"Yes, of course . " I presented my blade . As a mob, I make sure to equip a normal sword at my hip . .

"Cheap iron… and it's clean . ".

"D-do you believe me now…?".

"I will admit that the chances of you killing them all is very low . ".

"T-thank you…".

"But you're still a suspect, and the fact that you're here itself doesn't smell right at all . ".

"Wait, no…!".

"Oi, capture him!".

"Come on, please believe me! I'm but a simple and plain, innocent civilian!".

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Nice . I went the mob-but-kind-of-suspect route and it worked out like a charm!.

I did a mental fist pump as I was tied up and dragged away . .

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