Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 236: Target Found!

Chapter 236: Target Found!

“Is everyone in place?”

Stretching his hand forward, Wang Chong knocked on the pillar lightly with his forefinger.

“All ready,” Miyasame Ayaka replied impassively. She was standing perfectly still behind Wang Chong with her head tilted upward and her hands behind her back. In the short interval, she had already changed her clothes. She wore a black bamboo hat with a dark, translucent veil hanging from it, rendering it impossible for anyone to clearly distinguish her facial features.

But her eyes remained as cold as ice. Even through a black veil, it could still send shivers down one’s spine.

Miyasame Ayaka’s disposition as an assassin had permeated her entire being. No clothes could possibly conceal it.

“Good. Tell them to take note of those with a white glow around them later on. It’ll only appear for an instant, so they will have to pay close attention to it. Also, they are not to make any moves without my permission.” Wang Chong said calmly as he grabbed a wine cup from the table and passed it over. Fifteen this year, it might be a little too early for him to be drinking, but a small sip every now and then was fine.

Not to mention, he had an old soul hidden in his body.

“But gongzi, is this really fine? This is the territory of the Goguryeons, and we’re sitting openly in a tavern operated by them.” Miyasame Ayake bent down and with a very natural movement, took the cup from Wang Chong’s hands before lightly placing it down on the table beside her.

The ladies from the Eastern Islands were surprisingly considerate in this aspect. Despite being an assassin, Miyasame Ayaka retained this cultural trait. 

“The brutal Goguryeons possess the upper hand in numbers. I fear that we would not be able to escape if we were to provoke them.” Miyasame Ayaka looked at Wang Chong with deep worry in her eyes.

It was only out of ignorance that ordinary civilians could live at ease here. Those who understood the background of this region would feel as though a knife was constantly pressed against their backs.

And this

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