Chapter 1701 Point of Failure
"...Interesting," Rui mused. "They actually agreed...? I wasn't expecting that."
He turned to Master Reina. "What do you think is the probability that they're sincere in revealing their identity?"
"...Fifty-fifty," Master Reina remarked with thought. "I depends. They could be either paranoid or duplicitous; it is difficult to discern which without meeting them."
"Agreed," Rui nodded. "Regardless, assuming they do indeed intend to reveal their identities, then I just need to survive all the assassins and let the Voidreaper kill me."
Master Gurren and Master Reina exchanged a puzzled glance.
"So you do intend to kill yourself?" Master Reina pouted. "That sounds boring."
"I intend to pretend to succumb to the hands of the Voidreaper," Rui chuckled. "I'm going to need someone to play the part of the Voidreaper convincingly enough."
He glanced at Master Reina with a pointed look.
"Me?" She was flummoxed. "You've already got your body morphing technique, so I know you can do it," Rui smirked. "On the day of the assassination, you're going to have to be the Voidreaper. You will pretend to kill me and take my pretend corpse to the people who want me dead, and when they reveal themselves, I will have won," Rui smirked. "It's the perfect plan; they won't know what hit them."
A grin arose on her face as she realized the entertainment value of the plan that Rui had proposed. "Hehe...that does sound fun, I can't deny."
Rui grinned sadistically.
He had absolutely no qualms about extorting and blackmailing people who plotted to kill him. He was not a saint. He was not Raul.
"We'll have to execute this cleanly," Rui remarked. "We can't afford to make mistakes."
He turned to Master Reina. "I will be the one to go through the briefing session that they will organize for the various assassins. I'm strongest when I collect data on my opponents. I will study all of them thoroughly during the briefing and use that to my advantage during the assassinations. However, you will be taking the place of the Voidreaper instead of me during the assassinations. I will only do so during the briefing. This means that you will have to match my Voidreaper persona and body language."
Master Reina snorted. "That's trivial. I have mastered persona mimicry. I shall ensure that none of them come away wiser."
Rui nodded. "Also, can you guarantee that nobody will notice your Master status?"
"Yes," Master Reina nodded. "That's trivial enough; it takes a particularly powerful high-grade Martial Master with a slant towards sensory to sense me."
"Hm," Rui nodded. "That means I should keep you away from the Truthseeker or Master Zentra and people like that. That's fine."
"Alright, then the plan is set," Rui replied. "I got to the briefing to gather as much intelligence as possible. On the day of the assassination, Master Reina takes place as the Voider, and I will allow the assassinations to happen. I overcome them all and then pretend to succumb to the Voider, and Master Reina will procure my body and head to the designated area to learn the identity of my death-wishers and extort and blackmail them with it, and then everyone lives happily ever after."
"Yes, but the biggest point of failure in this operation is you," She remarked with concern. "The assassins they're going to be hiring are not second-rate; they're all at the peak of the Senior Realm. On top of that, you're going to be fighting them back to back."New novel chapters are published on
