In a back alley within the Oriana Kingdom, now occupied by the Doem Faction, I was surrounded by soldiers, low level grunts basically . .


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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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