Fantasy Assassin in a modern world

‘Oh, a trap,’ Fade smiled under his mask as he changed his position.

...

Catherine Walker was on the top floor of her recently acquired high-rise building when she suddenly received a message from the assassin that she and the others hired.

“Hide in your panic room, Fade’s target is you.”

The moment she saw this message she quickly called her guards to escort her to the panic room.

...

.....

After he was done sending his message John got into position as he held his beloved rifle the Scorpion and looked through the scope of his rifle. The area where the alarm rang was now empty but John knew that even if Fade was a martial artist he shouldn’t have gone too far. It was also hard to find any other area to kill Catherine Walker.

The only other places that have good sight over Catherine’s building were too far. While John was scanning the area the laptop that was beside him rang. John took a quick peek and saw that one of his decoys was shot.

‘Oh, so he’s already spotted one of my decoys.’ John quickly shifted his rifle towards the area where the shot came from and saw something move. Of course, John did not shoot the first thing he saw like some amateur and instead quickly used his laptop to check the hidden cameras he had installed in the area, but to his surprise, almost all the hidden cameras have already been destroyed.

‘Hoh, Mr. Urban Legend is quite good.’

...

Fade was moving around from one position to the next as he destroyed the nearby hidden cameras. When he spotted someone hidden in the distance holding something like a gun, he used the spell [Eagle’s Eye] once he confirmed that there really was someone there he used his modified rifle to shoot at that person. Yet the moment he shot the person he immediately saw that it was nothing more than a fake.

Fade saw it through the use of [Eagle’s Eye], the assassin Elegant Scorpion had used a decoy that was something similar to a mannequin. Back in his old world when Fade still had enough mana supply he would use multiple spells to see through tricks, illusions, and fakes but now that he had but a limited amount of mana he could not do so.

‘Hmmm, this guy is pretty good, and he also showed me a mistake I made. it would also seem that I relied too much on my vast amount of mana and spells to do my job. I guess I should retrain myself just in case I find myself unable to use any spiritual energy.’

While he was thinking Fade was already changing spots as he then spotted three more decoys. He was amazed that no matter how he looked at those decoys he could not tell which one was real and which one was supposed to be fake. He tried observing them a bit more but he still couldn’t discern which one was true or false. The decoys were actually simulating breathing as if they were normal human beings as their chests rose up and fell down with a rhythm. All the rifles they were holding also seem to be real, and they were all wearing a similar suit.

‘Heh, this assassin is rather prepared and despite showing him an opening a few times now he still hasn’t taken a shot. Well, since I can’t discern which ones are fakes, I’ll just shoot them all.’

...

John heard multiple alarms from his laptop telling him that many of his decoys have been shot down. Not only were they being spotted so easily, but Fade was also actually shooting them all in the right and left shoulder.

Fade had already spotted nearly all of his decoys while he still hadn’t even made a shot. The pressure was finally getting to him. John’s hands that were holding his beloved rifle Scorpion were actually sweating, his heartbeat was also becoming a bit erratic. John then saw some movement near the last known spot Fade was in. He no longer thought things through as he pulled the trigger.

The moment his shot flew through the air, he felt something was wrong and was about to move away. The shot he made looked like it hit the target, but before he could confirm it John’s laptop was shot.

John’s reaction was calm as he backed away and hid behind the walls. He sighed as he thought about his laptop. Now that he lost the laptop it would be much more difficult to locate Fade. He thought that the urban legend of Leim City would be nothing more than a little challenging prey, but now it turns out Fade might not be prey but the predator instead.

‘Since my laptop is gone, half of the traps I set up are no longer usable. I guess it’s time to move onto plan B.’

John took out a detonator that had several buttons. John pressed a few of the buttons on his detonator and several rooftop explosions happened. As the explosions were happening John clearly saw someone jump from one of the exploding roofs to a nearby non-exploding one. John quickly aimed at that person and shot him.

John was sure that the shot would hit, but then he saw the person he shot completely fine which surprised him. What happened to the bullet he fired? He was positive that the shot he made was dead center but then why did nothing happen? Fade didn’t even show any signs of evading.

‘What the bloody hell just happened?!’

...

Fade who had successfully survived the explosions sensed that his spell [Deflect] had activated. He was already expecting this to happen, but it still surprised him a bit.

‘It would seem that I have grossly underestimated this assassin nicknamed Elegant Scorpion... Quite some time has already passed since he and I started this dance, so that means Catherine Walker should have changed her location... That won’t do, I still have a job to finish so I better finish off this distraction. Well, then now that I have a better understanding of his ways of assassination, I guess it’s time to take the lead on this dance.’