Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 706: Honey Badger is on the move!

March 7, afternoon.

Ms. Honey Badger was reading quietly in her residence in the fifth circle.

Although she was absolved of her sins by the Pope himself in a sense, it did not mean that she would be completely free. Her movements were still restricted and she was guarded by two papal guards. But other than that, her requests would be met as much as possible.

Alice was also informed of the situation faced by the honey badger. She will be the messenger to bring this news, the honey badger's personal letter, and the balance promised by Cardinal Loki back to the Hawkeye Organization. Now she must have arrived at Iris and delivered everything to the right person.

With nothing to do, the honey badger wanted to try walking the path of the devotees, so he asked the papal guards who were guarding him for a few books and studied them quietly.

For an adaptor, enduring loneliness and adapting to solitude are basic skills. Whether it is an assassin who must remain silent in the dark, a hunter who patrols the forest, or a prophet or astrologer who has seen the future but cannot tell anyone... the path of adaptation always makes people associate it with silence.

She didn't have to worry about the organization's economic and political situation, didn't have to personally undertake difficult missions with flawed intelligence to make money, and didn't have to clean up the mess of those stupid young assassins... Instead, she felt that her mental state had improved a lot.

Until this afternoon - the two Pope's guards who were guarding her suddenly asked her to go somewhere.

Her first reaction was that Aiwass had changed his mind and the Church was planning to execute her secretly...

It took her a while to realize that this was the Theocracy, not the Iris Kingdom she was familiar with. The elves were not as treacherous as she had thought, and it was the new Pope who really wanted to see her.

When she went to the 22nd circle, she saw Cardinal Aiwass in black robe and the former Eternal Pope wearing the Holy Crown.

“…Your Holiness the Pope.”

She knelt on one knee and bowed respectfully to the two popes: "Please give me your orders."

Although the honey badger has never been a private assassin, she has lived for so long and has seen it all - facing the two popes, she directly showed the attitude of those private assassins who were trained towards their masters.

"I do have something to entrust to you."

Aiwass said seriously: "I need you to leave the Church for a while."

Hearing the familiar task instructions, the honey badger, which was originally hesitant and timid, suddenly became energetic and a strong sense of self-confidence arose spontaneously.

Although she had long been a fifth-level assassin master, she had basically never been involved in high-level affairs. One of the reasons was that she didn't like to use her brain. Many adaptors were also liars and conspirators, but she was not one of them.

Rather than sitting around a long table discussing those headache-inducing personal political positions, party political philosophies, the subtexts behind special operations, social impacts and public opinion, and the chain reactions that may occur after various actions... she would rather take the time to take orders to kill someone, and then run back to hear the final result.

And usually, when she kills someone and runs back, those people probably haven't finalized their plans yet.

"Is it an assassination mission?"

The honey badger asked skillfully, "Or is it to infiltrate and sabotage? Or to steal information? Or to escort important people and rescue hostages?"

"It's an escort."

Aiwass nodded and asked, "Does your Hawkeye have a branch in Xingti?"

"There is no branch... Are you talking about the team that is carrying out the mission? Of course there is."

"Are there any members you dislike? Or members you feel cannot fit in with the Theocracy?"

Aiwass continued to ask.

When the honey badger heard this, she immediately reacted - although she doesn't like to use her brain, it doesn't mean she is not smart.

"In other words, you need a group of Hawkeye members who can be discarded?"

"Yes." "Yes."

The honey badger didn't even think about it, and answered without hesitation.

——There is no doubt that she had already thought of the candidate.

In order to eradicate the Moon Child, she and her Hawkeye companions can betray - or sacrifice. These thieves, killers, prostitutes, gamblers, liars, criminals and other people living in the gutter gather together to fight against the Moon Child.

As the Moon Children will always try to infiltrate upwards and become more elitist, it is safest to recruit people from the bottom of society. This will prevent the top leaders in the organization from being quietly transformed into Moon Children.

Because even if they want to betray the organization, the Son of the Moon looks down on them and it is impossible for him to give the "gift of eternal youth and immortality" to these scum among scum and his own noble blood - the transformation of the Son of the Moon requires not only the corpse of the Path of Love, but also a part of the life essence from the "father" of the transformer.

Even if there are Moon Children who are willing to risk their lives - choosing to accept these betrayers despite their disgust in order to find Hawkeye's trace, they are ultimately only a minority.

This inevitably leads to their organization being less pure... Although there are some righteous people who quietly hide in the darkness, there are more confused people who just want to stay together and live for today without knowing tomorrow. There will definitely be evil people with ulterior motives, who are just filling in the numbers and have weak minds sneaking in, and even reaching the top.

And this cannot be avoided, nor can one try to change their mindsets or educate them.

Because a person who changes suddenly will easily reveal flaws in his daily life, thus attracting people's attention and being discovered by the omnipresent Moon Sons and Blood Slaves - Hawkeye is not a secret organization, they have a very good reputation. Only a group of people who are rotten to the core, rotten to the mud, can always avoid those obsessive-compulsive Moon Sons.

But things are different now.

Because even Hawkeye himself knew that it would be difficult for them to completely defeat the Moon Children. If they could use the power of the Theocracy to target the Moon Children, then most of the previous principles, conventions, behavior patterns... and even formal members, could be abandoned.

Of course, she also has feelings for those bad people who stick together for warmth.

But when it's time to give up, she will never hesitate -

—For the greater good.

As the honey badger thought so, there suddenly appeared a hint of red in the bottom of her pupils, like the setting sun, which flashed away like a cigar that was lit and extinguished in the darkness.

"So, listen up...Honey Badger."

Aiwass, who was wearing a black robe, ordered: "I require you to take two people to Xingtan. Send the target person to the designated location safely and give her some information about the Hawkeye base..."

Aiwass didn't finish his words.

The honey badger suddenly sniffed and frowned.

She smelled a familiar scent...it was the scent of "Son of the Moon" that she had smelled from Aiwass before.

Then, Aiwass waved his hand.

A shadow curtain that was beyond the honey badger's perception suddenly withdrew. It was the power of a high-level divine art, and as a fifth-level adaptor, the honey badger actually didn't notice the curtain at all.

In the corner of the room, a noble lady with long black hair was sitting quietly, with a crow perched on her shoulder. She looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old... and the first thing the honey badger noticed was her pupils that were glowing with a blood-red glow.

The crow's pupils are also blood red.

——It’s the Son of the Moon!
"…Let her kill those Hawkeye members in a high-profile manner, so as to find a way to blend into the local Moon Child circle."

And at this moment, Aiwass said so.

(End of this chapter)