Chapter 2

As night fell, the fog was everywhere. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe streets of the fog are scattered with people, and only the shadow of wild cats and wild dogs can be seen occasionally. The reason why the fog suddenly became so cold tonight was that the military medical department had written notices about the arrival of the masked ghosts in London and posted them on the streets and alleys, so that people did not dare to go out at night. The citizens of London have long heard about the masked ghosts, and in their minds, the masked ghosts are masked ghosts who have broken out of hell and take pleasure in killing. The arrival of the masked ghost undoubtedly adds a sense of mystery to the fog that was originally full of romance and magic.

At this time, Isabel is in the sewers eating the blood of a rat, which provides energy to her body. She has been in the shadows of the sewers since sunset, observing everything on the street through the barbed wire. When she left the stinking sewer, she quickly climbed onto the roof.

The diffuse mist revealed a murderous aura against the background of the moonlight. This was a huge challenge for Isabel when she first arrived. Every distance she advances, she has to stop and listen to the sounds around her, so as to prevent danger from coming from all directions.

The Old Town is usually a haunt of wild cats and wild dogs. Every time Isabel leaps lightly over the rooftops, the wild cats and wild dogs here immediately go into hiding, as if they feel a murderous aura that they have never felt before.

Despite this, some beggars are able to find a suitable place to sleep peacefully, and in their eyes, masked ghosts will never harm unarmed innocents.

Isabel takes off her mask, lifts her voluminous hood, boldly walks down the deserted streets, and finds a wanted notice on the wall about the Masquerade Ghost. She quickly skimmed through the contents of the post, and to her surprise, how did the person who posted the notice know that she hadn't left London? At the same time, she also thought of the person called "Evil Rat" that Hans mentioned, who was a spy planted in Britain by the Ninth National Defense for many years, and only with the help of "Evil Rat" could she successfully carry out the assassination operation.

The night fog in London was very thick, and it was obviously uncomfortable for Isabel who had just arrived, as she would cough a few times from time to time and occasionally faint from inhaling too much fog. After nearly a week of adjustment, she gradually adapted to the environment of the foggy capital. For a week, she became acquainted with the major routes in the city of London, and watched in secret for an opportunity to assassinate the King and some of the court ministers.

There was one thing that she felt suspicious, because every night, the same carriage would pass by the Thames. At first, she didn't care, but then she thought, since the whole city knew that she was coming, why did anyone dare to haunt at such a late hour? So, she decided to find out, hoping that there was an important person in Britain in the carriage.

One night, she made her way to a dark corner by the Thames and waited for the carriage to appear. After waiting for nearly two hours, the sound of horses' hooves and wheels was heard around the corner, and she looked around the corner to see a carriage with an oil lamp coming in this direction. She fixed her eyes and saw that it was the same carriage that had appeared so frequently at night in recent days. So, she quickly ducked into a dark alley on the side of the road, and jumped quickly behind the carriage as it passed. She was as light as a moth, and the coachman and the people in the carriage did not notice it.

Inside the carriage were two uniformed officers, one a general and the other a colonel, who were talking, unaware of the danger outside the carriage.

"General, it's getting late, perhaps, we can go again tomorrow. The colonel asked.

"No, Colonel Claude, without further ado, this document must be seen by the Duke of Wellington and His Majesty the King, the sooner the better. The general said.

"But now, the masked ghost has infiltrated the city, and there is no clue so far, maybe it is spying on us somewhere, we are alone, and it is too risky for you to hold such an important document. At the beginning, I really should have brought more guards and asked the military medical department to send someone to escort them. The masked ghost, it's a killing machine, not to be underestimated. ”

"Colonel Claude, you're still too young, and I've fought more battles than you've used more bullets. If we brought more guards, it would be a clear idea for the masked ghost to know who we were and what we were for, and now, we only have one carriage, and even if she found out, she wouldn't have imagined that there was a general in the carriage with a confidential document in his hand. Therefore, I conclude that we are not dangerous, but safe. ”

"The general is worthy of being battle-hardened, and the enemy's mind has been stolen by you. ”

"At the beginning, I lived up to the expectations of the British king, led the Royal Navy, broke the Danish Navy, and then shelled Copenhagen for three days, completely breaking the will of the Danes. The Duke of Wellington was even more powerful in the battle south of Copenhagen, playing the momentum of the Royal Army. If General Nelson had been alive, Napoleon would probably not have been so arrogant. ”

"Fortunately, there are successors to the Royal Navy, and as long as our navy is still there, Napoleon will never want to cross the English Channel. ”

"yes. At present, the anti-French alliance in the interior of Europe is still insisting on confronting him, and it is not known how long it will last. ”

"God forbid. ”

Isabel overhears their conversation outside the carriage and concludes that the general is Admiral Gambier, the executioner of the shelling of Copenhagen. Isabel decides to kill him and get the document. So, she jumped to her feet, jumped onto the roof of the carriage, brutally killed the coachman with her chainblade, and controlled the carriage to stop.

Just when the two officers in the carriage were puzzled, Isabel suddenly rushed into the carriage, and the colonel was about to draw his sword to fight back, when she wrapped a sharp chain blade around his neck, strangled him instantly, and fell hard.

The general panicked, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, because he saw the real masked ghost, which was perhaps the most terrifying thing he had ever encountered in his life, and although his face was changed with fright, he still clung to the document tightly for fear of being snatched away. Instead of snatching the document directly, Isabel stepped forward and sat down beside him calmly.

"What do you want to do?" asked the general in a shaky voice.

Isabel did not answer, but calmly searched for a handkerchief from the colonel's corpse and began to wipe the blood from the blade of the chain unhurriedly.

The general did not dare to say a word again, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and he could only pray to God or sit there and wait for death.

After a moment of silence, Isabel suddenly asked, "You are the executioner who shelled Copenhagen?"

The general, who had been silent for a long time, was startled by her sudden questioning, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, mustered up the courage and replied with dignity: "Please call me 'Your Excellency General'." ”

"Okay, Your Excellency General, can I take a look at the documents in your hand?"

"I won't give it to you, you can kill me and take it, but don't want me to give it to you. ”

"Why do you have to die for this?"

"I would rather die than betray my country. ”

"I tell you, when I kill you, I will not only take this document, but also your entire family. Therefore, I advise you to hand it over honestly, so as not to harm your family. ”

"I'd rather give my whole family's life than betray the country, you madman. ”

"Then I can only pray for your soul. With that, she grabbed the general's neck and squeezed it down so hard that there was a sound of bones breaking, killing the strong and unyielding general on the spot.

After she got the document, she was about to read it, but there was a crisp sound of horses' hooves outside the carriage, probably a patrol had arrived. So, she grabbed the papers, quickly left the carriage, and soon disappeared into the dark alley.

When the patrol found the assassinated general and colonel, they immediately reported it. The next day, the news was published in the major newspapers in London, with the headline "The Assassination of General Gambier and Colonel Claude", and the assassination spread so much in just one day that the entire British royal family was shocked, and the political and military ministers were worried about it, and they feared that the next victim would be themselves. Soon after, King George ordered a state funeral for the two assassinated officers. Although the Military Detective Department and the Military Medical Department cordoned off the city and tried to track down the whereabouts of the Assassins, they found nothing, and only some estimates could be made, most of which were suspected to be the work of the Shadow Ghost.

In addition to witnessing the state funerals of Admiral Gambier and Colonel Claude at large, Isabel has been hiding inside the clock tower in the Palace of Westminster and reading the looted documents showing the armament of the Royal Navy and the design of a new cannon. What was even more strange to her was that such an important document had not been mentioned by the major newspapers, and that the citizens knew nothing about it, proving that no one knew about the existence of this document except the dead Admiral Gambier and Colonel Claude. Now, a week later, the Department of Military Exploration and the Department of Military Medicine, two departments considered "state agents" in Britain, have still not identified the assassins, let alone given a satisfactory answer. It was the incompetence of these national police that fueled Isabel's rampant behavior, which repeatedly followed some government officials and waited for an opportunity to kill them. From time to time, she would take off her mask, disguise herself as a citizen, walk the streets at will, and wander around Buckingham Palace on several occasions, waiting for an opportunity to gather information. In just two weeks, she also carried out the bombings of the warships "Henry" and "Prince John", as well as two arson cases in the royal granary, and countless arson cases of the houses of government officials, and the government has been helpless against these horrific and horrific acts, which have caused the British Empire to suffer the most absurd humiliation in history. Britain, which is said to have the "strongest navy in the world," is so vulnerable? Is it only a matter of time before the king and the prime minister are assassinated?

Isabel wanted to see Britain fall into chaos, and even more so that the British would be afraid of her name, she originally planned to return home in two days, but suddenly changed her mind, her plan was originally to assassinate King George and the Duke of Portland, but King George and the Duke of Portland are already very old and are estimated to not live long. So, she turned the spearhead of assassination to the British Marshal Duke Wellington, hoping to break the morale of the British army. Because London is under martial law at the moment, people are panicking, and the newspaper publishes new bad news on the front page every day. In the huge city of London, the army is an indispensable security guarantee, and more importantly, it is necessary to gather people's hearts. Therefore, she concluded that the Duke of Wellington, as the marshal of the country, would definitely show up, and only when he personally came forward to speak could he reflect the army's love for the people and the cohesion of the army and the people.

A few days later, the Imperial newspaper in London reported that the Duke of Wellington would deliver a speech at St. Martin's Church in Pigeon Square two days later. Isabel felt that the opportunity had come, and this might be her only chance to assassinate the Duke of Wellington, and she would not let it go. Only by killing the Duke of Wellington will the British army be leaderless, the post of Marshal of the State will be taken over, and the Military Exploration Department and the Military Medical Department will also be scattered.

Two days later, the Duke of Wellington was finally about to make an appearance, and the content of his speech was sure to be inspiring. Major newspapers also reported relevant news in advance. Coincidentally, it was a cloudy day, and for Isabel, the Bloodline Assassin, it was like a blessing from nature. She hid early in the morning at the top of St. Martin's Church, overlooking Pigeon Square, and decided to let the Duke of Wellington die a terrible death. On this day, there was no one else on the streets of London except beggars and patrols. It may also be that the explosions and arsons caused by Isabel in the past few days have become the real reason why citizens are afraid to go out.

Recent unexpected deaths have deserted the otherwise bustling streets, but the Duke of Wellington's sudden appearance has sparked a spark of hope in the hearts of those who are deeply feared. Although he had not yet appeared, at least 500 citizens had already gathered in Pigeon Square in front of St. Martin's Cathedral to cheer for him, which shows how important the marshal of the country occupies in the hearts of the people.

After another quarter of an hour or so, the Duke of Wellington's carriage arrived in the square, escorted by the Royal Cavalry, and the people at the scene burst into cheers. Isabel immediately became alert, took off her mask, and watched her target like a wolf sees a flock of sheep. The scene fell silent as the uniformed marshal stepped out of the carriage and waved to the crowd and stepped onto the podium. It seems that the citizens do not want to delay the speech of the marshal of the country, but just want to listen to it.

The Duke of Wellington, also known as the Iron Duke and formerly known as Arthur Wellesley, was the Minister of State who was deeply respected by the British Crown and loved by the people, and was the soul of the army. Since the death of General Horatio Nelson, the Duke of Wellington has become one of the pillars of the country, and once he is assassinated, the British army seems to have lost its soul, and even the most elite army can only be regarded as a toy soldier.

There were also guards around the podium and the surrounding buildings, and it was impossible to get close to the Duke of Wellington.

The Duke began to speak, "Distinguished citizens, it is my honour to stand here today, Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, whom the King trusts and supports. Recently, there have been some mad demons who have come out of hell to destroy our home, and they want to break our will through some horrific means, but I tell them that our will can never be broken, and their madness can only unite us and make our will stronger. ”

There was applause and cheers from the audience.

Isabel watched all this, she put on her mask, and felt that it was time to make a move, because this was the time when the citizens were most excited, the guards were most relaxed, and everyone was attracted by the duke's speech, so it was also the best time to assassinate. The target is close at hand, and if this assassination fails, she will lose her chance forever. So, she took out two pistols and aimed them at the Duke of Wellington, who was enjoying the applause.

At this moment, the air around me seemed to freeze. After the gunshots, the place will be in chaos, and the assassination of the Duke of Wellington will become the biggest news story in all of Britain. Isabel would not let go of this opportunity, she aimed at the target, suddenly pulled the trigger, and after two gunshots, she saw two blood holes appear in the Duke of Wellington's chest, and then fell in a pool of blood.

As soon as the shots rang out, chaos ensued in the square, and citizens fled in all directions. Isabel was spotted by the guards, who shouted, "Catch the assassins, catch the assassins." The well-trained Royal Cavalry and Royal Infantry suddenly opened fire on her, but she reacted so quickly that before the enemy could take aim, she jumped to another building, and the soldiers wasted their bullets. She leaped to her feet, leaping over the rooftops and alleys as if she were walking on the ground, and the whole city seemed to be trampled on. The elite RAP could only chase after them in vain, watching as the Assassin gradually disappeared from view, probably the first time they had encountered such a swift Assassin.

Isabel quickly left her pursuers behind, but instead of fleeing the danger zone, she boldly returned to the heavily fortified Palace of Westminster. Although it was guarded by a large number of troops, it seemed to her that it was the safest. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, she quickly climbed to the spire of the bell tower and overlooked the entire city. Although the Duke of Wellington had been assassinated, there was no expected chaos in the city. Formally, the army and police had begun a city-wide search for the Assassins. Isabel successfully completed the assassination and obtained a confidential document from the British, which was not in vain, and it was also a big problem for her king and Napoleon. She could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and to celebrate her gain, she lifted her hood, took off her mask, and offered a dashing kiss to the city.