Dark Reincarnation: Nightshade

Chapter 38

                     Oliver's POV

            "Actually, it appears that I don't have any money with me at the moment, I must have accidentally left it at home. Now, if you will excuse us."

     Before I could say anything else she was gone, quickly walking away and disappearing into the crowd. Had she somehow figure out I was lying? That quickly?

      Even if she hadn't, she was clearly still wary of me seeing as how she did a complete 180° and took off. Thanks to one of my rings I know she couldn't have analyzed me or gotten a read on my aura to figure me out. After all, it was highly enchanted and maxed out to prevent that kinda thing.

     Closing the stall we had set up as a cover, I then went back to the house we had set up base at. As soon as I had gotten there I went straight to the man that was in lead of this operation before I had gotten here. His name was Luke and he seemed to be a pretty reliable and loyal soldier.

         "So, what did you think of the target sir? Not what you expected I'd wager?" Luke asked as I entered the dining room where he and a couple others were sitting having a drink.

                 "I'd be lying if I disagreed. She's barely considered an adult and she seemed anything but evil or malicious but I was able to sense that she must have been suppressing her aura." I responded whilst pouring myself a drink and sitting down.

         "Not only that sir, but as long as I've been here I've yet to see her do much of anything other dote on that kid she took in. She mostly stays in her house not too far out of the main gate."

                  "The higher ups wouldn't have ordered for there to be this big and intricate of an operation unless they truly believed she was a threat. With their power, the church wouldn't be worried at all unless warranted."

           "That's just it sir-"

                     "Enough with the sir shit for now, just call me Oliver. We're gonna be on the same operation for awhile, no point in formalities for the time being."

            "Understood. Anyway, what I was saying is that's the thing, how would that little lady be a big enough problem for the the higher ups to be so damn worried. They do have a good sized group of highly skilled men tailing a young woman in order to eliminate her. Doesn't that strike you as strange?"

    He's not wrong. It does seem strange, if it wasn't for what I knew I would question it all way more then I do now.

                   "Let me ask you a question Luke, did you ever hear about the Nightshade and what they did a couple years or so ago?"

           "You mean the 'shadow' that left a trail of deaths for years up until recently? Didn't they disappear along with the last High Priest was sent after them?"

                      "You're both right and wrong. The Nightshade did kill endless amounts of people but no one disappeared. The Nightshade killed that High Priest, and all the deaths before were just stepping stone to get to the last headmaster of our military academy.

    "I don't know for sure why they were after him, the higher ups never disclosed that information to me, but in the end they did kill him as well."

                     "Hell, everyone in the Holy Empire knows of the Nightshade, just as well as they know how powerful that headmaster was. Whoever that is must be a complete monster. But what's the point, what would any of that have to do with our target? Does she have information on the Nightshade or something?"

            "Hahahaha... Oh how I wish it were that simple. No, no our target doesn't have info on Nightshade Luke, our target is nightshade.."

                    "You're fucking kidding me. That little lady is Nightshade? What is that a joke? How the fuck..."

    Suddenly the door came flying open and one of our scouts rushed over to us practically out of breath.
         
           "SIRS.... I have urgent news regarding the target."

                      "Well spit it out boy, what is it?"

              "The target is gone!!"

                       "WHAT!?!? What the fuck do you mean she's gone? Did she go on another quest or something?"

            "No sir. I mean she's literally just gone. I had went to meet up with our informant and when I had returned her entire house was nothing but ash.

     " Whatever had burned it down had to have been extremely powerful, we couldn't even get within twenty feet of it without being burnt. But once we were able to safely approach we confirmed that there were no bodies."

      'You've got to be fucking kidding me.... What the hell happened? Where the fuck did she go?'

                     "What are you just standing here for you fucking idiots... FIND HER IMMEDIATELY OR YOUR HEADS WILL ROLL UNDERSTOOD?!?!"

             "YES SIR!!"

    'Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.... if we don't find her soon I'm fucked.... As soon as they hear about this I'm dead....'