The Smuggling List

[Oyabun]

Hayate woke up to the sound of footsteps growing louder and louder. Eventually the sound suddenly vanished. It was instead taken the form of hard bashing of his front-door. He feared he had somehow caused problems for the Oyabun and that the men who were outside his door had been sent to execute him or punish him severely.

He slowly opened the door and at the same time all his anxiety was lifted from his shoulders. A runner who had been sent to deliver a certain note had come late and was simply trying to make up for the time lost by acting a little hasty.

Hayate was an understandable person in most situations, quite an uncommon trait within the assassins division. But he hardly showed it to anyone. In fear of the Oyabun thinking it was a sign of weakness.

[color=#CCCCCC]"I sincerely apologize for being late, please do not punish me, Hayate-san." The runner could be no more than eighteen years old, definitely a rookie.

Hayate knew he should have performed a swift strike at him to induce pain but he simply couldn't commit himself to do such a thing to a family member.

Instead he simply grabbed the note and tried to look angry before he slammed the door in, in front of the young boy.

He slowly unfolded the small note and it read as follows:



Hayate nodded to himself and headed for the command deck of the Dragon's Tail.