When the plot-skips players into the game world

Of course the dance shoes knew what Little Deer meant.

——The current Hawkeye Organization has basically completely split up.

It's more of corrosion than a split.

They are all disciples of the Honey Badger, belonging to the fanatical Pro-papal Faction. Yet the proportion of this emerging faction within the Hawkeye Organization is less than one-tenth now.

A few months ago, at least one-third of the assassins were willing to follow them. At that time, Aiwass was still the Pope... The significance of a human pope — only those who know understand. Aiwass's reputation among the Irisflower People largely stems from the hype of these assassins.

But Aiwass quickly stepped down.

Even though he, as the first human Pope, still possessed his own Glory, this Glory hardly brings them any influence — his stepping down was simply too swift. Although the election method of the Holy Nation is entirely different from that of the Irisflower People, most civilians can only perceive what they perceive... If the Irisflower People's Prime Minister stepped down so quickly, it must be due to some scandal that can't be concealed. And many people held similar perceptions towards Aiwass.

The Honey Badger is striving to gain approval from the Holy Nation, but the advancement has slowed down since Aiwass's resignation... Naturally, the Honey Badger faction understands this is because elves inherently act slowly. But this has intensified the impression among the Irisflower People that "Aiwass has already lost the Holy Nation's shelter", further solidifying the belief that he must have done something wrong.

Whether this matter is true or not is not important.

What's important is whether people perceive it this way — this directly decides if the assassins can take advantage of Aiwass's reputation to vindicate themselves in the eyes of the populace. This is why the assassins are willing to follow the Honey Badger.

And now, it's all for nothing.

Their influence within the organization is shrinking rapidly... and now there's a new shift.

The Blood Celestial Marshal has descended.

That could almost be described as a catastrophic disaster... but the assassins never expected it, the top being wiped out is the Son of the Moon.

Now the voice of the "Power Seizing Faction" within the Hawkeye Organization drowns out everything.

——They have been craving power for too long.

And with the complete collapse of the entire upper echelon of Iris Flower now, the massive power vacancy left behind, like a wonderfully delicious honey cake, makes these gutter dwellers who are constantly impoverished and feared see red.

Now, they are the strongest organization of Iris Flower. Those Transcendents from the Path of Beauty have been squeezed to the limit under the pressure from the Path of Love... The erstwhile Land of Love and Beauty has been wholly devoured to become the Land of Love. And now, Hawkeye Organization has become number one... even overwhelmingly number one.

Since they are the strongest, isn't it normal for them to have power?

They should set the rules!

They should seize power!

They should rebuild their own nation!

The truly Irisflower People's state!

Kicking all those foreigners out! Expelling dwarves and goblins! Killing all Sons of the Moon, all werewolves! Eradicating all remnants of the Path of Love!

——These disputes occur daily, and the feverish atmosphere permeates inside the organization.

Those normally unused bases are packed daily, and the arguing can even reach the streets.

They no longer care about keeping a low profile.

After all, the Sons of the Moon are already utterly dead, who can do anything to them anymore?

——Even if everyone knows this is a Hawkeye Organization base, would anyone dare to exterminate them?

Do they want to die?

The Blood Celestial Marshal is not as cruel in his actions, so many Blood Slaves are still alive... and they are all captured by the assassins as "allies of the Sons of the Moon". Instead of Judgment, it's more like venting anger... and lust.

——Releasing fear.

Though Hawkeye Organization was born to fight against the Sons of the Moon, most actually do not have the determination and ability to counter the Sons of the Moon. They are all terrified, fearing death one day. And the organization does not allow betrayal... the accumulated psychological pressure has already perverted people. Few assassins are normal, all have more or less their own quirks.

And when the Sons of the Moon were still around, they didn't dare to stir up too much trouble.

For fear of being discovered.

Even if not discovered by the Sons of the Moon, it would be the same.

For example, if they murder on the street, revealing their Transcendent ability from the Path of Adaptation, it might expose their identity as assassins. It could consequently get them captured and interrogated or executed by the Sons of the Moon — to prevent them from leaking information, the organization would often silence them ahead of time.

——Yet, even after attaining such a level of ability, they are expected to conceal their identity?

Why?

In the past, I was a penniless and powerless lowlife, now with money and as a Transcendent, I'm still to pretend as a lowlife... cannot be found with money, cannot be suspected as a Transcendent — then what is the point of killing to earn money and cultivate?

But when the Sons of the Moon were above, everything was rational.

Now that the Sons of the Moon are gone... Hawkeye is already in a frenzy.

In this situation, Hawkeye's operations are nearly fully halted — some local bases hardly even take orders anymore. Assassins cluster in bases, begin discussing how to build a nation, distribute power. They even quarrel over it, promising, bragging, attacking each other like politicians.

Meanwhile, some "pragmatic" assassins have already begun "communicating" with the surviving council members — originally, they had to worry if such actions would drive the neutral faction to the Sons of the Moon with one-mindedness, hence had to maintain an attitude of service. Their posture almost humble.

But now they have all shown their true colors — there is no need to feign anymore.

Disobedience means death, simple as that.

When 70% of the Third Level and above Transcendents of a nation are concentrated within an organization, it's equivalent to this organization having control over this nation.

The task of originally tracing the Blood Celestial Marshal's hideout can be considered extremely simple.

After all, the Blood Celestial Marshal has no ability to hide his identity. To these all-permeating assassins, it might take as little as a day to pinpoint him.

But now... the Hawkeye Organization is practically shut down.

They can't mobilize enough organizational members to perform tasks.

Most assassins believe "the mission of the organization is over", "they have won" — although this victory is not directly related to them. But some assassins think it is precisely due to their sustained pressure that led the Sons of the Moon to choose an extreme, uncontrollable way to self-destruct, which is also considered their victory.

Since they have already won, they can surely thoroughly enjoy themselves.

Since the mission is complete, who still wants to exhaust themselves exploring the sewers and crawling in slums?

Thus Hawkeye started corrupting at a startling rate.

Now perhaps only those assassins who have decided to go with the Holy Nation are still properly executing their duties.

Naturally... when they go out on missions, they are also reluctant to argue with those fervent zealots inside the base.

Organization... how did it become like this?

Dance Skirt felt a bit lost.

Is it the Sons of the Moon who are mad, or is it this country... this land itself?