At this moment, another piece of bad news arrived. A squad of Imperial warriors had discovered an artillery position suspected to belong to the "Nether Assassin." Upon attempting to encircle and suppress it, they triggered a series of incendiary landmines just as they reached the foot of the mountain. The unit was nearly wiped out, with most of the warriors burned to death. The summit was also found to be heavily mined by the enemy, and the "Nether Assassin" and his companions had vanished without a trace.
Takeshita Kongu listened to these successive reports of disaster, feeling the blood rush to his head until his vision blurred. He gripped the conference table with both hands, his body trembling slightly. It took a long time for him to recover, and he roared, his voice sounding as if it were being squeezed through gritted teeth: "Baka! What in the world is going on!"
A deathly silence filled the conference room. The officers exchanged glances, none of them daring to breathe. Takeshita Kongu’s gaze swept over them like a blade before finally settling on the officer in charge of intelligence. He bellowed, "What exactly is your intelligence department paid for? You reported news of the 'Nether Assassin' before, yet now you can't even track their movements!"
Chapter 212