"So, how was your gang bang with her majesty?" Akashi asked in an insulting tone, addressing the earth queen in the same manner they would address her.
The gang-bang part hadn't been included in the first book that Tarrlok had gotten. But it was included in the second.
Akashi, if he had desired, could have let things go by hiding that book. The Earth Queen would forget about kidnapping him, and she would let things go.
But Akashi had chosen to provoke her.
"In case you eight idiots don't realize, this is the Republic City... My city. Not your kingdom. So, leave," Akashi added in a chilly voice when they didn't reply to him.
"A mere commoner dares to insult the name of her majesty. Just the audacity you had..." one of them said.
The other added, "It's enough to execute three generations of your family."
"Not to mention that book," the third added.
"The generations that should be executed are already dead. Consider that a fortune," the fourth said.
"If you're looking for my next generation, it's inside your queen's womb," Akashi replied casually. He tilted his head and smirked, knowing that these eight couldn't see his face, thanks to the light from the street pole.
One of them squatted and jumped, so fast and so high that he was almost instantly in front of Akashi.
'This is just pure earthbending application. He calculated the necessary force to appear in front of me, taking into account gravity and air resistance. Impressive,'
Akashi thought, looking at the hand that was extending toward him.
With his extra vitality points, Akashi felt more energetic and healthier.
His brain was more alert.
And thanks to his agility points, his reflexes had been upgraded to match his speed.
In the instant the man extended his hand to Akashi's throat, the latter slipped away in the air, moving so fast.
Yet, despite moving at a very high speed, his body didn't produce the sound super-fast projectiles would produce.
Only the hollow winds could be heard.
In the next instant, he appeared on the other building.
"Well... well. Not bad," Akashi called, seeing them flinch and turn to look for him. He didn't want to assassinate them here, so he had grabbed their attention and missed the element of surprise.
"Over there."
"Get him."
The eight moved in unison, jumping between the high-story buildings, and running after him.
Akashi turned and began to run.
Unlike the last time he had run from Boba, Akashi didn't feel that he put as much effort as before.
With less air resistance, he would have more stamina to preserve.
He moved gracefully above the roofs, with only gravity pulling him down.
After five minutes of chase, Akashi had taken the others into an isolated district, buildings that were in the middle of construction and had only one week to be completed.
He had scanned this area before, and he had made sure that there were no homeless people around, or any type of people here anyway.
Akashi stood there, in the middle of a large yard, which he had assumed to be constructed as a play field for sports. Large, nice, and kid-friendly.
Putting his hands in his pockets, he turned left and right.
"Earthbenders, assassins or not. They can't match my speed. Makes me wonder how the airbenders couldn't escape the Fire Nation. They literally could just hold their sticks and fly away," Akashi sighed as he waited.
He gave his stats a look, and he found that he still had a large portion of stamina left unused. The Chi wasn't used that much. And it seemed that consumption got less.
After waiting for about three minutes, they arrived.
Akashi didn't see them, or hear them. But he could feel the air around him being disturbed.
"They are here," he said out loud while turning his head left and right, acting as if he was confused.
From nowhere, small hands made of rocks flew in his direction. It was a technique that the earthbenders used to capture people. Once that hand would touch him, it'd wrap around him and shackle him.
Akashi heard more earth hands flying at him.
He extended his hands in different directions, bending the air to get thicker, or rather, make the air's resistance to it higher.
The earth hands lost their speed, and Akashi saw them moving so slow that he felt he could dodge them while asleep.
'Very well, the direction of the shots gives me a hint of their location. Let's start hunting.'
Akashi jumped over the gloves. As his feet almost touched the ground, a football-sized sphere appeared between his feet and the ground, spinning at a very high speed. At that moment, Akashi moved at a speed that no automobile in this world could achieve. With less air resistance around him, his figure became blurry.
A green-dressed assassin found himself gasping for air in surprise as the airbender appeared in front of him, his hand slamming his mouth.
Akashi forced a gush of oxygen inside the man's system, making his brain stop working.
[Ding. Killing an earth kingdom envoy.]
[+5000 exp]
These guys were surely elites, giving how much experience the system gave him. It made him think about how much those royal guards would be worth and not mere envoys. The first one was down.
Akashi turned on his spinning ball and headed quickly in the other direction.
The earth suddenly shook, violently cracking underneath Akashi's feet.
He quickly jumped in the air, stepping on it while looking downward. Sharp spiky projectiles followed after him.
"I knew that this wouldn't be easy," he smirked at the remaining 7, locating them already. 'Should have brought some poison.'
And without any regard for his own safety, he headed toward the one who seemed to be the most isolated from the others.
The latter stomped, creating a wall, before pushing with both hands, the wall flying to Akashi. The latter pushed himself above the wall, only to find the formed flying high in the air and next to him, screaming loudly.
Akashi flicked his fingers, removing the resistance.
The daily agent's velocity got longer all of a sudden, and as a result, he found himself soaring high in the air.
Akashi turned to him, waving his hands left and right, sending sharp wind whips at him, making him bleed more.
[+5000 exp]
[Team battle bonus.]
[+2000 exp]
[You leveled up to level 16]
As he landed on his feet, Akashi created a wind sphere around him, shielding him from the falling blood.
"Come on, attack me. I don't have all night," he demanded.