03 and 04 were now bound tightly and were dragged into a clearing and thrown to the ground in front of Lucius. Both assassins weren''t conscious, as Lucius and Liora had made sure that they passed out.

    Lucius stepped forward and was thinking of something as he looked at the unconscious state of the assassins. "Pitiful. They were tools sent to kill me but they could not even manage to scratch the surface of my power."

    Although the assassins were 4-Star tamer, they had already weakened so much that Lucius, who was only 3-Star tamer, could hack them.

    He then turned toward the system as he began to hack 03. "Hack his mind to make him answer all of my questions truthfully for the next hour."

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    [Hack Initiation: Mind Manipulation]

    [Effect: Hypnotize Target to Answer All Questions Truthfully for 1 Hour]

    [Cost Required: 10 Hack Points]No?v(el)B\\jnn

    [Execute Mind Hack?]

    [YES] [NO]

    ---

    Lucius chose yes and the system began to execute the hack. 03 immediately woke up, but this time, his eyes were blank and his movement was stiff.

    Liora was surprised as he watched the strangeness on 03. She was curious about it and asked Lucius, "Master, what are you doing to him?"

    Lucius didn''t look at her as his attention focused entirely on 03 but he still answered her. "Extracting information... the easy way."

    Liora still didn''t understand what Lucius meant, so she only stood aside while glancing at Lucius. Lucius then crouched down and stared at 03''s blank eyes. He smirked and began his question, "Where are you from?"

    03''s voice was flat and emotionless as he answered truthfully without any resistance. "The Shadow Corps of the Kryndal family."

    Lucius chuckled, as he had already somewhat expected it. "The Kryndals, huh... I already suspected as much, but I want to know who sent you."

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    There was about 1,000 HP left that made him frown, as the next plan required quite a lot of HP. "Not a lot, but more than enough for my plan."

    Liora and Luna exchanged a glance. Luna raised an eyebrow and smirked. "You''re planning something big, aren''t you, Master?"

    Lucius chuckled as he turned back to the system as he began to initiate a new hack. "Big? Of course not. Devastating? Absolutely yes."

    He then made his hack to the system. "System, hack these two assassins. Hypnotize them for the next 12 hours, and assign them a mission: assassinate the targets I specify later on."

    Lucius also didn''t stop as he put another hack. "I also wanted to put an additional safeguard, ensuring that if they are discovered or run out of time, they will kill themselves. No loose ends."

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    [Hack Initiation: Mind Manipulation]

    [Targets: Two Assassins]

    [Effect: Hypnotize Targets to:]

    [Eliminate all assigned targets within 12 hours.]

    [Self-terminate 10 minutes before hypnosis ends or upon capture.]

    [Duration: 12 Hours]

    [Cost Required: 480 Hack Points]

    [Execute Mind Hack?]

    [YES] [NO]

    ---

    Lucius smirked as he told the system to execute and murmured, "Kryndals, don''t blame me for this. Blame yourselves for daring to mess with me."

    The system then began the hack and instantly, the assassins'' bodies began to stiffen and kneel down. Both 03 and 04, with their blank eyes, were waiting for Lucius to specify the targets they needed to kill.