After telling Nestor where they should meet once he was done with the job, Loki left. Loki wanted to immediately head to the enemy’s secret base of operations to finish things, but he needed to prepare for a bit. Also, it was already getting late.

‘This is getting more complicated than I initially expected. Damn, what a rookie mistake to let my emotions get the better of me… Well, whatever since this has become a job, then I will complete it without fail.’ Loki looked at his watch and saw that it was already eight in the evening.

‘I guess I still have a bit of time left before Alisa gets worried.’

…

Harold could not concentrate on what he was doing as he kept on remembering the things he saw when he got access to the security cameras of the hospital that Itsuki Harada was staying at. What he witnessed was rather amazing. He saw finally able to see just how good Loki was. Loki was able to easily dispatch the armed men he was facing with a single strike each, and he did it without even allowing the enemy to fire a single shot.

Even though Harold had watched a few martial artists fight, the way Loki fought gave a different feeling from those fights. The way Loki fought was less flashy and more precise and efficient, he made it look so easy to deal with the enemies’ guns. Even some of the more experienced martial artists would find it troublesome to deal with people that were equipped with rifles and SMGs. Yet Loki dealt with those people as if the weapons they’re using were nothing more than toys. It was an exciting thing to watch.

As Harold was deep in thought he suddenly heard a tapping sound coming from his windows. He looked at it and almost screamed out in surprise as he saw Loki was just outside tapping on the glass. It was truly shocking to see Loki get this close to him without any of the security cameras catching a glimpse of him. Seeing as Harold finally noticed him Loki spoke.

“How about letting me in?”

…

“How were you able to get past the detection of all my security cameras?” After letting Loki into his room, Harold could not help but immediately asked that question.

“Well, even though you had a lot of cameras covering almost all angles, there were still some blind spots here and there that I could exploit. Not to mention if I really wanted to, security cameras won’t be able to catch even a glimpse of me.”

“Oh, is that so, then what do you think of this?” Harold then showed Loki the footage of what happened in the hospital’s basement parking. Yet Loki’s reaction was completely different from what Harold imagined.

“That’s good, this saves a lot of time.”

“Huh?”

“Harold can you do something for me, of course, I’m willing to pay for the work.”

“… What do you want?”

“First I want to know, can you post a video online without anyone tracing the video back to you? Can you make it as if the video suddenly appeared out of nowhere?”

“It won’t be easy, but I believe I can do that.”

“I see, then I want you to release that video to the public but I want you to edit a few things.”

…

Back in Loki’s house, Alisa and Liam were waiting for the older brother to come back home. Alisa was waiting in the living room while doing her homework. On the other hand, Liam was watching random videos on his phone. While he was going through one video after another, Liam received a link from his friend Kenji, saying you got to watch this.

Liam immediately clicked on the link and a video popped out. It was a video of some basement parking. The video lack any audio but the content was something worth watching.

A man wearing all black except for a white mask attacked a group of men that were holding guns trying to kill someone. The way the man wearing the mask moved was so fluid that it made him look like he was dancing with his opponents.

It wasn’t just the way he moved that was mesmerizing, but the ability he displayed of making the muzzles of the different guns point in different directions without even touching them. To the untrained eye, it looked like magic. Despite the men with guns trying to kill him, the man wearing the white mask simply immobilized his enemies without killing them. After the man wearing the mask subdued the last of his enemies the video shifted, into a closer look at the man wearing the mask.

At the start of the video due to the low quality of the footage taken by the security cameras, the people watching the video could not fully appreciate the look of the man wearing the white mask. So it was good for them that the next scene had the quality of the video change for the better. They could now get a good look at the man wearing the white mask, with a black trenchcoat, black gloves, and black boots. The man wearing the white mask then looked directly at the camera and spoke in a voice that felt both reassuring and threatening.

“I am Fade, an assassin. Remember this, for as long as the reason is just and the price is right, I shall bring death to any and all evil.”

…

Once he was done editing Harold had released the video of Loki fighting with some added scenes, and of course, he didn’t add the Detective into the video. Harold posted the video on every possible online video platform.

In a few hours, the name Fade had spread throughout the internet, thus started the urban legend of the assassin named Fade.