A Large Scale Kidnapping operation

"I heard that this guy is the illegitimate son of a Viscount. Are we really going to do it?"

"He's just an illegitimate child. What's the worst that could happen?"

"Don't tell me you are afraid?"

"If he's not the person our superiors are after, we will just send him back quietly."

"Our superiors want us to take more decisive action, so let's confront him directly."

"Let's wait until he places his order and then take action."

"…."

Late at night, three people sat together at a table in a tavern, watching a person in the distance and whispering amongst themselves.

These three individuals were also members of Shishir's intelligence organisation.

The person they were observing was the illegitimate son of a viscount, who has been acting a little out of ordinary lately.

It was a well-known fact that the status of illegitimate children was considered extremely low and that the illegitimate children of nobles basically didn't have any inheritance rights.

However, this particular illegitimate child was a unique case.

The viscount's legitimate son suffered from an illness all the time, which meant that he might not live for too long.

This circumstance caused the illegitimate son's mind to become active as he considered the possibility of securing his father's inheritance.

In the past, the illegitimate son had been known for his diligence, always rushing to complete tasks and treating the Viscountess with greater kindness than even his mother.

This had won him the favour of the Viscountess.

However, in recent days, something had happened to him.

Suddenly, he had become decadent and aimless, neglecting his duties and spending his days and nights idly.

His favourite pastime now was drinking, socialising, occasionally attending the technical academy, and sleeping.

Rumours circulated that the reason for this sudden change was that a priest of the Holy See had miraculously healed the Viscount's legitimate son.

The illegitimate son had fallen into hopelessness as he saw no way to secure his future.

This was a justifiable reason for his recent behaviour until one fateful night.

A group of thugs had approached him, attempting to rob him of his money.

However, the illegitimate son led them to an empty alley, where he fought back, senselessly beating the thugs.

Considering how weak he had been before, this sudden display of strength was surprising.

Coincidentally, one of the thugs happened to be employed by the three individuals observing the illegitimate son.

These people were known to be the best intelligence gatherers in the city, and they employed these idle gangsters as their informants.

The thug was beaten badly and wanted to take revenge but knew he was not strong enough to handle the situation alone.

So, he reported the incident to the three people who had hired him.

These reports caught their attention and they began to follow this guy, hoping to gather more information on his recent behaviour.

…..

"Haha, these guys are fighting hard. It's still my gold finger that is so cool. You can become stronger by lying down and doing nothing."

In the tavern, the illegitimate son was drinking happily.

As it turned out, this guy was also a protagonist and possessed a gold finger.

This golden finger was a system that became stronger the more one lazed around.

By doing nothing at all, one could get rewards from the system by wandering around all day long.

Of course, the rewards were limited if one simply slept all day.

So the illegitimate son went out every day to drink, bask in the sun, and occasionally attend the technical academy.

Life was delightful for the illegitimate son.

In his opinion, as long as he avoided any villain with early warning and prevented them from discovering him, he could safely and steadily become stronger.

As he possessed the system, he no longer cared about the Viscount's family wealth and property.

After drinking for a while, the illegitimate child glanced at his system panel and saw that the wine he had just consumed had given him a good reward.

With a smile, he stood up and prepared to head to his next destination.

Seeing him leaving, the three members of Shishir's intelligence organisation looked at each other and began to follow him quietly.

…..

"His strength should be at the second order, so be careful," one of them warned the others.

"Let the ambush ahead handle it. Our strength is not enough to deal with him," the other two nodded in agreement.

The three members of the intelligence organisation were still discussing their plan quietly.

"Is someone following me?"

Unknown to them, the protagonist had already sensed their presence.

"Three rats, just to try my new skills."

After the protagonist found that the three were not strong, he was confident and walked towards an alley on purpose.

But just as he reached the entrance of the alley, a wooden stick suddenly struck him with lightning speed, causing him to fall to the ground before he could even react.

The protagonist had been on guard against the three people and him and it seemed that he had not noticed the ambush set up for him.

"What the hell.."

The protagonist was struck with a wooden stick but did not lose consciousness and even cursed.

"Huh? Haven't fainted yet?"

A voice sounded, followed by the sound of the wind.

"Fu*k!"

The protagonist collapsed, and his eyes grew dark as he lost consciousness.

"It's done!"

In the darkness, a figure dressed in black appeared, clapped his hands, and took out the rope.

Meanwhile, a large-scale kidnapping operation began under Shishir's orders in various cities across the New Moon Kingdom.