"Colt Ackerman, huh?" utz whispered as his gaze travelled across the name.


    utz doesn''t remember him to be an influential figure. He had achieved some sess in his earlier youth life but after he grew into an adult his achievements were overshadowed by his peers, until he ended up being a drunkard in self remorse. He was a failure in every way.


    But that didn''t stop utz from knitting his brows,


    What was weird about his name being here was that Colt Ackerman had never had any connections with the ninja organizations. He had nothing to do with either side of the coin.


    That is when utz recalled something.


    "Wait, Colt Acherman! Shouldn''t he be among the second gen this time around?"


    One of the key factors regarding utz''s past life was that he his immaturity during his early years in hell. As such he hadn''t paid much attention to the identity of the second gen that had participated with him in the newbie drill.


    But was that all?


    utz had assassinated many individuals belonging to the same generation as Colt. As such it wasn''t hard for utz to put two and two together to figure out the year of his participation in the newbie drill.


    utz held onto his chin.


    "Akihiko, what are you nning?" utz asked himself, unaware of the whole situation.


    Why would Akihiko tell him to stay away from a second gen? utz was deep thought. If at all, Akihiko should be encouraging him to build connections for the nature of his job as a representative.


    ''Is Colt Antagonistic to Mizukigakure. That doesn''t make sense at all.''


    One must note that Mizukigakure was a fairly new vige. It couldn''t afford to offend figures like Colt Ackerman for fear of its destruction. It was for the same reason that Akihiko was reluctant to deploy Maebi as utz''s protector in the vicinity of the second gen. If utz were to incur their wrath it would be Maebi that would be suffering the most.


    utz''s past life experience wasn''t helping him anyway here. In his first few decades in hell utz had almost zero involvement in hell''s politics. So he had no prior information regarding most important matters. Even in hister life, he used to escort important figures for the political meetings instead of himself attending the same.


    As such utz''s political information was limited only to the targets he had killed in his previous life. For the detailed information of his targets was always required for him to create ns to kill them.


    But, Colt Acherman and Ueda Akihiko were certainly not his past targets. Akihiko had died a premature death and Colt had no involvement with politics or ninjas.


    ''Well, I will think about it after I deal with the pressing matter.''


    "Verona," utz called out to her, "It''s time to move."


    The n was to get Verona to the killer''s attention. utz didn''t know that time, that regardless of his interventions she was bound to get under the culprit''s attention anyway.


    ***


    utz hid in the shadows making his presence almost merge with the surroundings. The room was empty with a deathly silence. And utz was waiting for someone.


    ''A hunch huh? Never would have I thought that I would follow my hunches.'' utz thought.


    He had little to no information on the culprit and was following ording to his instincts. He had sent Verona off to the store to ask her to do what she usually did.


    Technically speaking utz should have been with her at this hour ensuring her safety but his hunch called for otherwise.


    ''Under the watchful gaze of the guards, the culprit won''t make a move anyway.''


    He was ensured of Verona safety and was willing to follow his hunch, but it caused butterflies to be running amok in his stomach. Through years of grueling he had learnt that relying on hunches should be thest thing one should do. But today was an exception for he had far too little information and matters seemed much moreplex than it looked like. Had Akihiko exined to utz better he wouldn''t have been in such a dilemma.


    ''Hmmm. The hunch isn''t to unfound either considering the possibility that the person might have requirements to fulfill.''


    utz tried to somehow justify his own actions to cool himself down. There was nothing more to do than to wait.


    There were severalrge scale spells in hell that required a person to create a magic circle from beforehand. The traps made by the ninjas could be a good example. These were the same traps that were used by the ninjas to hunt the [Giant Serpent] back at the [Ice Post] by drawing it out using its pheromones.


    utz went with the assumption that since the culprit required its target to spend time shopping thus leaving the room empty, it had something to do with drawing out a simr magic spell.


    But, utz shook his head. For he knew that something was fundamentally wrong with his assumptions.


    ''There are no magic based skills in the tutorial zone!''


    utz had even considered Kishigakure involvement in this. But utz refused to believe that such high level spells could be mastered by a mere newbie in a matter of days. Such a thing would be impossible even for himself! Not to mention that the ninjas should have no ess to them.


    ''What if the killer is not a newbie?''


    The thought gued utz. If that were the case he was at an utter disadvantage here.


    ''If pushes to shove I will just take Verona and escape before he can figure out anything!''


    That was what utz reminded himself. Though considering Akihiko''s letter and his own calctions that hardly seemed to be the case.


    It was then…


    The knob on the door twisted, making utz on high alert.


    ***


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