Killers Don't Get Vacations
Last updated 2026-05-06
Killers Don't Get Vacations is the fifth part of the Trailblaze Mission chapter Welcome to Arcadia. It automatically begins after completing Fundamentals of Imagenesis.
Steps
- Head to Dovebrook District
- Investigate the area and gather intel (0/1)
- Meet with Synwish Syndicate Member
- Head to the Dovebrook Riverbank
- Travel through the passage in the painting to the other side of Dovebrook
- Enter Synwish Syndicate headquarters
- Take on the challenge of the Synwish Syndicate Member
- Speak with Dan Heng and Sunday
- Discuss "business" with the leader of the Synwish Syndicate
- Leave Synwish Syndicate headquarters
Gameplay Notes
- This mission uses the Fate's Ensemble system, played from the perspective of Fugue. The game provides her for use as a Story character.
Dialogue
Head to Dovebrook District
Mission Description("Impersonating the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin"... Madam Yao, you really stuck me with a "wonderful task.")
I wonder what these gang members are plotting, hiring such skilled hands?
- Sequence 01Dispatched by Yao Guang, Tingyun went undercover as "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin" to make contact with the Synwish Syndicate. By underworld custom, she must first "prove her worth."
- Tingyun: Is that even a question? "One hundred percent," of course.
- Tingyun: In other words, there will be... no survivors.
- Tingyun: Anyone who recognizes my face... I will not let them off even if they hide at the ends of the world.
- Tingyun: I was willing to make an exception when I was hired by your gang's leader, but I see you folks are not interested in accepting my good will.
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: Not that I don't trust you, but you know the rules of the trade.
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: When you hire someone to do a job, you gotta see what they're made of first.
- Tingyun: People say that the lords of hell are easy to deal with, but their underlings are the real trouble. If a group's underlings don't know their place, even their masters may not be safe.
- Tingyun: So, since the mighty Synwish Syndicate gang actually had the guts to hire the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin...
- Tingyun: I guess you are also ready for "destruction."
- Tingyun: (Years of wandering have given me nothing but exhaustion, and I have finally come to know how harsh the road of life truly is...)
- Tingyun: ("Impersonating the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin"... Madam Yao, you really stuck me with a "wonderful task.")
- Sequence 02Yao Guang's divination revealed that the impersonation mission was critically important, and that only Tingyun could carry it out. She warned Tingyun to be cautious, and told her to rely on the three tactical pouches she'd been given if she found herself in a bind.
- Not long ago...
- Yao Guang: Please take great care during this mission, Miss Tingyun. If any misfortune should befall you, I would have no way to answer to your Helm Master Yukong.
- Tingyun: You worry too much, Madam Yao. When I pledged my resolve to Madam Yukong and departed for the Yuque, I had already steeled myself for the worst.
- Tingyun: But... may I ask: Does this task of "misfortune" really have to fall upon me?
- Yao Guang: I cast a divination today. This task lacks the fire element. Without the Whistling Flames Amicassador's knack for diplomacy, this task cannot succeed.
- Yao Guang: The place you're heading to is crawling with gang members. If they pick a fight, you can try to drop the name "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin" and they might step aside.
- Tingyun: Do not worry, general. I have journeyed far and wide with the merchant guilds for years and faced no shortage of danger. A handful of gangsters is hardly difficult to deal with.
- Yao Guang: If you're not afraid of danger, then why have you not set out yet? Shall I read your fortune and give you a little peace of mind?
- Tingyun: What I fear is that "fortune-telling" of yours... No, what I really fear is you, Madam Yao.
- Yao Guang: Afraid of me? Am I so notorious on the Xianzhou Luofu?
- Tingyun: I've heard many tales about you. After the Battle of the Fanghu, you willingly surrendered your command token and became a "general in name only," with neither troops nor soldiers. They also say...
- Tingyun: That the Seer Strategist, for the sake of a tiny chance at victory, stood by as her mentor went to a noble death, treated the countless lives of dead Verdant Knights as nothing more than numbers consumed in her divinations, and even "doomed" an Arbiter-General
- Yao Guang: Are you afraid that I, the "cold-blooded diviner," might send you to your "doom" here in Planarcadia? Bold words for a little fox!
- Tingyun: It's just a bit of my curiosity about you, general. I hoped you could clear up a few of my doubts.
- Yao Guang: Hahaha, seems like I wasn't wrong about you. Few can face a Xianzhou general with such composure and dignity.
- Yao Guang: No wonder you could make such a bold statement: "The gods use humans as pawns in their cosmic game, sacrificing countless innocent souls... Have you ever thought about making THEM pay?"
- Yao Guang: They say you survived a Lord Ravager's deadly clutches thanks to luck, but I believe it was your unbreakable resilience that carried you through.
- Tingyun: You flatter me, Madam Yao. One must glean some wisdom to be worthy of enduring such a life-and-death ordeal.
- Tingyun: If we surpass the gods only in cruelty and heartlessness, then that would be our complete failure in my eyes.
- Yao Guang: ...Excellent, I couldn't agree more! Miss Tingyun, you've passed the interview.
- Tingyun: Ever since I escaped death, I swore never again to be a pawn for heartless chess players. And Madam Yao, you've passed my test, too.
- Yao Guang: I know you're not interested in empty talk, so let's get down to business. Miss Tingyun, our Yuque business delegations are treated much better than what you get on the Luofu when they set out on official missions! They get five meals a day...
- Tingyun: General, I really don't have such a large appetite.
- Yao Guang: For the duration of the delegation's mission, you'll receive six times the usual allowance, and all expenses will be fully reimbursed.
- Tingyun: Such a generous offer? To be honest, that makes me even more nervous...
- Tingyun: Head to Dovebrook District, locate the Synwish Syndicate contact, use the passphrase you gave me to establish contact, and do not reveal my true name.
- Tingyun: If there's nothing more to it, is this task really worth six times the pay?
- Yao Guang: You're the kind of talent worthy of such a reward. After all, we diviners are no different from you merchants. Even when we hit a dead end, we still have to bargain and carve out the faintest chance.
- Yao Guang: Merchants strive for profitable opportunities, while diviners reach for a sliver of luck.
- Tingyun: Looks like my mission bears significant weight in Madam Yao's reading of fate. In that case, I shall depart.
- Yao Guang: When in doubt, open the three strategy pouches I entrusted to you. Inside are tactics I divined, certain to break any deadlock and aid your journey.
- Yao Guang: Go, "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin."
- (Unlock Achievement The Mask)
Investigate the area and gather intel (0/1)
- (Go to mission target)
- Tingyun: (Time to get down to business. Where could the Synwish Syndicate be hiding?)
- Tingyun: (The contact from the Syndicate should stand out.)
- Sequence 03Tingyun encountered a lady radiating happiness, who invited her to join the Research Society of Happy Smiles. Tingyun politely declined the offer, explaining that she was only here to find the Synwish Syndicate.
- (Talk to the Blissfully Happy Lady, optional)
- Blissfully Happy Lady: Miss fox, are you a visitor from another planet? Would you be interested in learning about our Research Society of Happy Smiles?
- Tingyun: Hmm, sounds like a sales pitch?
- Blissfully Happy Lady: Sales pitch? No, no, no. We just want to give you a gift. A genuine smile of happiness straight from the heart.
- Happy Magic Wand: A genuine smile is the power of happiness shining from within. Our Research Society of Happy Smiles can grant you real joy. "Happiness and laughter~ starting today!"
- Happy Magic Wand: Join now and receive our Golden Rules of Life's Happiness book series along with a Fulwish TV membership. You can watch every program free for a whole year~
- Tingyun: (Pfft, isn't this just another sales pitch? Getting tangled up with a fellow merchant will only waste my time. Better to make her back off.)
- Tingyun: I'm sorry, but I am here to meet with the Synwish Syndicate.
- Blissfully Happy Lady: What a pity... If you ever need the Research Society of Happy Smiles, please reach out to me anytime.
- The lady handed over her business card with a blissful smile, bowed, and said nothing more.
- (Talk to the Blissfully Happy Lady again, optional)
- Blissfully Happy Lady: The Synwish Syndicate... is like the most disgusting filth staining the beautiful Dovebrook River.
- Happy Magic Wand: Yeah. If only we could make them all disappear. "Happiness and laughter~ starting today!"
- Sequence 04A stubborn ghost begged to rejoin the Synwish Syndicate, but was turned away for having no criminal record. Using a passphrase, Tingyun asked about the syndicate's headquarters and learned that it was right across the river.
- (Talk to the Frustrated Burly Orch)
- Stubborn Ghost: Please tell the boss I want to return to the Synwish Syndicate!
- Frustrated Burly Orch: ...Ma'am, maybe it's time to rest in peace? Don't you remember dying during that mission a few weeks ago? The "you" right now is just a lingering obsession left behind after death.
- Frustrated Burly Orch: According to the provisions of the Faekind Protection Act, ghosts are not considered the same as they were while alive. In other words, you are a new imagenae, barely three months old.
- Stubborn Ghost: Are you a lawyer or a gangster? I gave my life for the Synwish Syndicate, and now you mean to shut me out?
- Tingyun: (These two... are members of the Synwish Syndicate?)
- Frustrated Burly Orch: Don't you get it? The old you's dead, and even your criminal record got wiped clean. The leader's tryin'a say that now you've got a chance to keep to the straight an' narrow. You shouldn't come back to the gang...
- Frustrated Burly Orch: How am I supposed to convince you... Hey, fox girl, you eavesdroppin' over there?
- Tingyun: I'm just a Xianzhou person here to talk business. Could you tell me which way to the Synwish Syndicate?
- Tingyun: "I come from the Xianzhou to discuss a deal: A deal that wears me down, yet tears my enemies apart."
- Frustrated Burly Orch: ...Business? From the Xianzhou?
- Frustrated Burly Orch: The Synwish Syndicate office... is j—just across the river. Have a safe journey.
- Tingyun: (He doesn't seem to have understood the passphrase... but the news that "the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin" is coming has already spread through the organization.)
- (Talk to the Frustrated Burly Orch again, optional)
- Frustrated Burly Orch: The Synwish Syndicate office... is j-just across the river. Have a safe journey.
Meet with Synwish Syndicate Member
- (Approach the marked location)
- Tingyun: Those people over there... are they also members of the Synwish Syndicate?
- (Attempt to leave the area, optional)
- Tingyun: This probably has nothing to do with Madam Yao's mission. I should look somewhere else.
- Sequence 05Tingyun met Synwish Syndicate members at the rendezvous point. Led by Underboss Caustide, the gang doubted Tingyun's identity, but still honored their agreement and took her to meet the boss.
- (Talk to Ferocious Ploo in a Suit)
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Bro... how much longer do we have to wait?
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: What, your legs are giving out? Idiot! The boss told us to wait here as a show of respect. Now behave yourselves!
- Tingyun: (Could that big guy... be the contact from the Synwish Syndicate?)
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: Hey, you fox over there! You've been staring at us long enough. Got something to say?
- Tingyun: May I ask, is this the Synwish Syndicate's turf up ahead?
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: Yeah, so what?
- Tingyun: (I should act tough, and say less than what I want to say...)
- Tingyun: Since this is the Synwish Syndicate's turf ahead... not only am I going in, you will invite me in with respect...
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: What did you say? You're here to stir up trouble, aren't you!?
- Tingyun: "I come from the Xianzhou to discuss a deal: A deal that wears me down, yet tears my enemies apart."
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: ...You're the guest our boss invited!?
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: ...
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: Hold on! I nearly fell for that. Looking all delicate... how could you possibly be the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin?
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: Spill it! How did you know the passphrase?
- Tingyun: Why don't you take off your sunglasses and let me see if you still have your eyes?
- Tingyun: "The Xianzhou's Number One Assassin"... is nothing more than a nickname coined by the common folk. I have always considered myself a merchant.
- Synwish Syndicate Member: A merchant?
- Tingyun: Isn't a hired killer the oldest trade in the world?
- Tingyun: By the way, Mr. Imagenae... do you know why they call me "Number One"?
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: ...you never miss a shot?
- Tingyun: Not quite. I "kill in bulk." The way to keep business going is to offer a little extra. If they pay for one person to be silenced, I throw in two more.
- Tingyun: With that hot temper of yours, always picking fights... you've probably given your boss plenty of headaches. I doubt the boss would mind if I took you as a "bonus kill."
- Synwish Syndicate Member: You punk... How dare you disrespect the Underboss!
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: Shut up, all of you! The boss's orders come first!
- Ferocious Ploo in a Suit: My name is Caustide. Sorry about my underlings' rudeness earlier. I'll cut a finger off later to make amends!
- Tingyun: There's no need for that. I only collect heads, not fingers.
- Caustide: No worries. It won't be my finger anyway.
- Tingyun: (These brutes should be easy to handle... They've never seen the face of "the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin," so this'll be much simpler.)
- Caustide: What should I call you? Yelling "assassin, assassin" every time just won't cut it.
- Tingyun: ...Just call me "The Tarrying Fugue."
- Caustide: The Terror... in Fog? That name oozes menace... completely overwhelming!
- Tingyun: Now then, can you lead the way?
Head to the Dovebrook Riverbank
- Step Description("Impersonating the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin"... Madam Yao, you really stuck me with a "wonderful task.")
I wonder what these gang members are plotting, hiring such skilled hands?
- (Approach the riverbank)
- Caustide: That's the Synwish Syndicate headquarters across the river. Quite impressive, don't you think?
- Caustide: Please follow me.
- Sequence 06Tingyun arrived at a warp jump entrance. Caustide explained that this was a passage within the painting temporarily commandeered by the Synwish Syndicate.
- (Approach the marked location)
- Tingyun: Is this... the passage in the painting?
- Caustide: Of course. The Synwish Syndicate has it under our command for now!
- (If you try to leave the area)
- Caustide: Lady Terror in Fog, you went the wrong way. Our headquarters are straight ahead.
Travel through the passage in the painting to the other side of Dovebrook
- (Travel via Interplanar Jump!)
Enter Synwish Syndicate headquarters
- Synwish Syndicate Members: Underboss, you are back. Thanks for your hard work!
- Confused Member: Who's this fox?
- (Approach the entrance)
- Synwish Syndicate Members: Welcome home, Underboss!
- Confused Member: Is this the one the boss brought in?
- Sequence 07Unconvinced of Tingyun's assassin credentials, the syndicate members demanded a demonstration. Tingyun opened the first strategy pouch, which read, "Just keep... alive." Caustide led the group in challenging her.
- (Approach the marked location)
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Underboss, I mean no disrespect, but... is this frail woman really the one the boss invited!?
- Caustide: That's right! Her name is The Terror in Fog. Spread the word that the Synwish Syndicate has secured Xianzhou's Number One Assassin!
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Underboss, beat me if you want, but I gotta say... Are you serious? Are we really counting on this delicate woman for the Phantasmoon Games?
- Tingyun: (The Phantasmoon Games... Is that why they hired a Stellaron Hunter to do their bidding?)
- Synwish Syndicate Member: These Phantasmoon Games are a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the Synwish Syndicate to rise! This woman doesn't look like she has what it takes, and we're trusting her? If she blows it, how are we supposed to save face?
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Underboss! We haven't been duped, have we? If word gets out, the other gangs will laugh us out of town...
- Caustide: All of you, shut up!
- Caustide: Useless! Lady Terror in Fog would wipe the floor with you even if you all came at once. Since you doubt her, why not let Lady Terror in Fog show you a few moves?
- Caustide: Lady Terror in Fog, what do you say? I can find you a few sparring partners. No need to hold back.
- Tingyun: ...?
- Tingyun: I thought you were naive, but looks like you're just playing good cop, bad cop to test me?
- Caustide: Nah, I'm neither good nor bad... just opportunistic.
- Tingyun: Still playing dumb, huh...
- Tingyun: Boss of the Synwish Syndicate, your people wouldn't be doing this on their own. I know you can hear me...
- Tingyun: I came for business. Making friends would be a fine bonus, but if not, that's fine with me.
- Tingyun: If you still want this deal, cut the tricks.
- Caustide: A real expert is something else. You speak with such overwhelming presence... though we barely understand a word. Come on, show us a move. We fight and bleed every day, and that's the only way we'll be convinced.
- Tingyun: ...
- Tingyun: Oh no. These brutes are not interested in a win–win situation at all...
- "When in doubt, open the three strategy pouches I entrusted to you. Inside are tactics I divined, certain to break any deadlock and aid your journey."
- Tingyun: Looks like it's time...
- Tingyun: Huh...
- Yao Guang's Strategy Pouch: "Just keep... alive, and open the second strategy pouch once you're done. (^O^)/"
- Tingyun: (What kind of strategy is this? There's barely anything helpful in here.)
- Caustide: Looks like Lady Terror in Fog isn't impressed with your skills. Outta my way!
- Caustide: When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a musician. But fate had other plans, and I was dragged into a world of violence.
- Caustide: But even then, I never let go of my love for music and rhythm. Even in battle, I kept honing my singing and instrumental skills!
- Caustide: And that's how I forged my one-of-a-kind fighting style. They call me... the Roaring Caustide!
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Oh cribs! The Underboss... is getting serious!
- Caustide: Lady Terror in Fog, I humbly challenge you! Show the Synwish Syndicate the assassination skills you're so proud of!
Take on the challenge of the Synwish Syndicate Member
- Step DescriptionThe mission to "impersonate the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin" has reached a precarious stage. You'll need to be shrewd and adaptable to maintain your cover while gathering intel.
When in doubt, consult the secret pouch Madam Yao gave you.
- (Begin battle)
- Wave 1:
Assistant Graffiti: Demander ×3
- Tingyun: (Looks like I'll have to hold back against these reckless brutes...)
- Caustide: As expected of The Terror in Fog! Such incredible strength!
- Tingyun: That power of the Destruction within me... it's still hard to control...
- Tingyun: Madam Yao, I've done everything in my power to keep them alive, as you said.
- (When Caustide is reduced to 0% HP)
- Tingyun: I don't want to take your life. Back down while you still can.
- Caustide: A true warrior of the Synwish Syndicate fears no death!!! Don't underestimate my resolve!!!
- Sequence 08Dan Heng and Sunday arrived to bail Tingyun out, which only deepened the gang's suspicions. Syndicate boss Polwave stepped in to calm everyone down and invited Tingyun upstairs to discuss business.
- (After the battle)
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Underboss! Bad news! Two more weird dudes just showed up!
- Caustide: Cut your bull. I can see for myself!
- Sunday: Never thought visiting an ally would mean crashing into a local gang's hall.
- Tingyun: Ah, this will take some explaining...
- Dan Heng: What a twist of fate... but for us to reunite with an old friend here... so be it.
- Caustide: You two, stand down! Listen well! This will be an honorable duel!
- Dan Heng: A duel? You dare duel a Xianzh—
- Tingyun: ...a Xianzhou's Number One Assassin, and you still dare to act so brazen?
- Dan Heng & Sunday: ...?
- Caustide: Wait, "a"? What do you mean, "a" Xianzhou's Number One Assassin? Who exactly are you!?
- Tingyun: Even a cunning hare keeps three burrows. Who ever told you... there was only one "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin"?
- Caustide: So... there are three of you?
- Tingyun: No! It's three hundred! Times have changed. The title "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin" is already a brand. At my side stands...
- Tingyun: The organization's seventh-ranked Halovian Reaper, the "Winged Deathknell"! He sends every target into the sweetest sleep of death.
- Tingyun: And this one is the second-ranked assassin in the organization, a ruthless killer surpassed only by me! His spear strikes like a falling star, and his presence soars like a dragon. They call him the "Jadedragon"!
- Caustide: Then you are...?
- Tingyun: You can call me "Whistling Flamefox." I humbly hold the top position in our organization, though I mostly handle business relations and HR work.
- Caustide: ...
- Tingyun: Hard to believe, isn't it?
- Sunday: Come on, Madam, it's pointless to say anything now.
- Sunday: If you want this gentleman to know you speak the truth, let our brother show off a bit of his spear work. That will convince them.
- ???: Hahaha, I say there's no need for that!
- ???: Caustide, you insisted on testing them and got nothing out of it, did you? If you had let them meet me sooner, none of this would have happened.
- Caustide: Boss! I cannot hand your grand enterprise over to people we know nothing about!
- Tingyun: You are the one who hired us? The boss of the Synwish Syndicate?
- Boss Polwave: That's me. I am Polwave, current leader of the Synwish Syndicate. My apologies. Our gang is full of roughnecks. I will make sure they are disciplined.
- Boss Polwave: As for "that business," we'll discuss it upstairs. Everyone else, clear out!
Speak with Dan Heng and Sunday
- (Idle chats from Synwish Syndicate Members)
- Synwish Syndicate Member: This is the Xianzhou's Number One Assassin?
- Synwish Syndicate Member: So terrifying, so terrifying...
- Synwish Syndicate Member: How come there's someone who doesn't look like they're from the Xianzhou?
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Shh, don't ask questions. You got a death wish or something?
- Caustide: Everyone, look sharp! Don't let me down!
- Synwish Syndicate Member: That spear of his looks seriously deadly.
- Synwish Syndicate Member: Don't make eye contact with him...
- Synwish Syndicate Member: It'll poke a thousand holes right through you!
- Sequence 09At the request of the Xianzhou delegation, Dan Heng and Sunday arrived to rescue the envoy. Tingyun opened the second strategy pouch, which told her to "use the backup" and asked them to follow her upstairs to meet Polwave.
- (Talk to Dan Heng & Sunday)
- Sunday: Long time no see, Lady Tingyun. It's been a while since we last met in Penacony.
- Tingyun: I am truly grateful for your quick thinking. To avoid revealing too much, I made up false names and titles for you two just now... But if you were offended, then I beg your forgiveness.
- Tingyun: This place is a hotbed of trouble. What brings you two here?
- Dan Heng: When Sunday and I contacted the Xianzhou delegation, they asked for our help. They claimed someone from their group had lost their way here in a foreign land and was captured by a local gang, and they wanted us to help.
- Dan Heng: It was clear there was more to the story, but we came anyway.
- Sunday: Who would've thought... it turned out to be true.
- Tingyun: "Lost"? "Captured"? There must be some misunderstanding... Alas, this rumor was likely a "destiny" arranged by Madam Yao.
- Dan Heng: Did you just say "Madam Yao"? Do you mean the Seer Strategist from the Xianzhou Yuque?
- Sunday: I happened to hear of her back in Penacony too. They say she is the diviner general, one who lives in seclusion. Did the Alliance send her this time?
- Sunday: Lady Tingyun, you stepped into such danger yourself... do you have a vital mission?
- Tingyun: You two are no strangers... so I will speak plainly. She's the one who sent me here on this mission.
- Tingyun: The Synwish Syndicate invited the notorious "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin" with the intention of hiring this person to participate in the Phantasmoon Games. But the delegation's intelligence revealed that the person was none other than the Stellaron Hunter, Blade.
- Dan Heng: ...Him?
- Tingyun: I assumed the title to come here to uncover why the Stellaron Hunters are involved... and how he will enter the game.
- Sunday: So how's it going so far?
- Tingyun: By sheer twists of fate, everything has gone smoothly so far. But as for what comes next... I still don't know anything either.
- Tingyun: Still, Madam Yao entrusted me with three pouches before I departed, each said to hold a stratagem. Well... let us call them stratagems for now. And at this moment, it is time to open the second.
- Sunday: ...A strategy pouch?
- Yao Guang's Strategy Pouch: "So you revealed my identity after all? No worries! I've sent you some backup. Use them however you like. Open the third pouch only after you've met the Synwish Syndicate's boss. b（￣▽￣）"
- Tingyun: ...
- Tingyun: No wonder they also call Madam Yao the "Crosstalk General"...
- Dan Heng: The what general?
- Tingyun: It says the two of you will help me clear the way, so I can safely meet the Synwish Syndicate's boss. What do you say?
- Dan Heng: We...
- Sunday: This place is perilous. Of course we will accompany you, Miss Tingyun.
- Sunday: As for the Stellaron Hunters... I, too, find them intriguing.
- Sunday: Dan Heng, will you help me gather a bit more information?
- Dan Heng: ...
- Dan Heng: Of course... thank you, Sunday
Discuss "business" with the leader of the Synwish Syndicate
- (Attempt to leave the area, optional)
- Caustide: "Number One Assassins," where are you going? The boss is waiting upstairs!
- (Reach the top floor)
- Tingyun: I gotta say, this place is decorated with a touch of style.
- Sunday: A gang does not always flaunt brute force. More often, they need to flaunt wealth.
- Sequence 10Polwave produced the Mask of Elation, stating his desire to sponsor a Supplicant in the name of the Synwish Syndicate. By drawing attention and Wishpower, the syndicate hoped to improve its chances of survival and continue on.
- (Approach Boss Polwave)
- Boss Polwave: Before I even realized, the scenery of Dovebrook became unrecognizable.
- Boss Polwave: Back then, who would have imagined iron hulks running wild on the streets, let alone us gang members being treated like vermin?
- Tingyun: You didn't call us here just to reminisce, did you?
- Boss Polwave: Haha, of course not! Please forgive Caustide's rude little test.
- Boss Polwave: That narrow-minded fellow never understands why young people flock to things that come from other planets, like mechatrons, masked heroes, and the Astral Express...
- Boss Polwave: What he does not see is that while cosmic novelties are more enticing, big shots that hail from the cosmos are even more fearsome.
- Boss Polwave: Wouldn't you agree?
- Tingyun: You're a clever one, so there's no point in keeping up this charade. We're not "Xianzhou's Number One Assassins." You knew that already, didn't you?
- Boss Polwave: I may not live as long as those Xianzhou folks, but I've got a decent eye for sizing people up. You might not be the number one assassins, but your skills surpass even such assassins.
- Boss Polwave: So I don't care who you are. I paid good money for a "sharp blade"...but I don't give a fig about its brand.
- Tingyun: And where do you intend to use this blade?
- Boss Polwave: On the Synwish Syndicate.
- Dan Heng: What?
- Boss Polwave: Don't get me wrong. I am not looking for bloodshed. Instead, I intend to perform surgery on the Synwish Syndicate. Look here...
- Boss Polwave: Through certain connections, I secured this "Mask of Elation," the entry pass to the Aeonic game. Some covet this treasure, while others fear it a curse.
- Boss Polwave: Now, you claimed the name of "Xianzhou's Number One Assassins," so surely you came for this. You want the god's reward, don't you?
- Dan Heng: You are our employer. Therefore, the festival's prize should rightfully be yours. What do you want from the Aeon, Mr. Polwave?
- Boss Polwave: The Aeon? I harbor no such unrealistic desire.
- Boss Polwave: I'll leave this prize for you to claim as your reward. I'm happy enough to share in a bit of your glory...
- Boss Polwave: Whether you win or lose, all I ask is that when the press comes knocking, you say this: You were sponsored by the Synwish Syndicate of Dovebrook. That is enough for me.
- Tingyun: So this is a sponsorship deal? The Synwish Syndicate only wants fame?
- Dan Heng: Since we are not truly in your employ, are you not afraid we might break our promise and ignore your request?
- Boss Polwave: If you truly cared nothing for what I asked, why even raise the question? As I said before, I may not have the long life of the Xianzhou people, but I do know how to judge people.
- Tingyun: One more question from me, please. Why are you so set on chasing fame?
- Boss Polwave: In Planarcadia, imagenae exist due to Wishpower, and that Wishpower comes from the attention, curiosity, and demands humans place upon these imagenae.
- Boss Polwave: The Synwish Syndicate was founded to provide for those imagenae who were ignored, had no Wishpower, and were not needed by humanity.
- Boss Polwave: Unfortunately, ever since that seashell woman rose to power, our path of blood and violence had run its course.
- Boss Polwave: That's why I want the Synwish Syndicate to take on a new form, one that will draw more attention than ever before!
- Boss Polwave: The Synwish Strangeling Pension Foundation. What do you think of the name?
- Sunday: ...It's a cozy and heartwarming name.
- Boss Polwave: Hahaha! So, will the three of you accept this job?
Leave Synwish Syndicate headquarters
- Step DescriptionA mask, a dangerous criminal, a sponsorship deal, a long-held wish. This business for the Synwish Syndicate is weighing heavy indeed.
With Phantasmoon Games involved, I must report back to Madam Yao for her careful judgment.
- Sequence 11Tingyun, Dan Heng, and Sunday discussed their next move. Tingyun opened the third strategy pouch: "Take it all." Yao Guang arrived, explaining that Jing Yuan was originally meant to undertake this mission, but a divination foretold that one of the Reignbow Arbiter-Generals would fall in Planarcadia, prompting her to step in instead. Yao Guang asked Tingyun for the mask, intending to wear it herself.
- A moment later, somewhere in Dovebrook District
- Sunday: ...Mr. Polwave's goal is surprisingly grounded.
- Sunday: A gang leader won't survive this long by relying on bodyguards. It's about having a sharp instinct for survival.
- Tingyun: He wants to launder his gang clean, but that will not be easy. In my view, the underboss may not see eye to eye with his boss.
- Tingyun: My thanks to you both. With your protection, I managed to leave without harm.
- Tingyun: Yet, we carried off the mask meant for the so-called "Xianzhou's Number One Assassin"... when I think of it that way, this mask feels thorny in my hands.
- Dan Heng: That man... He seeks to enter the Phantasmoon Games? What does he plan to do?
- Tingyun: Whatever his purpose, this matter is grave. I'm afraid I must take my leave for now and report to General Yao Guang before making any decisions.
- Yao Guang: No need for that. I've been waiting here for you all for some time.
- Tingyun: Madam Yao, you came in person?
- Yao Guang: Well, you see, I must admit I passed false information to the two behind you, sending them on a wild goose chase. I should personally ask for their forgiveness. As for why I am here... Miss Tingyun, you still have not opened the third pouch, have you?
- Tingyun: That's true...
- Yao Guang's Strategy Pouch: "Whatever they give you, just take it all and bring them to me. ˶╹ᵕ╹˶ಣ"
- Tingyun: What kind of after-the-fact strategy is this?
- Dan Heng: General, had you spoken plainly, Sunday and I would never have refused you. Why did you lie to us and claim that someone was "lost and captured"?
- Yao Guang: I didn't lie.
- Yao Guang: If not for the appearance of the "former Vidyadhara high elder" and the "runaway master of Penacony," Miss Tingyun would still be trapped in those brutes' endless probing. Her being "lost and captured" was exactly the future I divined.
- Yao Guang: I also foresaw bloodshed awaiting the Synwish Syndicate. Had it come true, it would have been because Miss Tingyun failed to restrain her strength during the clash. Yet with you two here, the gangsters' lives were spared.
- Tingyun: You even foresaw the anomaly with my body.
- Yao Guang: Sometimes, even when fate is foreseen, it cannot be changed. Fortunately, things did not come to the worst.
- Yao Guang: As for Mr. Sunday, I've heard so much about you. With my thousand feathered eyes, I had the privilege of watching the broadcast of your entire god-ascending feat in Penacony from far away. Truly magnificent!
- Sunday: Let's not speak of that misstep anymore, general.
- Sunday: Rather, we have brought back the mask as you asked. How do you intend to use it? Surely not just to hold it and block the Stellaron Hunter's entry?
- Yao Guang: That was the plan, but from one cause spring a hundred outcomes. Now that the mask is in my hands, there are many possibilities.
- Yao Guang: What do you say about using it to lure Blade here and strike him down together? Or perhaps...
- Yao Guang: I could wear the mask myself and personally compete in the Phantasmoon Games. That'd be interesting, right?
- Yao Guang: Each mask used is gone for good. The Stellaron Hunters will be left with a real headache. Hahaha, that'd be truly killing two birds with one stone.
- Tingyun: Madam Yao, this is deadly business. It's no laughing matter.
- Yao Guang: "Deadly"... Miss Tingyun, that is exactly why I am here.
- Yao Guang: Not to put Blade in his grave, that is. His ties to the Xianzhou have long since frayed. There was no need for me to snatch someone else's assignment and come here only for his sake.
- Tingyun: ...Snatch someone else's assignment?
- Dan Heng: So the Xianzhou envoy was supposed to be someone else?
- Yao Guang: To be frank, this journey to Planarcadia was meant for Jing Yuan, the Divine Foresight. The Luofu Cloud Knights recently returned from the great battle against Irontomb, and the honor should have been his.
- Yao Guang: Yet before his departure, I cast several divinations on all parties involved and received this result...
- (Quick Read)
Yao Guang's Divination - With the Hunt as the primary subject, the divination reads as follows:"The hexagram resolves as Fire. The change occurs at the fourth line.""It comes without warning: Incineration. Death. Abandonment."This is truly ominous...With the Preservation as the primary subject, the divination reads as follows:"The hexagram resolves as Heaven. The change occurs at the fourth line.""One may leap, or remain in the depths, with no fault incurred."Advance and retreat according to circumstances, and you shall remain untroubled.With the Finality as the primary subject, the divination reads as follows:"The hexagram resolves as Earth. The change occurs at the top line.""Dragons clash amongst the wilderness, their blood staining heaven and earth alike."...This is a portent of bloody conflict. Why would Stellaron Hunters be marked by such an omen? Could it be connected to the former high elder?With Planarcadia as the primary subject, the divination reads as follows:"The hexagram fluctuates between Earth and Fire. The change occurs at the top line.""Neither fully luminous nor wholly obscured, it rose to the heavens at first, only to descend back into the earth."What does this even mean? Joy turns to sorrow?With the fate of the next ten days as the primary subject, the divination reads as follows:"The hexagram fluctuates between Heaven and Thunder. The change occurs at the fifth line.""For those who present morals and virtues, no remedy is needed for good fortune to follow."... So there are more big shots to come? Just how many more surprises are waiting for me?
- Tingyun: Incineration. Death. Abandonment... I may not know divination, but even I can tell that there is no good omen.
- Yao Guang: Unfortunately, the two top diviners of the Yuque and the Luofu — in other words, my junior soror Fu Xuan and I — cross-checked each other's extrapolations and came to the same astonishing conclusion...
- Yao Guang: An Arbiter General will fall in this arcadia of Elation.
- Dan Heng: Even so, you're still taking the mission meant for Jing Yuan?
- Yao Guang: Yes. I contacted the Marshal and took over the task. I've simply never seen such a bizarre fate and wanted to witness it.
- Sunday: Even if it means your death?
- Yao Guang: It's only death.
- Yao Guang: If I can die in these Phantasmoon Games to achieve a moment of godhood... Then my death won't have sullied the Xianzhou's honor. Miss Tingyun, hand me the mask.
Tooltip for 18px|link=ⓘ Sequence 12Yao Guang examined the mask for a moment, pretended to put it on, then whirled around and snapped it onto someone else. Dan Heng nimbly dodged aside, but Sunday was too slow and became a Supplicant.- (Cutscene begins)
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- Yao Guang: Hehe.
- Sunday: ...
- (???): Well done, you have hit your fitness goal. Another active and fulfilling day!
- (Cutscene ends)
- Sequence 13Yao Guang verified the mask's authenticity and congratulated Sunday on becoming a Supplicant. Dan Heng questioned her intentions, but Sunday signaled him to stay calm and let him personally handle it.
- Dan Heng: Umm... sorry, Sunday. My body instinctively sensed danger.
- Yao Guang: "Once the mask for joining the Phantasmoon Games is worn, it binds tightly to the Supplicant and manifests the shape of the wearer's soul." I read something like this in the Views of the Universe from a Starskiff.
- Yao Guang: It's confirmed now. This mask is indeed genuine.
- Yao Guang: Congratulations, Mr. Sunday. You're now a Supplicant in the Aeonic game.
- Dan Heng: What exactly are you trying to do, Seer Strategist? Twice now you've acted without warning. Do you mean to make an enemy out of the Astral Express?
- Sunday: Dan Heng.
- Sunday: Let me take care of this.
- Dan Heng: (Sunday... are you planning to fight?)
- Sunday: (Don't worry. I'm no match for this general.)
- Sequence 14Sensing Sunday's desire to wear the mask, Yao Guang offered him this gift. Through her Eye of Īśvara, she saw that as long as Sunday followed his heart, he could bring about change. Yao Guang vowed to do everything she could to help him carve open a sliver of possibility.
- Sunday: General Yao Guang... How'd you pierce my thoughts? I ran a check with my "tuning," and there were no signs of any outside intrusion.
- Yao Guang: They say a diviner can't read hearts. I call that the excuse of mediocrity. Mr. Sunday, you're fascinated by the Phantasmoon Games. You even wondered "what if I wore this mask," didn't you?
- Tingyun: You can even divine thoughts like that?
- Yao Guang: No. I'm simply good at seeing using my "eyes." Though Mr. Sunday never asked to examine the mask, he's glanced at it at least three times since we started the conversation.
- Yao Guang: Given the character and manners of someone as noble as him, I can't think of any motive for this action but "genuine interest."
- Dan Heng: ...Sunday?
- Sunday: Yes. I did think of it. For a moment, I even considered putting it on.
- Yao Guang: So I merely gave you what you desired. This is no trap. It's just an unexpected "gift"...
- Yao Guang: During the Phantasmoon Games, I'll give every ounce of aid I can to help you seize your chance to have an audience with the Aeon.
- Sunday: General Yao Guang... As far as I know, throwing out heavy profits first is usually a lure to make others lose.
- Sunday: We've only just met. I don't understand why you'd go this far?
- Yao Guang: Why belittle yourself? Every move I've made is to carve a sliver of "possibility" from "the impossible."
- Yao Guang: With my Eye of Īśvara, I see you're the only one in this land who doesn't need to do a thing for me. Simply acting on your own will can bring change.
- Dan Heng: "Your own will"...
- Sunday: ...
- Sunday: Indeed. Dan Heng, I do want to learn more about this world.
- Sunday: Because this world of Elation fascinates me. Is Planarcadia... truly a paradise? An arcadia that its name claims?
- Sunday: I once pursued a mistaken vision of paradise with stubborn resolve. Even now, I can't say for sure what a true paradise should look like.
- Sunday: That's why I want to see with my own eyes whether this "arcadia" lives up to its name.
- Tingyun: So then, as long as Mr. Sunday acts, that "omen of death" Madam Yao foresaw...
- Yao Guang: Of course it would still come to pass! Did you think just a lavish gift could let you stroll out of destiny's shackles alive?
- Tingyun: ...
- Tingyun: Pardon me for butting in... But does the Xianzhou know about this?
- Yao Guang: This is such serious business. I'd never make this decision on my own. I've talked it over with the Six Charioteers of the Yuque. If something happens to me, I'll line up a solid successor.
- Yao Guang: She headed to the Yuque on the day I left on this mission, just in case anything went wrong. There, with the other potential successors picked by the Six Charioteers, she'll train at the Omniscience Sapientia Academe in divination arts, war strategies, and civil governance.
- Tingyun: You mean Lady Fu Xuan? She'd take over the Yuque after you?
- Yao Guang: Fu Xuan? What Fu Xuan?
- Yao Guang: If I don't make it back from this trip, maybe Qingque from the Luofu Divination Commission could take the Seer Strategist's position and command the Yuque...
- Yao Guang: ...Qingque and Yuque. What a perfectly rhymed match!
- Yao Guang: As for the details... shall we discuss this somewhere else, you three?
- Switching to Silver Wolf's POV...
- Tingyun takes off with the mask. Shortly after, a poor soul who lost it also finds their way to Dovebrook District...
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Killers Don't Get Vacations |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 杀手们没有假期 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 殺手們沒有假期 |
| Japanese | 殺し屋に休日はない |
| Korean | 킬러들의 도시 |
| Spanish | Los asesinos no descansan |
| French | Pas de vacances pour les assassins |
| Russian | У убийц не бывает выходных |
| Thai | เหล่านักฆ่าไม่มีวันหยุด |
| Vietnamese | Sát Thủ Không Có Ngày Nghỉ |
| German | Killer haben keinen Urlaub |
| Indonesian | Pembunuh Bayaran Tidak Pernah Libur |
| Portuguese | Assassinos Não Têm Férias |
Change History
Released in Version 4.0
