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"Ezio, you understand your target?" Mario asks.

"I am to find the Templar group that has just entered Venezia and kill the leading officer, Tarso Capitani," Ezio says, scratching his chin. "It's not too difficult."

Mario laughs, placing a hand on his nephew's shoulder. "Hardly life changing. I'm sure you'll do fine." He pauses, as if trying to remember something. "Right. Meet me back here before I have to leave."

"I will."

The two men bid farewell to each other, and Ezio leaves the building, immediately climbing onto the roofs of the other structures surrounding him. He scans the city, searching for his target. He finds him, far away, but not impossible to get to quickly.

"This should be fairly easy," he says to himself, a smirk spreading across his face.

He takes off across the rooftops, flipping and swinging as he goes.The people below him go about their business as though nothing is wrong, and there isn't an assassin running across the top of their buildings.

He's closing in on his target, and he slows down, assessing the situation. The group of Templars lies in front of him, and although he can see them, they can't see him.

I could sneak up behind them and slaughter them, or I could drop down from above... he thinks.

"I'll sneak up from behind, that's the best plan right now," he decides, spinning around and heading to the buildings behind him.

The Templar group keeps moving, and he drops down behind them. They remain completely unaware.

In a heartbeat, two hidden blades impale two Templar necks, and the men start yelling in rapid Italian.

"Assassino!"

"Abbiamo bisogno di aiuto!"

He pulls out his sword and keeps fighting, but more and more Templars show up, getting Tarso away from the battle. As he gives chase to the Templar captain, he feels a jolt of pain in his abdomen as someone stabs him.

Ezio spins and kills the Templar before bolting from the scene, knowing that he's hopelessly outnumbered.

They keep yelling as the assassin climbs onto the rooftops, rushing away as he presses his hand to the wound.

Assassino: Assassin

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