The next day Sherman 'reported' that he had been mugged in an alleyway and his clothing had been swapped. Major Farquhar quickly linked it with the incident that had occurred the night before, and immediately started a hunt for the mugger, who he suspected had murdered Wilkes Andrews.
The Assassins decided to frame a Templar sympathiser, who had plans to join the Templar Order in time to come. Sherman let Duo Cheng and Boris decide on how to frame the sympathiser, who was a beginning Christian missionary from Spain.
Firstly Boris planted a copy of a set of British Captain uniform in the missionary's home, where he discovered that the missionary had been somehow collecting Assassin-related items.
Secondly Duo Cheng, who was still an ally of William's, 'informed' him that the missionary had been spotted carrying British uniform recently.
William put the 'pieces' together swiftly and ordered a raid on the missionary's house while he was at home, so they could apprehend him as well, if he was really the culprit.
Sherman and five of his soldiers gathered outside the missionary's house. However, two of the soldiers were William's guards, and would not be doing much for the entire raid other than protecting the Major.
"On the count of three," Sherman told his soldiers. "One…two…three!"
Storming into the house, Sherman swung his rifle around, ready to shoot if needed. The missionary was shocked by the sudden intrusion, and immediately stood up.
"Hands in the air!" Sherman ordered the missionary, as he aimed the rifle at him.
The missionary obeyed, and as Sherman kept the rifle pointed at him, his soldiers searched the house.
Before long one of the soldiers found the British Captain's uniform Duo Cheng had planted, along with the Assassin-related items. Bringing them out, the soldier put them on the table which was in front of the missionary.
William told his two guards to restraint the missionary, and ordered Sherman to put his rifle down.
"What are these which sit before you?" William demanded to know.
"Everything but the uniform is mine," the missionary said, stunned to see the uniform, which he did not remember having.
"If they're not yours, why would they be in your house?" Sherman asked. William nodded, agreeing with Sherman.
The missionary protested, "I…I was framed! I wanted to use these items to aid me in joining the order!"
"What order do you speak of?" William questioned.
"The…the Templar Order!" the missionary told them.
Sherman sneered at the missionary. "But that doesn't explain why you have the uniform."
"It isn't mine…I swear!" the missionary said.
"Where were you last night?" Sherman asked.
"At…at home, of course!" the missionary replied. William took the stammering to be that the missionary was lying, which was not true but worked in Sherman's favour.
"Lies!" William spat. Addressing the two soldiers restraining the missionary, William said, "Take him away!"
At night while the missionary was in prison, Sherman visited him, dressed in his Assassin robes. The missionary was stunned to see that the Assassin had managed to get to him.
"What do you want, Assassin?" the missionary asked, with a tinge of fear in his voice.
Sherman answered, "I want you to take responsibility for the crime you are accused of, even though you're not the culprit."
"Why…why should I?"
His Hidden Blade sprang out. The missionary's face paled at the sight of the Hidden Blade. Sherman told him, "You will suffer a fate worse than death if you do not take responsibility. Even if you hide we'll find you."
The missionary believed Sherman. After all he had managed to get into this area, which was supposed to be restricted to only authorised personnel.
"Al…alright. I'll do what you say," the missionary said reluctantly.
The next morning when Sherman and William went to visit the missionary, he confessed to his crimes, but did not say anything about the Assassin's visit last night.
"Finally you admit to your crimes," Sherman said. The missionary found his voice similar to the Assassin's, but did not say anything.
William told Sherman, "Get his execution ready as soon as possible. We don't want him escaping and getting to the relative safety of the Assassins. If he succeeds in doing that the Assassin Order will have one more man in their ranks."
To avoid suspicion, the Assassins faked an attempt in rescuing the missionary, but failed as according to plan. In the end the missionary was executed and the Assassins managed to get away safely from their fake attempt.
"Thank god you were there," William said to Sherman. "If you weren't there the Assassins would probably have succeeded."
"No problem, sir," Sherman told him.
William revealed to Sherman, "None of the soldiers know this, but in May last year I was promoted, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel."
"Congratulations…sir," Sherman said, stunned by the news.
He continued, "I've already sent a letter of recommendation for you to be promoted to Major. If it goes well you would receive a letter in the coming days. When you do get the letter tell me, then I can commemorate my public announcement by also announcing your promotion."
"Oh god…sir. Thank you so much," Sherman said with gratitude, even though William was secretly his enemy.