Intrigue

Just when Agent 47, a former high-target hitman for an international contractor, has decided to reform himself and retire, he becomes engulfed in an elaborate conspiracy as an anonymous organization kidnaps his friend, the resident priest.

Dealing with the sins he has committed, the super-assassin Agent 47 has taken refuge in a Sicilian church, where his friend, the resident priest, helps him through his pain and turmoil. But he's forced to return to his old ways when his friend is kidnapped and held by ransom by mysterious figures.—ShiningGuy

Agent 47, a former high-target hitman for an international contractor, has spent his life hunting world-wide criminals, terrorists, arms dealers, mafiosos, and militants (for a price). Now, he has decided to reform himself and retire to a church in Sicily, where he works as a gardener and has given his life to God. However, he quickly becomes engulfed in an elaborate conspiracy as an anonymous organization kidnaps his friend, the resident priest. In exchange for help on finding the priest, Agent 47's former employment agency sends him on a series of missions to eliminate rogue Russian generals, an illegal weapons dealer, several terrorist spearheads, and a violent cult leader. Ultimately, however, he is led back to his quest to hunt down and eliminate the mysterious man that kidnapped the priest.—Flotis

It begins after the events of Hitman: Codename 47, as 47 seeks refuge in a monastery in Sicily. Attempting to put his past behind him, he begins a new life as a church gardener, under the mentorship of Father Vittorio. However, Vittorio is soon kidnapped by the Mafia.

Desperate to find his friend, 47 contacts the International Contract Agency, which used to employ him, asking for assistance. Using spy satellites, Vittorio is tracked to the fortified mansion of Mafia Don Giuseppe Giulliani. 47 infiltrates the mansion in an attempt to rescue Vittorio and assassinates Giulliani in the process. However, 47 finds that Vittorio has been abducted, and his only clue is that the kidnappers are "four bearded Russian looking types in uniform". In return for their help, the Agency requests that 47 return to work for them; 47 agrees, and uses the money from the jobs to bankroll his search for Vittorio.

The hits form an overall pattern, as a single influential client sends 47 across the world on the trail of components for a nuclear weapon. The locations visited include Punjab, Japan, Nuristan, Malaysia, Sicily, and St. Petersburg.