¿why does my service callout not work?

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I'm trying to call an another service internally using proxy chain. the intermediate service receives the call but not the URI. When I look at the policy in trace I see the complete URI.

Here's what I'm doing in last 2 steps

<AssignMessage name="Verify_Request">
    <DisplayName>Verify_Request</DisplayName>
    <Properties/>
    <Set>
        <Verb>GET</Verb>
        <Path>/abc/bbc/api/def</Path>
    </Set>
    <IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>true</IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>
    <AssignTo createNew="false" transport="http" type="request"/>
</AssignMessage>

<ServiceCallout  name="SC-verify">
    <Request clearPayload="true">
        <IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>false</IgnoreUnresolvedVariables>
    </Request>
    <Response>calloutResponse</Response>
    <LocalTargetConnection>
        <APIProxy>VerificationProxy</APIProxy>
        <ProxyEndpoint>default</ProxyEndpoint>
    </LocalTargetConnection>
</ServiceCallout>