Once they entered the confines of the port fortress, the human traffic lessened to a considerable degree. However, there were still plenty of people around, all moving with determined haste. Master Jet parked the PTV near a blocky, low building and opened the hatch to exit.
Breathing in the cold winter air, she closed her eyes for a moment, and then let out a long sigh.
After that, Soul Reaper glanced at him with a grin.
"Actually, you arrived just on time. The officer roster of our company is more or less full as of a few days ago, so we were about to hold our first briefing. It was supposed to start half an hour ago, but I postponed to come grab you from the train station."
Sunny raised an eyebrow.
"Oh?"
Master Jet nodded:
"Everyone more or less only knows as much as you do, so I'll bring all of you up to speed in one go. Granted, the rest had more time to prepare, not to mention the fact that they have been with the government for years. Don't let those old dogs intimidate you, though."
Sunny smiled.
"Do I look like someone who is easily intimidated?"
She glanced at him and laughed.
"You do, actually. That is one of your advantages, as far as I'm concerned. Being underestimated is always a boon."
walked forward at a brisk pace
anywhere near the classified information without proper clearance and documentation, but these days proper procedure has taken a backseat to efficiency. Plus, there are very few people
to keep up with Master Jet as they entered the low building. After cutting through several checkpoints without anyone daring to look directly at Soul Reaper, let alone say something about the apparent civilian she was dragging into the guts of the military bunker with her, he understood
only mundane humans, but even Awakened treated her with fearful respect. Even an occasional Master
hesitated, then asked with
ask… what, exactly, is your official title in the
at
Awakened Irregular Company of the Northern Quadrant Corps of the
the government force organization and hierarchy. He had
companies supposed to be commanded by captains? Colonel is… three or four ranks above that. It's just one step away from being a
Soul Reaper nodded.
titles and authority become messy when Awakened are involved. As a rule of thumb, Awakened are one rank above what they would have
back of his
'Outside the hierarchy? What?'
hesitated, then said in a subdued
am… not sure what "irregulars"
him a
will be in
entered an elevator that brought them deep underground. Master Jet led him through winding corridors of the military bunker and then pressed the palm of her hand against a complicated
large, round table. Five individuals were already seated around it, quietly waiting for
Jet entered, they all stood up and
realized that all of them
of them were men, while the other two were women. The oldest Master seemed to be nearing his fifties, while the youngest was only
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