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."
brisk pace
have been allowed anywhere near the classified information without proper
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
respect. Even
hesitated, then
ask… what, exactly, is your official title in the First
at him, then
of the First Awakened Irregular Company
of the government force organization and hierarchy. He had studied the topic a bit before leaving the
or four ranks above that. It's just one
Soul Reaper nodded.
be right. However, titles and authority become messy when Awakened are involved. As a rule of thumb, Awakened are one rank above what they would have been as mundane soldiers. That's just for normal ones, though. As
scratched the back of his
'Outside the hierarchy? What?'
said in a subdued
sure what
flashed him a
be in
led him through winding corridors of the military bunker and then pressed the palm of her hand against a complicated
Five individuals
all stood
Sunny realized that all of them were
were women. The oldest Master seemed to be nearing his fifties, while the youngest was only slightly older than Soul Reaper. All of them wore serious expressions on their faces and looked
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