The Martial Unity

Fifteen minutes later, Rui and Bella had navigated through district twenty-three, and found themselves in front of commercial building.

"Is this it?" Rui asked. They'd finally reached the local transport company that Bella had spoken about. Bella apparently trusted the director enough to seek help from him despite her vulnerable situation. Rui was quite hopeful about this, if this man was actually reliable as Bella alluded, then Bella had a pretty good chance of achieving her objective.

Bella nodded. "Let's go."

She had not only covered her hair, but also obscured her face under a cap-like garment to ensure no one could possibly identify her features enough to recognize them if inquired by the Lowminers.

The interior of the reception was hospitable enough, there were seating arrangements on one side of the room, with an array of receptionists engaging with each visitor one-by-one. A little behind them was a several corridors that led to the interior of the building.

"How do you plan to meet the director?" Rui asked. "You'll need to reveal your identity in order to get an immediate appointment with him, that's risky."

"I just need him to see me once." Bella replied confidently. "He'll understand once he sees me. Help me force my way to his office."

Rui nodded.

They walked towards one particular corridor that Bella was aiming for, hoping they would be able to naturally pass.

"Excuse me, please take your seat in the visitor's bay, I'm afraid we cannot allow you enter the building without permission and authorization." A receptionist noticed and insisted.

Bella began running, as Rui followed her example.

blocked their path,

Thwack

his knees, leaving him in tears. Rui didn't even bother using his full raw physical strength, let alone using

hopped over him as she headed straight to the

as she opened

inside squinted his small eyes through his rimmed spectacles as he tilted his head,

repeated, elated. "It's been

the interruption." the receptionist apologized. "We tried to stop

her. "These people

receptionist was visibly confused, but she nodded before closing

overwhelmed. "Where have you been?? You

guess more than she made a deduction. However, she was paranoid enough to act on

have a lot to tell you, this will

hand. "Then let me clear my schedule and finish a quick

the comfortable sofas, feeling a sense of safety she hadn't experienced in the past few

him that she was just a seventeen-year-old girl, even if quite remarkable. Rui though back to the teenage girls from back on Earth. Which one

them.') Rui shook his head. ('The kids from back on Earth in the twenty-first century lead relatively simple teenage lives without too much

young age, her

bit if not for the fact that it would be extremely patronizing for a fourteen-year-old to do that to a seventeen-year-old. Especially when teenage girls tended to mature faster than

returned, interrupting his

eyeing her with concern. "What happened? Why did you leave your home and disappear