Despair.
Rage.
Shock.
Guilt.
And even grief.
A maelstrom of emotions swirled within Rui. Emotions he did not understand. He had only known her for a meagre twenty-four hours. They were just barely friends as they had grown a little closer over the duration of their mission. There was a good chance Rui would never even see her again even if the mission succeeded.
So why?
Why did he feel like his soul was being torn apart was he gazed at her corpse?
Because she was his responsibility? Because he had ended up becoming emotionally invested in her well-being and success?
Probably both.
An eternity passed before Rui broke out of his reverie. He pulled out the communication device handed to him by the Martial Union, hitting one of the numerous buttons, the one he was supposed to hit when the mission ended. He hit in a few additional details, indicating the presence of a corpse. The device would convey his location to the Martial Union, and they would send post-mission personnel to take over.
and begin the judicial
of determination glinted in his eyes. The Lowminers and that man Wern. Rui was
desire to serve it himself. At this very moment he could easily sprint back and kill Wern in an
He exhaled,
STEP
turned as he heard the arrival of a group of people in
at the head of the team inquired, noting Rui's Apprentice uniform. "I'm inspector Gale." He said, showing Rui a badge. "I'm here to take proceed with the post-mission protocols. I encourage you to do the same by returning to the Martial Academy
corpse even as the sight of it scorched his
shakily before turning his
a few hours in its totality. Giving Rui enough time to introspect, and sort
he fail? How much responsibility did he bear? And most importantly, how was he supposed to deal with
part was the hardest. Rui wasn't even sure he had an answer, or if he
two were much more objective, allowing him to analyze them
mission failed was because they had fallen into their enemy's trap. They were screwed the moment Wern informed the Lowminers of
pretty much all available manpower at hand even before the masked Martial Apprentice ambushed Rui and Bella. This
Bella and keep him there while the gangs mobilized by Bella
in despair as the men
until he closed his eyes and crushed the feeling, trying to
been able to avoid the Martial Apprentice, they would have survived. Rui would have easily disemboweled the grunts
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