The Martial Unity

AN: Celebrating hitting 400 power stones for the first time! So here's an extra chapter :) Thanks a lot for all the power stones.

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Rui closed the mission bill, having learnt everything he wanted to learn. He immediately headed to the commissions department to finish the application.

The paperwork for a royal mission was actually much more extensive than those of missions from other classes, this was because he had to sign many more acknowledgements, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements with the Kandrian government before he was allowed to undertake these missions officially.

Once he completed the exhausting amount of due process, he immediately headed towards the dispatch facility as the commissions department informed the Kandrian Bureau of Investigation that their commission had been accepted.

Even the dispatch procedures were different.

For one, in addition to the standard gear that Rui obtained, he was also given a badge with the Royal Insignia. After all, he would be acting on behalf of the Kandrian government and by extension and the Royal Family by extension. He possessed a greater amount of authority over civilians just by being a government authorized agent.

Furthermore, the consequences of attacking him or hurting him were much more severe than if he was undertaking a private commission from civilian clienteles. After all, when he undertook commissions civilian clienteles, he was officially just a service provider accepting commissions via a private union, although assaulting people was a crime in the Kandrian Empire, he wasn't any more special than any other civilian, officially, anyway.

But whilst operating in a royal commission, he was temporarily now a royally-authorized agent. Assaulting him was a far more severe a crime under these circumstances.

Rui was beginning to understand the allure of royal commissions. Initially, he didn't understand why Martial Artists would undertake such stuffy missions outside of having a Martial Art suited to offense-class missions. But the perks of royal commissions were much stronger than those private commissions. Having such a deterence on your side must be quite reassuring, Rui realized.

He quickly donned his gear, the royal badge and his mask. He absolutely did not want to let his identity slip up so he even procured a full-head mask that did not allow even a hint of his facial features to let slip. He even wore super-thin contact lenses that distorted his unique eye-colour.

off as soon as he

in the country. The Hajin branch was actually quite close to the Martial Academy, which

huge headquarters, not as unreasonably large as the Martial Academy, but quite

immediately walked into what looked like

with a wide table with at the

bureau commission, sir?" A receptionist asked him when he approached the

"Yes." He nodded.

tell me your

Rui replied, as he reached for the token that contained the verification code that proved that Rui was indeed the Martial Artist assigned to the stated mission and

been verified." She stated, as she stamped his token with the royal insignia with strange coloured ink. "Please proceed to the commission department of the Bureau and provide

not be as simple as bodyguard or hunting mission

number 28, third floor." The attendant at the commission department told him.

elaborate facility, the levels of due process reminded him of airline industry

A woman in her thirties sitting at a desk said. She glanced at

it before returning it. "I am your supervisor for this mission. Follow me, we will meet up with the

('Finally.')

you memorized the intel in we provided to

said, before proceeding to

him

with dozens of men in Kandrian combat gear had been occupying. Among them, an older man with black and white

"That him?" He asked