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.

he set off as soon as he finished the dispatch

Investigation had a branch in most towns in the country. The Hajin branch was actually quite close to the Martial Academy, which was near the center of the town itself. Rui reached it

a rather huge headquarters, not as unreasonably large as

immediately walked into what looked like

wide table with at the opposite end,

here for a bureau commission, sir?" A receptionist

"Yes." He nodded.

the verification token tell me your mission code." She

token that contained the verification code that proved that Rui was indeed the Martial Artist assigned to the

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

to not be as simple as bodyguard or hunting

commission department told him. "Your supervisor is

went on yet another journey in the elaborate facility, the levels

glanced at him with her judging green eyes. "I am Effels

this mission. Follow me, we will meet up with the rest

('Finally.')

we provided to you

Rui said, before proceeding to

She threw him an

men in Kandrian combat gear had been occupying. Among them, an

He said simply. "That him?" He