"Pleasure to meet you too." Rui replied. He said, not taking his eyes off her.

"Well." Barnard shrugged. "If Neira is vouching for him, that's good enough." He turned to Rui. "Do you wish to reveal your identity?"

Rui shook his head. "I'd like to stay anonymous, thank you."

The Martial Union had reserved the right, on behalf of its Martial Artists, for its Martial Artists to conceal their identities and personal information while engaging in Royal commissions. This was a right that the Royal Family had conceded very reluctantly.

The reason the Martial Union had pushed for retaining this right was because it was far too dangerous to allow the Kandrian government and the Royal Family access to such data. Once the Royal Family learnt of their identity, the Martial Artists of the Martial Union could forget retaining any privacy. The Martial Union was simply unwilling to tolerate such a leak in information.

Barnard snorted, not saying another word about the matter, before asking. "How do you want us to address you?"

Rui thought for a second, before replying. "You can call me John."

He told them his name on Earth in his previous life.

"Well John." Barnard continued. "Have you memorized all relevant information?"

fired a series of questions that Rui cleanly answered, earning Barnard's

you're an all-rounder with some degree of sensory

nodded. "I have mastered Seismic Mapping and

"Your Seismic Mapping together with my Thermal Eye, and we'll surely be

was a sensory technique he had seen in the Apprentice Library, it was quite pricey and

two hours before the operation dispatch, we'll be going over the plan one last time." Barnard declared. The men immediately gathered, forming a circle

of the raid operation range from the third block to the fifth block in the nineteenth district." Barnard said. "The participant squads of this operation are

before continuing. "Squad A28 will cover the first half of the third block." he said, indicating the area on map with

second half of the

C34 the first half

...

went into many more details such as the infiltration means, the assigned gear, the protocol hierarchy and

"let's jump in, defeat the bad guys, catch the villain and save the good guys". In any given operation, there were many things that could go wrong, and many things that could happen, the planning, organization and protocols existed to minimize the probability that something went wrong or unexpected that

his attention to Rui and

of the ringleader or any Martial Artist." He said. "Scenario A: If there are no Martial Artists involved then you will aid

Martial Apprentice, you will both focus your

more than one Martial Apprentices, you will both cooperate

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