93: Second Mission (Part 1)

Second Mission (Part 1)

The next day, Kai and Michelle went toward them after submitting their mission to Mano Yuki as the reason for their leave.

They met with Tasha and Ayaka, who were ready to go. However, before they could leave, they had to wait for another person.

Knock knock.

"Come in."

"Thank you for having me on this mission." Evan Young came in and greeted them, bringing a suitcase with him. "I have not properly introduced myself back then. My name is Evan Young from class B, the same class as Miss Kudo Ayaka. As you might already be aware, I am a Zodiac, specifically Pisces."

"I am Kai Carter." Kai pointed his finger at Michelle, Tasha, and Ayaka. "This is Michelle Graham, Tasha Carter, my sister, and Kudo Ayaka."

Evan Young nodded. "Alpha, Miss Alpha, Sister, and Friend."

"Wait, wait… That's very wrong." Tasha immediately stopped him before pointing her finger toward herself and said with a serious expression, "I'm also Miss Alpha."

"...Whatever." He simply shrugged his shoulders, not caring about it.

"Anyway, you know about the real mission, right?" Kai asked, remembering what Bryan said yesterday.

"Yes. I am aware of that. I will be the bait while your group finishes your mission. However, I need to say this first." Evan Young looked at all of them. "I can only heal you and can't help you in a fight."

Kai nodded. "Michelle Graham and Kudo Ayaka will ensure your safety while my sister and I will locate the base. I wish to finish the mission within two days since it'll be more dangerous the longer we stay."

"I have the same thought. However, tracking an enemy that even the elites couldn't will be hard."

"I'll take care of that," Kai assured him.

"I will just do whatever I need to do, such as healing the soldiers and acting as normal as possible. I will try not to hinder your mission and if you need any help outside of fighting, you can ask me."

"Then we have a deal." Kai nodded and stretched his hand.

Evan Young nodded his head and shook Kai's hand. Evan then led them to a helicopter parked right behind their school.

This was the first time Kai and the others saw the vast field filled with helicopters. Because of his healing ability, Evan was given a helicopter for himself so he could travel anywhere.

Kai was determined to raise their ranking and got on one of the helicopters. They then flew toward Front Brazil Military Base. Normally, this would take longer, but after reinforced by magic and magic core, the helicopters could fly much faster. This was why Kai and the others could travel so fast from Korea to Russia with a little helicopter.

It took them approximately six hours before arriving at the military base. After arriving at their destination, they went to the general's office, meeting the person in charge of this base.

The general was a woman with blue hair tied into a bun, a beauty with a pretty face and gorgeous body. Despite nobody telling them, they could see from her demeanor that she was older than how youthful she looked.

All of them saluted as Kai started reporting. "Lion Group has escorted Evan Young to the Front Brazil Military Base."

"Good work." She nodded. She looked at Evan Young for a while before saying, "We would appreciate your support here since we have a large number of wounded warriors in this base."

"?!" Kai was wondering why she paused a bit when she looked at Evan.

Knock knock.

Not long after they heard the sound of someone knocking on the door, they could see the door being opened. Another woman came inside. She had short blue hair with fierce eyes. Even though her gaze was sharp, it only made her elegance come out. She appeared to be the general's assistant, handing a few documents to her. "These are the requested documents."

"Good work."

The assistant then looked toward them and asked one of them. "Are you Evan Young?"

"?!" Kai was confused as to why this person started talking with Evan. He thought these two were suspicious, but when he saw the general's expression, he knew these two were not on the same side.

"Yes." Evan nodded.

"That's good. Now that we have you, the soldiers will be safe. I am relieved." She smiled.

"I will do my best."

"Ahem," the general faked a cough while subtly glaring at her assistant. The assistant immediately left the room. As soon as the assistant left the room, she turned toward them.

"I'm sure you've had a long flight. If you'd like, you can go to the dining room and ask one of the chefs to make you something. After that, you can start working." The commander said and nodded, not saying anything about her assistant's behavior.

They then left the room and walked toward the dining room. However, on the way, Evan suddenly tapped his shoulder and spoke, "Can I talk to you after this? Just the two of us, if possible."

Kai pondered for a moment and nodded.

After entering the dining room, they asked the chefs to make them something. From the looks of it, the chefs already knew that they were coming, as they simply nodded before cooking the requested dishes. Not long after, the dishes were served to them.

Kai was surprised by how excellent the food tasted. "This is satisfying…"

Michelle, who heard him, smiled. "Well, the soldiers are warriors. A warrior is a person who is willing to risk their life, who is prepared to fight, away from their family, while risking their lives in the front lines.

"In fact, they don't really get the recognition they deserve. I know that many people who can only sit back in the safe area recognize them as heroes, but there are also many that don't care.

"Well, we're also walking in this path, so we can only struggle to survive and tell the tale for the next generation," she said with a smile. "Since I also love the stories from my grandfather. Anyway, that's why the condition on the front lines has improved. Of course, this is only when you're in the military base. If you're on a mission in the middle of nowhere, you should procure your own food. Of course, I've improved my cooking skill to make sure you won't die because of hunger."

"Wait. Are you sure you can cook better than me? I can cook a lot of things." Tasha snorted.

"Heh… unfortunately for you, I'm training under a 5-star chef." She crossed her arms, showing a smug smile to Tasha.

"Kh…" Tasha continued to fight back while Ayaka could only look down, embarrassed because she was the only one who couldn't cook. Watching this, Kai only smiled.

After a while, they wrapped their things up and began heading back to the infirmary where Evan came to heal people.

When passing by the restroom, Evan tapped Kai's back a few times before signaling him to talk. Kai nodded and said to the girls, "Sorry, something came up."

Michelle and the others only nodded, waiting for them.

They were going to the same bathroom, which could cause a misunderstanding if there were people watching. Luckily, there was no one around, so it was safe.

However, they had a more serious discussion inside as Kai erected a small Sound Insulation Room.

"I've set up a barrier. We can talk." Kai nodded after checking his Sound Insulation Room.

Evan Young nodded as he opened the suitcase, revealing a small laptop. While waiting for the booting, he said, "You noticed, didn't you? How weird the general and her assistant's behavior was."

"Yeah. Whatever it is, they're definitely not on the same side." Kai agreed. He was surprised that Evan mentioned this out of nowhere, but he still answered.

"Hmm… Let me check them first." Evan started typing a few things, and in a few seconds, he got two profiles, the general's and her assistant's.

"The general's name is Cindy Ashley, a 41-year-old rising general, stationed here because of her achievement on various battlefields in South America. On the other hand, her assistant is a new one here. She was stationed at Belem before.

"There are no suspicious records in their profiles. Surprisingly, both of them are hostile with each other currently, making this situation complicated."

"Yeah. They both know they're on the opposite side, but we don't know which one is from the terrorist," Kai agreed. "By the way, how did you manage to gain access to this data? You seem to be good with computers."

"I am using my family's network to open their profiles, but thank you for the compliment." He continued his job, searching one file after another. "My power is just weak water magic. For some reason, I can't use any offensive magic even though I have a good amount of it. Because of that, I tried to fill my shortcomings with this."

Kai nodded, not asking any more questions. They just met not long ago and he thought it would be rude to ask more personal questions. "Anyway, we most definitely can't just ask them if they're the terrorist. That'll alarm them."

"Yeah. It seems that they really infiltrated the army. So, how are you going to do this?" Evan asked. Kai was the one in charge of this mission and he was only bait, after all. He already did what he could, so he left the rest to Kai.

Kai pondered for a moment, trying to come up with a plan. "Since we don't know who the bad guy is, we can't trust anyone. I'll try to come along with you while healing the soldiers and mark all the suspicious people… I'll need to move out during the night though, so Michelle Graham and Kudo Ayaka will protect you at that time."

"All right. I will go along with your plan, but my instinct is telling me that tonight will be dangerous," he said.0

"Same." Kai subtly nodded. The instinct from their magical beast part was tingling. "In fact, every single one of these guys is a terrorist until proven otherwise."

Kai also sent a message to the girls saying, 'Trust no one.'

pqdm.com