280Please respect copyright.PENANAIH4csOGmrz
"Aside from the two of us, there is no one but in the room. So who could I be talking about other than you, Ruri Resti? You will be the commander of this new squad."280Please respect copyright.PENANAga4neqT7yz
280Please respect copyright.PENANAvjUTzSYQqH
Without words, I would stare at the great leader for a moment before beginning to speak out of curiosity.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAamMFJx2vuM
"Why did you choose me out of all people? There must have been far more promising candidates that you could have picked for the position."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAZdcBRG1fU5
The great leader took a sip out of an ornate glass tea cup from his homeland before beginning to respond to my words.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAkKG0CdGoE7
"The main reason why I chose you out of all potential squad leader candidates is because I have a feeling that you will impact the city for the better. For one, you are well versed in many various fighting styles and weapons. Two, you have a good battle intuition which pairs well with your intelligence which will make you an especially effective tactician. And above all, I believe that you are the best candidate for this position as you are moral with a strong sense of justice. While I do disagree with some of your beliefs, you have the courage and the resolve to break apart from reality and enforce your form of personal justice."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAiTHVkopzkI
I nodded as I understood the position that he had commented on, but there were other candidates who displayed these properties. However, the main difference between myself and those other candidates would be the trust that the great leader had in me was far greater than the trust he held for others. Thinking about the situation for a bit, I couldn't help but ask a question.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAqza6KTlSFv
"So who would be in this squad?"280Please respect copyright.PENANAEurjJa1vxb
280Please respect copyright.PENANAXfPrpAVjyN
He chuckled.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAVPB9svY6uz
"I haven't exactly given it much thought yet as I am still busy with much of my work. However, by tomorrow morning, I will be capable of picking your squad members which will serve as a party of five."
280Please respect copyright.PENANA52A3yjZe5H
"Five people including me?"
280Please respect copyright.PENANAf3HiekEdBn
"No, it will be five other people. So that means that your squad is a total of six people."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAoA9oy6a6Ol
I nodded before standing.
280Please respect copyright.PENANArT56VHjwmm
"Alright thank you for the clarification, great leader. As this conversation is now over, I will be joining the frontlines to ensure that your future picks for my squad, and other soldiers in general won't die."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAaPSDVfsBqe
I saluted him and he saluted me back before he commented.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAG2cGTsoTv5
"Thank you for all that you have done for us."280Please respect copyright.PENANAS5rW2Xy2GH
280Please respect copyright.PENANA2SlpDfDtFl
'Ruri Resti, a young twelve-year-old hero that we don't even deserve... Perhaps one day she could save this city... But hopefully, she doesn't fall like all those who have tried before her. If I could just...'280Please respect copyright.PENANAHt81pDbloj
280Please respect copyright.PENANAtLQvinybC8
He smiled before seeing me off. After leaving the office of the great leader, I walked down the long corridor. Without a single thought aside from where the stairs were, I didn't think about much. My mind was blank and relaxed. Or well that was the case until a loud yelp would be heard. I rushed down the stairs to the scene of the second floor of the Command. The medical department. Rushing into the particular room where the sounds had come from, I came face to face with an abhorrent scene.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAXSILCeUJ8H
A relatively young soldier had stood in the room hysterically crying. Bawling his eyes out, he cried and cried. Dropping to the ground, he took an infantile position on the ground. I didn't have a single clue on what was happening here, but I knew that something was afoot. Especially considering that a man should not act in such a feminine way.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAslyKcIoZ9r
A swarm of few doctors from other rooms would come by to watch this drama. Particularly these few doctors were relatively new to the horrors of war, while the majority of doctors at the Command were used to the brutality.280Please respect copyright.PENANAPsi9PkfNNi
280Please respect copyright.PENANAo1zn3YFEDx
"What the hell are you guys looking at? Go to your medical rooms, and ensure that your patients don't die. Because this isn't something you should care about."
280Please respect copyright.PENANATcxp0KQiuO
I pointed my knife toward the crowd of doctors and they all scurried off. A young doctor from this room would glance at me before approaching me. He had slick black hair and glasses and he reached out for my hand.280Please respect copyright.PENANAnHta01hpix
280Please respect copyright.PENANAAsvAWF08ej
"Are you a soldier?"280Please respect copyright.PENANAlwMonNoA4p
280Please respect copyright.PENANA7oQEjBk6gz
He asked. And I responded.280Please respect copyright.PENANA7E9e75iZkd
280Please respect copyright.PENANAHszpvkaRQW
"Isn't it obvious? I am dressed like one, I look one, and I act one, so I definitely must be one."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAxJREIQsSX8
I told him before he readjusted his eyeglasses.
280Please respect copyright.PENANACx9LQHjKZH
"So what happened here?"280Please respect copyright.PENANAm4M1d8LdWh
280Please respect copyright.PENANAKhXIC1kSm2
I asked him though it seemed like he wanted to have a word for a moment.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAh5jNxHLvVb
"What happened here was that young hysterical man is a new recruit for the war. And what had happened was that he went out into his first battle, and came out alive as the only man out of his squad."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAMl7DJ4U5kh
"I decided that I am going to handle this."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAELSNz2hzSs
The doctor looked at me with a dissatisfied look.
280Please respect copyright.PENANAWniDntQbaX
"Please do what has to be done."
280Please respect copyright.PENANAYnUkOqb8bz
Approaching the young soldier, I reached out for him with a hand. He reached out as well. And I slapped him across the face with that same hand. He stared at me for a moment as he rubbed his stunned face. He looked at me with a look of confusion and pity.280Please respect copyright.PENANANC5GplIkSh
280Please respect copyright.PENANAyKCCoKT6XN
"What? You have a problem with me?"
280Please respect copyright.PENANAB0RenyASwJ
I asked him and he stood up.280Please respect copyright.PENANAl7vrxD7zXk
280Please respect copyright.PENANAUCZEkCGMkD
"What the hell is your problem?!"280Please respect copyright.PENANA97nPZt9IZ5
280Please respect copyright.PENANAuXk05PXpaM
He towered over me at about 172 centimeters tall. He was far taller than I thought he was, though to be fair he was kneeling like a baby in the corner of the room so he looked far shorter than he was. 280Please respect copyright.PENANA7mNrUbCerb
280Please respect copyright.PENANAlamo1U7cvf
"I don't have any problems."280Please respect copyright.PENANAPN9iDUm7IT
280Please respect copyright.PENANAzI2SpbIExd
I slapped his knee and the hulking giant fell to his legs.280Please respect copyright.PENANA99HWjZZFTt
280Please respect copyright.PENANAzQAVGMbUFe
"If you are going to mutiny again like a crybaby, I am going to beat you bloody. So bloody in fact that all that you will ever see is blood."280Please respect copyright.PENANAX3XCjE0xRZ
280Please respect copyright.PENANASG9TLuDf77
He shivered uncontrollably before I took his knife and left the room. Finder's keepers.280Please respect copyright.PENANAZeo4yAt4Xo
280Please respect copyright.PENANApJHXQZtSJ1
280Please respect copyright.PENANA5FX6AKWECj
280Please respect copyright.PENANA70SlsOrdQy
280Please respect copyright.PENANA8h3rkb7Y9w