72 Chapter 11 : Arrival and goodbye

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice

"That sentence really makes sense in a world like ours, Isn't it, officer Silver?"

In a lavishly lit room behind a solid wood desk, an elegant man sat holding a book in his hands while his gaze was drawn to a woman in military dress with silver eyes and hair who stood before him performing a military salute.

The woman looked curiously at the book in the man's hands.

"General, is that phrase by Baruch Spinoza?"

"That's right, he's one of my favorite philosophers." Says the man with a smile as he puts the book on the table while looking at the woman with silver eyes.

"Why are you bothering me while I'm reading?"

Nervous Silver hurried to press her Smart Gear, a hologram appeared in the center of the desk displaying a photo.

"Hasard, the Martian division director, who had supervised the case GP-7263 'Dimensional Brains Net' or O-1820 project asked me to warn you that she would be in possession of a new information."

Hearing the words spoken by silver, the man's eyebrows furrowed and a smile appeared on his face.

"And what are these new informations?"

"One of the family members of one of the people we thought might be Mrs. Eva Green has been behaving in an exaggeratedly suspicious manner."

"What do you mean it's suspicious?"

"General, he escaped from two agents of the Martian 925 special intervention brigade, he caused a lot of damage in the city center before fleeing, he killed four avatars of the 925 brigade and two agents before escaping from Mars."

"Haha, we really can't make it more suspicious than that, but we don't have any concrete evidence that he has what we're looking for or that his mother was really Eva Green."

"But we have no concrete proof that he has what we're looking for or that his mother was really Eva Green, right?"

The man got up from his chair and took a porcelain cup from a table at the back of the room and served himself a cup of tea before returning to his seat.

"Yes, sir."

"This project was just a fantasy of that greedy, overpowering bastard, I don't give a damn about this case, tell Hasard, she just has to settle it with Cortez, I will not get involved."

"Yes, sir, but I'm not being impertinent, and then I ask you what this O-1820 project is."

The room space suddenly solidified, Silver felt as if time itself had stopped, her whole body trembled as if a terrible predator was about to shred her, then the room returned to normal.

The man naming general looked at the ceiling for a moment silently before saying.

"If I feel your presence here once again, know that apart from death, your soul will never leave this office again."

Then he looked at Silver who was in a frightened state.

"Officer Silver be careful when you ask such questions, some bastards with too much suspicion might kill you."

"Yes... General." Said Silver.

"You may step down, Officer Silver."

"Yes, General!" Silver got up with difficulty and walked out of the office, leaving the man sitting in his chair alone in the office with a pensive look on his face.

. . . . . .

"Thanks you very much."

In a parking lot in Umbertown, James carrying his backpack thanked Kanimir and his crew.

"No need to thank us, we didn't do this for you, I did it to pay off a debt, nothing more, our roads part here, I hope I never see you again and by the way Trisha told me to give you this."

Kanimir gave James an orange card with a kind of QR code.

James took the card and put it in his bag, Knar took James in her arms and hugged him to her chest and whispered in his ear.

"I hope you improve your performance before we meet again."

Hearing this, James with the slightly red face turned his head away from Knar's gaze as Dewa laughed.

"Here's our number, since you don't have Smart-Gear I wrote it down on paper, call us if you need anything we'll give you a 20% discount."

Dewa handed James a paper that he took and put in his pocket.

"20% ! Who gave you permission, Dewa!" Kanimir screams.

"Captain Ouch, stop hitting me! Ouch! I'm going to complain to the labor inspectorate! Ouch, stop it!"

Finally James, laughing, left the parking lot as Kanimir and his crew left town.

But as soon as he left the parking lot and arrived in the streets of this strange planet, he looked at the moonless sky with a strange look for a few moments, then moved forward and gradually melted into the crowd.

[Volume 7 : Dark Side of Moon END]