Chapter 20

Although Sam had some things to hide he wasn't a spy and so he said yes, he would lie as little as possible but there were some things he needed to hide for his own safety such as the existence of Mechy and his familial background.

When Sam agreed the general motioned with his hands and a few people in white gowns entered the room carrying some heavy material, Sam wasn't a specialist but he recognized the lie detector. He had never seen a real one but he had seen them in movies.

A middle aged woman with asian eyes and long and smooth black hair sat in front of Sam and pushed up her round glasses, she waited until all the electrodes were put on Sam by her assistants and she asked:

"What is your name ?"

"Sam."

"You don't have a surname ?"

"I used to, I don't have one anymore."

The woman kept checking the results on her tablet while asking easy questions to Sam, this method was to probe him but also to make him lower his guard: you start with easier questions and you surprise him with an unexpected one.

"Were you born on Moryl ?"

"No."

"Do you remember where you were born ?"

"Yes."

"Where?"

"Central."

Although he had stuff to hide this was still in the limit of what he could reveal to them, in addition if they learned that he came from Central they would be less likely to think that he was a spy.

Central was the capital of the Human Alliance, why would they need to send a spy to a small planet like Moryl.

His answer made them both relieved and tense, why would someone from Central appear on a planet so faraway in the galaxy?

"How did you end up on Moryl?"

The woman was obviously more stressed now, people on Moryl had heard only rumors about Central and all they knew was that people there were extremely powerful !

"I was exiled."

The general looked Sam in the eyes and he knew that he wasn't lying because of the sadness that flashed in his eyes when he said that, he didn't need to use a lie detector anymore but kept using it because of the procedures. If a weak soldier was a spy it would be fine as they weren't given much informations and ressources but they planned on nurturing Sam with everything they got to bring honor to Moryl so they couldn't take the risk of him being a spy.

Then the woman continued :

"Are you still in contact with anyone from Central?"

"No."

The woman and the general both looked at the result on the tablet's screen and heaved a sigh of relief, Sam wasn't that scary to them of course. The general was a grade 7 evolver and second strongest person on Moryl after the king, they were scared of whoever was behind him. Any small power in Central was rumored to be enough to bring the end to any smaller planet !

"One last question Sam, why did you join the military ?"

"Because of money and I admire the courage and strength of the elite corps."

After checking the screen once again they knew he wasn't lying to them, the general smiled and extended his hand to Sam:

"Thank you for cooperating and welcome to the military."

Sam smiled and shook the general's hand, he didn't feel like he was done any wrong. The higher ranked people had the lives of a lot of people in their hands so it was understandable that they would be so cautious. Sam waited until they took off him all the electrodes and he left the office, today had been a long day and he really needed a break.

He slowly walked towards his apartment that was still outside of the training fields, usually as soon as you joined the military you would be attributed a room alone if you were in the elite corps and you would join a barracks if you were a normal soldier, Sam had been said he would be given a room as soon as he was in a better physical state. They were afraid that he might want to train and endanger his legs if he saw everyone working hard on the training ground and that was why this decision was made.

He walked back home in his small one room apartment and he lied down in his bed, as he looked at the ceiling Sam asked Mechy:

"How do humans compare to your creators' species ?"

[The strongest human would be a rabbit next to the weakest Zold.]

"So they are called Zold... where did their strength come from ?"

[They had a stronger bloodline, a sharper mind and of course they had developed techniques best suited to them, after some research it seems like humans only know how to absorb the energy left behind by beasts in their cores but they can't do it effectively.]

"Can you teach me how to do it effectively?"

[That's easy, it would have been the reward of your first mission anyway.]

"First mission ? What is it ?"

[Land a hit on me.]

Sam didn't even have the time to be confused he was teleported to a world of black, all there was in this world was grass on the ground, there was no sky, no trees, no apartment, nothing else but grass and himself.

He was standing in front of himself as if there was a mirror except that the him in front of him didn't move like him, when he was starting to grow even more confused at what was happening the other him jumped at him with a punch and even though he reflexively tried to move his head to the right as an attempt to dodge the punch still landing on his nose and he fell on his butt, the pain was real and he had to clutch his nose with his hand, when he moved them he realized they were completely bloody.

"What the fuck is this !"

[This is your first mission, you have to land a hit on me, time limit is 12 hours in the real world or 120 hours in the dream world.]

Mechy's voice sounded from his clone's mouth and Sam finally understood, it was once again Mechy's doing but he wasn't angry, from hearing what Mechy had said he felt like this was a great opportunity.

"This is great, time passes slower here ?"

As soon as he said that he started trying as hard as he could to hit his clone, he threw punches, kicks, shoulder hits, elbows and knees and everything he had in his arsenal but nothing connected, he really felt like Mechy was the puppeteer while he was being controlled.