360 Mercenary Association (1)

"Tell me something... why is that whenever something bad happens, you're always in the middle of it?" Aamon shook his head.

"Believe me, I keep asking that question myself." Ashton shrugged, "But I never get any answers."

It's been a couple of hours since Ashton returned on the mothership of T.I.T pirates and narrated the entire story of what happened and why he returned earlier than expected. At first, Aamon thought Ashton gave up on the trials, but when he saw him he remembered the boy wasn't weak-minded enough to give up everything so easily. 

"Either way looks like you people have gone on a shopping spree," Ashton mumbled while looking around the new ship.

"Yeah. We have been busy while you were gone." Frank replied, "Thought we might as well upgrade a few things."