Birth of The Jaeger Corps

The next morning Liu woke up and, after freshening up, put on a brand new Ultramarine blue suit he bought yesterday before coming to the hotel. He checked out and got in the car. Rex followed him.

As Liu started driving, Rex asked, "Where are we going?"

"Shanghai."

Liu drove to Hotan Airport. While on the way, he called someone and told him to prepare a jet. Rex got a little curious when he drove straight to the runway instead of getting into the terminal.

When the guards at the runway gate stopped Liu, he took out his wallet and showed them an ID. The guards saluted him and opened the gate for him. He stopped the car beside a Cessna Citation Bravo, ready for takeoff. He got out of the car and got in the Cessna. Liu ordered the pilot to fly straight to Shanghai and settled down in a passenger seat. Rex asked, "Who are you?"

A mysterious smile appeared on his face as he said, "You'll find out soon enough."

After 9 hours of flight time, the plane finally landed at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. He got off the plane and saw a black Mercedes waiting for him. A military uniform man got down from the driver's seat and saluted Liu. Liu nodded and got in the passenger seat of the car. The driver started the car.

Around an hour later, they stopped in front of a 15-story building in Changning. The building seemed like a mall. Rex thought, Why would Liu bring him to a mall? He tried to ask Liu about it, but as he tried to do that, he found that Liu had already gone ahead to the mall. Rex ran behind him.

They get into the building and enter the lift. Rex got serious again as the lift started to go down instead of upwards. They got down 7 floors and got out of the lift. The floor looked like a big office, and people wearing military uniforms were running around and working at different desks.

Liu said, "Welcome to the headquarters of the Chinese Secret Service."

Rex gets a little shocked. A man comes to Liu and said, "Sir, please meet the general at once. He's waiting for you."

Liu nodded. They went through an aisle of office desks and reached a staircase. They got down the staircase, and after going through a long hallway, they stopped in front of a big door. Liu knocked on the door and entered after a rugged voice from the other side of the door said, "Come in."

They get in a big room. The floor was covered in lush green carpet. A bunch of file cabinets were kept on both sides of the room. In front was a big secretariat table with a swivel chair behind it and two more chairs in front. In the revolving chair was seated an old man in his early 60s.

Even though he was this old, his eyes felt like they could pierce through you. The wrinkles on the old man's forehead seemed to keep track of all the adventures he ventured upon when he was young. The man looked at Liu and Rex. He gestured for them to sit with his eyes. After they sat down, the man said, "Liu, is everything you said on the phone last night true?"

"Yes, sir."

"Ok. then." The man moved out, and a bunch of faces appeared on the big screen mounted to the wall before him.

The old man said, "I've contacted the top brass of every single country's military force. Now it's up to you to explain and convince them about your plan."

Liu nodded out of respect and got up. He explained everything to the military leaders, and as proof of the truth of everything he's saying, he lets Rex finish the explanation.

Once they're done, Liu looked at them and saw some of them still finding it hard to believe Liu's words. So as a last-ditch effort, he said something to Rex telepathically. He then said out loud, "Sir, I know some of you are still doubting me. So, as another proof, I'll show you this. Come, Rex."

Liu got a few steps back and held out his right hand. Rex jumped towards the hand, and just before reaching the hand, he transforms into his spear form. Seeing this, the remaining military leaders get assured too. One of them asked, "So? What's your plan?"

Liu got back to the table and said, "Sir, I want to create an army. An army of people who can fight using the same spirit powers as me. Rex will contact the spirits and call upon them to find contractors for them, while he will also help us find people with strong spiritual energy. So, we can train them and then let them make contracts with different types of spirits."

"Can you do it?"

"As long as you guys cooperate, I'm optimistic that I can."

Another leader asked, "Rex, you told us you were one of the leading spirits. How many others are there like you?"

Rex answered, "There are five of us. I don't know where the other four are. They broke the spiritual connection between us as they wanted to live alone."

"That's a problem. I hope we find them soon."

The leaders talked between themselves, and after almost an hour, one of them said, "OK. We'll cooperate. We don't see any other way for humanity to survive this invasion."

Liu stood up straight and saluted them.

"Thank you all very much, sir."

"No need to thank us. So, What are you calling this army?"

"The Jaeger Corps."