New Department

At this moment, Zen and Sera were both holding each of Nana's hands as they walked towards their room.

After being given some tasks, Zen knew that their parents and their old comrades still wanted to further catch up with each other so they excused themselves along with Nana.

"I didn't expect Mom and Dad's past to be so eventful…" Zen said out loud while in deep thought.

"Right! They were like protagonists in a movie!" Sera added on with sparkling eyes.

Soon, the two of them looked at Nana who was happily walking between them. She was holding both of their hands as they walked.

They still couldn't get over the fact that even though Nana looked like this, she was still technically 25 years old. Meaning that she was older than the both of them!

Zen looked at Nana whose hand he was holding with his left hand, then looked at the box he was carrying with his right.

'If I'm not wrong, then Nana must've had an incomplete connection with the Free World… As for why she was the only one who was able to adapt to the meteorite's energy in their village, I'm not so sure about the reason for that…' Zen thought as he remembered the details of the meeting earlier.

***

Earlier in the meeting room…

Ren stood up and said, "So a department that solely focuses on developing in the game will be established, does anyone have any objections?"

Everyone looked at one another before looking back at Ren.

At this moment, Rina posed a question, "Who's going to be the members of the department?"

Ren smiled and replied, "Why not everyone in this room?"

This made everyone stare at him in shock.

"Oh come on. It's a game. I think it's going to be fun for us. Besides, this operation is very important so we must ensure that only very trusted people will take part in this. Also, since we betrayed the U.S., we can't just go around showing our faces to the outside world, right?" Ren said as he tried to persuade everyone with a smile.

At this moment, Hassan scratched his head and raised his hand, "Have you tried it already, Commander? Why do you sound so sure that it'll be fun?"

Ren flinched slightly while Rina looked at her nails dismissively, both of them looked as if they were children who did something wrong.

Zen smirked at the sight of this.

Before the atmosphere got any more awkward, Ren said, "Well, I just wanted us to try something new. Besides, haven't you all also had enough of this cruel world? I want us to do something that we'll enjoy for real. Also, since Rina and I have escaped from the U.S. They'll be even more hell bent on going after me if ever they find out that I'm alive."

At the mention of this, the old members of the Twilight Task Force perked up their ears. They were curious about their Commander's story when they parted in the past.

Even Margareth was curious about what they had gone through before arriving here. Although she had received Sophie and Blake's report, she still wanted to hear it from Ren himself.

Seeing this, Zen stood up and said, "Dad, I think it'll be better if we go back first."

This made everyone in the room look in his direction.

Ren raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Why?"

"When a person enters the game, the place he will descend to, in other words, his spawn point will be random. This will make it hard for us to contact each other in the game. So, I think that it's better for me and Sera to enter the game first to procure some maps." As Zen spoke, Ren got the gist of what he was trying to say.

Ren nodded and smiled, "Very good. I'll assign you the task of getting maps for us to be able to know more about the world in the game. This will also be the first step of our department in developing inside the game."

Then, after exchanging a few pleasantries with their uncles and aunts, Zen and Sera picked Nana up and exited the room.

"Oh right! Ask the butler outside the room for a gaming device for Nana. Tell him that it's my order." Margareth's voice echoed around the room as she reminded the siblings.

"Okay, Aunt Margareth." Zen replied.

Pat!

The door closed after the three of them exited the room.

At this moment, Ethan adjusted his glasses and praised, "What a good kid your son is, Commander."

"You seem to be really fond of Commander's son. Don't tell me you want to have children too?" Olivia chimed in from the side.

"Why not? Wanna have some with me?" Ethan casually replied, making Olivia blush in embarrassment.

"Ohhhh, fuck off! Don't flirt here right in front of us. Don't you have any shame!?" At this moment, Veronica cursed loudly as she adjusted her white coat.

Still, everyone in the room was surprised at what the bespectacled Ethan said. Everyone in the room looked at the two of them with interest.

***

Present…

Creak~

As Zen's hands were full, Sera was the one who opened the door to their unit. Nana freed herself from their hold and energetically ran inside the unit.

She looked around with shining eyes as if she was exploring an entirely new world. She looked out the big window in the living room and was fascinated to see the clouds outside.

The two followed behind her as they stretched their backs. They looked at the wall clock and saw that it was already 4pm.

Thinking that it wouldn't be good to go straight in the game, Zen and Sera decided to play with Nana for a couple of minutes before entering the game with her.