Reborn as a Mechanist with a God-Tier System-Chapter 226: Day 12 [4]

12:00am.

The special squad finally moved.

They moved from quarter to quarter inside the massive military base, checking up on all the important military leaders of the rebel army.

Within a few minutes, they arrived at Major Kai’s living quarters and then they noticed an anomaly.

The Major was nowhere to be found!

"Code Yellow!" The leader of the special squad comprised entirely of NetRunners immediately entered a state of alert as he calmly stated.

Code Yellow meant that there was an anomaly, but due to the situation not being yet confirmed it was still at the lowest alert level.

Immediately after the leader of the special squad ordered his subordinates, all 9 soldiers under him reacted.

Overclock Mind!

Ping Scan!

Firewall Bypass!

They didn’t hesitate to use Overclock Mind to double their mental processing speed as this was the nature of their job.

Their job was to make sure that nothing happened to the higher-ups of the rebel army every night, and they were expected to do anything in their power and use anything in their disposal to confirm every anomaly even if that meant putting their life on the line.

With 10 E Rank NetRunners working together, their power rampaging through the military base in a carpet search, they confirmed the anomaly almost immediately.

"Target found". One of the soldiers confirmed.

"Where?" The leader of the squad asked.

The soldier in black and green military attire looked at the squad leader. "The Major is currently outside the General’s living quarters".

The leader’s brain whirred, then he calmly nodded as the tension dissipated.

They continued their work, checking all the other major leaders of the rebel army and finally they moved towards the General’s room.

Despite the fact that he was the leader of the army and was most susceptible to assassination attempts, as the one who organized the squad, Ren Nora instructed the special squad from the beginning to always check up on him last during their night check-ups.

Since becoming the leader of the Freegrid Collective, the General had suffered countless assassination attempts already but he always emerged alive.

The special squad had full confidence in the ability of the General, checking up on the General’s living quarters was just a necessity.

But this time when they approached the General’s living quarters, they found that Major Kai was still there.

"Major!" They saluted respectfully.

Major Kai looked at them and gestured for them to move on. "The General couldn’t sleep on time so I had to accompany him".

"Don’t worry, he’s fine".

The leader of the special squad immediately heaved a sigh of relief, then he nodded and led his soldiers away.

Immediately after they left, Major Kai heaved a sigh of relief.

The first shift was over, but the second shift was scheduled for 2am.

His face scrunched up slightly. ’How am I going to deceive them during the second shift?’

He knew he couldn’t use the same excuse.

He was worried.

...

Tick! Tock!

Time ticked forward one minute at a time and in the blink of an eye, 2 more hours passed and it was 2am.

4 hours already passed since Ren Nora started his C Rank Ascended Trial!

This time, as the second night shift approached, Major Kai stayed in his living quarters because he knew that being out of his living quarters during 2 shifts at night in itself was an anomaly.

Even if it was a false alarm, the well-trained and specialized squad was definitely going to raise an alarm to the situation till it was confirmed that nothing was wrong with the Major.

The moment the special squad checked on his room and left though, Major Kai became worried. ’How should I stop them?’

He agonized in silence for a long time and just as the special squad finished checking the other rooms and arrived at Ren Nora’s room, he made his decision.

Neural Projection!

BZZZ!

He disappeared from his room and arrived in front of the reinforced metal door leading to the General’s room.

Seeing him suddenly appear, the special squad instantly became alert.

The leader of the special squad looked at him warily. "Major?"

Major Kai took a deep breath, trying his best to appear relaxed as he said. "The General is still nursing his injuries and needs a lot of rest, you don’t need to bother him. I already checked".

This time, the leader of the special squad didn’t heave a sigh of relief and leave like during the first shift.

Instead, his eyes constricted as he secretly gave a hand sign to his soldiers.

Noticing this, Major Kai’s heart fell.

The leader of the special squad stayed calm as he looked the Major in the eye. "With all due respect Major, you know the protocol of our squad, we need to confirm the condition of the General with our own eyes before moving on".

Major Kai’s brain geared into overdrive as different thoughts and ideas flowed through his head, then the expression on his face suddenly twisted as he bellowed. "Are you accusing me of lying???"

Instead of being intimidated, the leader of the special squad only became more alert as he openly entered a battle stance.

The Major’s reaction confirmed to him that something was terribly wrong!

His eyes stayed calm as he stared at the Major. "Again, with all due respect Major, if the General is tired and truly needed rest like you said, why would you take the initiative to raise your voice and disturb him?"

Major Kai blinked. ’F*CK!’

In that moment, he loathed the elite training that Ren Nora put these soldiers through to turn them into what they currently were today.

The leader of the special squad made a gesture to his soldiers as they walked towards the door while he maintained eye contact with the Major.

"Major, please allow us to personally confirm the situation of the General or we’ll have no choice but to label you a traitor of the army".

Major Kai’s face darkened.

His brain whirred as countless thoughts went through his mind, but he knew that there was no avoiding it anymore. He was out of ideas.

If he decided to use force to apprehend the special squad, they would surely raise an alarm before he silenced them, beating the whole idea of his task.

In the end, he stepped aside, letting them in.

Carefully, they opened the door to the General’s room.

Click!

The leader of the special squad peeked inside the room and in that moment, Major Kai felt his heartbeat and blood pressure skyrocket.

BADUMP! BADUMP!

"Captain?" One of the soldiers asked their leader.

The leader of the special squad frowned as he looked into the room. He saw the General soundly asleep in his bed, not reacting to their presence.

He answered. "The General is asleep..."

Major Kai heaved a sigh of relief.

"But something is wrong!" He said in a solemn voice as Major Kai’s eyes constricted in anxiety.

The leader of the special squad turned to look at Major Kai, he was even more wary of the Major now. "With all due respect Major, as a D Rank NetRunner of the Code Phantom Specialization, the General’s perception is beyond what any of us can compare to".

"He’s proven it in training countless times".

The look in his eyes turned cold. "The General should have reacted the moment we opened the door!"

The look in Major Kai’s eyes changed. ’F*CK!’

"Code Black!" The leader of the special squad said in an icy voice, invoking the highest alert level as instantly, he and all his soldiers brought out their weapons.

Immediately after...

WOM! WOM! WOM!

The alarm bells in the military base loudly blared!