The Guardian’s Sword by Talking Cigarette

“Got it…” Geena nodded.

Then Quentin hung up.

A short time later, 800 thousand dollars was credited to Geena’s bank account. It was the money Geena spent on Shania’s necklace, which Quentin sort of paid back to Geena.

Just then, Marsha strode in.

“Commander, has Killer X been caught?” Marsha asked with a smile.

Assassins had always been scary and would destabilize a city. Thus, Marsha was strongly hostile to assassins. Now that Killer X was caught, he was happy, of course.

“Yes, but she died before we could get anything from the interrogation, so I think there’s more to this. I’ll lift the lockdown in a few days,” said Geena.

“Got it!” Marsha gave a heavy nod.

***

Night soon fell.

canteen of the army camp was crowded. After a day‘s training, the soldiers were

glowing. They chatted and laughed with their comrades while getting dinner, occasionally telling dirty

a commotion suddenly broke out in the

doing? Are you

line! I’ve been waiting in line

obviously the one cutting in line. I just went to the washroom, and you stole

have

you! Say

you asked me to?

fight outside

go! I’m not

day, and the soldiers were used to them. Thus, the soldiers heckled instead

already started

men getting increasingly violent that bloodshed was about to happen,

wanted to resist, but someone grabbed their shoulders. They could not get

“Commander-in-chief!”

then did the soldiers realize who had separated