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"Now, without further ado..." The man's eyes moved up, as he saw Mirii. "The briefing session will begin."
"This is troublesome…" Mirii eyebrows were up, as she lowers her head and her eyes were staring at a chair on her left. "If only I didn't let my guard lower that easily, I-I could have opted for a quick sneaking approach."
Her right hand pulls the chair backwards.
"Unfortunately doing that, would only increase my self-criminal impression… I-I feel so dirty even by just thinking about it!" Her fists rest on her legs, as she lowers her head again, while squeezing her eyes.
She rose back her head, while opening her eyes and keeping her eyebrows up.
"It's useless to complain now: the only thing I can do is to complete this mission as quickly as I can. … completing a mission very quickly? WH-WHAT AM I THINKING?!" Her eyes expanded. "Quickness would lead me and Hunley into deep trouble, since hiding hazards become impossible to see! … at the same time…"
Her irises moved to her right, as she saw a bluish wall.
"Knowing information sooner would grant me the possibility to prevent Project Neo from literally invading Inkopolis…"
"Alright, you all got your seats."
Immediately, Mirii's eyes turned over the man, which was sitting on an office chair still grasping the pile of papers.
"This mission is categorized as a Double Fresh Mission Rank, which will give to the only Agent in this team, 50 points." His irises were moving from left to right. "Your task is to infiltrate inside a warehouse owned by dealers and gather information."
"Dealers, huh." Grina was sitting on a chair.
Her hands were on her head's back, as she lifts her right leg on the top of her left one, while grinning. "I guess those famous gear brands are getting poorer because of the Turf War Station's inactivity."
"No, we are not talking about those dealers…" The man's eyes were still on the paper.
His right hand took the front one, bringing it behind.
"After some days of research, Agents reported Stingray activity around this warehouse." He puts the paper on the table, as his eyes were looking at Mirii. "In other words, they are purchasing from those dealers which are all Inklings."
"Hmm… interesting." Mirii frowns slightly, as her head was a bit down and her arms were folded. "Very interesting: why those Stingrays have deals with Inklings? Especially after all those attacks…?"
"Mirii, do you have a question?" His left eyebrow lowered, while he smiled.
"No, chief." She closes her eyes. "Although, I wouldn't expect those Stingrays having deals with Inklings."
"Yeah, you said it right as always!" He stands up, with his hands on the table. "You pretty much mentioned a little detail about this mission…"
"Hmm?" Mirii rose her head, while reopening her eyes. "The only thing I mentioned was just the Inkling part…"
"Since those Inklings know important information about the Stingrays…" He closes his eyes, as he smiles again. "There is a special reward, if you manage to arrest at least one of them."
"A reward?!" Her eyes grew a bit. "This could be truly interesting… rewards may be extremely important." She bends forward, with her mouth sealed.
"With the addition of the special reward, this mission could be seen as another Triple Smokin' Mission Rank. If you arrest one of them, you'll receive an additional 50 points bonus after completing the main mission." He opens his eyes, as he starts walking to the right. "If you manage to arrest everyone, however…"
He turns over the others, while smiling.
"All Rangers would receive 200.000 coins each, Hun would be promoted to Pro Rank and since Tonna will assist you… she would become a chief herself!"
Mirii's jaw dropped. A loud gasp conquered the air. The chief turns over Tonna: her block note was resting on the floor, as her left hand was standing on her chest. She starts breathing loudly.
"You… you… you mean that… if they arrest the dealers… I… I-I… I-I'll become… a chief…" She starts stumbling a little, as her smiling mouth was wide open.
"Sure!" The man nods. "This is one of the few missions, where rewards are truly important. Of course there is a catch with that."
He turns over Mirii, with his hands inside his pockets.
"Agents reported that dealers possess powerful technology. Some of the most experienced Agents tried to arrest one of them, but they failed because of that reason." His face frowned a little. "They changed location after those events, hiding now inside an isolated warehouse which is located around the mountains, near Inkopolis."
"How many dealers are inside this warehouse?" Mirii rose her head.
"5. 3 men, 2 women…" He picks up the pile of paper, as his eyes were staring at the words. "The first man uses a Splatling weapon full of Icy Ink."
"Whoa like, for real?" Bars opens his arms. "That sounds awesome!"
"Not really." The man looks at the boy, while frowning a bit. "According to the previous Agents, Icy Ink freezes Inklings instantly. They must get ridden off the ice, before it's too late."
"Icy Ink…?" Mirii's irises moves to her left, while her arms were folded. "I can't believe such dangerous Ink exists…"
"The advantage is that once the Icy Ink covers the ground, Inklings can safely step on it. You can't cover ice with ink, though…" His eyes returned on the front paper. "Now, the second man uses a machine which summons clouds full of Ink."
"Now THAT feels like a surprise attack!" Grina grins, still with her hands on her head's back. "I hope they wouldn't mind me borrowing that thing: raining upon unaware opponents is the key to end battles in a jiffy."
"Unfortunately, they have it!" The man looks at the girl, frowning a lot. "Not to mention, all the other dealers have access to this machine if you manage to just stop this man…"
"The cloud machine…" She squeezes her eyes a bit. "If the clouds are white, they would hide too well in front of any ordinary Inkling: in wrong hands, the results are something that I'd never wish to see."
"Now" The chief's eyes were on the paper. "the third man uses a large robot, which can shoot ink from both the arms." He looks over Mirii.
"Even a large robot…" Mirii rose her head, while frowning. "Those fools just didn't thought about the idea of how technology can become dangerous for everyone, if used for wrong purposes."
Mirii rose her eyebrows, as she turns her head over Hun, which was sitting behind her.
"This mission is sounding way too risky: seeing Hunley in danger is worse than seeing myself in danger. This is making those rewards sound less important…"
The man coughed once.
"The first woman uses a Charger weapon which can reach more than 500 meters, the second woman surrounds the other dealers with Boost Ink, which charges their Specials when they are inside it."
"I have no words." Mirii frowns a lot. "A Charger weapon with that reach could splat anyone, without standing on their sight. If only I was the one wielding that weapon, I would make sure to splat them before they would even think to splat Hunley or other innocents."
The papers fell on the table, as the chief's right hand stomped near them.
"With that said, you generally know the dealers: any questions?" His head turns on each Inkling.
"No question." Grina stands up, while grinning. "Instead, I have to say that this mission sounds truly exciting to say the least!"
"WHAT?!" Mirii turns behind, while frowning a lot.
Grina stood on tip toes, as her right arm stretched upwards and her left fingers stood on her chest, while her eyes were closed.
"Crooks possessing technologies coming from the evil minds of mad scientists?! A team of young Inklings thrusting just on a great sense of justice?! Epic. Magnificence of courage and action, all packed into one mission."
She bends forward, as she clenches her fists and opens her eyes and her smiling mouth.
"Rivals who will think the most insidious of the strategies, the members of Inkinators who fill themselves with morals and wishes for seeing the future… yes, this war is definitively going to blow our expectations!" She thrusts her right arm forward. "Adventure, Mystery, Action… what I'm waiting for?! Give me that paper, so I can leave my sign in!"
"Like, I totally agree girl!" Bars stands up, as he claps loudly while smiling. "I do want to splat the dealers down with my Roller, then steal their technologies and use them!"
"Well well, we sure have an impatient boy in our team." Grina turns behind, grinning at Bars while her hands were on her hips. "But who am I kidding? I want to be at the top of the world with my empire of epic technological weapons!" She throws her two fists in the air.
"Your attitude will do nothing but bringing you under the world."
Grina's eyelids lowered to the middle, as she turns behind once again, seeing Mirii with her arms folded, her head down and her face frowning slightly.
"Oh hi, Miss Perfection." She downturns her mouth a bit. "I assume you want to be hardcore with the mission…"
Mirii expands her eyes, as a vein pops out from her forehead.
"Hardcore with persons possessing such dangerous weapons?! Weapons who could injure severely someone?!" She growls faintly.
"Pffff!" Grina moves her right hand down. "Don't be a seachicken, Mirii! The Headquarters are going to give us some cool equipment for the mission." Her eyes turned over the chief. "Am I right on this one?"
The chief nods.
"You four will wear the Armor Suit, which is a Hero Suit with extra protection all around." He turns over Tonna. "Tonna told me one day, that you had the occasion of wearing a regular Hero Suit."
Tonna smiles, while nodding and holding her block note with her hands.
"It was an emergency case last time: Hun tried to stop the Stingrays at the cinema all alone…" Her eyebrows rose, as she looks at the boy which was standing up.
"Uhm…" Hun lowers his head, as his right forefinger stands on his chin. "I still don't remember much about that, but at the same time I don't really want to!" He rose his head, as he grits his teeth and sweat jumps out from his forehead.
"No, no, I don't want you to remember those events…" Tonna steps forward once, while smiling. "I just wanted to remind the chief about this previous situation."
"Ah…" His eyebrows were up, his mouth a bit downturned.
"Now, now, Hun…" The woman's eyes closed, as her head tilts to her left. "What do you think of this mission?"
"What do I think?" Hun looks up. "Uhm…"
"Before he says anything, I do have something to say about Grina's expectations." The man frowns a bit, as he scratches his stomach.
"Aaaah, but…" Grina's eyes closed, as she opens her arms. "This was sure unexpected: the boss agreeing with me!"
"Not at all." He shakes his head, while closing his eyes for a moment. "This attitude isn't accepted inside the Inkopolis Security Team."
"… darn big mouth…" Her irises shrunk, as she stood still.
"I hope you'll change that attitude, once you decide to become a real Agent." He folds his arms, now smiling at Mirii. "As always, I congratulate with your correct behavior, Mirii."
The girl smiles, nodding once.
"Just one thing though: don't say that you don't care about those rewards." His hands entered inside his pockets.
"How so?" Mirii rose her head a little.
"That's simple: I see great potentials in you. To be honest…" He sealed his mouth for a moment. "I see more potentials in you, than in Hun."
Mirii's eyes expanded, as her mouth open.
"But Hunley possesses an unique skill…" She tilts backwards a bit.
"No, Mirii." He shakes his head, as he walks towards the girl. "After more than 20 years working in this organization, I learned that the most successful Agents were not those with special abilities: the Agents who were hard-workers, who never gave up a single mission, who spent almost all their time here… those are the only ones you'll see in the Hall of Fame."
Mirii's eyes sparkled.
"Mirii." He smiles. "Even though you didn't complete that Midnight mission, I was very impressed with your tenacity. I… I feel so bad seeing you stuck in Ranger rank." His eyebrows rose, his mouth downturns.
"This is not something I can change anytime soon." She rose her head. "I must save the Captain, in order to receive the rightful promotion."
"… actually, that could change…" His smile returns.
Mirii opened her mouth.
"Aaaah, wait!"
The man turns behind, seeing Hun with his right forefinger up.
"I-I almost forgot! I don't want to be the leader!" He points at Mirii, while blushing a bit. "Mirii deserves it!"
The girl blushes a lot.
"Hun-Hunley!" She frowns a bit, as her irises shrunk.
"Uhm… alright, Hun." He turns behind again, facing the girl. "This doesn't change much the situation: the important part of this mission for you is your overall performance."
He bends a bit on his knees.
"If you truly arrest all those 5 dealers, Mr. Tarfo would consider an exception to the rule, granting you at least Senior Rank!" He closes his eyes.
"Heh!" Grina shrugs. "Looks like she got more rewards than us!"
"So, what do you say? You really deserve such thing, Mirii." He nods, with his eyes still closed. "The Inkopolis Security Team would certainly improve with you around: people would look at you as a role model, when you'll return from your completed missions."
"A role model…?" She stands still, with her mouth a bit open. "I… I can teach people the art of perfection…? Are people going to listen my speeches and learn from them…?"
Mirii's irises grew.
"Mirii Hanache: professional Agent of a legendary experience, the only one who truly knows how to protect the city… a person to look for and trust without doubts. History books mentioning my name and showing a painting of me, while the students from the future would learn everything about perfection."
A smile grew on her face.
"Mirii… why you appeared so foolish, before? I claimed many times how I reached perfection: with my superb intelligence and refined agility, not even alien technology will figure out how this genius managed to foil all their malicious plans. Hunley will not be in danger at all: thanks to my deeds, he'll be cured from his disease and stay with me… while I'll conquer all the ranks and slowly taking control of the Headquarters, leading the organization into a future of perfection."
Mirii lifts her posture, as she rose her head once more.
"I say, chief…" She nods. "This wonderful idea might aid more in my situation than previously calculated."
"Good, good!" The man rubs his own hands. "I knew you wouldn't"
"Although, I have one thing to say about this…" Mirii folds her arms.
"Yes?" The chief smiles, as his hands stopped.
"Despite the fact my career opportunities are just opening up, I do see great potentials in Hunley…" She blushes. "This mission is more balanced thanks to Hunley's unique skills and this point in particular must be truly recognized."
Hun blushes, as his mouth was wide open.
"Wow… she believes in me so much…" He smiles. "Mirii, you can be sure that we two are going to complete this mission for good! I want to stay with you, after all!"