*Ring...*
*...Ring...*
*...Rin-*
"What do you want? If this is some phone prank I'm going to hunt you down and kill you."
[Hello to you too. Reiji.]
"..."
"Oh, it's you."
[Haven't change much I see. Still causing quite a commotion.]
"What do you want. I'm busy."
[I heard what happened. How bad was it?]
"I'm talking to you aren't I?"
[That bad?]
"We'll lived. I''ve been through worst."
[Living through Ground Zero of a Nuke tend to do that to you. I don't even know what is worst than that... Nevermind I think I know a few things.]
"If your calling just for useless chatter I'm hanging up. I got more important matters to deal with."
[If your working to hide the fact you just disobeyed a direct order from your commanding officer and killed quite a few questionable friendlies don't bother. Word already got out. Why do you think I'm calling you now?]
"..."
[I heard quite a few chatter that some Naval Officers would like kick your ass out of the base or worst. And with the stunt you pulled they have quite a few reasons to just do so.]
"If they want this place so bad then they will have to go through me and my cold dead body."
[Yeah I like not to have a bloodbath on our hands here. Red doesn't exactly clean very well.]
"Get to your point."
[While the Japanese Navy want you to pay up for your transgression, The International Admirality Board has a few words with that.]
"And?"
[We are offering you to train some of the other admirals's Ship Girls for Basic Retraining in exchange we will convince the Japanese Government and Navy to overlook your disobedience and quite a few other stuff that you have broke both local and international.]
"What International Rules?"
[That Sniper Rifle shouldn't exist. Or those stim packs for that matter. Don't get me started on the Pile Bunker.]
"So either train your girls cause your lazy asses couldn't do it or I die."
[Nah, more like you get free Laborers for Reconstruction of your base. Feel free to be a slave driver for them. They could use some humbling.]
"How long would I be doing so?"
[Until your base is up and running to its full capacity. Atleast the trial would last until then. If it works you and the base might get relegated as a Training Base and would be remove from the frontlines.]
"And the girls?"
[That decision is all on them. Either stay with you once that does happen or get reassigned to a frontline base where manpower is needed. Knowing you I'm pretty sure they would choose the former rather than the latter.]
"What about pay?"
[Will discuss that at a later date. But here's a down payment for you...]
"What is it?"
[Someone knows the Re-class's real identity.]
"..."
[Its someone High Up. Atleast higher than me and has access to certain files. All I know is that person is well aware of the events all those years ago as well as the project you were involve in. And it's someone who knows how to create the Abyssal ships.]
"Where did you get this?"
[If your think its the Stepford Smiler then it isn't. He may be smart and conniving but I doubt he knows it. This person is someone that sits at the Board.]
"Do you any know this?"
[Human made Abyssals? Fought quite a few of them, mostly Wo-class or Ne-class. Never a Re-Class. As for who the person is then I dont have any clue. Your Guess is as Good as Mine.]
"But you have a guess?"
[...]
"Knight..."
[We're straying off topic here. I'll look into it but no promises.]
"Suit yourself, Dragon of the Hundred Isles."
[Haven't heard that monicker in a long time Demon of Ground Zero. So... What's it gonna be? Are you in or out?]
"Like I have choice in that matter."
[In all honesty, No you dont have a choice.]
"Che, Fine. I get it. I'll discipline your wayward shipgirls. No promises about them living it through though."
[Heh. You'd be surprise.]