CHAPTER 9

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"chief kyoka uzen and seventh unit reporting" kyoka said saluting, she was the definition of professional, her colleague however

"a pleasure to meet you minister, i am tenka izumo chief of the sixth unit" tenka said, in a rather jovial manner

"hello mari 2.0 pleasure to meet you as well" i said

"mari 2.0" she asked curiously

"your personality is very similar to one of my EVA pilots mari makinami, you'll likely meet her at some point, but i digress, i am a retired officer, called back into service for stupid reasons the next orders you receive will hopefully be the last that i give, in that vain, you are to report to minister katsuragi she will get you set up as proper members of the vanguard" i said, kyoka gave another salute while tenka just smiled

"your both dismissed" i said as they left once they were gone i sat back in my admittedly rather comfortable chair and sighed

"now maybe i can retire and stay retired, i'll likely need to oversee the sealing of the EVAs and the sovereign but then i am free" i said to myself

in fact i couldn't even get to that point, two days before i was set to step down and resign i was asked to meet with commander yamashiro again

"commander yamashiro what seems to be the problem with my forces" i said

"problem, there is no problem, they are more efficient and more powerful then any military force i have seen including my own, the shuuki are damn near extinct at this point and the god's of thunder that popped up were pummeled into the ground by your men, your minister katsuragi and doctor akagi allowed us the opportunity to fully study your ayanami series, they even gave us several of your dummy plugs, and our agency can't even make heads or tails of how they work or how to make more" she said, i frowned slightly but internally i was scowling 'note to self, speak to katsuragi later' i thought

"i see, and what can i do for you then" i asked

"i have asked, your minister katsuragi and she told me to come to you, so i am asking is it possible for our corpse to join your army" she said, i blinked in surprise

"the mato now that it has been cleared out and with the gods of thunder dead, it would make a good place for these competitions you plan on hosting and i intend to form a faction and compete" she said

"and what does your government say" i asked

"what matters is what your government says, the nations of my world already submitted to the authority of your united world federation, just as this world has, the civilian populace has already transferred to this dimension and has either found homes on this world or out on your mars, or in one of the thirteen colonies" she said, i knew this, and yet i was annoyed

"i see, it will take time to set things up, the military won't be disbanding until after the sunflower-class is prepared and stationed orbiting the world we have recently dubbed nirvana, we will need to build at least one colosseum of some form in mato, we need to makes sure the shuuki are all dead, the humanoid shuuki who would like to be cured are, we have many things to prepare, that doesn't even count the laws in place that dictate the size and capability of the privateer groups" i said, the entire event was a headache..... a good headache, but a headache nonetheless

"sir, we have a problem" an officer said as i looked up in surprise

"what happened" i asked

"sir, there was.......... deficiency in nines epsilon" he said, my eyebrow raised

"what kind of deficiency" i asked

"sir, he has taken a scimitar, and has gone on a rampage, it seems he was affected with the insania virus, and his dragon side didn't take it well, our readings indicate an angel level threat" my eyes widened

"shit" i asked

"viceroy langley has commandeered a falchion and has put her best pilots together, they are ready to launch, nines delta is with them she requests that if he needs to be put down, she be granted the opportunity as his partner" the officer said, i gritted my teeth

"permission granted, inform the viceroy now risks are to be taken, if he is a risk to the men, put him down, after the battle if nines epsilon is put down, have nines delta report to my ready room" i ordered

"sir" the officer said

"and inform misato that all officers especially dragoons and EVA pilots are to be screened for the insania virus, we will open the vault if necessary this is to be an isolated incident is that understood" i demanded

"yes sir" the officer said

"dismissed" i said as the officer left

"well, surprises everywhere, but it makes sense dragoons were created using the capabilities of the EVAs and the experience of the ayanami series, so i am not too surprised" i said, though it was clear i was grieving for epsilon, i grieved for all my men that i lost

"my apologies for the loss of your man, but i agree with your orders" ren spoke up, as i turned to her in surprise completely forgetting she was there

"my apologies commander yamashiro i had forgotten you were there"  i said, she shrugged

"it is understandable, what has happened would have any good commander forget everything else, when something unexpected occurs" she said simply, she had learned some humility through kyoka's slave, she heard that he was released from her service with help from the vanguard, they were helping her find someone stronger, a dragoon specifically who would submit to her ability, as a test to see what happens

"i forget where i was in our conversation commander my apologies" i said

"the conversation was basically over, you had already explained everything that was needed when your soldier walked in" she said, i shrugged

"well then, i guess, i will say, listen out, and we will see what happens" i said

"i can agree to that" she responded as she bowed and left

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