Naomi’s interest immediately peaked when she heard what Nicolas had said.
A real War Council. It was the first time she had attended such a meeting.
The meeting in her base was basically just her or the others briefing the others on what to do. But, this was Military. Things should be different, right? There should be a hot debate regarding what plan they should take to take down their enemies, no?
This was one thing that Naomi longed to attend. She wanted to join the debate and got her idea shut down by some idiot who didn’t understand her point.
Though she probably just smiled instead of getting angry. She always wanted some opposition to her idea, as that was what made it rather exciting about a War Council.
“While that’s the main focus of the meeting, or rather, the War Council this time. I also have someone to introduce first before that.” Nicholas explained as he glanced at Naomi.
Naomi took that as a sign for her to introduce herself to the crowd.
She turned to the excited crowd. Not all of them, some of them were looking at her suspiciously.
Those people were especially the ones who sat in the front row, officers with Rank higher than Captain and Major. Almost all of them were old and looked rather experienced, and had some badges on their chest.
Smiling softly, she stood up from her seat.
“Nice to meet all of you. My name is Akasa Naomi. And I am appointed as Lieutenant-General by Marshal Ingrid von Steiner. I am honored to be able to join this meeting and be put in this position. I know that some of you may not believe or trust me yet. But I hope we can work together in the future.”
Naomi nodded politely before sitting back on her chair.
The crowd clamored a little as they clapped their hands. The veteran in the front row nodded, satisfied, maybe because they saw how polite Naomi was when she introduced herself. She noticed a small smile forming on their faces.
Nicholas also smiled a little at Naomi before turning toward the crowd.
“Alright, as the introduction was in order, let’s begin.”
He turned toward Eveline and nodded.
Eveline then took out her holo phone and pressed a button, bringing a hologram monitor out from behind Naomi and the other.
The screen then showed a building with the Esper Association’s logo with the words the United States, meaning that it was the Esper Association’s headquarters that was based in the United States.
There was a small explanation below the image, but Naomi didn’t really bother to read it as the explanation was only about the exact location of the headquarters.
Naomi noticed something strange about the image. The cars around the building were moving.
‘It’s a video, huh?’ She thought as she analyzed the image, rather, the video calmly.
“Please give your attention over here.” Eveline started as she gestured to the crowd to look at the screen.
The crowd followed the instruction obediently. They looked at the screen and narrowed their eyes.
“What you see right now is a live feed from one of the soldiers in Stealth Squad. Before you ask anything, why this place? The answer is, we sent our soldiers to almost every headquarters of the Esper Association to spy on them.”
Once again, Eveline operated her holo phone, and the screen changed. This time, it showed a dozen videos with different buildings and descriptions, time included.
United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Dutch, Egypt, and other countries.
“All of this is done to get advantage of the war and find out the Esper Association’s real goal. And now the reason for the gentlemen being gathered for the meeting is this.”
The screen changed again, showing the United States feed once again. However, the time of the video was different from the one that was previously shown to the crowd.
Naomi noticed the difference and grinned. She saw something rather interesting, someone that shouldn’t be in that place.
Four people surrounded a man with white hair; Three men and one woman. All of them wore white suits with the Esper Association’s logo on their left chest.
“Look who decided to move. So the boss is finally making a move himself.” She muttered with a low voice.
Some Officers were Espers with sense enhancement. They were not fighters but still good at collecting information, heard Naomi’s muttering and gasped.
Even Nicholas looked at her with eyes widened a little. It seemed like he also heard her.
He immediately turned toward Eveline, not escaping Naomi’s perspective.
‘This General seems to be rather good. At least he’s not a fool who bought his way up.’ Naomi leaned her back against the chair's backrest as she looked at the situation curiously. She wanted to know how the situation would develop without getting involved.
Eveline took Nicholas’ sign and nodded. She then zoomed into the white-haired man and fixed the quality of the video with the enhancing software in her holo phone. Next, she looked at Naomi and asked.
“Lieutenant-General. Are you positive this is the BOSS of the Esper Association?”
“Hmm?” Naomi hummed as she looked at Eveline. She looked at the newly cleared video and nodded. The image was clearer, showing the man’s smirk and red iris that looked straight at the camera as if he knew the camera was there.
“Yup. He’s Avos. I met him in Paris a few days ago. More specifically, three days ago after the press conference. At that time, he also declared War on us. It was just yesterday that the Moon of Akasha and I took out two of his Executives, but it seems that he already made his move.” Naomi explained.
“Ah, also.” She continued, sitting straighter than before. “I think you want to get that soldier who sends the live feed out of that place. It seems that Avos had noticed him.”
“That’s impossible!” One of the officers in the third row shouted. “The Stealth squad from our military is the best in hiding. There is no way he would be spotted from such a distance! From the video that we saw earlier, they are more than 500 meters apart!”
“But he noticed it.” Naomi quickly shut down the officer with a cold gaze. “And I even noticed your so-called Stealth Squad who hide around the ceiling and behind the wall.”
She glanced behind while smirking. The officers were surprised, excluding the veteran on the first row. They didn’t even know that the Stealth Squad spied the meeting room that they were talking about.
“Six people, huh.” Naomi muttered as she glanced at Nicholas.
Nicholas’ expression hardened as he pulled out his holo phone. He had no time to get surprised.
If what Naomi said was true, then the person who took the live feed was in danger. Not only the one in the United States but everyone who spied on the Esper Association’s headquarters.
“Pull the Stealth Squad. They have done enough.” He issued a command without any second thought before ending the call. He then turned toward Naomi and nodded politely, like a real commander.
“You have my gratitude.” He said.
“Don’t mind it, General. I only did my duty.” Naomi answered with a polite smile.
Even though she didn’t want to get involved, she ended up helping them regardless.
‘Being too smart is sometimes a curse.’ She thought inside.
Oblivious to Naomi’s thoughts, Nicholas continued the information sharing.
“As you can see, and Lieutenant-General had confirmed, Avos has made his own move. That means the Esper Association is serious about going to war with the Moon of Akasha. Basically, we are part of the war too, as the Moon of Akasha is now part of our Military force.”
The officers nodded, and Nicholas continued.
“So, I need some opinions and answers. Is there anyone who disagrees with going to war with the Esper Association? This is your last chance to leave this room. Think carefully.”
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Naomi’s interest immediately peaked when she heard what Nicolas had said.
A real War Council. It was the first time she had attended such a meeting.
The meeting in her base was basically just her or the others briefing the others on what to do. But, this was Military. Things should be different, right? There should be a hot debate regarding what plan they should take to take down their enemies, no?
This was one thing that Naomi longed to attend. She wanted to join the debate and got her idea shut down by some idiot who didn’t understand her point.
Though she probably just smiled instead of getting angry. She always wanted some opposition to her idea, as that was what made it rather exciting about a War Council.
“While that’s the main focus of the meeting, or rather, the War Council this time. I also have someone to introduce first before that.” Nicholas explained as he glanced at Naomi.
Naomi took that as a sign for her to introduce herself to the crowd.
She turned to the excited crowd. Not all of them, some of them were looking at her suspiciously.
Those people were especially the ones who sat in the front row, officers with Rank higher than Captain and Major. Almost all of them were old and looked rather experienced, and had some badges on their chest.
Smiling softly, she stood up from her seat.
“Nice to meet all of you. My name is Akasa Naomi. And I am appointed as Lieutenant-General by Marshal Ingrid von Steiner. I am honored to be able to join this meeting and be put in this position. I know that some of you may not believe or trust me yet. But I hope we can work together in the future.”
Naomi nodded politely before sitting back on her chair.
The crowd clamored a little as they clapped their hands. The veteran in the front row nodded, satisfied, maybe because they saw how polite Naomi was when she introduced herself. She noticed a small smile forming on their faces.
Nicholas also smiled a little at Naomi before turning toward the crowd.
“Alright, as the introduction was in order, let’s begin.”
He turned toward Eveline and nodded.
Eveline then took out her holo phone and pressed a button, bringing a hologram monitor out from behind Naomi and the other.
The screen then showed a building with the Esper Association’s logo with the words the United States, meaning that it was the Esper Association’s headquarters that was based in the United States.
There was a small explanation below the image, but Naomi didn’t really bother to read it as the explanation was only about the exact location of the headquarters.
Naomi noticed something strange about the image. The cars around the building were moving.
‘It’s a video, huh?’ She thought as she analyzed the image, rather, the video calmly.
“Please give your attention over here.” Eveline started as she gestured to the crowd to look at the screen.
The crowd followed the instruction obediently. They looked at the screen and narrowed their eyes.
“What you see right now is a live feed from one of the soldiers in Stealth Squad. Before you ask anything, why this place? The answer is, we sent our soldiers to almost every headquarters of the Esper Association to spy on them.”
Once again, Eveline operated her holo phone, and the screen changed. This time, it showed a dozen videos with different buildings and descriptions, time included.
United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Dutch, Egypt, and other countries.
“All of this is done to get advantage of the war and find out the Esper Association’s real goal. And now the reason for the gentlemen being gathered for the meeting is this.”
The screen changed again, showing the United States feed once again. However, the time of the video was different from the one that was previously shown to the crowd.
Naomi noticed the difference and grinned. She saw something rather interesting, someone that shouldn’t be in that place.
Four people surrounded a man with white hair; Three men and one woman. All of them wore white suits with the Esper Association’s logo on their left chest.
“Look who decided to move. So the boss is finally making a move himself.” She muttered with a low voice.
Some Officers were Espers with sense enhancement. They were not fighters but still good at collecting information, heard Naomi’s muttering and gasped.
Even Nicholas looked at her with eyes widened a little. It seemed like he also heard her.
He immediately turned toward Eveline, not escaping Naomi’s perspective.
‘This General seems to be rather good. At least he’s not a fool who bought his way up.’ Naomi leaned her back against the chair's backrest as she looked at the situation curiously. She wanted to know how the situation would develop without getting involved.
Eveline took Nicholas’ sign and nodded. She then zoomed into the white-haired man and fixed the quality of the video with the enhancing software in her holo phone. Next, she looked at Naomi and asked.
“Lieutenant-General. Are you positive this is the BOSS of the Esper Association?”
“Hmm?” Naomi hummed as she looked at Eveline. She looked at the newly cleared video and nodded. The image was clearer, showing the man’s smirk and red iris that looked straight at the camera as if he knew the camera was there.
“Yup. He’s Avos. I met him in Paris a few days ago. More specifically, three days ago after the press conference. At that time, he also declared War on us. It was just yesterday that the Moon of Akasha and I took out two of his Executives, but it seems that he already made his move.” Naomi explained.
“Ah, also.” She continued, sitting straighter than before. “I think you want to get that soldier who sends the live feed out of that place. It seems that Avos had noticed him.”
“That’s impossible!” One of the officers in the third row shouted. “The Stealth squad from our military is the best in hiding. There is no way he would be spotted from such a distance! From the video that we saw earlier, they are more than 500 meters apart!”
“But he noticed it.” Naomi quickly shut down the officer with a cold gaze. “And I even noticed your so-called Stealth Squad who hide around the ceiling and behind the wall.”
She glanced behind while smirking. The officers were surprised, excluding the veteran on the first row. They didn’t even know that the Stealth Squad spied the meeting room that they were talking about.
“Six people, huh.” Naomi muttered as she glanced at Nicholas.
Nicholas’ expression hardened as he pulled out his holo phone. He had no time to get surprised.
If what Naomi said was true, then the person who took the live feed was in danger. Not only the one in the United States but everyone who spied on the Esper Association’s headquarters.
“Pull the Stealth Squad. They have done enough.” He issued a command without any second thought before ending the call. He then turned toward Naomi and nodded politely, like a real commander.
“You have my gratitude.” He said.
“Don’t mind it, General. I only did my duty.” Naomi answered with a polite smile.
Even though she didn’t want to get involved, she ended up helping them regardless.
‘Being too smart is sometimes a curse.’ She thought inside.
Oblivious to Naomi’s thoughts, Nicholas continued the information sharing.
“As you can see, and Lieutenant-General had confirmed, Avos has made his own move. That means the Esper Association is serious about going to war with the Moon of Akasha. Basically, we are part of the war too, as the Moon of Akasha is now part of our Military force.”
The officers nodded, and Nicholas continued.
“So, I need some opinions and answers. Is there anyone who disagrees with going to war with the Esper Association? This is your last chance to leave this room. Think carefully.”
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Author Here~
More than 20 Advanced chapters (For this series) available on my Patreon!! You can find it Here
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