Adopted Soldier

Lyner was actually practicing during the night, that’s why he was always sleepy in the morning . But because he was doing this even before he started to practice at night, so no one noticed the difference from before he started to practice .

At this very moment Lyner was nearing his peak state . Carlo gritted his teeth, as he prepared himself to face off against the monster in front of him . If he does this, it would mean that he would most certainly lose the bet, and he might lose his life as well .

The moment Lyner was going to move, he stopped himself . When Carlo looked at Lyner’s face he saw a look of disappointment .

"Tsk, this is not worth it . . . You aren’t worth it yet . I’ll face you once you get used to that new leg of yours . The stance you are taking, is the same stance you used to take, when you still had a proper leg, am I right? But now that you have that phony one, the stance you’re using will break that phony leg of yours . . . Ah . . . How disappointing . . . Fine then take your men and leave . "

Carlo looked at Lyner a bit bewildered as to what had happened . He couldn’t move even after the pressure Lyner was emitting suddenly disappeared .

"Why aren’t you moving? Go take your men . . . Also see me again once you get used to that leg of yours . " Lyner didn’t bother to wait for a response from Carlo, he just left .

Carlo got hold of himself, as quickly as he could . He released his men from their bindings, and told them to head back to HQ . Carlo felt a bit bad, since his first meeting with the legendary SS rank merc wasn’t a good one . He even told him that he was not worth it, not in his current state .

Carlo didn’t dwell too much on this, and continued on . It was now 19:43 it took less time to deal with the situation with Lyner, than he expected . Carlo then proceeded to head to the final destination, which was a mall .

Recon Team A which was assigned to this place, had split into two teams . Team Alpha surveyed the outside of the mall, while team Beta was inside of the mall, blending with the crowd .

Carlo spoke to the leader of team Alpha, and asked what was going on . The leader of Team Alpha reported, that they spotted three individuals who were most likely one of Alex’s friends, and the Amamamis going inside the mall . When Team Beta followed them, they had lost track of two of the targets, but they were still able to spot one of them . It was a very muscular boy, who was wearing a similar uniform as Alex .

He was seen in a coffee shop, he even waved at the members of team Beta as if he was saying that he knew there positions, and they shouldn’t bother hiding .

When Carlo heard the description of the person, he immediately knew it was Oliver, a . k . a James Bourne . This was going to be the very first time, Carlo will actually meet Oliver . He was Alex’s first friend, no at this point Oliver might actually be Alex’s best friend .

Carlo hid his sword in a cane, since he had a prosthetic leg, the cane actually felt right, even though he doesn’t really need it . Carlo needed to be extremely cautious, since among Alex’s friends aside from Lyner, Oliver was the most dangerous, that is if he truly is James Bourne of the shadow mercenaries .

Carlo entered the mall, and upon entering he could immediately spot Oliver, since he was very eye catching . Alex wasn’t exaggerating when he said that Oliver’s body was a palace of muscle . His muscular body coupled with his handsome face, one couldn’t really tell that this boy was sixteen years old .

Carlo approached Oliver, who was drinking coffee . Oliver noticed and smiled at him . "It’s good to finally meet you Mr . Carlo . I have heard many a tale about you from my comrade Alex . " Oliver gestured at Carlo to sit at the chair in front of him .

Carlo did so, and he looked at Oliver with an inquisitive look . Yet before he said anything he bowed his head in front of Oliver, which shocked the boy .

"Thank you for being friends with my son . "

"Please raise your head . There is no need to bow, both Alex and I have become blood brothers . We are more than just friends, we are comrades, brothers in arms . So you Alex’s father am a father to me as well . " Oliver proudly announced so to Carlo .

Carlo looked at Oliver with a smile on his face, but that lasted for a few seconds before his expression changed into a serious one . Oliver who saw, Carlo’s changing expression in a drop of a hat, made Oliver think that Alex and his dad are really different from each other .

"So Oliver care to tell me, where the Amamamis are? Or are we going to do this the hard way . " Carlo had no more time, to assess Oliver, since with a quick look at his watch he saw that the time was at 20:07 . He had roughly two hours left to find the Amamamis .

Oliver didn’t mind the urgency in Carlo’s tone, nor did he mind about the threat Carlo made . Olive simply sipped his coffee in a carefree manner . Since to Oliver all of these was all a game . A few hours ago, Alex explained about the bet, and he gave each of them a specific action to take .

Alex told Niel and the others a different story, which evaded the topic about the killing, and him being a merc . On the other hand Alex told Oliver the whole truth, which made Oliver think that they were going to do some role playing .

Oliver chuckled at Carlo’s statement . "Really did you actually say do it the hard way? Even if I respect you as my comrades father, Mr . Carlo but I think you seem to be confused about the situation . You are not the one with all the cards, I’m the one with all the cards . SO if someone is going to say, do you want to do it the hard way, that someone should be me . Don’t you think?"

Oliver who was really feeling his role at this moment, just kind of threatened the merc feared as the messenger of death, while sipping a cup of coffee .