"Infatuation" IN

After the brief silence, Yu Ying spoke.

"Both of our INs are called "Infatuation". They work in different ways but you only need to know this: any normal human being who looks into our eyes for a certain period of time can be controlled by us. If Lance here looked into my eyes for 3 seconds, I can make him go jump off any building. As for regular humans, 1 second is enough. With our power now, each of us can only control one human for 1 hour before completely exhausting all of our stored energy."

Lance shivered hearing this. This seemed to be a power right out of fairy tales. He decided to never look into these two girls eyes for any purpose whatsoever.

Sensing the gazes on him, Lance realized that it was his turn. He had no idea how to explain his power as he himself did not know how it was triggered.

"Umm....I don't know my IN. I can output a huge amount of power, but I don't know how its triggered."

The rest nodded, expecting that this was the case. This was actually pretty common in unknown INs, as the owner had to go through a period of adjustment before they could actually sense and know for sure what their IN was.

The 5 got down to planning, seeing that there were only 25 minutes left.

Regarding the Pentagon, Lance only had a little more information than the others. He knew that it was one of the most securely guarded locations around the world. The most advanced of technology would be present, ranging from motion sensors and pressure sensors to even DNA and retina scanning.

They decided that their first approach would be to find a safe place to hide and plan their next step.

Depending on the information shared so far, Darius had proposed 2 plans and Lance 1. Lance had always loved strategy games, and this seemed like one big chessboard which piqued his interest.

Darius's plans were:

1. If the storage room is close enough, pool all barriers and advance towards it. The whole point was only to touch the dossier after all.

2. Hypnotize a high ranking officer to find out the location of the dossier before acting.

Lance's plan was only this: to act as cautious as possible. With the amount of firepower that would be present, their barriers would mean absolutely nothing. He disliked Darius's first plan for this reason. It had been many decades since the notes had been taken, so it was entirely possible that they would just be in a storeroom. Hence, getting the information would be the first objective before trying to reach it sneakily.

Donovan had spoken about hidden objectives. Lance suspected that one of the objective was not to kill anybody, just like in many PC games like Hitman. After all, the primary reason behind the existence of IE was to protect the earth, and having the deaths of innocent people who were just doing their duty on their hands would not speak well of them.

Everyone looked at Lance in a new light after he said this. This was definitely something that they could not have come up with on their own.

As the timer counted down the last minute, Darius said:

"Lance, I may have assumed the role of captain right now, but you have the best analytical mind among us. Thus, we all leave the decision making to you. Direct us however you see fit. Don't worry, just do your best. We won't blame you no matter what happens."

Darius came forward and raised his hand. "Do all of you agree?", he asked.

Each of the team member came forward without hesitation to place their hand on Darius's, nodding and showing their support for Lance. Yu Ying even gave him a smile but his hair still stood on end remembering what she had said about their INs.

Seeing this made Lance almost teary-eyed. With just one sentence, these people trusted him so much to lead. He vowed to do his best and make them win.

He placed his hand last, and as the cheer resounded in his ears, his chest puffed up with pride.

"Go, Team Lance!"