Chapter 30

"You can take a break for a while, Trance." Trance dramatically slumped on the opposite side of the boxing ring; chasing her breath by exhaustion. Artemis and Kai watched her with a smile outside of the ring. She used her left arm to get rid of sweats forming into bullets in her forehead.

"I guess that there's a fruit for a year this deadly training. Trance improves." Kai sneers. Demeter throws a towel on his face, making him emit a peal of laughter.

"Trance will go back to school by months from now, the headmistress agreed that she'll receive printouts of their lesson and other school works to continue schooling."

"Are you sure about them, Victoria?" Victoria takes the wine glass on the table before she takes a sip on the crimson liquid inside. She lifted her gaze at the man wearing a suit and tie like a bachelor in his mid-40's. He has hazel eyes and hair on formal cut. He does have a perfectly chiseled nose, sharp jaw, high cheekbones, thick eyebrows, thin, and pinkish lips. The man has tanned skin too. His features made him so unreal and manly.

Victoria flashed a confident and prideful smile and thumped her fingers at the armrest. Her long nails create a small sound. "Of course, Craige. Since when did I become hesitant?"

"Now I'm wondering why Amidalah entrusts you in creating a new unit." She laughed like a princess then flipped her silky and straight brunette hair. Craige stared at the lady who defines what the elegant princess is. He shook his head before leaning his back while the wine glass is in his grasp.

"Oh come on, Craige. Amidalah and I have the same mindset. You know that." Victoria sneers. She stood up and went to her table to take something then slammed it to the coffee table in front of Craige.

"What is this?" The man asked her, Victoria motioned him to check it out. Craige took the first file and flipped it open.

"I want you to read it loudly." Craige did steal a glance at her then averted his full attention at the file.

"Agent 0807, also known as 'Hera'. 19 years old, female. 175 cm and 101 lbs. Nationality: British. Graduate with the highest degree in business management. One of the youngest business management graduates. Good at using the ancient weapon from the New Kingdom of Egypt, the khopesh. Successfully put down the infamous and wanted human trafficker, assassinated the whole mafia group in Europe, destroyed the illegal laboratory in Russia together with her hunter counterpart and take down the previous terrorist leaders." He put down the first file at the table while Victoria smirked.

"Agent 0917. Also known as 'Artemis'. 22 years old, female. Standing in 170 cm and weighing 105 lbs. Nationality: American. Graduate with the highest law degree. Daughter from an elite family in Latin America, grow up in a tribe of hunters from Amazon, Brazil. Become an agent at the age of 15. Good at long-range weapons such as bow and arrows, and guns. Successfully hunt down the numerous deadliest gangs in the world. Slaughtered the group who's plotting several bombs around the place where the president's proclamation is happening. Assassinated the man behind the terrorist attack in several African countries. Hera's counterpart."

"I never heard of these two," Craige commented before he takes the third file. "It's because you're busy watching over the demon's trinity," Victoria replied.

"Agent 0113. Also known as 'Demeter'. 22 years old, female. 167 cm and 105 lbs. Nationality: Chinese. Graduate with the highest degree in architecture. Become an agent at 14. Master on using different hand-to-hand combat techniques such as Wushu, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, and using dao, gou, and guns. Slew smugglers across Hong Kong, India, and Vietnam. Successfully caught the hacker that deciphers the Cerberus Code and targeted the neighboring states."

"Agent 0727. Also known as 'Nine'. 20 years old, female. Height: 181 cm and 103 lbs. Nationality: Unknown. Graduate with the highest degree in Chemical Engineering. Doesn't have a clear family history. Her whole childhood existence is vague. Become an agent at the age of 10. The walking destruction and good at using guns. Put down the illegal laboratory from Germany and caught the thief who stole the most expensive pieces of jewelry in the world. Assassinated the public figure who planned to attack the prince from monarch country. She is acknowledged by underground organizations and also the rest world's government organizations. Also called 'phantoms' because of their anonymous character."

"Indeed beautiful yet lethal ladies," Craige commented while Victoria shook her head while Craige takes the fifth folder. "They are. You haven't seen the last two yet."

"Agent 0923. Also known as 'Apollo'. 21 years old, male. 181 cm and 134 lbs. Nationality: Greek. graduated with the highest degree in BS Psychology. Graduated at the young age of 17. Son of the head of the elite family from Greece. Become an agent at the age of 11. Master of using firearms. Caught the mafia leader from Italy. Assassinated the organization of drug syndicate in Southeast Asia." Craige averted his gaze at Victoria who was staring at the wine.

"Hera and he have monstrous beauty. Their code names suit them well. Who's the last one? Hiro? Angela? Tsubaki?" Victoria smiled before she placed the wine glass on the coffee table.

"Nope." She replied. Craige picked the last file and flipped it open. "Trance? Who's this?" Craige tilted his head as he read her name with confusion while Victoria maintained her prideful facade.

"Agent 0315. 19 years old, female. 167 cm and 108 lbs. Nationality: Japanese. Hang in there——why only this?"

"That's because her brother doesn't allow to leak all of the information about her." She replied, "To be honest, her brother wishes nothing but secrecy towards her identity so I conduct a private investigation-- a background check in other words. She's still the same girl that I've met years ago."

"Why do you look so confident about this rookie? Why you let her brother doesn't allow it instead of her?"

"It's because she'll be a good agent like them. Her clan is the one who you don't mess with. But I'll tell you this, that woman has a good persona. She leads every delinquent at the age of 14 to have a small rebellion against the school. This girl is another walking catastrophe like Nine. She can easily read someone like a book. Izanami or Trance, rather, is from the Japanese elite clan, we offered her to join so we can investigate more about her."

"Wait, you got another Miyazaki on your wing?" Craige asked her in confusion while looking at Trance's name imprinted on the paper and Victoria nodded.

"She's Hiro's sister? I thought you're talking about someone beyond that."

"Yes, she is. Perhaps your memory and your comprehension are not excellent as they used to be, Agent 0901. Miyazaki siblings are all present here." Victoria snatched from Craige's grasp the file and closed it.

"You won't believe this." She motioned him to stand up and pressed the special button of her watch before she pointed it on the other side of the room. The void appeared there so she stepped inside together with Craige.

"There they are." The lady pointed to the other side of the glass where the siblings are, the four agents, and of course the doctor; having a conversation. Craige's gaze caught the white-haired man leaning at the wall with a vicious and fierce stare.

"Who's that?"

"'He's Agent 0315's youngest brother. The youngest Miyazaki and of course, the most destructive one. He murdered five agents and the countless skilled guard on the day he got sent here. He broke Hermes's bone and Nine's on the day they caught him. Believe me or not, that one is a psychopath. I send Kai as his doctor and thankfully he didn't end up like others." Craige remains on looking at him although the emotionless one's stare never leaves them.

"Maybe unlike others, he something on that kid or maybe he's up to something." The woman gives him a questionable look. She's about to speak but Craige went inside and walks towards them. Victoria's gaze tailed the man as he made his way inside. She heaves a deep sigh before following him.

"Your training is finally over, Trance. Sooner or later the headmistress will send us our mission as a unit." Demeter tapped her shoulder while Kai hummed in agreement.

"We have plenty of candidates but only you who passed the headmistress's standards," Hera added.

"What do you feel right now?" Demeter asked her in a joking manner. She leaned her hand that she formed into a tube just to act as an imaginary mic. Trance smiled awkwardly and scratched her head. "As of this moment, there's nothing on my mind but food. The food that I've consumed earlier got digested quickly." She replied.

"Hello there!" Craige greeted them with a friendly demeanor and a wrinkled warm smile.

"I'm Agent 0901. It's a great honor to meet you. I went here after my mission to see how's the new yet unofficial unit doing." He eyed Trance who flinched and looked at him awkwardly. Craige leaned on her, "So it runs on genes, huh?"

"Pardon me?"

"Miyazaki and their extraordinary eyes. Asians got brown eyes, you know?"

"Who cares? Does it change who am I, Sir?"

"Well, no." Craige cleared his throat before turning at Hiro with a wide smile, "Where's my hug, Hiro?"

"You're doing this because you got roasted." Hiro grimaced more when Craige hugged him. The older man chuckled in response. After all, he didn't expect that coming.

"You're a Miyazaki, right?"

"Yeah?"

"You don't look like a harmful one." He scanned her from head to toe. "You don't even have signs of being destructive on you." Trance can't help but raise a brow on the superior. She eyed him from head to toe like what he have done to her but with a judgment held on her eyes that reflects the lightning.

"Or maybe a wolf on sheep clothing" Craige laughed, "Worry not to, I'm Hiro's previous teacher before he becomes an agent here." He paused and smiled after he remembered what Victoria said.

'She can easily read someone like a book.'

"I won't harm you, I'm just nosy on you." Trance smiled and managed to force fake and small laughter despite annoyance building inside her. "There's no interesting on me, Sir."

They all went silent as they heard footsteps heading towards them. Kai is about to look behind him but he feels a warm slender hand on his shoulder. The comforting yet familiar hand sent a shiver down his spine. He didn't dare to move or open his mouth to speak. Trance watched them in silence before motioning something to the man towering him.

"Oh! The youngest Miyazaki! How come I forget you?" Craige laughed and greet him cheerfully.

"It's nice to meet you again, Haru Miyazaki! I will never forget that innocent devil face of yours."

"I'm going to remind you again, Sensei. We're identical twins." Hiro said with a done expression while Craige laughed. Hiro glanced at Trance who watched their superior brushing off the negativities in the atmosphere as he laughed, "I know, Hiro. Haru is not like the boy I expected to meet years ago. But still, I won't forget how he poisoned me but I manage to stay alive and almost made me fall on the tank with his mutated prehistoric piranha pet." Haru remained emotionless while lazily squinted his eyes.

"Mr. Kaizer, be careful. That one might feed you to his pet." Craige eyed them and smiled.

"Miyazaki has their unique talent. Sometimes helpful yet destructive in many ways. I'm happy that the new unit has elites like all of you. I'm sure you'll be the honor of Excalibur."