Chapter 29

The Team Leader, Theodore, soon arranged a meeting in the cafeteria with all the members of Team Chinchilla.

He had the mission documents with him, so he began to explain when we were all served.

"The Mission will be to investigate what threat is terrorizing Betulla City, where 17 victims have already been found in less than 2 weeks, with similar signs of the lack of blood!

The identity we will have will be that of Detectives, the case for me and Flavia, we will be partners, Gustavo being our assistant and computer expert, we already have all the paperwork ready.

As for you 5, you will be supporting our investigation as Police Officers, so you will need to dress accordingly, we already have everything prepared, so talk to the victims' families as soon as we arrive!" - Said Theodore, which left me surprised, since he chose Flavia and not his little mistress Paloma.

But then again, Flavia has a very serious and distant appearance, but it would be undeniable that she is a Detective, whereas Paloma, would not look anything like one!

The good thing is that we all get some acting training, since pretending to be a cop is quite common in investigations.

"The biggest suspicion due to the appearance of the victims, is that it's a Blood Eater, but it could be a higher Level Demon, just pretending to lure us in, so always be on the lookout!" - Said Theodore seriously.

"Lagertha, we will trust you in case of major problems!" - Said Theodore suddenly, it took a while for me to react and soon I say.

"I told you to call me Juri!" - I snort, but speak. - "No problem!"

Theodore doesn't care about my rant... son of a bitch....

"Hey, why trust her?" - Fabio asked which made everyone look at him.

"What's up people?" - He asked, intimidated by so many stares.

It is obvious that we all receive information about each other, so everyone knows that I have Negative Energy equivalent to a Medium Level Agent, as well as passive "Skills" and "Talents" for physical improvement, combat capabilities and so on.

In other words, I am the main fighter of the Team, everyone knows that, and this brat who is 1 year older than me, doesn't know that?!

"Didn't you read the documents about your team members?" - Theodore asked frowning.

"No, I don't want to know their personal lives, we can talk and understand better during the trip!" - Fabio said in a nonchalant tone.

Look, what he said has its merits, since it is easier to hear it from the person himself than to read it in a document.

Not to mention that the documents talk about the person's background, as well as negative points, which is only available to those who have been designated as Team Leader.

But because of my contacts with Mr. Pietro, I was able to get my hands on this information without any problems.

Theodore sighed and said. - "Lagertha Juri Han is the strongest member of our Team, having the strength of a Middle Level Agent!"

When Fabius heard this, he was shocked, looked at me with bright eyes and asked. - "Why are you here then? Shouldn't you be part of a bigger, more experienced team?"

"I finished my training less than 1 week ago!" - I say rolling my eyes slightly.

"What, so this is your first mission? How do you have so much Paranormal Exposure?!" - Fabio asks, something that everyone, including Theodore wishes to know.

I see them looking at me, including the distant Flavia, so I say sighing. - "My Paranormal Exposure is high because I lived since I was a little girl affected by the Other Side in a passive way.

When I joined the Order, I already had a high Paranormal Exposure, so I used some high quality materials in the Sacrifices, the Entities liked it and so I'm at a high Paranormal Exposure!"

With my words, everyone's curiosity has subsided, with Fabio saying I'm lucky, but I don't say anything.

Then Theodore continues talking and because of Fabio, we are forced to introduce ourselves and speak our roles.

The reason that no one wants to speak initially, is that many do not wish to approach the person on the team.

Of course, this affects cooperation and performance, but in the end we are people and dealing with the Other Side is a very dangerous thing.

In 2/3 of Novice Missions, half of the newbies end up dying or going crazy.

Even in the more experienced team missions, deaths still occur, so nobody wants to create strong connections in the first mission, even more so the Rookie, because if she dies, she will receive Sanity damage, which can affect combat and she may die as well.

So Fabio making us introduce ourselves more formally was already making the team very unhappy, but in the end we only did it at his insistence.

Well, I will try to bring everyone back, but if it is not possible, I will bring as many of them as possible!

...

The next day after the meeting, we all went to Betulla City in a van, me meditating the whole trip.

And after 8 hours of travel, we arrived in the city and went to a hotel financed by the Order.

There we spent the night, while 3 of us, led by Theodore, went out to meet the authorities connected to the Other Side.

The rest stayed to rest.

The next morning, we all started changing our clothes, wearing the police clothes, and went to the modified vehicles.

There were five of us, all disguised as police officers, divided into two vehicles.

I was driving one of them, with me were Fábio and William, I took the 3rd highest level and the 2nd lowest level of the team, discounting me of course.

Fábio is very volatile, only I could control him.

William is a tall and stout man, more like a barbecue uncle, he is a good guy and so far he seems brave.

Then in the other car we have Paloma and Afonso, I wanted to leave William with them, not because I didn't like him, just that it would be better to have 3 with the weaker ones, since I am stronger.

But William wanted to come with me, because he is someone who knows how to talk well and will help interrogate the victims' families.

I would have no problem with that, but I would have to worry about controlling Fabio...what a headache, really!

And well, we didn't waste much time and after the two teams, we texted Theodore, before starting our trips to the victims' homes.

Starting by investigating the death in an apartment, that is, we had to talk to the neighbors, the victim was single and her corpse was found in front of the apartment door.

So we had to talk to the neighbors and whoever found the corpse to find out everything, as well as investigate the victim's apartment a bit.

As these are recent cases, the clues will be fresh, if the city Detectives haven't screwed things up.