The next step

"Darius King 37 years old, 6'7, Dark skin.

From new age city, leader of squad 17 advanced team of the war gods military academy and Commander of platoon 1 of the new age City military.

He's a Qi soldier of the 2nd stage, who has mastered various techniques. This is intriguing.." said an old man in blue military uniform with grey hair and beards. He looked no younger than 50, and he has the presence of a wise master and would make anyone feel comfort whlie in his presence.

He is the vice grand Commander of the new age city military, Samuel Gordon.

The other person in the room with him looked to be of similar age to vice grand Commander Gordon. He is Grand Commander Omo Osamuyi. If vice commander Samuel's presence was that of a kind old man, then Grand Commander Osamuyi's presence was one of pure dominance and strictness.

"So what do you think about this one? " Vice grand commander Gordon asked, while reading from a tablet. " He is hailed as the strongest commander of this generation and has defended that title twice in the world military tournament. He seems like a good candidate."

Grand Commander Omo Osamuyi sighed, "I am not ready to step down, it's not yet time to hand over" he replied with a deep voice and calm expression.

Samuel Gordon frowned deeply, "we are old, Osamuyi, in 9 years you will be 70. Let the new generation lead friend."

"The war -"

"The war will be taken care of by the new grand commanders and the world military alliance" Samuel Gordon said cutting Gordon off. " Listen, I understand how you feel, but it's time to step down, I need to retire, Omo, I'm old and tired.."

Omo Osamuyi contemplated for some moments before responding, " I will think about it. In the mean time, are there any promising new buds from the rookies?"

"Yes actually, there are a few, but the most prominent is a young man who goes by the name of, Thanos Onaosa Asemota."

"Why ? " Omo asked.

"Well for starters he is the leader of squad 5 and him and his team participated greatly in the take down of the first mech. Also he alone held off one of the mechs to protect the police and civilians that were in the vicinity during the attack. He seems to be well proficient in melee combat and our military martial arts. He seems to be well respected even amongst the other 23 rookie leaders. He seems to be a good bud."

"Looks like we have a candidate for captain or vice captain position for the next couple of years." Omo said with a smile.

"Looks like the next inter military tournament will be fun to watch."

......

Captain Obinna stood in front of all 120 rookie soldiers as he addressed them.

" You all are done with rookie training, and also done with basic and intermediate Qi training. Congratulations you are now full fledged soldiers, this does not mean that your training ends here. As you all know, there are 2 categories of soldiers. The Mechanised or normal soldiers and the Qi soldiers, and you will be drafted into one of these two categories after which you will be transferred to the new base where you will be trained based on the category you're in. If you can't make a decision i will decide for you, I have prepared the names of those whom I believe will be better suited for Qi training than others, but I will give you a chance to choose for yourselves."

"Now " captain Obinna said loudly, "those who want to be Qi soldiers to my left and those who want to be Mechanised soldiers to my right..."

Thanos didn't need to think twice before going to captain Obinna's left, but no members of squad 5 were with him.

"I guess I'll have to make new friends huh" he thought to himself with a sad smile.