Rudra felt panicked and he felt the urge to open his third eye and burn Azzy to death. However, he managed to take it under control and tried to get away from his opponent instead.
But, will Azzy let him go, just like that when everything is going exactly as he envisioned? Naturally, he wouldn't.
While Rudra tried to back away, Azzy clenched his left fist and gave a powerful blow to the opponent's chest.
Since Azzy's physique is in tier 8 and has equivalent physical strength compared to that of an 8-star realm expert, Rudra's body couldn't block it. His ribs were broken and he spits out a mouthful of blood while his body flew back.
Rudra's body crashed into the wall, making a hole out of it, and fell into an empty adjacent room, which is usually used for board meetings. "Ugh…" He groaned in heavy pain and tried to get up but failed and fell down again.
Rudra hurriedly summoned his storage card and took out a healing skill card to apply it to himself.
However, unfortunately for him, Azzy didn't give him such an opportunity. Before this three-eyed captain recovered himself, Azzy reached him and placed his death scythe over his neck, "give up and surrender, Rudra. I'm holding back my strength as I'm worried about civilians in this building. Don't make this an ugly fight and let us proceed with the interrogation."
Rudra stared at him and then at the wolf that stepped on his chest while baring its fangs before letting out a deep sigh, "alright, you win. But, I want you to promise me that violence will be used on Chairman Xavier. After my parents passed away, he is the only direct relative I have left in this world."
Azzy's heart softened a bit when he heard that. After all, he knew very well what it is like to have a single relative whom he can share his happiness and sorrows with. He felt like maybe, he would also behave like this mentor of his if he was in the same situation. As a result, he agreed to Rudra's request.
A few hours later, at WAMO HQ;
Azzy was standing in front of his elven boss who appeared to be quite angry, judging by his pale face turned reddish as he was scolding the teenager, "Good. Very good. It's your first day and you have beaten up a victim who you should rescue, you then did property damage when you can solve with dialogue, and you successfully managed to give two demerits to your mentor on your very first mission. A person with a perfect record like Rudra was now just a demerit away from getting demoted. Should I applaud you for your great efforts?"
That's right. Rudra received a demerit for his aggressive actions against his teammates and another demerit for trying to protect an offender.
After healing himself and returning to the chairman's office, Rudra apologized to everyone for his actions and told everyone that he will appoint Azzy to interrogate the suspect and the victim.
Everyone felt that the matter is settled and let out a sigh of relief.
But, little did anyone expect that this whole mission turned out to be nothing more than a sham.
? Under Azzy's questioning, the chairman confessed that he hid his grandnephew and termed it as a kidnap so that he can use WAMO's authority to take down his enemies.
However, it wasn't because he wanted to harm them or anything. As he was about to die very soon and his grandnephew has no one by his side to protect him, Xavier wanted to hit the market share of the rival companies so that they won't bully Mavis later on.
Some of the team members thought that he was reasonable and others thought that he wasn't right in his mind. Azzy's opinion is of the latter and so was Rudra's.
Rudra was very angered by the foolishness of his grandfather but eventually, to protect him from getting punished for making a fool out of WAMO, he pleaded with the supreme commander and took it upon himself.
If not for the fact that he was a member of Zero Squad and a disciple of the Supreme Commander, Rudra would have been suspended for his actions.
Unfortunately for Azzy, despite how he only did his job and even saved a person from death, since it wasn't perfect and he only harmed his allies, he left a bad impression not only on the Supreme Commander but even on the other members whom he never met.
But, will Azzy care about their opinions? He wouldn't give a sh*t. All he cares is about finding the culprit behind his master's death. To do that, he had to stay at the Zero Squad and it won't be good for his future to argue with his superior.
As a result, he didn't talk back to the supreme commander and quietly listened to his scolding.
Kruger thought that Azzy probably learned his lesson and will be careful from now onwards. Not to mention, he cannot lose a talent like Azzy too. Hence, after venting his frustration, he also praised Azzy for saving a life and sent him away.
But, little did know that it was just the beginning of his headaches.
Ten days later;
Supreme Commander's office, Zero Squad's pocket dimension;
Azzy was standing straight with his hands behind his back while patiently listening to his superior's ranting about the former's way of handling things in the latest mission he completed.
"I told you many times, Mr. Garcia. Zero Squad doesn't defend the civilians. Our priorities lie in averting the disaster by taking out enemies and making sure that they don't escape.
Do you know how much groundwork I had to do to make sure that your name and photo don't end up in any newspapers or articles on the internet?
Ever since the internet became available to the general public, it is getting more troublesome. Technology is getting upgraded far quicker in this 21st century, especially during the last decade.
Just thirty years ago, we were the only ones to have a laptop in possession. Now, even a civilian teenager has them.
In a way, our research division is the one to be blamed. We shouldn't have shared the state-of-the-art technology with private companies for the sake of additional funding. What was Cornelius thinking? Ugh… I should have interfered."
As Kruger was ranting about every other thing that he had a problem with, Azzy didn't even utter a word and silently stared at this elven boss of his.
He got used to his behavior after witnessing such a scene several times during the past couple of weeks.
Once the commander was done with his complaining, he stared at Azzy for a few seconds and told him to speak something.
Only then did Azzy give a reply, defending his actions in a calm manner, "no offense, sir, but I'm foremost an Arcana Master, then, a member of Zero Squad. It is my responsibility to save the civilians in need of help. After all, they were also humans like me."
"You… Why are you so stubborn? Is it so hard to follow the rules of our squad?"
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