Chapter 51 - The Trio Golden Rookies

District Overdrive is the second strongest district in Bulgado Country. As it is the second strongest, most of the headquarters are also located here as it has the most convenient location in the country. 

When talking about convenience, it is not just about the regularity of dungeons' appearance but also the economy and the authority. Apparently, this district still has some similarities with the previous state of Earth but only a few differences.

Those who have a better rank as an Awaken are those who are rich, whereas those who have an average rank are those who live below the rich. However, poverty isn't present here.

But what's given more similarity between this district and the previous state of Earth is the regulation of the organizations. All of them were organized and reformed, unlike in District Wish, which made the authorities let them be.

So, as they weren't able to control much of them, they used their abilities as Awakens to make them work for them. But of course, not in a way that they would oppress them. The inhabitants of the District Wish only see it in this way, but not the entire country.

In the headquarters of the National Information Agency, there were three famous rookies. Just after they joined, they proved that even previous hunters could have a place in the agency. Not only that, but by using their previous job as an asset, they improved their reputation within the agency.

This so-called trio has a nickname for their group; it is called "Golden Rookies." For the person who had thought of the name, it was lacking but had a reason behind it.

This trio was as if they were gold, which means treasure for other people. And giving it a thought, they are the treasures of the younger generation of the agency.

"Callanes, reporting."

"Taguro, reporting."

"Ramos, reporting."

In the room of some superior of this trio, they stand tall, reporting their arrival to their superior.

"Hmm... Mayquelle Ramos, Baron Taguro, and Ian Callanes, you have a new dungeon diving request." Their superior announced.

And surprisingly, their reaction appeared to be different from people's assumption that when you are a rookie, you should respect your superior. However, these three, just after they heard the announcement, all groaned in complaint.

"We are now investigators, not hunters that they can ask to clear a dungeon," Mayquelle complained.

Mayquelle Ramos is standing in the middle of the other two young male investigators. She wore military pants and a fitted non-sleeve shirt. She is very pale, and her hair is tied into pigtails. Her lips were thin, and her face was overall fierce to look at. However, what stands out about her features is that she is small, at only 5 feet tall.

Mayquelle slammed her right hand into the table of their superior, making him flinch and retract a little as Mayquelle darted him a furious gaze.

"We are not going to accept that mission."

The other two young men just looked at Mayquelle with clueless faces, then went to see their superior, and later on, realized what Mayquelle had just done.

"Mayquelle!" Baron Taguro scolded, pulling Mayquelle away from the table of their superior.

Baron Taguro was a tall young man who was 5'11 tall. His hair is military cut and his facial features give off the Hollywood actor who has defined jawlines. Also, his body is minimally well built and he wore an oversized shirt and baggy jeans.

Mayquelle looked at Baron and rolled her eyes, pulling her body and retracting back to her previous position. Then, as the other one watched them, Ian Callanes chuckled and faced their superior.

"Sir, I am sorry to say this, but we won't accept this mission as we have already left the Hunter Industry. The three of us are now all full-fledged investigators who swore not to touch monsters' blood anymore."

Baron and Mayquelle looked at Ian, then at their superior, nodding aggressively. Their superior only let out a sigh of frustration and continued what he was talking about earlier.

"I understand you wanted to stop hunting monsters, but you still have your hunter's license. Also, this won't be your normal dungeon dive, as you will also investigate what is happening in this dungeon. Some unique energy was fluctuating, thus, we wanted to send the nearest elites to this dungeon to get data immediately."

"But we aren't Dungeon Investigators. There are departments in that, and we are from the Society Department." Mayquelle protested.

"Yes, I know, but you are the best and the elites dispatched near that dungeon." Their superior responded.

"Even still-!" Mayquelle was about to grumble more, but Ian cut her off with an idea.

"Mayquelle, let's listen to the mission, shall we? Let the Captain continue the report." Mayquelle sighed and retracted her complaint.

"Okay..."

"Ehem." Their superior cleared his throat, then went back to the table with the papers. It was a folder containing the initial report of the dungeon they were tasked with investigating.

"According to the readings, the initial magical power increased to abnormality, and the type of energy was so distinct that the current hunters couldn't distinguish it."

"Hence, it is said that the magical energy was unique since no hunters were able to control the fluctuation. End of report."

Ian and Baron instinctively tilted their heads in confusion. Mayquelle, who noticed it, unconsciously looked at the two of them with the same expression.

"Why? Why do you all have that face? Isn't it normal? It is just an average case, right?" Mayquelle asked.

Baron had a deep thought and then looked at Ian, who also looked at him with the same deep face.

"Uh... You think of it as well, Ian?" Baron asked.

Ian smiled as he stood next to Mayquelle. He has blonde hair and a tall stature that reaches six feet. Between him and Baron, he had the most well-formed body and also wore a fitted military uniform.

"Why?! Why aren't you telling me a thing?" Mayquelle made another complaint.

When Baron observed Mayquelle, he could only let out a sigh as he faced her, calming her down. 

"Okay, look. Isn't it an obvious matter? This isn't even that hard to think of. Carefully track down what Sir Rodrigo had said about the initial report." Baron said.

Meanwhile, Mayquelle only darted Baron with bored eyes and retorted, "Can you talk to me in an easy language to understand? Why do you keep on making things complex if it is an obvious matter?"

When Ian heard it, he cut Mayquelle's idea off.

"You will not learn if you don't learn from what you can see and the opportunity that is present and free," Ian said, then continued with a long explanation.

"What Sir Rodrigo had said is that the intensity of magical energy in that dungeon was too high, so they tried to utilize or control it to minimize the density. However, they failed as it was unique, which means it has different properties that the normal hunters and dungeon investigators couldn't control."

And just as Mayquelle lent her ears, she was agape as soon as she remembered something that they discovered in the past when they were still hunters.

"It could be corrupted mana!" she exclaimed, and that made Baron and Ian smile.

"It could be, but not entirely, as we all know that corrupted mana can damage people's internal passages if heavily exposed to it," Baron added.

"Then, it could be a new type of magical energy. It might be... something that has a different purpose, like healing attributes that only Healers could have." Mayquelle pointed out.

"Exactly. That is the reason why I wanted to listen to it first. Sir Rodrigo won't offer it to us if it is a simple matter." Ian said which made Mayquelle calm down while awkwardly correcting her posture.

She then faced their superior and lowered her head. "I am sorry if I ever disrespected you, Sir."

Rodrigo released a sigh. "It's too late, but I hope you mature a bit, Mayquelle," Rodrigo said in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Mayquelle aggressively asked as she heard it was kind of an insult to her.

"Nothing. Just do a good job with the mission I gave you three. You are now dismissed."

Rodrigo dismissed them. Ian took the folder and the others went outside. And as they went out, they finally had time to plan what they were going to do next.

"Such a pain... But still, isn't it better for us to investigate since it is new and not too generic?" Baron mumbled to the other two.

"You only like things when they are new. What a brat." Mayquelle retorted.

"Says the person who didn't even give Sir Rodrigo the time to completely explain and just nagged plenty of complaints."

"Grrr... You better keep your head down, Baron before I detach that from your neck."

"I do hope you could create a better intimidating approach."