Chapter 41: returning back to the military base

Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! The sound from Clark military boots echoed in the corridor as he went straight outside. He walked straight to the payment building where he met the cashier of the hotel. “Good morning, I am here to pay for the services and everything, you know what I mean. My name is Clark Pen…”

“Oh, sorry for the interruption I know who you are Mr. Pendragon”. She smiled at him as Clark asked her to total his bills.

“Mr. Pendragon the total cost for all the services is 120 Spartan credits”.

“Good,” Clark replied with a smile as he directly paid. He already did his research, even the price for their services is good despite the excellent service provided. After sorting out the bills he left going directly to his car.

Zoom!! Clark placed the key on the ignition of the luxurious car as he quickly started it, he drove stylishly out of the hotel compound. After getting out he checked his military wrist watch, the direction pointed to the east so he took the highway.

It felt really good riding you own car; Clark savored the moment with obvious relish as he sped up on the highway. Even though they were trained on how to drive different cars the feeling was completely different when he knew it was his own hired car. “I’ll propose buying an exotic car to Leo as our main goal after graduation,” he thought with a grin on his face.

Clark drove for 2 hours before his wrist watch flashed green pointing at an open field ahead. After reaching the field he waited, it wasn’t even a minute before he heard a whoosh sound above his head. He looked up to see the Megalodon descending in its full glory, he froze in place as he couldn’t help admiring the stunning sight. He was quickly brought back to reality as the ropes of the warship dropped down. He didn’t linger in one place as he directly scaled the warship through the ropes with his bag safely kept on his back.

Clark entered the ship to see a smiling Sergeant Modric, “good morning sergeant”. He greeted while also saluting.

“Good morning Clark, congratulations on finishing your graduation requirements,” he replied with a smile. Clark returned the smile as they shook hands while the sergeant introduced the soldier standing to his side.

“Clark this is John”. Clark greeted him as they both exchanged a hand shake.

“John will help you return your hired car so tell him where he’ll drop it”. Sergeant Modric continued.

Clark thanked the soldier, told him where to drop the car as he scaled down from the warship after receiving the keys. Clark suddenly smiled as he received a notification from his implant that a buyer is asking to meet him to purchase 2 of his stuff. “Man, this is simply free money falling into my pockets,” he thought as the warship sped up to the military base after activating its stealth mode.

About 10 minutes later they arrived in the military base as Sergeant Modric and Clark scaled down from the warship. Clark didn’t receive any welcome party or anything of the sort, graduation day will be the main and only party for him and his fellow cadet survivors.

The Sergeant told him that he could do anything he wanted for the remaining days of the graduation training. Clark went straight to his room as he dropped his bag while admiring the room.

“In about 2 weeks’ time I’ll leave this room, I will finally become a soldier of the Sparta republic and a sergeant at that. Life is really unpredictable man, who knew that the small Clark of yesterday will grow up to now be a sergeant”. Clark’s emotions were in a roller coaster as he observed the room, he stayed in for over 3 years now.

“It’s just like something from an action movie or a fiction action-based comic,” he thought. “Oh, right I received a notification about a prospective buyer let me log in,” Clark recalled as he quickly logged in through his implant.

His consciousness was dragged in as he came to the now familiar virtual world. The guide A.I no longer appeared as this was his second time visiting this website or better still virtual world.

Clark moved directly to the virtual base where he projected his stuff for sale. As he reached the virtual shop, he saw a person on suit walking directly towards where he stood. “He probably set his implant to notify him when I come online,” Clark silently thought as he straightened up to meet his prospective buyer.

“Good day Mr. weapon collector”.

“Good day sir,” Clark greeted him back without much emotion on his tone. He changed his name to Weapon Collector the other day to avoid unfortunate circumstances where his customers will try robbing him directly after knowing his identity.

“I received a notification that you are interested in 2 of my stuff so I came as soon as I can,” Clark didn’t bother beating around the bush as he went directly to the point.

“Yes, I want an exotic sword and the exotic sniper rifle”. The man was also very decisive directly naming what he wanted.

The prices were already projected so Clark just added that he accepts no bargains on the first transactions. “I’ll consider bargaining with you if you come back again for a 2nd business transaction with me”. He added. The man looked at Clark with a meaningful smile, he chuckled but directly sent the money to his account.

“You just received 28,000 Spartan credits from account no. 00…,” Clark’s implant notified him. “Thanks for patronizing my stuff,” he thanked the man and they quickly started discussion on how he’ll get his bought goods.

After all the procedures were done, Clark finally returned. He relaxed on his bed as he grinned in satisfaction. “What a profitable business looting is,” he muttered silently.

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