“This way, Lieutenant Colonel”.
The same soldier who led the entourage who brought him here was just at the door. As soon as he saw Clark come out, he saluted respectfully before gesturing politely at the way for him to follow.
Clark smiled back at him before following him out the next moment. Throughout his journey out of the mansion, yes, it was a journey as the sheer size of the mansion was frightening.
Throughout his passage out, the soldiers and workers kept on showering him with greetings at the pace of that given to an ancient emperor, leaving him exasperated.
This was the normal outward feeling though, deep inside him he enjoyed it. He really wanted to take a tour around the General’s mansion, perhaps he could learn a certain sense of higher-ups taste doing it, but he couldn’t because of time.
As soon as he was escorted out, the soldiers saluted him again before going back. At the front of the mansion’s gate, his exotic car was there silently waiting for him.
One of the General’s soldiers drove it from the airport here which he knew of, so he was not surprised seeing it.
He smoothly took a step closer but he did not enter the car immediately, he instead leaned on it before gently adjusting his cowboy hat a bit to protect his face from the glare of the sun.
Dipping his left hand into his pocket, he brought out his phone. He quickly dialed a number before raising it to his ears.
“I’m done”.
“Ok, I’m coming”. A female voice sounded from the other end.
As soon as Clark ended the call, he saw a female figure coming from the distance. She was dressed in a pink luxury dress, tight-fitting pink trousers, pink high heels, a pink handbag, and pink shades.
Seeing her from a distance, Clark smiled while stylishly using his hand to cover his mouth to prevent himself from laughing out loud.
“What’s so funny, boss?” Rose asked as soon as she came beside her boss.
“No, it's nothing. I just think that your dress is comical”.
Rose laughed. “You have the guts to say that when you’re dressed practically like a clown. Seriously, Clark, what color combination is this? Didn’t the General tell you anything about your dressing?”
“No, I don’t think he even looked there”. Clark answered innocently.
“You male soldiers are really awful when it comes to fashion”.
“Why should we care about fashion?”
Rose raised her head to look Clark in the eye, seeing the expression on his face she gave up. “Sigh…, forget it”.
Not waiting for his response, she went to the passenger seat side of the car. “Uther, open up, your sweet aunt Rose is here”.
Without hesitation, the car’s door opened gracefully as the A. I’s voice sounded the next moment politely. “Welcome, aunt Rose”.
Seeing this, Clark was stunned speechless; he facepalmed. “What a disloyal A.I”.
He didn’t waste any more time too as he quickly entered the car. This time, he was not going back home yet, he wanted to visit his friend.
Due to a problem that cropped up, Leo was not able to come as reinforcement again during his war with the terrorists. He wanted to go visit him and also to tell him his plan.
Steering the car to the right, he drove slowly across the streets until he got to the main road. As soon as he hit the main road, he pressed hard on the accelerators, bringing out the beast in his exotic car.
After the latest upgrade under the technical hands of Professor Monkey Hands, his beastly car only became more beastly. If it was a beast before, now it was a monster.
It only took him a minute and some seconds to get to the airport, after getting there he easily boarded the next plane that was going to North Sparta with his car in tow.
Zoom!
As soon as the runway was clear, the plane took off before smoothly soaring into the skies like a phoenix.
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“Bro, I’m really sorry that I was unable to make it to help you”.
Clark placed his hands on his hips. “Is that how you greet your best friend these days?”
“Ah…, I’m…”
Clark pulled his best friend into an embrace on seeing him stuttering. From the hug, they both quickly erupted laughing as they tried to juggle each other like kids playing at the beach.
This scene drew a lot of attention from the other people in the airport, but seeing the 2 expensive cars that were beside the 2 guys, they turned back to face their business.
At the side, Rose mouth’s twitched as she watched this scene. “Sigh…, are all soldiers like this?”
Leo clapped Clark’s shoulders. “My wife already prepared a sumptuous meal for you guys; she can’t wait for you to taste her new delicacy”.
“Oh, I can’t wait to take a bite from it too”. Clark laughed.
After having the good old days hug to their satisfaction, Clark and Leo finally separated. They didn’t spend more time at the airport, they both boarded each of their cars before driving out the next moment.
When they got to Leo’s mansion, his wife was already out waiting for them. She waved excitedly on seeing their cars coming from the distance.
“I can see that you’re taking good care of the small mischievous boy that is inside you, your belly has developed more than before”.
“Ha-ha, she’s a girl”.
Clark laughed heartily. “It’ll be a boy when you put to bed, just watch”.
Leading both visitors inside the house, Kate quickly went to work to serve the food that she prepared for them.
Clark was stunned speechless after seeing the special delicacy that she made for them. He turned to look at Leo who only shrugged, before turning to face the wife again. “Snacks?”
“It’s not snacks, Clark, it’s pizza”.
“It’s a special pizza that I made; I traveled all the way to the previous territory that belongs to the ancient Italians. You know they were the best pizza makers”.
“Umm, no wonder it's so tasty”. Rose who already took a bite into the delicacy commented as she enjoyed the delicious aftertaste.
“Thank you”. Kate smiled.
Clark and Leo could only smile, they also dipped in and started eating also. As they ate, they engaged in conversations to kill the time.
During the conversation, Clark told them that he wanted to go out with them tomorrow. Leo and his wife didn’t object, so they quickly settled on the location in a few minutes.
By the time that night came, Clark and Rose were escorted to their various rooms to spend the night.