Chapter 102: Chapter 102 - Recruitment [ Part 1 ]

"...F*cccccck." The line from the other side said after some deliberation.

"Well then, I'm going to start packing my bags again, so I'll talk to you later, Delmar." William said to Delmar with seriousness in his tone.

Delmar, detecting the gravity in his voice, couldn't help but laugh heartily, as his joke had precisely the effect he intended it to have.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh at the kid who's going to be spending jail time next to you."

"No, no, kid. That's not why I'm laughing. It's just that you're too gullible. Ahaha haha."

On the other hand, William was initially confused by what Delmar said until he realized that Delmar was joking with him.

"Ha ha, dude, don't joke with kids like that with your serious demeanor, okay? It's not funny at all." William said to him as he didn't like the thought of being in jail with his new physic that would turn heads but for the wrong side.

"From where I'm standing, it's pretty f*cking hilarious, kid."

"Okay, but tell me the truth. Will the Royal Force really not find my location?"

Delmar stopped laughing as he reassured William, "No. Kid, don't worry about that. The line you just called is highly secure, and only my most esteemed clients have access to it."

"Alright, all jokes aside. What are you going to do now?" William waited and asked something close to what he really intended to inquire about when the time was right.

Delmar sighed deeply and contemplatively before responding, "Well... for a while, I'm gonna have to close shop until this mess blows over, and even then... let's see what happens."

"If you close your shop for a while, wouldn't you lose most of your customers?"

"Well, yeah, I would."

"Now that just makes me feel more guilty, man. It's like this is happening to you because of me."

"Yeah, it happened because of you, but it was bound to happen sooner or later anyway. So why not now? It'll give me some time for a vacation as well."

"What are you going to do on vacation anyway, man? It's not like you have someone waiting for you... do you?"

The explosion and aftershock not only overturned the leading vehicles but also disrupted the following vehicles' movement. They halted, attempting to rescue injured members caught in the explosion.

Delmar observed this from his computer and smiled as his plan had succeeded just as he envisioned. His initial plan wasn't to completely destroy the armored vehicles. No, it was to disrupt their movements long enough for him to escape safely.

He picked up the handset beside the computer and spoke into it.

"Okay, it's done. What was it you wanted to say to me again?" Delmar tried to continue the conversation from where it was left off.

"Before that... Are you fighting someone? Because the noise from the receiver seemed like there were multiple explosions happening nearby."

"Yeah, I just fired some missiles at a few Royal Force armored vehicles that were approaching, but they won't be a problem for a while now."

"... I don't know what I just heard or what you're talking about, so I'll just take your word for it."

"Alright now let's get to the real thing... tell me what are you really going to do after this?"

Delmar was confused as he heard the kids serious tone and he said after some pondering "Don't really know what I am going to do but why are you so concerned with that?"

"Because I know of someone who can pay you a lot to work for them."

"I already told you kid that I am going to close my shop for a while but I am going to open it later so you can tell that person to call me later as well."

"I wasn't talking about part time work but full time."

"Nobody has that much money or even if they did they wouldn't pay me that much every week for some computer surveillance."

"Believe me that person will absolutely want you to work for them, no matter the cost" William said as he put more emphasis on the matter.

"And who is this generous person that you are talking about?" Even though skeptical of the thought that someone like that actually exists, Delmar still asked.

"It's me,"

"I want you to work for me, Delmar."