Chapter 123 Captain Shiko

"Captain, I have examined the file of the recent transmission data that we got and mapped it with some data from the so-called Human AI, and it was a 100% match that the transmission we received from this Island came from it." Hunk the muscular guy reported with a haughty tone.

Captain Shiko nodded his head and replied. "Good to hear that…. It'll make our job more, easier here."

He then tapped on the table with his fingers as he usually did when he thought and he said, "But nothing is concrete yet, first of all, let's decipher all the data and the codes in the human device called AI-first…. For now, everyone should focus and work together on this AI and I'll put in charge of this job to Loki… Alright, dismiss!"

Everyone walked out of the hall except for three; the Captain, the golden-hair youth called Rabson, and Hunk.

"What?... Do you have a problem with my decision?" Captain Shiko asked with a serious tone.

The golden-hair youth called Rapson, looked at the captain and then at Hunk meaningfully and walked out of the hall arrogantly.

Seeing his arrogant attitude, Captain Shiko shook his head disappointingly once and signed as he wondered in his head: 'Humph!... Here I thought this kid is smart… But he's still way over his head. Maybe I should ask the headquarter to send him to another camp. Otherwise, everything will fall under my hands.'

It was a matter of fact true in his perspective, as the youth just now started showing his true nature when he gave something important to one of his comrades and he didn't show the slightest respect for him as a mentor or as his superior officer.

Among all the captains in the Blue Lagoon Unit, Captain Shiko was the one who truly did whatever he wanted. However, because of some failures in his recent highly important solo mission, he was sentenced to 10 years of probation and shamed for doing some menial jobs while still wearing his captain's uniform.

While he knew the mission was botched by a higher order who cross his path on numerous occasions and tried to frame him, he also knew he had zero witnesses and a strong background to defend himself.

When he was in such a difficult spot, two important clans; the Fordworth clan and the Winchester Clan approached him and helped him with some ulterior motives in their minds...

In return for their favor, the Winchester Clan gave him a task to train the youngest genius of the Clan, Rapson Winchester whereas, the Fordworth clan gave him a really strange task too; that was to look after the illegitimate child of their Clan Head that was born of wedlock with a maid, to be exact, the scrawny youth called Loki, which was also a genius in a way.

Unlike the Winchester clan, who requested to groom their young master, the Bradworth clan asked him to hinder the boy's growth in various ways and to harass him while giving a ton of work to Loki.

Shaking his head, he took out a pipe and lit it up, took a breath of the tobacco and he whispered under his breath. "Nevertheless, humans are very inventive in creating these kinds of things for stress relief!

He blew a puff of smoke, turned his attention to Hunk, and narrowed his eyes. "Hunk, do you have any problem with my decision?... Spat it out!"

Hunk replied with an angry tone. "Captain Shiko, you are making a rash decision by putting such importance on that bastard… I think you should immediately change your decision before it's too late. Otherwise, you are putting all of us in jeopardy for what….some useless pity."

Before his eyes, he saw that Captain Shiko disappeared suddenly, and the next instant, he felt someone's hand padding his back.

"Why are you using that tone to me, Muscle-boy? That's fucking annoying and if I find you using that tone again, then I will tear your pair of wings first and then threw you into some mines as a slave. Or in the worse case from your perspective, I'll simply snap your head like a twig and end your sorry arse pathetic life. " Captain Shiko whispered in his right ear. Finally, the old Captain Shiko woke after seeing the arrogant, disrespectful attitude of Rapson Winchester.

And he further added. "Boy, I have already done everything they asked for the last twenty years, but they still think I owe them. That is fucking terrible and wrong... I know you are someone sent by them to check on him and to report the things here, right? Now, you go be a good dog and report everything here and also tell them I'm done with their fucking task… From now onward, if they wish to put their fingers and try to manipulate anything to do with any of my subordinates then they have to pass through me Captain Shiko." "And don't take me for a fool, Muscle-boy. For fuck's sake, can anyone of you in my camp do a better job when it comes to analyzing the Human AI better than Loki? He had something called a brain, unlike your muscle-head…. Alright, just get out of my face and do whatever you want, little dog?.... Before I change my mind and snap your little neck."

He then raised his right leg and kicked his behind, sending him flying out of the conference hall.

Hunk landed on the floor with his face messy and then he picked himself up and then he glared in the entrance's direction of the conference hall once and muttered through his teeth slowly as he cleaned the blood from his nose. " Humph! I'm doing this with good intentions and he treated me like that just because he's my superior… Fine, if you insist on burning the bridge so much then I'll act as a catalyst to help you and pave a proper path for your own demise."

He then quickly rushed out of the castle and walked into the woods.

Inside the Conference hall, Captain Shiko lazily stood up from his seat and started strolling lazily as he stretched his body, yawning and saying to himself. "Hmm, that feels fantastic…. Now, I feel that I'm as free as the bird once again... Fuck the Bradworth clan and fuck with the Winchester clan. Come all they want with me. I'll fucking deal with you one by one." Then he also walked out of the hall and quickly approached his main office room.

In a bush, just a few kilometers from the castle, a lanky young man sat on the thick branch of a tall, lush green tree.

"Hmm, things will be going smoother than I thought." Bobby hushed in a soft tone.

"Oh, come on. You are doing this again to make it more mystifying and make me more curious, right?" Cynthia's melodious voice chimed in his head.

"And here I'm stuck again…" Bobby said, and he wondered in his head secretly. 'Why are you so self-centered, thinking that everything revolves around her?'

"Alright, can you explain plainly for this friend to understand more clearly?" Cynthia asked, pouting at him cutely.

Bobby laughed wryly and started explaining. "Have you ever heard of the proverb; Together we stand and divided we fall?"

Cynthia nodded her head readily and replied. "They are quite popular in kid's stories, of course."

"Exactly, see, even though the Captain seems to be a brilliant and bold guy…. He has a big flaw….which is that he still fails to keep all his subordinates in a line. Which is a good thing for me, as I can now crack a plot through this somehow." Bobby explained patiently.

"Whatever man. That's too easy." Cynthia responded, and then she added briskly, looking in the southern direction of the wood. "Hey, that muscular, hunky bully is going into the woods alone... Don't you tell me earlier that you are going to infiltrate using the identity of one of them?…. It's a good chance. What do you think?"

"Nah! It's useless playing his role. He's just a dog, wagging his tail for a bone… And I don't enjoy disguising myself as a dog for another reason. Nevertheless, a bully." Bobby declined readily.

"Then, who do you plan to impersonate?" Cynthia questioned, coming straight to the point.

"Mmm-hmm, for now, I have two in my mind. I guess it's either that scrawny youth named Loki or that golden-haired youth named Rapson." Bobby replied.

"Well-well, I think you'd better go impersonating Rapson... If you disguise as him then you'll have a lot of cards in your hands. " Cynthia suggested.

"Exactly, which will equally come with a greater risk…. Loki, however, although he has an inferior status currently, his personality must be a lot less known by anyone and I bet no one knows the true Loki... So, he will choose him as my key person of interest." Bobby explained his decision.

"Really, bro, what about his social standing?... He's just a bastard, and have you forgotten what I've told you before? Angels have a caste system. "

"That's more the reason to choose him so that I could climb the ladder from the bottom until I reach my target," Bobby replied with a smile as if their conversation just now had clarified his reasoning.