5 The Military (1/2)

Drake was currently driving the vehicle with cold sweat all over his back while the captain who sat beside him had an impassive look on her face.

'How did this happen...?' The conversation between the captain and the mysterious little girl happened too fast and the result was that she would be going with them.

The real question is why the little girl is coming with them, he didn't really follow the conversation really well as what he heard was only the end as the little girl will board their car and will come temporarily to their base.

'Maybe the little girl is curious... Let's just go with that' Drake decided to not think about it anymore and let the captain do the rest, if there's something gonna happen then his captain will handle it.

Ash who Drake was thinking about was indeed curious about the military, in her previous life she basically hid so she didn't really knew anything about the outerworld in the beginning, only when she reached tier 4 did she venture outside, but when she reached tier 4, the apocalypse was already 10 years in.

She did get basic information through kind people and neutral formed cities where she sat in bars listening to other people's complaints and conversations.

The information about the military was pretty limited because it said that the military was still a powerhouse even after 10 years, they controlled large parts in the vincinity and there was barely any information leaks of them.

One of the most basic information of the military that was even made public was that they changed their ranking and their badges.

It goes from; recruit watcher, senior watcher, top watcher, specialist watcher, special watcher, ghost watcher and true watcher.

Nobody understood why they changed but for them it was more convenient as it wasn't confusing as before for example private, general, sergeant ect. But they also became more viligant when they see their badges.

A recruit watcher's badge has only one white dot on their black badge.

A senior watcher's badge has a white dot on their badge with two white wings on both sides.

The top watcher's badge has a sword going through the white dot from up to down where the handle faces up and the sword pointing downwards.

The specialist watcher has two extra wings added.

The special watcher's badge doesn't have a dot anymore but two swords crossing each other.

ghost watcher's badge has the outline of the badge with white and again two wings added making it six.

Then the true watcher's badge has eight wings and the white colour is changed to orange.

As normal, the higher the rank, the more important the person is but it also means how strong that person is.

When you join the military, if you're trustworthy and strong, you can easily promote to higher ranks. But the military wasn't upright and righteous anymore as everyone could predict. They became corrupted or should you say more normal?

Ash saw on the flame angel's uniform a badge with a sword going through the dot and two wings while Vanessa the girl with red hair had the same badge but with two wings added meaning that the flame angel is a top watcher while Vanessa a specialist watcher.

'They already changed their rankings huh..' She really didn't know what she missed at the beginning but it couldn't be much.

Before she knew, they already arrived at the temporarily base of the local military.

Ash already saw many excavators and trucks riding around working on the base, the base is still in construction but based on the speed what she saw, it should be complete in several days.

'Sigh, the military used excavators while the normal people needed to use their own creativity and hands to make a shelter, the starting point is really unfair' Ash lamented on how difficult it was in her previous life compared to the military.

Soon a group of soldiers came greeting Vanessa in a polite and respectful manner leading them to a building where they could rest.

Vanessa sat on a chair after making two cup of coffees offering one to Ash who didn't refuse.

''I'm going to be straightforward miss Ashley, as per our conversation, you can sightsee our base as long you bring at least two of our people with you and with this badge you have permission to go around the whole base without much disturbance'' Said Vanessa as she handed a bagde over where the word 'VVIP' was imprinted on it.

Ash took the badge without any reservation and quickly left the building.

Vanessa on the other hand had her closed her eyes and sat in a different sitting position ''Of course if you joined the military you could even visit the main headquarters that is probably more amazing than this temporarily base and you could enjoy many benefits, the only thing you need to do is some special missions given out by th-'' Before she could finish her sentence, Drake who stood behind her whispered in her ear.

''Captain, miss Ashley already left'' Drake had a really awkward expression on his face as he was speechless that the little girl that called herself Ashley just left after taking the badge.

Veins popped out of Vanessa's forehead as she opened her eyes and saw that the little girl that was here a second ago really was gone.