501 Information Exchange, Learning About the Inheritor called Morgan (1/2)

Day 126 - 10:26 AM - Atlantic City High School, Great Island, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States of America

The violent commotion ended peacefully with the words of that young scientist.

In this military base, there were three heads. First was Major Samuel McGuire, the officer in charge of the military and the soldiers. The second was Captain Sherry Yorkshire, the leader of the elite forces and the assault squad.

And lastly, Professor Alphfa Alston. The young scientist with a mysterious background.

Whether the soldiers or the scientists in this military base, none of them knew where Alphfa came from. Even the first meeting they had was when the young scientist was personally endorsed by the government to be the research leader of this base.

As Professor Alston had direct connections to the government, even Major McGuire could not do anything about his decisions.

In a sense, that mysterious young scientist was the real leader of this military base.

Right now, Captain Sherry and Major Samuel walked together with their subordinates towards the prepared conference room. Of course, rather than a conference, what would happen was nothing but an information exchange.

The Major brought two of his young subordinates to gain more experience. Well, he just wanted to bring one, but the other pestered him to come along. He might have ignored the young soldier if not for the fact that the hard-headed young soldier was his youngest son.

In fact, this son of Major McGuire was far from being a real soldier. However, as undergraduate cadets were drafted because of the outbreak, it led to the current situation.

”Dad, we have more soldiers and the enemy is just one person, why are you afraid?”

The son, Maurice, gabbed.

And to answer that, Major Samuel turned to the other soldier accompanying him. It was no one else but Private James Andrews.

”Andrews, answer him.”

The Major said.

Complying with the order, James turned to Maurice.

”First, because the aggression started with us. That man might have trespassed our base and are supposed to be shot on sight, but since Major already proposed a deal they agreed upon, we are at fault at what happened earlier. Second, what are we here for? We are tasked to gather information because we know nothing much about the infected. Just like that man, we know nothing about him. Unnecessary aggression will lead to unforeseen circumstances since we lacked intel.”

James returned to look at the front.

”Just like what happened earlier. Both Major and Captain got trapped in a sticky situation. Though we don't know whether it was intentional or not.”

”Major, are you sure of bringing your son? This meeting can become dangerous.”

Captain Sherry asked.

”You don't have to worry. Maurice might still be green, but he's special.”

The Major replied in a way that was quite hard to understand. It made the Captain and the other soldiers with them confused.

On the other hand, Maurice looked at them with a smug expression. Nevertheless, before the others could even discipline him for his arrogance, the Major beat them up to it.

It did not take long, and they arrived in the conference room.

The conference room was unnecessarily large, with just a few people inside. Furthermore, the only people that were going to sit around the twenty-four seater table was just four people.

In the conference room, Mark was already waiting.

In fact, he almost fell asleep as he waited. Nevertheless, it was not surprising that it would take time since everyone, aside from him, needed to prepare their pieces.

The Major and the Captain already arrived, but the head scientist was still not here. And looking at the seating arrangement, even without using his Emphatic abilities, Mark knew that the soldiers were wary of him.

Mark was seated at the furthest end of the table. On the other hand, the two soldiers were sat close to the other end.

Finally, the young scientist arrived with a briefcase. Surprisingly, he only had two escorts, and both were not soldiers.

Without hesitation, the scientist sat close to Mark in front of the shocked Major and Captain.

Then, in front of everyone, the young scientist pushed the briefcase he had towards Mark.

Mark looked at the scientist with a frown, and the latter just returned it with a smile.

”That is the summary of all our research. I hope that will satisfy you.”

The scientist said with a smile.

Surprisingly, Mark could not detect any odd fluctuation from the scientist, indicating that he was not lying.

Mark opened the briefcase that was not locked at all. Inside the case was a stack of papers. It made him turn towards the scientist once more. He said that it was a summary. Yet, it was as thick as a grade schooler's textbook.

”Giving me all these without hesitation, what is your intention?”

Mark asked, immediately, as he browsed over some of the papers.

”Nothing much, I just hope that you will answer some of my questions later.”

”Then, ask.”

Mark said.

”Later.” The young scientist waved his index finger. ”They will ask first. My questions will come later.”

With the urging of the young scientist, the exchange of information between Mark and the two high ranked soldiers started. All that while, the young scientist kept silent.

Of course, the first step was introductions. Mark learned the names of the two officers and the scientist without problems.

And sure enough, Mark left them his usual introduction.