The new member

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It has been over a month since Ding joined the anti-crew and they have surpassed everybody's expectations. The new mercenary has finished all the intense training that an average man would finish in 5 years. They have mastered all the weapons known to man and gained the reputation as "the Monster" in their branch.

In the meantime, at the canteen:

- "Hey Jack. How do you feel about the new guy surpassing you on the ranks?" said Mark

- "I honestly do not mind at all. Ding has shown nothing more than pure skill during their time here."

- "What do you think about this Martin?"

- "Well, you know I'm not into the violent aspect of this organization, so I'm not a fan of what they're doing..."

- "Really?" Jack raised an eyebrow "You know this entire facility is a literal military agency whose sole objective is to kill creatures and terrorists. There will always be bloodshed Agent M, even if you like it or not."

Martin got up from the table and picked up his tray and went back to his office, closing the door shut behind him

- "Ugh these idiots" Martin groaned.

He then pondered on why he stayed in the facility for almost half a decade to be frowned upon for his idea of having a pacifistic way of doing the job.

Then he heard a knock on his door.

- "Come in," said Martin.

The door slowly opened, and a soldier fully covered in uniform entered the room, walked toward the agent, and sat on the chair in front of the desk.

There was this overbearing silence filling the room, a strong aura emitting from the soldier in Infront of him kind of like it was some sort of predatory beast ready to devour him at any moment.

- "Can I help you today?" Martin uttered

- "Uhm, I need some help" the soldier muttered

- "Excuse me, can you repeat that," Martin said calmly

- "Uhm, I need some help, sir" the soldier repeated

- "Alright what do you need? I can do armory fixes, wound healing, counseling whatever you need." Martin responded

- "I need to heal some wounds..." the soldier said

- "Alright go lay down on the bench and I'll get my medical aid" as Martin leaves the room

5 minutes after

He came back into the room with a first aid kit. As he walked up to the soldier lying on his bench, he noticed the badge is engraved with the name "Ding."

He removed the cape from the uniform and saw two big holes on the back with blood around it but saw just a tiny slit inside. Martin started to disinfect the wounds. Ding started to squirm from the alcohol rubbing across the slits. Suddenly, the skin around the wounds started moving. Martin confused, begins to use his tweezer to get inside to see what is going on. Ding jumped, put their cape back on, and ran out of the office.

Martin was even more confused than usual, wondering why they started running as fast as they could, why was their skin moving when he was disinfecting it. He had so many questions to answer which fascinated the man. So he set a goal for himself, and that goal was to understand who is Ding.

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