Absolute Zero

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"Alright, before we start this morning's briefing I will explain again what kind of group this group of 10 is. Please take your seats." Only his voice could be heard from behind the mountain of paper. The other members don't seem to care what Daniel's sitting pose looks like now and it seems like only Luke is a little curious.

"Group 10 is officially not in this division and this group is deliberately kept secret by the higher-ups. Of course this chain of command is the same as any other group, what distinguishes this group from the others is the way we act," Slowly his face began to appear and Daniel started to stand up from behind his desk and headed towards a large digital screen. We are moving separately and currently there are three people who are carrying out their mission in the western region and the other two are in charge of searching for information."

"Hey, captain can you speed it up?" Said Kento who was taking a cigarette from his pocket.

"Shut up uncle." Said a girl named Charlotte who was right behind Kento.

"Hey, how many times have I told you Charlotte as well as you Charles, never call me uncle. Do you think I look really old? Basically, today's children have no sense of manners.." Kento said as he rekindled the flame from the black lighter to burn the tip of his cigarette.

Luke, who saw this, was quite confused because this group seemed very relaxed and even Daniel was silent at the behavior of his subordinates. Will he be okay while he's in this group? Luke thought.

"It's okay sis and uncle. You guys made confused this new member. Just let the Captain explain it again, even the Captain is casually explaining it." Said a man named Charles who was sitting right next to Luke.

"Haah..." Kento let out a long sigh while scratching the back of his head because it seemed useless he explained not to call him 'uncle' because the two of them didn't really listen to what the man said.

"Don't think too much about that uncle." A girl said quietly from the seat to Luke's left.

"Hey Charlotte what are you whispering to that new member? Don't say weird things about me to him." Kento looked back with the cigarette that had just been burned between his fingers.

Luke didn't really listen to the three of them arguing because Luke's gaze was currently focused on a man standing leaning back and looking at the four of them. The man's gaze was cold, he had no expression at all and he didn't show any reaction while the three of them were debating the matter of mentioning 'uncle'. The man seemed to be observing the four of them.

"Isn't that right, Luke?" Charlotte suddenly said that to Luke who had not heard what the three of them were saying.

"Y-yes." He could only say that to appear to be following the flow of the conversation.

"Are the four of you done?" The man who was standing watching the four of them started to speak. Instantly the atmosphere returned to silence for a moment, Luke who was still confused just kept quiet while glancing at the three of them who were silent.

"Okay, I'll get back to it. This group serves as a group that moves quickly where the equipment and our tools that we carry are relatively light and few because we have to reach the right time to carry out the execution of the targets that have been determined by the superiors. Of course, you guys will be doing separate activities like the other members."

Luke raised his hand to ask the Captain.

"What is it Ainswald? Is there something you don't understand?" Verin asked him.

"So far I understand Captain, but the thing that bothers me a little is what is the main purpose of this group being formed?"

"Ohh... That's right, I've never really asked the main goal of this group" Kento said.

"The main goal of this group is to kill every Vampire who is part of the Nobilis Arcus, namely the top 13 Vampire nobles."

Luke, who heard that, did not expect that he would enter a group that carries out every future mission, namely a suicide mission because the 13 nobles are very difficult to beat, they are rarely seen, and the first time they were seen was during the five-year incident by bringing thousands of vampires and other nobles. ghouls. If in the future he was to face any of them Luke wasn't too sure of his own strength and he really needed strength. He had to become strong in order to surpass those nobles. However, there was a slight feeling of joy from within him because if the main task of this group was to defeat the nobles then there was a great chance for him to be able to do more expeditions outside the walls while looking for Rena's whereabouts.

"Okay, is there anything else you want to ask?" Daniel watched them all and seemed to have nothing more to ask.

"In that case, we've finished the introduction and purpose of this group and we'll start the briefing this morning." Daniel looked at Charlotte and the girl seemed to understand why the Captain was looking at her and she took out a small remote and started to press the button on the remote a few times. First the room lights began to dim and slowly the curtains began to close the windows of this room. The digital screen that was originally off now comes to life and shows a person in the crowd.

"That person…" Luke who saw this started to feel a pain that he couldn't bear as if the person on the screen was opening an old wound.

"Are you alright?" Asked Charlotte who looked a little worried seeing Luke who was holding his right chest very tightly.

"N-no, I'm i-it's fine," His heavy breathing slowly stabilized again. "Sorry for worrying you." Luke sat back up straight, watching carefully the face of the man on the screen.

"If you're sick, we should go to the medical room."

"It's okay Charlotte. Thank you for worrying about me."

"But, if there's anything please say since we're in the same group."

"Okay, I'll remember that, thanks."

"Hey, can't you express your gratitude better to my sister?" Charles suddenly cut off their conversation with an annoyed tone.

"Charles, stop being like that." Charlotte who saw her little brother's behavior couldn't stay still.

"But, sis I'm doing this because this person is rude to you."

"Luke being rude? Why do you even think like that?" Charlotte looked at Luke and for Luke this situation was very awkward because he was caught in a brother and sister problem.

"No, he is a polite person. Isn't that right, Luke?"

Why does this girl even ask if someone is polite or not and the look in her eyes is so innocent. Damn, I can't stand people who have a look like that. Luke thought seeing Charlotte's behavior.

"You, are thinking strange things about my sister right?" His gaze was very intimidating and Luke only felt that this younger brother was someone who was too obsessed with his sister who was too innocent. Could he be a siscon?

"Hey Charles didn't I tell you to stop acting like that?" Once again Charlotte scolded her little brother.

"You three, can we continue now?" Verin asked the three of them.

"Sorry, Captain." They said in unison.

"This person in the middle of the crowd is one of the Arcus Nobilis and he is our target. He is Alexei Dmitri and he is quite a dangerous scientist because he does a lot of experiments and the subjects of his experiments are humans."

Don't tell me that Rena was one of the test subjects? The puzzle pieces that are still scattered in Luke's mind are trying to figure out the reason why his sister was kidnapped rather than killed that day. Maybe, Rena was somewhere to be used as a ratlab?

"Captain," Luke raised his hand again.

"Please Ainswald."

"What is the purpose of that person conducting experiments on humans?"

"We still haven't got any information about it."

"Is that so..." Luke didn't know what else to ask or say because he was currently thinking about the worst case scenario that was happening to his sister. He can't stay here long he has to go out there. It's possible, Rena is currently being tortured by that bastard. Thinking about it only made him angrier. He could have desperately gone out there and looked for his little sister but, in a world filled with man-eating monsters he would definitely fight them all but, how long can he survive the sheer number of monsters out there? Indeed it is a last option if he is placed in a group or in a division whose work is not clear. However, if the group's goal was to find this vampire named Alexei perhaps, he could find a clue about Rena's whereabouts.