✔️ || Half-Vampire

Chapter 23 - The Start

" Shinoa, how many more minutes? " Yuu asked as he stretched his arms while he and his squad looked forward with an expressionless face.

" About twenty more minutes. " Shinoa answered.

" Everyone, round up. We're gonna do a final check on our strategy. " Narumi announced which caused the newbies to turn towards him.
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Shusaku unrolled a map and laid it on the table for the others to see.

" At 2pm, the Vampire Extermination Unit, Moon Demon Company will launch a concerted attack on eight vampire nobles in Nagoya. Our mission is to kill the fifteenth progenitor, Lucal Wesker. We will attack him here. " at this point, he pointed at a location on the map, " If our first attempt fails, we will cut off his retreat to prevent him from joining the other vampire nobles. We will then hold off until Lieutenant Colonel's squad kills their target and comes to help us. There are ten nobles in total in Nagoya. Of that, we will kill eight simultaneously at 2.15pm. For every noble, there are three Moon Demon Company teams, having a total of fifteen men. "

Shusaku then looked up to Narumi.

" However, there's not much distance between the planned sites of attack. If we fail the mission and the nobles get together, it's over. "

" Furthermore, we must carry out the mission with only two teams. This means they have high expectations of us. Failure is not an option. " Narumi glanced at Shinoa's squad except that Yoichi wasn't there.

He was with Shinya as the sniper team and were at the top of a tower, getting ready.

" One person's mistake will affect the lives of our one hundred comrades. Keep that in mind. " Narumi said, looking at Shinoa.

" Hai "

" Anyway, we just have to defeat the Lululu Lalala guy, right? " asked Yuu who started walking back.

" Who's that? " Shihou asked.

" Enough fooling around. This is behind enemy lines. Did you forget what Lieutenant Colonel Ichinose said? " Narumi said in a slightly agitated tone.

" Huh? But I'm not fooling around. " Yuu said with a confused look.

" I don't want an excuse. " Narumi crossed his arms.

" Geez, these kids aren't serious. " Taro said with his arms crossed.

" Sergeant Narumi, there's no way I can trust them to have my back. " Rika said with an unhappy look.

" N-Now, now, Rika-chan. Calm down, Kagiyama-kun. We don't have much time until our mission. " Yayoi tried to calm them down.

" This is bad. Especially right before the mission. " Mitsuba observed.

" Go apologise. " Shihou nudged Yuu who sighed.

" Um, I'm sorry Sergeant Narumi. I'll make sure to— " Narumi stopped Shinoa from apologising by putting his hand on her shoulder.

" I don't want an apology. All I'm saying is that we need to be on our toes. If one person drags us down, everyone's likes will be on the line. I don't want to lose a comrade because of something like that. "

At that moment, Yuu walked forward towards Narumi who looked up.

" What is it? If you have a problem, speak up. "

" No, our feelings are mutual. I don't want to lose comrades either. So I want to apologise. I'm sorry. " Yuu apologised.

" I don't need you to apologise. Just say you're— " Yuu cut Narumi off.