Chapter 350: A little more detail, please
"Alright. What do you want to know?" Carlos asked, but turned his attention towards Gunther instead of Kellen. Kellen, slightly confused, almost corrected him before he realised what was going on. He was turning his attention to Gunther because he was the one going undercover. Kellen might have questions, but Gunther’s took precedence because he was the one in active danger.
"Uh, well, what is the E. A. G.? In your mind?" Gunther asked, looking at Carlos before sliding his gaze towards Kellen. Kellen shook his head. Carlos wanted Gunther’s questions, he probably wasn’t going to answer anything from Kellen, even if Gunther said it.
"What’s it like in my mind? Hmm, in a word, chaos." Carlos said. "That’s what they want to sow, and also what they are intrinsically. Tell me, have you ever had any issues when it comes to Guiding?" Carlos asked, and frowned when Gunther shook his head. "Say yes when they ask you. Don’t tell the truth, or fall back on a situation from someone else that you know. The more detailed, the better. They don’t like people who haven’t struggled, since then they think that they can’t manipulate you. If you appear downtrodden, or weak, they will use you properly." Carlos was speaking from his heart, and Kellen hated the little self deprecating smile he got on his face.
Guide Martinez appeared to feel the same way, but she remained on the other side of the room, doing something that Kellen couldn’t see since her hands weren’t in his line of sight. Her expression was grim, her eyes hard, and Kellen could tell from the distance that her jaw was tight too.
"But I’m coming in after leaving the Saturn Guild as a Lieutenant. That’s not really great advice for me." Gunther said and Carlos laughed.
"You were a lieutenant? Sorry, you’re still a lieutenant? Then that’s perfect. They know you can follow orders well, and that you can have a conviction. They are just going to have to make sure you follow their orders. That’s a good angle to go in at, but I’m serious when I tell you this. If you think, for a second, that your cover is blown, get the fuck out of there. They’re crazy, and the upper levels of the E. A. G. are even crazier than you think. They have an S Class running the whole thing, and I’m not sure if the others are S Class either." It was news, big news, but also not exactly surprising.
At least to Kellen. He had kind of expected that in some capacity. S Classes were known for forming their own Guilds, their own families. If someone had terrible beliefs and wanted to hurt others, why wouldn’t they try to start a family that would allow them to get away with that kind of behaviour?
It made perfect sense, and Kellen was pretty sure he thought that was the case in his mind before now, he’d just never fully put the pieces together. From Sakura’s grim expression, she was the same way. She crossed her arms, glaring at Carlos.
"Carlos...you should have told me that before now. I shouldn’t be finding out about this years after taking you in." Sakura warned and Carlos shrugged while Gunther narrowed his gaze. As he had been looking into this as a Lieutenant, Gunther must have tried to find out this information before now. Having this information confirmed for him, from a man who was basically in hiding, really told him how hard it was to get this information.