Chapter 43: The Director’s Offer
[3rd Person’s POV]
Inside the dimly lit office of the National Minder’s Association, the soft rustle of papers echoed as Director Alistair Ignacio flipped through the latest mission report.
The documents in his hands detailed the events of the Abysmal Maelstrom raid that appeared in the northern sea of the country, carried out by teams Alpha and Charlie. It is a document that usually does not concern him or the association, as the business of the NSA isn’t part of their job, but someone tipped him of an interesting find.
The individual they’ve been eyeing since the captain of the 3rd Alpha team, Claude Vanderheinz’s Nightmare occurred and his survival reached their ears.
Currently, there are four Minders capable of doing that, but compared to tens of thousands of Seekers appearing in the country, and an alarming percentage of them mutating due to their Nightmares, four doesn’t even help that much.
Not to mention, those four Minders are highly regarded and protected by the UAO, despite being part of the NMA, and won’t let them dispatch to take care of lower-rank Seekers.
As the director of the NMA, Alistair is doing his best to provide fair service to all Seekers, to high or low rankers. So, if he managed to pull that person in their side, his goal might come true.
He stared at the documents, at the name that appeared repeatedly throughout the pages. Even the NSA was focusing on that person, seeing that the report was mostly about him.
Jade Dela Torre.
Alistair’s fingers tapped lightly against the polished mahogany desk as he skimmed through the report.
"Another Nightmare was stopped because of him. I must bring him in our side," Alistair declared. He gave the report to his assistant waiting at the corner. "Shred these documents."