Chapter 72: Colonel Silas Hodge
The journey to Republic Square, Austin Texas, had been peaceful most of the way—except for the glances Mandy kept stealing from time to time. Initially, I planned to ignore her, but now it had happened so many times, it became infuriating.
"Do you have something to say to me?" I asked without sparing her a glance.
My attention was fixated on the crowd of people on all sides of the road. It seemed the Texas government had civilians camped out in this area in masses, and this was where the Limitless enlistment happened. Everything was televised for the world to see—those who were willing to fight and die for this country.
While this was what I wanted, I couldn’t deny this was a nasty tactic.
Texas professional Limitless were barely up to fifty or so in number. Even the Titanfield agency, which is the only agency in the state, barely had up to thirty Limitless—and this included their Founder\Apex Director and board of executives. They just had a few Limitless sitting at the top in the most important positions, while the less important roles were given to powerless humans.
The point is, it’s not difficult to know every Limitless in the state by name. Those who refuse to voluntarily participate in this war will be shamed, and all the negative outcomes that happen in this war will be blamed on them by emotional citizens.
While student Limitless were exempted from this cruelty, this was their future—if they survived the academy level.
Emotional blackmail... These people are vicious!
"I think... I think that girl really likes you." Mandy responded to my question with words I never expected to hear from her.