Chapter 48: It’ll Be Fun
Ricardo smiled widely and turned towards Jason with his hand extended. Jason brought his hand out, and Ricardo grabbed his forearm in a warrior's handshake as his smile widened! Ricardo's grip was like metal tightening around your forearm, but Jason's grip was just as intense! They were both A Rank in strength, so Jason could easily withstand the intensity!
"You have a nice grip there, boy! Very nice! I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun together in the Gate."
There was a look of insanity inside Ricardo's eyes and JAson felt his own eyes narrow at that. Ricardo was trying to seem friendly and outgoing, but Jason could tell that there was something else going on there. Even though his face showed that he was simply being friendly, his eyes were shaking with excitement.
Ricardo smiled wider and Jason's frown deepened before he watched Ricardo take a few steps back. Behind Ricardo, Rosa only gave a small wave and nothing else. She wasn't bothering to look at Jason, and it seemed like she was trying her best to disappear into the shadows and stay where no one could see her.
Jason knew that Ricardo was the more outgoing and exuberant one between the two of them, but for some reason, he felt more tense about Rosa and wondered what was going on.
"Ma'am, I don't remember these people being a part of the SMD testing roster. Was there a recent change that we weren't notified of?"
Keith suddenly spoke up from his place at the corner of the room. He had a serious look on his face as he glanced from Ricardo over to Rosa. There was a strange uneasiness he felt in the presence of these two, and he couldn't just accept that such a large change was made to the assessment plan without anyone knowing about it.
Liam was the highest-ranking member of the SMD after Millicent, and even Liam looked lost on what was going on, so Keith knew that there was definitely something wrong.
But Millicent simply frowned at Keith before dismissing him as unimportant.
"I thought members of the Enforcers were taught with a similar curriculum as the nation's best soldiers. If you can't even keep your thoughts to yourself, then please leave us be."
Keith snapped to attention immediately and apologized for speaking out of turn. Liam shook his head before standing up for his brother.