"Why didn't he report the situation as soon as he could !?"
In a dark room, there was a large table with several people sitting around, but most are holograms.
One of the holograms was a young woman in a military uniform, she was criticizing Ralph's action.
After General Shin received Ralph's report, he explained the situation to the other generals who were present.
"I currently understand him, I don't think he deserves a penalty for that." Another hologram, this time a man, spoke.
"What he did after the mission doesn't matter." Shin spoke with eyes closed.
"But what are you talking about? Of course it matters, what if we need to give him other orders?" The same woman as before shouted.
"I think the Great Elder agrees with me." Shin spoke with a smile as he looked at the man sitting next to him.
The Great Elder is actually a middle-aged man, with long hair and a solemn look. He has a powerful Aura, even without revealing it the air around him is different from the others.
"I ... I believe that the young man did not do something that needs punishment, but it is necessary to alert him so that he does not make the same mistake." The Great Elder spoke with a light tone and eyes closed.
"Tsk ... Since you're saying, we have no choice." The woman spoke disgruntled.
"Either way, his reward must be doubled! His rank should be increased directly to 3, and he should become a Special Lieutenant as well." The Great Elder spoke with a smile.
"What!?" Everyone was surprised, including Shin.
"This is ridiculous, how can someone with no military experience and training become a lieutenant !?" A general shouted.
"Sir, I think making him a sergeant is enough!" Shin murmured to the Great Elder.
"Shut up, you don't understand what the young man managed to do! The speed of the North Korean attack was something we didn't expect, we thought they would only attack next week ... If it weren't for the boy's information ... What's his name again? " The Great Elder spoke and looked at Shin.
"Imamoto Ralph." Shin spoke in a low voice.
"If it weren't for Imamoto Ralph, we would also be taken by surprise, thanks to him we were able to evacuate at least part of our men in Korea, that was a great merit! All the spies so far have been completely useless! But Ralph-kun did something in less than a day! It is ridiculous that he is Rank-5, and it is ridiculous that he is just a mere soldier. " The Great Elder spoke out loud.
"Even so, making him a lieutenant is excessive. It can cause instability." Shin murmured with a concerned look.
"Are you deaf? I said Special Lieutenant! Special! He will not command a platoon, he will not have subordinates. The reason he is a lieutenant is that it will facilitate his performance, as well as stimulate his growth. In addition, he it should only follow the order of two people, General Shin and me. " The Great Elder spoke while looking sharply at everyone.
"Tsk ..." Everyone was unhappy with the decision of the Great Elder, but no one had the courage to go against it.
"General Shin, go personally to congratulate Ralph, and deliver his reward as well." The Great Elder spoke and stood up while saying:
"The situation is getting worse, the war with the Chinese could start soon if things continue as they are. I need to go to the front line to keep things in order. General Shin will be in charge of the council until I return, you hear! ? "
The Generals were silent, but their displeased expression was clear.
***
Ralph wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth and stood up, there was debris everywhere, the result of a building collapsing. The dust obscured the entire area.
After following the kidnapper, Ralph ended up arriving in a ten-story building on the west end of the city. In one room on the top floor there were several Aura Masters, and in another room there were several women ... The problem is that they were mentally dead.
Ralph doesn't know what the kidnappers did to women, but they lost their sanity completely, and even their inner Aura was irregular.
After listening to the Aura Master conversation for a while, Ralph discovered what appeared to be a conspiracy.
The women had their spirits and minds completely destroyed in some way and would be used as a sacrifice for a type of ritual ...
When Ralph was about to hear what the ritual was about, an Aura Master more powerful than the others entered the room and ended up feeling Ralph's presence.
From there, Ralph did not hesitate and simply jumped the living room window, pulling the new kidnapping victim with him and landed smoothly on the ground, surprising the Aura Masters.
Ralph did not hesitate and simply detonated the building's supporting pillars, using explosives at critical points, which created several cracks throughout the building before it collapsed.
The Aura Master who had discovered Ralph had managed to escape the disaster because he also jumped out of the window after Ralph.
Ralph looked at the unconscious woman beside him and then looked at the man a few feet away, he was emanating a strong Aura.
After spitting blood on the floor, Ralph murmured:
"Domain!"
An invisible pressure emanated from Ralph and affected everything around him, like absolute dominance, and expanded towards the Aura Master.
"You are not the only one capable of doing this!" The man, who had red eyes and was as thin as a toothpick said.
Invisible pressure also emanated from the man and clashed with Ralph's dominance.
~ Bang.
The pressure caused by the two domains colliding began to destroy the ground, and caused a huge crash.
Ralph and the man started walking slowly towards each other, while they seemed to be suffering from some kind of resistance while doing this.
One step, two steps ... With each step the Domain collision became more violent.
After being close enough, both opponents were facing each other with fierce expressions, and their Aura emanated and began to clash violently as did the domains.
The thin man's aura was red and emanated with a murderous air, while Ralph's emanated only great energy.
"Hmph! An amateur who doesn't even use his own attribute. Even if you have a strong hold, you are not my opponent!" The man screamed and his Aura turned into countless blades, which went towards Ralph.
At the same time, Ralph smiled and said:
"Who said I don't, I don't know how to use my attribute !?"
Ralph's Aura suddenly disappeared and the space distorted, causing all the blades to stop in the air.
"What? Space !?" The man screamed in surprise.
Ralph took the opportunity and used his illusion ability, creating a wave of crimson flames around the man, they started to leave the surrounding rocks glowing in the extreme heat.
"This ... Are you also an anomaly? This flame is not created with Aura." The man screamed in surprise as he used his Aura to protect himself.
Ralph smiled slightly, he was just buying time for the real blow, his right fist was shining brightly in green light, this blow far surpassed the previous ones, both in power and in control.
Ralph threw a punch at the man, distorting the space as if a needle was piercing reality.
"Arrrhhhhh!" The man screamed in pain as he was thrown back several meters.
Ralph took the opportunity to swallow his opponent with his dominance, and said:
"You lost."
At the same time, Ralph held out his left hand in the man's direction, and closed his palm violently.
Ralph's dominance distorted the space around the man, crushing him.
Ralph felt dizzy and put his hand on his chest, the conflict of dominions from before had worsened the injuries he received when he collapsed the building. He had no choice, he could not be surrounded by enemies.
Fortunately, the ability to manipulate space is simply very strong and ended the man's combat ability with just a direct attack.
As for the women in the room, they were already dead, he saved the last victim, who was still healthy.
After focusing slightly, Ralph stimulated his own vitality slightly to speed up the healing process. He felt a murderous red Aura in his blood and started to expel it.
At the same time, Ralph's hair and fur began to grow.
"Tsk, this is annoying, how can I avoid this?" Ralph murmured but continued to stimulate his vitality with the latent energy.
The first time he managed to do that was with the Life Stones, but now he can do it without them.
After half an hour, Ralph blew out a breath and stopped stimulating vitality. This also consumes a lot of energy and he is already exhausted. After getting rid of the excessive hair, Ralph went to the kidnapped woman and checked her condition.
She had some minor injuries, but thanks to Ralph's protection she was not seriously injured.
Ralph then heard the sound of the police siren and smiled slightly before going to collect the thin man's head and some evidence of his body.
He discovered some papers that seemed important, but he didn't have much time because of the police and his exhaustion, and then he left, leaving the woman behind.
The woman will never know who saved her.
While walking towards HQ, Ralph had to endure pain all over his body, the man's red Aura somehow infiltrated his body and caused some damage, fortunately Ralph has a superhuman body and great vitality, or then he would be dead.
Upon arriving at HQ, Ralph was attended by the squad's medical team and improved his condition a little. Who attended him was the same man as before, who healed him after the first mission.
"Thanks for the hard work." Ralph spoke to the man, whose name is Adolf.
"Haha, it was nothing, come to me if you have an injury." Adolf spoke with a big smile.
Ralph then went to Sergeant Mina, but found that there was no one at her table.
"She went home, they were very tired." A squad member spoke to Ralph.
-So, should I talk to Iruka?
Ralph pondered, but then he heard Shin's old voice coming from beside him.
"Ralph-kun, congratulations on the success of your mission!" Shin spoke with a smile, Lieutenant Shizuka was behind him and waved at Ralph.
"Thank you sir!" Ralph spoke.
"It was nothing more than that ... Your performance was really unexpected. We didn't think the conflict would start out that way, but you got the information quickly, it was critical to the success of the mission." Shin spoke and waved to Lieutenant Shizuka.
The lieutenant went to Ralph and held out a hand in the direction of Ralph's right hand.
Suddenly Ralph felt a fluctuation in space and was surprised to see that there was a space ring on the lieutenant's finger.
"What was this?" Ralph asked.
"A tip, protect your ring with your Aura, or else others with sufficient skill can put and remove things from your ring." Lieutenant Shizuka spoke with a smile and returned behind General Shin.
"Why don't you check your ring?" Shin spoke with a smile.
Ralph looked at the ring on his finger for a moment and was surprised to feel what was inside.
"Your reward for the success of the mission was a thousand Life Stones. Doubled by the Great Elder. Your rank has risen to 3, and you are now a special lieutenant. There are new identification tags on your ring, use them from now on." Shin spoke and started walking towards the exit from the control room.
"What? Wait, a thousand life stones !?" Ralph exclaimed in surprise.
"Listen, son, any and all missions appointed by the council of golden inspectors have an extraordinary reward, the missions on the wall are only for those who do not receive missions designated by the council." Shin spoke lightly as he left the room.
"Is this ... seriously?" Ralph murmured in surprise.
Not long ago, he was struggling to receive a few life stones, but now he has received so many at once.
In addition, since his rank has risen, he can accept missions with higher rewards on the wall.
Ralph suddenly thought, if he were in the other world, would he have such an opportunity for growth? No, he would be dead.
Ralph felt a little gratitude for the first time, and then he removed the new identification tags from the ring, hanging them around his neck.
In addition, he received a new uniform, with different cufflinks than before, it is the uniforms of the lower officers, of the lieutenants. His name was written on the chest part of the uniform, and the rank was on the shoulders.
Ralph noticed, however, that he is no ordinary lieutenant. A special lieutenant cannot command a platoon and cannot have subordinates, the only advantages being that he is entitled to more sensitive information in the squad's information network, and that he now only receives missions assigned by someone higher in rank.
Ralph received the information that he can only be assigned to missions by two people, the Great Elder and General Shin.
Of course, that doesn't mean he can act as he wants in the squad. He still has to follow the squadron's regulations, how to participate in joint missions and respect the hierarchy.
Ralph looked at the mission wall and then found Iruka nearby.
After having a brief conversation with Sergeant Iruka. Ralph understood that he must first report the mission to Sergeant Mina, before receiving the reward.
With no choice, Ralph decided to leave HQ and go to his apartment.
Since he was injured and tired, Ralph decided to take a taxi home.