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Mirage opened his mouth and asked. "Are all of them here and ready yet?"
His tone sounded quite serious as if he was preparing for the worst-case scenario to come.
Despite the captain's confusion, he still replied to the question.
"Well... yes, they are all ready and are just on standby, waiting for you to give your command," he replied in a prompt manner.
Although the captain couldn't see the face behind Mirage's mask, he still vaguely felt that he had a smile on his face when he heard him say. "Alright."
The captain was confused but he remained silent about it and just let the man do what he wanted.
He was itching to just kill the man right away and take over but still restrained himself.
The captain was still in the midst of his hesitation when he heard the masked man said.