RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 7, CHAPTER 80, THE HWALSHINDO MISSION
HYEONIN'S HOUSE
A boy named Hyeonin is asleep in his house; peacefully. Hyeonin is a fifteen-year-old boy who's one year older than Jun, but he still takes school lessons because of the new rules Jun has put into Izuzunu. Jun made a new rule for the schools in Izuzunu.
There will be new sections in school, Section one will be children six through eleven years old and Section two is teens twelve through sixteen. Though the Izuzunians have a choice if they want to go to school or not. If they don't, they can either be home-schooled or not go to school at all.
Jun made it so that they have to go to school to learn grammar, basic math, physical education, basic fighting training, and a bit of Izuzunu history. Everyone wants to go to school.
"Open up!!!" A man yells outside of Hyeonin's house as Hyeonin slowly wakes up from his sleep "Wha-... what?" he rubs his eyes. "Open the door! We have important information from the emperor!" the other man shouted. Hyeonin makes a confused face "Wait, why does the emperor need me for? I'm not in the LCI..." he said in his head.
Hyeonin finally got up and opens his door to see a group of people, including his friend, Trini, standing in front of him.
"Hi" the man said as they all enter Hyeonin's house "H- hey! You can't come into my house like that-!!"
"We're the emepror's guards and we're following his orders!! Now sit down before we force you to!!!" a woman with green hair shouts; she looks about over 20.
Hyeonin does what she says and sat on the couch "Why are you guys here anyway? I'm nothing important to you guys"
The woman began speaking while gently placing her right hand to her heart "My name is Xiulan and I am the leader of this squad; the leader of the Hwalshindo Mission"
"Oh... I head of you guys before in school" Hyeonin mocks Xiulan by placing his hand to his chest while introducing himself "I am Hyeonin-"
"We know" Xiulan interrupted "We're not here for introductions, Hyeonin. We're here for you"
"Wait..." Hyeonin realizes what they mean "Wait!! Why me!?? Why am I getting drafted to this mission!!?? I'm not even a good fighter or a very smart person!!" Hyeonin shouted. "Yes you are, you idiot" Trini says as she grabs onto Hyeonin's left shoulder "We're both getting drafted"
"Why?" Hyeonin asked Xiulan. "Because we've all looked at your grades and you're the perfect person and perfect leader to get drafted to this mission. Here" She throws a couple of papers down onto the table as Hyeonin picks them up "You haven't seen your grades, haven't you?"
"No... how is this..." Hyeonin was shocked to see that he has all one hundred percent on his tests.
"You have one hundred percent on physical education, combat training, math, archer, common knowledge, and history. You and Trini" Xiulan explained. "I understand" Hyeonin places the papers down on the table "So what is this mission? What are we doing?"
"The mission... is to find the old town of Izuzunu. We're going to look everywhere on the map to find it" Xiulan answered "Everywhere"
THE ELECTION STAGE
"So, we both are very smart and strong enough to join this squad, huh?" Hyeonin says to Trini. "Yeah, I believe we are. So, we're gonna have to take this mission seriously. It's super important to the emperor. We need to find the Diamond Valley" she stood in the election stage ground with Hyeonin and the rest of the squad. The area had been fixed with beautiful trees and plant life. The Izuzunians used Edison's Verdant Gloves to help increase the plant's growth rate fast.
There's a handful of people on the ground "So all these people are gonna be with us?" Hyeonin asked Xiulan. "Yeah, but we're all gonna split up" Xiulan explained. "What do you mean?" Hyeonin asks. Xiulan leaves Hyeonin and Trini in the crowd "You'll see"
A few minutes later, Hyeonin is standing there quietly while looking at the ground. His arms are crossed as he waits for the announcement to start. "Do you see anything different about me?" Trini asks. Hyeonin faces Trini and finds nothing "No, what is it?" He asked.
Suddenly, Hyeonin realizes a bandage wrapped around her left arm "Woah! Are you okay!?" Hyeonin grabs her arm and checks on it "Does is hurt??" He asked.
"Yeah, a bit, but it's slowly healing so it's fine" Trini smiled. "I don't think you should be drafted in this mission if you're in pain right now-" Trini interrupts "No, it's okay" she smiles. Hyeonin lets go of her arms and looks down "Okay, but, how did you get it?" he asked. "Well, today while I was getting groceries with my friends, I fell down" she nervously laughs. "Oh, okay, I'm glad it's not that serious" Hyeonin smiles.
"Alright everyone" Nugget says into the microphone; ready to tell everyone the plans for the Hwalshindo Mission "I know it's been a few days since the first launch of the Hwalshindo Mission, and we all failed miserably... but it won't happen again and we will find the diamond valley!"
"Yeah!" The crowd shouted. Hyeonin and Trini listen carefully "I guess it started"
"Emperor Jun thanks all of you for joining us on this mission and helping us find our home again; our old home; our long lost home. So thank you all for doing this!! I know this came out of nowhere and you were drafted out onto this mission, but it's not all for nothing. It's for a great cause" Nugget explained.
"Man, I don't even want to be here" a man said as he looked irritated. "What did you say??" Nugget asked. "I don't wanna be here!! I was dragged out here from my house!!!" The man shouted.
"Yeah!" some people in the crowd shouted "We're risking our lives out in this mission and I don't wanna be here! So I'm leaving!!"
"I understandn, but so be it. You don't have to join us on finding the diamond valley, so, if you want to leave, then leave. You're free to choose" Nugget says as Xiulan walks up to Nugget and shouts quietly "Hey! What are you doing!? We need more people in this mission in order to succeed!"
"No" Nugget says back to her "Jun said it doesn't matter and that the people are free to choose. He isn't a bad emperor and he wants his citizens to be free and do whatever they want to, so if they decline, then they can"
Xiulan forms a fist, but soon calms herself "I see" Xiulan said as she walks back "Fine"
Some people began leaving the squad and out of the elections stage ground. Hyeonin and Trini looks around to see that almost everyone else was out of the mission "No way they're doing this" Trini says. Trini tried walking out of the stage ground, but Hyeonin stops her by grabbing her hands "Hey!! What if this was a test!! We shouldn't leave! We should just listen to the emperor and do this mission!"
"What are you talking about?" Trini asked. "What if when you leave this mission, you're seen as a weak Izuzunian. What if the emperor doesn't like that? What if he executes every single person who leaves this mission!! You don't really know how Jun is!! Do you remember what happened in blood war?? He killed all the South Izuzunians!! Jun has changed... so we have to as well" Hyeonin explained.
"... I guess I never looked at it this way" Trini steps back into the stage ground "I guess we have to join and fight along side these people"
"So, that's it. All those people who left were too weak to fight, but you guys!! You guys are the strong ones!!" Nugget shouted. There were around thirty people who were still standing there "You guys are brave... Now onto the plan!! The plan is to split into three groups! The four groups will be going separate ways to look for the diamond valley! One of the groups will go north, east, west, and south!! We don't have enough people to go south..."
"No!! I have an idea!!" Hyeonin spoke out as he raises his hands. "What!?" Trini shouted as she was a bit shocked "What plan???" she asked. Hyeonin covers his mouth "Nothing special" Hyeonin says. "What's your plan, Hyeonin?" Nugget asked. "Nothing" he answered back.
TO BE CONTINUED....