After a few days of recovering Maestro was fully recovered but bed ridden for a few more days. Natalie left before Maestro woke up knowing that she finished the job she was asked by me.
"Wait, they took over the school? MY SCHOOL!?" Said Maestro angrily.
"Well you were gone enough considered to be dead by them."
"Shouldn't be that more than a year or so?" Said Anna as she walks around the room going to the minibar to grab some whiskey.
"Yes, you're right in the money Anna. But they forgot that we're talking about Maestro here. This man is targeted once back in his day by 4 different terrorist organizations by leaking trade info between all 4 of them. He survived all 4 because for him they were incompetent on doing torture."
"This time though I was in the brink of breaking though. Surprising right? But I'm at that age now I could only take it as much abuse as this aging body of mine." Said Maestro as he was handed a glass of whiskey by Anna.
"Age my ass. You're drinking whiskey right now how is that connected to being old."
"What's wrong with that though? I mean I'm not going through heavy physical abuse anyways." Said Maestro as he continues to drink whiskey.
"So Vaughn what's next for us?" Said Anna.
"Knowing that the Organization is now going for our heads. Surprisingly Natalie is on their side but the reason why she helped us in this one is because she owe me a solid. And you know her word for if she has people who she owes to."
"As usual for her code of honor some shit similar to that. She even gave you your old equipment too despite you yourself had developed a new Hypertana. Quite surprising that you made this within a week. Vaughn are you really Vaughn?" Said Maestro as he stands up and look at Inferno at the sword rack.
"Counter-measures Maestro that's why I developed one for myself. In case if they ever use Vulcan for themselves. I want to make a blade that would equal or surpass Vulcan and it indeed drained my resources and money for quite a long time. So I made a pseudo-persona named Dealer and started to fake an anonymous arms dealer selling weapons at the highest bidder with the best quality and price.
That blew up and made the Organization refocus their eyes to that fake person so that gave me a bit more headroom to work with in the background. Then I saw a decline of quality of soldiers in the Organization so I investigated the council members and found out that one of our old comrade. Mr. Lords was betrayed by the Organization." As I ignite a cigarette while staring off into the distance.
"Wait... Mr. Lords?! Ain't he already retired?" Said Anna as she was surprised.
"Yes, he was already retired. He was attacked at his own home both his kid and wife were killed too. I met him in his room bleeding out saying that the Organization is now rotten to the core after Null took over."
"Those bastards... Mr. Lords was a nice man he always gave me the best advice and the best alcohol during his trips." Said Maestro.
"Mr. Lords was my advisor he taught me the ways inside the Organization and how I became a successful handler because of him." Said Anna as she sat down on a bar stool.
"Now's not the time to get depressed over what is happened already plus I already took vengeance for his death. By starting a war against the Organization by taking another fake person well a fake terrorist organization."
"I heard about that in the recent news. The info brokers are going nuts and confused why they can't extract information about that group of yours then plus it feels like you're copying a piece of history right there. Jack the Ripper of all things?" Said Anna as she take a sip of her whiskey while being surprised on what she realized.
"If I have to copy someone, I have to copy someone who has never been caught and Jack the Ripper was perfect as a reference."
"Though what's next since that I can't go back to the school now after they took over it." Said Maestro as he leans back on the couch.
"We need to devise a plan for our assault. But we need men for it, Anna do you know someone or a company who is already experimenting with robots?"
"I'll look into that... For what reason though?" Said Anna.
"Of course we need an expendable amount of forces that doesn't require human sacrifice. Robots are a great fit for that role. I mean we already saw Mechs being used as expendable forces just have some one remotely control them and do the dirty work without being there."
"Whatever you're thinking there Vaughn is both the dumbest idea I heard and the most intriguing one." Said Maestro smugly.
"Dumb? Why is it dumb?" Said Anna confused.
"Dumb because it will attract the entire industry if we do use it on the frontlines everyone will be interested in making their own robot soldiers. Creating an arms race making a shift of warfare within a week if we're not careful." Said Maestro.
"You do have a point there but it's already happening those soldiers I fought on the ship aren't human. And they use Pseudotanas and they have mech levels of protection with no one inside of them."
"Well then if that's the case we just have to find someone to create all of them then." Said Anna.
"I could make them, but the reason why I'm asking you for a person who is already developing one is for me to copy it and make it our own by improving it to our spec."
"A bit lazy but you have an idea right there." Said Maestro.
We began looking for people who know military equipment manufacturers if they have an idea on robot soldiers or drones. So far the hunt for a functional and interesting design is still vague. For now we at least realized where we at now and how the war is turning out to become soon.