Upon hearing the name Inqusition, Zack's body suddenly stiffened.
He knew too well of this organization which did not have a good reputation.
The Inquisition was one of the most infamous organized crime groups ,originating from the the Netherlands, a barren and dirty land infested by criminals and heretics.
This powerful and secretive crime group was romoured to be involved in all sorts of wicked crimes, ranging from smuggling of classified goods, illegal manufacturing of artificial soldiers, practice of forbidden experiments and assassinations of the World United Governments' political figures.
Knowing this information full well, it was no surprise to see the young dark haired boy suddenly tensed upon the mentioning of this name.
"You- you are rebel?, suddenly asked Zack with a shocked expression.
The word rebel was used to describe members of criminal organizations that inhabited the Netherlands.
Leon just smiled back, at Zack's sudden lose of composure.
He replied in a calm manner,
"Relax will you, although our organization is one of the twelve ruling factions of the Netherlands and is involved in illegal business, be rest assured that we are not as bad as the other criminal organizations. Sure we might be involved in illegal smuggling of goods and unauthorized creation of artificial humans, we still have a certain line that we don't cross. We never indulge in immoral crimes like kidnaping and human trafficking nor do we ever indulge in human experimenting. Believe it or not but our main goal is to provide shelter for the homeless and people like you"
After hearing, Leon's explanation, Zack seemed to calm down, alas only a little bit.
Now that he was calm he regained his composure and was now thinking straight.
He eventually then said,
"That sound more of a charity group than an criminal organization"
Leon, spoke casually,
"Well l only said that, its our main goal and didn't emphasize it being our only objective"
Zack, seemed to be thinking of something and eventually asked,
"So what are the other objectives that this organization of ours mainly indulge in?
Leon shrugged, and said,
"Other than illegal production of goods and its smuggling, the Inquisition is also interested in overthrowing and dethroning the World United Governments and the Institutes. The other goals, l can't really tell you, since they are classified and are only known by members within the organization with a certain high position"
Zack being a smart lad did not continue probing on this topic, instead he asked another question,
"Earlier you mentioned that your main goal was to shelter the homeless and people like me. What did you mean by people like me?
Leon, seemingly shrugged at this moment, he seemed to have anticipated this question, since he replied so quickly.
"What do you think, l mean cursed bearers"
Zack was momentarily stunned, with a confused tone, he eventually asked,
"Why ?
Leon replied casually,
"l don't know "
Before Zack could ask another question, Leon added impatiently
"Look l have answered most of the important questions, so why don't you go on and tell me whether you are interested in joining or not"
Zack seemed to be very cooperative at this moment, he no longer had any qualms about the matter.
He couldn't help but suspect that this was the influence of the brown haired boy's ability.
Ofcourse it could have been simply be that his young classmate was simply good at negotiating.
Anyways it didn't matter because Zack had already made his decision.
"Alright l have made up my mind, l will join the organization"
It wasn't really much of a decision to make for the dark haired boy, since he simply didn't have a choice in the matter. Right now he definitely needed the help of a relatively big organization if he wanted to survive.
After hearing Zack's reply, Leon released a large breath of relief. Zack had not noticed it but the brown haired boy had been tense ever since they began their conversation.
"Okay- okay, we will begin the procedures now. For now you won't just abruptly join into the organization, otherwise that will make us look unorganized and unprofessional"
Zack at this moment found the situation to be a bit hilarious, a criminal organization, worrying about being unprofessional.
Leon continued speaking admist the mocking thoughts of Zack.
"You will begin as a subsidiary member, and l will be your supervisor, observing your performance and attitude. You will be required to accumulate merit through missions and after a period of three weeks, the organization will sent someone to test you and if you pass this test you will officially be a member of the Inquisition"
Zack only nodded without raising any qualms, this reaction seemed to be normal for a secretive faction, after all they couldn't just accept every member they met without carefully observing them and testing their loyalty, for a criminal organization, this was very dangerous since they had guard against spies from the official organizations.
After seeing that Zack had no objections, Leon finally said,
"Now thats done, its time we move on to other pressing matters. Lets talk about how we are going to handle the genetic enhancement procedure, which by now, we probably late for"
Checking the time on his handwatch, Zack confirmed that they were indeed late for the experiment. The procedure began at 8:05 in the morning and right now the watch was displaying 8:23am, they were late by eighteen minutes.
Just when Zack was pondering over this matter, he suddenly saw a group of four figures approaching the house, from the view of the half closed door.
These figures were armoured in military clothing that consisted of a dark armored camouflage vest worn on top of a long sleave camouflage shirt and camouflage cargo pants with brown boots.
The four figures consisted of two silver metallic robots and two two female designed androids with blonde hairs.
Once near the door, the four figures simultaneously halted their approach and one of the blonde haired female android stepped forward and rang the door bell"
Zack and Leon both approached the female android and just when they were a few centimeters from reaching her, the female android suddenly said,
"Zack Mason and Leon Alex Kage would you please kindly follow us to your assigned research facility to proceed with your genetic enhancement procedure. Just incase you forgot, let me kindly remind you that today is the day of your genetic enhancing procedure"
The voice of the female android was monotonic as it sounded from her mouth.
The two boys knew better than to resist or refuse to follow this kind request, they simply obliged with the World United Governments' artificial soldiers.
They followed these four figures, to which they were led towards a green armoured vehicle that was parked at the side of the road, near Zack's home yard.
Once they boarded the green armoured truck, the car drove forward, with the intended destination of the physiological research facility center that the two boys were assigned on.
The drive was quick and short since the place was not that far away from Zack's home.
Within twenty minutes, they reached the research facility.
The physiological research facility center's building had a professional appearance.
The facility was a four story glass and concrete building contained inside a two meter concrete wall.
The green armoured vehicle approached the facility slowly and soon halted infront of a large gate that was guarded by two huge and thick armored iron robots.
One of the robots approached the armored car, to confirm the details of the people inside.
After their identities were approved, the female blonde haired android who had been driving all this way, stepped on the gas pedal as she entered inside through the gate that had now opened.
Once the vehicle was inside the facility's yard, it went to park towards a free parking spot at the facility's car park. After the car was parked, the group of six alighted from the car.
One of the blonde hair female robots, who had been driving the armored car then suddenly said in robotic manner,
"Please follow me to your designated rooms"
The two boys followed the instruction and were led into the building.
The building's interior was scientifically decorated, truly earning the name of a research facility.
The floor was covered with white smooth tiles, the walls were well plastered and painted with white paint.
The moment Zack and Leon entered inside they emerged into a narrow passageway that led towards a spacious room.
On the passageway left and right there were three rooms each.
The female android led them into the spacious wide room at the end of the passageway.
A moment later they emerged into a wide room with white tiles and white plastered walls.
The room despite being wide did not possess a lot of furniture and had only a large reception desk, six vases containing different flowers for decoration and a set of three neatly arranged wooden benches that were two and half meters long.
Once inside the room, the female android instructed the two boys to stay put and went towards the reception desk where there was a female human attendant.
The android only took two minutes at the reception, before returning with two room key swipe cards.
She then led both Zack and Leon towards the elevator.
As it turns out their designated room was located at the second floor of the building, in room number twenty three, so once the elevator reached the second floor, the female android led them inside room number twenty three.