The Conspiracy of the Elites

They woke up the next day feeling refreshed and full of strength. Clark smiled as he breath in the fresh air coming in through the window, “this is a sign of good fortune today,” he thought.

Leo yawned as Benny greeted the both of them, “good morning Leo, good morning Clark”.

“Yeah, good morning my night was good probably the best I’ve had in a while,” Leo answered while stretching.

“Who asked about your night,” Clark and Benny thought simultaneously. They chuckled as they got up to brush their teeth and prepare for the day.

After they almost finished dressing up, Clark received a message notification from his implant. He looked at Leo and Benny, he immediately realized that they also received a message notification from their expressions.

They continued with what they were doing as they checked the message mentally. “Oh, they already sent the guide for new soldiers,” Clark muttered with surprise due to the efficiency of the message delivery. The message was the guide the captain talked about; Clark quickly opened the message to check it out. After dressing up, he sat down to concentrate better.

“Good day soldiers, this is the guide you need to know things about the python military division including its rules and regulations. The python military division is a subsidiary of the Southern Spartan army. Our job is to protect Delhi city citizens from any form of threat most especially in the form of the Persian Tigers terrorist organization and the Moca republic”.

“All soldiers are expected to report only to the captain of the military division or any of it’s second in command. As a high-grade soldier, you need high quality equipment and battle arts. You can exchange for them with military achievement points or pay directly with credits”.

“Military achievement points can be gotten through participating in military offensives against an external threat and a lot of other activities. Any remarkable achievement in a raid or fight is also rewarded with remarkable points also. You can also get military achievement points by breaking any of the records set by soldiers of your rank during training. If you want to know the price of a specific equipment or battle art you can inquire by visiting the library. You can also be promoted in the military division after you accumulate enough battle records and experience”.

“As a high-grade soldier with one breakthrough your salary for a month is 20,000 Spartan credits. Your paycheck will increase if you are successfully promoted to a position in the military division. Work hard so you can fulfill your dreams as soldiers”.

“Well, that’s unique, I’ll probably visit the armory first before going”. Clark soliloquized silently.

Benny went out to get food as both Clark and Leo were too lazy to cook that morning and they didn’t even have any foodstuffs to cook a meal. “We’ll sort all these out on our journey,” Clark thought. After they were isolated, Clark finally called Leo closer so that they could check their bank balance after all those recent rewards. Leo rubbed his hands excitedly as Clark projected their balance through his implant on the television.

Account name: Clark Pendragon.

Account number: 007785610.

Account balance: 1,593,000 Spartan credits.

Bam!! Leo directly fell from where he sat down. “Hahaha, Clark we are millionaires, 1.5 million credits oh man I feel like I have a fever, my temperature is rising please switch on the A.C”. Clark was dumbstruck also, a stunned expression on his face as he asked no one in particular, “is this f***ing real?”

Forget about the fact that the government provided him with a car worth 10,000,000 Spartan credits that was just a miracle. Having over a million credits in your account, that’s something 80% of Spartan citizens have never seen in their life.

Leo felt like crying but it wasn’t appropriate, 3 years ago he was an insignificant hoodlum on the streets, now he had a best friend who is already a Spartan legend and they both have over a million credits in their account. “Damn!! Life is unpredictable man, just yesterday I had to steal before I could get one breakfast for the whole day but now, I’m ordering meals”. Leo thought as his emotions went through a roller coaster.

Clark was also considerably shaken but he hugged his friend to comfort him as he saw his constantly fluctuating expression.

“Hey, get your hands off me, do you think I’m a baby? Who needs your comfort?” Leo was startled at first before quickly recovering as he fired at his friend.

“Do you think I’ve never seen such money before? Back in the days when I worked as the president’s secretary you were not even born yet. Then this amount of money was just pocket money to me, stop behaving like a country bumpkin”. Leo’s emotions quickly recovered as he blurted out a bunch of nonsense at his friend.

“Hahaha, you’re still as shameless as ever”. Clark let go of Leo as he retorted while laughing.

Not too long later Benny returned with the hot fried rice, chicken and salad. They ate to their satisfaction before Leo regained his usual vibrant attitude while blabbering about how awesome Clark’s car was.

The car was really a beast. Its normal speed was faster than 300km/hour. Its tires were made from exotics as they can adapt to any terrain. The tires could grow spikes to move better in a rocky terrain, it could adapt to move better on a desert and other bad terrain.

It had an inbuilt stealth system; it could change into a speed boat or a mini-submarine when required. Its armor could withstand the constant firepower from a large group of soldiers wielding exotic weapons for over an hour without its durability running low. It also had built in offensive weapons, it had an exotic machine gun, an exotic canon gun and a host of other weapons. Its add-ons are too numerous to quantify, it can only be described or illustrated with a simple word. “BADASSISM”.

After eating and everything, they finally went out going straight to the armory.

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