
What Tasher heard really surprised him. He did not expect that the Serafim program would be re-enacted.
Tasher:"What do superiors think until they agree to the plan?!."
Tasher said impatiently. Maybe others don't know, but he knows how terrible the serafim program is. He was the witness who had seen the training program.
That was 4 years ago. Everyone who underwent the serafim program was killed and no one survived. Tasher sees and witnesses how terrifying the process has always been a nightmare for him. After that incident, the serafim program was discontinued because it was ineffective, but right now, they really want to run the program again?!.
"Sorry General, but this is a decision from above."
Tasher could not help but hold onto his sore forehead. He clasped tightly onto her hand and held the feeling of raging in his heart.
Tasher:"Then what else?."
"I don't know the details. But, your boss will send you an email soon, General."
Tasher:"I understand."
He finished and turned off the call then continued cooking with many complicated thoughts in his fist. Huhhhhh... I don't know who or how many people will suffer after this program is rerun.
After finishing her simple cooking, she brought the food to the dining room to give it to Carina. He looked at Carina's expression that remained cold but was wearing a cute yellow Pikachu pajama. The scene was completely contrasting, but Tasher smiled after seeing it, as if the weight of his mind was evaporating in midair.
The meal time passed quietly without a word from the two. Only the clinking sound of clashing spoons and plates filled the room. From Tasher and Carina, neither of them took the initiative to speak. It can be said, that their properties are almost similar. Only, Carina was completely cold while Tasher had no idea what she could say.
The atmosphere continued until Carina finished her meal and followed Tasher's orders to rest. Seeing Carina who had gone to rest, Tasher cleaned up all the tableware and cleaned it.
Finished doing all that, Tasher walked into his room and immediately turned on the computer in the room. The computer is not a general computer on the market, but a computer that is owned by Tasher is more sophisticated with many screens installed, similar to a monitoring room. In addition, Tasher's computers are connected to special military satellites with complete security and encryption.
Segara, after the computer is turned on, a notification appears. The notification told Tasher that a mail had been received.
Tasher unhesitatingly clicked on the email icon. For security purposes, opening the email requires a special password that only military and related officials know.
The message in the email is not a common letter and letter, but contains a very random row of numbers and symbols. To an outsider, it might just look like the person who originally typed, but it was actually a special password that only related people could crack.
Looking at the contents of the email, Tasher immediately recorded it on paper and broke the password that was on it. After what was in the message was successfully solved, Tasher immediately burned the paper to ashes.
Tasher:"I have to go take Alice to 'Snake Hole 305'."
In short, the message said that Tasher had to go somewhere secret along with Carina. Knowing the contents of the message, an ominous premonition appeared in his heart. Especially when he knew that it would be related to the serafim program.
....
The next morning...
Carina woke up in a daze, staring out the window from the top of her bed. Just this time Carina was able to sleep soundly without any worries. Although Tasher was a stranger, but Carina did not know why, she would subconsciously loosen her guard. Perhaps this was due to Carina's first impression upon seeing Tasher.
Though Carina loosens her alertness, Carina will wake up from her sleep if she hears a slight movement. However, Tasher was so calm, that Carina could fall asleep soundly.
After adjusting her eyes to the light, Carina swiftly got up and went to the bathroom to clean herself up. Finished cleaning up, Carina changed into her small clothes. To be honest Carina felt very strange by wearing clothes like this, after all even though her body was seven years old, but her soul was a girl who had already left clothes like this.
Carina went down to the first floor to prepare for breakfast with Tasher. While still on the stairs, Carina could smell the aroma of cooking that made her stomach sound.
Carina saw a wide variety of colorful dishes on the dining table that were still reflecting white smoke, a sign that the dishes on the table had just finished cooking.
In addition to food, Carina also noticed that there was one extra person beside Tasher. The person was around 30-35 years old and wore white chef clothes. Yes, it was the chef that Tasher ordered at the time. The chef came while Carina was resting.
Tasher:"Good morning, Alice. Yesterday you missed dinner, so I asked the chef to prepare more food for you."
Hearing Tasher's good morning, Carina simply looked at him and went to an empty chair to sit down.
Actually Carina did not immediately rest at that time, but Carina browsed on the internet to find out the state of this world until late at night. She can ask the system, but for the latest issues and news, Carina is more comfortable to look it up on the internet and know the current order of the population.
Seeing Carina's indifferent response like that, Tasher did not feel bothered at all, he simply looked at Carina gently and turned his attention to giving food to Carina's plate.
Tasher:"Are you okay with Seafood?."
Carina simply shook her head and took the tableware to taste the shrimp that Tasher gave her. Since her mother died, Carina has never eaten seafood. He could only remember the taste of seafood from his childhood memories. For him, seafood was a food that brought him to the memories of the past.
He was enjoying the seafood meal slowly and his mother's shadow appeared. Unknowingly, a speck of tears dripped from the corner of his eyes.
Tasher:"What's up?!."
Seeing the teardrops on Carina's face, Tasher immediately stood up and walked over to her. Tasher doesn't know what's going on, but he thinks it might have something to do with his eating.
Carina looked up and saw Tasher approaching her. Carina's face did not change and still remained as cold as before, but there were thin tears on her face and a slight red hue on her cheeks.
Carina:"No..."
Carina said very softly. He was not even aware that he was shedding tears. She wiped her tears and continued eating. With Carina's seemingly nothing behavior, Tasher felt calmer and nodded to sit back in place.
Tasher realized that maybe the food was a little evoking memories of his past. Huhhhhh... What a poor boy.
Asher:"Alice..."
In the middle of eating, Tasher suddenly called out to Carina who was burying her head in the taste of food. Hearing Tasher calling her, Carina raised her head and saw Tasher on the opposite side of the table.
Tasher:"Today you will go with me somewhere. But... Maybe this trip won't be fun. If... If you don't want to go..."
Tasher was hesitant to invite Carina. He did not know what the superiors wanted by taking Carina to that place.
Carina:"I'm leaving..."
With Carina's response like that, Tasher could only nod lightly with a gloomy face.
Carina didn't mention that she was coming. He gets a hint from the embryo that this is an opportunity the embryo created so that Carina can relate to the seraphim program and carry out her mission well.
After eating, Tasher immediately invited Carina to leave. There's a black Hummer waiting for Tasher outside. Near the car was a young man in his military camouflage clothes who stood upright like a javelin. As soon as the young man saw the military-dressed Tasher walking towards him with a little girl, the young man instantly straightened his back and a respectful attitude towards Tasher.
"Good morning captain!."
The one who called Tasher the captain in the army was only a member of his own squad. Tasher nodded and immediately entered the car with Carina.
Knowing that this was an important and secret mission, the young man did not say much and asked, but directly led the two of them away towards the outskirts of the city. At an intersection, Tasher changes cars and leaves with another car along with Carina.
Their car entered a forest road where there was only a dirt road that was not on the asphalt. The forest road was full of large holes from the former forest guard vehicles passing by. Shocks will be felt when going through that road.
The car drove down a forest road for a few minutes before seeing a military post in the middle of the forest guarded by men dressed in military clothes and heavily armed. Tasher took Carina down and entered the military post. Carina changed into a military camouflage outfit that had been reserved exclusively for her and Tasher carried a large black bag that looked very heavy.
Tasher:"From here, we can only walk."
Tasher explained to Carina. All the hassle in this trip is just to keep this place a secret. For military posts, outsiders only learned that this forest was a place where the military trained, and the post was useful to prevent outsiders from entering and accidentally being targeted by the military.
No one expected that the real reason was not what the military had revealed, but there were other reasons. That is, that secret headquarters called "Snake Hole 305" was built in one corner of this forest.
Carina and Tasher proceeded on foot into this dense forest. Many sharp plants and thorny shrubs can pierce and scratch flesh, which is why Carina had to wear military camouflage clothing that could protect her body.
This journey not only entered the forest, but also had to climb steep mountains and climb cliffs. To Tasher's surprise, Carina's stamina was enormous. With such a difficult and distant journey, Carina was only slightly panting and sweating.
Carina and Tasher climbed the rock cliffs to a height of about 20m from the surface. Although this was Carina's first time climbing a cliff, but with the help of an embryo that gave her a clue and Tasher who always helped her, Carina was able to learn to climb a cliff very quickly.
But what Tasher doesn't know is that the STC serum hasn't been fully absorbed into Carina's body. Carina learned this purely because of her own skills. There is some association with STC serums that strengthen the body and reflexes, but if it were not for Carina's own abilities, it would still be difficult.
With another 15m climb, Carina and Tasher reached the mouth of the cave. This mouth of the cave looks very ordinary. Just looks like a natural cave covered by moss on the stone wall.
Her outer appearance was indeed very unconvincing, but Carina knew that what was seen outside did not reflect what was inside.
Carina turned to one side of the cliff that was 60m away from the cave position. At that place was not conspicuous at all, but as soon as Carina looked in that direction, the embryo gave information to Carina.
[Detecting signs of life... Runduk shooter found, distance: 61.13m_]
Carina had to greatly praise the disguise of the Runduk shooter. If it wasn't for Carina's perilous instincts ringing out and Carina's strengthened eyes as well as the embryo, Carina would have been completely unaware of the oddity on the side of the cliff.
In total, Carina found 20 Runduk shooters hiding in various places and positions. Even on the other 1Km cliff facing towards him, there were three Runduk shooters who had already pointed their muzzles towards Tasher and Carina.
Tasher as a high-ranking member of the military certainly knew that. Tasher folded his hands behind his back and made a special finger gesture as a password to enter. After that, Tasher immediately brought Carina into the dark cave. Goa walls are moist and mossy stones, no different from other natural caves. However, after Carina walked about 10m into the cave, Carina saw a very sturdy iron door. Tasher simply attached an identification card to the sensor on the door and the door opened to the right and to the left, revealing a scene that was in sharp contrast to the outside.
The wall behind that door had turned into an extremely sturdy white metal wall. When Tasher and Carina entered, they were at gunpoint by 6 military soldiers on guard. Tasher seems to be used to it. He handed his card to the soldier on guard and let the soldier check it. After the relevant data was obtained, the soldier nodded and gestured for his men to lower the weapon. It was not that this soldier did not know who Tasher was, but that this soldier was simply carrying out the applicable security procedures.
No matter who and what the military rank, they would be treated the same for the sake of maintaining the security of this place. The headquarters with the password "Snake Hole 305" was no ordinary military base. Inside the base are hidden various research data and the latest weapons developed by the military in secret that is not even known by the government.
It can be said that inside the military headquarters this is an illegal project from the military. Of course, the military did this not because they would stage a coup on the government, but they were afraid that this would be known to the Black Sword organization.
Only the great generals and some of the top military officials knew about this headquarters. And for the warriors and scientists who were in this place, they had been considered dead in the outside world for various reasons.
Behind the armed soldier standing guard was another door that was an elevator to go down. Yes, this entire mountain is just a shell. The inside has been hollowed out and made a secret headquarters.
Tasher and Carina went down the elevator for 5-10 minutes and arrived in a very large room with many people passing by. Among them were scientists, technicians, soldiers, and other officers with different tasks.
Carina was very fascinated by this kind of sight. After all, the technology capable of perforating an entire mountain and making it a secret base without the outside world knowing is a very powerful technology.
Despite being greatly amazed, Carina still maintained her calm facial expression and continued to follow Tasher somewhere. Carina walked through a very large room. Carina glanced down and there were many fighter jets as well as other aerial vehicles parked neatly inside. Many technicians and soldiers passed by in this place, working busyly and attentively.
After passing through the enormous room, Carina was taken to a hallway with many doors on her right and left.
Tasher:"This is the living room of the staff. Alice, you can wait for me in one of the rooms."
Carina nodded in response to instructions from Tasher. Seeing Carina's back go away, Tasher's uncomfortable feeling became stronger.
He held back that feeling and went to join in a meeting. Arriving in a room, Tasher faces a large screen with a black silhouette of a woman. The silhouette was similar to one of the silhouettes of the great General during the former meeting.
"Major General Tasher. I'm sure you've received notice."
Tasher:"I've accepted it."
"Hm... That nice. Do you know why I told you to take Alice?."
Tasher could already guess, but he did not want to say it directly. He could only clench his fists and teeth and ask a question he already knew the answer to.
Tasher:"Please for the General to explain."
"I want Alice in the Seraphim program."
Thunder seemed to be snatching in Tasher's mind. Although he had already guessed what would happen, but Tasher still could not help but be surprised. Alice?, Someone she had just considered family, now had to follow that horrible thing?!.
Tasher:"Please... Please general to reconsider."
"I'm telling you this because it's a decision of most seats over long thinking."
What the heck, is it necessary to sacrifice children to perform tasks that adults cannot accomplish?. The disappointment and reluctance of Tasher was seen by the General of Valencia. He also knew that this decision would greatly affect Tasher, so he actually tried to convince the other seats to rethink this, but his efforts were futile.
"General Tasher, I know how you feel. I also tried to deny it, but since the Council Chair had already decided, I could do nothing. But, I managed to convince the board members so that Alice herself would choose whether she wanted to join or not."
Although what Valencia did seemed useless because it asked the little boy to make a decision, but Tasher also understood that Valencia would do that to help him. After all, he and Valencia were old acquaintances, so he guessed most of his thoughts.
Tasher:"I understand the General, I will ask the boy."
Tasher saluted and turned to leave. Such an action before the communication screen was turned off was a very presumptuous action against the boss, but Valencia seemed not to see it at all. He understood that Tasher was very upset at the moment. Valencia just said something lightly.
"General Tasher, the ability that Alice has displayed during the trip to this base, you must have seen it for yourself. Such an ability would be very futile if we did not make good use of it. Please think again..."
Hearing what Valencia said, Tasher paused for a moment, then without turning his head and without a word, Tasher went out of the room. Why Valencia said that to Tasher, it was because Valencia could guess that Tasher would hide that from Carina. If Tasher says nothing to Carina, Tasher bis fabricates his own answer and protects Carina.
Tasher returned to the room across from Carina's. He sat on the bed with a chaotic thought. He did not want to put Carina in danger, but he also thought that what Valencia said was true. If Carina succeeds in graduating in the serafim program, she will be ensured as the leading spearhead to eliminate the Black Sword Organization and reduce a lot of time and casualties.
In the end, Tasher clenched his teeth and decided to say that to Carina. Tasher stood up heavily and went to Carina's room to talk.
Tok... tok...!
Tasher knocked on the door and waited for Carina to open it. It didn't take long, the door slowly cracked and opened wide, revealing Carina who was looking at him in a daze.
Tasher:"Can I come in?."
Carina nodded and let Tasher into her room. The room was large enough for one person to live in. In accordance with the residence of the members of the military, this place is very simple without a lot of knickknacks in it.
Tasher and Carina sat on the bed in a very strange atmosphere of silence. Both big and small, the two people would never have a conversation unless one of them opened up the chat.
Tasher:"Alice, I have something to say."
Tasher handed over a file to Carina before starting to speak.
Tasher:"The military wants you to enter a training program. But, but you can refuse if you don't want to."
Carina simply opened each page of the File without a word while listening to Tasher.
The contents of the file are quite a lot. Starting from Carina's background in this world, to an explanation of what the Seraphim Program is. The serafim program itself is a training program to create the most formidable and equipped soldiers with various abilities to carry out missions.
The start of the training will start from 300 children aged between 9-16 years. The children will receive a variety of technical guidance in various fields. It sounds easy, but it's not easy at all.
After receiving material and technical guidance for three months, the children will receive martial arts training guidance and various killing, espionage, survival, tracking, and tracking abilities, and other abilities that would lead them to become elite soldiers.
The guidance will last for six months until it arrives at the final test, survival of the fittest. 300 Children will be allowed to survive in a forest or other remote place far from human life. Those three hundred children should be able to survive with what they have learned. There is no rule in this test, you kill another child, or another child who kills you, there will be no punishment for that. Even sometimes the children will be given a mission to kill each other and survive up to three months.
After those three months, no matter how many of them survived, they would become special forces under the military and they were entitled to run test missions. In addition to running test missions, they will also receive advanced guidance from the military.
The purpose of the military is to conduct this training because they want to create elite soldiers that are very secret and hidden in the shortest possible time. The military uses children because although the children are very fragile like glass, they are also easy to form like clay.
It sounds cruel, but to create the perfect murder weapon, it is necessary. The program was proposed five years ago, but only more than a dozen children escaped and are now the most secretive and elite agents. This is the fourth time the program has been run.
The first and second programs, resulting in 12 children overall that could survive. However, when the third one was run, all 300 children were killed and caused the program to be canceled for up to four years to date.
Of course not all training programs will be written in that file. In the file Carina holds only that the serafim program is a very dangerous training program to train children into elite troops, without talking about the whole process.
Carina did not immediately make up her mind about this, but she patiently waited up to three days before going to see Tasher to talk about it. Carina did that not because she wanted to buy time, but she wanted to make her decision look as natural as possible.
Search stood in front of Tasher while carrying the file in his hand. He looked at Tasher with a stubborn and determined look.
Carina:"I'm going to join this program...!"