At a military base, were Sergeant John and Lieutenant Harvey. They occupied a room along with other military officers.

They were all sitting around a long horizontal table, facing a large holographic screen that displayed images of the deployed super soldiers around the cities.

'I'm glad that you're closely related to this search and destroy mission, John." Lieutenant Harvey said to him with a smile. "You were always a helpful addition to the military in terms of your intelligence and achievements."

"Thank you, Harvey," John thanked.

"I agree, you were a fine officer in the military." An officer said, which was backed up by the agreement of the others. After thanking them, John decided to dive into the main part of the meeting.

"So far we've deployed sixty-five percent of our super soldiers and fifty percent of our regular soldiers to support them. They've been deployed in the danger zones, mainly Washington and Oregon." John explained to the officers.

"How many soldiers do our country have exactly?" An officer asked.

"We've got one million four hundred thousand active military personnel," Harvey answered. "For the super soldiers, there are two thousand four hundred."

"And fifty percent have been deployed immediately?" The officer continued.

"Yeah, the rest will be used as gradual reinforcements," John explained.

With approval, the officers nodded their heads, which caused John to smile in response. Before thinking the questioning was finished, an officer spoke.

"This is good and all, but I don't understand something." The officer asked. "Why did we have to do what...you know, said to us?"

"Ah yes," John responded with a smile. Just like that, he recalled the meeting he had with the president.

* * *

"I'm here...to make a deal with you guys. I can help you." Those were the words Ada said to them.

"Hmm, how so?" President Garfield asked.

"If we're being honest, you guys have been doing a pretty poor job of eliminating us as threats." Ada bluntly said which slightly annoyed John and Harvey, which she noticed. "You guys were so hopeless that you're having a meeting with the president to gain permission to deploy super soldiers."

"Hey! Would you get to the poi--" Harvey said but was cut off by Ada mid-sentence.

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"With my knowledge, I can take away that hopelessness of you guys." She said as she had a confident smile. "I can tell you everything you want. Their location, their abilities...anything."

Hearing this, sparks of curiosity could be seen in the expressions of the president and the officer duo.

"Ah, looks like you guys are interested, huh?" Ada teased. "I'll tell you everything if you do something for me in return."

"...How do we know if we can trust you." President Garfield asked.

"Heh, don't worry," Ada said. "I'll even give you guys something in advance."

* * *

"Working with that criminal is all for the sake of the country." Sergeant John said as he stopped reminiscing. "It's doing what one person said to save millions upon millions of people."

"Sigh, I guess that's true." The officer said.

Even though I'm saying this...it's rather annoying having to do what a criminal said. These damn criminals have ruined everything, especially you, Nathan...I will kill you!

* * *

After storing the under-barrel grenade launcher, Nathan took off on foot.

It would have been nice if I still had the car, but that super soldier blew it up. I could use a car that I have stored but I'm not sure what's going on in the city...and I don't want another super soldier to turn my car into scrap.

As Nathan ran, he encountered numerous super soldiers and other military personnel a few blocks down, which stopped him dead in his tracks.

They had not seen Nathan and were nonchalantly standing by, however, they were blocking any paths Nathan would hope to advance.

Of course...

Immediately, Nathan took refuge in a nearby house, similar to what he did against the super soldier he killed earlier. He immediately sat on the floor of the house as he leaned on the wall.

I don't understand. I checked the news every day but I didn't hear anything about the president permitting them to deploy those guys. You'd think something like that would make the news...unless they'd want to keep it a secret to surprise us, the criminals.

But that doesn't even make sense as to how they even located the warehouse we stayed at. Where the hell are Ada, Zack, and Olivia too? I swear that they...Ada specifically, did something that would piss me off.

Sighing in frustration, Nathan took his phone from his inventory.

"Hey, developer, I'm sure you can hear me," Nathan said as he stared at his phone which was currently turned off. "There's no way you're gonna let your 'precious' game character die to those super soldiers around the corner, now would you?"

"Oh my! That is very much true!" The developer answered as the phone turned on to the call screen. "Especially for someone who's so similar to me."

That's the second time he's said that now. Nathan thought as he scrunched his eyebrows. And it's just as annoying as the first time...

"Do you know what Ada and the other missing guys are doing now?" Nathan asked.

"Yeah, they are completing some side missions. You'll have to use in-game clues to figure out what they are." The developer stated.

His annoying game terms make understanding him next to impossible.

"Okay then. Just use your powers or whatever to help me."

"Sorry, as much as I like my game characters, if I help you guys with every little thing, no growth will take place." The developer explained.

"Then am I supposed to just die?" Nathan asked with raised eyebrows. "You know I can't fight so many super soldiers by myself."

"Not to worry. Although I may not help you, your party members can help."

"Huh--"

Suddenly, the shattering of glass was seen as someone bursting through the window.

"Always trust your party mates." The developer remarked.

The person that burst through the window, was Jack. He stared at Nathan and he stared back in surprise.

"Wow, you were here, Nathan."