What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company? Chapter 530: He Wants Bodyguards

As Lea had said, another job had already been sent to us not even an hour after that conversation.

[New target. Head to the eting point indicated for next assignnt. Please bring all mbers of your rcenary group.]

Huh… That's new…

I checked the map and apparently the eting point was located on one of the upper rings.

"Is this a trap?" I couldn't help but blurt out.

Lea peeked over my shoulder to look at my Codex, "If I may be so bold, Mistress… I do not think so. If they really intend to kill us, they could have just told us to et sowhere to collect the reward money instead of sending it to us and asking us to et up."

"It could be a ploy to make us lower our guard?" I suggested.

"Perhaps… But I don't think that's the case. Still, I suppose we should go and have our guard up while we're eting them."

Hmmm… I don't think we need to worry much since Amber and Mara will be with us anyway.

And as though on cue, the door opened and the people I was just thinking about entered.

"Oh, you're back already~" Amber giggled, imdiately running up to hug from behind. "Ehehehe~ I missed you, Tera~"

I chuckled, "We were barely gone for a day, Amber."

"Mmm… I still missed you~ Hmm? What's this?" She asked when she saw my Codex.

Before I could answer, Lea had tapped Amber and Mara on their arms before pointing at her head.

I was wondering what she was trying to hint at until I realised Amber and Mara were staring at Lea quite intently before they quickly turned back to .

"I also don't think it's a trap, Tera."

"I am of the sa thought, Captain."

Did… Did they just went ahead to read Lea's mind so that they can be brought up to speed about what happened in the last few hours?

That is such a cheat… We don't even need to explain to them what happened because they can already see it for themselves…

I cleared my throat, "Ahem… So… What do you think they want to et us for?"

Lea gestured at her personal terminal, "I believe it's most likely sothing to do with that election event. Either he wants us to take out a competitor or he wants us to do sothing big so that he can be credited for it."

"Why us though?"

"We're the ones who managed to complete the raid after all so they probably needed rcs that are of a certain calibre."

Well… If the rcs that they were reaching out to were of the sa quality as the ones we saw during the raid… Then I understand why then…

"In that case, I suppose we're going then?" I asked.

Amber hugged , "Don't worry Tera! I will protect you!"

Right. I'll take that as a yes then…

*

We reached the eting point which was basically in front of so restaurant building on a really posh part of the station's ring.

I was wondering how the etup was going to happen when a limousine stopped in front of us, the back door opening automatically.

No one was around and the driver didn't even step out either so I assu that we were expected to get in the car.

We climbed into the car and the door shut behind us before the vehicle moved off without any word.

The back of the car was also completely empty so we were just left at the back of the car by ourselves as we were being driven to who knows where.

I gave my girls a look, "Are we really sure this is not a trap?"

Amber grinned, "Don't worry! Even if it is, we'll just kill everyone here!"

Right… Just saying, we're not ard at the mont as we had to disarm when we reached this floor. So in case of a fight, unless our attackers are also just using their fists, the only people who could fight were Mara and Amber.

Well… If those two were serious, I don't think anything in this station could stop them anyway so I don't really need to worry.

We stayed silent the entire car ride since I had no doubt that the back of the car was bugged with listening devices and probably even caras that this guy might try to use anything we do or say against us.

When the car finally ca to a stop, it was in an underground car park and the door opened once again.

This ti, there were a few people in suits standing outside and another limousine was parked right beside ours with the back door already opened.

They want us to switch cars then?

I climbed out of the first one and entered the second limousine to find Deviminio seated inside with a glass of wine in his hands.

He nodded at as soon as I entered, "We et again, Miss Tera. Thank you for all the work you have done for the past few days."

I waved at him, "It's fine. That's what you paid us to do anyway."

"Hmm… So I have," He grunted, before gesturing at the chair for us to take a seat.

When the door closed, the first limousine sped off while ours remained where we were so I'm assuming this was done to throw off anyone trying to follow us.

The guys in suits then dispersed to get into the other vehicles scattered around the carpark before driving off as well, leaving just the limo we're in parked in the centre.

He started silent for a mont more before turning to , "I suppose you're wondering why you're here?"

I nodded slowly.

He reached into his jacket and pulled out his personal terminal, taking a mont to tap on it before a screen was projected on the side of the car cabin, displaying the election news article that we saw earlier.

"Are you aware of this?" He asked, gesturing towards the article.

"Yes. I presu the task you are hiring us for is related to the elections? Probably sothing to secure your position?"

He leaned back and placed his wine glass down, "That is correct. I--"

I held up a hand and stopped him before he could continue, "First things first. We won't be taking any jobs that involve stealing or assassination of one of your competitors. So if it's that kind of work, you will need to find soone else."

He blinked at for a mont before shaking his head, "Fortunately, it's not sothing like that, you don't need to worry."

The Station Administrator tapped on his personal terminal and the screen changed to show a top down map of so location which I don't recognise.

"This is one of the districts in the Second Ring," He explained, right before a dot appeared on the map before a red trail started weaving through the streets.

The line followed the roads and went one big circle around the map before returning back to where the red dot first appeared.

"I'm planning to do a tour around the area as a publicity stunt. I am pretty sure that my competitors will try to take out while I'm doing this."

I frowned at him, "What's the point of this though? Is this supposed to show how good the situation is in the second ring where you can just walk through it or sothing?"

"As I said, it's a publicity stunt. I don't expect you to understand since I doubt you are in politics but this is sothing that will help get ahead in the upcoming elections if I manage to do it."

"Uh huh… And I'm assuming you want us to… What? Take care of any opposition that might show up during your little march?"

"That's right. I will have my own security of course, but no reason not to get more people to help with this and you've proven to be very effective and worth the money we're spending on you."

"Ok… So you basically want us as so hidden bodyguards or sothing? Or are you expecting us to be walking alongside you?"

"Hidden. Unfortunately, to the public eye, being seen with rcs would not be good for my image either. No offense against you."

I gestured at my group, "Just so you know, we have never done bodyguard missions before, are you ok with that?"

"I have full trust in you."

Really? Either this guy is desperate or he really ans those words.

I then looked around the car, "Any reason why you need us to co here personally instead of just sending us the mission through a ssage or sothing? Because this feels like sothing you could have just told us through a ssage instead of in person."

"In spirit of the work you have done for so far, I will be honest with you. Our eting has been recorded on video and in the event of my death, a video of our eting will be released and you will be one of the pri suspects for the cause of my death. Do your best to protect and I will pay you extrely well, fail and I'm afraid you and your party will be turned into criminals."

I furrowed my brows, "You're blackmailing us?"

"I do what I must."

This fucking bastard. So he set us up that we can't even refuse this mission of his.

"How much are you paying?"

"If I make it back in one piece, twenty million Credits. If nothing happens in view of everyone there, I will throw in an additional ten million Credits."

"All that and you erase any records of us eting with you. And I want this in writing," I countered.

He paused for a mont before relenting, "Deal."

Can't believe we got ourselves roped into this…