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Gaz standing in the middle of the crowded city. Listening to Price and Soap exchanging information surrounding them from the earpiece. And Ghost, of course just speaks when he needs to.
His eyes scanned every move of the people around him. The children play in the park, some couples hang out together, some people wear an animal mascot costume to give free tissue boxes, people who just got back from work, and other people just mind their own business.
The four of them are waiting for someone, an intel from Laswell, who agreed to meet them today. They know nothing about the intel. No name, no appearances, nothing. They’ve been waiting for almost an hour and still, nobody shows up. That is until he was about to tell them that this was too long, and he saw something from the corner of his eyes. Gaz looked to his right and he saw an animal mascot costume, a panda, staring straight at him, their hands stretched forward while holding a tissue box.
“Free tissue box, sir,” they said.
Gaz blinked, nodding once and lowering his hand from his ears to take the tissue box. When he did, the panda’s paw shifted from the tissue box and revealed a white folded paper. In instants, his back straightened while taking the tissue box. He carefully looked up and down at the panda mascot beside him. When he looked at the paper, the panda turned around to leave.
“Follow me” is all that is written on the paper.
Gaz walked a few meters behind the panda, Soap was in his tail, he couldn’t see the captain and Ghost, but he knows they are following him as well. The panda took him into an alleyway. It was not dark, but not bright either. The panda stopped at the dead end and stayed facing the wall until the four of them are also in the alleyway.
Then the panda turned around to face them. looking at them one by one. Gaz’s put his hand in his jacket to grab the guns that he hid. The soap did the same, the captain looking at the Panda mascot with his arms crossed but guarded. Ghost standing in the back to block a way out.
It was ridiculous to be honest, that the four of them just stared at the panda mascot without saying anything. But the silence was broken when the panda looked straight at the captain. Or at least the head of the panda turned in the captain’s direction.
“sender?”
It is quite hard to detect whether this person is a woman or a man because the voice was blocked by the costume. But the way they asked the captain and ignored the rest of them gave them a hint that they know who was in charge. Gaz glanced at his captain as well as the rest of them did before the captain answered the panda.
“Laswell.”
a soft hum followed after that. Before they speak again.
“Meet me up tomorrow at the karaoke bar across this block. 8 p.m. under the name ‘[Blue Lock]’ I'll give you everything you need there”
The panda stayed for a second before walking forward, intending to leave them as if they are not just made them wait for almost an hour, and tell them to meet them again tomorrow. What the hell?
“Are you not going to show us your face at least?” Soap asked as he made eye contact with Ghost.
“we will meet again tomorrow” They answered without looking at Soap, they head through, facing Ghost who blocking their way. Then, the panda leaves after a nod from the captain.
“Can we trust this person?” Gaz asked the team when the panda is no longer with them, disappearing within the crowd.
“We will see,” Says the captain.
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Again, they’d been waiting for almost half an hour inside the karaoke room, and still no sign of the panda person. It’s seriously making Gaz question the intel. But his thought was stopped by the knocks on the door. All of them looked at the door, ready for whatever gonna happen in this room. After all, they had agreed to not take a risk with this unknown person. The door was not locked, but even before the captain could answer, the door opened and someone came inside the room.
“I’m so sorry i’m late!! the school cram took longer than usual today”
A feminine figure, young voice, and... is that a high school uniform? standing in front of them as she closed the door before locking it. She's panting slightly, hinting to them that she ran from wherever she was to here. She looked at them and smiled politely before she took a seat beside him. Her eyes closed as she tried to catch her breath. Is he confused? very. Even without looking at his teammates, he knows they share what he is thinking right now. Because right now not even the captain had to say anything but stared at the girl in front of him who just put her bag on her lap. Soap looks like he was about to ask the young girl, before she straightened her back, crossed her legs, and opened her eyes. Staring and smiling at the adults before her, her voice was still smooth and gentle yet firm.
“Shall we begin, 141?”