The sun shone down on its full splendor, illuminating the large mansion with its shine while making its walls and surrounding environnt sparkle with a light golden sheen.
After Clark got the mission from General Vincent, he imdiately put his now enormous influence into play by issuing a region-wide search for the thief. With the silent help of the General, his decree quickly ca into effect across South Sparta.
Despite the enormous mobilization of the regions intelligence agencies, this thief still proved to be extrely elusive, proving the Generals words that he was probably a spoiled brat from a high-grade country.
To show contempt for the search thods being utilized against him, he struck again thrice during the last week.
What really pissed off Clark was that this brat targeted him specifically, as 2 of those theft attacks were aid at Vatican City.
The first one was the next day imdiately after he issued the decree, where the thief ca out to raid the Citys public military armory.
Though he was not completely unhinged and did not wreak havoc rampantly nor kill anyone, his movents were completely filled with mockery for the rulership of the city.
He even complinted it to increase his mysterious identity by leaving a gold-plated R mark, to represent his identity whenever he struck. Seeing all these, Clark finally knew why the General was determined to capture this brat.
The 2nd attack was on the nearby Gandalf City, and the last one which just happened 2 days ago was in Vatican City again.
This ti, the brat raided the citys central bank, stealing more than half of the money left as ground reserves. This was what crossed the limit, as the whole city was now on high alert for any signs of him.
Prick, enjoy your freedom now. If I ever capture you, youre dead. Clark cursed frustratedly, as he finally felt what it was like to be crushed by the difference in gadgets and equipnt quality.
After taking ti to device torture asures in his head that he would use against the thief when he caught him, he finally turned to his bathroom to bathe.
Today was a Sunday, so he intended to go to church again after so long. As he wanted to use it as an opportunity for publicity to enhance his stature, all his workers would be following him there.
20 minutes later, his make-up artists finally completed their works. This ti, he was dressed in a native attire exclusive to Vatican City.
The large attire was made by special tailors and designers, who used the fabric to make him a large garnt that looked like those used by patriarchs in dieval web novels.
After complinting it with the other local spicy add-ons, he now looked more mature than his age.
Though he felt awkward on the large garnt, he endured the feeling as his assistant told him that this dress code would make him gain more favor in the peoples sight.
He slightly felt repulsed at such manipulative and calculative asures, but he trusted Rose, so he followed her advice.
Due to him staying here more often than he stayed at his other mansion, Rose relocated here to continue her job of being his assistant. Unlike him, she was dressed in a cute tuxedo suit.
After all the preparations were done, they finally left for the nearest big church in a bombastic manner.
Seeing the large entourage of vehicles that left their leaders mansion, the curiosity of the Vaticans living nearby was sparked as they all followed to know his location.
On hearing the news, the Spartan professional reporters quickly mobilized like sharks that just slled fresh blood.
Due to his movents, the church that he went to ended up making the headlines for the day. People from all over Vatican City ca, after hearing the news to see their leader in the church for the first ti.
3 hours later, after the church session ended, he ca out and had a little ti with the people before he went back with his large entourage to his mansion.
On getting back, he did not waste ti with his workers as he imdiately went inside to remove his uncomfortable garnt. He had a lot of plans for today, so he was not staying at ho.
After giving all his workers a day out, he ignited his cars engine before driving out with Rose in tow. After so long together, they were already extrely close. She followed him everywhere he went, except his mission journeys.
30 minutes after he left in his car, he finally arrived at his destination. He went to a restaurant at the periphery borders of Benger City.
Coming down, a smile quickly brightened up his face on seeing his friends. Leo, Benny, Smart man, Emily, and Kate smiled at him, as he moved forward to et them with his assistant in tow.
For the past 6 months, due to all their hectic schedules, they hardly saw each other, so they made today to be a special day to converge together and catch up on each others situation.
Haha, the Vatican patriarch is finally here. Welco bro. Leo stood up with his mouth already running like flowing water, as he hugged his best friend.
Despite their current different statuses, both friends were still as close as back in their cadet training days.
After Leo did his shaless passionate hug to his fill, the other boys and girls could finally co to greet Clark.
Though Emily was the one with the most hectic schedule, she did not want to miss this gathering for anything, so she left the rcenary organization to be temporarily controlled by Jack, her second in command.
Clark and his assistant finally sat down, before wolfing down the luxurious food that was ordered for the both of them by his friends.
They rested for a few minutes after this, as they started discussing their eventful daily occurrences.
Though they all currently had different statuses, it was undeniable that they all already made a na for themselves. Even if it was not as bombastic as Clarks, they were higher than normal citizens now.
Ok, weve rested enough. We already choose the sentry beach, so no last-minute changes. Lets go, I dont think anyone has any other random events to discuss, right?
Clark stopped the constant blabbering between them about their experiences, as he finally brought up the main topic of why they gathered.
They wanted to spend so ti together and build up their bonds as friends more. What other way was better for doing that, than going to a popular beach and go crazy together.
Though Leo glared at Clark for interrupting his unfunny jokes session, he still obediently stood up to follow.
After so long, serving under the republic and doing their various works, they now all had their own exotic cars. Though they were not as expensive or outrageous as Clarks, they could do the basic job of a car.
Zoom!! Zoom!! Zoom!! Lets see who gets there first.
The challenge was not even fully given out before the 6 cars jerked softly, got more streamlined to prevent friction after receiving an order from their drivers before flying away across the road with thunder-like engine chanical sounds.
Though there were road safety officials in the Spartan republic, as soldiers, they were allowed to go at any speed they wanted.
The reason was that they had the required skill, and they needed such speedy handling for most missions, so the military even encourages it.
10 minutes after their sharp burst of speed, Clark finally arrived at the sentry beach. His assistant already fainted from the high-speed movents of the car, but he kept a wide smile on his face as he won again.
2 minutes later, Leo finally arrived with Emily following closely behind. It took another 5 minutes before the other 3 slowpokes arrived, earning laughter from them all.
After bickering a bit about the outco of the race, they finally stopped and went closer to the sea.
They quickly removed their clothes, put on their protective glasses before diving into the sea together as a group.
For the rest of the day, they either spent their ti swimming leisurely, joining swimming competitions, getting refreshnt to get their strength back, reciting stories to each other, or engaging in small-scale duels.
After being the undisputed winner in all the duels since they arrived here, Clark finally t his limit when all his friends ganged up to fight another friendly duel with him.
With Emilys help, they finally overwheld him. Leo and the other boys jumped triumphantly like kids, as they rejoiced in their victory.
Only Emily did not join enthusiastically in the celebration, as she knew that Clark held back and went easy on them throughout the fight.
Seeing this long-awaited victory against the beast, Clark, the ecstatic Kate quickly rushed forward before giving Leo a fast kiss on the cheeks on impulse. As she wanted to go further, she finally rembered where she was, making her movents pause.
Umm, yeah, we already suspected it. But damn. This mistake made the atmosphere funnily awkward between them, as the already red Kate quickly ran away from them. She had never felt this embarrassed before.
Unlike her, Leo was not embarrassed at all. What are you guys surprised about? Man, we are already old enough to do this, it puzzles how you guys are still single. Act like adults.
Hearing his completely shaless declaration, the others blushed on his behalf as they quickly resud their gas to defuse the awkwardness in the air.
Seeing their harmonious gathering, others at the beach slowly started coming to them to engage the gas together, as they already recognized Clark after staying together with him for so long.
His current popularity worked wonders, as the part of the beach where they ca to quickly attracted everyone to their positions. They spent the rest of the day like this.
At around 6 in the evening, they finally packed up and got ready to go. Their choice to co here proved to be the best decision, as the day was well spent for them.
As they changed into the other clothes that they brought with them, Clarks implant suddenly notified him of an incoming ssage.
After bringing his encrypted communication device, his eyes narrowed on seeing the ssage that was displayed on the screen.
Finally, they discovered trails left by this bastard.
You said what? Leo who was nearby quickly asked his best friend, on hearing him mutter to himself.
Oh, nothing. Just so random ssage.
After using other words to shoo his curious best friend, he continued arranging his clothes normally.
Inwardly, he felt like cursing and shouting for joy at the sa ti, as trails of the thief who was currently terrorizing him and staining his reputation were finally found.
Ill co for you; just wait till I escort my friends back.
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