In one of the largest and most expensive buildings in the world, a tower that stood at a great height, taller than any other building, in a tier one city, a man was sitting in his office chair.
He was surrounded by glass on all sides giving him great views all around. He placed the phone down by his side, and placed both of his hands together. His deep sunken eyes were looking ahead while thinking of something else.
This man was the current Chairman of NIRV, and in front of his desk the name plate stated who he was clearly, Rickle Epmen. Not only was he the current Chairman but also the founder of NIRV and had been at the head for as long as it existed.
The timeline for which corporation, which country was the first to create Altered was fairly vague. It seemed like quite a few companies had managed to have a breakthrough at the same time.
However, it was clear that NIRV was one of the leading companies. Having come up with great advancements, such as the injected Altered solution. Keeping them a step ahead of the competition.
Their great growth also allowed them to build a number of labs, bases, and factories in different cities, despite them being run by different gangs. They had their hands almost everywhere, including places people were unaware of.
“A call at this time, surely that can only mean trouble?” Placed in front of the desk, there was a large grand table that was oval like in shape, with several seats dotted around. The seats weren’t full, there were only a couple of people present.
The one who had just spoken, a man with straight black hair, and large square glasses on his face. A NIRV employee higher up, who went by the name Tinth.
“It seems the Scavengers are in a pretty sticky situation.” Rickle explained. “From the sound of things, our Altered solutions we handed them have made a few into Crazed Altered, on top of that, it looks like other Altereds are attacking them.”
“Hey hey hey!” A large muscular man, with large boulder shoulders, and orange coloured hair swept only in the middle stood up. The NIRV executive Rumper Karn, “Isn’t that where one of our mining factories is? If someone is attacking it, doesn't that mean someone knows what we're doing.”
“It could be one of our competitors. Maybe they were doing research and are looking to disrupt our business.” Tinth suggested.
“If that’s the case, they wouldn't move themselves. They would try to dissociate themselves. Most likely they are backing up a gang to do the dirty work for them. Of course, all this could be a complete coincidence, but it's better to be safe than sorry.” Rickle said.
The large man with the boulder shoulders, started to tap away at the large table. A screen directly appeared in front of him as he went on to do his search.
“Either way, we need to stop them. I guess we will be sending a Retriver team to stop them. What about sending a group of newcomers. It should be a good test to see how they would do?”
“Don’t you think they might start to ask a few questions about what they are doing? I suppose we could always state they are there to help us get some product back and deal with the Crazed Altered.
“It could cause a situation where the two groups will battle, but we have no idea the strength of those there. The strength of new recruits is unpredictable as well.”
Rickle stood up from his seat as it looked like he had made a decision.
“We don't have to worry about asking questions. All of the retrievers are fully aware of the contract they signed. I’m sure they know the consequences if they were to talk to others, and you know me.
“I am one to make sure none of our secrets get out there, which is why we have yet to have an incident. Although I don’t think sending the new recruits is a bad idea, it will simply take too long for them to form.
“We need someone close to the city and will answer for us without any second questions.”
Karn started to type away on the table, as he was gathering information, and quite a few faces pulled up.
“There are two full-time Retriver teams nearby.” Karn said.
When using the word, full-time Retriever team, it meant that their only job was working as a Retriever for NIRV. They weren’t the strongest Retrievers, but the most loyal. Most of the time they spent helping with trouble at the bases all over.
The strongest Retriever teams were those that contained the leader of gangs, mercenaries and such, which would only be called when big problems arose.
“There is also a new recruit in a town nearby that we could call. Gary Dem?” Rumper suggested. “But since you were against the idea of using the new ones… Ah here, there is also one more, an S Rank Retriever, but he is on his own. There are no other single Retrievers nearby.”
“What are the ranks of the retriever teams?” Rickle asked.
“We have one Rank B team, and one Rank A team.” Rumper answered.
This was only a tier-4 city, and the fact that the Scavengers had enough time to call them. They could only assume that it wasn’t a large-scale attack. So those that were attacking couldn't have been too strong, or weren't a very large force.
“A B rank team should be enough to deal with them.” Rickle asked. “Just in case, make sure the S rank Retriever is on standby.”
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