What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company?

Chapter 524: Itʼs An Independent Raid

There were more people than I thought…

And by that, I was referring to the number of Mercs that were tasked to deal with those smugglers of course.

I think there were like… At least forty to fifty people that were gathered here, all for this one job.

It almost feels like we were gathered for a war or something… And considering the fact that this was the lower ring we were gathered in, we might be.

Heck, I wasnʼt even the only one with Power Armour either, though I have to say that their suits look like the cheap, mass produced kind to be honest… No offense.

There was a well dressed man wearing a pair of shades standing at the front. The contrast between his well tailored and clean suit and the location makes him look completely out of place.

Yet, the guy didnʼt look bothered and he simply adjusted his sunglasses, which was already odd that he was wearing one to begin with since there wasnʼt any sun here, before he addressed us.

”Seems like everyone has been gathered here… Iʼll get right to the point then. All of you are here to deal with the Yakusu smuggling ring. You may be wondering why there are so many of you gathered here and whether your rewards will be cut, I am here to assure you that you will each receive the full payment if the job goes well. The reason for the number may already be apparent to a few of you but the Yakusu smuggling ring is composed of twenty different gangs working together, all of them adding up to a small army in number.”

Great… So now that he told us that, our numbers donʼt actually seem to be enough… Does he expect us to be able to take on an entire army with just this group?

I wasnʼt the only one who was concerned because a few others started asking about the exact numbers of our enemies and whether we were expected to be sent to die.

The guy waved his hand to silence them, ”I will point out once again, the objective here isnʼt to destroy the entire group. All we need is the death of their leader. Here.”

He took out his personal terminal and tapped on it, prompting a new message to be sent to all the leaders gathered here.

The message popped up in my visor which was a picture of who I assume was the leader of the smuggling ring so I used the power armour to project the image in front of me, allowing Ries and Lea to see the image as well.

The guy actually looks pretty normal and maybe just a little overweight. He looks more like a middle aged accountant than the leader of a smuggling ring to be honest.

But well… What do I know right? I have a really cute Alv here that could kill you from several blocks away without blinking yet she was riding on top of me with her eyes rolled back and moaning lewdly last night. Then the cat girl beside her would also be laughing maniacally as she pumps your body full of lead with a minigun but then would be purring contentedly when Iʼm pumping her with my honey over her workbench.

Ahem… What Iʼm trying to say is that I guess we should be careful of this guy.

There was also a map at the bottom corner of the image which showed where the smugglers were holed up.

The guy briefing us continued, ”We donʼt need the entire group dead. We just need him dead. And as long as anyone kills him and gives us proof of his death, everyone will be rewarded.”

Oh, that means even if we sit back and do nothing and someone else goes in to kill him, we would all get paid anyway.

Not that I intend to just sit out of this but thatʼs just a possibility.

And if I could think of something like that, thereʼs no doubt some of the Mercs around us would have also thought about that as well.

That means we canʼt expect everyone here to pull their own weight and I can tell that just by the unmotivated looks on the other Mercsʼ faces.

”And of course, we would also provide bonuses to any of these smugglers you kill. So as long as you can provide evidence of your kills, we will compensate you appropriately. The one who kills the leader will of course get the highest payout,” The guy continued.

Almost instantly, the mood around our group changed.

Everyone was suddenly looking at each other like they were looking at a competitor trying to steal their prey.

Looks like our client already knew what they needed to say to motivate us huh?

The guy shoved his personal terminal back into his suit before nodding at us, ”Thatʼs all that I have for you all. We would like this to be completed as soon as possible but all of you are free to make your own plans to complete this mission.”

Without even any fanfare, the guy simply walked off after saying that, leaving all of us to deal with this ourselves.

Surprisingly one of the Mercs went to the front and raised his hand to get everyoneʼs attention.

”Alright everyone. I normally donʼt do this but our target this time is pretty big so I propose we work together for this. All we need is the leader of the group dead so we can just focus on achieving that. Then we can share the bonus of killing the leader amongst all of us, how about that?”

Oh wow, I thought for sure that everyone was going to go with the ʼevery person for themselvesʼ thing and just compete to kill the leader for the bonus money.

Honestly, I donʼt mind working together since this would lower the risk and I think--

”Youʼre just saying that because you donʼt have the skills or the confidence to hunt the boss yourself so youʼre trying to get a cut of the reward,” One of the Mercs at the front shouted. ”Unlike you and anyone else who agrees with him, we donʼt even need any of your help, we can do this entire job ourselves.”

Obviously that caught the attention of everyone else and it just so happened to be one of the groups that had a guy in power armour.

They seem to be rather confident of themselves even though theyʼre dressed basically like street thugs with their bare chest and leather jackets with Cyware mods replacing half their bodies.

As though that was the cue, another Merc on the other side let out a bark of laughter, ”Ha!! With me and my boys here, I would say youʼre even lucky to get a kill. Just be content to sit there and do nothing but collect the base reward, Iʼll allow you that much as a participation prize!”

”What did you say you fucker?!”

”I said my boys can wreck your group any day! Just sit there and be content with it!”

The guy who tried to get us to work together raised up his hands to wave them placatingly, ”Guys, guys. Just relax for a bit. We could all benefit from--”

”Shut up, loser! I know you! Youʼre a fucking solo Silver Rank Merc! Obviously you would want this because you benefit the most from this since you donʼt need to split your rewards with anyone else!” Another Merc shouted from the middle of the group.

That new information seemed to enrage quite a lot of people as they started hurling obscenities at the guy.

Not gonna lie, I was in agreement with these people since this guy would definitely be profiting the most with this arrangement if we had gone through with it.

A few of the Mercs already turned and left the place, presumably to start their assault on the smugglers themselves.

I felt someone pulling on my arm and I looked down to see Lea pulling at me while nodding her head indicating we should go.

I turned and Lea followed after me as we left the gathering.

”Our client is pretty devious, Mistress…” Lea muttered as we got out of ear shot.

I raised an eyebrow, ”What do you mean?”

”They basically threw all of us in a free for all… Weʼre now in a competition with the other Mercs and we might start killing each other while also dealing with the smugglers. The client would then only need to pay the people who are still standing while still getting their objective completed.”

I frowned, ”Wouldnʼt this be a risk since we might end up killing each other to the point that we cannot complete the mission anyway?”

Ries tapped the side of her cheek, ”Maybe… I donʼt know Boss… But I just think… The main mission isnʼt to take out the smuggler leader… But to cut down the number of collaborators?”

Damn… I didnʼt think of that…

I guess we should just complete this quickly, eh?