Chapter 232: Ch 232: Assignment Mistake - Part 3

Noah carefully tried to loosen Daniel’s grip on his clothes, but the guide only tightened his hold and buried his face further into the pillow, clearly unwilling to wake up anytime soon.

Noah stared at him for a moment before gently shaking his shoulder, calling his name a few times until Daniel finally stirred, his brows furrowing as he reluctantly opened his eyes.

"Daniel, it’s time to get up. We should have breakfast before it gets cold."

"Five more minutes. I don’t want to get up right now."

Daniel mumbled, closing his eyes again as though that would somehow convince Noah to leave him alone.

"You cannot spend the whole day in bed. Come on, Alan has already prepared everything, and I’m hungry."

Noah reminded him, although he could not help smiling at how different Daniel seemed when he was half-asleep.

That finally seemed to get through to him, because Daniel slowly raised his head and looked at Noah with a dissatisfied expression before glancing towards the bedroom door.

He looked as if he wanted to argue further, but after seeing Noah already sitting up and waiting for him, he reluctantly let go of his clothes and pushed himself upright.

Even then, he took his time getting out of bed, and Noah had to remind him twice that breakfast was waiting before Daniel finally followed him out of the room.

Alan was already seated at the table when they arrived, and he looked up with a faintly amused expression at the sight of Daniel trailing behind Noah with his hair in disarray.

He did not comment on it, however, instead pushing a plate towards Noah and asking whether he had slept well.

Noah answered that he had, and Daniel settled into the chair beside him, looking considerably more awake once he had something to eat.

They spent breakfast discussing their schedules for the day, comparing their assigned duties and the times they would be expected to return to their rooms.

Noah was still unfamiliar with the association’s work arrangements, so he listened carefully when Alan explained that new employees were generally required to complete their field training before they could be sent out on assignments without supervision.

"You need to finish your training first, Noah. Even if your guide grade is only B, the association can still send you into dangerous situations once you have completed the necessary requirements, so you should understand the procedures before accepting any field assignment. Until then, you should be accompanying experienced personnel rather than being sent somewhere alone."

Alan explained, his tone becoming serious as he glanced at Noah.

Noah nodded, thinking that the arrangement sounded reasonable enough, although he doubted the association would make things that simple for him.

Unfortunately, his suspicions were confirmed a moment later when his communicator began beeping, interrupting their conversation with an incoming notification.

He glanced down at the screen, expecting another routine announcement, but his expression changed as soon as he read the message.

It was another assignment from the research and assistance team.

For a few seconds, Noah simply stared at the screen, wondering whether there had been some mistake in the system.

However, after checking the details and confirming that the assignment had been registered under his identification, he could no longer pretend that it was an accidental notification.

Daniel noticed his silence first and leaned closer to look at the screen, his expression gradually growing more concerned as he read the assignment details.

"Again? Didn’t you already go there yesterday? Why are they assigning you to the same team when you haven’t even finished your field training?"

Alan’s reaction was considerably less restrained, and the moment he understood what had happened, his expression darkened as he placed his utensils down.

"You’re not going. This is getting ridiculous. They cannot keep assigning you to a restricted research team without giving you a proper explanation, especially when you’re a new employee who has barely started working here."

"I think you should let us look into this properly. Even if the assignment is legitimate, there’s no reason for them to keep sending you there. Someone is abusing their authority a lot more than they are supposed to."

Daniel added, his earlier sleepiness completely gone as he studied the notification.

Noah understood their concerns, but he also knew that openly refusing the assignment would only draw more attention to him, which was precisely what he wanted to avoid while he was still trying to discover how much the association knew about the laboratories.

"It’s fine. I’ll go there, finish whatever they want me to do, and come back. There’s no need to make a bigger situation out of this."

He said, putting his communicator down and attempting to reassure them with a smile.

Alan looked as though Noah had just suggested something utterly unreasonable, while Daniel remained silent, his gaze fixed on the communicator as if he were already trying to figure out who had authorised the assignment.

Neither of them seemed convinced by Noah’s explanation, and Noah could hardly blame them, but he hoped they would understand that causing a confrontation now might do more harm than good.

After all, Noah already knew who was behind this.

It was the head researcher and he was doing this to cause Noah trouble so that he would submit and come to him.

It was a simple yet effective way for him to make Noah submit. It was his way of applying pressure.

As for Noah, all he had to do for now was endure while looking around for a way to bring down the hard researcher.

He had already seen that there were more unfortunate kids who got caught up with the head researcher, and it was up to him to save them as well.

’I can do it. I just need to make sure Alan and Daniel do not get involved.’

They had nothing to do with the labs anymore. They were free and Noah wanted them to enjoy this freedom. And that’s why, he was going to act alone from now on.