บท 569: Love In The Battlefield, Part 1

The big leagues were even bigger than I thought. 

There were enough combatants participating to fill in an actual battlefield. Even got a few child soldiers ready for deployment here too… man, I'm telling you, paintball's really something else.

Once again, the loud raring bravado of gallant soldiers instantly died away the exact moment Irene entered their peripheral vision… I swear, for a supposedly sneaky, subtle detective lady, Irene sure does stand out a lot. 

We were divided equally into three platoons with six total in a unit, picked and filed by the listless whims of a weary-eyed referee. You'd think friends and acquaintances would be enlisted into the same platoon together, but I suppose camaraderie just proves too advantageous when up against a group of total randoms.