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What if... Iroh wasn't the one to release Ba sing se?? part 2

Several days later...

-It was time for him to be reinstated... don't think that because he was royalty he would escape his duties.

Lu Ten only stood at attention as he looked at the officer in front of him, today was finally the day, after a few more days of recovery, today was finally the day that he finally returned to duty.

-Believe me, Lord, I have no excuse not to continue serving and if I had one I wouldn't even use it.

The officer nodded satisfied, while he inspected Lu Ten, who had left the prince's armor and fine clothes to replace them with those of a Fire Nation soldier.

-Good, now report to the rest of your division, you will be taken to the shift change in the Lower Ring.

Lu Ten nodded - Colonel... if it is allowed to ask... what is the situation there??

The colonel only grunted at the question, Lu Ten couldn't tell if it was his answer or if the colonel was upset that he had even asked when he hadn't been told if he could do so.

-Just concentrate on carrying out his orders...now leave.

Taking the hint for him to get out of there, Lu Ten stood at attention and bowed respectfully to his superior.

-Understood, Colonel Mongke- Without further ado, Lu Ten went on to leave the tent he was in. They were currently on the outskirts of the city, in the Agrarian Zone where a large part of the Fire Nation Armies that had been besieged and conquered the city, but the new troops that had joined several days later were surrounding the exterior.

-Corporal Lu Ten...

The mention of his name in that tone, plus the familiarity of where he knew the voice made him give a heavy sigh as he stopped to turn to see Captain Zhao who was looking at him with a cocky smile, he knew what he wanted, now that he was He had been reinstated to the service. Zhao surpassed him in rank and consequently he was his superior, so he expected him to show him respect for the position he had.

It was thus that only Lu Ten took a moment to bow, showing his respect to his superior officer.

-It's good to see you here Corporal, after days in recovery it must be gratifying to serve the Fire Nation again.

-You said it yourself Captain, there is nothing I want more than to serve my country.

-Yes, I imagine that, however, I know that even though you are recovering you still want to do your duty... after all, with you getting more information that we can use from the Former Earth King whom you are interrogating.

Lu Ten just stared at Zaho without making a single movement, but the tone of his words and the way he said them made him uneasy, it was no secret what he was doing but there was something about Zhao that he didn't like.

-Captain, I must leave, I must report to my division and continue with my assigned tasks.

Zhao nodded in agreement. "If that's true, be careful, Corporal. I've heard that the streets of the Lower Ring are very dangerous."

Lu Ten only said goodbye to him, but without as much respect as he should have, so once done he left there hoping not to see Zhao for at least several days.

Zhao just said goodbye to him and continued on his way but not before giving him one last look with his eyes half-closed.

The consecutive visits of a prince to the former Earth King were too much to be a coincidence, something was happening and he would discover it.

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Of his visits to the Ba sing se rings, this has undoubtedly been the most impressive, one for the upper class, another for the middle class, but this one was undoubtedly for the lower class, which was very overpopulated.