To the Pentagon!

                                    

                                          
As Lance turned to see who the 2 new members of their team, a  wide look of joy first appeared on his face before morphing into one of  absolute terror. 
                          
         
                          
In front of him were 2 Yu Yans, identical to the last pore on their faces. That same beauty was mirrored perfectly.  
                          
         
                          
One of the Yu Yans smiled at him while the others lips contorted into a thin line after recognizing who it was.  
                          
         
                          
The smiling Yu Yan stretched out her arm to Lance saying, "Hi,  I'm Yu Ying and this my twin sister Yu Yan. I heard that you pinched my  sisters face when she tried to console you? She always does this, any  stray dog or cat that she sees anywhere will not be left alone until it  has been petted or consoled by Yan here." She giggled as she said the  last part. 
                          
         
                          
Lance felt his face burning as he shook her hand. Stray dogs and cats? He had looked like that? 
                          
         
                          
Seeing Lance blush, Yu Yan sighed as she also stretched out her  arm. "Lets start afresh. We are even on the same team so we will have to  work together. Your loss of composure might also be partly my fault.  Both of our Intrinsic Natures come under the "Infatuation" category,  although there are some differences between them. Both of us have been  trained since young to control it, but it still spills out sometimes  especially taking effect on creatures who are feeling negative emotions.  Don't worry, as you seem to have improved enough to not be affected  now." Yu Yan gave a slight smile as she finished speaking. 
                          
         
                          
Lance still felt a slight urge to go blank, but he could control  himself this time. Seeing this, he felt proud again to have put in the  work and become stronger. He shook her hand and gave a small smile,  opting not to speak as he still didn't fully trust himself to be  completely cool. 
                          
         
                          
It was a marvel that even if the girls were wearing the standard  IE training coveralls, hints of their perfectly toned and fit bodies  with curves in all the right places were visible in their movements. 
                          
         
                          
Darius and Entsy also introduced themselves, with the girls  blushing in turn after realizing that the famous Gaia and Spring were in  their team. They gushed over them and walked beside them asking them  questions about cultivation leaving Lance to trail from behind. 
                          
         
                          
The two had grown quite famous due to the fight and their consistent high scores.  
                          
         
                          
Lance first felt an intense jealousy seeing this but remembering  the scary look of fury on Yu Yan's face in their first encounter, he  felt that maybe the present situation was overall safer for him in case  he messed up. This though didn't help in decreasing the jealousy though. 
                          
         
                          
In this fashion, the team of 5 followed the ball to another  clearing about a kilometer away. In this clearing were placed pods  identical to the one he had been in when he had woken up in the  infirmary.  
                          
         
                          
The pods were placed in circles of 5. In the center of each circle was another glass ball hovering above a stone pedestral.  
                          
         
                          
"Please enter a pod. You will have 30 minutes after entering in a  virtual environment to see the mission particulars and plan a course of  action. Good luck initiates.", instructed the ball. 
                          
         
                          
Lance and his group of 5 took a deep breath as they momentarily got mesmerized by the swirling stars in the glass ball. 
                          
         
                          
Their actions in the Pentagon would decide whether they would emerge from the pods as carps that had transformed into dragons.