Chapter 523 - You Must Remove Me (2/2)

The five thugs could also tell that they were about to die soon. The color on their faces turned pale, and they started begging in their local tongue, pressing their heads on the ground as they pleaded.

Jiang Zhiming took one step forward and kicked Kong Yunhong to the ground. “Follow your orders!” he yelled, looking at his troops, and emphasizing each word, “As soon as we made landfall, we ceased to be soldiers capable of only charging into battle in training. We are now true warriors capable of facing the cruelest opponents out here. If you want to finish this mission with outstanding results, then you’ll first have to turn yourselves into demons—if you show them mercy, then who’s going to show us mercy?”

He pointed to the corpse of the cameraman on the floor and said, “Then who is going to pity our friend here who lost his life doing his job?”

With those words, the eyes of the special operations soldiers hardened, and it felt like something in their minds had been awakened and unleashed. This was not a training exercise, but this was war—and they were not soldiers living in an era of peace, but killing machines that had to dispatch their enemies in conflict.

“Kill them all!” Jiang Zhiming repeated.

“Ahhhh!”

With a ferocious cry drawn from the depths of their soul, five of the soldiers, including Kong Yunhong, pointed their guns to the head of the thugs. Then, they pulled the trigger. Five gunshots reverberated in the quiet street, and five thugs fell in a pool of their own blood after letting out a muffled cry.

Tang Wantian screamed in horror, and she fell back sitting on the ground.

The members of the Special Operations team sighed as they looked at the sprawled bodies of the men, and the stress of carrying out the command showed clearly on their faces.

Xiao Luo patted Jiang Zhiming’s shoulder and said, “You’re now competent enough to lead your team. I believe that under your leadership, the probability of success for this team to return to the coastal base alive has gone up!”

Since the day they embarked on the mission, he had never really acknowledged Jiang Zhiming. Xiao Luo felt that he lacked situational awareness, and his Special Operations team was constantly falling short. This killing was their baptism by fire, and from hereon, this band of soldiers would undoubtedly become a force to be reckoned with after the war.

Jiang Zhiming forced a smile on his face and said, “Mr. Mie, what were you doing before you joined the NSA?”

“Working in the private sector,” Xiao Luo replied, giving him a wry smile.

…

The journey back could very well turn out to be dull and uneventful. Tang Wantian was to be embedded into the Special Operations team now. She changed into an army uniform and tied her hair neatly into a ponytail, making her look all sweet and soldierly at the same time.

She glanced at Xiao Luo occasionally and had a heap of questions in her head.

What was Xiao Luo doing here? Was he not the boss of Luo Workshop?

What did the NSA do?

Why are these soldiers addressing Xiao Luo as “Mr. Mie?”

As for the killing, why was Xiao Luo so calm back there? Had he killed many people before?

All these questions hung like a cloud of doubt over her and were bothering her. She couldn’t figure anything out, but one thing she knew for sure, her university classmate was not an ordinary person. She realized she didn’t recognize him anymore—he was just an enigma.

She carefully opened her mouth to ask, “Xiao Luo…”

“I know you have a whole bunch of questions, but please don’t ask me anything at all. Even if you do, you’re not going to get a proper answer. And, please don’t tell anyone that you met me here when you return back home. You can report on the Libyan war, but you must remove any part of me from your report, do you understand?” Xiao Luo said.

Tang Wantian was a little bit shocked initially but then nodded her head. “Hmm, I got it,” she replied.