Chapter 552 - Birds of a Feather (1/2)

The six SEALs were searching for the villagers like madmen. With their night vision goggles on, they were like feline predators hunting in the dark. The villagers who thought they had hidden well under cover of the night were quickly found and shot dead.

Half an hour later, the villagers’ bodies were strewn across the ground. Driven by rage, these SEALs had shot them all to death in a flurry of executions. Many of them had been shot at least twice, and some of them even suffered a dozen shots. The bodies were just like pieces of burned tomatoes–too badly singed and mangled to be recognized.

When Rice looked at the bullet-riddled bodies of the villagers, his eyelids quivered. He still remembered how the villagers had been so friendly and accomodating when they were given food rations, which was really ironic. But it wasn’t just Rice; even Powell, Mina, and the other three SEALs found it a challenge to gather their senses. They might be able to accept the cruel act of a person dying from torture, but they would never accept such an inhumane thing as eating a person’s flesh.

Powell closed his eyes in pain, then heaved a deep sigh. “Our comrades, Hebrew and Adolf, have sacrificed themselves valiantly for this mission. Let’s bury them well,” he said.

“Got it!” The others replied in unison.

Then, they started to dig graves for the two dead SEALs on the hilltop. They collected their heads from the ditch, placing them back along with the rest of their bodies in the graves. A deep and heavy sadness hung over them all.

Xiao Luo remained silent throughout. Although he didn’t have a good impression of these soldiers from the Mei Nation, he didn’t gloat over their misfortune. The tragedy of humans eating humans wasn’t just limited to these soldiers from the Mei Nation. It was a tragedy that belonged to all of humanity.

Sarah Michelle’s eyes were red. She clenched her fists and was resolved to expose such an incident to the world. “I want to expose all of this. I want the whole world to know that war will only bring pain. It’s the enemy of all mankind!” she cried.

“You have the capability and the connections to do so!”

Xiao Luo nodded his head in agreement. In this regard, he totally agreed with Sarah. War only brought hunger and panic, and the problems it created were immensely complicated.

“Mr. Mie, you’ve suspected that these villagers would pose a danger from the very beginning, right?” Sarah asked.

Xiao Luo shook his head. “No. I just thought something was a little strange, that’s all.”

Sarah then asked, “Strange? What’s strange?”

“The eyes of the Libyan civilians I met along the way were not only dull and numb but fearful. The villagers here had similar looks in their eyes, but they lacked one thing–fear. When they saw us in camouflage fatigues and armed with weapons, they didn’t avoid us out of fear. Instead, they looked at us cautiously. That’s why I thought it was a little strange,” Xiao Luo said.

Upon hearing that, Sarah and the SEAL team members were taken aback. When they arrived at the village at dusk, the villagers looked at them with cautious but eager eyes. It turned out they were looking at food.

Vice-captain Rice glared at Xiao Luo aggressively. “Mr. Mie, since you found something wrong, why didn’t you say something to us? What are your intentions?” he shouted.

Xiao Luo snorted. “That was just my guess. What’s more, would you have taken my words for it?”

Rice was unable to argue with Xiao Luo’s words. Indeed, they had looked down on Xiao Luo since he joined up. Even if Xiao Luo raised his doubts at that time, they would only laugh at him for being too cautious.

“Don’t count on him. He never treated us as comrades or companions,” Mina said.

Upon hearing that, Xiao Luo almost laughed. He was really be amused by their unfounded accusations. Even if these soldiers from the Mei Nation country treated him better and not so hostile to him, he would help them as much as possible because they were on the same mission. Like the tragedy they had just experienced, when he felt something wrong with these villagers, he would naturally help these Mei nation’s soldiers avoid them.

But in reality, just seeing Mina was enough to make him want to vomit. She, as well as the SEALs, were all birds of a feather. He was already gracious enough not to take advantage of tragedy or stand on the villagers’ side to deal with them. Now they even ask him to do them a favor? What gave them the right to do that?

“He even hit Mina just now!” One of the SEALs said with indignation.