Chapter 6 (2/2)
He then found himself in a place similar to a tunnel with a blinding light before him, stimulating his brain.
The doctors and medics encircled him and lifted him onto a surgical table.
He caught a glimpse of Heine leaving the room, as condescending as usual with a hint of disdainfulness, as though Xiao Yan was nothing more than an ant and will eventually decay and turn into the mud under his feet.
Xiao Yan's right collarbone and shoulder blade were close to comminuted fracture. He could not help but to believe that Heine did not solely took him as a stepping board, but more as the revenge for that accidental kiss.
However, when Xiao Yan heard that the apprentices who chose to stay behind in the aircraft were all killed by the Tides Organisation, he rejoiced quietly.
At least, he is alive.
For times, how lives go are depended on the choices made. This time, his choice was risky, but wise.
The most talented part of Xiao Yan's brain is the ability to filter out all negative incidents that he faced. Despite being a night that most people would usually be restless, he was sound asleep within half a minute.
The medical technology nowadays are highly advance where dismembered limbs could be joined back through nerves reconnection. Hence, the comminuted fracture of Xiao Yan's was only considered as a minor problem.
Three days later, Xiao Yan's shoulder has fully recovered. While he was bedridden these few days, he had heard some rumours revolving around the Base 14 commander Lieutenant Colonel Raven and Heine Burton.
Heine went off to rescue twelve B ranked apprentices personally. However, not only did he failed to save them, he even failed to protect the only officer in the team, Captain White.
The incident has caused discussions among the people in Base 14, believing that the death of those students was due to the misconduct of Special Task Forces who did not take their lives seriously.
In truth, Heine has successfully breakthrough the a.s.sault from the Tides Organisation and delivered the raw uranium back to the base without fail, whereas, they were given the mission to rescue Xiao Yan and the others on short notice. Even if complaints were filed with the Military Discipline Office, who else would investigate on Heine Burton?
Lieutenant Colonel Raven's adjutant Captain Will coincidentally happened to be the cousin of Captain White. The death of his cousin hit Will hard where he decided to send a rhetorical report back to Charles.
However, Xiao Yan, who had survived from the catastrophe, haven't got the slightest interest in all these conflicts. And being the only survivor of his research team, he was now a.s.signed to another team by the commander of Base 14.
His only wish now was to spend the remaining days in the base in peace and then back to Charles.
As Xiao Yan was leaning on bed, listening to music, he received an order from Lieutenant Colonel Raven to have him come forward to the command center and conduct an after action report.
Oh no……
Xiao Yan held his head in his hands in distress. ”Oh no, here comes the trouble!”
He neaten his uniform and straighten himself up before following the secretary into Lieutenant Colonel Raven's office.
Lieutenant Colonel Raven looked like a man in his late thirties. He did not have any n.o.ble achievements, but his ability to defend and uphold this age-old base for many years has proven him to be a staid and respectable person.
A dainty and exquisite cup was placed before him, steaming.
When Xiao Yan gave him a salute, he returned him with a small nod and took a took a sip of his tea. Beside him stood his adjutant, Captain Will.
”What made you choose to leave the aircraft and proceeded on foot to my base with the Special Task Forces?”
Without greetings of any sort, Lieutenant Colonel Raven went straight into questioning. His eyes were telling Xiao Yan that he wants to get some specific information from him.
”Because I agreed to the Special Task Forces' judgement then.”
”Judgement? In a perilous situation back then? Did you not know that once you left the base, an aircraft with a strong bulkhead would be much safer than the outside world?”
Xiao Yan shook off his la.s.situde. All this time, he had known that Special Task Forces and Central Academy of Science did not get along well.
Special Force soldiers were resentful of technical soldier's quick success in the military when they do not have the need to go through any military training or some even have not seen a zombie in their whole life. On the other hand, most technical soldiers were contemptuous of Special Force soldiers and perceiving them as no more than zombie scavengers, and that their future in military are nothing like technical soldiers.
But all of these have got nothing to do with Xiao Yan.
Every dutiful soldiers, no matter their ranks or their units, Xiao Yan respects them from the bottom of his heart. And now, he did not want to be involved into the political dispute between Special Task Forces and the academy.
”Lieutenant Colonel, during then, our supply platform has already been seized by the Tides Organisation. They shot a guided missile at our aircraft and after we got rid of it, the aircraft was forced to land due to the overheat of the engine. It is believed that the raw uranium materials were their aim. If the rescue unit of Base 14 failed to arrive before the Tides Organisation, not only will we lose the raw uranium, all of us may have been annihilated as well. Thus, Colonel Heine Burton had made the decision to walk over to Base 14, bringing along the uranium. And through my own a.n.a.lysis, I have concluded that his decision was a wiser choice than to remain in the aircraft.”
Lieutenant Colonel Raven folded his arms on his chest, looking at Xiao Yan coldly.
Xiao Yan was unperturbed, without a slightest waver on his face.
In the end, the adjutant beside Lieutenant Colonel Raven lost his patience and grabbed Xiao Yan forward by his collar.
”You're lying! You're the only one who survived in your team! It's Heine Burton! It's all because he did not take the technical soldiers' lives seriously!”
His eyes were bloodshot. He grinded his teeth in anger as though he was going to eat Xiao Yan alive.
”I'm sorry, Captain, what I said was the truth.”
”Truth? What is truth? Heine Burton said White was with all of you when he was delivering the raw uranium to the base. Are you going to tell me Heine Burton couldn't even protect merely two technical soldiers? This is dereliction of duty! He simply didn't thought of bringing White back alive!”
Xiao Yan stared at the face features of the adjutant and found that he bared a slight resemblance to Captain White. It seemed that the rumour saying Captain Will and Captain White are cousins was true.
”Will! He's still a student, not a soldier,” Lieutenant Colonel Raven frowned.
Captain Will finally let go of Xiao Yan's collar.
”That's why he's not worthy to be a soldier,” Captain Will glared at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan breathed out a quiet sigh. Yet, this subtle action has caught Lieutenant Colonel Raven's attention.
”Why are you sighing?”
Translated by Winly
~~~ Coming up next: Chapter 7 Simulated Driving ~~~
Note: Thank you for the patience! Too sleepy to think of anything to say. Anyway, hope you enjoyed and see you in next update! If you have questions or anything unclear, just drop me a comment below =)
Author's note: (The author's nickname is Plump Melon)
Light a candle for Captain White.
Xiao Yan: Plump Melon, Heine didn't kiss me, you liar.
Plump Melon *pick nose*: Come on… It's been only how many chapters… and you're thinking about kissing already? Do you think you frail little body could handle it?
Xiao Yan; No……
Plump Melon: See? I'm doing this for you, aren't I? If Heine kissed you to death, who's going to come out with a new virus to save him?
Heine:……
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