Chapter 66: In-Laws Are Coming to Huaxia (1/2)
– At Night –
After hearing the strong recommendation from Wang Ying, Yan Wei, and Wu Hao, the head instructor couldn’t help but be curious and call his instructor buddy at the 5th Military Region.
The head instructor of the 5th Military Region was actually surprised that a military region ranked in the top ten would come to him to headhunt. He bitterly smiled. “If you came a month ago, I would’ve told you hell no. But now, even if I’m willing, it’s already too late.”
The head instructor of the 8th Military Region frowned. “Huh? He quit?”
“Nope. He loves this profession and he also proved his value, but unfortunately, there was an incident in a mission two months ago that caused his comprehensive strength to regress, dropping from A to C+. To be honest, even though he wasn’t qualified to join the Dragon Division, he’s still more than enough to stay in the military region. However, he’s a prideful guy, and he didn’t want to stay just because we are sympathetic, so he took the initiative and left. I arranged him to work in Shangcheng so he can at least have a stable life after he leaves the army,” the 5th Military Region’s head instructor sighed and said.
“What kind of incident would cause someone’s power to drop this dramatically?” The head instructor of the 8th Military Region was curious.
“It was a mission destroying a private laboratory base. They were hidden very well in the Middle East. We caught traces of investments from many different countries sponsoring them in the dark and found out that they frequently used live humans to do their genetic experiments on. The higher-up gave the order to destroy it, but unfortunately, Xu Cheng was injected with a defective genetic product during the mission. Our scientists and doctors said that he might not have too long to live anymore, but I didn’t tell Xu Cheng that yet.”
The 8th Military Region’s head instructor finally came to a realization. “No wonder you would let go someone as talented as him.”
The 5th Military Region’s head instructor laughed and said, “Even after his power dropped to that of an ordinary person, he’s still a soldier of the 5th Military Region. Stop dreaming about headhunting him. This brat told me before he left that he will be back. Although I believe those old men at the research facility, I have more faith in Xu Cheng making a miraculous recovery and returning. You already know, we already sent off 2 of the Three Swordsmen to the Dragon Division, he’s the only signature soldier we have here, so stop daydreaming. I know you guys at Shangcheng have all the resources and talents already, but let me tell you, Xu Cheng’s a very loyal guy. You guys can give up on that thought.”
The 8th Military Region’s instructor snorted, “Would I try to headhunt a C+? The 20-men team we send every year to the military exercise has an average strength of B, he might not even make it into the military exercise team even if he comes.”
The 5th Military Region instructor snorted right back, “Stop showing off to my face. You have the population and the resources at Shangcheng, so obviously you can find more talents. We are already doing good enough getting placed at an average ranking, considering how the 5th is in a rural area with little population and resource.”
“Haha, this year, without the Three Swordsmen, let’s see if you guys will end up last. Fine, I won’t headhunt your guy, so we will leave it at that. When doing the draw later at the military exercise, don’t let us face you guys, or we will give your soldiers existential crises.”
Then, the head instructor hung up and went to the ward to find Wu Hao and the others.
“Head Instructor, how was it?” Wang Ying asked urgently.
“Xu Cheng was indeed a soldier of the 5th Military Region. They didn’t erase him from the system yet and just sent him to Shangcheng to rest for now. I asked about him. Although you guys say he’s very strong, the comprehensive strength report the 5th Military Region gave him was a C+, so I think we should forget about recruiting him.”
Wu Hao frowned. “Head Instructor, could there be a mistake with the score?”
“Okay, let’s just leave this at that. The people at the 5th Military Region already made it clear that they won’t let Xu Cheng go since he’s their signature,” the head instructor replied.
After leaving the 8th Military Region, Xu Cheng didn’t go home. He already made up his mind, so he didn’t want the two women at home bugging him. Suddenly, his phone started ringing, and he took a look at the caller ID.