94 Tenstar Ni 2 (2/2)
The Qi and blood orb in his chest bubbled. Nearby, Garen saw a military officer in a dark green uniform with a cruel expression on his face holding up a huge, heavy duty, jet-black sniper rifle and steadily aiming it at him. His hand was already on the trigger ready to shoot!
Without the slightest hesitation, Garen kicked up a cloud of dust and sand without warning.
Rat tat tat tat..!
The sound of submachine guns firing filled the air.
Within seconds, countless guns started firing. The intense barrage muffled all other sounds.
Garen stood squarely in place and was stunned to see that the federal soldiers had fallen in front of him.
Teams of soldiers in brown uniforms surrounded all of the soldiers in green uniforms.
Compared to the soldiers in green, these soldiers in brown uniforms were obviously better trained. Their every move was calm and precise: there were no unnecessary actions. Each of them had strong Qi and blood and their actions were sophisticated. They were heavily armed and were clearly battle-hardened veterans.
Next, Garen looked at the sniper military officer in the distance who was lying face down on the personnel carrier. His head was now bent to the side and blood was slowly flowing out from the gunshot wound at his temple.
”Commanding officer of the Sixth Brigade of the South, Caesar Leon, is alleged to have committed treason, traded in important national intelligence, sold federal arms, privately used military force for personal gains, and so on. He has now been found guilty and shall be sentenced concurrently for these multiple crimes. He was arrested in the name of the highest command in the South, but the commanding officer and his guards did not show repentance and have now been executed by firing squad. All Sixth Brigade soldiers, put down your weapons and await further instructions.”
Calm and collected, the clear voice of a man came from the distance.
Garen looked toward the direction where the voice was coming from.
”Yo, Garen! Long time no see.” The flaming red hair of Golden Hoop Number 6 fluttered as he smiled cheekily. He was wearing the neat brown uniform of a military officer and black leather gloves. On his right shoulder, a silver patch clearly indicated his rank.
Silver on black with four stripes and a dot: it was the rank of a colonel.
Garen let out a long sigh of relief.
The soldiers around him started to clean up the bodies and opened up a path.
Garen walked straight towards Golden Hoop Number 6 until the two stood one meter apart.
”I haven't even repaid you for the time you helped me out with my sister's matter. Now I owe you one more,” Garen said while somewhat embarrassed.
”What a coincidence then. I have something I need to trouble you with. If you help me out, I'll count it as one favor repaid. How's that?” Golden Hoop Number 6 asked jokingly.
”What trouble? However, I will have to recuperate for a while first.”
Golden Hoop Number 6 took a look at Garen's sorry state and injuries. ”Of course I will wait until you have recovered. I'm in no hurry either.”
”Then no problem!” Garen agreed.
”Come on, I'll arrange a car to send you all back. It's unwise to stay here for too long. Celestial Circle Gate has a huge influence here. I can only remove one of their assistants.”
”Sir, we discovered the body of Tenstar Ni from Celestial Circle Gate out back,” a military officer reported after walking to Golden Hoop Number 6.
”Oh?” Golden Hoop Number 6 widened his eyes in shock, then looked at Garen with a half-smile. ”You're good, you!”
Garen smiled wryly and said, ”Please stop saying that. I almost died. Did I give you more trouble?”
For some reason, he vaguely felt that the brown uniformed soldiers around him were looking at him in awe.
Golden Hoop Number 6 realized it too, and smiled.
”We practitioners of martial arts, regardless of our characters and personalities, will easily become impulsive due to the continually abundant and strong Qi and blood within our bodies. You have no idea how a military unit with stronger physicality and true strength will cause more trouble. Constantly having a strong power in the body without being able to use it developes into a mentally repressive grievance, so they will easily become impulsive. Since you've killed him, that's that. Celestial Circle Gate won't fall out with me for such a small character anyway. You have been too inhibited, so this release is also a good conditioning.”
”Stronger people will have problems after being mentally repressed for too long?” Garen had a weird expression. He vaguely recalled Eldest Senior Sister's insane look.
”Indeed so. Of course, there are those with strong spiritual attainment who are able to disregard such situations, but they are a rare minority.” Golden Hoop Number 6 turned around and said, ”Come on, let's talk on the move.”
Garen nodded. ”Let me explain to my Junior Brothers and Sisters first.”
”Very well.”