1305 The Definition of Babysitting (2/2)
”Prepare to deploy!” Domingo ordered.
Like the previous mission, the ships would zoom across the skies and drop bombs as a preliminary attack before they identified a safe landing zone. Unlike the previous bombing, this was just a farce, an act to hide the fact that they had already completed the mission.
”Deploy! Deploy!” Domingo ordered. He commanded the soldiers in the Corvette ship to attack, and Jiang Fei followed him in leading the army.
The gravity of the planet was incredibly weak, almost the same as Earth's. As such, it was impossible for any strong fighter to exist there. At most, the strongest fighter on that planet may only be as strong as Jiang Fei when he was still on Earth.
”O great ones! We surrender! We surrender! Please do not attack us!” said the leader of the planet's dominant race the moment Jiang Fei lifted his sword and prepared to attack.
”The heck?” Jiang Fei barked. So much for a fight…
He turned to Domingo to make sure that things were really what they looked like.
”Congratulations. It seems that your presence alone is enough to force them to surrender,” said Domingo with a smile.
Jiang Fei sheathed his sword, thinking that the entire thing was probably a hoax. It could not be that easy. If it was, they could have just completed the mission without bringing him over! With all that time wasted for the mission, Jiang Fei could have spent it in the training room! He could have even trained for more than a month!
While Jiang Fei was feeling disgruntled about the mission's outcome, he did not realize that Domingo had invested so much effort into making sure that everything went smoothly. When Jiang Fei was training, Domingo had been busy attacking the planet's main forces, subduing them before inviting Jiang Fei over to ”join” the mission. At the end of the whole fiasco, he literally handed over all of his achievements to Jiang Fei on a silver platter!
To take care of Jiang Fei, Domingo had forked out too much and gained nothing in return.
”I must say, with your current achievement and the success of the previous mission, you may just become a second lieutenant as soon as you graduate from the academy. I will try my best to make things better in the next mission! Suddenly, graduating and becoming a lieutenant like me isn't just a dream anymore, eh?” Domingo stated.
”Are you… f-for real?” Jiang Fei stammered. He had no idea that one could do such a thing in the military.
”This is real, Jiang Fei. Oh, be sure to remember this old brother when you're all-powerful and famous,” said Domingo, patting Jiang Fei on the shoulder, the way Han Tianyu used to do.
”Eh… Hehehe,” Jiang Fei giggled like a little boy. It was like being handed the championship trophy for only showing up to the competition.
After the end of the first mission, Jiang Fei thought he had caught Domingo trying to steal all of his achievements. However, judging from his speech, Jiang Fei was inclined to believe that Domingo had cleaned up everything and handed all efforts, as well as achievements, to Jiang Fei willingly.
As such, Jiang Fei could not help but feel that a larger game was afoot. Jiang Fei was a nobody now, and he could not figure out what Domingo wanted from him. Unless, Domingo had somehow deduced that Jiang Fei possessed some kind of inert talent, or perhaps he was only trying to invest in him.
After everyone packed up and processed the captured locals of the planet, whose name Jiang Fei could not even recall, they returned to the ship and made preparations for Ipsilon.
”The f*ck is happening to me…” Jiang Fei had the same thought from when he landed on Ipsilon until the time he headed to the training room.
Domingo and he were not even close. Why would Domingo treat him so well? Was it of his own will or was it the will of Ottogackt? And even if Ottogackt really ordered it, there would still be consequences!