Chapter 94: Instructor Hak (2/2)

Ye Chong waited, fully alert!

His opponent, however, had no intention of attacking. ”Number 58, we meet again!” A man’s voice came from the mech, reverberating throughout the workshop!

Ye Chong was taken aback! ”Instructor Hak?”

”That’s right! It’s me!” Number 58, you were under me in Team F, and so the higher ups had asked me to bring you back!” Instructor Hak lowered his voice and said, ”Number 58, come with me. The higher ups do not intend to take action against your disobedience. If you run, it’ll only be the death of you!”

Ye Chong calmly replied, ”Is that so?”

Hak spoke seriously, ”You may have killed these few here, but they were only soldiers of the lowest rank from Black Cove! You may be stronger than all of them, but against the soldiers in higher ranks, you’re still very weak!” On the deaths of his six comrades, Hak showed no signs of pity.

Ye Chong’s voice grew even colder. ”Is that so?”

”Come back with me. You’re Team F’s most talented member in history, and your future is limitless. It’s only a matter of time before you make a contract with us! Besides, the higher ups are interested in you, even letting go of your huge mistake. Number 58, this is unprecedented!”

Ye Chong did not even condescend to reply. Will he return to Black Cove, to be the sword in another person’s hands? Ye Chong hated feeling restricted. He believed that, even if he was a wild animal, he would still be one that ran freely in the wilderness, howling without restraint under the night sky! This, as opposed to being leashed on the neck, fitted with steel claws, and tamed as someone’s pet!

Besides, he’s human!

Hak continued leisurely, ”Besides, Number 58, that little something of yours should be reacting about now!”

Ye Chong’s expression twisted. ”So it’s really you!”

Hak was unfazed. ”Number 58, the silver liquid was supposedly used to prepare Black Cove soldiers for combat. While it may bring you great pain, as long as you learned the true skills of Black Cove, you’ll understand how helpful it can be! It can turn you into the most powerful soldier! However, as you are now, this pain will continue on forever. There will be episodes of it, and you will wish for death instead. Number 58, you must clearly remember this painful experience. It will become more and more painful, until one day you will kill yourself just to stop the pain. There had never been anyone who could live through it!”

Ye Chong eyes slowly narrowed into a slit, thin as the edge of a blade, as he stared dead straight at the mech before him.

If the two of them were to fight hand to hand, Ye Chong would definitely escape. He had personal experience with Hak’s weird and powerful martial arts skills, and Ye Chong was certainly no match for it! However, if it was a battle between mechs, Ye Chong was more confident with himself! In terms of the speed of their hands, Hak was definitely slower than him! Besides, a battle between mechs did not involve as much intricacies as a battle between men, and Ye Chong was mostly cautious about Hak’s weird martial arts. However, Ye Chong believed Hak could not apply his skills effectively through a mech, thus increasing Ye Chong’s chances of winning! Moreover, Ye Chong had full confidence in the Harmony of the Winter Aria!

Still, there were a few things that baffled Ye Chong.

How did Black Cove find him? How did Hak notice him earlier? Ye Chong did not believe that they were the results of coincidences. Why did he not use the flash grenades earlier, but only after the deaths of six of his comrades?

These questions occupied Ye Chong’s mind!

Hak smiled, as though he could read his thoughts. ”You must be trying to guess how I knew about your ambush!”

Ye Chong was speechless, only unemotionally observing the mech on his holographic screen.

”Since I’m your instructor, let me teach you a little something. The six senses of an ancient martial arts practitioner are very sensitive. Even though the mech’s scanning is useless, I could still hear things! Of course, that can’t happen through the mech’s sound conduction device! Earlier, I had opened the door of the pilot’s cabin. While your Harmony of the Winter Aria’s engine was quiet, it was still easy for me to pinpoint your location! Do you not want to learn skills like these? Are you not interested in becoming more powerful? Number 58, come back with me to Black Cove! Over there, you can become stronger!” Hak’s final sentences were full of enticement.

Ye Chong now realised his methods, and the sheer brilliance of it! However, with regards to his last few sentences, Ye Chong had no reaction to them at all. Instead, he quietly pressed a few controls.

”Hmm, how does he know the name of my mech?” Ye Chong felt unsure.

Hak suddenly asked a question out of the blue, ”Number 58, based on our information, you’re called Ye Chong here, your family name …”

Before Hak could finish, a silver line drew towards his chest, an attack not forewarned!