Chapter 155: Taken into Custody (2/2)
Nevertheless, Zhao Yongzhuo decided not to worry about that; however, he was startled when his subordinates showed him the images of the battlefield. Within the radius of a few hundred square meters, every inch of the ground was filled with piles of Zerg corpses. It was definitely done by some ace fighter since it was technically impossible to be accomplished by the three boys, but the question was: who on earth did that?
Judging from their anxiousness, clearly it wasn’t someone from the FFC’s side, but if that was the case, why would an ace from another party appear on this island?
According to the legend, the eldest successors of the Five Great Houses were born with a ”protector”. Of course, that was only a legend, and since legends couldn’t be served as scientific explanations, Zhao Yongzhuo would have to look into the facts and search for a better explanation.
”Do remember, Colonel, you will be held responsible if anything happens to them!” Ma Xiaoru said with a solemn expression; obviously, she was completely pissed off.
”I’m only following the orders from my superior. Feel free to contact the chief commander if there’s any question.” As a member of the Golden Hawk Union, Zhao Yongzhuo wouldn’t care too much about Ma Xiaoru’s threats.
For Ma Xiaoru, due to her involvement in this incident, she knew that she had to think of a better solution to this as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would become a bigger matter once it was made public by the media, not to mention that the prestige of the House of Ma was put at stake.
Both Samantha and Martyrus didn’t expect that the military would be so harsh this time; nevertheless, they were relieved upon knowing that Zhao Yongzhuo didn’t intend to harm the three of them. However, both principals had no idea why the military wanted to detain the boys. Both principals turned to each other, and immediately, they knew that the two of them were having the same doubts.
Most people were well aware of the power struggle between the Golden Hawk Union and the old forces, which explained why no one was too astonished about the intensity and also the set-up against the FFC; however, everyone seemed to be confused about the detention of the three boys. Eventually, people from both sides began to gossip about the incident discretely.
The three boys managed to regain consciousness after getting some simple medical treatments. Apache and Wang Tong were puzzled as they came to realize that they were surrounded by armed METAL fighters; somehow the rescue had turned into imprisonment.
Zhao Yongzhuo went down to check on them as soon as he was told that the boys had regained consciousness; however, he only released Wang Ben from the detention.
”I’d like to meet my father.”
”The general is waiting for you.” The face of a serious looking middle aged man then appeared on the screen as Zhao Yongzhuo connected the video call. The man only had one single facial expression and showed no signs of any other emotion as he saw his son. Wang Ben was the one who spoke first: ”I’d like to go home.”
”You heard the boy, Colonel Zhao.”
”Yes, General!” Zhao Yongzhuo acknowledged the order, yet he couldn’t help wondering about the awkwardness between the boy and his father. Even though he wasn’t serving under General Hu Ben, Zhao Yongzhuo chose to follow the orders due to the general’s well-respected reputation.
”You don’t want to bid farewell to your friends back there?”
Wang Ben shook his head gently and said nothing. After that, Zhao Yongzhuo ordered his men to escort the boy out.
Although the three boys were injured, they only suffered minor internal injuries, and no bones were broken. The medical team managed to heal most of their wounds by using a cell regeneration treatment; however, they would be sent for further detailed treatments when they got back.
In the beginning, Zhao Yongzhuo thought this time that he had scored the jackpot, but as he was about to visit Paradise Island by himself, the man received a new order. It was a strange order indeed, he was told to send both Wang Tong and Apache back to the headquarter immediately.
As a member of the military, his only duty was to follow orders; however, he was well aware that the two kids were innocent, yet someone else was trying to use the boys as a scapegoat.
Most of the Zergs on Paradise Island had been annihilated by well-trained METAL fighters, and both parties were sending more troops to the island for a thorough extermination. However, it seemed like the commanders of both parties were arguing with each other in front of the base; apparently, the troops from the Confederation Army were demanding an ”inspection” in the base, but the FFC’s troops refused to let them enter.
The outbreak of the Zergs was under control; however, a clash between the FFC and the military had occurred, and the tension was escalating.
Samantha and Martyrus both understood that instead of caring about the tension, right now they should be focusing on finding a way to rescue the trio because the students still had to attend training for their upcoming challenge; however, the military was not giving them any answers. Hence the only thing Martyrus could do was to ask around using his connections to the military; nevertheless, he was sort of disappointed at the military for involving kids into this mess.
As for the rest of the students, they couldn’t do anything aside from staying put in the watercraft. Apparently, there was still a lot of training remaining to do. Everyone would have their second round of training respectively according to their assigned classes in the academy. For example: Battle techniques for the students of METAL combat classes; Battlecraft combat strategies, operation and control maneuvers, and also some basic awareness for the students of Command Force; while the students of Heavy Arm Force would be learning about the controlling maneuvers for the Heavy Armed Chariots and also the distribution of physical strength. Even though Zhang Yan, Zhang Kui, and Rumi did a good job a while ago, they would still have to learn more about defensive techniques in Intel Programming Battle aside from offensive techniques only; the three of them still had a long way to go.
Carl and the rest had no choice but to focus on their training and leave the rest to both principals; however, everyone was relieved that the three of them were safe even though they were held in custody; after all, they were wrong for trespassing. Anyhow, everyone expected that the military would only ask them a couple of questions since they were only students, especially since the principals were still around.
Both parties had been spending the whole day confronting each other, and no one was backing down. However, Martyrus received the news at night that Wang Ben went back to Europe, while Apache and Wang Tong were taken back to the military’s headquarter for further interrogation. Things were getting weirder and weirder, they began to wonder why the military would only release Wang Ben, and why did Wang Ben choose to go back to Europe instead of returning to the team. Furthermore, what on earth was the military trying to get from Wang Tong and Apache?