My name is Hodder and I am a soldier who first served in the United States Navy SEALs Special Operations Unit under the code name "OLF".

For me, national honor and companionship are above all else, even far beyond my personal existence - my peers say that I am sometimes too reticent and too intrusive, which is not good for my future development, and I care that in the course of the mission, the people I trust are willing to give me their backs.

I have no family, no lovers, the army and companions are all I have.

- My friend Langkins disagrees with this, he thinks that people have to taste all the ups and downs of the world to be a complete person, and I can only be regarded as a national blade at best, easy to use but have no ego.

I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

Ah, yes.

It's Longkins' daughter's first birthday, and it happens to be the day he retires and returns to his family — though I just learned about it, and as far as I know, Longkins himself knew he was retiring two weeks before we went to Afghanistan three months ago for the last mission of his career.

I'm a little annoyed by this, why can't I be told something so important?

He replied with a hippie smile: "How can such a thing be said in advance?" Once I say something, I'll retire to celebrate my daughter's birthday after I finish this mission, and I won't be able to come back! ”

…… Plus a burst of laughter from the other partners.

I don't think it's inexplicable, and I don't know what these boring guys are laughing about.

Walking to the door of the lounge, he straightened his clothes and pushed the door open, there were already many people sitting in the lounge, and Longkins had already packed his luggage and changed back into casual clothes among them, and was laughing and listening to Aisha talk about her high school boyfriend......

I heard it was a day. Chaoren, and he's a fat high school student.

To be honest, I don't know what's going on with young people's eyes these days.

"You can't guess how cute our child is sitting behind a desk and munching on a pen to ask a question to a four or five-year-old child! Ah, only seeing this kind of picture makes me feel how great I am to protect the security of my homeland—"

"I didn't even know I was guarding something like this." I spoke.

There was a dead silence in the lounge, and everyone turned their heads to greet me in unison—

"Wolves."

“boss……”

"You're here, come and sit!"

Lika and Aisha moved their butts to make a vacant seat for me, and the two of them pushed them down, and finally the vacant seat was between Rika and Shrek, and Leka looked at me and looked away.

"Have you packed everything up and left it behind? Didn't carry it illegally? "I sat down next to Longkins in the middle of the crowd.

"I took away a bunch of badges of honor that I can't even remember which one and which one, and a scar of honor," Longins laughed heartily. Pulled the vest on his body to reveal the scar underneath, "It's you guys who didn't take it away, hey, I don't know the difference, it's the Year of the Monkey when we meet again-"

"Oh shut up, Longkins, you're trying to trick us into crying!" Aisha's eyes were red, and she raised her hand to pat him on the sturdy back, "What a nasty old man!" ”

"It's not as good as your high school boyfriend......" Langkins laughed.

So the topic of seriousness ran off again, and the lounge became noisier than before I came in, and we chatted with Longkins for a while, although everyone didn't talk about it, but in fact, it could be seen that everyone was very reluctant to let everyone go away.

But for people like us, the expiration of the service period, the safe departure of the team, and the return of a complete family are probably the most enviable and the best destination, right?

No one wants to live a life of licking the blade of a knife.

Probably.

Except for me.

About an hour later, I tapped Longkins on the shoulder and made an excuse to get out of the break room—and Longkins was about to leave, and I knew he looked a little disappointed in my absence, but I wasn't sure I could have gotten there to see him off myself.

It turns out that I also have something to be afraid of.

When my friend returns to tranquility, will he forget about me? Many years later, when we meet again on the street in the world, they just nod and smile and shake hands to say hello, polite and distant......

I walked a few laps around the barracks to kill time, and as I passed by the indoor training ground, I was unexpectedly stopped by someone - looking back, I was surprised to find that the person who stopped me was a yellow man, and he was a little ghost.

"I'm looking for a guy named Langkins," the kid tilted his head, "have you seen him?" ”

"This is a military forbidden place, idlers are not allowed to enter, how did you get in?" I walked up to the little imp and bent down to find that he wasn't as tall as the base of my thigh, so I had to play with the bottom and ask him, "Longkins is my friend, what are you looking for him?" ”

"I came with Enoch, and he was invited to participate in a study, and I've been here for days, haven't you seen me? Ah yes, Langkins, that's the point – I found his suicide note in the trash. The boy pulled out a dirty envelope without hesitation, "How can such an important thing be thrown in the trash?" ”

I took the envelope and looked at it, it had been opened, crumpled and unfolded, probably something we had written before our mission.

…… With such an unlucky thing, Longkins really did not need to keep him.

"I've seen it." The imp said confidently, "Because I didn't know what it was, and I didn't know if it was useful." ”

Then this little ghost traveled all the way to hand over my friend's suicide note to me.

I think it's kind of funny.

Although I had long expected what would be said on the envelope! But I still patiently shook it away and looked at it—it was not surprising that Longkins's parents, wife and children were relieved to tell him, and just as I was about to fold the letter, I accidentally glanced at the last line—

[To my brother and boss "wolf":

If you could, I really wouldn't want you to see this line for the rest of my life. I dreamed that on the day I retired safely, you would be there to see me off, pat me on the shoulder, and say to me, "See you in a few days."

- Even if the world is so big, people who shouldn't be separated will always be reunited, and people who should meet will always meet. 】

I looked at the letter and realized that I had almost missed something through some stupid speculation.

Carefully folded the dirty "suicide note" and placed it in the pocket that was close to my chest, I knew that I had now rushed to the camp gate to wait for my old friend to see him off—but before that, I resisted the urge and looked down at the little ghost standing in front of me looking up at me......

"What's your name, little ghost?"

"Friggia."

"It's a girl's name."

"A name is just a code name."

I laughed.

"That's right. My name is Hodder, which is a good name for you, but they all call me wolf. ”

"Oh."

"I owe you a favor, and I hope there will be a chance to repay it in the future." I patted the dazed-looking kid on the shoulder, "I hope so." ”

"You don't owe me." Unexpectedly, the kid just winked and said, "I don't want any repayment from you." ”

“……”

What a little imp with a personality.

Hmm, Friggya.

I waved at him and walked away under his gaze.

As my friend Longkins said—

Even if the world is so big, people who shouldn't be separated will always be reunited, and people who should meet will always meet. 166 Reading Network