Volume 3: The Road of the Strong Chapter 18: Breaking Away from the Rookie
In the days after talking to Liu Wen, Yang Fan's psychological pressure was even greater, he had fantasized about his adoptive mother's life alone in China countless times, but the moment he heard his adoptive mother's voice, he was completely crushed.
He could feel the gap between his adoptive mother, a typical Chinese mother who had broken her heart for her family, and suddenly lost all her spiritual support. From then on, the adoptive mother should live alone in the world like a shell without a soul.
Yang Fan thought that he was most sorry for his adoptive father and sister. Now he understands that only those who survive suffer the most, and he deserves all this by himself, and he deserves it. But the adoptive mother is innocent, but her miserable life is caused by herself.
In this world, many people are not afraid of death, but these people who are not afraid of death often have strong beliefs that support themselves, and what they are really afraid of is that the people and things that support them will be harmed. Yang Fan is this kind of person, what supports him to live is the guilt of his adoptive father and sister, and the concern for his adoptive mother. Liu Wen's situation made Yang Fan miserable, and his spiritual support almost reached her, but the possibility of his sister's survival gave him new hope, so that he could barely support himself to live.
Yang Fan didn't want to think too much about this, he didn't want to fall in the endless struggle and torture. He focused all his energy on making himself stronger, so that he had the ability to take revenge and change his fate, he followed the captain and SK to participate in missions again and again, not afraid of life and death, never stopped.
In November 2014, Yang Fan had been away from home for more than three years. Since he carried out his first mission to join SK in October, in just two months, Yang Fan has followed SK to perform four more missions one after another.
Together, they went to the Columbia Graduation Rainforest to assassinate a drug lord leader, went to Somalia to rescue a kidnapped government official, parachuted into a Syrian war zone to kill a rebel leader, and were hired by Middle Eastern oil tycoons to carry out security work. Every mission is thrilling, but Yang Fan is never afraid. Death was not the most terrible thing for him.
Fighting again and again, participating in death again and again, and testing the rain of bullets again and again, Yang Fan has demonstrated super combat ability and a cool head. While all SK members still call him a newcomer, they may still hate him. But in their hearts, the current "newcomer" is just a code name, and Yang Fan is no longer a "rookie".
After each mission, Yang Fan would go to talk to Thomas. At his suggestion, Yang Fan also found a way to alleviate his mission, and he would personally draw the people who impressed him in each mission, from the mole in Africa, to the drug lord's wife in Colombia, to the child soldier in Somalia, to the female rebel in Syria, to the low-level servant living in the oil kingdom in the Middle East. Yang Fan wants to keep in mind all the people he thinks are worthy of respect, and he hopes to find those who have not yet been extinguished in the cruel war.
In addition to painting, Yang Fan likes racing the most. Whenever he had time, he would ask his brothers to the racetrack, and he loved the feeling of being able to give you your full attention. Just like combat, racing can also make you forget all your worries for a while. The more exciting sport of racing cars is skydiving, but even in such a perfect base as T3, Yang Fan can't skydive at any time. So, in the end, he chose racing.
Zhao Erhu and Han Long will accompany Yang Fan as long as they are not in action. Among those brothers, except for Bruce, who can compete with Yang Fan, the rest are not even qualified to be Yang Fan's opponents.
Rogers refers to October and November as the pre-Thanksgiving rage. During these two months, they carried out four tasks at high intensity. All of the SK team members were exhausted, so Rogers decided not to take any more assignments during the week of Thanksgiving and was ready to give the team a break.
The members of SK were still sitting around their desks in the command room, and everyone was relieved because Rogers had already made it clear before this mission that there would be no more missions for the next week.
Rogers looked around at everyone as usual and said with a smile on his face, "Guys, we did a good job in the end. The Shah's tycoon was satisfied, and he said that we had not only protected his safety, but also eliminated all the forces that threatened his safety. Hehe, in fact, he didn't know, this is the style of our security mission, and we are not bodyguards, of course we chose to take the initiative.
The employer generously took the initiative to increase our commission by 20%. So, each of you could get $3 million. Although this mission is dangerous, it can be regarded as a high risk and reward. ”
After Rogers finished speaking, the male dog was the first to say, "The Shah's people are rich!" I've been a mercenary for so many years, and it's the first time that an employer has taken the initiative to increase the commission. Captain, if we have the chance, let's take on more of this kind of work. I now finally understand why so many mercenaries are vying to do the business of the Shah, saying that the rich people of the Shah are stupid and have a lot of money, and now it seems that this is really the case! ”
The ronin accosted on the sidelines: "No amount of rich Shah can afford your investment in those French chicks!" I said male dog, I heard that you recently got involved with a beauty pageant lady in Iran. Hey, Shah and Iran are bitter enemies, but you use the money earned by Shah to spend on Iranian beauty pageants. I think we can award you a World Peace Prize. ”
When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter.
The scalpel continued: "Captain, you said before the mission that we can rest for a while this time. I don't have any tasks scheduled in the near future, and I want to take a break. ”
Rogers is well aware that the intensity and frequency of the mission leaves all personnel in a constant state of tension and exhaustion. After all, a mercenary is not a soldier, and everyone risking their lives to make money will be in danger to enjoy life, including himself.
Rogers motioned for everyone to be quiet, then smiled and said, "We won't be taking any more tasks during Thanksgiving, I've already told T3's management, everyone have a good rest during this time." After Thanksgiving, we may be moving on to high-density mission mode again! ”
The male dog stretched his waist, relaxed his body fiercely, as if he had received amnesty, put his hands behind his head, put on a relaxed and enjoyable posture, and said lazily: "Let's talk about the future later, we mercenaries, we can live well today!" ”
Goat asked, "Captain, can we stay 'stealth' this week?" ”
Rogers looked down and pondered for a moment, then said, "It's better not to!" Let's stay 'on standby'. As far as I know, there may be a mission on the Mexican side, the kind of 'must-have' that T3 requires.
As you all know, we are able to have legal status because of this kind of mission. In the face of such a task, even we, SK, have no right to refuse. However, you can rest assured that I will not bother you until absolutely necessary! ”
The people at SK are well aware that the "must-have" tasks that the captain refers to are those that are relevant to governments but they are reluctant to do so. The SK squad must carry out such tasks on a regular basis, which is a bargaining chip for T3 to negotiate with the United Nations and governments. It is also because T3 often perform this kind of task that it is possible for them to obtain a legal identity.
"Stealth" is to cut off all contact during the rest period and disappear completely. And Rogers said "standby" status, which means that everyone cannot leave California, and must rush back to the base within 2 hours after receiving orders.
Everyone also expressed their understanding, after all, everyone wants to be able to live the life they want when they retire, and in addition to money, legal status is also necessary. That's why T3, or SK, is so sought after by so many mercenaries, but only if you survive until retirement.
"Alright, that's it! Hurry up and enjoy your vacation! Rogers said.
Everyone stood up and left the command room one after another, regardless of whether they had families and loved ones, everyone also cherished the rare rest time. For mercenaries, having fun in time is the essence of life.
Yang Fan also stood up and wanted to leave, but was kept by Rogers. Yang Fan hardly questioned Rogers' orders, and after everyone left, he walked to the position closest to Rogers and sat down.
Rogers didn't rush to speak, but took out a cigar from his jacket pocket, lit it, took a deep breath, enjoyed the pleasure of tobacco, closed his eyes, and looked very intoxicated.
This is the first time Yang Fan has seen Rogers so relaxed, and his impression of Rogers is serious with a little kindness, trustworthy, and makes people feel very secure. He didn't know that Rogers actually smoked too.
Yang Fan moved his body and asked, "Captain, I didn't even know that you still have the habit of smoking again." ”
Rogers looked at Yang Fan and said with a smile: "Didn't Thomas tell you?" Mercenaries need to have their own hobbies so that they don't get completely caught up in the world of war. Just as you love to draw and race cars, cigars are my hobby. However, I only smoke cigars when I'm off, and definitely not during missions! ”
Rogers leaned forward, propped his elbows on the desk, and said, "Yang Fan, I left you because I have something to say to you." After almost two months of getting along, I got to know you better. Your mind is active and you have an extremely accurate control of people's psychology, which is your advantage. Add to that your mid- to long-range precision shooting, which is second to none even in SK, and you're now a very good fighter. The players are also starting to recognize you gradually, and I believe you can feel it too. ”
Hearing what Rogers said, Yang Fan suddenly had some doubts. Generally speaking, in Huaxia, if a leader wants to tell you this, it is usually a sugar-coated cannonball before attacking you, but Yang Fansi didn't feel that he had done anything wrong after thinking about it.
Rogers continued: "Yang Fan, in fact, you also saw it. The international landscape has been very chaotic lately, and of course some of this has been deliberately created by organizations that make their living from the arms and mercenary business. We are mercenaries, so we must be neutral about these.
SK is NO.1 in the mercenary world, but after all, there are only a limited number of them. The management of T3 intends to set up another Group B on the basis of the current SK Squad, so that T3 will have 2 SS-class Squads! You've probably heard of it, too! ”