On the plane back to the base, several people gave a briefing on their respective missions.

Irina's kidnapping was an accident during the mission. However, it was precisely because of this accident that the destruction of the genetic weapons manufacturing base was accelerated. Before, Yang Fan may still be hesitating, Rogers kidnapped Irina just to help him make up his mind.

The only regret is that Rogers and X escaped.

Fortunately, the base and all genetic samples were destroyed, and the genetic weapons project was officially declared a failure, and it was impossible to pose any threat to anyone for at least a decade.

After getting off the plane, Irina recovered a lot. Yang Fan took Irina, Natalie, Ali, Han Long, and Zhao Erhu straight to Thomas's house. They still have important things to do.

Kevin and the others take Daniel back to the base for interrogation.

Yang Fan helped Irina to the door of Thomas's house, and Evan hurriedly greeted him, and he had been staying here for the past two days.

"Boss, you're back!"

Yang Fan nodded and asked, "How is the situation inside?" ”

"Little Nine...... Hey, Xiao Jiu has been guarding Thomas's corpse, and he has shown great aggression. Our people can't get close, so they can only stay here!

In the past three days, Xiao Jiu has not eaten anything. Just stay with Thomas...... We had to find a way to make sure that Thoma's body didn't decompose. ”

"Godfather, little nine......"

Irina muttered twice and was about to rush in, but Yang Fan grabbed Irina, grabbed her shoulder, and said, "Irina, you are still very weak. In case Xiao Jiu ...... I'll go for it. ”

"Nope! Xiao Jiu won't attack me, absolutely not......"

"I know, it's not going to attack me either! You're still weak, let me in, and we'll take them home. ”

"yes, Irina, let's let the boss go." Evan was also on the side to persuade him.

Irina wiped tears from her face and nodded.

Yang Fan handed Irina to Natalie behind him, and then walked into Thomas's house with Evan .

In the living room, T3's people are around. The entire living room has been ruined, especially around the bar. All the decorations and cups and plates were shattered, the floor and bar were littered with debris and bullet holes, and there were many traces of explosions and burns in the living room.

I thought of the first time I was here, and I was a guest with Anna, Irina, and the brothers from Group B. Think back to the time when everyone sat around the living room, drinking coffee and listening to Thomas talk about his previous experiences. Yang Fan's heart was full of anger and shame.

Thomas is innocent, he just wants to live a peaceful retirement life alone. Unexpectedly, the only person in T3 who successfully escaped the life of mercenaries died at the hands of a group of mercenaries.

Yang Fan originally thought that it was a good thing for Rogers to escape, because he really couldn't bear to hear the news that he had been killed. But seeing all this, Yang Fan once again made up his mind to find Rogers and make him pay for it all.

The two barks of the dog pulled Yang Fan back to reality from his imagination.

He saw Xiao Jiu standing on the right side of the bar, vigilantly watching the movement outside, and making a posture that he was about to attack at any time. It bared its teeth, let out a low roar in its throat, and its front paws, bloody, scratched a clear paw print on the marble floor.

Yang Fan has never trained Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu, and Anna is the same. The moment the two of them received Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu from the base, they decided to let these two little guys spend the past ten years happily, and they would not force them to learn any so-called skills, but the guardian may be the nature and instinct of dogs.

At this moment, Xiao Jiu was full of aggression, and seemed to fight for his life to protect Xiao Qi and Thomas.

Yang Fan slowly walked in front of Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu didn't really attack Yang Fan, but he didn't let his guard down either. It was observing Yang Fan, still letting out a low roar.

Yang Fan knew that Xiao Jiu was also stimulated so he didn't recognize himself, he spread out his hands, squatted beside Xiao Jiu, and said softly: "Xiao Jiu, it's me." Don't be afraid, it's okay...... Do you remember? Anna and I will take you and ...... from the military base."

Yang Fan glanced at Xiao Qi's corpse next to him, tears welled up in his eyes, he had always regarded Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu as his relatives. Seeing the two dark red blood stains on Xiao Qi's body, Yang Fan's feeling was no different from losing a brother who had followed him for many years.

He wiped away his tears and continued, "Anna and I brought you and Xiao Qi back from the military base, when the two of you didn't meet the standards of the army. You are the ninth, and Little Seven is the seventh, so Anna and I named you Little Seven and Little Nine. Then, you follow us back to base T3.

Since Anna and I go out a lot, you're always with different people. Sometimes you follow me, sometimes you follow Anna, and more often you follow Irina and Thomas. Now, Anna is gone, Thomas is gone, and Xiaoqi is gone......

I know, I know you must think that all humans are evil right now! But, Xiao Jiu, I rescued Irina back, do you remember her? Xiao Qi ...... just to save her."

Yang Fan wasn't sure if he could understand what he said, but he believed in Xiao Jiu, just like he believed in every brother around him. He simply sat on the ground and didn't say anything, just looked at Xiao Jiu.

After about a minute, Xiao Jiu began to gradually relax his vigilance, and it no longer bared its teeth at Yang Fan, but stuck out its tongue and licked its chapped lips. It no longer maintained a fighting stance, and slowly relaxed and sat down on the ground.

Yang Fan wiped his tears, showed a satisfied smile, opened his arms and said to Xiao Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, I am Yang Fan." ”

Xiao Jiu also stood up and slowly walked to Yang Fan's side, and Yang Fan hugged Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu let out a few low cries in Yang Fan's arms, which he had never heard before, and Yang Fan's tears couldn't stop flowing.

He felt that he was a failure, he was determined to be a man who stood up to the sky, but he was not able to protect his family, and he became the first mercenary but could not protect his lover. Now, I can't even protect my own dog.

"Little Jiu!" Irina also walked in and stood behind Yang Fan.

Xiao Jiu raised his head after hearing Irina's shout, and Yang Fan let go of Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu walked towards Irina, and Irina sat on the ground and held Xiao Jiu in her arms.

Yang Fan stood up and looked at Xiao Qi's body, and then looked at Thomas next to him. Thomas was shot in the chest, the blood had solidified black, the blood on the ground had also solidified, and he lay quietly in a pool of blood, peaceful and lonely.

Yang Fan knelt on the ground and cried bitterly at Thomas's corpse: "Master, I'm sorry! I was wrong. I'm sorry I hurt you, I'm sorry ......"

Yang Fan felt that he was really ashamed of Thomas, who could have enjoyed a quiet retirement. If it weren't for him, Thomas wouldn't have had anything to do with Group B, and Rogers' men wouldn't have killed Thomas for trying to capture Irina.

Thomas is a miracle in the mercenary world, he is the only person in T3 who can retreat from the battlefield in his entirety, the idol of everyone in Group B, the idol of Yang Fan, and his mentor.

Thomas did not forget a word that Yang Fan said, he always did what Thomas said, and always believed that mercenary affairs were just a way of life that he could not choose to achieve his goals, and it was by no means life itself.

It is precisely because of Thomas's inspiration that Yang Fan set a standard of "good guy" and "bad guy" in his heart, so that he would not fall into the pleasure or guilt of killing.

However, such a good man was inexplicably implicated by himself, and suffered this misfortune when he could have enjoyed his old age in peace.

Yang Fan picked up Xiao Qi's body and knelt in front of Thomas's body for half an hour, and no one stepped forward to disturb him.

Finally, Irina came to Yang Fan's side, looked at Thomas's corpse, and said softly, "Yang Fan." Actually, there is something for me to tell you before my godfather dies. ”

Yang Fan turned his head to look at Irina, who was also blurred with teary eyes.

Irina lowered her head, stroked Xiao Jiu, and whispered, "Godfather said that he already knew who the 'butcher knife' was. ”

"What did you say?!"

Hearing Irina's words, Yang Fan's body shook. He once asked Thomas about this. And Thomas's reply is that he doesn't know who the butcher knife is, how could it be ...... He didn't dare to believe that Mars had lied to him.

Irina seemed to have already guessed Yang Fan's reaction, she just talked softly, and continued: "Butcher Knife, that's the code name he gave to the harvester when he trained Rogers and the harvester.

Harvester once killed more than 200 civilians with his own hands during a mission, and Godfather thought he was like a butcher's knife, so both Godfather and Rogers called him 'Butcher's Knife' during the training camp, which also reminded him not to do it again. After the training, the code name was never mentioned again. If there is, it must be Rogers and the male dogs.

When you mentioned 'Butcher's Knife', Godfather guessed that Group A might be the mysterious team we were tracking. But he didn't ...... when he took care of the friendship between them. He asked me to apologize to you and hope to get your forgiveness. ”

Yang Fan nodded silently, his mood at the moment was very complicated.

He didn't actually blame Thomas, for the sake of his brothers, for the sake of his students, he did all this right. However, if Thomas had told him at that time, perhaps...... Anna will not die in vain. This is something that Yang Fan can't let go.

Yang Fan felt that all this was fate, an irresistible fate.

"And ......"

Irina continued: "Godfather said. Let's not feel guilty, he lived alone for 8 years after leaving T3. It was only after getting to know us that he really felt happy. So, it was he who wanted to thank us, and the happiness of this time with me was enough. ”

After Irina finished speaking, she stroked Thomas's face and silently shed tears.

At this time, Evan came to Yang Fan's side and said softly, "Boss, Thomas and Xiao Qi's bodies have been left for three days. I'm afraid if I don't bury it again...... I have prepared a cemetery nearby. It's not as good as ......."

"yes, Boss. Let's try to bury Thomas and Xiaoqi as much as possible. Natalie walked over with Xiao Jiu in tow.

Yang Fan nodded, Thomas's body was already showing signs of decay, and he really couldn't continue to let it go like this.

Death is the moment that everyone will eventually face, and mercenaries are far stronger than ordinary people in the face of death. It's not because they're cold-blooded, it's that they're better prepared than ordinary people.

Yang Fan walked out with Xiao Qi's body in his arms, looking at the faithful partner in his arms, thinking of the time they had played, trained and lived together, thinking of the time he had introduced Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu to Yang Yan as a family member, and thinking of Anna......

Yang Fan only hopes that the legend is true at the moment: the dog will be reincarnated as a human in the next life. If that's the case, Yang Fan hopes to encounter it again.

He suddenly sounded Jin Yongzhong's words: This good meeting, the excitement is not shallow, he meets the rivers and lakes every day, and then he is a glass of wine.

He also hopes that he can still have the opportunity to reunite with this good brother in his arms. What is even more sad than Yang Fan is Xiao Jiu, who grew up with Xiao Qi and has been living together for the past few years.

Xiao Qi left, leaving the lonely Xiao Jiu, and since then there has been no such companion as a shadow.

Come to think of it, its pain is not something that any human being can experience.

Evancho's grave is not far from Thomas's home. Along the way, Xiao Jiu has been following Yang Fan's side, and he has always looked up at Xiao Qi's corpse, accompanying his brother to complete this last journey.

Thomas didn't have any relatives, and he encountered this special thing, so Evan didn't hold a funeral, and buried him and Xiaoqi as soon as possible under the auspices of the priest.

Yang Fan and Irina should be regarded as Thomas's closest people, and they have been with Thomas in his last moments.

The tombstone is erected, Thomas is not alone, at least Xiao Qi can always be by his side.

When Irina cried for a long time, she stood up and said to Evan, "Evan, godfather's family, and I still trouble you-"

"Don't worry. I will redecorate as soon as possible and try to make sure everything inside is restored to its original state. The key is handed over to you and Yang Fan, and you can come back at any time. ”

"Thank you." Irina nodded slightly.