In today's world, if we say which country has the strongest combat effectiveness, I am afraid that many people will have different opinions, whether it is the United States, or China, or the former Soviet Union.

However, if there is a country with the highest quality soldiers, many people will probably choose Israel.

Known for their rigorous training, efficiency, resourcefulness and lethality, Israel's soldiers have long been at war and have produced some of the world's most rigorously trained and lethal combatants, making them real war machines.

These retired soldiers are often sought-after by foreign governments, private companies, and wealthy people, and their ruthlessness, loyalty and reliability have made Israeli ex-servicemen a hot spot in the global mercenary market.

However, mercenaries are in the minority, and most Israeli soldiers, after retiring from the army, are not allowed to do menial jobs other than killing, or car mechanics or fast-food waiters, who receive a humble salary of several hundred new shekels a day to support their families.

Jerusalem.

Jewish Ghetto.

After a day of working life, von Kármán walked home tiredly.

Carmen, with his jet-black hair, high forehead, hooked nose, and standard Akhenash Jewish look, walked through the Baroque neighborhood when he stopped in front of a cake shop just as he was about to enter his home.

He frowned, looking at the snow-white cream and dazzling array of pastries in the window, and his expression was a little hesitant.

Today is the birthday of his son Jacob.

Carmen subconsciously touched his pocket, which contained today's daily salary, a total of two hundred and thirty-two new shekels—a figure he had memorized while receiving his salary.

Because, this salary represents the expenses of the whole family tomorrow.

Carmen, however, gritted her teeth at the thought of her son's angelically pure eyes, and at last walked into the cake shop, carefully observing the color and freshness of each cake, and finally reaching out to the smallest piece in the corner under the impatient gaze of the clerk.

"That's it, please write the words 'Happy Birthday Jacob' on it, thank you."

Soon, the cake was delicately wrapped, Carmen took it, licked her lips, tried not to look so embarrassed, and took out a fifty new shekel from her pocket.

It wasn't until he walked home that Carmen's face showed a relaxed smile, and he called his son's name, and suddenly, a little boy with black hair and black eyes burst out of the dilapidated inner room and threw himself into Carmen's arms.

"Hahahaha!" Carmen crouched down, put one hand around her son, and lifted the cake with the other, "My angel, look what this is?" ”

"Oh, thank God, thank you Dad!"

The little boy was suddenly surprised, took the cake and quickly ran towards the back room.

It wasn't until her son's back disappeared into the house that Carmen looked at his wife, who was silently looking at her.

"Honey, you shouldn't have pampered him so much." There was blame in his wife's eyes, but there was a tenderness that could not be dissolved.

"It's okay, I'll make more money tomorrow." Carmen smiled and walked up to his wife and kissed her, then took out all her salary and stuffed it into the other's hands, comforting, "I just lack a chance." ”

"Of course." The wife's expression was a little haggard, obviously the wind chill a while ago had not fully recovered, and she took out a palm-sized package from the windowsill as she spoke, "Someone sent a package today, and the recipient on it is you." ”

"It's me?" Carmen inexplicably took the package and looked at the receipt on it, but it only said the address of her home and the name of the person who signed it.

"Why didn't it open?"

"It's for you." The wife shook her head and glanced at the food in the kitchen, "Okay, let's leave the rest of the matter aside and get ready for dinner." With that, she brought the only dish to the table before shouting into the back room, "Jacob, don't eat cake yet, it's time for dinner." ”

"Oh......" Despite his reluctance, Jacob obediently came out of the back room, washed his hands, and sat down in his place.

Touching her son's shaggy hair, Carmen and his wife also took their place, and the three of them did not immediately move to eat, but clasped their hands together, closed their eyes and whispered:

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, who led us through the day in peace and security, and forgive the Lord for what was wrong with what you said and what was wrong."

"We will rest at your feet, and ask our Lord to dispel the terrors of the night for us, that we may sleep peacefully in your watch."

"You will send angels and camp around us, and once again we give you thanks and praise, may the Lord be pleased."

"Pray in the name of the Lord, Amen!"

Judaism, unlike Christianity today, never proselytized, did not recognize Jesus and original sin, and believed that God was purely spiritual and did not want to accept God as tangible.

After some vespers, the three of them picked up the dishes, but before they had eaten, a church chant rang off from Carmen.

Making an apologetic look at his wife, Carmen took out the phone and glanced at it, but was stunned for a moment, because the phone was blank on the call.

"Is there something wrong with your phone?" Carmen shook her head, simply got up, walked outside the door and answered the phone.

"Hello, Mr. von Kármán, former commander of the Lone Wolf Special Forces in Israel, we are Scourge International Technical Services, may I ask if you have received the package?"

It's just that as soon as it was connected, there was a little girl's voice on the other side, the voice was sweet, but there was no emotion, as if a machine was reading a large paragraph of text.

"Who are you?"

Carmen's straightforward conversation without any prelude suddenly made Carmen a little wary, and he immediately said, "I'm sorry, I've been washing my hands for a long time, and if you come to let me act as a mercenary, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed." ”

"Mr. Carmen, please don't say no right away, you can open the package first, and then we will talk."

"I'm going to hang up, there's no commander here, and there's no von Kármán." Carmen frowned, "I'll send the package back, please don't bother me again." ”

"Please wait a minute." The little girl's voice continued, "There is no reason to take back what we sent, you now have one minute to open the package, which will be related to your safety and that of your family." ”

"What did you say?" Carmen's heart tightened when he heard this, family will always be the weakness in his heart, "Shit, who are you!" ”

"We are a natural disaster international technical services company, and we are now recruiting top mercenaries from all over the world, and we are honored that you have successfully included one of our recruitment goals with your brilliant record and superb tactical concept."

"Damn honor!" Carmen cursed, "How did you get my information sealed in classified government documents?" ”

"This question is not within our reach, and you have thirty seconds to open the package."

"That's enough, I'll open it!" Carmen clutched the phone, immediately returned to the room to pick up the package, and then rushed out again under the puzzled eyes of his wife and son, walked to a place where the two could not see and tore open the carton of the package, and suddenly, a silver-white Israeli central bank card and a ticket to India tomorrow appeared in front of his eyes.

"Central Bank Platinum Card?"

Carmen breathed for a moment and couldn't help but ask again, "What does this mean?" ”

"Rest assured, this card is entirely based on your ID card." The little girl's voice was like a demon, "In order to show our sincerity, we took the initiative to apply for this account for you, and now there are 420,000 new shekels in the card, which is our employment money this time, as long as you accept the employment, not only this money is yours, but every month after that, you can get a monthly salary of 140,000 shekels." ”

"140,000!"

Carmen took a deep breath and showed hesitation, although reason told him that he should hang up the damn phone immediately, but listening to the heavenly numbers inside, he suddenly realized that he was hesitating!

That's right, in the face of such a huge amount of money, he is indeed tempted......

With his current job, he can only get two or three hundred new shekels every day for a busy day, which is only a hundred dollars when converted into US dollars, which is a drop in the bucket in Israel and Jerusalem.

Seeing that his son was about to go to school and that his wife could not pay the high medical bills, he regretted his time in the army, but time will not come back, and now he is forced by life to get a stable job to support his family.

Carmen lowered his head and looked at his calloused hands, he had almost nothing to do except fight, many of his former comrades-in-arms had already gone to other places, but he could only watch, watching each other's bloody battles, watching each other side by side to death......

Perhaps, only the old profession is the most suitable for yourself? He was destined to be active on the battlefield......

However, when he thought of his wife and children, his gaze, which had just been a little hot, cooled down again.

No, I can't go back, and if I do, then who will take care of my wife and children?

"Don't worry, Mr. Carmen." However, as if sensing Carmen's hesitation, the little girl continued to bewitch.

"If you're worried about your family, I don't think it's necessary, because when we sign the contract, we will open a local bank account for you again, and there will be a million dollars in it, and if you are disabled or even killed in war as a result of your service in our company, this account will be effective immediately, and your family will get a full million dollars in settling-in payment."

"Of course, if you retire honorably after five years of service with our company, you can also receive this pension, you need no doubt about that."

"Even, if you don't mind, our company can also take your wife and children to the company's living quarters specially opened for employees like you, so you have plenty of time to spend with your family, and even provide your family with shelter and protection for free, so that you don't have any worries."

Carmen smiled bitterly, the other party seemed to know exactly what he was thinking, from the beginning, his every move was in the other party's control, and the other party could even cross over to him with his hands and eyes, directly use his identity to open a bank account, and even vaguely use his family as a bargaining chip, from this point of view, he has no choice at all......

In this game, from the very beginning, he has lost everything.

"Do I have any other choice?" Carmen smiled wryly.

"Looks like you've made your choice." The damn voice didn't intend to take care of Carmen's mood at all, but said to himself, "Please rest assured, from now on, you are an employee of our company, your family will be completely protected by us, and we have already completed the visa for you, tomorrow morning, you can go directly to the entry and exit to apply for a visa, and then take the flight we provide you, and the rest will be discussed in detail when we meet." ”

Carmen was completely speechless.

"Alright, that's all for the topic, I hope I didn't disturb you and your family's dinner, and I wish you a good night tonight!"