The elder Kyle is about fifty years old, and the sturdy figure that he once retired from the army has slowly lost shape in his life for more than ten years, but now he still looks like an uncle with a good figure. Although he likes to drink some spirits on weekdays, and when he is drunk, he likes to scold and take the initiative to find trouble in the bar, but in some aspects, such as work and emotion, he is really quite conscious and self-disciplined, just like in the army, which also makes Liszt and other retired guys in the army feel a sense of intimacy.

And now this intimacy has evolved into a kind of sourness in Old Kyle's words, even if Liszt is prepared in his heart, his heart is still slightly throbbing. And he looked up at the familiar repair shop in front of him, but he couldn't help but slowly shake his head, and asked a little bitterly, "Is it really going to be disbanded?" ”

After he was forced to retire from the military court, he came directly to this auto repair shop, and spent nearly a year getting along day and night, and he had already become friends with a group of like-minded guys. Including Old Kyle, a guy who is more than 20 years older than them, although he secretly complains a few words about him on weekdays, he sees him more as a strict superior commander, and they are the few soldiers under Old Kyle.

"Maybe we'll be able to cheer us up, at least this auto repair shop is your brainchild, isn't it?"

Gary's swarthy face was already sweaty, and his nervousness and sourness made his words a little incomplete, but he was still looking at old Kyle in front of him with trembling lips, and his voice was almost pleading: "We may be able to reduce our salary, anyway, we don't even have a girlfriend, and it's useless to ask for such a high salary." ”

"Alright, Gary, this day will come eventually."

Old Kyle pursed his lips slightly, trying to put on a smile, but looking at the heavy faces of everyone in front of him, he couldn't maintain that reluctant smile. Taking a deep breath, he let his uncalm heart gradually settle down, looked at Gary, Liszt and the others, and nodded slowly: "We used to be all soldiers, and now we should go back to the army, and now the American Federation needs us." ”

"Is there going to war? Who are you going to fight this time? ”

A colleague next to him spoke slowly, but directly inserted the subject. As a member of the elite special forces, he still has a keen sense of war, especially considering this crisis of lack of oil resources, he couldn't help but look up at old Kyle and ask: "We, retired soldiers, will be required to return to service?" ”

If they really want to prepare for war, even retired soldiers will ask for military training to be retrained in case of a rainy day to fill the gap in the active force. The employees in this auto repair shop can be said to be all retired soldiers from various units of the United States Army, and several of them have been on the front line in Mexico a few years ago. When they heard the word war, they also raised their heads sensitively, and looked at the colleague who spoke with some surprise, and the old Kyle who was frowning beside him.

"Perhaps, but who knows."

Smiling slightly, old Kyle reluctantly put a smile on his face, he looked at the employees in front of him who had been with him for a long time, and suddenly felt as if something had been lost. This auto repair shop has put almost all his heart and soul into it, and now it is as if he has given up his own children, so that his feelings cannot be brought up. But he still shoved his pipe into his mouth, waved his hand at the others, and said, "Someone from the Veterans Association will find you then." ”

But as he spoke, he looked at everyone in front of him, and his back molars couldn't help but clench slowly. His teeth were gnawing like bones, and he bit the mouth of his pipe, which was slightly marked by the fine pine and silver mouth: "This is a disappointing banquet." Old Kyle couldn't help but scolded softly: "Those gou girls raised them." ”

War will start eventually, but not now. Liszt was quite sure that, according to the chronology known in the previous life, the Soviet Union, which had replaced China, was almost exactly the same in this world as China in the radiation of the previous life. And now that the United States and the Soviet Union have also started energy negotiations, although the two sides have signed some non-aggression and non-war treaties that are not nutritious at all, this kind of thing that is no different from waste paper has maintained a certain effect for several years.

Perhaps because both sides are concerned about each other's strength, there may be some skirmishes or battles between 2060 and 2066, but the world is locked in an eerie silence because of the depleting oil resources, and there are hardly any large-scale wars. And now only the Soviet Union and the United States can cause the so-called large-scale war, because these are the only two superpowers and military powers on the earth today.

The European Union collapsed because of the drying up of oil resources, and even Germany has already colluded with the Soviet Union, almost all of which are undisguised on the surface. The Middle East Coalition Army, which was formed by the invasion of the European Union, has also disintegrated itself with the drying up of oil resources, and has returned to those poor days. As for the still uncivilized place in Africa, there are still warlords and people who are struggling to make a living, compared to the so-called wasteland in later generations, except that there is no radiation and mutated monsters, it is not far behind.

"It shouldn't be that bad, the battlefield in Mexico is already coming to an end."

Shrugging his shoulders slightly, Liszt took the initiative to speak, letting the dull and depressing topic disperse. Looking at the contemplative appearance of old Kyle silently smoking a pipe in front of him, he couldn't help but smile at the colleagues next to him: "North and South America, is there still an invincible opponent of the American Federation?" He paused, then continued to laugh: "Obviously not, let's go to the bar and have a good drink, maybe it's much better than here." ”

"Then I'm in for a treat, no matter how much I drink today, it's mine!"

Liszt's words undoubtedly broke the stiff air, and old Kyle put down the pipe he was biting in his mouth, and his two hands expanded to both sides as if they were exercising, and then looked at the colleagues in front of him, but his face showed the same laughing expression as before: "Look at your appearance, just like a girl!" He hammered the chests of the employees in front of him one by one, still laughing and said, "Let's go, while we still have gasoline in our car!" ”

"This is a parting gift from our regular customer, Stephen." As he spoke, Old Kyle threw the key out of his trouser pocket to Gary, and at the same time pointed to a van not far away with his chin, and said to the black young man who was still red-eyed: "This time, I will replace you to drive, as long as I don't hit the explosion, it's up to you." ”

"Of course, trust my skills, it's like I can drink a dozen of the best cocktails!"

Gary also sorted out his emotions, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, gritted his teeth and tightened the car keys in his hand, and walked towards the van. Liso got into the car and started, roared the throttle and drove directly in front of them, and said loudly to old Kyle: "I remember that miserly guy Stephen, and now he actually gave you this RV, I will never give up and let him know what is called boldness!" ”

"It's up to you." Old Kyle shrugged, as if he felt sorry for Stephen's SUV, but he didn't care and smiled at Gary, "But one thing, remember to send us home safely!" Several people around him burst into laughter, and at the same time entered the familiar rear compartment. But just when Liszt wanted to go up, old Kyle stretched out his hand to hold him and whispered in his ear: "Someone asked me to inform you that the Black Oak Bar in the east of the city will go alone at seven o'clock in the evening." ”

"What?"

Liszt was slightly stunned, but the duration of the two movements did not even exceed a second, and when Old Kyle said this, he had already pulled Liszt behind him and took the lead in the rear compartment. Just when Liszt was a little stunned, he found that old Kyle, who was pretending to be laughing, shook his head slightly at him, and when he came to his mouth, he turned into a helpless tone and said: "Hey, don't do this, let me go first." ”

"Our best auto mechanic, now going to eat dust behind our ass!"

Seeing Liszt's obvious understanding of what he meant, the smile on Old Kyle's face became brighter and brighter. He nodded in satisfaction at Liszt, and at the same time reached out to pull him up in the carriage, and then patted the cab in front of him and shouted, "Gary, you damn slacker, let's get drunk today!" ”

Everyone let out a burst of cheers, but Liszt's smiling appearance suddenly became a little more surprised. He looked at Old Kyle's face as he always talked and laughed freely, and for some reason, that slight remark just now made him feel a little chill in his heart. He thought of the deathclaw leak incident a month ago, and the perverted scientific experiments that he learned about the United States Federation in his previous life, and couldn't help but purse his lips, looking out the window at the city street scene that had been repaired and seemed to be no different from before, but his heart was sudden: "What will be?" ”