Chapter 557: Squad
Wang Hu was obviously not interrupted by this sudden episode. He demonstratively pulled up the left leg of the young man in front of him, lifted it up, grabbed the opponent's ankle hard, and put the soles of his feet on the table, so that the young man showed a strange angle of standing on one leg and his body tilting sharply. This stance is undoubtedly extremely abnormal, and there is no benefit other than tearing the body and the crotch between the legs and the crotch hard. Of course, for Wang Hu, it must be useful. That is, the young man's back door is expanded to the limit without the slightest hindrance.
Wang Hu didn't stop moving, reached out and grabbed his coat from the chair next to him, took out a cigarette and a lighter, stared at Su Hao with a fierce and fierce gaze, took out a cigarette and threw Su Hao, lit one for himself, and took a heavy puff. Suddenly, a spicy, foul-smelling smoke quickly filled the room.
"You are the guy that Young Master Tianyu has taken a fancy to?"
Wang Hu smoked his cigarette fiercely, staring at Su Hao deadly, and his voice was rough, like a thunderstorm roaring: "Konoha Town is not a tourist resort. Anyone who wants to come here had better be self-aware. There are often dead people here, and there are no beautiful women. If you want to get rich, it's best to find another way. Of course, if you feel you have what it takes to do the job, you can stay. ”
Su Hao looked at Wang Hu calmly, slowly stuffed the cigarette into his lips, and lit the lighter.
Tobacco is of inferior quality and has a pungent choking smell. However, it was precisely because of these opening remarks that Su Hao's first impression of Wang Hu changed greatly. Although this reckless man seems to be a **** madman and a hungry ghost, he is not a bad person if he can say such things. At least, much better than the real villains in Redstone.
"I also have a job to hunt dark creatures."
Su Hao flipped open his robe, revealing the Dark Hunter badge pinned inside. He spoke in a cold and calm tone, and there was no expression.
"Excellent! I just need guys like you. ”
Wang Hu smirked, took a cigarette in his mouth, grabbed the fat flesh of the young man's buttocks with both hands, and jerked forward, and the poor fellow's eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth let out a sharp scream.
The sound was too loud, and Su Hao only felt like a bombshell had exploded in his ears. He noticed that the young man of **** did not show a painful expression on his face, but still enjoyed it a little. As for the kind of screaming that is miserable, it's really hard to judge whether it is the most refreshing vent? Or a humiliating plea for help?
"Don't look at Lao Tzu with that kind of alternative eye!"
Wang Hu's movements were fierce and tyrannical, and he shouted at Su Hao: "I'm not the pervert you imagined, Jacob has been following me for a long time." I wouldn't mind having more of a friend like you, if you wanted. It's really ****** cold weather, and it will feel hot when you play more. ”
Su Hao shuddered suddenly, and before he could answer, Jacob, the young man who was pressed on the table, suddenly turned his head and glared at Wang Hu angrily, and quickly turned around and stared at Su Hao fiercely. That fierce and cold expression is like a wild cat that sees a rotting dead rat and is being robbed of food by other kinds.
"Smack--"
A loud slap sounded in his ear, and a clear red palm print appeared on Jacob's face, and the room was once again filled with Wang Hu's ferocious roar.
"What do you see? Who is it about you? Correct your posture, and then move Lao Tzu to stab you to death with a stick! ”
Su Hao couldn't stay even for a second, and hurriedly put the employment certificate on the table, almost running out of the room.
……
The dormitory of the 22nd squad is located south of the military district of Konoha Town. As a new team member who had just arrived here, Su Hao walked into the room under the guidance of the guards.
It's a big duplex building. The architectural style is rugged, and the materials are mostly logs and rocks. There are a lot of these things in the nearby mountains, and they don't cost money, the only thing you need is strength.
It's not so much a dormitory as a warehouse with a battlefield style. As soon as he walked into the hall on the first floor, Su Hao saw dozens of neatly stacked military supply boxes piled up in the corner. There are many pylons nailed to the walls, filled with all kinds of different styles of guns and knives. However, most of these weapons are unusable repairs, or simply broken parts recovered from the battlefield. Their function is merely decorative and if you really want to restore it in good condition, it will cost at least a lot of money.
There were four men in the hall, two sitting in the corner of the ammunition box chatting, one sitting behind the workbench busy with something, and one busy wiping machine gun parts. Seeing Su Hao come in, everyone's eyes fell on him, some curious, some cold and calm, and some faintly vigilant.
"I'm a new member of Team 22, and I just came here to report today."
Su Hao raised the mercenary in his hand to prove that people's eyes also changed, and the element of vigilance was eliminated a lot, but the indifference was obvious.
The dark-skinned middle-aged man put down the heavy machine gun that had been disassembled in his hand, stood up and walked over, wiped the oil on his hands with a rag, and then stretched out in front of Su Hao, smiling, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth: "Welcome to the twenty-second squad, I'm Kenson." ”
While shaking hands, Kenson turned sideways and pointed to the other people in the room and introduced, "This is Reilly, and over there is He Dong, and Vimore." It was already said above that you would come, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. ”
Not everyone was as enthusiastic as Kenson, except for He Dong, who expressed an almost reciprocal greeting, the other two just nodded and said hello casually.
This is not actually cold, but just the normal behavior of a mercenary. After all, people here are paid to do things, and maybe something bad will happen to the next mission. Including Kenson, all four of them are second-order evolutionary physiques. The wilderness is full of unknowable variables. Su Hao's appearance is too handsome, and it is difficult for people to believe that he has any strong strength. What's more, he is a newcomer who has just joined after all, and it takes a long time to go from strangeness to familiarity and then to trust, and it also needs to run in with each other repeatedly. Only a fool would believe the superficial enthusiasm. It's just that as captain, Kenson certainly has responsibility in this regard.
There is a lot of space in the small building, and Su Hao's room is arranged in Room No. 3, just opposite He Dong.
After settling down, Su Hao walked downstairs and looked at Reilly, the team member who was busy sitting at the workbench, with interest.
Reilly is over thirty years old, which is about the average age of all members of the team. Otherwise, very few people would be able to become second-order evolutionary beings in their natural state.
"Huh! You're much younger than I thought. ”
Reilly raised his head and smiled at Su Hao: "I originally thought that this time I would be worthy of a seasoned guy for us, but I didn't expect you to be so tender." How about it, when you went to the mayor's office to report, that guy Wang Hu didn't freak you out, right? ”
As soon as the words came out, everyone in the room burst into laughter.
It can be seen that Reilly despises Su Hao quite a lot, and he is also very disappointed in the newcomer who is rationed this time.
Young means inexperienced. Combat effectiveness is not only a matter of personal ability, but more importantly, whether or not there is actual experience in war. Many rookie mercenaries are like this, they only think of a generous commission, but they never think that this is a good treatment that must be exchanged for their heads. Such people often die in battle the first time they enter the war, and they cannot even bring back their bodies.
Su Hao also smiled.
He saw the ridicule in the eyes of others, even Kenson, who was the captain. Su Hao didn't want to argue about anything, just took out a bullet from his jacket pocket, put it on the workbench, and said seriously: "I don't have much ammunition, can you help me make some bullets for my son?" ”
Reilly casually glanced at the bullet that Su Hao took out, his eyes suddenly became hot, and he couldn't move it away.
It was in Redstone City, and Su Hao had ordered ammunition from Luke Sr.
The projectile body is very long, far exceeding the normal specifications. This also means strong lethality and stability of the projectile.
"Hell! This is a sniper warhead for the Dark World's high-level killers. ”
Reilly suddenly lifted the goggles on his left eye, grabbed the bullet, and looked at it closely, exclaiming in admiration: "Where did you get this kind of thing?" This kind of bullet is very expensive, and it is simply a money-burning commodity to use. ”
"It's a little expensive, but it's very practical."
Su Hao said seriously: "As long as you can kill the dark mongrel, no matter how expensive it is, it is worth it." ”
This sentence completely changed the opinion of the other members of the twenty-second team about Su Hao.
Few people are willing to invest a lot of money in equipment. Although it is well known that quality equipment is the key to battlefield survival, few mercenaries are willing to pay for it. Although the lethality of the standard nine-millimeter warhead is good, and it can also cause damage to medium- and low-level dark creatures, but the actual use is far from being as simple as imagined.
Dark creatures are divided into different races and have a lot of special skills. Standard warheads do limited damage to them, especially dark creatures above the intermediate level, and even if they hit the vital point, they still have the possibility of being cured. What's even more terrifying is that the dark creatures suppress their sense of pain far more than humans. Humans would be incapacitated in pain from being shot in the same part, but the dark creatures have no scruples about this. For them, only severe injuries with broken limbs can lead to limited mobility. The only way to actually kill them is to hit the vital point.
Because of this, special warheads appeared. Like the elongated warhead that Su Hao took out, Reilly himself has processed a few. Not to mention the troublesome process, just the materials needed are not something that can be sent by a few copper plates. Of course, the power of this warhead is also very obvious, it has a strong lethality, and can kill in one hit at a critical time.
He Dong and Vimore walked over and saw the Dark Hunter badge that Su Hao was wearing on the inside of his clothes.
"You're a three-star hunter?"
"Oh! That's the teammate we really need, a veteran, not a newbie who doesn't know anything. ”
Only when you truly show your strength will you gain respect. Su Hao understands this truth very well. Of course, many things must be constantly discovered by the other party to have the desired effect, and if you open your mouth and say it casually, it will only be regarded as a show, and it will not have the effect it has now.
Kenson also gathered around, he looked at the bullet in Reilly's hand, and his smile became sincere: "Our routine for this month should be completed on time." At least for now, it shouldn't be too difficult. ”
Su Hao turned around and asked incomprehensibly, "Routine task?" ”
"Each person pays a hundred white spars per month, or one yellow spar."
He Dong interjected and explained: "This is equivalent to the cost of hiring us, and it is also the premise that we get a guaranteed employment payment every month. Of course, the harvest beyond this number is completely your own. The guaranteed mercenary is for everyone in the town, and if you want this money, you have to go out and hunt dark creatures. Of course, there is also the option to stay in town. It is not possible for everyone to be a warrior here, and there is also a need to run other industries. Hehe! All in all, we can't eat bread and dried meat every day, we also like fresh vegetables and broths, it's better if we have wine, and it's better to have a woman to warm the bed. Our employers can't do all of this. Konoha is very free, and you can choose to stay here forever, or you can choose to leave when you make enough money. The premise is that you have not breached the contract, and Young Master Tianyu is willing to do so. ”
Vimore stroked his chin and looked at Su Hao with interest: "Last week, that is, the day poor Raul just died, a task with a high bonus was posted. We've always wanted to try it, but we're running out of manpower. If you want, we can get ready today and go tomorrow. ”
Su Hao asked, "What task?" ”
Captain Kenson's expression became calm and stern: "Hunt werewolves, their fur is very valuable." ”
……
As soon as the sky dawned, the twenty-second team had already left Konoha Town and walked towards the vast wilderness covered in heavy snow.
Walking, just a vague conceptual word. Hunting werewolves is not an easy task and needs to be supplemented by adequate logistics. The wilderness is so large that even the most veteran mercenaries only know the areas frequented by dark creatures, but they don't know exactly when they appear. Most of these places are far from human settlements, and most of them are remote, inaccessible, and there are no roads.
Of course, there are also several triangular frames marked with bright red imprints on the map. That means that the area is a stronghold of dark creatures, just like Konoha Town, where humans settled. Dark creatures are not fools, they also have intelligence, and they are not inferior to humans in terms of making weapons and setting up defenses, and there are even many special means that humans cannot guard against. Antagonism and hostility can never be eliminated, and the creatures of darkness have a fixed custom of hunting humans in the wilderness. But to truly attack a well-defended settlement, you have to rely on the armies of each of the two races. After all, whether dark creatures or humans, mercenaries, hunters, and killers will always be in the position of stragglers. At best, they can only have a harassing effect, and the highest rank of them is no more than "soldiers". Only when you really reach the stage of "general" can you be qualified to become a decisive force in battle, and then break the balance of power in your area.
Two huge sleds carry mercenaries, as well as various supplies.
In the winter in Konoha Town, it is a very practical means of transportation. The mercenaries' staple food was mostly bread and frozen meat. It is the practice of chopping the meat pieces in advance, adding various condiments to boil it into a thick broth, dividing it into small portions and putting it in a military pot, and putting it outside the house in advance to freeze it cold. Every time they went out, the mercenaries would bring with them a few soup pots full of meat jelly. It only needs to be heated and boiled on the fire, and it is a very good meal.
The bread also needs to be baked on the fire before it can be eaten. Even though it doesn't contain much water, the bread can still freeze in the cold, hard and hard like a heavy, cold rock. The most common practice of mercenaries is to cut fresh bread into large pieces while it is still soft and preserved. In this way, even if it needs to be roasted over the fire, it is naturally much simpler.
Ammunition is the most important of all supplies. In addition, the sleigh is equipped with spare weapons, simple medicines and first aid kits, as well as various equipment for camping in the wilderness.
These things weigh a lot. No one can carry them far in the wilderness. It's not summer after all, and the temperature in Konoha Town is much colder than in Redstone City. If it's summer, things like a cold sleeping bag can of course be deducted from your bag. Now, sleeping in the snow and ice without cold gear is simply unthinkable. That means suicide, and it means that you are likely to fall asleep and never wake up again.
The dog pulling the sled was huge, and its appearance characteristics were different from any kind in Su Hao's memory. They are over one and a half meters tall, surprisingly large in size and weight, and their teeth are hard and sharp. Considerable space is deliberately set aside on the sled for carrying dog food. When Captain Kenson was feeding, Su Hao went over to take a look, and the dog food was all frozen and cold and hard pieces of flesh, mixed with thick and hard bones. It is also only this coarse food that satisfies the appetite of sled dogs. They always eat happily and wag their tails very happily. They chew the flesh to pieces with their strong masseter muscles, making a "click" sound, and the ground is sprinkled with blood-red ice slag, even if this kind of leftovers, the sled dogs will not let go, but lick them into their mouths little by little with their tongues, not caring about the cold and cold.
All dog food is dark creatures. The people of Konoha never waste anything. Out of the filthiest corpses, almost all dark creatures can be fed as dog food. Even dog-headed humans that resemble sled dogs and their counterparts are not considered close relatives by sled dogs. They always eat happily, and even the hardest skulls are chewed and swallowed with their sharp teeth.