94: Chapter 93 The Best Soldiers 94: Chapter 93 The Best Soldiers Zhang Yong’s first lesson for Yang Yi was to teach him respect for life, to think carefully before acting about whether it was necessary to do so.
Yang Yi rembered this because he had already realized that he indeed seed to be naturally lacking in respect for life and in awe of rules.
For an ordinary person to take a knife and kill soone, the vast majority of people, even if they had a great hatred, would really find it difficult to carry through with it, and after killing soone, they wouldn’t be as calm as Yang Yi.
Yang Yi didn’t know why Zhang Yong wanted to teach him this, but he felt that Zhang Yong must have had a good reason for doing so.
“I rember what you said, but can you tell why it has to be this way?
I’m the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things.”
Zhang Yong nodded and then he looked at Yang Yi very seriously and said, “I’ve been a rcenary and also a hitman, and then I realized that your personality is very much like two people I knew.”
Yang Yi didn’t speak, knowing that Zhang Yong would explain it clearly.
Zhang Yong shifted in his seat again, first chuckling bitterly a few tis, before slowly saying, “I started out as a rcenary, joined a small rcenary group, but in less than a year the group disbanded after almost half of the people died.
However, one of the world’s best rcenary groups took a liking to , so it was a blessing in disguise I guess.”
“The best rcenary group?”
“Yeah, the Angel rcenary Corps.
Have you heard of it?
The best small rcenary group in the world.
They’re only ranked second, but the first hasn’t been active for many years, so they’re considered the first now.”
“I’ve never heard of them.
I don’t know anything about rcenaries.”
Zhang Yong sighed and said, “I was in the army before I went abroad.”
“Were you in the army?
Special forces?
The really impressive kind, right?”
“I indeed was in the special forces, but not the kind people usually think of.
I was a chemical defense soldier, but not the kind who wears chemical suits and does decontamination work; I was a flathrower soldier.”
“Ah, a flathrower soldier?
The kind that uses flathrowers?
Are flathrower soldiers part of chemical expertise?”
“That’s right, at least that’s how it is in Huaxia.
Our training was very tough, the demands were particularly strict.
Don’t think just because we’re chemical soldiers we relaxed in infantry skills training.
On the contrary, it was stricter!
Moreover, I also attended military school.
Do you think just anyone can be a flathrower soldier?”
“No, I didn’t an that, I was just curious, please go on.”
Zhang Yong took a breath and said, “Speaking of which, my connection with the Angel rcenary Corps is quite interesting.
The rcenary group I was with took on a job in South Arica.
It was two drug lords fighting, and the first battle I fought was also the last and quite tragic; quite a few died, many were wounded, and the worst part was that we were surrounded.”
Lost in his mories, Zhang Yong fell silent for a while, and then he said in a low voice, “That was the first ti I saw such a grueso scene.
I had served in the military for several years, and all I had seen were military drills.”
“Hmm.”
All of a sudden, Zhang Yong looked at Yang Yi and smiled, saying, “I’m getting sidetracked, aren’t I?”
Yang Yi hurriedly said, “No, no, I like hearing this, please tell in detail.”
Zhang Yong nodded and continued, “I was guarding six injured people, nobody was looking after them.
Everyone was a rcenary.
In tis of great peril, it’s every man for himself, but I couldn’t just ignore them.
There was soone among them who I had a good relationship with, but that wasn’t the main reason.
I just felt that I couldn’t abandon my comrades, ‘leave no one behind and give up on no one.’ That’s the style of a Huaxia soldier.
At that ti, I had just beco a rcenary, and I felt that I couldn’t just leave them there.”
“What happened next?”
“After that, I fought for a long ti.
There was no one left by my side, not a single one, just six severely injured soldiers.
I thought I might as well go out with a bang, one for one, any more would be a bonus.
Then, um, I killed about forty or fifty people, but they were all just the drug traffickers’ minions.
I never got a chance to fight the really tough ones.”
“That many?”
“Yep, quite a few, but not an unusual amount.
Fighting a war in the South Arican jungle is really tough; you’re finished if you’re surrounded by a few guys.
But we were in a small town.
Was I scared of them?”
“So what happened after that?”
“Suddenly, soone ca out waving a white flag.
Since he was waving a white flag, I didn’t kill him.
Then the guy said he was from the Angel rcenary Corps and their leader wanted to talk to .”
“Just like that?”
“Yeah, I also thought, ‘Can this really work?’ But I agreed anyway.
Then the leader of the Angel rcenary Corps ca out, and the two of us talked face to face.
He asked which country I was from.
I told him Huaxia.
He said he really admired and invited to join them.
He said if I agreed, they would let the few of us go and even treat the wounded.”
Yang Yi laughed and said, “This man knows talent when he sees it.”
Zhang Yong smiled and said, “With such favorable terms, of course I agreed right away.
Then he really did treat our injured.
Two of the six survived, which wasn’t a bad outco, and indeed, I joined the Angels.”
Zhang Yong sighed deeply and said, “Only later did I realize Nate was completely insane.”
“Insane?”
“That’s right, insane.
What does the average person beco a rcenary for?
Money.
But not the Angel rcenary Corps.
They fought for the sake of fighting, without reason or pursuit.
Wherever there was a war, they’d go.
Can you understand that?”
“Uh, that’s hard to understand.”
Zhang Yong took a breath and said, “Our leader was called Mad Wolf.
He was handso, intelligent, and dignified.
He led from the front and could lead us from one victory to another.
But he was indeed mad.
Why do I say you’re like him?
Because you share so common traits: both highly intelligent, both very handso, both indifferent to life, whether it’s your own or soone else’s.
Moreover, you both have a grand, almost impossible dream.”
Yang Yi gave a dry laugh and said, “Is that so?
What’s the Angel rcenary Group like now?”
“I don’t know.
I left the Angels.”
“Why?”
Zhang Yong looked at Yang Yi and said, “Because everyone in the Angel rcenary Corps was rigid.
They were fixated, willing to sacrifice everything for an impossible dream.
But I’m not like that.
I fight for money, not for the sake of fighting and losing my life.
I’m not cut from the sa cloth as them, so after getting injured once, I left.”
Looking at Yang Yi, Zhang Yong said with sudden pride, “Nate may have his head in the clouds, but he said I was the best soldier.
I’m brave, resilient, obedient, and can fight tough battles.
I truly am the best soldier in the world.
To have him say that, as a rcenary, I certainly have reason to be proud.”
Yang Yi said softly, “So he just let you leave?”
Zhang Yong said with a wistful expression, “Nate is too proud to retain anyone.
He’s a person to the utmost extre of pride.
Plus, in his eyes, I was just a part, a component that could help the Angel machine run better.
But just an accessory.
If he had , great, but if not, he truly wouldn’t care.”
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