Chapter 175
Chapter 175
On the ride back to the base.
Egbert and the other instructors were in a different vehicle. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
The male deputy instructor, Felton, looked somewhat uncomfortable.
As he handed the files to Egbert, Felton couldn’t help but explain, “They’re all greenhorns, plus it was our camp’s drill, so there was no outsider, and winning or losing wasn’t that big of a deal…”
Before Felton could finish, he saw Mr. Reed beside him slowly raised his head, giving him a cold stare.
Felton froze.
The rest of his words got stuck in his throat.
Aaron in the front seat was all chill.
She turned around pretending to be humble, “Felton is right, it’s just a bunch of kids messing around, we just got lucky to win, it doesn’t matter, winning or losing really isn’t a big deal.” Felton looked at Aaron with a sour face.
The blue army had only won once, but she was already over the moon.
Egbert, who was reviewing the files, suddenly said, “Starting tomorrow, training will be doubled.”
Felton had nothing to say.
Their red army did have a big problem this time.
The common problem with the new recruits was lack of combat experience.
Elaine, Burton, Lucas were the more outstanding ones among this batch of new recruits.
But Burton got ambushed.
Elaine and Lucas froze at the first sign of threat.
Their performances had too many problems!
These soldiers were too green, so no one would dare to put them on a real battlefield.
Eileen of the blue side, on the other hand, seemed reckless but was actually very cunning.
She was much more flexible than those other new recruits who only knew how to use brute force.
When Aaron heard about the red side doubling their training, she was overjoyed.
This time Eileen had brought her great honor!
She heard Eileen loved good food, so she planned to have the camp’s chef prepare a special meal for her as a reward for her merits.
“Same for the blue side.” The chief instructor in the back seat added casually.
Aaron’s mood plummeted from heaven to hell in an instant.
She turned around in shock, looking at Mr. Reed, asking, “Why?”
Egbert didn’t even look up, simply saying coldly, “41 people, all wiped out at the beginning, shouldn’t there be extra training?”
Aaron fell silent.
Well, the fact that 41 people were wiped out was indeed a bit much.
Actually, the 100 soldiers on both sides were almost at the same level.
The red side got ambushed by Eileen’s nine people, one explosion, all dead.
The blue side could also be completely eliminated by a simple strategy.
All in all, these new recruits were just too green.
But Eileen’s performance this time was indeed very good.
Aaron couldn’t help but defend Eileen, “Then… Mr. Reed, the nine people who finally won on the blue side, they don’t need extra training, right?”
Egbert closed the file in his hand, looked up at her, “Why not?”
Aaron paused.
Egbert said in a deep voice, “What would have happened if I had shouted out when Eileen showed up?”
Aaron was a bit confused.
Mr. Reed was being held at gunpoint at the time, he shouldn’t have dared to shout, right?
Wait, that was not right. Mr. Reed was the captain of the Moonlight Raptors Team 1.
How could he be controlled by Eileen’s single handgun?
And they were surrounded by the defense team, how could he not dare to shout?
Did he do it on purpose?
This stunned Aaron.
But Felton had already figured out the whole situation, he slapped his thigh, “I get it. Mr. Reed is merciless to everyone!”
Aaron was speechless.
So was Egbert.
Felton realized he might have misspoke.
He quickly explained to Aaron, “What I mean is, Mr. Reed’s position, he shouldn’t favor either side. Mr. Reed is the red side’s chief commander, but essentially he’s our chief instructor, if he helped the red side all along, that wouldn’t be fair.”
Aaron knew, so when she first learned that Mr. Reed was the red side’s chief commander, she felt she was likely to lose for sure.
Felton continued, “The chief instructor shouldn’t have a side, so Mr. Reed had decided early on, to help the red side in the early stage, and the blue side in the later stage, he gave both teams equal opportunities. In the end, it was indeed all thanks to his non-resistance and willingly becoming a hostage that the blue side could threaten the red side!”
Aaron finally understood, she was very surprised, “So Mr. Reed, you had anticipated that Eileen would come to capture you?”
Egbert leaned back in his seat, saying lightly, “I was hoping she would.”
Aaron asked, “What if she didn’t come?”
Egbert frowned, “Why wouldn’t she come? She’s been unhappy with me and Edna’s team for a while now.”
Aaron was speechless, thinking, “what? What were you talking about?”
But Egbert didn’t say anything more, just slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
The vehicle returned to the camp.
As he got out of the vehicle, the cheerful Egbert suddenly saw Eileen in the vehicle ahead, walking shoulder to shoulder with Colin, both of them full of excitement.
They were getting out of the vehicle!
Egbert’s face immediately turned serious.
Egbert ordered the people around him, “Notify everyone, the extra training starts now.”
What?
Extra training now?
I thought it was starting tomorrow?
Ten minutes later, all the soldiers were assembled.
A hundred soldiers, male soldiers in one team, female soldiers in another, began to run in the night.
A day of drills had already exhausted everyone.
They didn’t expect to have to run at night after returning to the camp.
Colin looked exhausted, “Didn’t we win?”
Eddie was on the verge of tears, complaining, “I knew it, now we’re being deliberately picked on by Mr. Reed!”
He glared at Eileen, saying, “It’s all your fault, you had to provoke Mr. Reed, capture him, strip him, poke his face, and call him your trophy, Mr. Reed must be angry now, so he’s getting back
at us!”
Eileen was unhappy with what Eddie said.
She shouted, “Say that again, see if I don’t hit you!”
Eddie shrank back, not daring to say another word.
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Eileen muttered, “How was I supposed to know he was so petty. I was just saying, why is he so vindictive…”
“Eileen, Eddie, Colin, fall out!”
Suddenly, Felton shouted from the side.
The three people who were badmouthing Egbert were instantly terrified.
At this moment, Eddie noticed the microphone on Eileen’s collar and screamed in fright, “Your mic’s still on!”
Eileen was startled and looked down.
Indeed, she had forgotten to switch off the microphone.
Felton shouted again, “Hurry up!”
In the end, the three of them lined up reluctantly..
As they stood in front of the instructor, their heads down and hands behind their backs, they appeared quite docile.
Felton looked at Egbert.
Egbert casually removed the earpiece from his ear and said, “Petty? Vindictive?”
The three were speechless.
He had heard everything…
Without thinking, Eileen immediately admitted her mistake, “Mr. Reed, I swear I won’t do it again!”
Colin and Eddie didn’t expect her to apologize so readily. They quickly followed suit, “Mr. Reed, we also…”
“Do thirty push-ups right here.”
Colin and Eddie were on the verge of tears as they reluctantly got down on the ground.
Eileen was about to join them when she heard the cold male voice again, “You, come with me.”
Eileen was stunned and looked up at Egbert.
Egbert had already turned around and was heading towards the Restful Building.
Not daring to delay, Eileen quickly followed!
Once they arrived at the Training Officer’s Office, Egbert got a glass of water for Eileen and said casually, “Have a seat.”
Eileen dared not sit/She was standing straight as a pole!
Egbert had his hands in his pockets, leaning against the edge of the desk.
Looking at the panicked girl in front of him, he said casually, “What are you afraid of? I’m not going to eat you. Remember, I’m your war trophy.”