"What?" Xu Qigang, who was running at the front, suddenly stopped, and the other comrades also froze in their tracks in an instant. Somehow, their formation remained as neat as if it had been carefully rehearsed.
"The sister-in-law has been kidnapped, just now her roommate..." Liu Chun swallowed, unable to continue his words under the terrifying gaze of the captain.
Xu Qigang’s handsome face darkened like water, and his whole demeanor seemed enveloped in a dark aura, his terrifying deterrence sending shivers down the spines of his battle-hardened comrades, causing them to break out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, they finally understood why the captain’s nickname was Living Yama. Without experiencing it firsthand, one could not fathom the fear he instilled. If this were on the rescue field, wouldn’t he be the King Yan standing opposite, ready to claim the enemy’s lives at any moment?
"Captain, we’re in, but we’re fed up!" Chen Yingjie was the first to speak up, his eyes turning angrily towards Liu Chun as he shouted, "Speak clearly, where was she kidnapped?"
"Right at... the post office near the Rescue Association..."
"Useless! Stammering like that, you’d be the first to lose your life on the rescue field!" Chen Yingjie was extremely dissatisfied with Liu Chun’s performance. He was the captain’s personal aide; if they were in a rescue situation, it shouldn’t be him being protected by the captain, but the other way around. If it got out that Living Yama’s assistant was this incompetent, what would it do to the reputation of their War Wolf Rescue Team?
"I’m sorry, I should have asked more clearly..." Liu Chun felt very guilty knowing he had been a drag at this critical moment.
"Idiot!" Chen Yingjie’s dissatisfaction was with Liu Chun’s overall quality, not just this one incident.
Xu Qigang shot a sharp glance over, causing Chen Yingjie to hastily swallow the words that were on his lips.
"Continue your training, Chen Yingjie, you come with me!" Xu Qigang took off the sandbag from his body, pressing his right hand on the weapon at his waist.
"Yes, Captain!" Chen Yingjie’s eyes lit up, and he also took off the sandbag from his body.
Others seeing this became unwilling, "Captain, I’ll go too!"
"Captain, you can’t show favoritism!"
"Yes! Why can Chen Yingjie go, and we can’t?"
Indeed, everyone said Chen Yingjie was the captain’s lackey, and although it wasn’t admitted, now that the sister-in-law was kidnapped and Chen Yingjie was chosen, excluding them was simply disrespectful.
Chen Yingjie, standing behind Xu Qigang, crossed his arms over his chest with a smug look. He had been with the captain since the war at Southern Border, what storms hadn’t he seen? The relationship between the two had long transcended that of a captain and deputy, a superior and subordinate. Since the day the captain had carried him back from a mountain of corpses, they had become like brothers.
At such a time, who else would he turn to if not him?
"Shut up! Continue with your field training!" Xu Qigang roared, frightening everyone so much that they tensed up and dared not say another word.
"Chen Baoshan, you lead the team!" commanded Xu Qigang.
Even though Chen Baoshan was eager to join the mission to rescue the sister-in-law, he dared not defy the captain’s orders and had to turn around, taking up the captain’s duty to lead everyone towards the mountain behind the War Wolf Rescue Team.
"Captain, how shall we proceed?" Chen Yingjie rubbed his hands together, eager to start. He believed that with the captain’s power, and his own cover, there was no place in the entire city they couldn’t reach, no one they couldn’t save.
"Go change equipment." Xu Qigang pursed his lips, a cold murderous intent flashing through his deep eyes. He clenched his fists—just thinking about Xiao Ning being kidnapped made him unable to control his rage and the underlying worry and pain.
Just the thought made him feel he could go mad at any moment.