Liu Changhe glanced at everyone present and, seeing no objections, nodded and declared, "Then it’s decided!"
He turned to Mo Shaoze at his side and ordered in a stern voice, "Mo Shaoze, have your men assemble on the drill ground immediately!" The teams trained by Mo Shaoze and Lu Hanmo were the two strongest in their training camp.
This time, the ones dispatched for the mission were all from these two teams. If Luo Shu really could defeat members from these two teams, he was willing to give her a spot on the mission. After all, what she mentioned was very useful for this mission.
"Yes!" Mo Shaoze stood up, responded loudly, gave Luo Shu a smile, and turned to leave.
He was quite curious about Luo Shu’s abilities. He remembered when Luo Shu, Lu Hanmo, and he had gone up the mountain in search of Ginseng, she was chased all over by a boar and even twisted her ankle in the end.
His men were definitely several times stronger than that boar, and he wondered where Luo Shu got her confidence from. However, he did have great respect for her medical skills.
Soon, Mo Shaoze had gathered his men on the drill ground, "Attention!"
The assembled men quickly straightened up and stood at attention, adopting the most standard stance.
"At ease! I have an announcement to make," Mo Shaoze said indifferently as he swept his gaze over the crowd, "Someone will come to compete with you in a moment. Do you have the confidence to win?!"
"Yes!" came the resounding and confident response from the crowd.
"Instructor, who is coming to compete with us?" Wang Tianji asked. He was the team leader of Mo Shaoze’s team and ranked fourth in strength within the squad.
Mo Shaoze smiled mysteriously, "You’ll find out soon enough." Revealing the answer too soon would take away the fun.
Seeing Mo Shaoze wasn’t telling them, the men started discussing among themselves.
"What do you think, is it the Sandstorm Squad coming to challenge us again?"
"Do they dare? Weren’t they taught a good lesson by us last time?"
"I guess it’s the Red Arrow Squad. I’ve heard they want to have a real combat drill with us."
"Who cares who it is? We’ll surely be the victorious ones."
Everyone hastily stopped their discussion and turned their collective gaze towards Liu Changhe as he approached them. Although they were in the same training camp, they seldom had the chance to see the commander in person.
Liu Changhe stopped in front of them and smiled, "Your instructor’s already informed you of the reason, right?"
"Yes!" the crowd replied in unison.
Liu Changhe smiled gently and, extending a hand, introduced Luo Shu, "She is the one who will be competing with you next. I’m sure many of you have seen her before." Due to Luo Shu’s relationship with Lu Hanmo, most people in the training camp knew of her. Moreover, they had also been involved in the Cloud City poisoning incident a few days ago.
"Seen her! She’s Sister-in-law Lu!" the crowd joked.
Even with thick skin, Luo Shu couldn’t help but feel her face grow hot from their teasing, and she smiled awkwardly at the crowd.
"Ahem!" Lu Hanmo coughed softly and shot a warning glance at the crowd. Those guys were actually teaming up to tease his wife. It seemed that he needed to train them properly some day soon.
The crowd quickly straightened up, pretending as if they had said nothing. The last person anyone wanted to provoke in the training camp was King Yama Lu, as that would definitely result in a miserable outcome. But there was one thing they were conflicted about—how should they proceed with the upcoming matches?
If they fought and accidentally hurt Luo Shu, Lu Hanmo would certainly hold them accountable. If they didn’t fight, they would look too weak.
"Let’s start now. Mo Shaoze, pick a few of your men," Liu Changhe instructed Mo Shaoze. He could tell that with Lu Hanmo there, no one would dare challenge Luo Shu.
"Yes!" Mo Shaoze quickly selected four men from his team, two of weaker strength and two of medium level. In his view, they didn’t need to send the strongest to fight Luo Shu; a symbolic gesture would suffice. If Luo Shu were injured in the process, Lu Hanmo would come to him first. Besides, he didn’t want Luo Shu to join them on their mission to MD country; it would distract Lu Hanmo. As his brother, he absolutely couldn’t let him be troubled by a woman’s presence.
The four chosen men exchanged helpless glances, looking at Luo Shu, who was already standing there waiting for them, unsure of what to do.
"He Bing, you’re up first!" Seeing none of the four stepping forward, Mo Shaoze commanded.
"Yes!" He Bing answered weakly, stepped forward, and saluted Luo Shu, "Please instruct me!" It seemed he didn’t have much of a choice.
"Please!" Luo Shu smiled and returned the gesture, took the initiative, and launched the first attack.