Chapter 9: Mercenary Recruitment

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  Normally, it would have ended in another quarrel. But now, I couldn't get those two old foreigners out of my mind.

  How did they end up here? What is their purpose? Are they here for revenge? This is going to be a problem, what should I do? The more I think about it, the more scared I become, slowly breaking out in a cold sweat.

  I turned back to take a peek, and my heart skipped a beat as I saw them casually following behind us! My heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and my nerves were stretched taut.

  To be honest, they are the first people who have made me feel fear since I was born.

  The three of us wandered aimlessly on the commercial street, and my mind didn't stop thinking either. They actually found me, which means they've already figured me out! What do they want to do by following me so openly? Damn it! This time I won't be able to run away, it seems like another fierce battle is inevitable!

  My heart is getting more and more annoyed, I urgently want to leave their sight, reached out to grab the two who were still wandering aimlessly and said: "I have a stomachache, let's go back?"

  Two of them originally wanted to scold me, but seeing that my face didn't look too good, they nodded and walked towards the dormitory. Just as we arrived at the bottom of the dormitory building, we saw several other brothers from our dormitory coming out, and upon seeing us, they hurriedly called us over. After discussing it for a while, we decided to go eat something and then go online.

  "Ah Kun turned around and looked at me with a still unpleasant expression, asking: "Ah Hui, are you okay? Your face looks terrible, did you have diarrhea? Do you want to go to the infirmary and get some medicine for stomach pain?"

  Everyone looked at my face and advised me to go to the infirmary to take a look, buy some medicine and rest in the dormitory. I turned around and saw two foreigners not far away, suddenly thinking that if I went back to the dormitory, they would follow me, and if they started fighting again, it would be difficult for me to run away. If I led them out of school, even if we fought, I could run away if I couldn't beat them, and my chances of safety would definitely increase! They didn't have any grudges against the people in my dormitory, they were looking for me, so they shouldn't bother them.

  I forced a smile and said to them: "It's okay, I'm much better now. Don't think about leaving me behind! Let's go eat!"

  After confirming that I was fine, the crowd let out a loud cheer and walked out of the school gate in an orderly manner. After eating something casually on a small beach outside the school, they turned to the internet cafe, with two foreigners following slowly behind them.

  After arriving at the internet cafe, I specifically chose a computer that was far away from my roommates, hoping that if anything happened, it wouldn't put them in danger.

  Carelessly logged in, opened QQ, updated blog. After doing all this, two foreigners pushed the door and entered, the appearance of these two robust foreigners instantly attracted the attention of the entire internet cafe, causing a small commotion.

  The two of them looked at me, who had been staring at them coldly all along, turned around and walked straight to the cash register, opened two machines, then sat down beside Old Cow with a plop, and smiled at me.

  My heart skipped a beat, and I silently scolded myself for bringing danger to my roommate's doorstep! I didn't have the mind to look at the computer anymore. My right hand, which was holding the mouse, was covered in cold sweat. My two eyes stared fixedly at them, and I made a silent vow in my heart. No matter how formidable you two are, if you dare to touch my friend, I'll risk my life to make you pay the price!

  Two foreigners didn't mind my gaze at all, but instead gently patted the old cow's shoulder and asked something. I clearly felt my heartbeat speeding up, not daring to blink, afraid they would hurt the old cow. But the latter was excitedly describing something to the two foreigners with gestures, then stood up and pointed at several other roommates and me.

  Idiot! I couldn't help but silently curse the old cow, who didn't even know that danger was so close!

  The black foreigner continued to chat with the old cow, while the white foreigner looked at me with a sly smile, patted his own shoulder, and then touched his neck. The provocation of the white foreigner made my mouth twitch uncontrollably, but I could only clench my fists tightly.

  At this time, QQ made a "ding" sound, it's Old Cow! I opened the shaking head icon, on which hung several big smiling faces, with a line of small words: Did you see? These two foreigners are talking to me! They also said that they would invite us to dinner when they have time!

  The old cow doesn't know the danger of these two, but I do! The wounds on my body that still seem to be aching are constantly warning me of their danger! Can't let them stay by the old cow's side anymore, it's too dangerous!

  I thought for a moment, settled the bill and stood up, took a deep look at them, turned around and walked out of the internet cafe. The two foreigners smiled at each other, patted Lao Niu's shoulder and said thank you, following him out.

  The internet cafe exit is right on National Highway 205, with cars speeding by in front of me. I stand in the green belt beside the highway, coldly watching two foreigners walk out of the internet cafe and approach me, stopping about two meters away from me.

  "What exactly do you want to do?" I raised an eyebrow and asked coldly.

  "I'd like to have a talk with you." The black foreigner replied.

  "What's there to talk about? I have nothing to discuss with you! I'm warning you, stay away from my friends. If you dare touch them, I'll make you pay in blood!"

  The black foreigner smiled and said, "We're only interested in you, we won't harm them."

  "Are you interested? I sneered, thinking to myself that the two of them wouldn't be gay, then a chill ran down my spine and I quickly threw away my wild thoughts. 'That's good,' I said, 'unfortunately, I'm not interested in you guys, don't let me see you again in the future!'"

  After finishing speaking, he had to turn around and go back to the internet cafe.

  A white foreigner stretched out his hand to block my way and said, "Mr. Xu Hui, we want to have a talk with you."

  Looking at the arm stretched out in front of me, I couldn't help but want to twist it off again. Suppressing the anger in my heart, I said: "I've told you before, I'm not interested in you guys, don't want you to talk, get out!"

  A white foreigner shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression: "If that's the case, we can only follow you every day until you agree to talk to us."

  I was almost driven mad by their overbearing and rude attitude, taking a deep breath to suppress the anger that was about to erupt. I forced myself to calm down: "Alright, you speak!"

  The black foreigner took two steps forward and asked, "Don't you want to know who we are and why we've been following you?"

  "Don't want to."

  "Whatever." The black foreigner said with a helpless expression: "It seems you don't want to have a serious talk with us. However, I'll tell you anyway. We are mercenaries, my nickname is Black Bear, he's called Chopper, and we both belong to the famous Wolf Mercenary Group. This time we came to China mainly to find people like you... uh... with potential, to join us. That night when we fought was just a test for you, we think your skills are good and have great potential. So, we hope you can join us."

  “……”

  I stared blankly for a while, then couldn't help but burst out laughing, pointing at their noses and laughing: "Haha... I'm dying of laughter! Mercenaries? You must be joking! You two came all the way from abroad to China just to scam people? Wolf Mercenary Group? Never heard of it. Do you have to pay a membership fee or registration fee to join? Haha..."

  The black foreigner looked at the finger in front of him, strongly suppressing the urge to bite it off, and asked instead: "Why don't you believe me?"

  "Believe it! How can I not believe, believing you is stupid, I think you two are scammers!" I rubbed my sore stomach with my hand, and suddenly felt a lot more at ease. It turned out they were just two scammers. These two foreigners are so bad at scamming, I've never seen such a terrible scam. With a face full of disdain, I said: "Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? And mercenaries... I don't want to join, I still want to live for another two years!"

  The black foreigner didn't get angry either, and smiled as he said: "You've fought with us before, shouldn't you be able to tell that we're not trying to cheat you?"

  I was stunned for a moment, and the wound on my face that had already healed seemed to be throbbing in pain.

  They are indeed different from ordinary people, absolutely different! The words that had been thought of countless times in my heart came out again. Whether it's their eyes, movements, or the aura they emit, even if I'm not worldly-wise, I can tell they're not ordinary people at all!

  That night, the scene unfolded like a movie before my eyes. Their physical quality was great, and their movements were swift and powerful. It seemed that there wasn't a single unnecessary movement, every move was the most direct combat skill. This is not a skill that a swindler can possess!

  Perhaps it's really what they said, a mercenary? Just like in the movies, a mercenary who fights only for money?

  "How is this possible?"

  "There's nothing impossible." The black foreigner chuckled and said, "Is there anything that can't happen in this world? But mercenaries aren't just like in the movies, fighting for money; they also fight for brothers and survival."

  "Sorry." My mind was a bit messy, and then I shook my head resolutely: "Don't talk about whether what you said is true or false. Anyway, I don't believe it. Even if I believed you were mercenaries, the education I received since childhood is peace! I also can't join your mercenary group."

  "Peace?" The white foreigner said disdainfully, "Is there really peace in this world? If we want peace, why do we still have armies? Why does each country spend so much money on the military every year? Why do we still exist? Why is there still gunfire ringing out every moment, every corner of the world?"

  "The army is just for maintaining peace, but you are creating war!"

  "No! It's war that made us!" The white foreigner listened to my words and suddenly became excited: "More than a decade ago, I had the same thoughts as you, worshiping soldiers, liking special forces, wanting to hold steel guns to maintain peace. What happened later? Later, I joined the military, and my dream came true - I became a special forces soldier! But the country turned us into killing machines, helping them execute their secret military missions, all in the name of peace. However, what we faced was nothing but slaughter, touching things that ordinary people would never touch in their lifetime. In reality, we were just fighting for their interests. We were tools used by politicians to maintain their own interests under the guise of world peace, national interest, and the people's welfare! When we lost our utility value, they kicked us away with one foot. At this point, we found that we could no longer adapt to ordinary life... The meager allowance paid every month can't do anything in a society where money is everything! We couldn't even get basic respect! We can survive for a month in the jungle with just a military knife, but we don't know how to cook our own dinner with a frying pan; we know how to easily kill enemies, but we don't know how to say sweet words to make girls happy. Have you seen 'First Blood'? Rambo said: I love our country, but why doesn't the country love us? War made us, and we're tired of war, but for survival, we have no choice but to choose it again..."

  I was stunned, I didn't expect the white foreigner to be so excited and say so many words. But I still shook my head, involuntarily opening my mouth to refute: "No, you're being too biased! How much harm has war caused to this world? Even if you are mercenaries, shouldn't you be the ones who understand it the most?! But for your own survival, you go and pour oil on the fire of war, aren't you being too selfish?! Have you counted how many people you've killed?! Have you counted how many families have lost their husbands, wives, parents because of war?! You are truly pitiful and pathetic!"

  The white foreigner became even more agitated after hearing my words, waving his arms and shouting loudly at me: "Do you really understand this society? What can we do? The world has abandoned us! We are the most primitive people in this world, all we have is brotherhood and survival! We are beasts, it's all the fault of this world!"

  Looking at his excited expression made me very confused, and the mercenary he mentioned seemed to be true. But whether it's true or false, it doesn't matter to me. I'm just an ordinary person, but suddenly two foreigners are talking to me about mercenaries that only appear in games, how can I accept this?

  I could only gaze at him with pity, organizing my words to say: "I won't discuss this with you, even if you're like you said, joining the mercenary group for survival and facing bloodshed every day. What about me? I have a peaceful life, I have family and friends, why would I want to join your mercenary group? What makes you think I'd want to join this bloody mess? Besides, who's to believe you? Who knows if you two are just scamming me and will send me to Africa to dig coal?"

  The white foreigner didn't say a word, squatting on the ground with a somewhat decadent look. The black foreigner patted his shoulder and said to me in a light tone: "The essence of war can't be discussed clearly in just a few words, don't you want to live another passionate life? What's the point of living an ordinary life? Working from 9 to 5, having to see your boss's face every day, seeing only rice and salt. I think after you join, you'll find a reason for yourself to join. Or, put in a more grand way, go seek the essence of war."

  "Sorry, I'm not interested, a plain life is much better than losing one's little life."

  The black foreigner didn't say anything, it seems this conversation has had a great impact on all three of us.

  How did I inexplicably start discussing this with them?

  Let's not worry about the mercenary thing being true or false for now. Today's conversation has already made me lose my desire to go online, and such a heavy topic makes me feel a bit breathless. After a while, neither of them spoke again, I raised my head and said goodbye to both of them, turned around and walked towards the school.

  The two men didn't stop me like they did earlier, and I walked a distance before turning back to look at the two foreigners still standing in their original positions. No, it was that black bear and chopper. If they were really some kind of mercenaries, I felt sorry for them - just drifting aimlessly on the ocean, a grain of sand at the mercy of fate. I suddenly found it amusing, and no matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn't believe these two foreigners would bring up the legendary mercenary army? Anyway, whatever they said, I didn't believe it, but even if it was true, it wasn't like it was a bad thing for me to meet two mercenaries - it's something to brag about! So, with a sudden burst of enthusiasm, I loudly said to the two men: "If you're not scamming me, maybe we can be friends."

  The black bear watched me walk away, then turned its head to look at a group of people holding clubs walking into the internet cafe. It sighed and said: "It seems that you don't understand this society, don't understand its dark side - any place with people has blood and darkness. People, why do they always deceive themselves! Kid, will you join us?"

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