Chapter 17: Training Ends · Leaving Snake Island

  Jing Yang did admire Shan Ying's creative thinking, but this indeed greatly increased the difficulty of shooting.

  It wasn't until after he adapted for a few days that all his shots hit the bullseye, and it was only then that he thanked the Mountain Eagle's training methods. Staring at the floating target on the sea surface during training is what gave him the eyesight and reaction he has today.

  In just one year, the mountain eagle had cultivated an almost all-powerful killer, which made him so happy that his mouth couldn't close. Just as Dr. Shirley said, this was a good teacher meeting a good student, and both of them were too lucky.

  Glock 18 in Jing Yang's hands can also hit the mark every time, but it still doesn't have the speed of Mountain Eagle, he only needs less than four seconds to hit 33 targets, while Jing Yang needs fourteen seconds.

  The mountain eagle knows that this is already very good, and with Yang's achievements, there are only a few in the world. Next, if he wants to improve again, it will be time and need to constantly feed bullets.

  "It's time to leave!" Shan Ying said to Jing Yang, who was almost exhausted.

  "What did you say?" Jing Yang asked as if he had misheard.

  The mountain eagle never said when he would leave, and suddenly a sentence made Jing Yang very surprised.

  "Jing Yang, now I have nothing more to teach you. Let's head back to the base. However, I have a request - for the time being, don't reveal all your abilities. Just show half of what you're capable of, but don't worry about getting into another group fight. I believe that with your current skills, if you were to encounter Ted and the others again, they would be the ones ending up in the hospital!"

  The mountain eagle knew that Jing Yang's skills were not to be underestimated, even if he only showed half of them. Now, he didn't know what changes had taken place in the mercenary group, and for this year, in order to avoid exposing his tracks, Shan Ying had completely cut off contact with the outside world.

  So, Baron and Mercenary Group's situation is still unclear to Shan Ying, even if Jing Yang goes back now, he will go back to the headquarters, he still needs to do some regular training, and there are several projects that he needs to train.

  For example, learning to drive various vehicles and even airplanes, as well as blasting and other subjects, so according to his idea, Jing Yang still needs targeted training.

  Once he's arranged everything for him, Shan Ying will leave to help Jing Yang find some top-notch team members.

  Rather than helping Jing Yang find teammates, it's better to say that he is looking for bodyguards. His abilities are strong, but in the face of modern weapons, a slight carelessness will result in a tragic end. He must have an extremely cohesive and elite team to increase his chances of survival.

  Shan Ying didn't want his easily trainable student to become cannon fodder, he hoped that Jing Yang could become the most awesome figure in the mercenary world, because he was his own student.

  "Teacher, I understand what you mean, I'll listen to you!"

  Jing Yang understood his intention as soon as he heard what Shan Ying said. He wasn't a person who liked to show off, being too powerful would easily lead to jealousy and harm.

  "Jing Yang, the Toxic Wolf Mercenary Group is not as simple as you think. I've always suspected there's a problem within. I'm planning to send you to headquarters. Once we're there, it's okay if some aspects of your performance are stronger than others, such as combat skills. Your marksmanship just needs to be slightly better than average. Being too low-key would be suspicious. As for other abilities, it's best not to reveal them until I help you build a team. Got it?"

  The mountain eagle has been suspicious of the mercenary group since the day he was injured. The captain, who needs good care for his injuries, is forcing himself to be a instructor on this small island base, and many things he can no longer investigate.

  "Help me build a team?" Jing Yang asked in surprise

  Jing Yang always thought that after he finished his training, he would be with the Baron and the others, but unexpectedly, Shan Ying didn't have this intention.

  "Yes, a special warfare squad, just like the one you saw with Baron, Hawkgirl, Evil Lad, Eagle Eye and Wild Kid - those five people are the core members of Baron's team and also the strongest five."

  Jing Yang still misunderstood Shan Ying's meaning, he still needs some training now, and later Shan Ying is planning to let him follow the Baron for a period of time to temper his actual combat experience, there is nothing safer than following him.

  "I can see that they're very strong." Jing Yang had seen their abilities before, and then asked: "So are they more powerful than the six people on the Shinigami side?"

  "It's hard to say, they're all very strong. If we talk about individual ability, the Shinigami are a bit stronger. The difference is because of their different backgrounds. The Visored are retired special forces, as I mentioned earlier, while the Shinigami come from the Five Great Shinigami Training Camps."

  "I understand!"

  "Jing Yang, I'm telling you seriously, never underestimate any mercenary. They're all making a living with their lives on the line, and almost all of them have combat experience and foundation. Especially later when we encounter Israelis, Cossacks, and Gurkhas, be even more careful, because every single one of them is not easy to deal with."

  "Teacher Shan Ying, I remember!"

  Jing Yang knew that the three races mentioned by Shan Ying, Israeli soldiers were in a state of war for many years, cultivating a large number of highly lethal combat personnel. These soldiers were ruthless and unfeeling but loyal at heart and favored by their employers.

  The Cossacks are old hands at being mercenaries.

  The Gurkhas, the only nation that was never conquered by the British Empire. They are very poor but have the best soldiers who are good at fighting. The Gurkha knife is also famous because of them.

  The mountain eagle had told himself before that anyone could become an enemy, and once he entered the mercenary world, he would always have to keep a vigilant heart.

  "Alright, we'll leave early tomorrow morning. Let me tell you again what a sniper needs to pay attention to. Usually, the methods used by various troops to deal with snipers are direct artillery bombardment, and under good conditions, even drones may be used..."

  The eagle gave Jingyang the last lesson on this uninhabited island, and Jingyang fell asleep with an extremely excited mood, because tomorrow he can finally leave this small island, what will be waiting for him next?

  The weather was excellent the next day, with clear skies and no wind. Shan Ying and Jing Yang ate something early in the morning and drove the speedboat away from the uninhabited snake island.

  "Teacher! Where did you get all these treasures?" Jing Yang looked at the large boxes in the speedboat and asked, thinking that they were all full of weapons.

  "Some were captured, and a large part was bought with his own money." Shan Ying is a master of weapons, and also a weapon enthusiast.

  "Oh, so I have to buy my own weapons from now on?" Jing Yang asked.

  "The mercenary group only provides some common weapons. If you want to get better weapons, you can only capture them or buy them yourself." said Shan Ying frankly.

  "Ah!" Jing Yang wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and stared at the large wooden box, responding with a single sound.

  "Heh heh, you little stinker, have you been thinking about these things?" Shan Ying looked at Jing Yang's expression and knew what he was thinking. After a year of living together, they had gained a deeper understanding of each other.

  "Haha, teacher, just consider it borrowed for now, I'll return new ones to you later!" Jing Yang indeed wanted to borrow the two weapons and said so.

  "What kind of weapon do you want?"

  "M24, and that extreme power straight sword, the handgun doesn't matter anyway, I reckon the mercenary group has one too, I'll just make do with it for now."

  The two things Jing Yang wanted were extremely ordinary in Shan Ying's place.

  "Dummy, I told you to keep a low profile, but not to this extent. After all, you are still my student from the Mountain Eagle squad. Everyone in the mercenary group knows that I have some backing. Alright, since you seem to like the L115A3 sniper rifle so much, I'll give it to you. And I can only spare one Glock 18 for you. As for knives, take whatever you like, a straight blade suits you just fine."

  Jing Yang's desired weapon was quite unexpected for Shan Ying, who thought he was being modest.

  "No, teacher, I just need M24," Jing Yang said with a shake of his head.

  The M24 is very common and I'm also quite familiar with it, plus it uses the 7.62mm universal cartridge, the gun's performance is reliable and not eye-catching.

  Jing Yang, who has greatly improved his fighting skills, now really likes straight swords, such as the Spanish Deer and Extreme Force Straight Sword, because he can throw knives, and straight swords are more handy in his hands.

  "Actually, I'll tell you where these things are kept. If you need them, just go and take them, use them as you like. You're my only student, what's mine is yours." Shan Ying said with a smile.

  Jing Yang smiled gratefully and finally couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, you're also from the regular army's special forces, right?"

  "Yes, the Baron and I are from a special forces unit, we're all retired military personnel. Sherry is the sister of one of our comrades who was killed in action in the Middle East. Before he died, he entrusted her to us, but unexpectedly she joined the mercenary corps to avenge her brother, so we also followed."

  The mountain eagle did not deny it, but did not say which country and special forces he came from.

  "So it was like this, did Dr. Shirley get her revenge?"

  Jing Yang knew that this special forces team must be quite capable, no wonder Dr. Xue Li and the Baron were so close to them.

  "Not yet, she's still investigating. We also suspected that the one who killed her brother wasn't a Middle Easterner, but someone from a certain mercenary group."

  "The mercenary group feels so messy and complicated!"

  Under the introduction of Shan Ying, Yang had already known about the mercenary group. Where there is war, there are mercenaries. They are now almost everywhere, and their composition is too complicated.

  "The mercenary group is indeed a mixed bag, just do your own thing."

  The mountain eagle doesn't think that Yang Jing now thinks too much, many things are not what he can control, from now on he will live a life of licking blood off the knife's edge, as his teacher I can only support him to the best of my ability.

  Because it was daytime, the speedboat was traveling very fast, and both of them had a feeling of homesickness.

  Jing Yang doesn't want anything now, just wants rice, steamed buns are also okay, if there are dumplings to eat that would be even better!