[Chapter 91]
It was midday by the time David woke up the next day.
After getting up and washing up, he went to the Golden Leaf Hotel for a meal. While he was at it, he packed some food with high nutritional value for Paul and his mother before going to Champion Hospital.
While David was on the way to the hospital, two men in their thirties came to Paul's hospital room and began chatting with him.
"Boss, what happened to you? Who injured you?"
"Yeah, you've rarely suffered such serious injuries even when we were on the battlefield. With your physical strength, it will take at least a month for you to heal."
"Why? Do you want to avenge me?" Paul asked.
"No, if you can't defeat them, it'll be useless even if we went."
"Who says I can't defeat him? Neither side won, okay? He's not much better! I think he's lying in bed like m e now!"
"Is he severely injured? Who are you talking about? Where? We'll go and f*ck him up!"
"Shut up!"
"By the way, how have you guys been recently?" Paul asked.
"I don't want to talk about it. I am uncultured and I only have a lot of energy. It's basically useless where I'm from. I can only move bricks on the construction site to make money, but at least I can sleep peacefully because it's more stable than working abroad."
"My situation's almost the same," replied another.
"If we didn't accept the last task, all twelve of us would be fine now," Paul said in a low voice.
"Boss, that was the unanimous decision from all of us. We all wanted to come home and buy a car, a house, and get married. I blame God for being unfair to us."
As they were talking about this, the three of them were a little silent. This was something that they still could not get over.
On the day before returning to the country, nine of the twelve brothers were gone in the blink of an eye.
Only the three of them came back alive. So, after they came back, they gave all the money they made in the past years to the families of their fallen brothers.
After a while, Paul said, "Now that you're back, don't go back there anymore. You'll waste all of your talents!"
"What else can we do then? Our country can't compare to other countries. Everything here is so strict and if we don't pay attention, we might get ourselves locked up," one of them said.
"Right now, I'm working for someone named Mr. Lidell. He's studying here in River City. My main job is to protect his safety in secret. You guys should take over for me while I'm recuperating! Mr. Lidell said if you work for him, he'll give you the best treatment."
"Really? We're the best at protecting the safety of our employers. Plus, our country is much safer than the other countries, so I'm sure it's much safer. How much money will Mr. Lidell give us per month? I can only make eight thousand bucks a month on the construction site. I won't say yes if it's lower than that."
"You must be dreaming. Do you still think you're abroad? How is this more tiring than working on a construction site? It's definitely less than that," the other person interrupted.
"At least five thousand bucks then."
"You're such an embarrassment. Listen, Mr. Lidell is letting me drive a car that is worth millions. Are you still worried about your measly salary? This job has a monthly salary of at least ten thousand bucks!"
"Really? I won't go back then. When are you introducing him to us?"
"What about this afternoon? I think he's still resting now. I'll call him later this afternoon."
As the three were chatting, David entered the room.
"Mr. Lidell, why are you here?"
Paul wanted to get up quickly, but David stopped him. "Paul, rest well. I brought you some food. These must be the friends you were talking about." "Mr. Lidell, let me introduce you." Paul introduced the friends he had previously worked with to David. The slightly taller one was named Gordon Michaels while the slightly shorter one was Wayne Coulson.
The two of them did not look very muscular, but their every move appeared powerful.
This was the display of extreme explosive power.
Those bodybuilders on television looked very muscular but they might not be too strong.
"Paul, you should rest first. I'll take them to get lunch to welcome them," David said.
"Mr. Lidell, we can take care of our lunch ourselves. You don't have to go through the trouble," Gordon said.
"Since we're at this stage, you should just listen to me."