The next morning, several official media outlets directly under the World United Government announced the existence of the 252 Special Operations Brigade to the public. In the conception, we are to become the backbone of future anti-terrorism efforts and the maintenance of world peace, an ultimate force that can stand shoulder to shoulder with units like the "Navy SEALs" and "Delta Force" in the future.
Besides a few photos without showing full faces, the newspaper also mentioned our organization structure - currently, the main combat force consists of seven special service teams, and each special service team is composed of an A Academy squad and a C Academy group.
Yes, there are seven teams. The existence of Team Zero has been erased. Their organization is a civilian unit, a military observation and weapon research group. This can't help but remind people of that legendary unit in the history of the US Army - SOG, the Studies and Observations Group of the US Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam, which was affiliated with the CIA and was widely active during the Vietnam War, being proficient in a series of activities such as behind-enemy-line sabotage, intelligence gathering, and assassination. The casualty ratio of this unit reached an astonishing 1:158, and it was also the special forces unit with the highest casualty rate in the world.
Each special service team has its own dedicated command room. My Team Five is composed of Squad A072 and Group CC4. On the left next door is Valgina's Team Four, and on the right is Bob's Team Six. The other two members of Group C4 are named Angela and Naoko Kozuki, from Germany and Japan respectively.
"So, do we have any plans now?" I asked everyone.
Zhuge Yu looked up from her notebook: "Captain, according to the documents we can access currently, there are at least ten forces that might take action against us. Oh, Team Two has just submitted an action application."
"Aiming at what the hell? Are you sniping your mom?"
"Do you understand Three Endless?"
"Damn it! I don't even know who the hell you're aiming at with that sniper rifle."
"There are four Eternal Nights on the opposite side. What the hell are you sniping at?"
"You just don't know what the real core is!"
Ji Ling, Liang Dong, and Lu Wanqing were excitedly playing games.
There was independent Wi-Fi in the command room, which was much faster than that in the Fourth Class Hall before. These three guys got up early and stayed up late today just to become boring rank-up machines.
Actually, it wasn't that early. It was seven o'clock local time. But the whole incident last night plus the tidying up here this morning had greatly squeezed my rest time. For me, I had only slept for a short four hours, just two-thirds of my usual sleep time.
"Coffee."
"Thanks." I yawned and took a sip.
"Why don't you go and get some more sleep?" Ji Han suggested. "If it really doesn't work... I don't mind giving you a hug either."
"No, no need." After taking a sip and experiencing the mellow flavor spreading and intensifying in my mouth until it filled my whole nose, I was still a bit embarrassed by Ji Han's suggestion. "This is enough."
"I'm back." Yang Shixiu kicked the door open, his hands full of paper bags emitting heat. "Breakfast is hot milk and sandwiches, and I also got a few eggs."
"Leave me an egg." Zhuge Yu was flipping through the documents, her eyes blinking, and her long, slender eyelashes fluttering like butterflies. I opened the paper bag, and the amount inside was obviously more than what everyone could handle: "Why did you get so much?"
"Don't pass up free stuff." After swallowing a mouthful of sandwich, Yang Shixiu opened the milk bottle cap. "By the way, the treatment in 252 is really good - no need to queue up, just go straight to the kitchen to get food. I even got the food for Angehofe."
These are all the people from Team Five who are present currently. Jiang Li, who was always with Lu Wanqing, was nowhere to be seen. She had disappeared early in the morning. None of the members of Group C4 led by Ye Fan had arrived yet, and Luo Bing had dived straight into the warehouse at the back of the command room.
"Milk, milk!" A childish girl's voice rang out. This voice really gave me a start: "What the hell is this?"
"Milk!" I felt a sharp pain on my toes. I looked down and saw a cute little girl shouting there. She had black hair and brown eyes, and her height was just a bit above my waist. Every move she made was full of unique naivete and naughtiness. Although her behavior was mischievous, it was really hard to get angry with her.
"Milk, milk!" With a British accent, the little girl continued shouting.
"So cute!" Her reaction immediately brought out Ji Han's maternal instincts. Not only did she open the milk bottle cap, but she also crouched down to feed her personally: "Tell sister what your name is, okay?"
"Cc." After gulping down two mouthfuls, the little girl, satisfied, shook her head to fling off the remaining milk drops from the corners of her mouth and casually answered.
Then she made a new request: "Eggs, eggs!"
"Yes, we have them." Ji Han pulled a tissue from the table to wipe her lips clean. I took an egg from the breakfast bag and handed it to the kind-hearted girl, but Cc shook her head vigorously in denial and pointed at Yang Shixiu: "I want that one!"
"Mine?" Yang Shixiu looked at the egg he had just peeled in his hand helplessly. "Here you go."
Giving up on flipping through the documents, Zhuge Yu simply pushed off with her legs and slid over on her office chair: "Whose child is this?"
Right, whose child is this?
I started searching in my mind. Although I got a D in biology, my long-term and persistent study of human reproductive science had given me quite some confidence in this area.
First of all, that British accent reminded me of my damn tutor, an older single woman, a geek, Elsa McWill.
Secondly, looking at this little girl who seemed to be a future master of being a brat, and then thinking about Elsa, it was a typical case of "like mother, like daughter". There was no doubt about it.
Finally, what made me firmly believe this was a common point:
Cc's eyes were also brown;
Elsa's hair was also brown!
Got it!
So this little brat is Elsa's illegitimate child! (Strange knowledge increased.)
So Cc looks about thirteen or fourteen years old. Then Elsa must have been around sixteen when she gave birth to her. Europeans and Americans are really more open, huh?
In a few seconds, a whole story of "After being abandoned by a scumbag when pregnant, I instead joined the SAS" had already played out in my mind.
That day, the snow was falling, the spring was bright, the summer was scorching, and the autumn was crisp.
"Why! Why are you leaving me! WHY!" Sixteen-year-old Elsa roared in grief and anger, her belly bulging.
"There's no why, Elsa." The scumbag with his face mosaiced was hugging a voluptuous woman with a 36D bust, a slim waist, and long legs. "I'm just tired of you. Only with her can I pursue excitement to the fullest!"
"Right!" The woman chimed in. "Since we're pursuing excitement, we should see it through to the end! By the way, this pajama looks really good on me!"
"You!" Elsa was furious. "*******! *******!"
"I'm here." Jiang Li pushed the door open. "Whose kid is this? She looks really familiar."
"Elsa's." I blurted out the name subconsciously. Coming to my senses, I noticed that Jiang Li seemed a bit different from usual, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. Driven by a sense of strangeness, I frowned slightly: "Where have you been? Why do you have an extra gun?"
"This one?" Jiang Li put down the brand-new M110 SASS. "I just scammed it from Elsa. By the way, she asked me to bring this thing to you."
With that, she handed me a folder.
"Elsa that old woman is not my mom." Cc pouted and climbed onto Zhuge Yu to sit down. "My mom is..."
"Cc, don't cause trouble for others."
At some point, a silver-haired girl who seemed to be walking slowly but was actually moving extremely fast walked past me. She grabbed Cc's collar at the back of her neck with one hand and lifted her up. The little girl was kicking and punching in the air: "I don't want to go back. You guys only bully me. None of you are as nice and good-looking as the sisters here, and you're not as gentle as them..."
"Sorry, Captain Gu." Not only was her hair silver, but her red eyes were magnificent and enchanting. "My little sister has caused you trouble."
"You know me?"
"Katarina from Team Zero." The girl walked away slowly.
Speaking of which, there's something fishy about Team Zero, right? They like to be so mysterious.
"I don't want to go back!" Cc's scream could still be faintly heard. "Heidewilly cooks really badly! Can't we just go to the cafeteria like everyone else?"
"Tap, tap, tap!"
"Never won! Never won!"
"Quick!"
The game trio continued shouting without even looking up. Luo Bing, looking a bit dejected, walked out of the warehouse wanting to eat. Her outstretched little paw was slapped away by Zhuge Yu: "Wash your hands first!"
"Five." Luo Bing was a bit aggrieved and drifted towards the bathroom with her hands hanging down.
"Captain, Team Two has submitted a joint action application."
"Oh." I gave a simple response and then opened the folder. There was a rustling sound as the papers were flipped.
During the process of flipping through, I gradually frowned: "Zhuge, how many teams have joined the joint action?"
"Team Six, Team Four, Team One, and Team Zero."
"We'll join too."
"Join what?" Just then, Ye Fan walked in with Dani.
"Take a look for yourself." I threw the folder to him. "One of your old acquaintances."