"We fought a bad battle." Wang Jiyuan stood in the bright conference room and slammed his palm on the table. The palm was not heavy, but everyone felt that the table was pressed down half an inch. He was wearing a set of military training uniforms like everyone else, without shoulder straps, but everyone could feel that he had a firm grasp of the atmosphere in the conference room. Wherever his eyes swept, people would lower their heads involuntarily.
But when he saw Ji Yijun, Ji Yijun bit his lip, met his gaze, and did not flinch. He was like a little tiger cub who never learned to be afraid, baring his teeth at the lion king in the forest.
"You don't want to admit it?" Wang Jiyuan looked directly at Ji Yijun, his voice getting deeper, "Don't think that you can be proud just because some little girls treat you as 'heroes'. You don't deserve it."
Everyone present was a little agitated, and it was obvious that they were somewhat dissatisfied with Wang Jiyuan's words. The escort team had become more popular since the battle, and some boys who had been single all their lives unexpectedly found girlfriends. But here, the mighty and capable men in the eyes of their girlfriends were devalued to nothing.
"Why don't we deserve it?" Ji Yijun finally couldn't help but said, "We protected them!"
"Protection? Yes, but you should know what price we paid! We mastered hot weapons, but were beaten by a group of bandits armed with bows and sabers! We occupied the high wall, but were still killed by those guys inside! They disobeyed orders, acted on their own, had chaotic tactics, hesitated to engage the enemy, and even had a lot of deserters. This was the performance of our team!" Every time Wang Jiyuan looked at someone, that person would lower his head again out of shame. Everyone knew that this was not just a casual remark.
No one present understood the heaviness of the word "price" better than Ji Yijun. He felt depressed and could not utter any words of rebuttal.
Wang Jiyuan listed various problems in the battle. When everyone was blushing, he changed the subject and said, "Of course, the biggest responsibility lies with me. Since you are my team, your mistakes are ultimately my fault."
Ji Yijun didn't expect that the other party would blame himself for the mistake. He saw an indescribable emotion in Wang Jiyuan's eyes, like regret and hope intertwined.
"And I will never make the same mistake twice! This time, we were lucky to have all kinds of external help, so we are alive and the enemy is dead, giving us a chance to correct our mistakes. However, there will never be a next time for such a good thing. If we make such a mistake again next time, it may be you, me, and the people hiding behind us who need our protection who will die. Do you understand?"
"Understood." Everyone said in unison.
"You don't have much time left. Set out in three days to wipe out the goblin tribe in the forest. Since these goblins migrated here some time ago, they have caused great losses to the surrounding villagers. The villagers hope that we can protect them. Now we have absorbed some local people into our team. This will eliminate the hidden dangers in their village and let them follow us with peace of mind. So this is the first step to unite the surrounding villages and towns, and the committee does not want any mistakes to happen."
"Captain, we have been training hard recently, and those guys are much better than before. They won't let you down again." Li Tianrui said, "After all, this is a backward era, and we have a big advantage."
Wang Jiyuan sneered: "Backward era? If you read history carefully, you will know that such an era is cannibalistic."
After the meeting, Ji Yijun sent Huang Zheng away and told him to intensify the team training, but he went to the laboratory building. After that battle, he never took the initiative to look for Morey. Because every time he saw the figure in the white coat, he felt like there were many little bugs biting him in his heart. He knew Morey did nothing wrong that day, but who said that you can't hate someone if he didn't do anything wrong
But today... Ji Yijun hesitated for a while, but still stepped onto the stairs leading upstairs.
There was a strange smell in the experimental building, and the dim corridor made it seem a bit eerie. Someone had noticed that a few oil lamps were lit on the walls on both sides, and the flickering light and shadow really added a bit of weird atmosphere.
The sound of high heels tapping could be heard in the distance, and a blurry figure slowly approached. Ji Yijun couldn't see her face clearly, so he asked, "Who is that in front?"
The figure did not answer, but continued walking forward at the same pace.
Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta…
The sound became louder and louder. Ji Yijun asked several times but got no response. It was like he was talking to a shadow. Could it be that there were still female ghosts in this world? Even though he had always been brave, he started to feel scared.
When the person was only five or six meters away from him, the dim light shone on her face, and Ji Yijun recognized that it was Morey's partner Wu Jingrong.
"Woman, are you deaf? Are you pretending to be a ghost to scare me?"
"Wow, this kind of horse can speak human language, it's amazing." Wu Jingrong covered her mouth with her hand and said with a forced smile.
"How can you... curse at me?"
"What's wrong with scolding you? Don't you deserve to be scolded for the good things you've done these days? I don't know how many girls are crying under their covers because of you. Even Ye Zi was pissed off."
"I was wondering why she ignored me these days. Turns out she was jealous." Ji Yijun pretended to be heartless.
"Go to hell. How could Ye Zi like you? She just despises you. You're playing with so many people and toying with other people's feelings." Wu Jingrong shook her hands as if to shoo away a fly, trying to drive Ji Yijun away.
"We are all adults now. We agreed not to talk about feelings or responsibilities. Everything is consensual. What's the problem?" Ji Yijun said angrily.
"The thing is, next time before you say sweet words, you'd better announce how many girlfriends you have. You are now the public enemy of several dormitories, so take care of yourself." After saying this, Wu Jingrong left without even looking at him, leaving Ji Yijun standing there in a daze.
Unlucky, this woman is unreasonable, he thought to himself. But somehow, he couldn't calm down. He couldn't help wondering when he became like this? He recalled his experience of wanton promiscuity in the past two weeks, and a feeling of shame and anger rose from the bottom of his heart, and soon he sweated on his forehead, as if he was walking on the street and suddenly found that he was not wearing any clothes.
Ji Yijun came to his senses and found that he had unknowingly walked to the door of Morey's room.
The door was ajar. A man was inside talking to Morey.
"Mr. Morey, you see, I am the accompanying translator of the team that is encircling the goblins. My communication with the guide is definitely the smoothest. If you give me that thing, I will definitely find those two people and fulfill your wish. Don't worry, I have also captured a magician with my own hands. I will definitely avenge you!" The man said with his hands dancing.
"Mr. Zhang, how do you know I have that thing?" Morechi asked.
"There are no secrets in school. You want revenge, which is not a bad thing. In fact, there are many people who sympathize with you. For example, I think the same as you. Make them pay the price!"
Morey shook his head and sighed, "Mr. Zhang, hunting down the enemy is the job of the guards. You don't have to steal their work, do you?"
"Their mission is to annihilate the goblins, which makes them less free than me. I have already hired two mercenaries privately, both of them are good fighters! With my own gun, as long as I find them, I will never miss."
"Mr. Zhang, why are you..."
"I was kidnapped by them. Those bastards tortured me severely and used me as a slave. You don't want to know what that was like. The most terrifying thing is that they killed my best friend Hong Lifeng in front of me!" The man choked up and wiped his face with his hand. "So, my determination for revenge is no less than yours!"
Morey nodded thoughtfully and said, "I understand. It's not that I don't want to give it to you, but I have already promised to give it to someone else. Look, that person is already at the door."
The man turned around and came face to face with Ji Yijun.
"Zhang Hong?" Ji Yijun frowned and asked, "Why are you here? What do you want from Morey?"
Zhang Hong's face turned red and blue. He looked at Ji Yijun, then at Morey, as if he had given up. "Forget it, Mr. Morey. I'll come visit you next time when I'm free."
He ignored Ji Yijun and walked straight to the door. Ji Yijun grabbed Zhang Hong and said, "Hey, tell me clearly, what is this?"
"Let go." Zhang Hong pointed at Ji Yijun's hand and shouted, "My reputation is no less than yours now. What right do you have to control me? I have captured the magician alive, so why should I be afraid of you?"
"Who are you going to avenge?"
"Let go! Let me go! Who else but Ji Hoon?"
"You... want to avenge my father? Why don't I remember you being a kind-hearted person?"
"It's none of your business!" Taking advantage of the moment when Ji Yijun was stunned, Zhang Hong struggled hard, shook off Ji Yijun's hand, pushed the door open and ran out in a hurry.
Ji Yijun looked at Morey with confusion.
Morey spread his hands and said, "He seemed to have gotten news from somewhere and knew that I could sense Orville's whereabouts, so he asked me for this."
Morey took out a necklace from his pocket. The chain was made of rope and a small purple crystal was tied on the top. White light and shadow flowed in the crystal, sometimes forming an eye and sometimes turning into stars.
"I can't sense Orville anymore. The tracking method I used that night can only sense movements within ten kilometers. They ran out of this range the next day. But this tracking eye I refined can help you track it down. There is a little breath of Orville in it. When the eye turns orange, it means there are traces of him near you; when the eye turns red and hot, it means he is not far from you."
Ji Yijun took the chain and hung it on his chest. "I will kill them, for sure."
"I believe you can do it." Morey looked at Ji Yijun's stern face, "But, be careful of Zhang Hong, he is very strange."