NOVPUB"Do we have to go now?" Lin Tian furrowed his brows as he spoke.
"No need, there’s no rush," the elderly man said with a smile and a shake of his head. "This mission isn’t just for you alone; Nidhogg will be sending others with you. They are currently on a mission and haven’t returned yet. We will depart once they’re back, and besides, there’s been no movement from America yet."
"Good, that’s good." Hearing that he didn’t have to go on the mission right away, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief. He had been away for so long without returning to Wu’an City, and he was really worried about Bu Mengting and He Qianqian. He wanted to go back and see them.
As for the Li Family, they were not his match for now, so he put them aside for the time being. When the opportunity arose, he definitely wanted to make them realize the consequences of provoking him.
"Hehe... What’s with that expression, kid? Even if you were to go on the mission now, you couldn’t," the old man said, looking at Lin Tian relaxing and joking.
"Hehe... I was just being anxious," Lin Tian said with an awkward laugh, intending to scratch the back of his head but realizing he was cast-bound and gave up.
"Alright, you better take care of your injuries now; I’ll be leaving first," the old man said as he stood up and then left the room.
Seeing the old man leave, the smile disappeared from Lin Tian’s face, followed by a grim expression. Looking at the bandages wrapped around his body, a fleeting murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He hadn’t expected the Li Family to find such formidable people to deal with him. If it wasn’t for his luck, he might have died this time. He had underestimated them.
Pulling out a healing potion from the ’Taotie System,’ Lin Tian thought to himself. Li Family, you bastards, remember this; if I, Lin Tian, don’t make you nobodies in the Capital City, I’ll take your surname.
...
After drinking the healing potion, Lin Tian’s body healed immediately, but he didn’t get out of bed to jump around right away. Everyone here had seen how seriously injured he had been. If he recovered too quickly, it would be too shocking and troublesome to explain. He didn’t want others to know about his ’Taotie System’ bug.
Even the next day, when he walked out of the infirmary, the people at the military sanatorium looked at him as if he were a monster, even though Lin Tian deliberately didn’t take off the bandages on his body.
Walking around the military sanatorium, Lin Tian roughly understood what this place was. It indeed was a military hospital, and interestingly, all the patients here were soldiers, no exceptions except for him. Lin Tian concluded that this was a medical institution specifically built for soldiers, with top-end medical equipment. As long as one was not dead yet, they certainly would not die here as long as they were still breathing.
Seeing the soldiers sunbathing in the garden, Lin Tian found a place to sit down.
Not far from him, Dragon Emperor was observing him intently.
"Dragon Emperor, this kid is too abnormal. How could such a severe injury heal enough to get out of bed in a day? This kid definitely has secrets," said a bespectacled soldier standing beside Dragon Emperor. "Should I grab him for interrogation?"
"Hehe... Forget it, who doesn’t have their little secrets? This kid is highly regarded by the old chief. You go ahead and try to catch him if you dare, but don’t involve me. Besides, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The more capable he is, the better for me," Dragon Emperor replied, shaking his head.
"..." The bespectacled soldier twitched at the corners of his mouth, showing an embarrassed expression, and internally rolling his eyes, thinking, Great, you set me up; you already said he’s favored by the old chief. How dare I attempt to catch him?
Lin Tian, wrapped in bandages and with his hand in a cast, sat there looking quite odd. How could he, appearing so severely injured, still get out of bed and lie here?
"Comrade, with such severe injuries, you shouldn’t be walking around. Better go back and rest early," said a young man with a bandage over his left eye as he approached, looking at Lin Tian with concern.
"Hehe... It’s nothing. I just came out to enjoy the sun," Lin Tian responded with a smile as he looked at the young man.
"Is that so? How about I find a wheelchair for you? Next time you want to sunbathe, just tell the nurse, and I’ll push you out," the young man said with a naive smile.
"That would be great." Lin Tian nodded, looking at the young man’s naive appearance.
"Then I’ll go find the nurse to get a wheelchair now and push you back afterwards," the young man said, quickly springing into action, truly embodying the military spirit of acting without hesitation.
"No rush, I want to soak up a bit more sun," Lin Tian said, looking at the young man’s eager demeanor, warming his heart. "Why don’t you sit down and chat with me for a while?"
"Sure, let’s chat for a while," the young man sat down next to Lin Tian, appearing somewhat stiff and nervous.
"..." Lin Tian watched and couldn’t help but roll his eyes internally. What’s there to be nervous about? I’m no evildoer, and even if I were, in my current state, I couldn’t harm you.
"You look very young, probably younger than me, right?" Lin Tian started the conversation.
"Yes, I’m 16 years old this year," the young man nodded and replied.
"16, that’s really young. How did you join the army so young?" Lin Tian asked, curiosity showing on his face.
"I’m an orphan. I grew up in the military, so I became a soldier," the young man replied with a smile.
"I see," Lin Tian nodded with a moment of understanding. "Do you like the military? Aren’t you afraid of getting tired, being so young?"
"Of course, I like it. Everyone in the military takes good care of me," the young man said sincerely. "Aunts and uncles always give me the best of everything. They are very kind to me."
"What’s your name, and what happened to your eye?" Seeing the young man’s sincerity, Lin Tian knew he truly liked being in the military, but looking at the bandage on his left eye, he couldn’t help but ask.
"I’m Wang Ying, and a general named me, saying that I could become a hawk among kings when I grow up," the young man said proudly, but then his expression turned sad. "But I am doomed not to reach what the general said. I am a sniper, and during a mission, shrapnel from an enemy bomb hit my left eye; the doctors said it would never heal."
Tears welled up in Wang Ying’s eyes as he spoke, clearly shattered by the incident. Eyes are one of a sniper’s most important assets, second only to the rifle, and now he was told that his left eye had no chance of healing, which was almost like a death sentence to him.
