Chapter 308 Survival
Chapter 313: Survival and Return

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When I woke up, it was already noon the next day, and Jingliu was resting beside my bed. Seeing her tired look, she must have been guarding me for a long time last night. I reached out and stroked Jingliu's head. Feeling the delicate hair on my hand, a warm feeling emerged in my heart. Although there is a ten-year age difference, this sister-like existence has always been willing to protect me. To be honest, Jingliu's existence is definitely indispensable to the stability of the organization.

"Hmm..." She whispered softly in my ears, and she woke up slowly after feeling the warmth of my palm. Then she smiled and said sweet words with a sleepy look on her face. "Bing, you're awake."

"Well, you've worked hard, Sister Jingliu. You kept watch over me all night again." I smiled. "Where are the others? Have they left?"

"Well, Vermouth has gone back to the organization. Hine and Spirytus have gone back to report your situation to the boss. Your assessment is over." Jingliu stood up and poured me a glass of water. "I will take you to do psychological rehabilitation later. How are you? Do you feel better now? Have you recovered from the truth serum?"

"Yeah, I'm fine now." I sat up. "Rehabilitation is not necessary, I'm actually fine."

"But..." Jingliu was a little worried.

"It's okay. I will use my own way to recover, but it's in the form of training. I don't have much time to use leisure methods. By the way, do you know where Ling and the others are now?"

"The last contact was half a month ago. They came back from the desert of Utah and were preparing to go to a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean for the next round of survival training." Jingliu thought about the news he got half a month ago. "According to the time, they should have just set off not long ago, right?"

“What other projects do they have coming up?” I asked.

"It seems we need to go to the swamps and wetlands once more. We have already been to dangerous places like mountains and volcanoes." Jingliu said to me. "If we add it all up, it will probably take about four months?"

"Well, that should be enough time." I thought. "Sister Jingliu, please go back to the organization and report my safety to Shiho, and then help me get back some tools I need."

"Now?" Jingliu asked.

"Yeah. Now, I'll call Vermouth." I confirmed.

"Okay, I'll go right away. I've prepared some food. It's in the refrigerator. You can heat it up yourself." Jingliu said, and immediately sat up and walked out.

"Hmm?" My eyes lit up as I watched Jingliu leave. "When did this girl become so decisive? She didn't even force me to participate in rehabilitation?" I didn't quite understand why Jingliu suddenly responded so bluntly to my order. But it was okay, I saved a lot of time. After shrugging slightly, I took out the phone from my necklace and called Vermouth.

"Sister Bei."

"Bing? You're awake. What's the matter? Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Vermouth spoke in a lazy manner, so she was probably not on a mission.

"Well, I asked Jingliu to help me go back to the organization base to get some things. I hope Sister Bei will give me the green light to let me go."

"Okay, I'll let the guards pay attention." Vermouth said simply. "However, you sound like everything is fine? You don't even need rehabilitation?"

"Hey, it's nothing." I said lightly. "Compared to the torture, the drugs are what give me a headache. So after getting through the hardest part, there won't be much trouble after that."

"Heh, he's just a little monster." Vermouth laughed. "If you really have nothing to do, come back and accompany me on the mission. I don't have many people left. I sent a lot of people out in the FBI battle."

"Sister Bei, I want to apply for the right to interrogation training for Ling and the others." I did not answer Vermouth's question, but asked what was in my mind.

"Eh? You want to get involved in this?" Vermouth was stunned. "Leave this aspect of training to the organization. Can you be so cruel to the children?"

"Sister Bei, the situation is different. The team I want to build will never be allowed to be interfered with by others. Only in this way can the people trained be used by me." I said resolutely. "And for the remaining period of time, I want to continue to stay here. I need to give myself more training. In preparation for the mission to the FBI one day in the future."

"Bing...you're going to make it very difficult for me, Sister Bei." Vermouth was a little unhappy. "I won't talk about the vacation. Anyway, you have at least two months of recovery. Just let me know that you've been in the factory. The problem is that Ling and the others' interrogation only went through you, but the organization didn't let them in on it. Even if you're Sister Bei, it's hard for me to make suggestions to the Boss."

"Can't I make up for it with a mission? Or report to you regularly, Sister Bei?"

"Do you have time?" Vermouth asked back. "After six months of training, take Ling and the others on an average of five D-rank missions a month. If you can do it, and maintain it for a year, I think I will still have something to say in front of the boss."

"Um... five missions take too much time. I also need to train Ling in other areas." I thought about it. The D-level missions are too unchallenging and do not meet my standards. And Ling and the others must be strong enough in their training. Besides, there are many basic and advanced trainings. So I need to make adjustments to this proposal. "Ling and the others' wilderness training will probably be completed in four months. I have two months of rehabilitation time. In the next two months, I will do two A-level missions. It can be regarded as a compensation for my personal time and buy me two months. After that, I will take Ling and the others to complete the interrogation training, and then take them on missions. And ensure an average of two C-level missions per month. Is that okay?"

"Are you crazy? Two A-ranks? Do you think an A-rank mission is to take care of cows on a farm?" Vermouth's voice rose eight degrees. "Even for the last punishment mission, Gin and I had to disappear for more than half a year before we dared to take another high-level mission. You, a little brat, want to do two A-ranks in two months?"

"It's easier to make it, just find a less chaotic place." I said with a chuckle. "For example... Zhong Dong? Wu Kelan?"

"You kid..." Vermouth frowned on the other end of the phone. "Can't you just do a few small tasks for your sister Bei? Now is not the time for you to show off."

"Then... two B-levels in two months? I'm happy with the reduced difficulty." "Three."

"I choose the difficulty of the location?"

"Four."

"You choose the place for the three tasks." I hurriedly called a halt.

"Heh, you little brat. Can Sister Bei really harm you?" Vermouth cursed and laughed before hanging up the phone on me.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

Four months passed like a withered maple leaf blown by the wind, disappearing quickly into the soil. Four months of individual training has made my body grow exponentially. During this period, Jingliu has been by my side. It's strange to say that Jingliu used to scold me for not working too hard after I finished a whole day of training, and at the same time, with red eyes, he helped me with the relief and conditioning after training. In the past four months, Jingliu has been very well-behaved and unconditionally supported all my training, and also made very reasonable suggestions. And the conditioning after training also met my training situation. He would also pull me to do some relaxing things at the right time, such as pulling me to the rehabilitation center next to the factory for a day of fun. These actions surprised me a little. But I don't hate this kind of thing, but I am very happy, because of Jingliu's unconditional support and reasonable allocation of time. This is why my physical fitness has improved so quickly. And Belmode really gave me face. The difficulty of the three B-level tasks was not great. I finished everything in about half a month. And the rest of the time was left to me to manage. It can be said that this is Belmode opening a back door for me again.

"Hoo... Heh... Hoo..." I let out a long breath and sat up from the ground. "How is it?"

"1.5 times gravity, squat strength 200 pounds, leg strength 400, punch 360." Jingliu scanned the test sheet and smiled sweetly at me. "Overall evaluation, little monster~"

"Hey, that's because you raised me well." I breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. This strength test was completed under 1.5 times gravity. After removing the gravity ring, this value can be increased. The fact that I, at the age of twelve or thirteen, can have such strength is inseparable from Jingliu's support work. After all, I didn't have such a physique at this age in my previous life because I didn't have enough resources. In this life, the organization allocated enough resources to me to grow, so I can be regarded as a little monster. "Ling and the others should be here soon, right?"

"Well, they said they would arrive at noon. It should be almost time. Bing, take a break. Let's go have lunch." Jing Liu put down the data and said to me. "I think Ling and the others will be here after lunch."

"Okay, well... I haven't eaten well for a while because of my training. Sister Jingliu, can you eat well today?"

"Okay~" Jingliu smiled knowingly. "Then let's do this, you take a rest, I'll go to the rehabilitation center and tell them, Ling and the others probably haven't had good food for a long time, I don't know how they've been doing in the past few months. Let's wait for them and then eat together."

"Well, let's ask the cafeteria to prepare more delicious food. I'm almost sick of eating whole wheat bread with boiled beef these past few months."

"Haha~Okay~You take a rest, I'll be there soon." After saying that, Jingliu trotted away.

"Huh... I'm already 12 or 13 years old. Time flies." I removed the gravity ring and felt the lightness of my body. "Oh, it's really painful not to know my birthday. I can't even calculate my age accurately." Speaking of which, it's been several years. How come I have no memory of anything before the age of seven? Forget it, we'll work it out when the time comes. Let's take care of the present first.

About half an hour later, Jingliu returned to the gym and took me to the cafeteria of the rehabilitation center. When I walked into the cafeteria, I didn't expect that there were already three people sitting at the table.

"Bing~~" Ling threw herself into my arms like a swallow, with the longing for not seeing each other for a long time, and her body kept rubbing against mine. "I miss you so much!"

"Haha, you silly girl, you're trying to seduce me now that you've grown a little bit after not seeing me for half a year?" I jokingly flicked Ling's forehead. "It's been a long time since we last met, and I missed you guys too."

"Wuwu..." Ling puffed up her cheeks and covered the place where I had just hit her with her hands. "Really, don't expose me right away."

"Hahaha, you." I laughed and poked Ling's forehead. "Didn't you say you'd be there later?"

"Well, originally, we did. However, after returning to the base after the wetland training, we didn't have breakfast. We took an early flight back from the United States in the early morning, and then we sat for more than a day and rushed here as soon as we got off the plane. The time was just right so that I could have lunch with you."

"It's really hard for you." I smiled and touched Ling's head. "Taiyi, Mary, you've worked hard too." Time flies, and I just came to my senses now. Taiyi and Mary, who are three years older than me, are already 15 or 16 years old. Their adolescence was smoothed out by me through training, and I don't know whether it is good or bad for them. But when they look at me, there is still respect in their eyes. I know that their respect and loyalty to me have not changed from beginning to end during this period of time, which is a good thing.

"I am very pleased that you have managed to survive in the wild for more than half a year."

"Hehe, with the support of equipment, we didn't have a hard time. We even tasted bear paws in the mountains and camel humps in the desert." Ling took my arm and began to tell me about their training in the past six months. They completed all the tasks I assigned to them one by one. Even when they were surviving in the desert of Utah, because the three children didn't like the hot summer, within a week, the three children found a road, intercepted a hapless truck driver with their weapons, knocked him out, and drove his car back to the edge of the city. After hiding the large weapons, they patronized several black casinos and made a lot of money from them, and then lived comfortably for a month. I didn't blame them for their actions. After all, this is what we do. It's not wrong to maintain the concept of the survival of the fittest in desperate situations. I can only say that the driver was too unlucky to be encountered by Ling and the others. But he was lucky to survive in the hands of the children.

"Well, I understand your situation." Time flies while we chat and eat. In a blink of an eye, the delicious food on the table has been eaten by the children, and I have a basic understanding of their situation over the past six months. "And I believe you should have guessed what you are going to do next?"

"Torture?" After half a year, Taiyi had grown a lot taller, and the dark skin left by his survival made him look more heroic. His eyebrows also exuded the calmness that a growing boy should have.

"It also involves truth serum and lie detector, right?" Compared to Taichi, Mary's physical development is more obvious. Although she is only fifteen years old, her figure is slowly taking shape. Her calm eyes and dark red glasses make her look even wiser. This is something that Ling, a twelve-year-old girl, can't compare to. However, although she is calm, Mary's shyness and introversion are still reserved, and she is not as lively as Ling.

"Bing, have you been undergoing these torture tests for the past six months?"

"Yes, these are what you will be exposed to in the next year or so. They are the final test of your training." I said to the children. "Come on, I will give you some relevant knowledge, and then you can try them out and understand their significance in depth."

(End of this chapter)