When the Official Department first selected its five squads, there had initially been one hundred candidates.
From those hundred, another thirty or forty of the best had been selected to form five squads. Though the rest had not been chosen, they still joined the combat units of various cities as reserves, with the possibility of being called up later.
Because the entire selection process had taken place at the same training base, many of the participants knew one another. In particular, the thirty or forty who later formed the squads had trained together for a while, getting acquainted and even becoming good friends.
That was why the members of Fifth Squad all revealed startled expressions when they saw Gu Fei step out of the vehicle.
Gu Fei was clearly stunned as well when he saw the members of Fifth Squad. Then his expression gradually darkened.
The young man wearing Headphones picked up his phone and showed Gu Fei three words: (Do you know them?)
Gu Fei nodded. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up his phone and replied: (They're an Official Department-backed team.)
The young man with Headphones glanced at it, his expression as calm and unchanged as ever.
At that moment, Xu You, the captain of Fifth Squad, used his phone's voice function to demand, "Gu Fei, who are the people beside you?"
The other squad members all knew that Gu Fei had been expelled from Third Squad. Some had contacted him over the matter, but he had never replied, and his whereabouts had remained unknown.
They had never expected to meet him again outside the city.
Moreover, Gu Fei and the other four wore identical uniforms emblazoned with black green-plum patterns. They had clearly joined some organization.
Gu Fei picked up his phone and replied through its