That recruit was the one Lü Qinglong had knocked out with a single slap earlier, leaving his face swollen for half a month.
He absolutely hated Lü Qinglong!
That guy was completely unreasonable. What was wrong with cutting in line just once?
"Oh?"
"What do you have in mind?"
The Eighth Squad Leader perked up, too.
"Squad Leader, I'll go talk to the Political Instructor! Lü Qinglong from First Squad is so heavy that he's practically worth three recruits by himself!"
"I'll go negotiate with the Political Instructor. If First Squad still gets to field eight people, including Lü Qinglong, that's just not fair."
The recruit spoke indignantly.
His words immediately won the agreement of the other recruits in the squad.
"Hss~"
"You've got a point. Go talk to the Political Instructor, then."
The Eighth Squad Leader nodded, his gaze lingering on Chen Ting, the First Squad Leader, in the distance as if he were pondering something.
"Sure thing, Squad Leader! I'll go negotiate with the Political Instructor right now."
The recruit nodded eagerly and headed toward the Political Instructor at the front.
The two talked for a while. In the end, the Political Instructor nodded and called over the duty officer as well.
"How'd it go?"
"The Political Instructor agreed with me. He said Lü Qinglong really is a bit over the limit!"
The recruit answered excitedly.
At that, the other recruits all looked delighted.
This was great! First Squad's cheat code had been nerfed. They still had a good shot at winning the phone!
"Hold on. Before the competition starts, I have one more thing to announce."
The duty officer stood in front of all the recruits in the company, his gaze settling on Lü Qinglong of First Squad.
"Uh, I just discussed this with the Political Instructor.