Leaving Shadow Ghost felt to him like being abandoned.
For Yixiu, who had spent half his life fighting for his country, leaving meant his spirit had died.
If not for Huang Yiyi and their child, he would probably have broken down long ago.
This was a pain he had never mentioned to anyone.
Not even Huang Yiyi knew.
Whenever a nightmare jolted him awake, he would only go out onto the balcony alone and smoke a cigarette.
Perhaps only when drinking with Little White Tiger could he recapture what he had once felt.
Those days of spilling blood overseas and slaughtering the alien races were what his heart longed for.
After hearing him out, Instructor smoked three cigarettes without a word.
He seemed to have made a momentous decision.
With resolve and guilt in his eyes, he drew a deep breath.
He took out the small wooden crate at his feet.
"Brother."
Whoosh.
Yixiu sprang from the sofa as though a spring had been triggered.
He stood ramrod straight, as spirited and filled with heroic resolve as when he had enlisted.
Snap.
Yixiu delivered a forceful salute.
"Yixiu, formerly of Shadow Ghost, First War Zone, requests to return to the ranks!"
"I am member 005 of Shadow Ghost. I am Instructor's third student. I am a lieutenant of the Dragon Kingdom's First War Zone. I am the Dragon Kingdom's blade abroad. I am the finest sniper under Old Man Guan's command!"
"The blade is chipped, but it hasn't rusted. It can still kill!"
Yixiu's voice rang out loudly.
Every word was firm and powerful.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body trembled with excitement.
Inside the room.
Huang Yiyi slowly slid down the door to the floor, as though all her strength had been drained away.
She covered her