Chapter 155 - Dance of the Flying Swallow with Broken Wings (2/2)

Du Peng took in a deep breath. “I have never made an extravagant request before, even though I possessed the blood of the Du Family and can get special privileges. I just hope that my mother, who had me with Du Yu, can receive a bit of compensation and care. However…”

Du Peng’s smile was filled with hate. “A kitchen maid is still a kitchen maid. Instead, she was blamed for seducing the male master. Not a single member of that ice-cold family felt that they should do anything or compensate the kitchen maid. It was as if nothing had ever happened in the first place. It was as if everything was as it should be by right…”

“You are quite an oddity. How are you able to learn the Phaseless Water Bird Fist in such circumstances?” Du Peng asked himself with a bit of self-mockery. “It really is funny now that I think about it. My mother begged countless times for me to be able to learn martial arts and was ruthlessly rejected each time. This lasted until one day Du Zhanpeng said that he needed an opponent to be able to obtain more practical combat experience. Therefore, I unexpectedly got a martial art. From the perspective of others, it was the supreme and ultimate art that money couldn’t buy — the Phaseless Water Bird Art.”

To the very end, Du Peng’s hatred didn’t lessen a single bit. On the contrary, it had increased quite a bit. It was just that it seemed like his mental load had lightened quite a bit by speaking out the matters that oppressed his heart.

Du Peng’s spoke very slowly. At the very beginning, he spoke every word of his telling of the story with difficulty, as if each were weighed down by a thousand pounds. After he finished speaking of his circumstances, the majority of the other recruits had already finished their contests. Only a few remaining recruits were still tangled up.

The team of three consisting of Snake Head, Mute, and Big Rock had split apart due to the numbers they drew. Only Mute was able to escape the trash group. The other two people were very unlucky. They all lost at rock paper scissors, losing in a contest that was their opponent’s strong point and their own weak point.

Mute, the only person to escape the trash group, walked to the drill instructor’s side. It was unknown what he said, but he was divvied into the trash group.

Qin Fen got up and walked before the drill instructor at this time. “I request to be added to the defeated group for training.”

“Hehe…” The drill instructor chuckled as he looked toward Mute’s direction. His tone was neither salty nor faint as he said, “I thought at first you were a bit clever. I never thought that you’d be an idiot who would become food just for the sake of loyalty. Since you really want to be abused, then I will help you. Just beat it to the trash group then.”

Everyone waited a while, for there were still a dozen or so people who have yet to finish their contests. The drill instructor was already impatient. He yelled, “Okay already! Everyone stop! It’s been so long, and you all have yet to finish your opponent. This is enough to say just how much of a piece of trash each of you are. All of you, enter the trash group.”

In the end, Du Zhanpeng, Xing Wuyi, and that female soldier, as well as thirty other recruits became the victor group. The other sixty or so people were all struck down into the trash group.

“Excellent! We finally divided out those who are most trash and the trash who are barely worthy to be recycled.” The drill instructor put his hands to his waist. “In this place of mine, one is never fixed as trash. You utterly rubbish trash can challenge these thirty or so okay trash. If you win, you can swap places.”

Quite a few people of the victor group had their expressions turn ugly. Of them, there was no lack of people who had relied upon drawing a good number. They had relied upon good luck to enter the victor group.

Quite a few members of the trash group became excited. Nobody came here for this training for the sake of returning back to their military camp and reporting to their own commanding officers that they had the great honor of joining the trash group.

“That is so great! Lastly, there are three more things.” The drill instructor’s leather boots heavily stomped on the stone beneath his feet. The crowd, which had a bit of an uproar just now, calmed down once more.

“The first. I want to introduce this island to all of you. I want to tell you why it’s called Happy Paradise.”

The drill instructor pounded his chest in a very flashy manner. “It is because the soldiers who have come to this island for training can give me happiness. Whenever I abuse them, torture them, and train them, I will always feel that happiness. Therefore, I have given its name — Happy Paradise. As for the soldiers who have received training here, all of them intimately call it Devil Island.”

“And me, I have been intimately called Satan by all the soldiers who undergo training here.” The drill instructor’s pair of azure eyes swept across all the recruits once more. “Because I am very satisfied with being addressed this way, it has led me to forgot what my original name is called. Therefore, you guys can call me with that beloved name. You guys can call me Drill Instructor Satan.”

Satan licked those lips of his, which were extremely moist yet not a single bit erotic. “Let me tell you of a word that I disliked the most. Many people called themselves elite. I loathe the word elite. I extremely loathe it. I loathe the elite, and I loathe the prideful who believe themselves to be infallible. I loathe those who act like they are awesome wherever they walk. I loathe them very much. I utterly detest them! Therefore, when I heard that the training this time will be filled with so-called elite recruits, I told myself something. This time! I will certainly set a new record!”

The recruits all perked up their ears. They wanted to know what this drill instructor, whose performance didn’t show that he was quite mentally sane from the very beginning, was thinking of doing.

“I want to create a record of the withdrawal rate of a hundred percent! I want none of you all to have the chance to last till the last day of the fixed training.” Satan had a sinister expression. He had a crazy smile that was permeated with hysteria. “To be able to reach this objective, I will not hesitate to use any method at my disposal! You guys need to be clear about something. This training camp of mine has a death quota! Fifty percent! The military region has given me the authority. I can train half of you guys to death. Therefore, if you don’t want to die, there is still time for you to get the hell out of here.”

A death quota. Only the truly elite combat troops would have this sort of special training quota. Ordinary recruit training wouldn’t have the existence of such a quota whatsoever.

All sorts of expressions appeared on the faces of the recruits, one after another, when they heard these words. The atmosphere became exceptionally quiet.

Satan spoke out once more. “Is face worth a damn when compared to your life? If you get the hell out of here now, you can still live. You don’t need to have your father and mother shed tears because of your death. Don’t look at the others. Comparing yourself with someone else is an extremely stupid thing to do.”