Tou smiled happily and walked out of the elevator as soon as the elevator stopped. Jeong Taeui immediately followed, but immediately after that he was stunned into silence.

The 5th basement floor in front of him is a long hallway covered with white carpet. This place was so quiet that not even a single footprint could be heard, and it was also very different from the shabby building on the ground before.

Jeong Taeui never thought that there would be such a clean and splendid space like this in the basement of the old abandoned house above.

“How do you feel? Startled?”

Tou smiled brightly as if this wasn’t the first time he’d seen that kind of reaction from someone else.

“You must have thought about a damp basement full of rats, cockroaches and spider webs everywhere, right?”

Even though he didn’t imagine it to be that scary, it wasn’t completely wrong.

“Does this floor have BOQ?”

 (*BOQ is Bachelor Officer Quarters which is the headquarters for single officers/private rooms for each person.*)

Jeong Taeui secretly admired and wondered as he followed Tou striding down the long hallway. He turned his head to look at him and smiled as if he knew he would ask that.

 “You used to be a military officer? In which unit?”

 “…. …”

“No comment? Ok, everyone has some things they don’t want to say. Here it is called an internal room, not BOQ. 1 room for 3 people. But the place to work and study is downstairs. There is a gym, library, and multi-purpose room. Basically, the entertainment area is located on that floor. If you want to play or read books or watch movies in your free time, you can go down there.”

“I want to put my ‘burden’ down first.”

Tou must have been very amused when Jeong Taeui said that while slinging a seemingly heavy Boston backpack on his shoulder.

“Really? So let me hold it. First of all, we have to build relationships with other teammates, right? In the future, we will experience life and death together, shouldn’t we talk to each other first?”

“…..”

“After 5 P.M is free time so everyone is doing their own thing now. But most of them probably just gather in the practice room.”

Jeong Taeui wanted to meet the people who would die with him after putting down this backpack and checking in his room, but he still quietly walked up to Tou – who was walking in front with his bag on his shoulder. Who knows, maybe this is the normal procedure for someone new to this place.

But at least there is one comfort, that is, except for the nine superiors, all the rest are equal colleagues.

Maybe he is a new person, but in principle, if the newcomer and the bullies are equal, relationships will be much easier. Besides, it sounds like a joke but it seems like killing one or two people is fine.

…. …Even though he was more likely to be the one who would die than the murderer.

Maybe he needs to increase his vigilance from now on.

Even when he was at the military officer academy, Jeong Taeui’s training and practical adaptation achievements were not too good but not too bad either. Always just a normal level.

Unless you are confident that you can defeat all the approaching enemies, it is best to live quietly and suffer quietly for half a year. While turning around the corner of the hallway, he saw the library and multipurpose room. There was another vending machine in the corner. Every now and then he passed someone, but no one paid attention to him. They only glanced briefly as if realizing it was a strange face and then stopped looking.

“I thought the Asian branch only had Asians, but apparently that’s not the case.”

After a Westerner passed by him, Jeong Taeui immediately spoke, Tou turned his head to look at him.

“No matter which branch, there are many different races. Asian branch means it’s in Asia, not just accepting Asians. But compared to the headquarters or other branches, there are more Asian people here. I’m also half Asian.”

Tou said as he arrived in front of the practice room. The iron door twice as big as a normal door opened, a space more spacious than any gym appeared before his eyes. In fact, the facilities are not much different from the military except for some training tools that look more dangerous and stand out.

Inside the gym, there are about 40 to 50 people practicing individually. Among them, he saw some people sitting in groups of three or four to chat, some people lying on their backs to sleep, and most of the rest were engrossed in exercising as if they wanted to increase their physical strength up to a possible level.

“You said this is free time, but with so many people coming here, they’re really working hard.”

“If you don’t want to die early, you’d better increase your physical training before next month. Let’s see, there are only two weeks left. If the Europeans fall into my hands, those people will surely die.”

Tou clenched his fists with determination, he looked around the room and then headed to where six men were gathered. Even when they gathered, there was still a moderate distance between them, but enough to recognize them as a separate group.

Jeong Taeui silently nodded. Maybe they’re on the same team. And as expected. Tou is approaching them.

When they realized two people were approaching, everyone stopped exercising or stopped talking and turned their eyes towards the two people. Exactly, look at Jeong Taeui’s strange face.

“Did Tou  go out and forget his cigarette pack?

“That’s right. Once he smokes, how can that guy forget three cigarettes at a time?

The eyes of the man who was smiling and speaking stopped before Jeong Taeui. Not only them but also other men nearby also turned curious eyes towards him.

“He’s a newcomer. Instructor Jeong told me to bring him down here to build relationships with everyone, so I brought him here. New member of our team.”

While Tou said a few words to them, Jeong Taeui just indifferently observed his surroundings.

The age of the people here ranges from 20 to 30, a little older. The youngest looking person in the corner over there looks like he’s just a teenager. And a man doing abdominal exercises nearby must have been almost 40 years old. It seems that most people are in their late 20s and early 30s. 30 years old can’t fight with physical strength when 20 years old can break buffalo horns, but in fighting, besides physical strength, technique is equally important, so age is not an issue.

As Tou said, half of them are Asian, the rest are white and black. Overall, we don’t know, but at least if you look at the people here, it seems like there are more black people than white people. However, at first glance there are many people who seem to have mixed blood.

Everyone seems to not want to die, so they exercise whenever they have time. Okay, he will only stay here for half a year, even if there is someone he likes and wants to develop a relationship with, it will be difficult. He would rather just live quietly like this and then turn away.

“Hmm, Taei? 20….. 25 years old?”

One of the men sitting on a pile of mattresses against the wall jumped down and approached him. Behind Jeong Taeui, the others sneered after Tou briefly introduced Jeong Taeui.

Jeong Taeui looked at the man approaching from the front. His ears perk up to listen to the sounds and atmosphere around him.

Not bad either. It wasn’t laughter or curious looks, it was hostility and ridicule, it was sounds of excitement at something new. After all, it’s impossible to lose sympathy for someone overnight.

The straight man with a smile quietly observed Jeong Taeui. He is a much taller guy than an Asian. Looking back now, Taeui doesn’t know if it was a hybrid or not… It seems he is the leader of this group.

Jeong Taeui smiled bitterly in his heart. Regardless of the place, the society in which men gather always has similarities. They are bound to find a leader among themselves even among mere colleagues.

Of course, they won’t be openly appointed as team captains, but if you dig deep into it, any team will have a beginning and an end. Even though it is said to be equal, there will be people who accept and obediently follow the leader that they implicitly understand with each other.

Jeong Taeui didn’t know if it was human nature and not just men, but as a normal man, he couldn’t know how women’s society was divided. how. And he also had no thoughts of wanting to find out about that.

“How about you?”

Jeong Taeui smiled and raised his chin to look at the man. He pointed at himself and shrugged.

“Me? Carlo Sagisa. 7 months later I will be 30. What else are you curious about?”

“Um, is it because of me that you have to warm up your wrists and ankles?”

The man named Carlo burst out laughing. He didn’t know if it was just a habit or a threat, but as he approached Jeong Taeui, he bent his fingers and slowly relaxed his ankle joints, then spread his arms out again to start.

“No no. I’m just going to exercise a little. What’s wrong, are you scared? It doesn’t look too scary, right?”

“Because my insides are a bit different from my outsides.”

When Jeong Taeui muttered, Carlo laughed again. Although it sounds like a joke, to some extent it is also true. He had heard that a person’s insides and outsides could be different. And now that he was contemplating that sentence extremely deeply, he was feeling a little uncomfortable.

Although the man’s rotating wrist was as big as a pot lid, it was a bit of an exaggeration, but in short, it was very big. The muscles emerging from his arms looked as hard as steel. Legs in boxing pants are no less impressive. How can he feel comfortable when that muscular body is gradually approaching him?

“Okay, it’s probably an aggressive look with a kitten’s soul, right? What, I’m going to warm up a bit, aren’t you going to help me?”

Those muscles and strong body didn’t say it all, but anyway, he didn’t want to have to confront this man. If the ratio is 100, then you definitely have a full 100 disadvantages. From the beginning, he was not confident in his strength. Even if it was a battle to take the position of an alpha beast, he did not want to stand above him at all.

But even though Jeong Taeui wanted to refuse, he didn’t have time to refuse.

As soon as he finished speaking, Carlo went to Jeong Taeui and grabbed his wrist with one hand, the other grabbed his shoulder, and at the same time his other leg hooked Jeong Taeui’s leg backwards, causing him to lose his balance for a moment. Jeong Taeui’s gaze seemed to rotate about half a circle, getting closer to the ceiling and then farther away, and then, a strong shock went through his back. Even though he tried to reflexively land as gently as he could, he still couldn’t stop the sharp pain that spread to his chest for a moment. And right in front of him, Carlo was frowning and laughing heartily.

“What is this, Tou said you are a soldier, why are you so weak, so how can you fight properly? Come to your senses.”

Loud laughter and whistles rang out in all directions. Jeong Taeui glanced at the man with a Western name, this person was far from the typical beauty of mixed blood, he looked like he had an Eastern face with a bit of Western European features.

Even though Carlo told him to stand up, he still didn’t move aside but still held Jeong Taeui’s shoulders and arms, his knees pressed against his thighs to block him. Jeong Taeui was completely locked up.

Using normal methods combined with the strength of an ordinary person, it is impossible to escape this grip unless he has master techniques or is as strong as King Kong. < It’s means that the people in this organization are completely unrealistically strong 😀 >  

“You want me to stand up?”

“That’s right. If you are qualified.”

“Okay. By any means is it fine?”

Jeong Taeui said as he lifted his right leg, the only leg he could move at the moment, bent his knee and hit Carlo’s lower body hard.

“Ah!”

Not only Carlo shouted, but the men standing and chatting around also became speechless with sweat on their faces and let out a scream at the same time.

The silence that lasted for a brief moment was broken by loud screams.

“This bastard is truly despicable!!!”

“Coward…..!”

While the victim was lying on the floor unable to move, the men behind him screamed and ran to Jeong Taeui – who quickly escaped his arms and stood up. Jeong Taeui snorted.

“I was just defending myself, so where’s the cowardice?”

Seemingly moved by those words, a man who had been sitting next to Carlo jumped off the cushion. He rolled up his sleeves, he was shorter than Jeong Taeui but his body was as solid and heavy as a rock.

After passing this tribulation, comes another tribulation. Could it be that this man is a subordinate of that leader? Looks like he was welcomed so warmly today, he definitely had to roll up on the podium to be honored.