Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 1 – I Will Be Back!

– Military Region Hospital –

In the emergency room, five of the most elite doctors in the region were working together to operate on a young man covered in blood.
His body was covered in tubes and needles.
Other than the data on the electrocardiogram showing that he was still alive, the guy looked as good as dead.

Outside of the emergency room, two blood-stained miserable soldiers in rugged clothing were waiting like ants on a hot pan, finding it impossible to calm down.

Seeing how long the operation was dragging on, they could tell that the situation was becoming increasingly difficult.

After enduring through at least two hours of torment, the operation room’s door finally opened.
The two soldiers, the instructor, and the superior, all rushed over and surrounded the doctors.

“How about it?”

Amongst the five doctors, four of them sighed and left, leaving one behind to inform the group of the outcome.
“We saved him.”

The two soldiers and the superior all let out a sigh of relief, but from the doctor’s face, the instructor knew that he wasn’t done talking.

“What are the aftereffects? What is the expected extent of recovery?”

The doctor sighed, “The external and internal injuries aren’t concerning, but what’s most serious was that a genetic serum was injected into him during the battle that even we only saw for the first time.
Strictly speaking, this genetic fluid belongs to the defective chemical category.
Due to the late rescue, the serum had merged into his bloodstream, completely forcing the decline of his various physical capabilities.”

“This…” The instructor and the two comrades both had a bad feeling.

“What do you mean by a decline in physical capabilities? You mean, it will affect his overall strength and performance?”

The doctor nodded.
“And the effect isn’t small.
Later on, you can assess it.
I’m very sorry, and it’s a pity for such a great soldier!”

The two soldiers and the officers at the scene all didn’t look too well after dismissing the doctor.

The soldiers covered their faces in grief.
One of them couldn’t hold back his guilt and punched the wall, cutting his knuckles and bloodying his gloves.

“It was all my fault!” he said with bloodshot eyes.
“Brother Cheng told me to retreat, it was me who…”

It was fine if he didn’t say anything, but the moment he started, the instructor grabbed onto his collar and said, “I’ve told you before every mission to completely follow Xu Cheng’s orders, especially during big operations like this.
Did the two words ‘follow orders’ go down your stomach?”

“I… I just wanted to grab a souvenir to commemorate the success of this operation, who knew there would still be a survivor!”

Just then, the superior in the chair across from them finally opened his mouth.
“What really happened?”

The other comrade squatted against the wall and slowly said, “Brother Cheng told us to retreat, and when Luo Yi went back wanting to grab something symbolic, an old biochemistry researcher attacked him from behind.
Brother Cheng pushed down Luo Yi but was injected by that old man with a large dose of unknown genetic fluid.”

Hearing what happened, the superior looked at Luo Yi.
“You can’t absolve yourself from the blame.”

Luo Yi replied, “I only feel sorry towards Brother Cheng.”

The instructor harshly interrupted, “It’s useless to say this nonsense, go in and look to see if he’s fine.”

The two comrades finally got up and entered the ward.

Staying behind, the instructor asked the superior, “Can he still join the Dragon Division like this?”

The superior answered a bit unwillingly, “The assessment mission was perfectly executed, and they did demolish the research base.
However, many of Xu Cheng’s physical capabilities decline, and you also know that the Dragon Division only takes the elites.
We will still have to wait for the assessment team to finish testing out his overall strength, but you should prepare for the worst.
Of course, you shouldn’t be discouraged.
You recommended the three of them to Dragon, don’t you still have the other two? They also finished this mission so that they can join Dragon now.”

The instructor didn’t look too well, and he just leaned against the wall and smoked a cigarette.

Luo Yi who was leaning against the ward’s door on the other side heard the whole conversation, tears rolling out from his bloodshot eyes.

The other good buddy of theirs sat quietly by the bed, already having guessed the result.
He didn’t say anything, but just quietly tucked a quiver under Xu Cheng’s body.
There was nothing else he wanted to say, and he had already beaten Luo Yi up in the corridor of the hospital earlier.

– On the next day –