Chu Hao returned to the shelter nearly half an hour later than the other two groups. When he came back, he looked like a mess. Not only was his body covered in dust, his clothes were torn in many places, and there were even bloodstains in some places. He looked like he had been through a fierce battle.
Everyone quickly gathered around him, but other than J and Ossacki, the talkative Jenny was silent. Even Ares just frowned and checked his wounds. He didn't ask questions as gently as he usually did.
At this moment, Chu Hao regained his gentle smile. He forced a smile and said, "I'm going to sleep for a while. My body is probably overburdened. If you have anything to say, wait until I wake up." After that, he fainted again without making a sound. Only the crowd was left here, facing each other.
After a few seconds, J said, "Ares, let's bandage Chu Hao first. If there's anything, wait until he wakes up."
Ares nodded silently. Then he began to clean Chu Hao's body and bandage his wounds. Jenny was still a little indignant. "Bandage … We're not as cold-blooded as he is. We'll definitely treat and bandage him. But isn't he too much? You should have seen and heard the situation at that time. I don't want to say too much. At that time, it was really only a few seconds. If we ran a little slower or fell down by something, then we would really be dead. This kind of thing … "
"Cut it out. You said you don't want to say more. Is this what you call not wanting to say more?" J said indifferently.
Jenny suddenly looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. If she had fur, it would have stood straight up. She immediately said loudly, "Hey, let's get this straight. We almost died, not you. Besides, you could have just run away. What do you think we were doing? I ran to three locations in a row and passed through the explosives several times. This kind of danger … "
J glared. He was tall and strong, and when he glared, he looked very fierce. He said coldly, "You think you're the only one in danger? What do you think the explosives team was doing? Playing? Do you have the guts to work in a pile of gasoline and all kinds of oil? Even a little spark can blow you into countless pieces. I dare you to say that again. "
Jenny shrunk her neck and forced herself to say, "I didn't say you weren't in danger, but … what was he doing? When we were in the most dangerous situation, he seemed to be the safest person. I just don't get it. We were exhausted, but he was lying there watching, giving orders, and today … "
"Enough."
He stood up with a solemn expression and said, "You're wrong about that, Jenny. His situation is much more dangerous than ours. We're on the ground, so we have a place to hide at any time. However, he's on the rooftop. As long as he's discovered by the alien monsters, he'll have to risk his life to escape. Moreover, he's constantly in a sniping and observing mode. His exhaustion is not something we can imagine … For example, today, how do you think he got those wounds on his body? He was stronger than all of us combined, but he was still in this state. He must have encountered something worse than the octopus monster. This matter … should end here. "
Jenny opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but when she saw that everyone's expression was as dark as water, she couldn't continue. She immediately returned to her tent in a fit of pique, not caring about what the people outside were thinking.
In fact, the few people outside were all speechless. Other than putting Chu Hao into his own tent, the rest of them were all doing their own things. They did not say anything for a long time.
Just like this, Chu Hao only came out of his tent in the evening. When he came out, he still had a smile on his face, and was as gentle as usual. Moreover, it was a sincere gentleness that anyone who had interacted with him for even a day could feel … But it was precisely because of this that the two members of the Spider Squad were unable to let go of today's scene.
"Haven't you eaten yet?"
That was the first thing Chu Hao said when he came out. After that, he ran to the bathroom to freshen up. When he came out again, he sat down at the table directly. At the same time, he said to Ares, "Don't tell me that everyone is waiting for me. Speaking of which, did you make something good to celebrate? Why aren't you serving it? "
Everyone was silent and speechless. However, they did not know why but when they saw Chu Hao's expression and words, they heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts. Then, with the help of Elijah and Ares, they began to serve dinner. Ares had prepared a rather sumptuous French meal using the ingredients here.
"Then …"
When all the food was served, Chu Hao only had time to say these two words before Jenny said angrily, "Don't eat first. You all should be silent. You all want to save face, or you all like to talk about the ways of the world. I don't care about that. If there's anything I want to say, I'll say it … Chu Hao, you're a wise man, but what you did today was too much. I want you … to apologize! Yes, you must apologize to Ares and me! You almost killed us today. Do you know how dangerous it was? "
Chu Hao still had a smile on his face. When he was about to take a croissant happily, Jenny slapped his hand in anger. However, he wasn't angry at all. He didn't eat the croissant after he took it. He just played with it in his hand and said at the same time, "It's very dangerous. If it's dangerous, then I apologize to all of you. I don't seem to have explained the meaning of danger clearly enough …"
"You know that's not what I'm talking about!"
Jenny was so angry that her face turned red. She roared loudly, "I'm talking about how you betrayed us on the battlefield. You …"
"Betrayed?"
Chu Hao's voice suddenly became louder, but he immediately took a deep breath and stopped. Instead, he continued to say gently, "I didn't betray anyone, and I didn't intend to betray you. If I wanted to betray you, I wouldn't have set this up for so long … I'm sorry to let you go through such danger, but I still have the same words. What isn't dangerous? Everything is dangerous, even our meal is dangerous. I'm not a god, all I can do is maximize the benefits and minimize the danger. The situation at that time was already at the most critical moment. If I was a few seconds later, you could've entered the sewer ten seconds or more before the explosion, but at the same time, the giant gorilla wouldn't have been caught in the most intense area of the explosion. Then it would've been able to see the traces of the two of you, and that would've been the real way to kill you. "
"I don't know how you think about danger …"
Chu Hao picked up the bread and took a small bite. After swallowing it, he said slowly, "I've said before that I never gamble because I've encountered too many unexplainable deaths that were either due to luck or illogical reasons. Therefore, I've never gambled. Everything has its dangers. However, danger is danger, and death is death. These are two different things. Be honest, both of you, please calm down and think carefully. Were the two of you really destined to die at Point C?"
This time, even Jenny fell silent. After a long while, Ares said, "It doesn't count. Because before we came up with this plan, you gave us a long-distance running test. From the results of the test, no matter what, we should have about fifteen seconds of buffer time to enter the sewers. Is that right?"
"To be precise, it was five to ten seconds."
Chu Hao said quietly, "After combining all the data, I calculated the running speed of all of you when you're in a situation of fear, as well as the speed at which you might fall. The final result that I got was five to ten seconds. This period of time is absolutely safe, but it might be very dangerous. However, danger doesn't mean that you'll be in a hopeless situation, and danger doesn't mean that you'll die.
"I'm sorry."
Chu Hao said seriously, "I'm sincerely sorry, because I used my organization's standards to ask of you. I'm very sorry. In the future, when I make plans, I'll make adjustments and take into consideration … … but I didn't and I won't betray any of you. I've already explained everything to you. The current danger can be exchanged for survival in any future movie. If this kind of thing happens again, you have to touch your chest and ask yourselves, are you still willing to listen to me and participate in this plan?"
Everyone fell silent again. After a moment, Ares said in a low voice, "Even after experiencing all of this, if I could choose again, I'd still be willing to continue this dangerous mission … … Okay, Chu, you've convinced me. I've actually thought about a lot of things, but there's one thing I'm certain of. You don't have any ill intentions towards us, nor do you have any reason to have any ill intentions. In reality, under the circumstances, we'll be of the greatest help to you if we're alive, right? Compared to the next batch of Samsara rookies, at least they understand us and our abilities. We're more important to you, so this time was truly an accident. It's also because we ran slower than expected, so I'll forgive you. "
Besides Jenny, everyone's expressions slowly relaxed. They began to eat their food. Jenny looked left and right, and then looked at Chu Hao. She saw that Chu Hao was looking at her with a smile. She felt an indescribable anger. She immediately harrumphed and walked into her tent without saying anything.
She was proud.
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