Ultimate Supreme Soldier King

However, the truth told him that they had not forgotten.

At least, these sixteen people had not forgotten.

Eighteen people, but only seventeen came.

Only No.9 was absent.

"Damn, why didn't No.9 come?"

"I knew this guy was unreliable from the start, and now it looks like he really has no loyalty!"

"Don't say that; what if he's on his way?"

"Yeah, maybe he didn't see the message."

"…"

Regarding No.9's absence, some people were understanding, while others were angry.

When they parted ways back then, they deliberately left this special contact method.

It was for the sake of one day, if anything particularly important happened, they could support each other.

But No.9 was absent.

"Let's wait for him one more day." Su Chen said indifferently.

Soon, a day passed.

No.9 did not appear.

"No.9 is probably not coming back!"

"Unloyal bastard!"

"…"

"Alright, let's not wait for him, he might have his special circumstances." Su Chen knew that the sooner the rescue mission for Tu Mei, the better.

The longer they delayed, the more dangerous it would be for Tu Mei.

"What special circumstances? He's just not showing loyalty, didn't we agree? Unless the sky falls or Earth explodes, we must come!" No.3 had a hot temper and said angrily.

"No.18, why did you urgently summon us, what's the matter?" No.1 asked.

Su Chen glanced at everyone and pondered before speaking: "Next, I need you to swear, no matter which Organization you belong to now, or for which Organization you work, you must not tell anyone outside of us what I'm about to say."

"Don't worry No.18, we are all brothers, if you say to keep it a secret, we will definitely keep it."

Su Chen nodded and then finally spoke: "Our instructor…"

Su Chen looked at everyone and continued: "This matter is extremely dangerous, so now, you can choose to back out."

"No.18, what kind of talk is that? Although that woman always liked beating us up back then, she was not wrong to say that after she beat us up so many times, I have never been beaten up by anyone else after leaving! So, I'm definitely going to rescue her."

"What did that woman say back then? As long as we could bring her down, we could do whatever we wanted to her, right? Now I'm actually…" No.12 was somewhat excited and almost exposed his secret.

Indeed, after so many years of growth, the original eighteen people were no longer the rookies who could be easily bullied.

They had each grown into powerhouses in their own right.

Ultimately, all seventeen people expressed their willingness to participate in the rescue of the devilish female instructor.

Su Chen was quite relieved.

The strength of Heavenly was beyond imagination.

Relying solely on his own power, success was nearly impossible.

But with their help.

Even if they weren't directly involved in the combat, it would greatly increase the chances of victory.

"We finally get to fight side by side again."

"It's just a pity, not everyone has arrived."

"…"

The absence of No.9 was the greatest regret.

Otherwise, the original eighteen would have all gathered.

Just as everyone was shaking their heads and sighing, the door of the private room was suddenly knocked on.

The door opened, with a woman in her twenties standing at the door, holding a child of about one year old in her arms.

The woman was beautiful and had a good figure.

But her eyes seemed very dim.

"Who are you?"

This was a stranger.

"You are... the Eighteen Lads?" The woman glanced at everyone and said something that felt very strange.

But the color drained from the faces of the dozen or so people in the private room.

They looked at each other, then said to the woman: "Who exactly are you?"

The Eighteen Lads was actually a nickname that Tu Mei had given to everyone back then.

Originally, they wanted to call themselves the Eighteen Iron Riders.

But Tu Mei bluntly said, with you lot, do you even deserve such a cool nickname?

You're so weak, you can't even beat me, a woman, so you might as well be called the Eighteen Lads.

And then, that name stuck with the team until it was disbanded.

How did this woman know about it?

"I am No.9's wife." Amidst everyone's confusion,

The woman finally revealed her identity.

"No.9... got married?" Everyone was stunned.

"What does he mean? He won't come himself, and sends his wife instead?"

"Exactly, if he doesn't want to fulfill the promise and he's chickened out, isn't it better to say it outright than send his wife here?"

"..."

Seeing that No.9 didn't come himself and had sent his wife to the meeting instead, everybody's faces didn't look too good.

Hearing the clearly aggressive words of the others, a deep sorrow emerged on the already sad face of the woman.

"Alright, let's not say any more, let sister-in-law finish speaking," Su Chen interrupted them.

"What else is there to say? No.9 sends his wife over, isn't it just to say that he now has a family, has kids, and it's not suitable for him to participate in dangerous activities?" No.3 said with a mixture of sarcasm and mockery.

"That's right, but it's also understandable. A warm bed with a wife and kids, it's the ultimate goal in life; looks like Old Nine has achieved it ahead of us."

"..."

This group of people were all still very young, with the eldest being merely twenty-five years old.

Furthermore, they had always been on missions.

So, basically none of them were married.

It can't be helped, when it comes to marriage and responsibility, they had to make a choice.

They chose to protect their home and country.

No.9 chose his family.

And it's not to say who was right or wrong.

After all, everyone has the right to choose.

"It's not what you guys think, No.9, he didn't want to not come..." The woman finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"I know he didn't want to not come, he's just too scared to come, right?" No.7 scoffed.

The woman painfully closed her eyes, her body quivering slightly, and after a long time, she opened her eyes and said: "No.9... he was killed in action... half a year ago..."

The woman's words immediately turned the noisy room silent.

The air seemed to freeze, and the atmosphere became terrifyingly somber.

The people inside the room were all petrified.

Originally, Su Chen had also thought that it was possible that someone would be a casualty.

But when he saw that sixteen people had come,

He started to believe that maybe everyone was still alive...

"Wah~"

At this moment, the baby in the woman's arms suddenly burst into loud crying.

Breaking the silence that had enveloped the room.

"Baby, don't cry, don't cry..." The woman tried to soothe the infant in her arms.

Unfortunately, as she was soothing, she started crying herself first.

"He told me back then, if someone made this call, no matter what, I must attend, unless I was dead..." The woman cried as she spoke.

"We're sorry, sister-in-law, we shouldn't have said those words!"

"Sister-in-law, what exactly happened, how did No.9 sacrifice himself?"

"..."

Guilt and intense anger were written on everyone's faces.