When I Opened My Eyes, I Was in the Middle of the Battlefield

Marcus gasped for breath.

It’s already been 3 hours since I moved without resting.

Breathing reached its limit before I knew it, and every time I exhaled and spit out, I even tasted fishy and salty blood.

In particular, Marcus was recently hit by a sniper bullet and even rehabilitated after surgery.

It was even more difficult, but I couldn’t stop the ranks.

It’s also a matter of pride, but it was because I was already taken care of by carrying a 10kg weight.

Rachel was carrying a large drone bag, Jose was carrying nearly 30kg of luggage, and Jake even had a person on his back.

It’s the same for the Delta team that follows as the rear guard.

So it was a time when I endured the pain without saying anything.

“Marcus.”

Along with the rustle, Kangtae’s voice came from nearby.

Kang-tae was right in front of him as he raised his gaze.

“lee?”

“Give me that, I’ll carry it.”

“No, it’s okay. This much I… … .”

“I already got permission from the team leader. And I won’t be able to rest for another two hours.”

“… … .”

Marcus tried to shake his head, but hesitated.

My feet stopped involuntarily at the words that I had permission and that I couldn’t rest anymore.

Swoop.

Kang-tae pulled the strap on his shoulder, and Marcus let it go as if he couldn’t help it.

At the same time, his shoulders lightened.

“… … !”

It was a weight of 10kg, which would not have been counted as the weight of an armour, if it was normal, but it was because the situation was different from usual.

Around the time I felt like I had wings on my shoulders.

Marcus opened his wet mouth.

“Thank you, Lee.”

“Instead, take good care of the Delta kids behind you, they say it’s almost spread.”

“Ah, yes. okay.”

“You too, if you’re not feeling well, tell me to take a break. If the operation breaks down like this… Treatment is difficult here.”

“… Yes, take note of that too.”

Marcus answered heavily, but there was no such thing in the future.

It was similar for other people.

Even Andrei, who had suggested resting first, kept his mouth shut after the news that he had shot down the drone.

If you rest here, your tail might be caught.

In other words, as the situation was, everyone was overdoing it without saying anything.

Also, I had to endure it because I had come from a tolerable special forces unit, and I had experienced similar or more difficult training.

However, only Kang Tae was out of the question.

“What a great kid… … .”

Andrei, who was pushing his teammate from behind, muttered as he saw Kangtae through his night vision goggles.

It was because Kang-tae came back to help his teammates while he was busy moving forward, and did not sit down while resting in the middle and continued to be vigilant.

It’s not impossible, but the important thing was that it came from physical freedom.

It was visible through the green quality of the night vision goggles.

He wasn’t breathing like other people, including himself, and his steps and actions didn’t look heavy at all.

It was even better than the Delta team that had just joined, who waited in bits mid-way due to communication problems with the Congolese Army.

One of the team members who was carrying the luggage from Andrei admired Kang-tae’s back.

“Oh, also… It’s true that it’s an industry monster. The team leader is exhausted, but to think he’s fine by himself… … .”

One of them murmured, and Andrei tilted his head.

“after… what an industry freak? How far have you been known?”

“Oh, it’s not a big deal, but my colleague works for British intelligence, and he asked about Lee. They belong to us, do you know… … .”

“uk?”

“Yes, he probably wanted to take him. No, it was to the extent that I had to take him.”

“What more do you have?”

Andrei also asked because he had heard something, and even though he was tired of the words that followed, he burst out laughing.

An anecdote about blowing off the thumb of a terrorist who was trying to press a switch on a bomb vest, and an anecdote about hitting an anti-tank grenade that left his hand, and so on.

“Isn’t it Gura?”

“Ah, it’s true. Come back and ask.”

“I heard that Kim in North Korea also makes grenades from pine cones and rides a white horse to war?”

“Just looking at Kim, it’s obvious that she didn’t have a piglet… … . Doesn’t Lee really run fine? Our team leader spread like this.”

“f*ck, who spread it… … . Can’t you see I’m talking to you normally?”

“That’s because I just lifted my luggage… … .”

“Hey, do you want to hang out once it’s over?”

“I guess who isn’t a fighter. I don’t. As a boxer… … .”

The result of continuing the mountain march while having trivial conversations in between.

All six members of the Delta team returned as the rest of the team members waiting at the beat joined, and they were finally able to take a proper break.

It was because the distance from the enemy was quite far, and there was no trace of pursuit.

Just in time, the rain had stopped and it was dawn.

“Rachel, activate the drone and check the neighborhood.”

Jake instructed, and Rachel, taking off her large drone bag, pulled out the controller and launched the drone.

Wait a moment to hear the hum of the engine.

The drone rose vertically into the air, and Rachel immediately began scanning the nearby hundreds of meters, comparing the thermal imaging screens.

And, as expected, a positive answer came back.

“The surroundings are clean.”

“… Great. Then contact the Congolese Army and tell them to pick up the driver on the exit route. I don’t want to drive on the way.”

“All right.”

* * *

“Oh, are you Lee? I don’t even know his name, but I heard he was Korean… Is that correct?”

As soon as I arrived at the base, white people I hadn’t seen before came up to me with a handshake.

I didn’t refuse, and answered by holding hands.

“Ah, that’s right.”

It was because he was an ally.

It was because of the sky blue and white world evangelism patch attached to the right shoulder of the combat uniform.

UN forces.

He also had some idea of the purpose of their coming.

It was because they said they would bring in outside experts to analyze information after SSE (Sensitive Site Exploitation: information collection) at a place where they heard the operation plan before departure.

Probably those outside experts.

“I heard a lot about it. They say they are writing a new legend in the industry… … .”

“A legend?”

“Yes, I don’t know where you belong… You’d better come our way, wherever you are. We are the best organization in the world, not America.”

“ah… … .”

It was then that I realized what you were talking about.

‘It’s the CIA.’

It was very likely that he was not an expert outside the UN forces, but the CIA disguised as that person.

Words like the industry and us probably don’t come out for nothing.

It was time to respond to this.

“Hey, what kind of fix is this?”

“Kuhm… Are you saying it’s a masterpiece?”

“What is it that is not a piece of sh*t to deprive all personnel of their time to rest after operating for 22 hours?”

“Um, I didn’t mean to, but… Let’s not do that to each other in the same industry.”

“Are you going to hold out? You want to try it with me?”

“I am not a combat specialist… ah! Lee, if you can’t come because you’re afraid of that person, please contact us here. You are always welcome. Alright then.”

At the same time, he took out a business card from his bosom and left as if running away.

It was just a phone number and email.

Even the paper was cheap.

If it had been given by someone else rather than the CIA, it would have been something I would throw away because I wanted something, but I couldn’t throw it away like that.

It was given to me by the CIA, so it will come in handy later.

As I put it in my arms, I heard a hesitant voice next to me.

“Lee, are you planning to contact me? You don’t have to say it if you don’t want to say it, but we don’t like other organizations… … .”

He glanced at me and laughed at the words that came out.

“Don’t worry, I won’t.”

Until nuclear war was prevented, it had to go together with foreign cooperation countries.

Although the story was all reversed, it was because it was certain that the Foreign Cooperation Bureau was the closest to Pikal.

So at a time like this, I had no intention of going anywhere else.

After this is over, you will have to go to a place that pays a lot of money, retire and take a break, or find another job.

As I cut off Jake’s words like that, the corners of my mouth hidden by my beard trembled as if in a smile.

“also… Then get some rest.”

“Yes, the team leader too.”

While answering briefly, he took off the plate carrier and hesitated.

There was a bruise the size of a fist in the middle of his body.

It was as if he had been hit with an uppercut.

It was only then that the pain began to creep in as he recalled the bulletproof plate being broken during the engagement.

So, while I went into the barracks and took off my clothes, Marcus, who had taken off his combat uniform, approached me.

I was about to say something, but I heard something bland.

“Lee, I came back safely today thanks to you. thank you.”

I replied with a simple gesture, and then the somewhat stern Andrei approached.

“Yeah, that was really f*cking great. It was insanely amazing, Lee.”

After that, the Delta team members suddenly passed by and said a word to me.

“I will too.”

“Thanks to you, I came more comfortably.”

“It was really great. I know why it’s a monster.”

In response to those words, he lightly made eye contact as he did with Marcus.

Suddenly, Rachel also approached.

“… … ?!”

Unknowingly, I slowed down.

It was a situation where only males were passing by, but Rachel took off her top and was wearing only sports inner wear on top.

At the same time, her fingers moved toward my stomach.

“… Did you get hit here?”

“Oh, great. yes.”

Then, when a small fingertip, unlike a man’s, touched her stomach, she flinched.

she said, pressing on my stomach.

“An organ or a bone? How is the pain intensity?”

And I realized the following question.

Rachel was a person who had drones and communications as her main specialty, as well as duty.

I replied that it was okay while suppressing my wriggling feelings, but Rachel’s worries continued once more.

“Tell me right away if something goes wrong. Internal bleeding may occur, so don’t put up with it.”

At those words, he let out a small breath.

It was because he had almost lost contact with Maria and was naturally becoming a man.

Of course, we weren’t dating, and we had never even met.

However, because of his young and strong body, he was often alone in controlling the changes in his body.

And lately, I’ve been drawing conclusions on my own.

‘Let’s not use energy for anything else, let’s focus only on preventing nuclear war. Make no mistake… … .’

Maybe it’s because my body is getting younger, and my mind is also in the middle of the day.

Rachel tapped me on the shoulder.

“Aren’t you going out?”

Before I knew it, she and I were alone in this barracks.

He nodded his head as he took a breath.

“… Let’s go.”

After leaving the barracks and washing in the simple shower booth next to the water cannon.

I came back right away and collapsed and fell asleep.

He said he had good stamina, but he wasn’t strong enough to overcome his desire to sleep.

It seemed sleepy.

By the time I was in the middle of sleeping after skipping meals and collapsing like that.

woo woo woo woo woo woo

Vibration was felt.

A signal coming from the biscuit pocket of the left cargo pant.

I got up quickly and came to my senses.

There was only one thing in it, because it was a cell phone given to me by the Foreign Cooperation Bureau.

After that, he hurriedly came out of the barracks where the lights were all turned off.

got a call right away

“hello?”

– Mr. Lee, I’m sorry I woke you up while you were sleeping.

It was Robert, director of the Foreign Cooperation Bureau.

“no. tell me You seem to have slept a lot.”

Suddenly, the night sky was floating.

There was almost no lighting around, so the entire unit was pitch black.

Robert’s voice continued as he removed the insect from the nape of his neck.

-Nothing else… I called to ask about the SSE work handed over to the CIA this morning by local standards.

“Yes, what did you get?”

-We are still in the process of cooperating with the business, but so far the identities of four people have come out.

“is it so?”

It was rewarding to take pictures of my face from various angles, take all my fingerprints, and record my body size one by one.

-I’m going to let you know through Jake when everything comes out, but I called because I wanted to ask something before that.

“which… … ?”

-Do you know that I am Giandro Basicanal of Italian nationality?

“… Is he, by any chance, an important person?”

-We plan to upgrade it to a risk factor comparable to that of Sergey Volkov.

“… … .”

The moment I heard it, a line of sentences came to mind.

‘It’s finally here… … .’

It wasn’t about that person’s status.

It was because I heard a name I had never heard of before.

Not knowing the name of someone as important as Sergei meant that the story had completely changed.

In other words, from now on, I will write a completely new story.

“I do not know.”

– You don’t know at all? Even if it’s something small… … .

“No, I really don’t know.”

Robert asked again, but there was only one answer.

I don’t know if they assumed me to be a psychic or a prophet, but I couldn’t say I knew what I didn’t know.

In the meantime, Robert’s voice came through.

-this… Then we have no choice but to do more analysis. It will take quite some time.

“Yes, please.”

– I’m in a position to ask rather than you. We will continue with the local mission as well, so please take care of it, Mr. Lee.

As soon as I ended the call, my self-talk came out.

“It’s going to be really tough now… … .”