Immortal Soul of Steel

Chapter 1903: A man who owes 100 million yuan and a female office worker

Chapter 1903: A man who owes 100 million yuan and a female office worker

After listening to Shidong Guangzi's words, Sergei Smirnov's expression suddenly stiffened.

Ishido Mitsuko seemed to have known that he would make such an expression. She covered her face with a fan and let out a silver bell-like laugh.

"Haha, Major, don't worry. These two are both good test pilots. Their skills are not at the ace pilot level, but at least at the quasi-ace pilot level."

"Although I can't say it's of much use, at least it won't be a hindrance."

"Their machines are all specially made and newly manufactured. They will definitely be able to help."

Sergei Smirnov wanted to refuse, because in his eyes, neither Claude nor Sakurai Sagiri were real soldiers. Once they stepped onto the battlefield to fight against the gods, they would be shot down in minutes.

But as the saying goes, it is difficult to persuade a damned ghost with kind words. Even though he knows that he is facing a celestial being here, he is still willing to come here, so he is naturally prepared to make sacrifices.

In addition, as Ishido Mitsuko is the major financial backer of his special operations team, Sergei Smirnov cannot easily refuse her request.

Besides, he is indeed short of manpower now.

So, Sergei Smirnov sighed to himself and shouted to a brown-skinned man not far away.

"Soshi, come here for a moment."

"okay."

Soon, a man wearing a military uniform, with dark skin, a ruffian look and sunglasses came over.

The man whistled as he looked at Sakurai Sagiri, who had a good figure, pretty face and a heroic air.

"Swoosh! A beautiful lady has come. Major, does she need my care?"

"To be honest, ever since Chitose left, our team has been filled with a bunch of old men, which is so boring."

Facing the ruffian-like man, Sergei Smirnov ignored him and spoke seriously.

"This is my subordinate, Lieutenant Izumo Souji. He is a newly promoted ace pilot. He has been tested in mecha combat and has extensive combat experience."

"Ms. Ishido Mitsuko, is it okay for him to lead Claude Brusto in the battle?"

Before Ishido Mitsuko could reply, Izumo Souji looked disappointed and said, "Huh? No way, this beauty isn't coming to our unit?"

Soma Piris on the side replied seriously: "Lieutenant, please be serious."

When Izumo Souji faced Somapiris, his expression instantly became lame: "Xiao Suo, I've always been serious."

Sergei Smirnov looked at Sakurai Sagiri, who was looking at Izumo Souji with disdain, and made the arrangements.

"Since you two are not regular soldiers, I will temporarily assign you the rank of warrant officer and assign you to my unit."

"Claude Brusto will be assigned to Izumo Souji's second squad, and Sakurai Sagiri will be assigned to Kosuo's first squad."

"Ms. Ishido Mitsuko, is this arrangement okay?"

Shidong Guangzi waved his hand: "No problem, you can arrange this matter. I'll leave the people to you, and their organs will be transported here later."

"I heard that you will be launching an attack soon. I would like to wish you a successful launch."

Sergei Smirnov replied very seriously: "Thank you for your kind words."

After Ishido Mitsuko left, Izumo Souji hooked his arm around Claude's shoulders with a helpless look on his face.

"Brother, let's go. From now on, you will be a soldier in my team. I will take good care of you."

"Also, don't look like you owe millions. Be cheerful and smile."

Crow looked hopeless and replied, "Brother, how do you know I owe 100 million credit points?"

Izumo Souji was shocked: "What the hell? You really owe money? What? Who do you owe it to? Can't you just deny it?"

Soma Piris scolded, "Lieutenant, please don't teach people to be deadbeats."

Izumo Souji waved his hand nonchalantly without answering, but looked at Claude.

Crow replied with a sad face: "Lin's Research Institute."

Izumo Souji was even more surprised: "Oh my god, you owe Lin's Research Institute 100 million? What's wrong with you? What crime have you committed? Also, are you here to participate in this mission this time to pay off your debt?"

Crow nodded helplessly, "I am indeed here to pay off a debt. I was seriously injured due to some things before, and was rescued by the people from Lin's Research Institute. I owe 100 million in medical expenses. I am embarrassed to refuse to pay such a debt for saving my life. But I have no other skills except driving a MS, so I can only come out to work. I can't die before I pay off the debt."

Izumo Souji patted Crow's shoulder with sympathy and said, "Don't worry, brother. I will take good care of you until you pay off your debt."

After saying that, Izumo Souji looked at Sakurai Sagiri curiously: "Beauty, are you here to pay off your debt as well?"

Sakurai Sagiri rolled her eyes at Izumo Souji. Although she had no good feelings towards Izumo Souji, Sakurai Sagiri still replied, "No, I'm an ordinary member of VXT. I was assigned to collect combat data just because I can pilot a MS and my skills are the best in the company."

Izumo Souji and Crow both showed surprised expressions: "Office slave?"*2

Sakurai Sagiri nodded nonchalantly and said, "Yes, I am a corporate slave. So, Boss, I will work hard under you, but please don't expect me to fight to the death."

"My job is just to collect combat data, submit it as performance, and then exchange it for money."

"Although I also want to be financially independent sooner, I am not ready to die for money. After all, if you have the life to make money, you have to have the life to spend it."

"It's not worth it to work so hard for a base salary of only a few thousand yuan now."

"So, please try not to assign me a mission that will send me to my death."

Seeing that Sakurai Sagiri spoke so bluntly, Sergei Smirnov felt relieved.

Because Sergei Smirnov was very worried that the two new pilots were spies sent by Ishidong Heavy Industries who wanted to steal the military's technology and intelligence.

Now that he knew that one of them was paying off the debt he owed to the Lin Research Institute, and the other was just a simple corporate employee who did things for money, he felt a little more at ease.

"Don't worry, since you work under me, I will certainly not let my subordinates die in vain."

"I believe you all know that our special operations team has been under great pressure since its establishment."

"No one expects us to achieve any results, so our first priority is to survive, and everything else is secondary."

After hearing Sergei Smirnov openly say that survival is the first priority, Claude and Sakurai Sagiri's impression of Sergei Smirnov increased greatly.

Only Soma Piris looked at his adoptive father with some concern, wondering if what he said would bring trouble.

(End of this chapter)