Chapter 2708

Chapter 2708: Midnight Squad(2)

After watching the soldier finish his meal off the ground for several minutes, Yuan turned his attention toward the cafeteria entrance, where even more members of the Midnight Squad had appeared and were rapidly approaching him with aggressive intent.

Unsurprisingly, the Midnight Squad had been notified shortly after the commotion began.

When the soldier on the ground noticed their arrival, he immediately stopped eating and looked toward them with visible relief, almost as though his saviors had finally arrived.

Yuan looked at him and said, "Who told you to stop? There’s still food left on the floor."

Of course, the soldier ignored him. Instead, he quickly stood up and rushed over to his companions.

"H-He attacked me and forced me to eat food off the floor!" he cried, pointing at Yuan with a trembling finger.

"He started it." Yuan calmly shrugged.

"I don’t care who started it. Assaulting a member of the 9th Division is a serious offense," said the soldier leading the Midnight Squad members.

"So the 9th Division can do whatever they want without facing any consequences simply because they serve directly under the Supreme General?" Yuan asked.

"I never said he wouldn’t be punished for his actions," the soldier replied. "It’s just that what you did is far more serious."

"Is that so?"

"In any case, we’ll deal with you later, as the Supreme General is waiting for you."

However, Yuan remained seated and pointed at the food on the ground.

"I won’t be leaving until he cleans up the food."

"Are you serious?"

"Does it look like I am joking?" Yuan responded with a stubborn expression. "And when the Supreme General asks what took me so long, I will tell him exactly why."

"..."

After a moment of silence, the group leader turned to the soldier who started it and said, "Hurry up and clean it up."

"What?!" The soldier stared at the group leader in disbelief.

"Because of your little stunt, the Supreme General will be kept waiting even longer. Consider this your punishment. Now hurry up!"

The soldier looked down at the food scattered across the floor with a bitter expression, clenching his fists tightly in frustration.

Unfortunately, he had no other choice.

The next moment, the soldier crouched back down and resumed eating the food off the floor, scooping it up with his hands and hurriedly shoving it into his mouth.

A few minutes later, the soldier cleaned up all the food off the ground.

Seeing this, Yuan nodded his head in satisfaction and finally stood up.

"Let’s go," he said to the leader.

Without a word, the leader turned and began walking out of the cafeteria, leading Yuan to the Supreme General’s office.

"The hell took you so long?" Supreme General Tian asked Yuan the moment he walked into the office.

Yuan responded exactly as he’d said he would, explaining the situation.

Supreme General Tian rubbed his eyes and sighed aloud, "Are you trying to offend the entire 9th Division or something?"

"If you can’t keep your own soldiers under control, I’ll do it for you," Yuan said seriously.

Supreme General Tian frowned at the remark.

However, rather than arguing with Yuan over such blatant disrespect, he simply chose to pretend he hadn’t heard it.

"I will pretend I didn’t hear that, so let’s get straight to the point. You want to meet Gaia, correct?"

"Of course. Are you finally going to let me meet them?" Yuan asked, already expecting a no.

"Yes."

"Huh?" Yuan’s eyes widened in surprise when Supreme General Tian gave the exact opposite response he had expected.

"Really?" he asked, just in case he misheard.

"Yes. Your meeting with Gaia has been approved. However, it will happen after the assembly, which will happen in six months."

"What made you change your mind?" Yuan asked out of curiosity.

"I didn’t. If it were up to me, I would not let you meet Gaia. Unfortunately, this wasn’t my decision."

’So it was the Chief of Operations, huh?’ Yuan smiled inwardly.

"In any case, try to stay in the city until then. If you really want to leave the city to train, don’t stay out for longer than three months, and make sure you let General Mei know in advance."

"I understand."

"Now get out of my office."

Yuan immediately left.

"Six months until I meet Gaia, huh? What should I do until then?" Yuan wondered as he made his way home.

When he arrived home, he noticed Mei Xiaoyun leaving hers.

"Where are you going?" Yuan asked her.

"Training."

Hearing her plans, Yuan suddenly had an idea.

"Hey, want to train with me? Outside the city, that is."

"Excuse me?" Mei Xiaoyun raised her eyebrows, looking puzzled by his question.

"Although our squad isn’t fully established, we’re still a squad. Let’s do something squad-like for once."

"But we can’t leave the city with just the two of us, even if you’re a Captain."

"Don’t worry, I’ll grab two more individuals to come with us."

Mei Xiaoyun pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay. Let’s do it."

"You can keep on training normally for now. I’ll go find the other two members now, and I’ll let you know when we’re ready."

After saying that, Yuan turned around and left.

Some time later, after asking around, Yuan found Huang Zhi Han’s living quarters and knocked on her door.

"I’m coming." Huang Zhi Han’s voice resounded from inside.

Once she opened the door, Yuan greeted her with a smile and said, "Hey, are you busy?"

"No, not really. Why are you asking?"

"I’m going to host a training session for our squad."

"Even though we only have three people?"

"Don’t worry, we’ll have enough people."

"If you say so..."

Although Huang Zhi Han didn’t want to train, she didn’t refuse, as it meant she got to spend more time with Yuan.

"By the way, do you know where Li Jiyue lives?" Yuan suddenly asked.

"No, I don’t. Don’t tell me you want to invite her, too?" Huang Zhi Han asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, since she’ll be part of our squad, too."