Kill The Dragons 42 Squad Leader, Han Lee 11

"He's a third year. He used to be in squad 6 a long while ago. There was a vacancy in squad 6 so we temporarily filled the position with a subst.i.tute."

"Did you say a third year? Isn't this a squad battle of second years?"

"Yes, only seven members were allowed in squad 6 for this round. That third year is the equivalent of three, year 2 students."

"Stop joking around. Instructor, this is against the rules."

Han sternly said. It wasn't allowed for third years to partic.i.p.ate in a second year squad battle. He was full of dissatisfaction. The slightest slip up would have resulted in their loss.

"Rules? How funny. We make the rules. Squad leader, Han."

The instructor coldly sent Han back to his squad. However, the instructors were inwardly shocked. They had purposely tricked a third year into squad 6 in order to make squad 13 lose.

'Originally, Han should have lost, but not only did he win, he knocked out Silence, a third year.'

The Master Drill Instructor Greseman watched the second year squad battle along with the other instructors. They had already prepared the coffee and donuts for all the staff. It was a daily task of the instructors to evaluate the squad battles completely. They were replaying Han and the skull mask, Silence's, battle recording.

"He has extremely quick decision making skills during life threatening moments. The moment he noticed Silence's unique skill of teleportation, he commanded his squad members to keep each other within eyesight."

"Did he learn this from somewhere?"

"There is no such thing as a textbook that teaches one how to counter attack against teleportation skills. Han made the tactic on the spot, even though he never battled against such a skill user before."

A few of the instructors honestly praised him. The instructors inwardly thought about how many drill instructors here could make such quick decisions in such a flawless way like Han had.

"The skills to lead a squad into victory all the while battling against an unknown enemy while being bombarded by random variables. Maybe I judged Squad leader Han too quickly."

Greseman said. The other instructors nodded in agreement.

"I don't believe he would fall into panic or fear as he excels in crisis management and counter responses."

"Usually I don't trust the data and profile which year one instructors submit, but he is an exception. I must accept the reality that his skills are in fact, much more admirable than his profile's face value. What do you think? Silence."

Greseman sat in the corner seat and asked Silence. Silence wrote on his electronic note.

-I'm displeased. He is a sly fellow. If I had a proper one vs. one battle with him, I would have won.

The instructors read Silence's electronic note and laughed.

"I understand your angry heart…. Silence. However, we're raising soldiers not sport athletes."

Upon Greseman's words, Silence hesitated for a moment and nodded. He began to write on his electronic note once again.

-However, I was careless this time. I will be the one to win next time.

"There is no next time. Silence. You should return to your own dorms. Do not concern yourself with second year business."

"Silence!"

Jose shouted. Han got a shock and turned around. Han had just returned after visiting his squad members that were in the medical recovery ward. As soon as he returned to the dorms, Jose had come running to him.

"What? Are you telling me to shut up?"

"No, not that! It's Silence! Skull mask!"

"What's Silence? Ah...."

Han remembered the conversation he tossed to the back of his mind. Kuro had once talked about Silence to him.

"There was one famous student, while training, a part of their brain shut down completely. They lost the ability to speak after the accident, and so everyone calls him Silence. Ironically, following their brain damage, their battle capabilities increased exponentially. He's a special case study."

"Silence is a third year! His skull mask is famous so there were a number of people who recognized him. We won against Silence! The news had spread all over Ark! Squad 13 had won against a third year! Though, it was just one member."

"I thought he was abnormally strong."

Han ma.s.saged his numb hand. Silence, the skull mask, had been incredibly strong. It wasn't a surprised that he was famous. He felt the same level of pressure has he had experienced against Instructor Wei.

'It seems to be true that he's stronger than most drill instructors.'

"Also Han, you battled against Silence and won."

"I was just lucky. In many ways...…"

Han didn't feel the same excitement. Rather, he didn't felt displeased.

"Why do you look upset though?"

"Canute's team suffered a lot of injuries. If this had been a real battle, Canute would have died because of my order."

"n.o.body could have predicted this. This had been the instructor's trickery. n.o.body is blaming you, Han!"

Han shook his head.
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"It doesn't matter that this was the instructor's trickery or joke. I moved forward with our battle plans without even bothering to scout whether my own information on squad 6 had been correct. There were only seven members on their team. I should have noticed something was off when I noticed they had fewer members than us. Everything that day had been strange from the point they had changed the day to night without prior notice."

Jose felt a chill on his back upon hearing Han's words. Han's thought process was completely different than the average youth.

"Do you want to be perfect?"

"If necessary, yes. We must go out to war. In the least, I do not wish to lose any of our squad members. If the perfect squad leader is the only one to be capable of this, then I must become perfect."

Jose held down his body that wanted to tremble. He faked a cheerful laugh. Han was his best friend, but for an instant he felt like a monster.

"I hope I'm in your squad."

These words were the truth at least. Jose didn't know of a squad leader who was more capable than Han.