Chapter 44 – New Mission
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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The next day, Shan Ming returned the pornographic books to Kali and scolded him.
Kali looked very innocent. He thinks that it is very important to help children recognize their sexual orientation as early as possible. He just provides a possibility. He thinks he was being very reasonable and considerate in doing so. He doesn’t understand why Shan Ming reacted that badly.
Shan Ming couldn’t communicate with him at all. He left after punching him a few times.
When he returned to the room, he found that the child had already woken up. This time, he woke up after only one night. It surprised him. But maybe this was due to him not exerting too much energy last night.
After the child woke up, he jumped around and said to Shan Ming, “Baba, I saw myself yesterday. I was so cool. My body is golden, I have wings, and horns. Such long horns. It was so cool. Oh, Baba, I’m so powerful.” The child was so excited that he couldn’t control himself. He kept thinking about how he looked in the mirror last night. Although he only had a quick glimpse and he hadn’t seen his whole body yet, the mighty appearance of being covered by a golden light with armour all over his body really shocked him. After all, he was still a child at heart. Although he was a little afraid of that other form of himself, it was every man’s dream to become powerful and majestic. So he also started to get excited.
Shan Ming asked: “Why did you suddenly transform last night? I woke up and found that you looked like you were dreaming. What did you dream about?”
Shen Changze froze for a moment. His face flushed red like a tomato from the base of his ears all the way to his neck.
Shan Ming raised his eyebrows, knowing that the child must have dreamed of something erotic. Hence, the so-called ‘sexual impulse stimulation’ really worked. Shan Ming thought that it was unimaginable if Dragon Blood people would change when they have sex. That’ll be too scary.
After dinner that night, Shan Ming brought Shen Changze to the interrogation room again.
The two were seated facing each other once again. Shan Ming reminded him to think of what he dreamed about last night and then tried to activate the dragon blood gene.
The child was unwilling to do it no matter what. His face was flushed red from holding back and his head shook like crazy.
Shan Ming was so angry that he slapped him a few times, forcing him to recall the dream.
How could the child dare to recall? He clearly remembered that he dreamed about his Baba. In that dream, he was doing ‘that’ kind of thing… He knew that it was wrong. At least, it must have been wrong for him to dream about his Baba doing ‘that’ kind of thing.
He didn’t dare to tell Shan Ming and he didn’t dare to recall the dream at all. He felt ashamed, guilty, and he was unable to face Shan Ming.
In the end, only after Shan Ming repeatedly beat and scolded him, he finally managed to convince him. He then sat down again and trained according to Shan Ming’s request.
But he couldn’t concentrate at all. This was mainly because of his inner resistance. After sitting like that for more than two hours, the child still couldn’t calm down. But the images in his head became even more chaotic.
The image of his father lying under his body kept reappearing in his mind. The plots from the book he saw yesterday were set on his father one after another. Shan Ming was now the protagonist!
Shan Ming noticed that they had spent several hours without any effect and he was getting sleepy. He decided to end the day’s training.
When they laid on the bed at night, Shan Ming warned the child, “You didn’t transform during the day. But if you suddenly transform at night, I will beat you to death.”
The child closed his eyes tightly as he covered his head under the blanket and said nothing.
Shan Ming yawned and fell asleep.
The child remained in the same position for a long time. Only when he heard Shan Ming’s even breathing did he poked his head out of the blanket. He leaned over and smelled the refreshing scent of Shan Ming’s skin. He then rubbed his cheek against his arm, feeling Shan Ming’s body temperature that was not too hot. He fell asleep next to Shan Ming.
After returning to the base for more than three months, they ushered in a new mission.
This time, it was still Neo who proposed them. The mission was to go to Pella Mond to help the People’s Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola or better known as Angolan Armed Forces seize a government arsenal. According to preliminary information, the arsenal is located in a temporary base where more than 800 government soldiers are stationed. It is difficult to complete the task. Tiger Shark chose 30 people to go together this time.
When Tiger Shark chose Shen Changze, many team members expressed their disagreement. After all, the cruelty and difficulty of jungle guerrilla warfare is definitely not as easy as rescuing hostages in a luxury hotel. Moreover, the Angolan Armed Forces has been fighting continuously for these years and the hatred between the government army and them is simply unfathomable. The war between them has been completely inhumane so they all worry that Shen Changze, who is only ten years old, would not have the mental capacity to handle such a battlefield.
But Tiger Shark has his own opinion. He believes that Shen Changze must be exposed to team combat. He needed to start sooner or later. Giving him a difficult battlefield is the most conducive method to help his growth. Excellent fighters must experience being baptised by blood. He disagrees with the others. Other people regard Shen Changze as a child. But he is already a mercenary.
However, Tiger Shark still asked for Shan Ming’s opinion.
Shan Ming thought for a while and asked Shen Changze, “Do you want to go?”
He wasn’t worried about Shen Changze’s safety at all. In his opinion, even if all of them died, this little monster wouldn’t die. However, the African battlefield is indeed cruel and inhumane. When he was thirteen years old, he followed Lin Qiang on his first mission to Africa. When he knew how those inhumane soldiers trained their boy scouts, he almost vomited. Although these people work hard for others for money and their hearts are already very cold, they still have humanity. Despite Shen Changze having experienced much more than children of the same age, he is still a little worried that the child will not be able to bear those cruel scenes. It could affect his mental health when he reached adolescence.
The child nodded very firmly, “Where Baba goes, I will go.”
Pell touched his greasy face and smiled, “You loyal little follower.”
Shan Ming nodded. It’s alright. Sooner or later, he has to adapt to the world of mercenaries and the truly bloody battlefield.
After the personnels were determined, everyone went back to prepare their things. They would leave base the next morning.
All the weapons Shen Changze ordered for himself have arrived. He touched his brand new modified SSG and he couldn’t bear the desire to give it a try. Thinking that he would go to the real battlefield tomorrow, he just felt like his blood was boiling. He couldn’t fall asleep at all.
Shan Ming patted his head, “Put the gun away and go to bed quickly. You are not qualified to fight directly in your human form. So you will mainly act as a sniper’s cover for this mission. Your main responsibility is to protect Kali’s safety and cover your teammates. You may not be able to sleep for a few days. So go to bed now. This is your last night sleeping in a bed. You might feel like dying in the next few days.”
The child was a little confident, “Baba, I can directly participate in the battle. If it doesn’t work, I can still try to transform.”
Shan Ming’s face changed, “Listen to me. First of all, you must obey orders. Secondly, you can be a good observer. This is a great opportunity to learn how to be a qualified sniper from Kali. Thirdly, unless it is absolutely necessary or until you are about to die, never think about transforming into a Dragon Blood Man. Once you are discovered by others, maybe you will never be able to stay here anymore.”
The child’s eyes widened, “Baba, are you saying that if they know that I am a Dragon Blood Man, I will… I will be separated from you?”
“Yes.” He thought to himself that Tiger Shark and Ayer would never allow the monster that killed Lin Qiang to be part of their team. If it wasn’t because he picked up the child himself without knowing his true identity, he wouldn’t want this monster to stay by his side either. Moreover, once his identity is found out, he has not forgotten that there are other threats around. Colonel Tang Tingzhi and Captain House are all staring at him as a “pure-blooded Dragon Blood Man”. He couldn’t betray Shen Changze out of consideration for his own safety.
Shan Ming couldn’t imagine the consequences of other people knowing about the child’s identity. There were too many unforeseen things waiting for him behind this fact. He didn’t want to think about it or guess the result. That is simply because it was useless to do so. He could only deal with what things at the moment. It is now that matters. He just wanted to do what he should do for now. That is to help the child control his genes and train him to be an excellent mercenary.
The child trembled and said firmly, “Baba, I won’t transform. I will never be separated from you.” The child thought for a while and added, “If anyone sees that I have transformed, I will kill them!”
Shan Ming looked at the child’s delicate and immature face, feeling a little emotional in his heart. He patted the child’s face, “Think of protecting yourself first. Now go to sleep.”
The child laid beside Shan Ming and hugged his arm.
This is the first time you are going to the battlefield. You must protect yourself so that the enemy will not force you into a desperate situation where you have to transform. And you must also protect Baba.
The child said these words to himself seriously in his heart.
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*Translator’s Note: Pella Mond is in the Northern Cape of South Africa -K
☝🏻Modified SSG vs normal SSG.
Next update: 2023.–.–
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