Translation: 'Double-O Five'

After Anka left, Lot and Sain sat back-to-back on the beach, feeling desolate as they looked at the desolation around them. Everything they had seen since birth was splendid and bustling, and sometimes they couldn't even find a quiet place. Now that they had come to a place like this, they damn well missed those lively and noisy scenes.

"The search and rescue team is estimated to arrive tomorrow," Luòtè suddenly spoke up.

Sai En furrowed his brows and sighed, "I hope we can recover before that."

Luo Te tilted his head to the side and asked, "Are you going back with the search and rescue team?"

"Do you think I'm an idiot? Following the search and rescue team, what are the odds of me making it back home?"

Sain answered through gritted teeth, "If the search and rescue team comes, the people who harmed them will definitely send someone to infiltrate. I reckon as soon as they encounter the team, they will strike back. They dare even to blow up the empire's spacecraft, so what does it matter to them if they eliminate them?"

Luo Te clicked his tongue twice disdainfully, "It seems like you are still awake."

"......Am I really that foolish in your eyes, Lote?" Sain asked with a hint of annoyance. "At the very least, during our school days, I was the class monitor, you know."

"Since you graduated from military academy and didn't join the army, I've always considered you a fool," Lotte admitted honestly.

"You!"

Sain's face became stern as he explained with a hint of irritation:

"We two brothers, one joining the military and the other entering politics, looking out for each other from inside and outside, why is there anything wrong with that? You will inherit your father's position as a general in the future, and I will inherit my father's position as the Minister of Finance. If we come together and become a formidable war god, it readily becomes apparent that we would be seen as a thorn in the side by others. With one war god supporting half of the empire, two war gods could easily overshadow the entire empire. You fool."

"Now, we're being swept up in someone else's plot."

Luo Te didn't pay attention and shrugged his lips indifferently.

"I just feel that if you were to join the military, you would be even more adept, and it's just a pity for me."

Sean shook his head helplessly, saying,

"I've mastered many things effortlessly. Oh, I also want to join the military. It's quite embarrassing for an alpha like me, who graduated with outstanding achievements from a military academy, to have never set foot on a formal battlefield. But, if I were to join the military, who else would open the treasury door wide for you? Do you expect someone else to be as generous with you as I am? Whatever you apply for, you'll get it."

"Alright, your father will be retiring in two years, and some people have already started to worry. You need to be careful, as there might be quite a few changes after this incident."

Lot let out a long sigh. He had been struggling with Sain's decision not to join the army for many years. This was the last time. Sain was right, perhaps it was best for one of them to join the military and the other to pursue a political career.

But which aspect exactly went wrong this time?

An hour later, Anka returned on a modified robot minivan, bringing bread for them. Inside the vehicle was a big and burly middle-aged man, with a full beard and a sun hat, who appeared to be in his fifties. He was also a beta.

When the uncle got off the car, Lot and Sean noticed that one of his legs was a prosthetic, and this kind of prosthetic was not cheap even in the interstellar realm. Looking at the uncle's scrutinizing gaze towards them, the two of them concluded that he was most likely a retired soldier.

"Uncle Monk, they are the ones I picked up."

Anka got off the car and pointed at Lot and Sain, kindly holding up an umbrella to shield them from the sunlight.

After carefully observing Lot and Sien, Monk glared at the person who was trying to take credit.

"Hey, Anka, you need to change this habit of picking up things."

Lotte and Sain were left speechless by Anka's words. In this little guy's eyes, their relationship seemed so trivial. Instead of being saved, Anka saw them as someone he picked up, making them feel quite cheap...

Monk studied the two alphas carefully once again, and after a moment, he said to Anka, "You cannot bring these two individuals back."

Luo Te and Sai En were taken aback upon hearing this and immediately lowered their heads: it turns out that adults are indeed not any better at fooling than children.

"Why?" Anka furrowed her brows in confusion. "They're injured..."

"Alpha, dressed in military attire, has an extraordinary appearance. There are even fallen airships in the lake, clearly posing a problem. Yet, you still go and pick them up for your home. Be careful, or your older brother will come and teach you a lesson."

Uncle Monk explained that when he heard the little guy saying he had found two people, he felt something was not right. And now, upon closer inspection, the situation is simply terrible. These two individuals with strong and stable auras are nothing but a huge trouble.

Anka glanced at the airship in the distance, half submerged in the lake and half exposed on the water's surface. Then, she looked down at the two disheveled individuals in front of her and felt a sense of dilemma.

"Uncle, are you deliberately refusing to save a life?"

Sain couldn't help but speak up, sounding dissatisfied.