Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 1262 Extra Story 17 Of Edgar A Special Mission For Two People

On her way back to the base, she returned, not only with the troops but also in the company of her dispirited mood. It took more than two hours for the military vehicle to return from the hospital with their troop. It was not until now that Maggie learned from the others that the reason why she had been sent to the General Military Hospital was because there was no appropriate equipment at the medical care center on base to deal with the pollutants in her respiratory tract. They had feared she might suffer permanent damage due to the chemicals involved in the lab fire.

After they arrived at the base, Cathy and the other members of the technical instruction team all expressed their sincerest concerns for Maggie's health. Maggie was given half a day's leave, which was a rare occurrence in the special forces. The only good news was that she would not have to attend their training until tomorrow. In Eagle Special Brigade, people who didn't perform at a high standard would be eliminated from the team. Everybody had to survive hardships and even bullets. As a girl who had by herself chosen to join the army, Maggie wasn't a tomboy and suffered no pretentiousness.

And of course, she hadn't forgotten about the ten kilometers' run ordered by Edgar. Ever since she left college and joined the basic unit, Maggie had been writing self-criticism reports and facing punishments decreed by Edgar every now and then. As a result, she had become quite tough during the course of her time here.

Despite the remaining weakness and some shortness of breath, she began running, drawing the attention of lots of people passing by. At the same time, the medical officer, Hackett Shu's sighs could be heard in the medical care center of the Eagle Special Brigade. "Let me have a look! Your wounds are starting to open up again,"

Hackett said in a helpless and concerned tone while applying medicine to the burns on Edgar's back. "I understand your great passion for work, but you should also look after your own health and life. The girl has only just joined the basic level unit, so it's natural that she is stubborn. However, is it necessary for you, an injured leader, to go to the hospital to see her only in order to check up on her mental state? If I were your boss, I would have been angry with you too."

Sensing the discontent in Hackett's words and tone, Edgar could not help but flash a bitter smile. "I had no other choice. The Headquarters of the General Staff pays great attention to this technical program. If there is even the slightest chance that the girl's mental state was affected, I'm afraid it could have an adverse effect on the research. In this case, the benefits outweighed the risk to my health."

After taking a short pause, he added, "After all, I had already been injured. I didn't want to have suffered the pain in vain. As a girl, if Maggie Du is unable to concentrate on her research because of mental stress, I would not be able to enjoy any benefits. Then I would have suffered for nothing, right?"

Hackett could not help but roll his eyes at Edgar's long-winded explanantion. "Alas, I forgot that I have never won an argument against you. But every time you get injured, you come to me for help," he complained with a depressed shrug.

"I would not have come to bother you if my injuries weren't on the back, where my eyes cannot reach!" Edgar said, ignoring Hackett's complaints. "Besides, every time I come here, I have to listen to your chatter. You're as nagging as an old woman... Ouch..." "Calling me an old woman? Perhaps, you should not cry out in pain like a woman!" Hackett took his revenge immediately by pressing down unnecessarily hard on Edgar's burns and waiting for his response. When his aim was achieved, an evil smile played on his thin lips. "I can't believe you're such a sadist," Edgar said, shaking his head helplessly. Edgar and Hackett's friendship began when they attended the same military college. The difference between the two of them was that Edgar had attended college after joining the army, while Hackett had been an outstanding student in the department of medicine at that time. When he had returned to the military force after working in local government for a few years, he had applied to the Headquarters of the General Staff for Hackett to become his medical officer. It had seemed logical to choose someone familiar for the position. However, before long, he had begun doubting his decision when he found that the man was like his own grandmother! Edgar wondered how he had failed to notice that Hackett was a nagger, even before.

The two of them argued like children on a regular basis. By the time they had stopped arguing, Hackett had finished applying medicine to Edgar's burns. Once again, he reminded Edgar, "If your wounds don't heal fast enough, the risk of infection will increase. As you know, large scale infection could impact greatly on your response speed and ability to lead. In my opinion, if that happens, you will have two options: The first would be that you quit military service and transfer to a governmental position, while the second would be that you hold a civilian post in the troop as a military advisor."

'Are you kidding me?' Edgar thought in outrage. He had been fighting like a tiger since his childhood. He would not have worked as a mayor for a few years if it were not for the struggle between the two parties. He had had enough of it during that period of time. Edgar would rather die than go back to doing a civilian job, not even if that job was in the army.

"Hmm," Edgar responded to Hackett. As a steady person, he understood what he should do and what he shouldn't do quite well. Nevertheless, accidents were an inevitable part of life. In the same way, how even an extremely sound minded person was not always able to prevent themselves from making a mistake in their life.

Of course, such an accident would not happen to Edgar until later. However, when the time did come, it came sooner than anybody expected it.

Maggie had learned a valuable lesson from the explosion in the laboratory. In order to prevent the recurrence of another dust explosion, she finally chose to put up a military tent on the corner. The first reason for her doing this was that it was summer, and she would feel cool but not cold in the shaded corner, where the tent was located. The second reason was that it would be easier to escape in case of any emergency.

Because of the explosion in the laboratory, Daniel had intensified the training of the soldiers, including escape and smoke bomb training. This was in accordance of the training for the Falcon Commando.

Two months had passed since the explosion in the laboratory. Maggie and the three other students had been in the Eagle Special Brigade for five months now. During this period of time, all the four students had grown through their experiences, as if they were reborn. Their progress had taken a much greater leap in performance than anyone else who had gone to any other basic level unit.

One day, the students were discussing an upcoming vacation that would last for three glorious days. Since Maggie's home was in S City, she was able to go back home and enjoy the vacation with her family. Both Garth and Jake were from A City, which was quite a distance away from S City. The three-day vacation was not enough for them to go back. If they chose to go home, it would be too expensive to take a plane, and it would take too long to take a train. Besides, they would only be able to spend one day at home then. In consideration to these factors, they decided that they would travel around the city instead of going back home. 000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐