A Fragile Bond Forged in the Fires of Betrayal Chapter 108

"You asked me before if I had ever been a sniper. I was one for four years. Later, I was appointed as the team leader. Not long after, a new sniper joined the team." Ethan Yang talked about this and stopped stroking Liam Tang's waist with his hand.

"This new sniper is called Xia Zhao. He is a third-generation Red Army soldier. He is not very old. When he first arrived, he was very arrogant and even a little spoiled. But because he is a good shooter and a loyal person, he quickly became popular in the team."

"Snipers are usually accompanied by an observer. After I became the team leader, the observer Wu Pan who used to work with me started working with him instead."

Wu Pan was born in the countryside and started as a conscript. He was transferred to the special forces in the same year as Ethan Yang. Wu Pan is reliable, kind and taciturn, but his taciturnity is different from Ethan Yang's. Ethan Yang's silence is aggressive, but Wu Pan's silence seems to be intentionally reducing his presence.

After four years of being partners, Ethan Yang knew very well that Wu Pan had some inferiority complex. He had a poor family background, a mentally retarded brother, and two sisters who were still in middle school. He had a heavy burden on his shoulders. His inferiority complex came not only from this, but also from his identity as an "observer". Compared with other commanders, snipers, demolitionists, and assaulters in the team, observers were more like snipers' collaborators, or in other words, accessories, and could not exist independently from snipers.