382: Winning big with small investment

"Don't think too much, brother, go back and get some good rest."

After getting off the helicopter, Roy was still comforting Liu Yan.

The other Operators had all gotten off the helicopter midway to continue carrying out their previously unfinished missions.

This made Liu Yan, who was already feeling guilty, blame himself even more.

If he had been able to restrain himself at that time and only used the power propulsion device to escape, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out like this.

Noticing Liu Yan's expression, Roy let out a long sigh.

"Aiya, why are you thinking so much?"

"When everyone found out you were surrounded, they were already rushing over to your side."

"This was all voluntary on everyone's part. As for what happened later, it was indeed unexpected, but overall it didn't cause everyone any trouble."

"You're not dead, we're not dead; that's already the best outcome."

Just as Roy was counseling Liu Yan, two Operators walked towards them and brushed past the two of them.

"Hey buddy, out on a field mission so late?"

Roy quickly patted one of the Operators on the shoulder.

The latter shook his head and gave a cold laugh.

"Field mission my ass, we're heading to report to Hafke right now!"

"What?" Hearing the other's reply, Roy looked incredulous.

"Tell me more, brother."

Seeing that Roy was interested, the two Operators simply stopped in their tracks and began to complain:

"Damn it, we originally applied to quit, thinking we'd settle this month's subsidy."

"But then they told me, since I hadn't stayed for a full 30 days this month, the subsidy wouldn't be paid out!"

"That would have been fine, I said, I'm only 4 days short anyway, I'll just stay until I've served enough time."

At this point, the Operator looked at Roy indignantly and asked:

"Guess what the higher-ups told me?"

Roy shook his head.

"He said, the moment I applied to quit, I had already quit."

"It's just one month's subsidy, screw it, I don't want it. Anyway, I can earn it back in a few days at Hafke!"

The two Operators got angrier the more they talked.

"Brother, why don't you come with us? Looking at you guys, you must have just returned from a mission late at night, right?"

"Working yourself to death for a month, how much of a subsidy do you actually get? Plus, there are so many damn rules, can't do this, can't do that."

"The pay is lower than Hafke, and there are more rules than the Asala Guard, screw this."

Facing the two Operators' complaints about GTI, Roy could only smile awkwardly.

"I think I'll pass..."

Seeing Roy's reaction, the two didn't continue to persuade him and turned to disappear into the night.

After the two left, Liu Yan looked at Roy with confusion.

"Is GTI really like they said?"

Since joining GTI, Liu Yan had felt a lot of warmth.

Whether it was Mai Xiaowen and others bringing him various blankets and supplies.

Or David Ferrer always coming to ask him out for drinks in the middle of the night—although he refused, the other party would always leave some snacks for Liu Yan before leaving.

And everyone coming to save him without complaining, including Roy, who was counseling him on the helicopter.

Liu Yan had a very good impression of GTI.

But judging from the two's reaction just now, GTI... didn't seem to be what it appeared on the surface.

Facing Liu Yan's question, Roy sighed helplessly.

"After all, it's a peacekeeping force, the rules are indeed a bit more numerous."

"Think about it, Asara is a temporarily assembled guard, so naturally there are fewer rules."

"And Hafke belongs to a corporation."

"Compared to those two, GTI is very formal, and many Operators were poached by GTI from their original units."

"As for the subsidy, most Operators didn't come just for the money."

After hearing Roy's explanation, Liu Yan nodded slightly.

Looking at it this way, it wasn't hard to see where the two's complaints about GTI came from.

If the goal was just to make money, then compared to Hafke, GTI really couldn't satisfy them.

Over the past few days, Liu Yan hadn't learned little about Hafke.

Not to mention other things, there was one point Liu Yan remembered clearly.

They had money and resources.

There were just too many things that money and resources could accomplish.

It could even make ghosts grind flour, let alone people.

"Oh right, I was so shocked by you earlier, I forgot to ask."

"How did you get surrounded by Hafke?"

This question had already appeared in Roy's mind when he went to reinforce Liu Yan.

It was just that after arriving at the scene, the scene was too bizarre, so he kept forgetting to ask.

"Hmm..." Liu Yan organized his thoughts.

Subsequently, he told Roy everything, from accepting the mission, doing the mission, all the way to being surrounded by Hafke.

Including his speculation about the mole.

After listening, Roy's brows gradually furrowed.

"It's indeed unreasonable. If that's the case, then the Commander who gave you the mission... is the mole for Hafke."

"After all, you slapped Hafke in the face in public at the Tourist Center a few days ago, they won't let you off that easily..."

After saying this, Roy waved his hand.

"Forget it, forget it, let's not worry about all that nonsense for now, let's go back to the Special Operations Department and get something to eat."

"For the next few days, as long as you stay honestly in the Special Operations Department, I guarantee you'll be fine. At worst, wait a few months until things calm down, then you can go out on missions again."

"As for the food, I'll treat you and that's that."

As he spoke, Roy had already dragged Liu Yan to the cafeteria.

Halfway there, Liu Yan suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Wait, don't we have free room and board? Why do you need to treat me?"

Roy didn't even turn his head and said matter-of-factly:

"The subsidy is issued from above; using the subsidy to eat at the cafeteria, isn't that free food?"

"No, brother..."

Liu Yan's steps faltered.

"Is this right?"

One had to admit, at this moment, Liu Yan knew why those two Operators who had left indignantly were dissatisfied.

The cafeteria in the dead of night was still brightly lit, and there were quite a few Operators eating.

Many Operators still had dust on them, and some even had faint traces of blood visible.

Clearly, they had just returned from their missions not long ago.

Duang—Duang.

Arriving at the serving counter, Roy tapped the glass twice.

"Auntie, two braised blue chicken combos."

The busy cafeteria lady said without even having time to lift her head:

"4500 each, 9000 in total."

Hearing this price, Liu Yan's eyeballs nearly popped out.

Then, thinking of the price of the fragrant stir-fried noodles, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Calculated by this price level, the food prices at GTI were actually not bad.

After all, it sounded like braised blue chicken had to be better than stir-fried noodles.

It had meat, and it was cheaper.

Beep————

Roy picked up his phone and casually scanned the QR code on the side.

Immediately after, the computer at the checkout counter sounded with the payment notification.

Shoukuanbao payment received, 10,000 haf coins.

"Wait, you seem to have..." Hearing Roy transfer an extra 1,000, Liu Yan was about to remind him when he felt his hand pulled by Roy.

Subsequently, Roy looked at the cafeteria lady with an expression of pain and helplessness:

"Aiya, I accidentally transferred an extra 1,000!"

"Your machine can't issue refunds..."

"Sigh, what a mess, how about you give me an extra two scoops of meat?"

Hearing this, the busy cafeteria lady frowned and looked up.

Upon seeing Roy's face, the confusion on the auntie's face vanished, replaced by speechlessness.

Clearly, it wasn't the first time Roy had done this.

The cafeteria lady tremblingly added a few more pieces of meat to their braised blue chicken, then handed the trays out.

After the two carried their trays away from the serving counter, Liu Yan finally couldn't help but ask:

"You, just now, did you intentionally transfer extra?"

Hearing Liu Yan's question, Roy's mouth crooked slightly, and he said proudly:

"Just learn more from me, and I guarantee you'll have plenty to eat and drink."

As he spoke, Roy pointed to the menu on the side.

"Look here, normally adding extra meat costs 3,000."

"And the machine in the cafeteria can't process refunds, so I always intentionally transfer an extra 1,000."

"This way they have no choice but to give me some extra meat."

"As for how much, it depends on whether the auntie's hand shakes today."

"If you catch her when her hand doesn't shake, 1,000 haf coins can get you 3,000 worth of meat."

"Even if her hand shakes, at the very least you can get 1,000 worth of meat."

"This is what's called small investment, big return."