The entire team was stunned.
Huo Rou had pinned their small team leader to the ground, and it looked so easy!
But their team leader was not weak in combat!
He was at least mid-tier, if not first. Was he going easy on her?
After all, she was Commander Qin's niece-in-law.
He Zhongwu watched this scene, his heart burning with anger.
There should be no sycophants in their team. Even if Huo Rou was Commander Qin's niece-in-law, even if she was a delicate woman, they could choose not to harm her in a fight, but they shouldn't lose face like this, being so easily pinned and dominated.
"Get up!" he roared.
The protective suit obscured the team leader's expression, but his lips were already splitting from the pain.
Huo Rou's seemingly effortless move had not spared an ounce of force.
He wanted to get up, but he couldn't!
He Zhongwu saw that he wasn't moving, and his face darkened. "I said, get up! Are you not listening to orders anymore?!"
Even if he wanted to curry favor, he needed to know if he could succeed. Commander Qin detested such behavior from his subordinates. Ability was ability; strength should be demonstrated. They were protecting the people and the country, not face, not connections!
"I... I..." the team leader's voice trembled. It was clear he was under immense pressure. "I can't get up."
It was humiliating to say, but he truly couldn't obey the order.
Huo Rou looked so small, how could she have so much strength?
And her reflexes were so fast, he was pinned before he could even see what happened! The last time he saw such a reaction speed was when he was a child, watching special effects on TV.
To be honest, in reality...
Ah, in reality, there was someone similar. The Chief of Staff who took office when the Yizhou virus first emerged.
That person was young and also formidable.
Hearing the team leader's words, the expressions on everyone's faces became even more interesting.
Even though their faces were hidden by the protective suits, their disbelief was evident in their eyes!
He Zhongwu stepped forward to pull him up, but couldn't move him!
He looked at Huo Rou in shock. Did this girl have that much strength?
Huo Rou slowly raised her head, composed and calm. "So, I will still be a burden to you?"
"Entrusting my son's life to you, I truly can't rest assured."
These words drained the color from everyone's faces. Although their team, 112, didn't frequently go on external missions, they had legitimately earned their place in the Yizhou Military Region through their strength.
To be questioned so directly by Huo Rou, they couldn't even raise their heads, afraid of bringing shame to the Yizhou Military Region. They had to intensify their training when they returned; being occupied with miscellaneous tasks had almost made them forget their original intention of joining the military!
They couldn't let a "weak woman" look down on them, even if this weak woman didn't seem weak at all.
Huo Rou's display had completely won them over. No one questioned her anymore, and they even believed that Huo Rou's request to search for An'an together was solely for her son's greater safety.
He Zhongwu had nothing more to say. He glanced at the laboratory. "But what about the laboratory? Isn't it at a critical stage?"
It was rumored that the formula for a complete cure for the Yizhou virus had been finalized, and success or failure hinged on this final step.
"We still hope you will prioritize the overall situation."
Hearing this, Huo Rou looked back at the laboratory with a hint of difficulty.
The experiment was indeed in its final stages.
However, she had lost a loved one once because of the words "prioritize the overall situation." Now, they wanted her to do it again...
"You go," Shen Wuyou said, walking from the depths of the laboratory corridor. He had come out to speak with Huo Rou and An'an, and when he saw Huo Rou's actions, he hadn't shown himself.
She was still as dazzling as before.
Compared to Huo Rou focused on the operation table in the laboratory, he preferred her in combat. At those times, she was real and unrestrained.
No one could compete with her.
"Everyone else still needs time to catch up to your progress these past few days, so a break is good," Shen Wuyou said, taking a tube of ointment from his coat pocket. "Be careful."
Since Shen Wuyou had said so, He Zhongwu had no further reason to object. "Let's go."