Chapter 855: Chapter 857: Baron Intelligence and Nuclear-Powered Submarine

“Boss, why did you come personally? I can handle this. No matter what, I will definitely rescue Uncle. As for those Teutons, I’ll personally send them to Hell!”

After Lin Fei stepped out of the helicopter, Vulture, who was already waiting on the deck, immediately moved close to Lin Fei, greeting him.

“You handle killing. I handle rescue,” Lin Fei said while surveying the United Fleet led by Vulture, casually patting Vulture’s keyboard. “If the hostage was someone else, I wouldn’t have bothered to come. But now the hostage is my dad. Whether for Shanshan or for myself, I must come!”

Although Lin Fei and Mu Hong did not have any blood relations and had not interacted much, their meetings were limited to a few instances, with conversations being rare to count.

Still, this couldn’t prevent Lin Fei from considering Mu Hong as a dear relative in his heart.

Mu Hong, father of the ice-cold CEO Mu Shanshan, was someone Lin Fei acknowledged as his dearest wife. As long as Lin Fei didn’t divorce Mu Shanshan, the marital bond couldn’t be erased.

Just as Lin Fei once told Mu Shanshan in New Star Forest, Mu Hong is both her father and his father.

Moreover, the strong camaraderie between Mu Hong and Lin Fei’s father, along with Mu Hong helping bury Lin Fei’s parents, was enough for Lin Fei to be eternally grateful to Mu Hong.

Lin Fei naturally felt the need to personally rescue a dear relative and someone whom he had to be eternally grateful to.

This sentiment was somewhat apparent in Lin Fei’s expression and words, which Vulture noticed as indicating an extraordinary care for Mu Hong. After briefly pondering, he lowered his head and apologized with a hint of guilt in his eyes. “Boss, I’m guilty. Failing to protect Uncle is my mistake. I’m willing to accept punishment.”

“You are indeed guilty, but it’s not because you failed to protect the person I instructed you to. It’s because of your negligence! Because of your negligence, we now need to cross the ocean to deal with the Teutons. Your negligence allowed an event that should have been proactively detected or even prevented to occur. This is not your error; it’s dereliction of duty!”

“No matter how much stronger we are now compared to when we first became mercenaries. We are still mercenaries. Our status increase shouldn’t be a reason for us to forget our identity. Unless one day you decide to quit being a mercenary. Then, you may be careless.”

“However, now is not the time! Because you’re still a mercenary. You’re the head of the entire Central Continent base, you absolutely cannot be negligent! This time, it’s just an incident near the Central Continent. Your negligence didn’t matter much. If my dad had not been taken hostage on the cruise, you likely wouldn’t have cared about this incident.”

“That’s where your negligence lies. You should’ve cared about this incident because its aftermath could potentially affect you. Therefore, you should have paid attention ahead of time. Others at the Central Continent base can ignore this incident, but you must care because you’re not just a mercenary. Your will determines the development of the entire Central Continent base. You need to focus on anything that might impact the development of the Central Continent base, not just local concerns.”

“You are indeed the head of the Central Continent base, but you’re also one of the top management of Hell’s Judgement. Your perspective needs to observe the local Central Continent situation, but simultaneously, you also need to observe the global situation. Your vision determines your future, and I don’t want you to be permanently confined to one place in Central Continent due to negligence.”

Generally speaking, Lin Fei’s words were instilling a global perspective into Vulture. More bluntly, it was hinting that Vulture has great potential for the future.

The position of the head of Hell’s Judgement Organization’s Central Continent base wouldn’t be the pinnacle of Vulture’s career within the organization.

In some sense, Lin Fei’s words showed a hint of training a successor.

Initially when Hell’s Judgement Organization was first prepared, all matters were jointly decided by Lin Fei along with Xue Zhi, Butcher, and others.

However, as Hell’s Judgement Organization steadily developed, Lin Fei grew tired and was semi-forcefully brought back by Mu Hong to Zhonghai to marry Mu Shanshan.

In some sense, Lin Fei was already in a semi-retired state.

As long as Hell’s Judgement Organization’s major development direction didn’t go wrong, Lin Fei stopped intervening in its internal affairs a year ago.

With Butcher also back in Zhonghai now, many internal affairs in Hell’s Judgement Organization are handled solely by Xue Zhi.

Considering this, managing the overwhelming workload alone seemed obviously taxing for Xue Zhi.

On this matter, Xue Zhi had indirectly complained to Lin Fei before.

Consequently, Lin Fei intended to help Xue Zhi train one or two assistants.

And Vulture was one candidate in Lin Fei’s mind.

Vulture naturally picked up on the subtext in Lin Fei’s words.

Therefore, after a few moments of pondering following Lin Fei’s words, Vulture nodded and responded, “I understand the boss’s intention. From now on, I will correct my mistakes. Whether it’s negligence or error, such mistakes will never happen again.”

Aware of Vulture’s reserved nature, Lin Fei patted Vulture’s shoulder to offer encouragement upon hearing his promise.

Then, Lin Fei focused his mind, looking around at the United Fleet commanded by Vulture, and spoke seriously, “Next time, don’t let your mood affect your decisions. Every unnecessary waste increases our losses. Wasting resources on a trivial matter is foolish. Let’s consider this a lesson tied to the Judgment Order, but next time, avoid such waste.”

Picking up the admonition in Lin Fei’s tone, Vulture immediately nodded in response, “You can rest assured, boss, there will definitely be no next time. This time, I was indeed swayed by my emotions. However, there’s another reason. Previously, Baron contacted us proactively. He intended to collaborate with us to deal with the Teutons. After I refused him, he provided detailed intelligence on the Teutons’ manpower and weapons. According to the intelligence, the Teutons are hiding a nuclear-powered submarine. That’s why I mobilized so many warships to seize their nuclear-powered submarine…”