Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"The date of the storm you mentioned is still more than a month away. How do you know? It's the fourth day after Christmas, which is December 29th. The current weather forecast can already predict the storm in one and a half months. What’s the weather like?”

"Mr. Chen, what you are saying is too unprofessional. Weather forecasting cannot be done, but prophecy can. You are a psychic. Isn't this difficult to understand? And predicting weather is just a matter of course for prophecy psychics. It’s the little things.”

"Uh..." Chen Zhao expressed embarrassment.

It's like a university professor being accused by elementary school students of being amateurish.

But Chen Zhao also understood what Lila Gaevich said.

The last chance to find the location of Treasure Island is also at the end of the year.

The sea breeze and waves at that time must be quite big. Do you want to take your family there?

He also promised Fali and the children to take them with him when he went on an expedition to Treasure Island to hunt for treasure.

What is known so far is how to find Treasure Island.

But finding Treasure Island seems to require a special magic, a magic that can transform into a petrel.

Of course, Chen Zhao was not sure whether this condition was necessary.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Boss, Miss Demi's phone number." Portia said.

"Mr. Chen, I'm leaving first."

"All right."

Chen Zhao took the phone handed over by Portia.

"Hello, I'm Chen Zhao."

"Mr. Chen, come to the military base and meet your teammates."

"is this necessary?"

"They are elite," Demi said.

"must go?"

"I wish you could come over."

"You're not waiting for me with a trap waiting for me, are you?"

"I'm not that boring." Demi's tone turned cold.

"Actually, why don't you just send some people here and leave the rest to me?"

"There are some things that are difficult to explain over the phone. I will discuss it with you in detail after you arrive." Demi said cryptically.

"Okay, I'll go over now."

Chen Zhao left Portia and Refla at home, while he drove to the military base location given by Demi.

It's impossible to find it using navigation, Demi only gave a route map.

For a roadie like Chen Zhao, finding such a military base is quite difficult.

The main reason was that Chen Zhao couldn't understand this kind of route map.

Chen Zhao now drives in the urban area of ​​Los Angeles. Most of the time, he still needs to use navigation and needs instructions on where to turn.

It took a lot of effort to find the military base.

This military base is located in the mountains and is surrounded by rocky valleys, making it very difficult to find.

Moreover, the satellite map cannot find this place, so satellite navigation cannot be used.

Demi is the top commander of this military base.

When Chen Zhao's car arrived at the entrance of the military base, it was stopped by the sentry at the door.

The sentry pointed to the cordon and warning sign at the door and said, "No entry."

"I'm here to find someone, Miss Demi."

The sentry looked at Chen Zhao: "Wait a minute."

With that said, the sentry went back to the sentry post and picked up the phone and dialed the internal line.

After confirming that Chen Zhao was indeed invited by Demi, the railing was raised.

Chen Zhao's sports car attracted the attention of many people.

Chen Zhao parked his car at the entrance of the headquarters, and several soldiers gathered around him.

"Hey, lend me your car for a while."

Chen Zhao turned his head and pointed his middle finger: "I won't borrow it."

The soldiers were cursing, but there was nothing they could do against Chen Zhao.

After all, they are soldiers, not bandits.

He could only take advantage of Chen Zhao to enter the headquarters building and jump on the car seat to enjoy his handjob.

Chen Zhao knew what was going on behind him, but as long as they didn't destroy his vehicle, he didn't ask.

Finding Demi's office, Chen Zhao opened the door and entered.

Demi is working on some paperwork.

Originally, Chen Zhao was about to have a seizure because he didn't knock on the door.

Seeing that the person coming was Chen Zhao, he suppressed his anger.

"Mr. Chen, you're here. Take a seat. Do you need something to drink?"

"No, let's talk straight to the point." Chen Zhao said.

Demi was very careful, looked outside the door, and then locked the door.

After returning to her seat, Demi spoke: "First of all, it's about the money. A qualified military operation cannot be carried out by just one person. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how high your remuneration is, it still can't explain the problem. Only appropriate losses and sacrifices can reflect your value, the difficulty of this military operation, and the sense of accomplishment after it is finally completed. Do you understand what I mean?"

"You look less like a soldier and more like a politician, taking the casualties of soldiers as a matter of course."

"I used to naively believe that only minimal casualties and minimal losses would be a successful military operation, but the facts proved that I was wrong. The soldiers who performed the military operations did not get meritorious service, and I We also don’t get any praise, because the senior management believes that our actions are easy tasks.”

Demi added: "And this operation, including your remuneration, costs more than 30 million US dollars. What standards do you think the top military officials will use to measure the value of this military operation? Is it the strength of the enemy? No , they judged it based on the casualties of this operation."

Chen Zhao did not agree with Demi's idea, but Chen Zhao would not refute it.

They are not his subordinates anyway, so why should he ask about their life and death?

"But according to your military compensation, if a soldier is injured or killed, the total compensation will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, right? Plus the military's investment in a soldier, it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, so a soldier's Killed in action, that’s probably a loss of a million dollars.”

Pensions for soldiers killed in action in the U.S. Army are divided into several steps, some of which are borne by insurance companies, while others are borne by military funds.

There is one-time compensation, and there is also continuous compensation to the spouse and children until the children come of age or the spouse remarries.

"Yes, the economic loss of losing a soldier is about 1.2 million U.S. dollars, while the loss of an elite special forces soldier is up to 2 million U.S. dollars, so this time I will equip you with a team of fifteen people. about."

"How many of them do you need to die?" Chen Zhao asked.

"About ten people, plus the consumption of some weapons and ammunition, the economic loss is close to 30 million US dollars."

"I won't kill them." Chen Zhao said.

"I don't need you to kill them."

"I won't guarantee that they will kill so many people."

To be honest, Chen Zhao cannot understand this kind of high-level thinking.

An action actually requires the number of soldiers sacrificed as the criterion for the difficulty of the action.

Is this still the most advanced army in the world? This is simply black culture.

"I have one more request," Demi said.

"any request?"