Chapter 172: Beloved, Young Hero
The pursuit took only three hours, and Luke single-handedly towed a ship that called itself the "Monster Pirates" back from the sky and parked it at the mooring point at the entrance of the village.
However, the pirate flag and the sail with the pirate flag painted on it had been torn off by Luke. With a little repair, it could become a luxurious merchant ship. This was naturally one of Luke's compensations to the village of Kivaro.
There were more than thirty dead bodies piled on the deck of the ship. They naturally belonged to that group of inhumane pirates.
"Lieutenant General Lu Kai, thank you so much this time." While the villagers were boarding the boat to search and deal with the bodies, the old village chief brought the elderly people in the village to thank Lu Kai.
"Old village chief, I am really ashamed to hear you say that. It is my negligence that caused you to suffer losses and dangers." Lu Kai said hurriedly.
"Lieutenant General Lu Kai, why do you have to worry about it? I am a man who will soon be buried. Because I have lived long enough, I understand some things better than others." The old village chief spoke to comfort Lu Kai.
"We know more about what G1 has done over the years than others because we are close to them. It is really disappointing. This is a problem that has existed for a long time. You have only been here for two months. Some things are not your responsibility at all."
"Yes, Lieutenant General Lu Kai, your coming really gives us hope." Another person spoke.
"Lieutenant General Lu Kai, can you stay here for a few more days?" Suddenly, a somewhat childish voice asked with a hint of nervousness and excitement.
The one who spoke was the only teenager in the group. He looked only eleven or twelve years old. His eyes were sparkling when he looked at Lu Kai, without blinking, and his face was full of admiration.
"Don't worry, I will definitely tidy up your home before I go back." Lu Kai smiled at the young man.
"Great!" The young man immediately jumped up excitedly and said, "Lieutenant General Lu Kai, you know that you are the idol of all the children in our village. You are young, strong and righteous. I have always told my grandfather that I want to be a man like you."
The old village chief looked ashamed and said to Lu Kai: "Excuse me, Lieutenant General Lu Kai, this is my grandson Su Luo. He has been following your movements almost every day in the past two years. He never misses any information about you published in the newspaper and reads it again and again.
"And he kept saying that you would definitely come, and that there must be a reason why you didn't come right away, and this kid really came right.
"And he keeps saying he is Vice Admiral Luke every day, and plays pirate games with the children in the village every day. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
"Grandpa!" Su Luo's cheeks immediately turned red when he heard his grandfather reveal his past.
The previous words were fine, why did the last sentence change its tone? How could such a shameful thing be said in front of Lieutenant General Lu Kai?
"Are you Su Luo?" Lu Kai asked in surprise, looking at the boy who was about eleven or twelve years old in front of him.
Su Luo was none other than the boy who accidentally discovered the pirate base and saved the entire village.
It was he and several other teenagers who monitored the movements of the pirates and sent back the news in time, which saved the entire village. Today, Su Luo has become a hero of Kiwaro Village.
"Lieutenant General Lu Kai, do you know me?" Su Luo was extremely excited when he saw that Lu Kai knew him.
"Of course, the whole village is talking about you. They say you are the hero of Kiwaro Village." Lu Kai praised generously.
"I... it's nothing..." Hearing Lu Kai's praise, Su Luo felt so happy, but suddenly he felt embarrassed. He blushed and whispered, "Lieutenant General Lu Kai, you are the real hero!"
"You don't have to be modest." Seeing Su Luo's reaction, Lu Kai smiled and said, "Anyone who does what he can to help others is a hero. We are actually the same kind of people."
Su Luo almost cried. What a high evaluation! And it came from his idol, so he felt like he was floating in the air, as if he had arrived in heaven.
After recovering from the shock, Su Luo looked at Lu Kai with great hope and said, "Then Lieutenant General Lu Kai, can I follow you? I also want to be as powerful as you."
"You want to join the navy?" Lu Kai was stunned when he heard that.
"It doesn't matter whether I join the navy or not. As long as I can follow you, I'm willing to join anything." Su Luo said incoherently.
"Hahaha!" Lu Kai was amused by Su Luo and replied, "I agree, but being a navy soldier is very hard, especially for a soldier like me, Lu Kai. Can you bear this hardship?"
When Su Luo heard Lu Kai's words, he danced with excitement, and as if afraid that Lu Kai would go back on his word, he answered loudly, "I can endure hardship, I can endure hardship."
This scene made everyone laugh.
There is strength in numbers. This time, the navy brought by Lu Kai has 500 people, twice the number of villagers in Kiwaro Village.
With the joint efforts of everyone, the village of Kiwaro, which had only forty or fifty households, was rebuilt in a short time.
Coupled with the pirate ship left behind by Luke and all the resources and treasures on the pirate ship, the villagers here are much richer than before.
And Lu Kai, under the enthusiastic escort of the villagers, set off back to the G1 base with Xiaolong, Fuya, and the newly recruited navy soldier Su Luo.
Inside the warship, Lu Kai was holding an emergency meeting with a group of officers from G1. Except for Lu Kai, everyone else lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Do you know why people are willing to trust me and love me?" Lu Kai asked everyone.
"It seems like you all know." Lu Kai glanced at everyone's expressions and continued, "Because I really care about them. In the past two years, I have been thinking about the people. What about you?
"Everyone, listen to me clearly. I don't care what G1 was like in the past, and I don't intend to pursue it. But from today on, G1 must work together to uphold justice wholeheartedly and become the real umbrella and support for those weak people.
"I will never let go of a selfish, unjust person like Stanway. If you can turn back from your wrong path, I, Lu Kai, will use my personality and reputation to guarantee that I will forgive you for what happened.
"But if you decide to go all the way, I guarantee that you will die an ugly death."
After hearing Lu Kai's words, the minds of the generals became active and they began to think about what Lu Kai said. Now that the situation has become clear, they actually have no choice at all.
Just as Luke was scolding G1's subordinates, Luke's adjutant Clyde knocked on the door and brought bad news.
This news once again pushed Lu Kai's mood to the bottom, because something happened at the G1 base.