94: 94.

Imagine 94: 94.

Imagine After sending the message, Lu Li casually asked, “Did you retire from the Marine Corps?”

He remembered that the lady mayor had once mentioned, seemingly trusting this armed force a lot.

Aurora shrugged and said, “Got a few steel plates in my body, can’t stay in the army anymore.

Speaking of which, where’s your guarantor?”

Before she could finish, Lu Li’s phone rang, and it was from his headteacher.

He walked aside to answer, and Aurora listened intently:

“Teacher, I have a personal matter, could you give me her number?”

…

“Okay, once everything is settled, I’ll return to school as soon as possible.”

…

The more Aurora listened, the stranger her expression became—was he still in school?

Was his guarantor a classmate?

At that moment, Aurora began to doubt her earlier judgment…

Meanwhile, Lu Li came back and dialed the phone number Teresa, his classmate, that the headteacher had sent him.

The call was quickly answered, and the voice sounded somewhat surprised, “Lu Li?”

“Yes, it’s me.

Could you vouch for me?

I need to buy some very sensitive items.”

“Although I’m not quite clear, I’m glad to help.”

…

After a conversation, Lu Li handed the phone over.

Aurora, with a serious face, took it and turned on the speaker…

Soon, Teresa’s voice came through:

“Hello, I am Teresa Delgado Maria.”

Her Fran name with both her father’s and mother’s surnames mentioned should normally let anyone from Tijuana know that she is the mayor’s daughter.

But Aurora was overly excited, hurriedly holding the phone with both hands and shouting,

“Miss Teresa!

I’m Aurora, do you remember me?”

“Second Lieutenant Aurora… hello, long time no see.”

“I’ve retired, not a lieutenant anymore.”

The two obviously knew each other.

Aurora looked at Lu Li and asked directly,

“Do you know this person?

Do you know what he’s up to?”

“I know him, I trust whatever he does, and I am willing to provide a guaranty in my family’s name.”

“What!?”

Aurora found it unbelievable!

Miss Teresa’s words… they didn’t just see this man ordinarily!

And what surprised her even more followed.

Some noisy sounds came from the phone, and soon an elderly lady’s voice emerged:

“I am Maria.

Second Lieutenant Aurora, this Mr.

Lu is a trustworthy person, please accommodate all his requests!”

“Lady Maria!”

At that moment, Aurora was dumbstruck—what kind of identity did Lu Li have to make Lady Maria say such things!

And Lu Li, seeing the gun dealer’s discomfited state, realized that the lady’s reputation among civilians was higher than he had expected.

Out of politeness, he said, “Thank you for your trust, lady.”

“You are too kind, I only stated the truth.”

Maria responded gently and then said to Aurora,

“Second Lieutenant, as I said earlier, you can trust Lu Li 100%.”

“I understand, lady.”

With that, there were no more obstacles.

Lu Li said, “Then we won’t bother you anymore, goodbye, lady.”

~~~~~~~~~~

After hanging up the phone, Lu Li said, “How about it, no problems now, right?”

Aurora sized him up for a while before finally speaking:

“Do you want heavy machine guns, anti-tank weapons, and C4?”

“Yes, I want the M2 type for the machine guns.”

Previously, the heavy machine gun that Lukado had used had left a deep impression on Lu Li, so he directly mentioned the specific model—Browning M2.

However, Aurora shook her head and said, “That’s already outdated.

I formally recommend the W95 from Northern Industry in Xia Country.”

Lu Li nodded and said, “Alright, you arrange it.”

Aurora continued,

“As for the anti-tank weapons and C4, you just mentioned breaching walls?

These two requirements can be combined.

I still recommend the PF98 from Xia Country, a 120mm heavy rocket launcher!

It can remove fortifications!”

The weapons from his homeland sounded reassuring, and Lu Li nodded gently, “Then give that to me.”

“How could I possibly keep such items at home.”

Aurora held up three fingers, “Come and pick them up in three days.”

Lu Li had a lot of things to buy, including even a villa, so he didn’t mind waiting a few days.

“Then I’ll see you in three days, Miss Aurora, and I hope you become an arms dealer.”

As Lu Li was about to leave with his items, Aurora pointed at the money on the floor and shouted:

“You don’t need that much, take back…

300,000.”

“It’s alright, just help me stock up on some more ammunition or something.”

Lu Li did not even glance at the money scattered on the floor but simply loaded bullets onto the “Raptor.”

Aurora found him increasingly inscrutable and helped him silently with a somber face.

Once everything was loaded, Lu Li started the car.

Before he left, Aurora shouted, “Kid, who exactly are you?”

“Just…

a concerned citizen,” he replied.

With those joking words, Lu Li pressed the gas pedal and sped away.

In the roar of the off-road pickup, his phone vibrated once, receiving a string of phone numbers and a message from Teresa:

[This is my mother’s private number; you can contact me for anything, directly reach her, or call the mayor’s office.

Thanks again for your rescue.

God bless you.]

Lu Li immediately understood, “It seems the mayor’s lady needs my help.

What she needs is…

military power.”

~~~~~~~~~~

Meanwhile, in the Tijuana City Mayor’s office.

Teresa, holding a stack of thick documents, placed them on the desk and said to her mother:

“Most of it is public information, and I’ve found it.”

“Let’s see then, what kinds of secrets he holds.”

Lady Maria put on a pair of glasses and began to read seriously.

The first page of the file had a photo of Lu Li; the following pages detailed his life story.

A 17-year-old youth, covered in just one A4 page, the information was sparse and pitiful.

Lady Maria continued flipping through, reaching Lu Hongbing’s documents.

This was clearly a scholar, with a title like Ph.D.

in Nuclear Physics, somewhat impressive but with an awkward research direction, leading to a series of tragedies that followed.

At that moment, Teresa also stood beside her, both furrowing their brows as they read.

“With such a life story, for him not to have become an antisocial personality…

he must be naturally kind.”

Both mother and daughter knew too well how miserable it could be to end up in the slums.

“But where has he gotten his skills from?”

This was the biggest question, and as the two continued to flip through, they found that the documents thereafter were all about Grandpa Lu!

“Lu Chiyuan, born in 1925, went to battle at 14, killing 5 invaders with a single machete.”

“He participated in all the campaigns before and after the founding of Xia Country and was wounded out during the Wei Country War.”

“Fought in the Wei Country War for a month, killed 200 enemy troops!”

At that moment, the mother and daughter flipped through the pages of the file, all detailing Grandpa Lu’s military life.

“This man, just the recorded enemies killed, has already surpassed a thousand!”

“He is practically a monster!”

The mother and daughter looked at each other in horror, suddenly feeling that Lu Li’s capabilities…

didn’t seem so abrupt anymore.