Chapter 96 Too Frightened
But Kelly's words were so surprising.
It was silent for a while.
Tristan blushed with shame and hurriedly walked up to Kelly and pulled her away.
Kelly struggled while she was walking.
Ebony stood there and was silent for a moment. Then she jogged Lloyd's elbow.
Lloyd looked back at her.
Ebony asked in confusion, "What's wrong with her?"
"She wants to be your blood sister." Before Lloyd could speak anything, Jeremy had already answered happily.
Then Jeremy seemed to have some inspiration. He put his arms around Warren's shoulders and said gladly, "Why don't we also swear to be brothers? We have so good a friendship that we even could trust each other with our life. I think my mom will agree that."
Warren was speechless.
Warren threw Jeremy's hand off his shoulders and walked towards Lloyd. He said, "Mr. Vasquez, I want to read the map again."
Lloyd put the folding knife away.
He glanced at Ebony and then went to the other side with Warren to study the route.
After a while, Tristan and Kelly came back.
Ebony was lying on a branch of a big tree to rest in the shade.
With her legs crossed and a piece of grass in her mouth, Ebony squinted at the two.
Tristan made eye contact with Ebony and said embarrassedly, "Aunt."
Kelly stood behind Tristan. She seemed to be shy now. She looked at Ebony stealthily and muttered. "Aunt."
Ebony chuckled and ignored them. She raised her hand to beckon the two little white monkeys over.
Few minutes passed.
Lloyd folded the map and said, "There are two roads, a short one and a long one."
Jeremy was stunned and asked, "What's the difference?"
Warren said, "The long road requires us to make a lengthy detour. It may take three or four days to get to the exit. But the shortcut is much closer. If we walk fast, maybe we can reach the exit tonight."
Jeremy immediately said, "Of course the shortcut."
Ebony hugged the little monkey and lay on the tree. She asked casually, "Is it difficult to take the shortcut?"
Lloyd glanced at her and said, "There is a river without a bridge. We should wade it."
Ebony raised her eyebrows. "Is the river broad?"
Lloyd shook his head. "It's not marked in the map."
Ebony let go of the little white monkeys and jumped down from the tree. She said with arms akimbo, "Let's take the shortcut. No matter how broad the river is, we can swim across it. It's better than walking for a few more days."
Besides, a few days were a long time. If other teams went out of the rainforest before them, they would not get the bonus!
Finally, they unanimously decided to take the shortcut.
The shortcut was really close.
They walked for less an hour and they saw the bridgeless river.
The river was more than ten meters wide.
Jeremy sighed with relief and said, "It's still acceptable. We can swim across it."
Ebony stood on the shore and observed the underwater situation. She shook her head. "We can't do that."
Jeremy was puzzled. "Why?"
At that time, Lloyd picked up a pebble and threw it into the river.
Almost in a flash, a crocodile with fangs emerged from the water and bit the pebble in a bite. Then it slowly sank back to the bottom of the river.
Jeremy was so frightened.
Lloyd said in a low voice, "It is also a crocodile river."
Jeremy went weak at knees.
Jeremy held Warren's shoulders tremblingly and said pitifully, "The program team is really not humane! Oh well, just go the long way."
Both Ebony and Lloyd didn't speak anything.
Jeremy caught their strange expressions and was so frightened that he quickly warmed them. "Hang loose. It is different from the crocodile river before. We just picked up things from that river but this time we need to cross it. We cannot swing through it just by holding onto a rope. Or even we can do it and how? There are no trees that can be used as a fulcrum."
Ebony pointed to a big tree across the river and said, "Isn't that a tree?"
Jeremy roared. "That's on the opposite side! How to tie it?"
Ebony stared at the river for a while. Then she turned around and suddenly said to Jeremy, "15,000 dollars. I'll help you cross it."
Jeremy's eyes popped out with shock!
Ebony grinned. "The bonus for the third place is 90,000 dollars, of which 75,000 dollars have been spent. It remains 15,000 dollars. Just make a round figure. I'll not ask you to spend more money. At that time, you just fill in my bank card number as the account for receiving the bonus. I'll pay the tax. How about it? Doesn't it sound very good?"
Jeremy was dumbfounded!
Just as he was about to speak something, Warren pulled him and asked, "How will you help us cross the river?"
Ebony said, "I have my own plan."
Warren pursed his lips and thought for a moment. Then he nodded. "If you can successfully help us cross the river, you can get the money!"
Ebony smiled and waved at Kelly and Tristan. "Come here."
The three gathered around and talked with each other.
Lloyd did not join them and sat alone instead.
Warren felt a little nervous. He walked up to Lloyd and asked, "Mr. Vasquez, do you know what she wants to do?"
Lloyd lazily glanced in the direction of the three and chuckled. "Jump over it."
Jeremy was startled. "It's more than ten meters. How to jump over it?"
Lloyd didn't say anymore.
Soon Ebony and the two finished their discussion and came over.
Ebony took all the ropes. Then she took off her coat and wore only a camouflage vest. She started to flex her arms and legs to relax her muscles.
" Do you think that she can do it?"
In the camp, the director of the program asked Major Morgan.
Major Morgan's face was dark. He was silent for a long time and then he said, "Lloyd believes her."
The director nodded. "Owl was an experienced special forces soldier. He may have been surprised by Ebony's skills at first. But after a period of time, he may have already assessed the upper limit of Ebony's ability. Thus he dare to let Ebony do such a dangerous challenge. But, after all, this is her first time..."
"Not the first time."
The director was stunned. "Not the first time?"
Major Morgan narrowed his eyes. "I thought it was strange before. Ebony can shoot accurately. How can ordinary people get access to guns? Even she once took the examination for military schools. But the shooting training can only be learned after entering the military schools. She hadn't been admitted. Why can she shoot so accurately?"
The director frowned. "Your words remind me of something. In fact, if we observe her carefully, we can find that the fighting techniques, combat techniques, even special climbing and high-turbulence sweeping skills she used in the show can only be learned in the military schools."
"Um. "Major Morgan said, "What she learned is the special training programs for special forces."
The director said, "But she is not special forces soldier."
"Yeah, she's not." Major Morgan said, "We can check her life. Her father was indeed a special forces soldier. But when her father died, she was only ten years old. Therefore, there is only one possibility..."
"What possibility?" the director asked hurriedly.
"Someone who's familiar with the military's teaching system had been secretly training her in the way of training special forces." "