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"President Ye!"

"President Ye!"

While Gu Heng was chatting with Ye Lei and Jiang Wen...

As the sound of knocking echoed, Ye Lei lightly pressed a button on his desk, and the office door automatically opened...

About a dozen burly men entered...

The appearance of the strong men varied greatly, but they all had one thing in common...

That was their faces bore no superfluous expressions, and their demeanor was solemn.

Listening to the group of bodyguards greeting him, Ye Lei smiled and nodded to them, then he introduced, "This gentleman here is the client who plans to hire you, Mr. Gu Heng."

After finishing, he continued to speak to Gu Heng, "This is the most elite bodyguard team of the Seal Royal Shield Security Consulting Company, and they also take on mercenary work. They are somewhat famous in the mercenary industry as well."

The leader of the burly men responded in a subdued tone, "Mr. Gu, nice to meet you."

The tone was flat, showing little emotion...

But the words were respectful, using polite language...

"Gu Heng, don’t mind them. You know, both the bodyguard and mercenary jobs, to put it bluntly, involve licking blood off the knife’s edge, trading lives for money. Plus, these men have always received military-style training. Their straightforward way of speaking might make you uncomfortable.

But specialization is the essence, Black Sword Squad is definitely the top-tier in the security field, so some details can be overlooked."

"Black Sword Squad?"

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Gu Heng didn’t mind their tone...

Even though in recent times, Gu Heng had become accustomed to flattery from all quarters, he hadn’t developed any sense of superiority...

What he valued more was the team’s professionalism, not how respectful they were towards him...

If it was merely about that, he could easily hire some impoverished people, throw around some money, and not just have them be absolutely respectful, but even have them call him ’dad,’ which probably none would refuse...

What interested Gu Heng more was the name of their bodyguard team...

Black Sword Squad...

Although it sounded somewhat adolescent, it did feel very professional...

Noticing Gu Heng’s perplexity, this time without Ye Lei’s explanation, the leading strong man spoke, "All of our team members served in the Sharp Sword Special Brigade before retiring. For ease of mercenary work, we needed to take an organizational name, so we chose Black Sword, mainly in reminiscence of our military careers, with no special meaning."

Upon hearing the explanation, Gu Heng slightly nodded.

"What’s your name?" @@novelbin@@

The leading strong man shook his head, "I apologize Mr. Gu, but the real names of all our team members are confidential, fearing being tracked down later. People like you with wealth and power might not care, but it’s something we must be concerned about.

You may call us by the codenames we have adopted for ourselves. My codename is ’Water Bear,’ this one is ’Black Dog,’ ’Knife,’ ’Pager.’ If Mr. Gu finds it cumbersome, you can also assign us numbers, which you can use to address us by in the future."

Ah, this...

This indeed made Gu Heng feel somewhat puzzled...

Watching military dramas, those special forces on undercover missions indeed use codenames...

But he couldn’t imagine that these people, now retired and working as bodyguards, still kept it so official...

Seeing this, Ye Lei also explained, "If it were ordinary private bodyguards, there really wouldn’t be a need for this. However, Black Sword Squad is involved in many high-risk missions, and they often assist officials in clearing up border criminal activities.

If their privacy isn’t well protected, they could likely be targeted for retaliation by criminals.

Our company can’t modify personal records like governmental bodies can, the only way is the most primitive: hiding their identities at the root.

But don’t worry, all of their true information is recorded by our company and also officially filed, so you don’t have to worry about any issues arising."

All right then...

Although Gu Heng still couldn’t understand...

He chose to respect it...

Although he had spent money, he had merely hired them to protect himself, not to buy their lives...

If they were unwilling to disclose, then so be it...

Just then, the strong man with the codename ’Water Bear’ took out a rather thick file, placed it in front of Gu Heng, and spoke again, "This is the resume of our team members, documenting our engagements as mercenaries and bodyguards. Mr. Gu, you might want to review it before deciding whether to hire us or not."

Gu Heng didn’t speak and immediately started flipping through the file before him...

Each file included a one-inch photo, followed by their records before and after becoming bodyguards...

Almost every one of them, before becoming a bodyguard, had been in special forces...

As for after becoming bodyguards, their records were even more extraordinary...

They had carried out high-risk security missions in Pakistan, Iraq, Angola, Dubai, Kuwait, Libya, Tunisia, and even served as bodyguards for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia...

If the records in this file are entirely true...

Then charging ten million a month for these people wasn’t really overpriced...

To put it bluntly...

This level of security might exceed that available to some minor countries’ presidents...

After briefly browsing through, Gu Heng looked up and asked, "Water Bear, right? I want to ask, is everyone in your squad male? Aren’t there any female members?

I’m just curious, so I’m asking."