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He expected Bonzo to come to him and say, "Next time, when it's like that, you can shoot." But Bonzo didn'tsay anything to him at all until the next morning after breakfast. Of course, Bonzo ate in the commanders mess,but Ender was pretty sure the odd score would cause as much stir there as it did in the soldiers dining hall. Inevery other game that wasn't a draw, every member of the losing team was either eliminated-- totally frozen-- ordisabled, which meant they had some body parts still unfrozen, but were unable to shoot or inflict damage on theenemy. Salamander was the only losing army with one man in the Damaged but Active category.Ender volunteered no explanation, but the other members of Salamander Army let it be known why it hadhappened. And when other boys asked him why he hadn't disobeyed orders and fired, he calmly answered, "Iobey orders."After breakfast, Bonzo looked for him. "The order still stands," he said, "and don't you forget it."It will cost you, you fool. I may not be a good soldier, but I can still help and there's no reason you shouldn't letme.Ender said nothing.An interesting side effect of the battle was that Ender emerged at the top of the soldier efficiecies list. Since hehadn't fired a shot, he had a perfect record on shooting-- no misses at all. And since he had never been eliminatedor disabled, his percentage there was excellent. No one else came close. It made a lot of boys laugh, and otherswere angry, but on the prized efficiency list, Ender was now the leader.He kept sitting out the army practice sessions, and kept working hard on his own, with Petra in the morningsand his friends at night. More Launchies were joining them now, not on a lark but because they could seeresults-- they were getting better and better. Ender and Alai stayed ahead of them, though. In part, it was becauseAlai kept trying new things, which forced Ender to think of new tactics to cope with them. In part it was becausethey kept making stupid mistakes, which suggested things to do that no self-respecting, well-trained soldierwould even have tried. Many of the things they attempted turned out to be useless. But it was always fun, alwaysexciting, and enough things worked that they knew it was helping them. Evening was the best time of the day.The next two battles were easy Salamander victories; Ender came in after five minutes and remained untouchedby the defeated enemy. Ender began to realize that Condor Army, which had beaten them, was unusually good;第 100 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网