??857: Chapter 847: Iron Madonna
857: Chapter 847: Iron Madonna
After a confidential talk with Morgan, Gao Yang declined Morgan’s retention and rushed to Portland Airport, flying back to New York as fast as possible.
The reason why Gao Yang was in such a hurry to get back to New York can be sumd up in one sentence: absence makes the heart grow fonder.
By the ti Gao Yang arrived at New York Airport, it was already past two in the morning, but Yelena, who had received the news, was still waiting there to pick him up.
Now that his relationship with Yelena was clear, Gao Yang had no need for too many reservations.
As soon as he got off the plane and saw Yelena, the whispers of a reunion were enough for the car ride, and the rest, well, once they got to the hotel, everything was left unsaid.
The downside of having too much stamina…
is having too much stamina.
It wasn’t until the day was bright that Yelena finally got the chance to fall into a deep sleep.
Feeling refreshed, Gao Yang could finally relax and enjoy a good sleep, but it seed he had barely drifted off when a series of phone rings woke him up.
Annoyed at having his good dream interrupted and worried the phone ringing would wake Yelena, Gao Yang grabbed the bedside phone as quickly as possible, answering the call without even seeing who it was.
“Hello, who is this!”
Gao Yang’s tone was rather irritable, but the person on the other end of the phone began with a laugh before speaking cheerfully, “Hey, Ram, your phone’s really hard to get through to, even your agent can’t reach you.
You’ve missed out on a big deal, but luckily, I’ve got another big job to offer you.
Want to hear about it?”
The call was from Justin, and although Gao Yang wasn’t too eager to take on a mission just yet, he imdiately said, “Wait a minute, then talk.”
Not wanting to disturb Yelena, especially not wanting her to worry, Gao Yang tiptoed to the bathroom, carefully closed the door, and then whispered, “Alright, let’s hear about your deal.”
“Here’s the thing, um, Friend of Nature, F**k, just saying that crazy na makes
uncomfortable.
Okay, Friend of Nature has a mission, five million dollars.
Interested?”
Gao Yang couldn’t agree more; he also felt the na Friend of Nature was awkward no matter how you said it.
Moreover, just hearing that it was a mission from this super-rich playboy who didn’t want to just have fun but insisted on playing the Green Terror organization follower, he instinctively didn’t want to accept it.
Gao Yang would absolutely not want to have anything to do with Green Terror Organization.
He didn’t want to get involved in such a grand mission as protecting the environnt, even if it paid well.
If he really wanted to protect the environnt, Gao Yang would start with small things within his capabilities.
However, when it ca to the way organizations like Green Terror Organization went about protecting the environnt, he wouldn’t do it for any amount of money.
“Friend of Nature?
Sorry, I’m not interested, I’m busy and don’t have ti to play their Earth protection gas.”
Justin knew what was going on.
After laughing, he raised his voice and said, “I understand how you feel and get your concerns, buddy.
If it was about doing those so-called environntal protection tasks, I wouldn’t have called you.
This is different, um, actually, Friend of Nature is in a crisis, and this mission is to hire you guys to rescue the mbers of Friend of Nature.”
Gao Yang was finally interested in hearing the specifics of this mission.
“A hostage rescue type?
Alright, I can listen.
So, tell
the details.”
Justin chuckled, “Well, you know the guy from Friend of Nature, he ford, um, well, his Green Terror Organization, and now they’ve run into a problem.
A bunch of them have been protecting the lungs of Earth by attacking two major logging companies’ sites and sabotaging…”
“Wait, lungs of Earth?
Are you talking about the Amazon Rainforest?”
“Yes, yes, the Amazon.
Damn, Friend of Nature talks about their mission to protect the lungs of Earth; I’ve gotten used to his way of putting it.”
“Go on, and tell
where it is.
The Amazon’s huge.”
“Right, it’s in Brazil.
Friend of Nature led an attack on two logging sites, destroying all their logging machinery.
But now, they’re in trouble as those harassed companies have sent so rcenaries, and a fight broke out.
If you decide to take this job, what you need to do is go to Brazil and rescue all of Friend of Nature’s people.”
Gao Yang exhaled and said, “This mission might actually be worth considering.
I don’t do violent environntal protection, but protecting those who protect the environnt is acceptable.
Alright, let’s talk price; maybe I’ll be interested.”
Justin laughed, “Five million dollars!”
“Do you need an introduction fee?”
“No, Friend of Nature is covering that.
So, what do you say?
Are you interested?”
Gao Yang took a mont to think and then said, “Buddy, five million isn’t much.
You have to understand, we’re talking about the rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest.
Also, you haven’t told
who the opposition is.”
Justin chuckled, “Five million isn’t small change.
Although I deal in information, don’t forget I also double as a middleman for rcenaries, and a five-million-dollar deal is big at any ti.
Besides, this isn’t a deal with drug lords.
Five million is truly a fair price.”
Justin was right.
Deals worth tens of millions were rare, and a mission worth five million, even one requiring combat in the rainforest, was indeed a big opportunity that Gao Yang had, in principle, already agreed to.
“Repeat who the enemy is and how many people they have?
Going to war in South Arica, I’d have thought you would find Angel.”
Gao Yang had started discussing the details and Justin, very pleased, replied, “The Angel rcenary Corps is in Ukraine, don’t you know?
Besides, even if Angel was available, I couldn’t choose them.
They have too many people, and a mission like this wouldn’t go for under 10 million dollars.
Plus, the enemy isn’t that nurous, estimated to be about ten people.
They’re just a super-small rcenary group.
The mission is very simple, and considering your last performance in the jungle was quite impressive, we have such a good relationship, so of course, I thought of you for this good deal.”
Even though Justin spoke lightly, Gao Yang’s intuition told him sothing was off.
Friend of Nature was supposedly too noble, but he wasn’t stupid.
The people Justin sought weren’t just any Tom, Dick, or Harry.
If Friend of Nature couldn’t even retreat and needed a rescue, such a mission being simple would be a joke.
After a mont of thought, Gao Yang sneered, “If it’s such an easy mission, great.
Then tell , which company’s logging site did Friend of Nature attack?
Justin, please, in your professional capacity as an information broker, tell
the truth.”
After a mont of silence, Justin finally said sowhat awkwardly, “It’s a small Brazilian company called Andor Forest Products Company.
The two logging sites attacked by Friend of Nature belong to them, and then they were ambushed while attacking the third site.”
“You an a counterattack, right?
Andor, that na sounds familiar, wait, wait, F**k!
Andor!
They’re a super-corporation.
At least half of the timber produced in the Amazon Rainforest is from their logging, and they also buy up at least 90% of the stealthily harvested timber from the Amazon.
And that’s not all, Andor is known for being extrely tough.
And you’re telling
it’s a small company?”
“At least they’re not a big company on the surface, right?
Okay, let’s put that aside.
Andor is a problem for Friend of Nature to consider, and you don’t need to worry too much on your side.”
Gao Yang said irritably, “Friend of Nature, those lunatics should have gone after multinational corporations that still have so face.
Why ss with Andor?
Are they easy to bully?”
“Andor cuts down trees the harshest, so what do you say, are you going to take the job?”
Gao Yang said irritably, “How can I accept if you haven’t told
everything?
How many people are there in Friend of Nature?
How many enemies are there?”
“Friend of Nature, there are about ten left alive.
As for the enemy, we know there are about ten, no more than that.”
“Ten people isn’t a lot, but you have to tell
who the enemy is.
Are they Andor’s own security forces, or a rcenary group?
You really think I’d take on this job without even knowing who the enemy is?”
Without hesitation, Justin replied, “We really haven’t confird the enemy’s identity yet.
And with the strength of Satan rcenary Corps, do you really need to worry about who the enemy is?”
Gao Yang was confident, but confidence doesn’t an he could take everything lightly, much less rush into action without even knowing the identity of the enemy.
The crux was that Gao Yang suspected there was a trap in Justin’s words, or at least a loophole left open.
“You don’t know who the enemy is?
Forget it, we won’t take on such a job, please find soone else.”
Before Gao Yang could finish, Justin urgently said, “Wait, wait, don’t hang up.
Let’s talk so more!”
Gao Yang sneered, “Buddy, you think I can’t hear the trap in your words?
Not confirming an enemy’s identity doesn’t an you can’t make an educated guess, right?
Tell
honestly, who do you think the enemy might be?”
Gao Yang emphasized the word “think,” and after a mont of silence, Justin finally sighed, “Alright, based on our guess, maybe, probably, there’s a slight chance it’s, it’s the Iron Madonna, uh, a squad of the Iron Madonna…”
After a mont of silence, Gao Yang suddenly said, “Goodbye.”
Gao Yang imdiately hung up the phone because he couldn’t take the job.
He finally understood why Justin had been reluctant to reveal the enemy and why he had been so adamant about convincing him to take the job.
Other than him, no one would dare take on this mission, and Justin feared that if he revealed the enemy was the Iron Madonna, even Gao Yang wouldn’t dare take the deal.
In fact, Gao Yang really didn’t want to, or rather, didn’t dare to take it.
What kind of existence was Iron Madonna?
Among super-small rcenary groups, it was the Satan, and among small rcenary groups, the Angel.
Ten people or fewer made a super-small rcenary group.
Even if the number exceeded ten but only by two mbers, it wouldn’t qualify as a small rcenary group, so Satan was still considered a super-small rcenary group, and by now, it was widely recognized as the top super-small rcenary group.
There’s no need to talk about Angel – nominally the second, but since Aurora, who was still listed, had been gone for a long ti, Angel was indeed the top first small rcenary group, with no controversy there.
As for Iron Madonna, Gao Yang had been in the ga long enough to know the na, even if he was otherwise uninford, because just like Satan and Angel, Iron Madonna was, without dispute and with no room for doubt, the top mid-sized rcenary group with more than two hundred mbers.
A super mid-sized rcenary group with the necessary fighting capabilities and scale.
(To be continued.
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