Mercenary's War

The content that Grand Ivan talked about seemed like a joke, but his tone was very, very serious.

"Do me a favor, if possible, try to save those four people. I need them to come and seek revenge on me; it’s important to me."

Upon hearing Grand Ivan’s request for the second time, Gao Yang took a deep breath, then asked puzzledly: "Why?"

"You know where I am now; many people know where I am. The problem is, I can’t leave this place right now. You understand the reason, don’t you?"

Gao Yang certainly knew the reason. Grand Ivan used nuclear bombs to coerce America into letting him stay alive. But as a compromise, Grand Ivan also couldn’t leave his estate in South Africa; he had to be monitored by Americans to ensure he wouldn’t do anything harmful to America.

Grand Ivan had no choice but to compromise. However, he is now effectively under house arrest, and although Grand Ivan can remotely control his subordinates to continue activities, he cannot easily leave South Africa. The most fatal thing is, as many know where he is, with the Americans’ surveillance capabilities, even making a phone call is very difficult for Grand Ivan.

It’s not that he can’t make phone calls; it’s just particularly difficult. For instance, if there isn’t a special situation, Gao Yang rarely contacts Grand Ivan because every call he makes consumes one of Grand Ivan’s valuable external communication opportunities.

To prevent eavesdropping, Grand Ivan needs a set of complex interference methods. When making a call, he has to make hundreds of calls simultaneously. This can be achieved by machines and is not too troublesome, but the problem is, Grand Ivan still can’t directly talk to Gao Yang because Americans don’t lack means to monitor hundreds of calls.

Simultaneously making hundreds of calls is to disperse the efficiency of surveillance, and the real call is hidden among these hundreds of calls, transferred back and forth through an unknown number of locations globally via a complex signal encryption system, and finally transmitted to a communication endpoint hidden in an unknown corner of the world, where it is decrypted and the call is made to Gao Yang, or Gao Yang’s signal is encrypted and sent to Grand Ivan.

The encryption technology for the call comes from Russian and French systems. As of now, even though Americans have monitored all lines of communication, they haven’t decrypted Grand Ivan’s encryption system yet. However, this encryption method will eventually be cracked. The more frequently Grand Ivan communicates, the more information the Americans will gather, accelerating the decryption time.

Moreover, for secrecy, the communication endpoint as a safety valve used by Grand Ivan needs to be relocated or even abandoned after being used a few times. In such a case, how could Gao Yang bear to keep calling Grand Ivan.

For Grand Ivan, making a call is so troublesome; how can he ensure his Arms Empire is still fully under his control?

Neither Grand Ivan nor America is a trustworthy trading partner. If America finds the hidden nuclear bombs of Grand Ivan, they will eliminate Grand Ivan at the first moment. Even if they can’t find the covert nukes of Grand Ivan, they can’t let him hide in a place that is impossible to find.

When just coming out of the South American jungle, Grand Ivan faced an extremely tough situation; he was at an absolute disadvantage. So Grand Ivan had no choice but to compromise with the Americans and voluntarily went back to the estate in South Africa. But now, he has already passed the most difficult times, and naturally, he wants to find a way to get rid of the current predicament, and avoid particularly provoking America at the same time.

Grand Ivan at least has to ensure that when he leaves the estate in South Africa, America doesn’t feel threatened and doesn’t take the risk to immediately take him out by causing a nuclear detonation at home.

So Grand Ivan needs an opportunity to break the stalemate, and Karl Stemonsen and the others provided that opportunity.

No need to elaborate further; in short, there’s no more suitable candidate than Karl Stemonsen and his group.

Gao Yang pondered for a moment, understood the reasoning behind it, took a long breath, and then said softly: "I’m willing to help you, Grand Ivan. With the relationship we have now, I should also help you with this. But, I can’t do it; I don’t have that capability."

Grand Ivan laughed, then said softly: "The Cleaners!"

The Cleaners again. Upon hearing this name, Gao Yang was no longer simply impressed and in awe of this mysterious organization; he had begun to feel terrified.

This organization, just how powerful might it be?

After a moment of silence, Gao Yang softly said: "Okay, I will immediately request the Cleaners for help, but this matter has already exceeded the scope of the Cleaners’ services. I don’t think the Cleaners are willing to make a move on this matter."

Grand Ivan slowly said: "You are an S-level client of the Cleaners, don’t forget that I am too. You asking alone might be rejected, but if we both jointly make this request, the Cleaners will definitely agree."

"Alright, I’ll contact the Cleaners right away."

Gao Yang hung up the phone, then immediately dialed Murphy’s number.

"Buddy, I need to save those people’s lives; you know who I’m talking about. I know this is very difficult, but I need your help. This matter is impossible to be within the free category, so name your price. I won’t bargain."

Murphy was extremely surprised: "Are you joking?"

"I’m not joking."

"Then let me tell you, it’s impossible."

Murphy very straightforwardly hung up the phone, indicating there was no value in continuing the discussion on the topic raised by Gao Yang.

Gao Yang dialed again, and Murphy, a bit annoyed, said: "I thought I made my attitude clear just now, buddy. Some things can’t be solved with money. Your request has exceeded the reasonable scope; we are not omnipotent gods who grant every request."

Gao Yang hurriedly said: "At least report my request earlier; I beg you only for this one thing."

Murphy sighed and helplessly said: "Alright, this is the limit. I hope I won’t get scolded too harshly."

Murphy hung up the phone once more.

All Gao Yang could do was wait.

About ten minutes later, Murphy called back. Waiting for Gao Yang to answer, Murphy spoke with some dejection: "Buddy, talk about your previous request again."

Gao Yang let out a breath of relief, then softly said: "Save those four people, preferably not a single one dies."

Murphy replied lifelessly: "Alright, saving those four people costs four hundred million dollars."

Gao Yang swallowed his saliva and softly said: "I must have misheard."

"You heard it right, four hundred million dollars. This is the final price with no room for bargaining. I just hope you understand that this price is not about the difficulty but about the risk. Doing this, we might get exposed, and the risk is too high. I think you should understand how serious the problems we may encounter are."

The cost to bear is astronomical, but this money will be paid by Grand Ivan. So, Gao Yang immediately said: "Alright, four hundred million dollars, start the operation immediately."