King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Joe Ga could feel the heavy breathing of 'Medic Officer Bird' beside him, and urged on the phone, "Hurry up and speak, what's the situation, is someone going to silence him?"

There was a brief pause on the other end before Chris replied, "Silence him? Why?

Harlotte has betrayed him once, of course, he knew that the guy was clueless about the whereabouts of the diamonds. Why would he go out of his way to give him trouble?

Dealing with a Delta Force member constantly surrounded by camera flashes isn't easier than assassinating a president."

"Then why did he commit suicide?"

Chris chuckled and said, "Because the guy's wife left him after he struck it rich. She not only took all his money, but what's more important is she hooked up with another woman, ha ha...

Unable to cope, the guy shot himself in the head, and as soon as he died, the woman went back to her family.

Draped in a black veil, she buried the poor guy, gave many media interviews, then published a book called 'Brave Love,' and even had someone ghostwrite her husband's autobiography. The royalties alone from those two books were in the millions.

Ha ha, but that's not even the best part. Later, the woman discovered her lover wasn't a lesbian at all, but a female Shah spy."

After her husband's death, the Shah spy revealed to her that she was just fooling around and left with another man in a car.

That woman went crazy on the spot, hunting down assassins all over the world to kill that Shah female spy and her paramour, and I just happened to be the middleman.

Now, that Shah female spy has run off to Africa. Are you interested? Fifty thousand dead, a hundred thousand alive. It's a good deal, ha ha...

This is truly exclusive news. Now tell me if your hundred thousand bucks were worth it or not?"

Shocked by such a bizarre story, Joe Ga said in disbelief, "So the Delta Force member who struggled to get home, committed suicide because his wife wanted a divorce?"

Chris was silent for a moment before replying, "Not entirely. The guy was severely tortured after being captured and suffered from serious PTSD. He was already mentally unstable, so it's normal for him to snap under such circumstances."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Joe Ga glanced at 'Medic Officer Bird,' who seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and then said into the phone, "So you're saying there's no big shot trying to silence him?"

Chris matter-of-factly responded, "Why silence him?

The federal court has a detailed record of that case. In order to save face and also completely expose the senator, Harlotte paid De Beers to fabricate a contract and confirm the identity of the stolen diamonds.

Anyone with clear eyes could see this was the CIA going head-to-head with that senator. Where's the need for silence?"

Joe Ga was stunned by the explanation, then pressed on, "What about the CIA operative involved? Are the eighty million dollars' worth of diamonds just forgotten?"

Chris scoffed, "Forgotten? Are you kidding?

Harlotte has significant influence in the diamond smuggling industry. Those diamonds might be unmarked, but it's not easy to sell that quantity without him noticing.

Plus, that agent's head is worth five million. He's probably never going to live in peace for the rest of his life."

Joe Ga glanced at 'Medic Officer Bird,' who sat in the chair, his eyes having lost their spark and then spoke, "So you're saying the real beneficiary in the end is that CIA operative? Could he possibly be the Black Hand behind all this, especially since he screwed over the Middle East in charge before he left?"

Chris decisively denied it, "I don't think so. I'm more inclined to believe the operative fled with the diamonds because he realized he might become a scapegoat in the CIA's and senator's game after the failed capture mission."

Joe Ga still felt something was off. If the CIA were doing dirty work against domestic bigshots alone, they shouldn't have needed Delta Force's help. Moreover, what was the Shah female spy's purpose in going undercover near the surviving Delta Force member? There was a bizarre and unexplainable eeriness to it all...

However, Joe Ga wasn't familiar with America's command systems and with 'Medic Officer Bird's' most pressing concern of 'comrade's suicide' now cleared up, he naturally dropped the subject.

Joe Ga promised Chris he'd transfer the money later, turned down what he called a 'great deal,' and hung up the phone.

He looked at 'Medic Officer Bird,' who had sunk into a grey daze, and hesitated for a moment before waving his hand to signal everyone to leave, giving 'Medic Officer Bird' some space.

This poor guy had fallen victim to a conspiracy that had nothing to do with him, then suffered for a year at the hands of terrorists after being sold out by an unscrupulous merchant.

He then gave up on returning home after losing faith in the government, but was spurred back into action by the suicide of his comrade.

After waging a war of wits with the air for three years, he discovered he was just the punchline of a joke; his comrade, even more so.

This kind of blow was too severe for any person!!

Maybe a conspiracy, maybe persecution would be somewhat better.

When the truth emerged, when he realized he was an insignificant nobody that no one cared about, it was hard to describe the frustration and self-denial. It felt like a stab in the heart.

Joe Ga wasn't a 'Medic Officer Bird', he couldn't fully understand his pain.

But he felt that if he were in his shoes, had he not set the Pentagon and White House ablaze, had he not killed all those involved, he would never get over this hurdle in his lifetime.

......

Eager to gossip, they ended up with an absurd story or rather an accident, which soured the mood for most.

To dissipate the gloom in his heart a bit, Joe Ga took Nis and Ayu to Ndele, driving the little gazelle around the grassland.

The swamp area where 'Medic Officer Bird' thought diamonds might exist was actually an extension of the watercourses south of Lake Chad, turning into a large lake during the rainy season, attracting many hippos.

The season's first rain hadn't completely fallen yet, but the area had already become a hippo paradise. Grazing animals started congregating, and of course, crocodiles were not to be missed.

The Central African National Park covered a vast area, with grasslands occupying two-thirds, while the northwest marsh conservation area and the northeast forest conservation area split the remaining territory.

The boundary where the three lush regions met was a meadow, home to the Africa water buffalos.

Joe Ga looked down at the group of Xiao Hei cutting a large amount of bananas from the edge of the forest's banana plantation. As they passed the water buffalo herd, the so-called most dangerous animals didn't seem to stir. Joe Ga turned curiously to Ayu and asked, "What's going on here? Do water buffalos have special regard for the locals?"

Ayu shook her head and said, "It's not mating season yet, so as long as they rub water buffalo dung on themselves and don't make any aggressive movements, the water buffalos won't attack them."

Realizing something, Ayu glanced down and said, "Boss, this isn't a good spot for a vacation resort because not only are there water buffalos here, but jungle elephants also frequently visit.

The grass here is different from other places because the soil has a salty taste. When it rains, this area will be submerged, and the salty water will attract a lot of animals, making it very dangerous then."

Hearing this, Joe Ga thought for a moment and said, "Where do you think we might find diamonds in this area?"

Ayu pondered and pointed toward a semi-dry riverbed below, saying, "It should be near the waterways. Injured lions will instinctively rest near a water source and sometimes use the mud to treat their wounds.

Maybe Namo accidentally got the gemstone into a wound while healing by the river."

Pointing at a small mound not far from the river, Ayu said, "Look there, there's an injured wild dog."

Joe Ga, holding the joystick in one hand and a pair of binoculars in the other, looked in the direction Ayu was pointing.

Under an acacia tree, a big-eared wild dog was nibbling on a strange plant that resembled a cactus with palm-sized leaves and a ring of butterfly-shaped small leaves around the edges.

Joe Ga knew Ayu didn't speak without basis, so he asked, "What is that plant?"

Ayu thought and said, "I call it 'Nabaca'. When injured, crushing it and applying it on the wound, or eating it directly, makes a person feel a bit better.

I learned this from the lions; they always seek this plant when they are hurt."

Pointing toward the far end of the river, Ayu said, "Young male lions dare not get too close to water buffalos and elephants. Their hunting ground would likely be farther out.

Adult male lions won't allow young males to roam around their territory. Thirty kilometers is the minimum limit.

If there were ever a pride in that area, you could probably mark out the range and figure out where Namo and Arthur would have roamed when they were young."

Ayu's years as a Hunting Guide really paid off. She had her own savanna life experience and combined it with a somewhat scientific method, which she then assimilated into her unique savanna system.

Based on just a few words from 'Medic Officer Bird', Ayu roughly figured out the range of Namo and Arthur's activities when they were young. Really impressive!

After circling around in the little gazelle with some thoughts in mind, Joe Ga had Nis record the coordinates before they flew eastward for a while, eventually finding the best spot for the vacation resort by a willow-shaped small lake.

The small lake separated the forest and the grassland, with flat and peaceful grassland to the south, and dense jungle to the north.

As the little gazelle flew by, it startled an elephant herd playing by the lake.

Watching a few elephants smaller than Danbao hiding under their mothers' bellies, flapping their ears and snorting defiantly toward them, Joe Ga thought about his own timid and guileful Danbao and said with a laugh, "This is it. Mark it down, let's head back..."