King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Joe Ga received a message as he was hurrying to his destination...

Two speedboats suddenly pulled ashore midway, and then Team C's Poison Scorpion and his team quickly disembarked and entered the jungle.

Poison Scorpion and his men, having previously been provoked, strongly refused Joe Ga's request to go ashore with them. Continue reading on My Virtual Library Empire

There were only four enemies, and with the two old monsters, 'Python' and 'Grasshopper,' clinging to them, Joe Ga let them be.

The two armed patrol speedboats floated on the river, their side guns all charged, as Antar deployed the drone.

The battle was not particularly intense, as those inside seemed intent on escaping, completely forgetting the core elements of jungle combat.

From the moment Antar's drone "spotted" them, they were trapped.

The two old monsters, 'Python' and 'Grasshopper,' had almost used up their ammunition. The four men had been frantically fleeing for nearly 10 hours and had reached the end of their tether.

Facing Team C's interception, the four men did not put up a strong resistance and were either killed or captured; two of each.

Perhaps to prove themselves different from the expert junglers, the ruthless Poison Scorpion was very professional this time...

When the two captives were brought before Joe Ga, they surprisingly had no severe injuries on their bodies.

In the past, even if Team C wanted captives, breaking one of the prisoner's legs was standard practice.

Those old monsters made Poison Scorpion and his men realize the gap in their abilities, but they also realized the importance of a sense of honor.

Becoming a feared monster should not be anyone's goal; clinging to one's moral bottom line and deriving the value of life from a sense of honor is more meaningful!

When the two captives were brought aboard the patrol boat, Joe Ga saw the figures of the two old monsters on the shore.

They wore only army trousers, their faces and bodies painted with white, bizarre patterns, which oddly enough did not stand out when they stood among the vegetation.

But catch sight of them suddenly, and one would be startled.

Joe Ga waved vigorously, trying to signal them to board, but the two seemed to have something else to do. They grinned, waved, and laughed, pointing downriver and shouting, "There are still people there. Teams B, D, E, those fools, may not find them, we'll go give them a hand.

Boss, you find somewhere to hide for now, don't move. These guys are just the sacrificial pawns, the rest must be waiting for a rescue vessel..."

Joe Ga didn't understand what was happening downstream, but soon headquarters' Thompson gave him a call...

"Boss, there are two disguised cargo ships heading in your direction, and at their speed, they should arrive in about 24 hours.

I tracked a mobile signal, that's from the people at the North Kivu mining company, also the logistics support for those mercenaries.

Boss, we need to catch them, and alive..."

Joe Ga of course understood Thompson's meaning; he needed "hard evidence," which could incriminate the mining company and completely legitimize Congo Government's military contract with his own.

P·B is no longer simply a mercenary company; rashly charging into North Kivu and starting a war with the warlords is likely to harm their image due to external skepticism.

As long as they find sufficient evidence that the mining company is involved with the mercenaries, the media sympathetic to Princess Amina will naturally take their side.

Everyone knows that the Congo Government's control over the area is limited.

Now, if the Congo Government comes forward and announces a military contract with P·B, inviting them into North Kivu to "arrest" the mining company that committed war crimes, it all makes sense.

And because the reasoning is very sound, the warlords of North Kivu certainly won't unite against P·B — they would prefer for the misguided mining company to quickly shut down.

This kind of opportunity did not exist in the past, for as soon as the Congo Government's army approached North Kivu, the area would be on the brink of civil war.

P·B was the same. If they followed the initial plans of the President of Congo, P·B would have to face hostility from all sides if it wanted to enter North Kivu.

Back then, Joe Ga simply couldn't afford this kind of attrition, so even knowing that the tantalum mine was very profitable, he resisted the temptation and let the Congolese first pay for training a team, waiting for the right moment to enter the fray.

Now the opportunity has come; as long as Joe Ga can get a firm foothold there, he's confident he can negotiate with those warlords.

'War' is always the last resort; 'making money' can bring everyone onto the same track.

Tantalum mines are not the same as iron mines; black men can dig out over a dozen kilos a day with a shovel, rinse it in water and sell it for 60 US dollars a kilo, and sell as much as they have at any time.

The transportation in North Kivu, thanks to a bunch of mining companies, is the best within Congo.

The ore is taken by truck to the inland river ports and can directly reach the Congo River's estuary by waterway.

And Joe Ga doesn't need to bother with that; neighboring Rwanda is also a major tantalum producer. Their output offsets the high price of Australian tantalum mines, maintaining basic stability in global tantalum prices.

Who invests the most there is not the point. Joe Ga himself has a copper and a gold mine in Burundi; Xiao Huang has learned a lot in Sangha Town and recently has had a strong presence there.

Even with the support of the Congo Government, Joe Ga couldn't dream of building a refining factory simply because the local infrastructure in North Kivu is too poor.

So, his plan is to sell the raw ore to some big players initially, and later, let Xiao Huang's copper processing plant set up new equipment to send the tantalum ore to Burundi for secondary processing.

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Joe Ga himself doesn't have a suitable identity, but Xiao Huang has no such concerns.

As long as he leads the joint-venture Dahe Mining Company to cling to some powerful patron, Joe Ga will be able to benefit indirectly, and he will have the leverage to cultivate North Kivu Province in the future.

This is the real grand strategy. After Joe Ga broadened his perspective, he saw things differently than before.

As long as he could earn a quick buck from Congo, he could easily play the warlords of North Kivu Province at his leisure.

The wars in Africa can sometimes be senseless, but as long as the money is right, the warlords are not beyond negotiation.

Holding a gun in one hand and money in the other, while also carrying sincerity and reputation, wouldn't P·B be much stronger than those European and American mining companies?@@novelbin@@

Joe Ga didn't want their money and resources; he just wanted to control the flow of those rare minerals to a certain extent, which would make him a real big shot, and the influence thus gained could bring resources and earnings beyond calculation!

To achieve his strategic goals, Joe Ga didn't rush to interrogate the two captives. Instead, he signaled Lao Niu to start the boat and look for a hidden tributary to hide his people first.

There weren't many mercenaries left on the other side, and his own Special Forces team was all here. Could they even fly away?

Just slow down for a while, and wait until they want to get on the boat, then ambush them. Wouldn't that be great?

TC, who came from an airborne rescue team, had been following Joe Ga and found the stimulation in the jungle village overwhelming, so he took up arms wanting to avenge those innocent jungle villagers who had died.

Joe Ga didn't stop TC, as his medical expertise was still useful.

But when they went ashore to intercept the 'Lucky Thirteen' escapees, they didn't take TC with them, because Joe Ga simply didn't trust him enough, and, considering the limited strength of the target, there was no need to bring a doctor ashore.

TC was actually Jemma's fiancé, so Joe Ga found an excuse to leave TC on the patrol boat to keep Lao Niu and the others company.

TC had been acting a bit abnormally since the moment the two captives boarded the boat.

When the patrol boat stopped in a tributary, TC suddenly rushed over to one of the captives, grabbed his hair, and forced him to look up...

"FUCK YOU!! Syringe, FUCK YOU!!

What the hell did you do?"

As he spoke, TC landed a heavy punch on the cheek of one of the middle-aged white captives.

With a "bang", the middle-aged white man 'Syringe's' head smashed heavily against the patrol boat's gunwale.

Poison Scorpion quickly grabbed TC, who still wanted to continue beating the man, and said gravely, "If you want to kill him, at least wait until the boss has finished asking questions."

TC looked at 'Syringe' with a deeply disappointed gaze, whose cheek now bore a large gash, and said in disbelief, "How could you end up like this? How could you do such a thing?

Those jungle villagers didn't do anything wrong, how could you..."

The big-bearded strongman 'Smoker', also a captive, when he realized TC actually knew his comrade, felt not excitement but even greater despair.

'Syringe' was a handsome man, but at that moment, he just wanted to die, deeply shaken by the impression those former monsters had left on him.

Looking at TC gasping loudly, 'Syringe', with his hands tied behind his back, forced a smile and said, "TC, for the sake of us being comrades, give me a quick end!

We lost, and I deserve to die!"

'Syringe's' plea for death only made TC angrier. He forcefully pushed Poison Scorpion away and lunged forward to punch 'Syringe' in the nose, shouting furiously, "Is this all you have to say to me? I'm asking you, why did you do it?

Those jungle villagers didn't deserve to die...

How did soldiers from the airborne rescue team end up becoming Evil Ghosts?

Why? Why? Why..."

With each of TC's 'whys', another heavy punch landed on 'Syringe's' face, leaving it distorted and swollen in no time.

Not until TC was exhausted did 'Syringe' spit out a broken tooth, with his mouth bloodied, he said, "TC, what's the difference between us? You won...

Put a bit more effort into it, you sissy; I don't feel a thing."

Seeing TC enraged again and about to throw another punch, 'Smoker', who was one of the captives, couldn't stand it any longer. He loudly said, "We didn't kill any damn villagers.

You've won, if you want to kill us, just do it quickly; don't act like a damn sissy."

TC froze for a moment, gripping 'Syringe's' collar and looking into his eyes, seeming to wait for his response.

However, Poison Scorpion was getting impatient with this 'fragile' doctor. He said, placing his hand on TC's shoulder, "These guys are part of the same group as the mercenaries who slaughtered the village, but they really didn't kill the jungle villagers, because their target was the boss's gold mine..."

Poison Scorpion looked at 'Syringe' who was eager for death and said with a scoff, "You're very afraid of those two monsters, aren't you?

So, be honest, our boss has some questions to ask you!"

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