King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Daniel's eyes bulged when he heard this, and he pointed at a body collected from an offshoot of the road, saying, "Are you sure it was Hu Lang's doing? These gunmen don't look like Albanians, so why would the Albanian Mafia be involved?"

Ailin sighed sadly, pulled out some information, and said, "According to information from the FBI, this man is Viktor Rezlov, a bodyguard Hu Lang employed locally.

Two hours ago, there was a conflict with Albanians at the hospital where his son was, and then the heart prepared for his son's transplant was stolen.

It seems the Albanians wanted to use his son to threaten him into assassinating Hu Lang, but somehow they ended up running into each other."

After hearing this, Daniel tugged hard at his earlobe and gritted his teeth, "These idiots, swine, sons of bitches..."
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Serial saw Daniel pulling out his phone to arrange a task and grabbed him, saying, "The bomb in the bar was a decoy to buy time; it's surely a fake. Hu Lang wouldn't harm innocent people.

Forget about that place, we can't keep up with Hu Lang's pace.

Skip the Albanians, or let someone else deal with them; we shall grab the husband of that customs lady.

The Russian Mafia's ambush has failed, and I worry that those sent to silence others are already en route."

Daniel listened and said in a deep voice, "We have to stop him from causing chaos..."

Serial glanced at the lawyer Wagner who was disputing with the FBI nearby. He shook his head and said, "You don't understand Hu Lang's character, trying to stop him now would make you appear to be in league with the Albanians in his eyes...

Trust me, being seen as an enemy by Hu Lang is definitely going to end badly!

If you want to find him, just go directly to the hospital and wait. Whether they get the heart back or not, they will be heading there."

Daniel kicked a trash can on the curb in frustration and said, "How can we stop things from getting worse?"

Serial patted Daniel's shoulder consolingly and suggested, "Why don't you try praying in church? Maybe those Albanians haven't been found yet!"

...

In an abandoned steel mill in Yonkers, Joe Ga and his crew, driving stolen vehicles, successfully regrouped with Nis and Dorian, who had been following them, on the outskirts of the steel mill.

Time was critical; the heart was flown in from Ohio, and the Albanians didn't have a proper place to preserve it. It couldn't last long with just an insulated box.

When they met, Joe Ga noticed Nis had already changed into a combat suit, draped with a camouflaged cloak.

Joe Ga looked down at his own suit and let out a sigh, "I'll change too, but I have to change back later. This is a special couples' outfit; it would be a waste not to show off in it."

Nis smiled, then pointed to an abandoned blast furnace deep within the steel mill and said, "I scouted ahead. They're in a workshop on the right side of the furnace, about 60 or so people, defense is not very tight."

Joe Galliso stripped off his suit and folded it on the rear seat, then slipped on his combat gear and donned a tactical vest.

Watching the bewildered 'Spur' and others, he pulled a large box from the back seat of Nis's vehicle, threw it on the ground, opened it, and said, "I knew it's better to be prepared.

Fellas, this is P·B elite treatment..."

While Joe Ga was adjusting his tactical vest and slipping an M9 into the holster at the back of his waist as a supplement to the 'Super Jaguar', he picked up his HK416 and checked it...

'Spur', who had been through this before, resolutely took off his suit jacket, abandoned his AR rifle, grabbed a tactical vest with bulletproof plates, and put it on, then picked up an HK416 and eight magazines.

"Get moving, let's give those bastards a little surprise!"

As Joe Ga called over a few bodyguards, he lifted the cover of the trunk's bottom compartment, where a Scorpion Backpack and a PKM were stashed in space usually reserved for a spare tire.

Joe Ga, seeing the surprised look on Ayu's face, smiled and said, "Come on, no tactics this time. Whether we can break through smoothly depends on you."

When Ayu slipped off his suit and shouldered the Scorpion Backpack, lifting the PKM machine gun with one hand, 'Pliers', having toyed with his M4A1, gave a thumbs-up in admiration, "I like this style; those inside will too, because they'll die quickly!"

Dorian, holding an HK417, saw 'Dart' take his spare G36C and pointed to his eyes with two fingers, looking at the excited 'Dart', "That's my baby; if you scratch it, I'll rip out your intestines."

'Dart', seeing Dorian's serious expression, smiled and spoke a few words in Indian...

Dorian frowned at Joe Ga, "Boss, what's he saying? I think this guy doesn't respect me."

'Medic Officer Bird', who had already prepped his M4A1 and stocked six magazines on his tactical vest and carried a medkit on his back, laughed upon hearing Dorian's question, " 'Dart' says you're a good guy, because the dogs that bite don't bark!"

Dorian, hearing this, gave 'Dart' the finger, "FUCK YOU!"

'Dart', clearly not minding, chuckled and bumped fists with 'Orange Cat', who was holding an M4 shotgun, then gave Dorian—who didn't seem intimidating enough—a thumbs-up...

Joe Ga tapped the chatty Dorian on the shoulder and, looking at his rapidly changing crew, said, "I, Elephant, King Kong, Devil Bird will take the front. We will suppress them.

The remaining men entered the raid from the side, and once they grabbed the thermal box, 'Jackal' and 'Medic Officer Bird' would escort them for evacuation.

The rest will stay here and kill all these son of a bitches with me!

Any questions?"

'Spur' immediately raised his hand and said, "Boss, I'm in your group. Devil Bird is the sniper, a three-man assault team is too thin."

Seeing the others nodding in agreement, Joe Ga did not fuss over such details, nodding and saying, "Then you better keep up..."

As he spoke, Joe Ga knocked on the car door and said, "This is war, and the best enemy is a dead enemy...

Let's move out!"

"Huh~"

...

The interior roads of the abandoned steel factory were complicated. To deal with police raids, the Albanians had piled up obstacles on the main roads, preventing heavy vehicles from entering, and set up observation posts up high. Once they spotted any problems, they could promptly notify the people inside.

What Joe Ga had not anticipated was that this steel factory was not only a gang stronghold but also a gathering area for illegal immigrants and the homeless.

The police wouldn't come here to trouble themselves, and over time this place became a no man's land.

But that made no difference to Joe Ga—all those with guns were enemies!

Maneuvering through the steel factory's twists and turns to approach the target, Joe Ga hugged the corner of a building, quickly stuck his head out for a look, then pressed the communicator and said, "Team A in position. Devil Bird, aim at the people above..."

"Team B in position, the location of the thermal box is not yet confirmed, but we can break in and search."

Joe Ga peeked out again, pinpointing the enemies' positions in a makeshift parking lot. Just as he was about to announce the start, he felt 'Spur' pat him from behind...

"Boss, look..."

Joe Ga turned around following 'Spur's pointing finger and saw several children crammed at a ground-level window, curiously watching his team.

This discovery startled Joe Ga; he saw the unkempt kids staring with wide eyes at them, and he put his finger to his lips in a silencing motion...

Joe Ga's original thought was to have the children hide, but his goodwill only excited them.

A bucktoothed boy lifted the 'French window' and leaned out, looking at Joe Ga and saying, "Are you cops? Are you here to fight the Sharp-Tooth Gang?

I can be your informant and guide you, I know this place well, just for 20 bucks..."

Joe Ga was amused by the boy's words, but after considering the location, he crouched down, pulled out a stack of money, took one bill out, and handed it to the bucktoothed boy with a smile, "I don't need you to guide us, but did you see someone carrying a box here today?"

He gestured the size roughly and said, "A red thermal box."

The boy had only one arm squeezed out the window. He looked at the money and then excitedly nodded, "I saw it, Butcher Yachi carried a box that way, they usually keep the valuable stuff on the second floor."

Then the boy, looking at the smile on Joe Ga's face, excitedly said, "Sir, give me another twenty bucks, and I'll tell you where their warehouse is, it's full of drugs and weapons."

Joe Ga, looking through the gap between the boy and the window, saw a few more children inside. He flashed the money in his hand and asked, "There are no adults here?"

The boy grinned proudly and said, "Our parents overdosed, this is my secret base, adults can't come in here.

Sir, I read in the paper you can help us find foster homes. My sister is sick, can you help her find a good family to take her in?

I'll show you the way, this time for no charge. As a reward, I can also introduce you to some hot Eastern European girls."

Joe Ga looked into the boy's eyes, shook his head, and stuffed all the money in his hands into the boy's, pushed his head back in, and said, "Stay inside, close and hide after you go in."

The boy now confirmed that Joe Ga was a good guy. He said disappointedly, "Sir, my sister is very obedient, she's really sick now, help her out, she can do a lot of things."

Joe Ga watched as the boy pulled along a sallow-faced brown-haired girl, urging her in Albanian to say something. He shook his head, pulled out a prepaid phone and, after punching in a few numbers, handed it to the boy and said, "My number's inside, don't tell the police we've been here.

After this is over, you can call me, and I'll help get your sister to the hospital."

The boy excitedly fiddled with the phone and then ran back to the window, pointing towards the blast furnace, and said, "They've turned that place into a warehouse, in the past month, each week a tanker would stop there, and people would fish out drugs from inside..."

Listening, Joe Ga, once more, pushed the boy back in, grabbed a wooden plank from beside him to block the ground-level window, and then activated his radio, saying, "Devil Bird..."

"Bang!"