45 The Iraq Trip (2/2)

Jiang Chen took a sip before putting it down and noticed Nick’s slightly disappointed look.

”Hmm? You seem disappointed?” Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.

”You are an adamant warrior, but with just the two of us, it is going to be difficult,” Nick replied with his voice lowered.

”I am not just strong, you’ll see.” Jiang Chen shrugged. ”Where is your weapon?”

”It’s in the car. Do you need me to prepare one for you as well?” Nick saw that Jiang Chen came empty handed and asked.

”Not necessary, I have prepared my weapon already. I believe that you already have clues about the whereabouts of your boss, let’s find him then. Hehe, he still owes me a deal,” Jiang Chen smiled and spoke with a relaxed voice as if he never viewed these terrorists as real threats.

Jiang Chen’s relaxed mood made Nick frown slightly, but since there were no other options at the time, it would be dangerous to be delayed by even a day.

Soldier’s instinct told him that this guy was not to be underestimated, but he was not certain of his exact level.

”Let’s talk about the exact details on the car. Robert is in great danger. If you saw the news yesterday, you'd know that IS already executed a UA reporter. If they don’t receive the ransom by tomorrow, they might kill the hostage.”

Nick lit up a cigarette and handed Jiang Chen one as he took Jiang Chen to his car.

”Your boss can’t afford the ransom?” Jiang Chen lit up the cigarette.

”IS wanted the UA government to pay,” Nick said emotionlessly.

The meaning behind that was evident.

The car started as Nick took the wheel and headed out of the town. They passed by two inspection stations, but it was rather procedural as the stations let them go when there were no bombs found. The assault rifle hidden under Nick’s seat was not detected during both inspections.

On the way, Nick explained what kind of trouble they encountered this time.

It was about five days ago, Robert accepted an old friend’s invitation, Biden, to come to Iraq. It was a military arms deal worth twenty million USD. The buyer was supposed to be a militant fighting on the front line against IS. Order from the UA middlemen and acquiring additional firearm was the unspoken rule on this desert. Although Robert sensed something was off, he was not too suspicious.

It was a deal over twenty million USD. He would earn one million just by working with him.

Biden was such a great guy.

After he arranged the transportation of military arms on the battlefront between the government militants and IS, he met a bunch of extreme terrorists screaming ”Allah Akbar.”

Nick was indeed a great warrior as he used an M27 to kill at least 10 fearless terrorists, but that was useless.

To acquire those arms, the IS with ”secret information” sent out at least a battalion of forces and was equipped with heavy machine guns and RPG. He almost didn’t get out of there alive.

The firearm fell into the hands of the IS, and Robert was captured. Nick fought fearlessly to find an escape path to the safe zone.

Of course, that doesn’t mean he would leave his boss there, Robert saved his life before. He knew that the only way to save his boss was to escape himself first.

He stayed in Haditha as he had a feeling that IS didn’t bring IS into their territory. The next day, he received a phone call from someone who picked up a ten dollar UA bill. On the bill, it said, ”If you call this number, and tell him where you found the bill, you’ll receive one hundred dollars in compensation.” Nick first thought it was a trap, but it was his only hope. After meeting the man, Nick paid him the compensation and followed him to where he picked up the bill.

It was fortunate that it was not a trap, Robert was cunning. He always hid a ten dollar bill in his shoe as he believed the first finance minister of the United States would bring him luck and riches. At the same time, it saved him in critical moments. It was clear that ”Hamilton” saved him.

”Why don’t you contact the embassy? The UA soldiers are all experts in hostage rescue,” Jiang Chen said in a relaxed voice.

”It’s the FBA who's behind this all. Those fools can’t find evidence, so they wanted to get rid of Robert.” With the cigarette in his mouth, he already put his shades on. Jiang Chen couldn’t see his facial expression.

”Oh? I thought Robert represented the UA government.” Jiang Chen shrugged.

”He did in Iraq, but it happened in Kane which is not related to the Iran problem,” Nick briefly answered the question as he turned the wheel and drove off the road.

It was clear that Robert trusted his bodyguard as he even explained these things to him.

Jiang Chen remembered that Robert told him about smuggling oil before. It must be that he left some evidence and the FBA is after him.

”We are not going on the road?”

”There is an IS station in the front, we can’t pass. Also, we are almost there.” Robert calmly drove the car into an alley and shut the engine.

Jiang Chen opened the door and got out. He looked around and figured it was a ghetto. Occasionally a child’s malnourished head popped out of the window and curiously looked at the two foreigners. But a hand would come and drag the children back into the room and tightly shut the window.

”These civilians are quite sensitive about the war.” Jiang Chen smiled as he threw the cigarette bud onto the ground.

”The moment they were born they started to experience the war.” Nick grabbed a backpack under the car seat. He saw Jiang Chen’s relaxed look and raised his eyebrows. ”Are you sure this is okay?”

”No problem, trust me.” Jiang Chen sighed.

”In Iraq, Han Kungfu is not that particularly helpful.”

”In your foreigners’ eyes, do all the Han know Kungfu?” Jiang Chen laughed at the remark.

I should show him something.

Jiang Chen’s right hand reached behind his back and opened the storage dimension. In Nick’s eyes, he just reached, and a pistol appeared in his hand.

Nick was shocked as he didn’t even sense Jiang Chen hid the gun. He also did not recognize the gun.

”This gun is?”

”11 Tactical Pistol, custom made, don’t worry about it.” Jiang Chen put the gun into his bag and shrugged.

Nick nodded as he no longer questioned.

Just like that, Jiang Chen followed Nick and walked to the building where Robert was held.