Song Heping strongly opposed the idea of going alone to Yijibai Village to et the village chief.
Although he admired Song Heping, he thought it was crazy to dare to et with an unpredictable village chief in one of Illiguo's large tribes with only a translator in tow.
"Just the two of you going there, they could skin you alive and cook you in a pot, and you'd have no way out! Do you really think you're Rambo?"
White Bear always spoke so bluntly, never minding too much about others' feelings, the type to say whatever is on his mind.
However, Song Heping remained calm.
He just listened, laughed after listening, and then turned around to comfort White Bear, "Don't worry, I'll definitely be okay. I always feel..."
He frowned and pointed to his head.
"I have a premonition that this is a good thing."
"Premonition?" White Bear couldn't help but retort, "You really think you have a sixth sense? Back when I was in the paratrooper unit, my squad leader also said he had accurate battle premonitions. The next day, the paratrooper vehicle he was in got blown sky-high. When I found him, only his butt was hanging from a tree! His butt sure was accurate!"
The discussion about whether to go to the village chief was a serious matter.
But once White Bear cursed like that, everyone present laughed.
Hunter also advised, "I think White Bear is right. Since their chief has taken the initiative to find you, why not let him co here? We have mutton to offer him. If he finds it not halal enough, he can just bring his own pots and pans."
"Exactly, why bother eting him?" Disaster Star said with disdain, "Who does he think he is?!"
But no matter what anyone said, it didn't change Song Heping's decision.
He believed that the chief must have sothing important to ask for since he had sent soone to look for him.
And if he was not willing to co in person, there must be a reason.
He wasn't worth it for them to go through all the trouble of setting up an excuse or trap to eliminate him, especially since the "Musician" Defense Company was contracted by the military, aning they had the military backing them up.
Yijibai Village was not like the Salafi Ard Organization. Ard organizations could change their locations at any ti, firing a shot and then moving on.
But a village cannot move. The tribe has lived here for hundreds of years, and no one would joke with their ancestral legacy.
Especially since Sadam was caught a few days ago, it was only a matter of ti before the Aricans took full control of Illiguo. It didn't make sense to be at odds with a defense company contracting with the military.
If a tribe's chief was so shortsighted as to resort to violence at the drop of a hat, it's doubtful their tribe would have survived in this place for so long. With all the turbulence in Illiguo over the years, including Sadam's era, without a bit of survival wisdom, they would have been wiped out like Dujail Village was back in the day.
Therefore, Song Heping deduced that the chief of Yijibai Village must be a seasoned and cautious individual.
At five in the afternoon, Song Heping looked at the sky, called up Samir, and the two drove off in an SUV toward Yijibai Village.
The twenty kiloters journey was not far.
Just after leaving the water supply station, Song Heping pulled his tactical bag over from the backseat and began to fiddle with it on his body.
Samir, clutching the steering wheel, peeped at what his boss was doing.
Soon, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Song Heping was strapping explosives to himself...
He stuffed several chunks of C4 into the various pockets of his tactical vest and then connected them with detonators and detonation cords to create a bomb vest!
"Boss... what is this..."
"Making a bomb vest."
"..."
"What, are you scared?" Song Heping asked with a smile, "Afraid I'll blow myself up? Don't worry, I'm very skilled at this, I won't ss up."
Samir swallowed hard, mustered up his courage, and asked, "Aren't you..."
"Aren't what?"
"Didn't you say you weren't worried they would kill us?"
"That's right." Song Heping said, "You see, I didn't even bring an assault rifle."
Then he added, "Actually, even if I did, it would be useless."
Samir said, "Then why make a bomb vest?"
"I'm making this so they know I'm not afraid to die."
Song Heping spoke lightly, but Samir listened with a pounding heart.
Song Heping continued, "Samir, rember one thing, if your enemy knows you are not afraid of death, then you will be safe. Because if you are not afraid of death, they don't know what to use to intimidate you. Understand?"
After pondering, Samir felt his boss made a lot of sense.
"Showing up to et their chief looking like that, I bet the ard n in their village won't let you in."
Samir expressed his worry.
"Hahaha!"
Song Heping couldn't help but laugh.
", a defense company boss, going alone to his territory to et him, and he, a village chief, would be afraid to et just because I have a few C4 on ? If so, it shows he's not sincere, and his desire to et is not strong. I wouldn't need to et him; we could just leave."
Samir was puzzled again.
He couldn't wrap his head around it.
Seeing his confusion, Song Heping explained, "I've been thinking, why does he want to et ? I guess he must need sothing from . If he needs , then how urgent is it? How intense is his desire? If he's not in a hurry, just wants to establish a relationship, then it doesn't matter whether we have this al or not."
"But... if he is very eager to et , even if I strapped a 155mm howitzer shell to myself, he would still et . In that case, I would already have the upper hand when we et. Understand?"
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