Maruyama Takeshi’s brain stalled for a second.
Having just processed what Tang Qing said.
He couldn’t help but have a bitter look on his face.
"Kid, you’re still in the mood for jokes at this ti? You’ve seen what’s happening on our side, soone’s impersonating International police, trying to kill us. I don’t know if you can help .
If I can get out of this trouble, I’ll have a hefty reward for you. If you can’t do anything, then you’d better run away quickly."
Maruyama Takeshi wasn’t the kind of person who, even in death, would insist on dragging others into a ’team,’ nor had he thought about sending any final words back ho. If he survived, everything would be fine; if he died, no words could avenge him.
"Forget running away, I haven’t gotten into that habit yet, and besides, I’m quite interested in the ’hefty reward’ you ntioned," Tang Qing stressed the words ’hefty reward’ heavily.
It looks like.
There’s an extra harvest.
Tang Qing had actually known all along that these two ships were following the rescue ship.
But he never told Maruyama Takeshi and his crew, firstly because his mouth wasn’t that big, and also, what would it change if he told Maruyama Takeshi? They had yet to establish trust between them.
So ’bad’ things.
One just needs to wait quietly for them to happen. Only then can the person involved understand the situation. Otherwise, they might think you have an ulterior motive, and that’s a headache Tang Qing had no interest in taking on.
Upon hearing Tang Qing express interest in the reward.
A glimr of hope lit up in Maruyama Takeshi’s heart.
"Will you help ?"
Maruyama Takeshi asked, surprised and pleased.
Tang Qing replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "Of course, even if it’s just for the sake of Ming’s Shipping and the ’hefty reward’ you spoke of. If you died, my loss would be substantial, even if it’s not a lot of money, it’s still enough for pocket change."
"Thank you, but... how will you help ?" Maruyama Takeshi hastily asked as the sound of gunfire rang in his ears, thinking that the hundreds of millions of dollars Tang Qing referred to as pocket change was just a young man’s bravado.
Even if Tang Qing’s dad were Bill Gates,
He wouldn’t give him that much pocket money.
"You just need to protect yourself. Oh, and you’ll pay for the weapon’s fee this ti."
As soon as Tang Qing finished speaking.
Taken aback, Maruyama Takeshi couldn’t understand what was happening.
Suddenly.
"Boom..."
Maruyama Takeshi thought it was the rescue ship that had exploded again.
But this ti, there wasn’t a significant shake to the ship and, more importantly, the gunfire stopped. Looking at the flas not far off, a daring crew mber poked his head out and grew excited when he made out the situation.
"It’s blown up, their ship is blown up!" The crew mber yelled, pointing at the flaming vessel nearby.
Maruyama Takeshi was stunned.
Then he cautiously stuck his head out as well.
He saw the ship that had been attacking them had turned into a blazing torch; the people on it had disappeared, and the weapons that had been spitting fire just monts ago had been blown into scrap tal. It seed the people inside had little chance of survival.
What’s going on?
Maruyama Takeshi was confused.
His gaze involuntarily turned toward the distant salvage ship.
At this ti, it seed only they could have taken action, but how did they manage it? They must have used rockets since there wasn’t even the sound of small gunfire, but how could a salvage ship have such things?
While Maruyama Takeshi was stunned.
"Father, look quickly," Maruyama Miyuki pointed into the distance.
The scene before her was so shocking, her eyes were about to pop out of her head.
Maruyama Takeshi looked in the direction she indicated.
He saw two streaks of light shoot from the gunboat, with long tails of fire trailing behind them, skimming the sea surface, heading toward the salvage ship. On seeing this, Maruyama Takeshi and the others paled, realizing their opponents still had such weapons.
But the next mont.
Maruyama Takeshi’s mouth dropped even wider.
For off the salvage ship, two streaks of light erged as well.
In less than two seconds.
"Boom... Boom..."
Two ’fireworks’ burst forth in the Atlantic Ocean’s sea area, dazzling and splendid.
"Gulp," Maruyama Takeshi swallowed hard.
The eyes of the onlookers were filled with intense astonishnt.
They had thought it was an exchange of fire between the two sides.
But what was this?
Intercepting weapons?
Are you kidding , you are a salvage ship, right? Unless it’s equipped with a missile defense system, no human could react so quickly; are you a warship disguised as a salvage ship?
And it wasn’t over yet.
The next scene.
Made everyone on the salvage ship petrified.
On the salvage ship, a blaze of light shot up, heading straight into the sky hundreds of ters high and then made a large arc, curving towards the gunboat and descending upon it...
...
On the running ship.
Cockpit.
Seeing the light in the sky.
The people inside were dumbstruck once again.
"OH, MY GOD."
The look of intense fear in the eyes of a bald-headed Arican man, who was leading the crew, spoke volus. He had seen such things often on TV, and he had witnessed them himself. That damn thing was... a ballistic... missile.
This counterattack was a bit too fierce.
"Abandon ship!"
The bald Arican roared, rushing towards the outside. Every second counted. With the speed of the thing in the sky, their response ti would definitely not exceed ten seconds, perhaps even less.
The crew mbers also jumped into the sea one after another.
Damn it.
This ti it was a big deal.
Always walking by the riverside, today, they finally got their shoes wet. They had thought it was an easy killing task, but now the hunters had beco the hunted. Could the ship opposite be a disguised warship?
After just over six seconds.
Only about ten people had jumped into the water.
"Boom..."
The whole ship was blown to pieces.
Tang Qing admitted.
He could eliminate these n at an extrely low cost, but he just wanted to see the power of this thing. Blowing up his own stuff was painful, but not soone else’s ship.
And there were people who would pay for it.
The cost of this thing was about two hundred thousand RMB each.
He should at least ask Maruyama Takeshi for two million, right?
But the target was too small; it was not satisfying to watch.
...
On the rescue ship.
Many had witnessed the brilliant ’fireworks’ in the distance.
This was sothing they could usually only watch on TV; to experience it firsthand, the visual impact, the shock to their hearts, was indescribable.
"Mr. Maruyama Takeshi, you’d better fix your ship. It should still be operable."
It was Tang Qing’s voice.
Pulling Maruyama Takeshi back to reality.
His hand shook; he nearly lost grip of the phone, only then rembering he was still on the call with Tang Qing.
"You... that... I..."
He didn’t even know what to say.
"Don’t be nervous. For the use of the weapon this ti, let’s settle on two million U.S. dollars. The cost of the weapons is one thing, but I also made direct enemies with the organization behind these rcenaries. I need to bear the risk, right?" Tang Qing was busy calculating the bill for Maruyama Takeshi.
Maruyama Takeshi didn’t hesitate at all.
He readily agreed.
"Yes, yes, I’ll pay an extra two million dollars. What should we do next?" Maruyama Takeshi was afraid of encountering this kind of situation again when he returned. Once bitten, twice shy, he decided he would no longer travel by ship.
"Escorting you could affect our treasure hunt," Tang Qing feigned difficulty.
Maruyama Takeshi imdiately understood what Tang Qing ant.
"Don’t worry, I’ll cover the cost of the escort. Just na your price."
"Hmm... let think... Three million, making it a total of five million U.S. dollars, how about that?" This ti, Tang Qing really wasn’t asking for too much, it was definitely a ’fair price’.
Maruyama Takeshi thought about it.
Three million dollars.
It was a lot,
But compared to his safety, it was worth it.
"Deal, I will pay you as soon as I get back to Japan," Maruyama Takeshi agreed.
"Alright, I’m not a pushy person. Anyway, the Maruyama Clan, being so wealthy and influential, wouldn’t miss a little money from ." Tang Qing was in no hurry for the money; it wasn’t going anywhere.
"I dare not delay, I will certainly pay," Maruyama Takeshi breathed a sigh of relief.
Default on the paynt?
He wouldn’t dare!
The glow from the explosion was still visible in the distance.
Half of the ship had sunk, and the remaining half seed like it wouldn’t last much longer. This was a form of deterrence.
This kind of power...
He did not want to attract that kind of attention.
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