Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2325 - 2301: The Spirit of Ban Chao

Lavagani directly attacked, which not only made Gao Yang very difficult but also put the Houthis Armed Forces in a tight spot.

Salim looked anxious and worried. From the standpoint of the Houthis Armed Forces, it wasn’t in their interest for Lavagani and Gao Yang to meet so early, so this certainly wasn’t something Abdullah set up on purpose.

Lavagani not only knew that Gao Yang had arrived, but he even came directly to the door. Gao Yang sighed inwardly. It seemed that the Houthis Armed Forces were truly firmly controlled by the Iranians, leaving no face for Abdullah. No wonder Salim was eager to leverage Russian influence to lessen Iran’s control.

Being a puppet is hard, doesn’t feel good, and life isn’t easy.

Gao Yang stared at the middle-aged man with slightly graying hair at the door, and that middle-aged man also stared back at Gao Yang. Neither spoke, starting with a confrontation of glances.

Gao Yang waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Let them in."

Frey lowered his gun. At this moment, a man who had just been aimed at by Frey snorted, then forcefully pushed Frey, making him stagger. Afterward, he turned and made a gesture of invitation to the middle-aged man behind him.

That middle-aged man was certainly Lavagani. With an arrogant expression, he strode towards Gao Yang. His four bodyguards, with two suspiciously eyeing Li Jinfang and the other three, and the remaining two walking directly beside Lavagani to Gao Yang.

Gao Yang extended his hand and smiled, "Hello, I am Peter Ram."

Lavagani hesitated for a moment but eventually extended his hand, perfunctorily shook hands with Gao Yang, then quickly withdrew his hand, and said in a deep voice, "I am Lavagani. Mr. Petram, I have already consulted relevant departments of my country, nobody has received any diplomatic note from your country, nor through any channel, so please tell me who you are."

Gao Yang laughed, looked around at Grewatov and Salim, then spread his hands and said, "Who am I? I’m a tourist! I’m here for travel."

Lavagani pursed his lips, seeming slightly angry, instinctively tugging his suit jacket before saying in a deep voice, "Mr. Petram, please end these boring word games."

Gao Yang was quite helpless and said, "This is not a boring word game, I am indeed a tourist, here for travel. Who are you? What do you want with me?"

Lavagani took a deep breath, saying, "It seems I can only report back to my country, let the relevant departments inquire Russia about your identity."

Gao Yang chuckled and said, "Don’t bother asking, it’s all the same. I’m just a tourist. Besides, I’m not Russian; I’m an American, or maybe British, even I can’t remember exactly, but asking Russia won’t help."

Lavagani seemed even more furious. At this point, Salim urgently said, "Mr. Lavagani, please hear me out, this really is a misunderstanding. Mr. Petram, he’s not what you think..."

Lavagani suddenly raised his hand, interrupting Salim, leaned forward, and glared at Gao Yang, saying word by word, "You’re insulting my intelligence!"

Gao Yang sighed helplessly, smiled bitterly, and said, "Sorry, sir, I truly don’t mean to insult your intelligence. I’m nobody, just here for travel. Um, indeed many people carry guns, but isn’t Yemen’s security always bad?"

By now, Glolov and the others had emerged, but they too coolly eyed Lavagani’s bodyguards, and instead of showing any fear, each of them glared menacingly.

Lavagani took a deep breath and said, "I demand this boring charade end, please tell me your purpose in Yemen; otherwise, I must assume you’re infringing on our country’s interests, circumventing me to make contact."

Gao Yang scratched his head, then looked at Lavagani curiously and said, "Your country’s interests are...?"

Feigned ignorance, then Gao Yang looked at Salim again, still curious, "This is Yemen, right? I seem to be on Houthi territory, oh, my apologies, please tell me how I infringed on your interests."

Lavagani suddenly smiled and said, "Alright, it seems you intend to play dumb. Since you’re a tourist in Yemen, then no matter what I do, it won’t have any relation to Russia, will it?"

Gao Yang laughed, "Exactly, just like that."

Lavagani took a step back, raised his head arrogantly, and said to Gao Yang, "Uttering diplomatic nonsense, hypocritically talking pointless drivel; even when facts are in front of you, still pretending they don’t exist. I detest such people and refuse to endure such hypocritical and tiresome games any longer. You cannot reveal your identity, so I must consider you a spy, not a diplomat; that being the case..."

Lavagani took another step back, suddenly waved his hand, and shouted, "Come, arrest all of them and interrogate thoroughly!"

Actually, Gao Yang didn’t want to clash with Lavagani, but the Houthis Armed Forces’ secrecy was too poor. Lavagani’s resentment with Russia’s interference was too great, turning this into a direct confrontation of equals.

Lavagani’s bodyguards immediately started shouting loudly into their radios.

Salim was both impatient and panicked, shouting loudly, trying to stop the situation from further worsening.

Lavagani, with the demeanor of a victor, stood confidently opposite Gao Yang, looking at him, while Gao Yang continued to smile and gaze at Lavagani.

At this moment, a name couldn’t help but float into Gao Yang’s mind.

Ban Chao, Ban Dingyuan.

Ban Chao was the true envoy, Gao Yang was the impostor.

Ban Chao represented the Great Han Country, Gao Yang impersonated the Russian Envoy, but their situations were similar, that is, once suppressed by the opponent’s momentum, there’s no future.

If Gao Yang and his group were really detained by the Iranians, there truly wouldn’t be a future. Even if there were no life threats, there would be no right to speak among the Houthis Armed Forces.

Gao Yang smiled as he took a step forward, got closer to Lavagani, and said in a low voice, "Actually, there’s one thing you got right, hypocritical diplomatic rhetoric is the most annoying thing, and then, there’s one thing you got wrong, which is I’m really not a diplomat, so the way you deal with me is wrong!"

After speaking, Gao Yang waved his hand and said loudly, "Catch them, interrogate them slowly."

Li Jinfang threw a punch abruptly, and the bodyguard in front of him, who had been glaring angrily and appeared extremely imposing, fell without a sound.

Frey raised his gun again, aiming at the bodyguard who had pushed him earlier. When the bodyguard dared not move, he smashed the butt of the gun towards him.

First, he fiercely smashed it into the bodyguard’s stomach, and as the bodyguard bent over, Frey followed up with another gun butt smash. After hitting the bodyguard till his head was bleeding and he collapsed to the ground, Tommy grabbed one of the bodyguard’s legs and dragged him towards the side rooms like a dead dog, while Li Jinfang also bent down, seized the hair of the bodyguard he had knocked out with one punch, and followed behind Tommy.

As for Gao Yang’s side, Glewatov exploded with combat strength that was inconsistent with his appearance.

In a small leap, Glewatov instantly appeared in front of a bodyguard. As the bodyguard was shocked and swinging his fists, Glewatov’s right hand somehow broke through the bodyguard’s arm barrier, punched through the gap, and landed squarely on the bodyguard’s chin.

The sole remaining bodyguard beside Lavagani was about to draw his gun when Gao Yang pointed a finger at him and said, "Hey hey hey, don’t draw your gun, I’m timid, if you draw your gun, I’ll shoot, and let me tell you, I have a habit of aiming for the head."

Amid Gao Yang’s teasing words, the bodyguard still drew his gun, but Glewatov was already at his side, hitting the gun and the neck in a straightforward and decisive manner, gun dropped, man went down.

For Glewatov, who liked to stab people’s nostrils with pencils, this wasn’t his preferred method of action. He liked the silent kind, but using Glewatov as a henchman posed no problem at all, this was the basic skill of being a Black Demon member.

Swiftly, Glewatov scooped up the falling handgun. Then, like doing magic, he dismantled the gun into parts, stretched out his hand, and the parts fell to the ground, only then making a jingling sound.

Glewatov stood in front of Lavagani, coldly watching him, slowly loosened his grip to let the parts fall, leaving Lavagani wide-eyed.

Gao Yang casually pointed to a room and said, "Send Mr. Lavagani over, we’ll interrogate slowly later. I suspect he’s, uh, I’m sure he’s trying to obstruct my freedom to travel, that’s it."

Too fast, Salim was unable to react before it was all settled. Of course, even if Salim could react, he couldn’t stop anything.

Salim grabbed Gao Yang’s arm, shaking it vigorously while anxiously saying, "Don’t, don’t, please don’t do this, this won’t work, the consequences are serious, please don’t do this!"

Glewatov didn’t care what Salim said, he coldly gestured for Lavagani to go, seeing Lavagani not moving, Glewatov nodded, pointed to the room Gao Yang had chosen.

Lavagani instinctively shook his head, Glewatov promptly punched him in the stomach, causing Lavagani to instantaneously curl up like a shrimp and fall forward, Glewatov then hooked Lavagani’s neck with his arm, and started dragging him away.

Glewatov was short in stature, Lavagani was very tall, but Glewatov, while dragging Lavagani under his arm, seemed to be carrying a small pet dog, indescribably relaxed and leisurely.

Salim stopped shaking Gao Yang’s arm, just stood stunned, watching Glewatov’s back, utterly helplessly saying, "It’s over, all over, it’s all over now."

Gao Yang reached out, patted Salim’s shoulder and smiled, "Don’t worry, my friend, I’ve got everything."