289: Chapter 287: Insanely Fierce 289: Chapter 287: Insanely Fierce Nate Schumacher made a welcoming gesture, and Gao Yang pulled out a chair to sit down, while Nate Schumacher, after taking his seat, waved his hand, and the person who had been standing by his side turned and left.
In the very center of the battlefield, only Gao Yang and Nate Schumacher sat facing each other.
Once settled, Nate Schumacher glanced at his watch and then said with a smile, “Please wait a moment, the coffee will be here soon.
We have at least half an hour, so there’s no need to rush.
Coffee is always best when it’s freshly brewed.
I must tell you, we have a guy who’s great at making coffee.”
Gao Yang smiled and said, “Mr.
Schumacher, I’m honored to have been invited to sit down and have coffee with you, but I think perhaps we should first talk about how to end this battle.”
Nate Schumacher shrugged his shoulders, smiling.
“I promised the employer to hold out until twelve o’clock to cover his departure.
It’s only half an hour away, so we can chat over coffee, and afterwards, whether you choose to continue attacking or let us leave, it’s up to you.
After all, we are the ones surrounded.”
Gao Yang spread his hands, making a very disappointed expression.
“I thought you hoisting the white flag meant you intended to surrender.
Now you tell me you just wanted to invite me over for a cup of coffee.
Buddy, this isn’t good.
You have to realize that although shells aren’t expensive, they’re still bought with money.
You made my employer waste half an hour’s worth of ammunition, and I still have to continue preparing the artillery, which is such a hassle.”
Nate Schumacher laughed heartily and said, “You’re surprisingly young, and you’re also surprisingly entertaining.
Well, I have to admit, I like you, guy.
It seems my choice was the right one.
I was just worried that you would attack immediately after preparing your artillery, and then we wouldn’t have the chance to sit down and chat.
You know, too many people dying isn’t good, so I had someone raise the white flag.
Also, it seems you don’t have a good gunner, so stop wasting shells.
It’s much better to have some time for coffee.”
Gao Yang reluctantly shrugged his shoulders and replied gravely, “Alright then, let’s not waste any more shells.
And since I’m already sitting here, I might as well stay for the coffee after all.
Having wasted the ammunition, let’s not waste the coffee as well.
I haven’t had coffee in this godforsaken place for a long time.
I hope your coffee is as good as you say.”
Nate Schumacher looked back, and seeing the person dressed in jungle camo carrying a coffee pot in one hand and a dish of sugar cubes in the other coming towards them, Nate Schumacher made an exaggerated expression, “I can already smell the aroma.
The best Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, I personally picked it out in Jamaica.
Believe me, it won’t disappoint you.”
As Nate Schumacher finished speaking, the camouflaged figure placed the sugar cubes on the table, poured a cup of coffee for Gao Yang, then served Nate Schumacher, placed the coffee pot on the table, and left.
Gao Yang said thank you, then pushed the sugar cubes toward Nate Schumacher, who shook his head and pushed them back toward Gao Yang, saying, “You first.”
Gao Yang took two sugar cubes and dropped them into his cup, pushing the sugar cubes over to Nate Schumacher.
Nate Schumacher gave Gao Yang an apologetic smile and began to add sugar to his own cup.
Nate Schumacher kept adding sugar cubes to his cup one after the other, nearly emptying the dish.
The coffee in his half-full cup was almost spilling out because Gao Yang was astonished to find that Nate Schumacher had put a whopping thirteen sugar cubes in his cup.
Moreover, looking at the two remaining cubes in the dish, Nate Schumacher appeared torn and reluctant.
“Go ahead and use them if you want.
I only need one cup, so the rest are yours,” Gao Yang said.
Nate Schumacher’s eyebrows perked up, and he said happily, “Thanks, then I won’t be polite.”
Gao Yang frowned and finally couldn’t help saying, “Eating too much sugar isn’t good.”
“Ah, I know, but I have a strong craving for sugar.
Although they all say that what I’m doing is ruining the coffee, I might as well drink sugar water, but I just like it this way.
Can’t help it, these guys always ration the sugar for me, the bastards.”
Having said that, Nate Schumacher picked up his cup and after making a gesture of invitation to Gao Yang, he took an enjoyable sip of his coffee and expressed his satisfaction, “I like the taste of Blue Mountain coffee, provided it has enough sugar added.
Please give it a try.
This is a selection I made personally.
Oh, I must tell you, it’s been a long time since I’ve offered coffee to anyone, but as a token of my gratitude, I must insist on treating you to a cup.”
Gao Yang also took a sip, then nodded his head, “Not bad, it’s indeed quite good.
It’s better than any coffee I’ve had before.
It seems I’m fortunate not to have missed out on your coffee.
Only, I don’t know what you want to thank me for.”
Nate Schumacher shrugged his shoulders.
“For wounding two of my snipers?”
Gao Yang nodded.
“Yes, that was me.”
Nate Schumacher spread his hands and said, “You only injured them instead of taking their lives, so I owe you thanks.”
Gao Yang smiled and replied, “You should know why I didn’t kill those two and just wounded them, so I don’t understand what there is to be thankful for.”
“Of course I know, and in fact, we often do the same.
Although those two are seriously injured, they are not dead.
They can retire, which is something to celebrate, so I have to thank you.”
Gao Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, “Well then, I can only say you’re welcome, but I can’t apologize to them.
I can only say that it’s regrettable, and I hope you can understand.”
Nate Schumacher nodded and said, “I understand, it really is regrettable.
They’re both crippled now, but being able to walk away with their lives and a hefty sum of money for retirement isn’t too bad.
You know, it’s rare for people like us to survive, so in a way, you could say you saved their lives.”
After finishing, Nate Schumacher paused and sighed, “Alright, you’re an interesting fellow, so whether we continue fighting or call a truce is up to you to decide.
I was planning on tracking you down, thanking you, and then killing you afterward, but now I’ve changed my mind.
There are too few interesting guys in this world, so it’s better to keep a few more around.”
Gao Yang laughed heartily and said, “You think you’re so confident you can kill me?
Come on, mate, we’re the ones with the upper hand now, right?”
Nate Schumacher, looking perplexed, said, “Although I can’t agree with your claim that you have the upper hand, I have no intention of contradicting you.
So okay, you have the upper hand, but what does that have to do with me killing you?”
Gao Yang was taken aback and asked, “It has nothing to do with it?”
Nate Schumacher shrugged nonchalantly and said, “Of course it has nothing to do with it.
If I want to kill you, then I can certainly kill you, buddy.
Even though you are many, numbers don’t mean anything.
You can win, and we can withdraw after killing you guys.
Look, we both achieve our goals, so it really has nothing to do with numbers or having the upper hand.”
Gao Yang frowned and asked, “Are you that sure?”
After sipping his coffee, Nate Schumacher said softly, “You have six people, including you there are three Asians, and three Caucasians, which we have already identified, and we also have a general idea of where you are.
Frankly, this battle isn’t very interesting.
It’s just that the six of you are somewhat more amusing, which is why I ordered the bullets to miss you.
If it’s time for us to withdraw, perhaps I’ll order a shot to explode your head or maybe break one of your legs.
But before that, I still want to play with you guys a bit longer.
Oh, next time if you know the enemy has a sniper, you’d better not stick half your head out from the corner to observe, it will cost you your life.”
Gao Yang was quite shocked; when Nate Schumacher casually mentioned how many of them there were and their features, he felt as if he had been stripped naked and thrown out under the sun, his psychological advantage disappearing without a trace.
After being stunned for a moment, Gao Yang couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “I just heard that all of you are crazy, and now it seems that’s indeed true.
At the same time as I start to admire you, I also think you really are a madman.”
Nate Schumacher curled his lip and said, “Everyone in the Angel Mercenary Corps is a madman; that seems to have become common knowledge, hasn’t it?”
After a wry smile, Gao Yang spread his hands and said, “I don’t know what to say anymore, but now I’m glad I accepted your invitation instead of taking a shot at you guys.”
Nate Schumacher nodded in agreement and said, “That’s right.
Although talking about knightly honor on the battlefield is very foolish, if your brave enemy shows knightly honor, and he doesn’t look like a fool, then it’s best to maintain respect for a brave knight because there’s a reason he dares to do that.
If the people I sent out die, then all of you would have to die.
Of course, maybe we can’t achieve that in this battle, but we are confident we can withdraw, and during all the time that follows, the Angel Mercenary Corps will take action for revenge.”
After finishing, Nate Schumacher suddenly gave a self-mocking smile and said, “You must understand, we are all madmen.
Now there’s no interesting war to fight, so having a target to accomplish is quite blissful for us, and revenge, obviously, is a goal that needs to be completed and is interesting.”
Gao Yang was a normal person; he found he couldn’t keep up with Nate Schumacher’s way of thinking.
After taking a sip of coffee, Gao Yang said with a bitter smile, “So, what should we do next?
If it’s convenient, could you tell me where Mokadi is?
That’s your employer.”
Nate Schumacher checked his watch, then said seriously, “Not yet, but in ten minutes I can.
At twelve noon, I’ll tell you where Mokadi is, but right now, we are still within the cooperation period, so I need to keep it a secret.”