363: Chapter 361: Now Thoroughly Enraged 363: Chapter 361: Now Thoroughly Enraged Uriyangko didn’t accompany Gao Yang as he left; Gao Yang sat alone in the Cape Town airport terminal, holding the satellite phone in his hands, blankly hoping for a call from Yelena.
Gao Yang had already received several calls, but they were all from people like Glolov, who was waiting for him at the airport in Djibouti, ready to fly together to Chile.
Djibouti is a small country, but the capital city of Djibouti has an airport capable of handling large aircraft, making it an important air transit hub.
Glolov and his team had already booked their tickets: in fourteen hours, a flight from Japan would land at Djibouti airport and then take off again for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—the fastest available route to South America for them.
Gao Yang could have taken a direct flight from Cape Town to Santiago, Chile, but that flight would require a two-day wait.
Returning to Djibouti, by contrast, was a quicker way to reach Chile, so he had Glolov book a ticket to Brazil for him as well.
They would together arrive in Rio de Janeiro and then transfer to a plane bound for Punta Arenas.
According to the scheduled flight times, they would arrive in Punta Arenas, Chile, right around when the Bob Barker, carrying Yelena and the others, was due to get there.
In fact, if Gao Yang had taken a flight from a different city in South Africa, he could have reached Chile even faster, but Gao Yang had a reason he must return to Djibouti: he needed to find a way to raise money.
All the money in Gao Yang’s Swiss Bank account had already been transferred to Grand Ivan, and now, he guessed that maybe a few hundred to a thousand dollars were left.
Gao Yang’s entire savings had just surpassed the ten-million US Dollar mark less than a week ago, and now it was as if he had spent every bit of it.
In other words, Gao Yang had just become a millionaire, and was now on the verge of bankruptcy, because not only had he spent all of his savings, he also planned to sell the goose that laid the golden eggs.
In order to come up with twenty million dollars, Gao Yang decided to transfer out his shares in the Maritime Security Company.
If the people from the Satan Mercenary Corps pooled together funds, coming up with twenty million dollars would be a breeze, but Gao Yang decided not to use a single penny from anyone else.
This was his own personal affair, and he understood that what he was about to do was irrational.
Hence, Gao Yang decided not to let anyone pay for his anger.
The shares that Gao Yang held in the Maritime Security Company were actually a guaranteed moneymaker, but he didn’t plan to sell his shares to people like Li Jinfang, knowing they would definitely refuse his shares and just give him the money instead.
Having made up his mind not to use their money, he simply didn’t bring up the idea of transferring his shares at all.
Until he boarded the plane, Gao Yang couldn’t wait for a call from Yelena, nor could he get through to her.
Gao Yang’s heart grew tighter and tighter.
After the plane landed in Djibouti and he saw Cui Bo and Frey coming to pick him up, his first words were, “Is there any news?”
Cui Bo shook his head and said, “No, there’s no new information in the news we saw on TV, and Bob also called to ask around in the US, but there was no useful information.”
Gao Yang sighed deeply and said in a heavy voice, “How’s the Old Russian doing?
He’s alright, isn’t he?”
“The Old Russian is fine, just anxious and scared.
He’s waiting in the terminal now.
Natalia, however, saw the news on TV and has already taken a flight to Chile.”
Gao Yang didn’t say much more.
He took out the satellite phone, turned it back on after powering it off during the flight, and started walking towards the terminal with Cui Bo.
But after only a few steps, the satellite phone in Gao Yang’s hand rang.
Gao Yang immediately picked up the phone.
Seeing the number displayed was a strange one, beginning with the international maritime satellite prefix 870, his heart began pounding violently.
Gao Yang’s right hand was shaking uncontrollably.
With a mix of anticipation and nervousness, he pressed the answer button with his thumb and said with a trembling voice, “Hello, who is this?”
The voice of a woman came through the phone, but regrettably, it wasn’t Yelena, whom Gao Yang was waiting for.
“Is this Gao Yang?
This is Adele.
Do you, do you know now?”
Gao Yang urgently said, “Adele, how is Yelena?
What’s happened to her?
And Catherine, how is she!”
Adele’s voice was very weary, and it also sounded fearful.
In a hoarse voice, she said, “Yelena’s condition is a bit better.
She briefly regained consciousness, but now she’s fallen back into a coma.
Catherine—Catherine, she might—I don’t know, God, I don’t know.”
Adele started to cry on the phone, sobbing and unable to speak clearly.
Gao Yang’s heart was racing almost to the point of bursting, but he still tried to suppress his impatience and gently said, “Adele, don’t cry.
Be strong and take it slow.
Tell me, what’s wrong with Yelena and Catherine?
Where are you now?
Take your time and tell me, Adele.”
“Yelena was hit on the head, but she had a helmet on, so her head is not seriously injured.
But Yelena and Catherine have been soaked in the icy sea for too long.
They both have severe hypothermia.
They…”
Adele cried again, which nearly sent Gao Yang over the edge with extreme concern.
Fortunately, at this moment, another woman’s voice came from the phone.
“Hello, I’m the accompanying doctor on the Bob Barker.
Miss Adele has just passed the critical period.
Her physical and psychological states don’t allow her to get too excited.
So I’ll be speaking with you on her behalf.”
Gao Yang urgently said, “Please tell me quickly, what exactly is the condition of Yelena and Catherine?
Are they in danger?”
“Their conditions are the same.
Because they’ve been in the water for too long, they have severe hypothermia.
Yelena was rescued a bit earlier, and her core temperature dropped to around twenty-seven degrees Celsius, entering a state of suspended animation.
Catherine’s core temperature dropped to a critical twenty-six degrees Celsius.
The only good news is that Catherine did not die immediately, but the severe hypothermia has caused her to suffer cardiac and respiratory failure, and she also has severe pulmonary edema.”
Gao Yang covered his heart with his left hand, and after swallowing hard, said with a trembling voice, “Please tell me, both of them, both of them, both of them…”
Unable to utter the words “Will they die,” Gao Yang held back, while at the other end of the phone, the woman doctor sighed and spoke with equal difficulty, “Yelena’s condition is a little more optimistic.
I think she should be able to survive, but I can’t guarantee anything.
The medical facilities on the ship are too limited.
Catherine’s situation is not looking good.
We are now racing against death.
We need to rush to Punta Arenas as quickly as possible.
If we arrive in time, maybe, just maybe Catherine will have a chance to survive.”
Gao Yang forcibly suppressed his anger and said with difficulty, “I saw the news.
You have at least two speedboats and a helicopter that can take off and land on water.
You also have a large ship.
What I want to know is, why were they left in the water until they got severe hypothermia before being rescued?
Why!”
“I’m sorry, we really did our best.
All of our speedboats were involved in the rescue, but those Japanese acted like they were crazy, attacking us.
We could not get close.
What wasn’t captured on camera is three of our four small speedboats were capsized by the water cannons.
In the end, our captain collided with the No.
3 Yongshin Maru that was preventing the rescue, only then could we approach Nisshin Maru.
But Nisshin Maru continued to attack us with water cannons, and Yelena and Catherine were closest to the Nisshin Maru.
So, they were the last to be rescued.
I’m truly very sorry.”
After mentally noting the name No.
3 Yongshin Maru, Gao Yang said solemnly, “You don’t need to apologize.
It’s not your fault.
Now please tell me, why has it been so difficult to make contact?
Was there a problem?
And where are you now, how long will it take to reach Punta Arenas?”
“We are about forty hours of sailing away from Punta Arenas.
However, Chile sent the navy, and we might be able to bring Yelena and Catherine to Punta Arenas earlier than expected, but it will still take at least thirty hours.
As for the communication issues, our ship was severely damaged when colliding with the No.
3 Yongshin Maru.
Now most volunteers are taking turns to bail water and care for the injured.
We are seriously understaffed and can hardly spare anyone to handle external communications.
We only have time to make a phone call occasionally.
We tried to call you yesterday, but could not get through; when we tried a little while ago, your phone was off.
The emergency contact number Yelena and Catherine left is this one.
After Adele woke up, she has been trying to reach you, so we only managed to contact you now.
In order to keep communication channels with the volunteers’ families open, we currently have no plans to contact the media.
You know, if the media knew our maritime phone number, they would blow it up.”
Although it was bad news, at least he got the latest information.
After speaking a few more words with the doctor on the Bob Barker, Gao Yang hung up the phone.
He couldn’t take up the doctor’s time, which should be spent on caring for Yelena and Catherine.
Looking at Frey and Cui Bo, who wore faces of concern, Gao Yang shook his head, then he quickly walked into the terminal.
The entire Satan Mercenary Corps was present.
They knew Gao Yang was definitely planning a major move.
Though they did not know what specifically Gao Yang was going to do, they had all shown up.
Not just the members of the Satan Mercenary Corps, but Destin, Bob, and even Antoncel had also arrived.
Seeing Grolov’s red-rimmed eyes, Gao Yang forced a relaxed expression and said, “I just received a phone call, I’ve made contact with the Bob Barker.
Yelena is still in a coma and can’t take calls, but her condition is alright.
Hypothermia, she should wake up soon.”
Gao Yang didn’t tell Grolov the whole truth.
He made a brief introduction of the situation but downplayed the severity of Yelena’s condition.
After persuading Grolov not to call the Bob Barker, Gao Yang took a couple of steps aside and said softly to Bob and Destin, “You two, come over here with me, and Anton, please come over, I have something to discuss with you.” (To be continued.
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