749: Chapter 740 Headache 749: Chapter 740 Headache After picking up Li Jinfang with Morgan’s private jet in Luanda, they flew directly northeast and didn’t need to adjust their course much before the plane landed at Malakal Airport.
Compared to Congo-Brazzaville, where Morgan didn’t have much influence, South Sudan was like Morgan’s backyard.
No matter which city’s airport it was, as long as the airport was big enough for Morgan’s private jet to land, they could land and take off whenever they wished—it was never a problem.
Except for Gao Yang leaving midway, everyone else would take Morgan’s private jet directly to Tel Aviv.
Destin was already waiting in Tel Aviv, and as soon as the Satan Mercenary Corps members arrived, he could immediately start their training.
Of course, Li Jinfang would also get treated as soon as possible.
It was also because of Morgan’s good relationship with South Sudan that Gao Yang was allowed to leave the airport with weapons.
Morgan’s plane had a secret compartment for weapons, and given the experience of searching for the Akuri tribe last time, plus the increasingly unstable situation in South Sudan, Gao thought it would be better to carry weapons.
Only after the plane had landed and steadied on the runway did Gao call Morgan.
Although he knew Morgan would definitely not refuse, it was proper to give a heads up when using someone else’s property.
Morgan, of course, agreed without hesitation and told Gao to take whatever he wanted, even if he emptied the plane’s weapons.
Morgan’s plane was always stocked with guns for his bodyguards, and Gao knew that Simon’s spare gun was definitely stored in the secret compartment.
So, he unapologetically took possession of Simon’s spare 1911 pistol.
As for ammunition, of course, he could take as much as he wanted.
Besides the pistol, Gao had expected to carry a Remington M870 shotgun since he knew that on Morgan’s plane, the only long guns seemed to be shotguns and rifles from the M4 Gun Family.
To his pleasant surprise, he found a gun bag in the compartment, which instead of the antique hunting rifle he expected, contained a bolt-action rifle that Morgan liked using for hunting.
The gun in the bag was disassembled, the barrel and stock stored separately.
It appeared to be designed mainly for hunting, but upon closer inspection, Gao realized this gun was not so simple.
The unusual aspect was the caliber.
The rifle Gao found was from Sako Ltd., Finland, and it used the company’s famous .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges.
These cartridges were mainly developed for military use, as an intermediary between large-caliber sniper rifles and medium-caliber cartridges, suitable for both anti-personnel and limited anti-equipment operations.
The well-known sniper rifle that uses this caliber is the AWM.
Sako Ltd.
in Europe was quite a large firearm manufacturer, known for producing high-precision rifles.
Their TRG-42 sniper rifle also came in .338 Lapua Mag caliber, and the rifle Gao found was obviously a hunting rifle of the same caliber marketed by Sako.
Without delving too deeply into the origin of the rifle, all Gao needed to know was that the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges were very powerful and very useful.
After checking the scope and finding it in the gun bag, along with over one hundred and fifty bullets, he checked to make sure nothing was missing.
Led by an airport employee who had come specifically to pick him up, Gao left the airport with the gun bag slung over his shoulder with great confidence.
After leaving the airport, Gao didn’t dare to delay for a moment and immediately called Catherine.
His heart was racing when he called Catherine.
The series of mishaps that had occurred made him especially worried that he might encounter more trouble.
Perhaps his bad luck was over, for the call to Catherine was answered almost immediately.
With great excitement and after Catherine spoke, Gao softly said, “Hey, Catherine, it’s me.
I’ve arrived in Malakal, just got off the plane.”
On receiving Gao’s call, Catherine’s tone was very cheerful, “You’ve arrived?
That’s great.
I thought you wouldn’t be here for a few more days.”
Gao tentatively asked, “Um, I wanted to know if you’ve had any new developments in the past two days?
Have you found any new traces?”
Catherine’s voice became slightly somber, “I’m sorry, not yet.
We’re basically in jungle territory now.
The area we can search with drones from the air is very small, so we can only conduct a slow manual search.
As of now, we don’t have any progress to be happy about.”
Gao felt a little disappointed, but this was within his expectations.
Sighing, he said with a wry smile, “The hunting range of the Akuri tribe is vast.
If you start searching from where they were first spotted, it’s very possible you’ll never find them, because after hunting, they could have returned to their tribe located dozens, or even hundreds, of kilometers away.
To find the Akuri tribe, either you need a vast search area, or you have to follow their tracks.”
Catherine smiled gently and said, “Understood, thank you for telling me all this.
However, I think you should have told me earlier.
Well, it’s still not too late now that you’re here.
So, the next steps are up to you.
After all, you are the expert.”
Gao Yang was indeed confident in finding the Akuri tribe, and with a self-assured smile, he said, “Tell me your latest coordinates, then stay put and wait for me.
I’ll find a plane and get there as quickly as possible.”
Upon hearing Gao Yang’s words, Catherine said with a hint of worry, “I understand how you feel, but it’s already past three in the afternoon.
You won’t be able to arrive before dark, and you can’t land at night.
I suggest you rest in Malakal for the night and make your way here first thing tomorrow morning.”
Haste makes waste, and Gao Yang understood that principle all too well.
He certainly did not want to experience another crash in his haste to find the Akuri tribe, as attempting to make a forced landing in the savannah at night was nothing short of suicidal.
Glancing at his watch, Gao Yang said with resignation, “Alright, I’ll come over tomorrow.
Is there anything you need me to bring?”
Catherine chuckled and answered, “Just make sure you get here safe and sound; that’s all that matters.
Oh, no, wait, thanks for the reminder.
I think you’d better bring some personal hygiene products for Adele—specifically, the ones for women.
You know what I mean?”
Gao Yang felt as if his head suddenly swelled with a buzz.
After a moment of silence, making sure he had heard correctly yet still doubting his ears, he asked incredulously, “Did you just say Adele?
Am I hearing things?”
With regret, Catherine replied, “You heard right, Adele is here too.
Alright, I know what’s troubling you, and I’m sorry for not telling you sooner.
But you have to understand, she now has a master’s degree in animal behavior.
When she and I decided to come to South Sudan, we had no idea we would come across tracks of the Akuri tribe.
Of course, I couldn’t wait to tell you what we found after returning.”
Gao Yang said awkwardly, “Sorry, I didn’t mean that.
You know, I’m just—I’m just a bit overwhelmed.”
Catherine sighed softly, “I understand, and to be honest, I’m overwhelmed too.
Anyway, you still have to come here, and I still have to persevere.
So, you’d better just go and buy what I mentioned and bring it here.
Oh God, I really shouldn’t have let Adele come with me.”
The atmosphere started to become awkward.
Gao Yang covered his forehead with one hand and hung up the phone with the other, then truly felt an intense headache coming on.
Gao Yang always had a subtle feeling toward Catherine, and no matter what Catherine thought, the two of them had managed to maintain an appropriate distance between them tacitly.
But with Adele involved, everything changed; heaven knows what sort of embarrassing antics the emotional intelligence-impaired genius might pull.
Headaches aside, Gao Yang couldn’t just walk away.
So, after frowning and pondering for a long time with a resigned look, he still dutifully went to find a plane.
Regarding the plane, Gao Yang had an idea: he wanted to rent a small one and fly it himself to find Catherine.
He had gone through the effort of learning how to fly a plane just for this day, and even though he had no experience landing outside of a runway, considering the legendary skills of the local pilots that he knew of, Gao Yang still trusted himself more.
If he couldn’t rent one, then the pilot would have to come along, but the flying would be done by Gao Yang himself.
In any case, he wasn’t going to trust his life to those pilots he found extremely unreliable.
In Malakal, small planes were abundant, but finding one that met Gao Yang’s requirements and was new enough was not easy.
Just that condition alone eliminated over ninety-five percent of the aircraft in Malakal from Gao Yang’s consideration.
After taking a taxi around the outskirts of Malakal, Gao Yang finally found a plane that was reasonably about seventy percent new.
After careful inspection with his not-so-professional eye, Gao Yang believed the maintenance of the plane was fair, and another critical point was that the plane was sufficiently large and the fuel tank big enough to make a round trip.
Having found a plane, completed the paperwork, and left a sum of money as deposit and rental fee, the owner of the plane didn’t even ask Gao Yang if he could fly.
For the next half month, the plane was at Gao Yang’s disposal.
However, what followed was even more headache-inducing for Gao Yang because after he returned to Malakal as it was getting dark, he couldn’t find what Adele needed in several shops.
Either the stores had none of the items at all, or the quality was seriously subpar.
In the end, when Gao Yang finally found the necessary items in a shop next to the “most luxurious” hotel in Malakal—a hotel in which he had stayed twice—he felt so relieved that he wanted to look up and sigh.
The tough process was one thing, but the key was that he no longer had to keep blushing and roaming around the city.
(To be continued.
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