774: Chapter 765: Stupidly Crying 774: Chapter 765: Stupidly Crying Philip glared furiously at Lendel, who had a deathly pale face, while Gao Yang merely smiled without saying a word.
For Gao Yang, given the current situation and their location, the life and death of Lendel and Philip hung on his thoughts.
Lendel understood this, but Philip, clearly did not grasp that silencing someone by killing was a task Gao Yang could manage with ease.
Lendel called Philip a fool, and he was right; no straining the truth about Philip.
No matter how strong your backing or how big your influence, aren’t you just forcing Gao Yang to silence you?
Philip was not so foolish as to be completely oblivious, at least he was aware that the current situation was unfavorable and he couldn’t be too aggressive.
So, with what he believed was a clever attitude, he sincerely said to Gao Yang, “Sir, I wonder if you’ve heard of the Depp Group?”
Gao Yang sincerely replied, “I haven’t, please tell me about it.”
Philip looked slightly distracted and with a touch of surprise said, “You haven’t heard of the Depp Group?”
Once again, Gao Yang very sincerely said, “Really, I haven’t.”
Philip frowned and said, “Well then, let me explain to you.
The Depp Group is a leader in the gemstone industry, primarily involved in the acquisition and processing of diamonds, headquartered in Antwerp, but with its main strength in South Africa.
The reason you haven’t heard of us might be because the Depp Group keeps a low profile.”
To make his statement more intimidating, Philip gestured and said with a serious face, “In the gemstone industry, the Depp Group may not appear in the world’s top rankings, but in South Africa, hardly anyone in the gemstone business doesn’t know of us.
That’s because, although Depp Group also purchases diamonds through regular channels, we primarily deal in blood diamonds.
You do know what blood diamonds are, right?”
Gao Yang nodded and said, “I know about blood diamonds.”
Philip smiled and said, “Since we mainly deal in the blood diamond business, you should understand that we need to have adequate means to ensure the safety of our transactions.
After all, those mining blood diamonds are not kind people, so you must also understand my implication.
Yes, we have a strong military force, and we can use some unconventional powers to ensure our safety.
Do you get what I mean?”
Gao Yang snapped his fingers and laughed, “I understand, it means that if you have any trouble, you can resolve it with force.
I get it, the blood diamond business requires strong military support at the back.
I understand, I really do.”
Philip nodded and said, “Sir, we are just business partners with Captain Sadiq.
Although we’ve invested a lot in Captain Sadiq, we are ultimately just business partners.
Whatever you do to Sadiq is your business, but you better be sensible.
Mr.
Lendel and I are not ones you can afford to provoke.
We can act as if nothing happened, you let us leave with the money, and then, this matter is concluded.”
Gao Yang finally could not help but laugh, and Lendel laughed as well, except his laughter was very ugly.
Lendel coldly said to Philip, “Philip, they killed dozens of people right in front of you, haven’t you thought about that?”
Philip furrowed his brow but didn’t speak.
Lendel, looking drained, coldly said, “Philip, let me tell you why I work for Depp Group.
It’s because Depp Group pays me a high salary.
Why do they pay me so much?
Because the business Depp Group is involved in is shady yet extremely profitable.
Yes, Depp Group does have a military force capable of threatening most of those involved in mining blood diamonds, giving you the illusion that Depp Group is very powerful.
However, Philip, the reality is that Depp Group means nothing in the eyes of some people.”
Philip coldly said, “Depp Group has its own armed forces, and Depp Group has money, enough to buy all those in the world willing to risk their lives for money.”
Philip’s stupidity made Gao Yang laugh.
He could not help but laugh heartily, while Lendel was on the verge of tears, saying exasperatedly, “Idiot, the more powerful Depp Group is, the more they have to kill you.
Can’t you grasp such a simple concept?
Is your brain filled with nothing but excrement?”
Philip, looking murderous, said to Lendel, “Kill me?
That will come at a cost.
My uncle will avenge me.
Even if just for the sake of Depp Group’s reputation, he will not let anyone who dares to harm a Depp Group buyer get away with it.”
Gao Yang could no longer contain his amusement, and he couldn’t refrain from saying, “There’s one problem, Philip.
If you’re dead, who will tell your uncle who killed you?”
Philip was at first slightly startled, then his mouth fell open, and finally, he looked at Gao Yang in shock and said, “But didn’t you swear to God you wouldn’t kill us?”
Lendel trembled all over, whether from rage or the ridiculousness of the situation, his voice trembling as he pointed at Philip and said, “You, you fool!”
Gao Yang, who initially thought Philip was merely foolish, now found him stupidly endearing.
Realizing that there’s no fun in playing along with a silly child, he sighed and said, “You see, Philip, your background might indeed be significant, but unfortunately, that doesn’t scare me.
What’s more, if your background really poses a threat to me, then all the more reason I have to kill you.
Well, I admit, I never intended to let you leave alive from the start.
But I must say, after you mentioned your significant backing, I felt even more compelled to eliminate you.”
Philip dumbly said, “But you made a promise to God.”
Gao Yang, at a loss, looked at Lendel and said, “Has this guy always been this stupid?”
Lendel gritted his teeth and said, “I didn’t know him well.
He just seemed a bit naive, but I never imagined he could be so stupid.
My God, there really are such idiots in the world; I hadn’t realized that before, because he didn’t look like one.”
Gao Yang sighed and said, “You misjudged him.
There really are fools in this world.”
After expressing his dismay, Gao Yang seriously said to Philip, “Philip, I now know you’re very stupid, so I must explain something to you.
First of all, I never actually intended to let you go.
I swore to God not to kill you because I don’t actually believe in God.”
Philip stared in disbelief and said, “You don’t believe in God!
You—how could you swear to God then, you liar!”
Gao Yang turned to Lendel again, “Did this kid ever go to school?”
Lendel, seething with anger, said, “The Theological College of the University of Pretoria!”
Gao Yang said in surprise, “Seminary?
Many theological colleges are just in name, you know.
Even Harvard and Cambridge have seminaries.
That doesn’t make sense.”
Lendel knew what Gao Yang meant by ‘that doesn’t make sense’, and through clenched teeth, said, “There are always some born fools out there, God knows what fried his brain!”
Gao Yang shrugged his shoulders and told Philip, “Even though I think someone who graduated from a theological college shouldn’t be involved in the business of bloodshed, I now realize you’re not thinking straight.
So let me tell you something again.
I swore to God not to kill you, but I never said I would stop others from killing you, did I?
For example, they would certainly be happy to do away with you, and I wouldn’t have to break my oath.”
Gao Yang pointed to the people who had been kidnapped.
Philip began to tremble and murmured to himself, “It shouldn’t be like this, God, save your people.”
Gao Yang lost interest in continuing the conversation and snapped his fingers at Bantuna.
Bantuna smiled and walked toward the kidnapped villagers.
He pointed to the guns scattered on the ground and said softly to the group of villagers who glared at the soldiers, “You can pick up the weapons and choose whether to seek revenge or forgive those who hurt you.”
Upon hearing Bantuna’s words, all the people, men and women alike, silently moved to the corpses to pick up guns.
Watching the villagers’ actions, Lendel suddenly said to Gao Yang, “Spare me, I can be of use to you, great use!
Spare me, and you won’t regret it!”
Gao Yang shrugged and asked, “Do you think there’s any way I could spare you now?”
Lendel pointed to Jansen, who had already reached nearby Gao Yang.
By that time, Jansen had already retrieved his drone and, noticing Lendel pointing at him, Jansen couldn’t help but ask, “What’s up?”
Lendel clenched his teeth and said, “There’s a camera mounted on the drone, right?
I know about that; I’m a model aircraft enthusiast too.
I know what that is.
Please record my next actions.”
After speaking to Jansen, Lendel said to Gao Yang, “Please step aside.
If you don’t want to appear in the video, I’ve said it before, I can be of great use to you.
To assure you that it’s safe to let me live, I can give you a guarantee.”
Gao Yang thought for a moment, then stepped back a few paces.
He then gestured to Jansen to start recording.
Watching as Jansen turned on the video camera, Lendel let out a bestial roar and yelled at Philip, “You idiot, I’m going to kill you.
I won’t let you drag me to hell with you.
Go to hell!”
After roaring, Lendel threw a punch at the bewildered Philip who took it on the face.
As Philip, out of instinct, tried to retaliate clumsily, Lendel had already pinned him to the ground and started choking him violently.
Philip struggled desperately, scratching bloody marks on Lendel’s face, but soon Philip stopped moving altogether, and it wasn’t until Philip was completely still that Lendel rolled off and lay on the ground beside him.
But it wasn’t over.
After catching his breath, Lendel spotted a bayonet on a nearby corpse, crawled over, picked it up, and stabbed the motionless Philip over a dozen times.
After finally stopping, a blood-covered Lendel said to Gao Yang in a heavy tone, “Don’t kill me, I can be useful to you.
I can get you a lot of diamonds, a lot of diamonds.
Without me, you’d only get four hundred thousand dollars, but if you let me live, you could get four million dollars’ worth of diamonds!” (To be continued.
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