806: Chapter 797: The Real Hunter 806: Chapter 797: The Real Hunter Gao Yang had never felt the darkness descend so suddenly and so acutely as when he could still vaguely see more than fifty meters away and then, almost in an instant, the entire world went dark.
He quickly discarded the AKM in his hands, grabbed the AK-74M slung over his back, and started running while crouching.
At the same time, he flipped the switch on his scope.
If Old Fox could only observe with his naked eye, then Gao Yang didn’t have to worry about being seen; if Old Fox also had a night vision device, then moving would keep him from being a sitting duck, so moving was essential.
Gao Yang made the choice that seemed normal under the circumstances, but actually, he was quite confused.
Old Fox had posed a difficult challenge for him again.
The expected did not happen.
Gao Yang believed that Old Fox wouldn’t choose the action he did, which was highly abnormal.
Abnormal meant there was a trap, Gao Yang could only think that way.
Old Fox indeed had a chance to leave the battlefield, but the problem was Gao Yang was certain Old Fox wouldn’t let him go that easily; therefore, Old Fox’s continued absence could only mean one thing—he was still looking for a chance to deliver a fatal blow.
Could it be that Old Fox’s statement in the cave about not using a night vision device was just a smokescreen?
Gao Yang was initially skeptical of this possibility, but now he was forced to consider it.
If Old Fox was still pretending to be weak in a situation where he held an absolute advantage, then he was indeed terrifying.
However, hiding one’s true capabilities seemed to be a common tactic among those seasoned individuals.
Gao Yang wasn’t afraid of those powerful people who were straightforward but rather feared those who were exceptionally patient and specialized in stabbing in the back.
As long as Old Fox wasn’t dead, he had to constantly be on guard for a surprise attack from behind, a possibility that tormented him greatly.
After nightfall, the Chieftain and his men were rendered useless, unable to suppress the enemies within the camp.
Those who had held out till then finally felt it was time to flee.
Almost simultaneously, people hiding in the camp leaped out.
Gao Yang was worried about being targeted by Old Fox, but he did not want to let his enemies escape.
After hesitating for a brief moment, Gao Yang started shooting.
The targets were moving fast and in disorder, but Gao Yang didn’t mind as the distance was very short.
It was easy to shoot those enemies scurrying around like headless flies as long as he didn’t fear exposing himself.
The scope’s field of vision was narrow, but with the help of the night vision scope, leaves and such no longer posed a visual hindrance, allowing him to spot targets more clearly.
It was a mix of advantages and disadvantages.
For Gao Yang, the night vision scope offered only advantages.
He could only shoot the people in the scope sequentially, firing from left to right.
He wasted seven or eight bullets and as one magazine emptied, he had cleared the field.
Quickly changing the magazine, Gao Yang crouched down and once again surveyed the entire place with the night vision device.
There were many people lying on the ground, some of whom were injured but not dead, still painfully writhing.
However, Gao Yang could not distinguish which were the corpses he had just shot, as bodies don’t cool down immediately.
Thus, in the night vision device, they temporarily all looked alike; Gao Yang could only differentiate between the dead and the living by their postures.
He waited a long time.
The injured stopped moving, and the dead began to cool down.
Their heat gradually reduced, and they slowly changed color on the night vision device.
Gao Yang kept one eye on the night vision device, searching until his eyes and forehead ached, but he found nothing.
Gao Yang couldn’t stand it any longer, it wasn’t that he had lost patience, but rather he believed there wouldn’t be any more discoveries.
He thought Old Fox might have really left.
Gao Yang believed Old Fox to be not only cunning but also cold-blooded; otherwise, he couldn’t explain why Old Fox had disappeared.
After searching again, Gao Yang whispered, “I’m going to check it out, you guys wait here, don’t move a muscle.”
The Chieftain whispered back, “That formidable hunter you mentioned, has he left?”
Gao Yang hesitated for a moment, then replied, “I think he left, otherwise he would have appeared by now.”
The Chieftain slowly stood up from the bushes and whispered, “Let’s go together, we shouldn’t split up too easily.”
After thinking for a while, Gao Yang whispered, “Alright, let’s go together.”
If Old Fox had already left, moving together with the Chieftain and the others would not have been dangerous, but if Old Fox hadn’t left, and he had a night vision device, then it would have been dangerous for the Chieftain and his group even if they didn’t move; the situation was actually quite simple, so Gao Yang had decided to move together with the Chieftain and the others.
After quietly signaling, Big Balix, Little Balix, and Kusto gradually stood up, and Gao Yang, maintaining high alertness, whispered, “Let’s go.”
The camp wasn’t far away, with Gao Yang leading, he slowly approached the camp.
Whether alive or dead, one couldn’t disguise oneself under the night vision device; after Gao Yang fired two shots and confirmed there was no longer a threat, he moved toward the spot where he recalled having killed Sadiq.
The camp was pitch dark, and observing with the scope, he walked to Sadiq’s body, Gao Yang squatted down, and searched again.
The scope’s field of view was too narrow, and it was almost impossible to examine the body at close range; after hesitating for a long time, he finally whispered, “Chieftain, keep a lookout for me, I need to turn on, uh, turn on the weird light.
It’s called a light, remember, it’s called a light.”
After swiftly teaching the Chieftain and his group a new word amid the rush, Gao Yang turned on his headlamp, then he squatted next to Sadiq’s body.
Sadiq’s face still held the expressions of horror and shock from his death.
After shining the light on Sadiq’s face, Gao Yang reached out and felt Sadiq’s pants pockets.
Sadiq wore casual clothes instead of a uniform; his shirt on top had no pockets, while his pants had zippered pockets, and the zippers were still zipped up.
Feeling a small package inside the pocket, Gao Yang was delighted; he unzipped the pocket and reached in to pull out a small pouch.
The small pouch was made from black velvet and featured a drawstring.
Loosening the drawstring under the headlamp’s illumination, the contents inside emitted an enchanting glow.
No diamond buyers were left alive to purchase Sadiq’s diamonds, and since diamonds were small and costly objects, they were usually carried with the person; that’s what Gao Yang had thought, and indeed, he found diamonds on Sadiq.
Getting diamonds from Sadiq was just a matter of convenience, like picking up a rabbit while collecting grass.
Gao Yang had already reaped many rewards and wasn’t particularly concerned about the small package of diamonds from Sadiq; reconnecting with the Chieftain and his group was far more joyful than obtaining these diamonds.
Gao Yang smiled while tightening the drawstring of the pouch when the Chieftain suddenly exclaimed loudly, “Ha!”
The syllable uttered by the Chieftain wasn’t a complete sentence or a word, just the fastest sound a person could make, and in the Akuri tribe, this syllable had a specific meaning: it was a warning.
The threats faced by the Akuri people mainly came from animals, and animal attacks were exceedingly swift, such as venomous snakes, leopards in ambush, cheetahs, or a warthog suddenly encountered under a shade; no matter what the sudden threat, the Akuri people would exclaim “Ha.”
Using a single syllable to warn was because in many cases, there wasn’t time to speak a complete sentence, so the fastest way to express extreme danger with a clear meaning was very important.
Hearing the warning had become an instinct for Gao Yang; as he tossed aside the diamonds and grabbed his rifle, he saw the Chieftain firing in one direction.
Gao Yang’s headlamp was still on, and he didn’t have time to turn it off; as he followed the direction the Chieftain was firing and raised his rifle, Gao Yang saw that under the light was a small pond with ripples, and by the pond’s edge, a person stood up and aimed a gun at them.
The distance was too close; Gao Yang quickly fired a shot at the person in the pond, who immediately fell backwards into the water.
Gao Yang quickly ran towards the pond, which was only about thirty meters away; almost instantly, he arrived at the edge.
Standing by the pond, Gao Yang saw someone violently struggling in the water, while blood had already stained the surface red.
Just as Gao Yang was about to fire into the water, a person robed in black who had just managed to stand still waved at him and then shivering said, “Don’t shoot.”
Gao Yang really did not shoot; the person in the water wore a black robe, but his veil had fallen off, now floating on the water, an old man with almost entirely white beard and a face full of wrinkles covered his right flank with one hand while shivering and stretching out the other hand, retrieving the floating veil and covering his face.
The old man let go of the hand covering his right flank and tried to put on the veil with both hands, but his hands trembled so much that he could not manage to do it.
After two attempts, the old man gave up, he sighed and shivering said, “You made me wait in the water too long, I’ve frozen, I can’t even fire my gun anymore.
I thought you would come to get the diamonds immediately after you killed those people at night, but I didn’t expect you would wait so long.
I’m too old, I can’t wait that long in the water, otherwise, while you were getting the diamonds, I would have been able to kill you.”
After pausing for a moment, the old man sighed again, shook his head, and said, “No, maybe even if I hadn’t frozen, I still couldn’t have killed you, you are too alert, so alert that it’s scary.
It seems I’m the fox, and you are the hunter; there’s a saying that fits well: no matter how cunning a fox is, it can’t escape the hunter’s eyes.
So I don’t like being the fox, I prefer being the hunter.
Can you tell me how you discovered me hiding in the water?”
Gao Yang pointed at the stern-faced Chieftain and said in a deep voice, “It wasn’t me who found you, it was him; he is the real hunter.” (To be continued.
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