Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 135: Searching for Chips

Chapter 135: Chapter 135: Searching for Chips

Mountain Eagle finished the call with Bianca and quickly got the details of the Big Russian Gang in Thailand...

Pulichenko is the boss of the Thai Big Russian Gang. He is in charge of the business in Pattaya and Bangkok, and also imports goods from the Golden Triangle, smuggling them west to India and the Middle East, and east to the island country and their mainland.

Twenty million US Dollars is the annual fee Pulichenko and the top mafia leaders have agreed on. If this money isn’t paid on time, he would be liquidated by the mafia organization.

Therefore, this guy is now desperate and would do anything to retrieve the money.

The betting hall is monitored, so he roughly understood what happened and identified the main culprits.

But he is unclear about what exactly the Thai Police are doing.

He’s looking everywhere for connections, trying to figure out what exactly happened, and more so, when the American officer named Benson can appear so he could capture him to recover the money and then brutally dismantle him.

Now Pulichenko’s biggest worry is that the Thai Police might discover Benson’s money theft. Once the police notice this, it would be very hard to get the money back.

Always believe in the greed of violent institutions!

Especially when they can punish the Big Russian Gang and inflict unbearable pain, violent agencies under legal government worldwide would not hesitate.

But currently, Thailand has bigger plans in motion, hence they probably won’t push the Russian Gang to desperation, as this could cause chaos and introduce unpredictability in a potential coup.

To ensure the advancement of bigger goals, many things can be compromised!

The Thai Police are still unaware of the 20 million lost by the Big Russian Gang, which gives Mountain Eagle some room to maneuver!

Top players can use slight information discrepancies to mediate, satisfying both parties while achieving their own goals.

However, Mountain Eagle needs to see the injured and hospitalized Jon and Zorn to accurately determine whether he can manage such high-level mediation.

Mountain Eagle instructed Bianca not to reveal the information to Pulichenko, then took advantage of the chaos in the hospital to enter the 4th-floor ward.

Jon and Zorn are not US Army personnel, so they are not on the reporters’ watchlist.

However, because they were with US Army at the time of the incident and as specially instructed by Mountain Eagle, after their surgery to remove the bullets, they were placed in a double room and handcuffed.

Mountain Eagle greeted a policeman guarding the door and entered the ward...

Looking at Jon’s pale face and a bandaged leg continuously grunting in pain, and the similarly distressed curly-haired Zorn with a bandage on his arm, staring hopelessly at the ceiling...

Mountain Eagle smiled as he walked over and glanced at their medication chart...

Only basic antibiotics, no painkillers for post-surgery.

Zorn’s arm was just grazed by a stray bullet, so it’s not serious, but Jon’s condition is worse; the bullet penetrated his thigh, nearly hitting an artery.

Such surgery is complex, hence the wound is larger and naturally more painful.

Jon, seeing Mountain Eagle, loudly said: "Help me, I’m dying of pain..."

Mountain Eagle ignored his wails, pulled a chair between the two beds, and said with a smile, "You guys are lucky; I hear the surgery was successful.

But are you prepared to face the Big Russian Gang?

Pulichenko lost 20 million dollars, which was supposed to be the protection fee for the organization. He will take any measures necessary to recuperate that, otherwise, he might even be liquidated himself."

As Mountain Eagle looked at the pale-faced Jon, he smiled and asked, "Are you ready?"

Jon, frightened, responded: "This has nothing to do with us; at first, we just wanted to use Big Russian’s international payment system to make some money. Zorn specifically designed a betting algorithm for them, and they agreed at the time.

Stealing the money was Benson’s idea, and initially, he was the one who contacted the Russian mafia, otherwise how could we, mere individuals, persuade them...

We were coerced, really!"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "Explaining to me is useless, you should think differently. If you were Pulichenko of the Great Russian Mafia, facing the thief who stole your money, what would you do?"

Jon, flustered but with the basic intelligence of someone who survived Stanford, loudly said to Mountain Eagle: "We can return the money, we can repay it.

Zorn just hid the money; he hasn’t yet managed to divert it according to Benson’s instructions. The money is still there; we can return it any time."

Mountain Eagle looked at the other bed at computer expert Zorn...

Zorn’s injury was minor. Facing Mountain Eagle’s questioning gaze, he propped himself up with one hand and nodded, saying: "I realized there was an issue at that time, so I didn’t transfer the money to the account provided by Benson.

The money was moved by a program I designed, flowing through hundreds of offshore accounts..."

After Zorn glanced at the pale-faced Jon, he then nodded heavily to Mountain Eagle and said: "We can return the money, or you tell us, how can we save our own lives?

The whole thing wasn’t our idea; from the beginning, our thought was to design a money-making betting program for the Great Russian Mafia, to validate it and then sell the program to them.

Benson is our middleman with the Big Russian Gang, but for some reason, he later changed his mind and started blackmailing us to steal money from the Great Russian Mafia’s account.

"We really didn’t do it on purpose!"

Mountain Eagle listened and said curiously, "I’m really curious, how did you steal Pulichenko’s money?"

Zorn had nothing to hide at this point and explained everything: "Benson introduced us to Pulichenko, and then we borrowed $50,000 at high interest rates to lease a gambling hall for a week to test the practicality of a sports betting software.

Pulichenko set up an account for us to collect the bets, then I used my hardware skills to hack into Pulichenko’s office computer and found his secret account.

We didn’t intend to steal the money at first, we were just curious about how the Great Russian Mafia managed their funds and wanted to learn."

Mountain Eagle didn’t buy Zorn’s excuse of curiosity, shaking his head, he said, "That doesn’t sound convincing enough.

Especially since Benson hasn’t woken up until now...

This guy is going to take all the blame, and I guess he is not going to wake up."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle looked at the two desperate men, spreading his hands and asked, "Want to hear my advice?"

Jon, ignoring the severe pain in his leg, struggled to raise his head and said, "Of course, as long as we can survive...

What do you need us to do?"

Mountain Eagle looked at Jon who was sweating from pain, then at Zorn who kept nodding, he got up to find a nurse...

Soon a nurse came in and administered a painkiller pump to Jon, allowing him to manage the input of painkillers to alleviate his pain.

A few minutes later, Mountain Eagle saw Jon take a deep breath and then said with a smile, "I need two professionals to help an old accountant complete a financial operation.

You come from Wall Street, can you handle these tasks?"

Jon was stunned for a moment, then decisively said, "I can, as long as there is a suitable bank cooperating, I can get you what you want.

My highest annual return was 48%, whether it’s stocks, futures, or foreign exchange, I can easily handle them."

As Jon looked at the somewhat non-committal Mountain Eagle, he anxiously said, "I’m telling the truth, you can Google the name ’Chris Jon’ if you don’t believe me..."

Mountain Eagle didn’t nod immediately, he turned to Zorn and asked, "What about you, what can you do for me?

And what kind of assurance can you give me?

Guys, negotiating with the Great Russian Mafia is risky, it’s not as simple as just returning their money to them.

I need some assurances, I don’t know what I can get from you, so you have to tell me yourself."

Zorn thought for a long time, then said somewhat resignedly, "I’m a decent software engineer and hacker.

Jon is a great algorithm engineer, we can work for you.

If you just want to play with finance, we can definitely make you money.

If you’re bold enough, we can build a money-laundering network for you based on the Great Russian Mafia model.

This is the most valuable thing we have now, all yours..."

Mountain Eagle slightly nodded and said, "I’m not particularly satisfied with your offer, but I don’t have many better options right now...

From now on, you can start calling me ’boss.’ I’ll find a way to get you out of here and send you to Kamui.

Before I get back, don’t mention to anyone about the stolen money, or you’re really beyond saving."

On hearing this, Jon said excitedly, "Can we really leave?"

Mountain Eagle spread his hands and said, "Provided that you have told me the truth...

Guys, you have no bargaining chips.

I’m leaving now, until I exit this hospital room, you still have a chance to tell me what you think I should know, once I step out and start negotiating with Pulichenko, any information you’ve omitted could potentially kill you."

After saying this, Mountain Eagle started to walk out, but when his hand touched the doorknob, Zorn suddenly said, "Alex Sorin...

Benson asked me to transfer the money to an offshore company account in Panama, I secretly checked it, and this account is associated with a person named Alex Sorin.

I looked up this person on Google, he is an Arizona state Congressman, and also a shareholder in several private contracting companies.

This Alex Sorin has close ties with the Pentagon...

That’s all I know!"

Mountain Eagle turned back and smiled, saying, "I appreciate the effort you’ve made to save your own lives!"