King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer
Chapter 917 - 828: That's My Home Turf

'Monkey' did not pick up the conversation where Joe had left off; instead, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Boss Hu Lang, you'd better take a look at what I've brought you."

"Our squad's primary duty is not to fight on your behalf. You don't need extra men in the field. Our mission is to ensure your safety and coordinate with domestic affairs."

Joe Ga was momentarily stunned, then pulled out a USB drive and found a computer...

While waiting for the USB drive to be accessed, he said, "What kind of news is it? How come you have more timely information about me than I do?"

After hearing this, 'Monkey' grinned and said, "Take a look first, we're pretty sure someone will target you, so the superiors asked me to bring this information to you..."

As 'Monkey' was speaking, the files on the computer were opened...

Joe Ga carefully reviewed the contents and found that it was a cache of damning materials from a pharmaceutical company.

Human drug testing, virus research, bribing to push problematic drugs onto the market...

If these could still be somewhat tolerated, the subsequent photos refreshed Joe Ga's scope of understanding.

Under the guise of charitable medical services, they provided medical support to underdeveloped regions in Africa, then injected various viruses into the locals, initiating experiments.

The drugs developed by them entered the militaries of European and American countries, causing a large number of soldiers to develop mental issues and physical dependencies, directly leading to a rise in the proportion of addicts among the troops.

Then they developed new drugs to try and offset the mental issues, only to cause further problems.

All these weren't particularly Joe Ga's business, but as he read on, he realized his own past skirmishes with this multinational pharmaceutical conglomerate.

The hybrid coca project near Congo Yakoma happened to be this company's venture...

Now that P·B had locked down the area, it was a death sentence for anyone going there, thus stalling a project which had received investments reaching hundreds of millions and held profits in the billions over the past ten years.

According to the information 'Monkey' provided, once these individuals realized they couldn't get what they wanted through the Congo Government, they started funding internal guerilla forces.

A sizeable mercenary force had already entered Congo and was training anti-government guerillas.

After Joe Ga had roughly gone through the information, he curiously looked at 'Monkey' and said, "Let me guess, this 'G·I·D pharmaceutical company' is the same one that appeared in Guinea six years ago?"

As he spoke, Joe Ga curiously added, "With all this data you have, why don't you just take them down directly?"

'Monkey' shook his head slightly and said, "This evidence is not enough to bring them down. We've been investigating this company ever since we identified them six years ago.

Then we discovered that such practices from pharmaceutical companies are widespread in Europe and America.

The American Government has condoned pharmaceutical companies conducting drug trials on its own citizens on domestic soil.

They've injected syphilis and HIV into the residents of a small town, and then used them to test trial drugs, ultimately settling the matter by simply paying compensation.

Later, similar trials were moved to South America and Africa, and they didn't even bother to compensate!"

'Monkey' then spread his hands and said, "In the past, I thought the criticism from Europe and America against us was all made up. But after going through certain things, I've realized, all the incredible things they accuse us of, they've done themselves.

Boss Hu Lang, these individuals are determined to cause trouble in Congo, so you must be very careful, as they will stop at nothing..."

Joe Ga looked down and flipped through the computer once more, then raised his head to say, "You've missed one thing...

"Armored Group has a partnership with this pharmaceutical company headquartered in South Africa, and I guess their recent huge losses are why they've become so agitated."

As Joe Ga spoke, he saw a glint in 'Monkey's' eyes. He smiled and said, "It's a pretext to protect me, isn't it? You want to go to Congo, right?"

'Monkey' paused for a moment and then said, "If there's a chance, I'd be even happier to go to South Africa!

More than a dozen doctors and several special forces soldiers have sacrificed their lives; someone must pay the price!"

At that moment, Joe Ga realized that, in fact, 'Monkey' had very limited knowledge of P·B and was unaware that P·B wielded control over Central Africa and Congo.

The entire Congo River basin belonged to P·B, as both countries had entrusted the entire security of the river to Joe.

This approach, to say that national defense had been handed over to P·B, wouldn't be an exaggeration!

Even if Armored Group combined with G·I·D pharmaceutical could fight and had the money, trying to make moves in Joe's home turf, well...

'Night Tiger's' personnel first landed in Africa was in Libya, and then they holed up in the refinery and hardly came out, with their first formal appearance taking place in Iraq.

And 'Monkey' showed no enthusiasm for fighting terrorists here, but seemed particularly keen on that 'G·I·D' pharmaceutical company.

Joe Ga wasn't sure if this was the intent of 'the people upstairs' or 'Monkey's' own idea...

He felt it was more likely the latter; before exiting the front-line combat roster, this fellow wanted to take the excuse of protecting Joe to go to Congo for revenge!

Joe Ga would never let a good soldier down in such matters!

Although 'Monkey' rejected his 'poaching' attempt, who knows how things would turn out; just build a good foundation and take it slowly from there!

'Spider' had said 'Night Tiger' was better suited to instruct 'Ant Eater' than the other T1 operatives, then let's get them over there first...

You guys are just a handful of onions, not capable of much!

If I let 'Ant Eater' work with you, it would only be reasonable for you to guide us a bit.

Watching 'Monkey' whose eyes seemed to be lit up with excitement, Joe Ga hesitated for a moment and then said with a smile, "I see you have a greater interest in Congo, so how about this—I'll find you a plane, and you guys go there first to get acclimated to the local environment.

"Then after I finish up things here, I'll go back and finish off those people.

You just want to snag some living catches, to find an excuse to head to G·I·D headquarters, right..."

No problem, I've got your back!

You help me train a group of soldiers, teach them modern warfare tactics to the strictest standards, and then I'll have them join you in the jungle.

Those soldiers were trained by 'Spider', and I reckon you must be incredibly skilled, but in the jungle, well...

As long as you can get solid evidence, I'll go to the African Union to bang the drum for justice. Once we get authorization, we're going to South Africa for a killing spree!"

As he spoke, Joe Ga looked at 'Monkey' with a peculiar gaze and said with a smile: "Don't doubt it, right now I'm Africa's needed rain, Central Africa's Song Jiang.

I bought the big house for the rotating chairperson of the African Union, and I sent his kids to Europe.

Every one of those Black brothers, barely any of them haven't taken my benefits.

Setting up a pharmaceutical company is nothing. As long as the African Union judge bangs the gavel quickly, and we execute our kills cleanly, no one else will even have the time to react."

'Monkey' was stunned by Boss Qiao's 'lawlessness'...

What does it mean to have a judge's gavel bang quickly?

So, the African Union court is in your pocket, huh!

But 'Monkey' noticed that everyone in the room took it for granted. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Boss Hu Lang, we are responsible for your safety, and we still have plenty of time."

Upon hearing this, Joe Ga shook his head with a bit of disappointment and said: "Since you're already here, why not I arrange a place for you guys to warm up?"

After hearing this, 'Monkey' straightened his spine and said: "Is that an order?"

Joe Ga smacked his lips, clearly feeling that this guy didn't want to compete with the other T1s, and forcing them would be pointless.

Considering the forces he can currently utilize, Joe Ga shook his head slightly and didn't dwell on 'Night Tiger.' These guys are going to fight for him in Africa anyway, and there's no point in being annoying now.

What if they enjoy the fight and decide to jump ship for P.B.'s high salary?

The newly arrived sponsored squadron needs someone to take care of them. Boss Qiao thinks 'Night Tiger' is quite suitable for the role.

Having thought it through, Joe Ga stood up, shook hands with 'Monkey' and said with a smile: "I can't directly contact your superiors..."

As he said this, Joe Ga picked up the USB drive and said with a smile: "But I'll remember this favor, and I appreciate them for not forgetting about me when they learned of the situation.

Come with me, if you don't want to fight, no problem. Just go sit in the communications room, keep an eye on the Rabbit Squad.

To tell you the truth, I kind of regret setting up this 'sponsored training.' The newbies from the Rabbit Squad scare me; I'm worried they'll suffer losses and I'll end up thanklessly overexerting myself.

By the way, I have another piece of news for you...

America wants to extricate itself from Syria. They're planning to focus their attention on Asia and Eastern Europe.

I've been keeping an eye on some financial industry news. From last year to this year, Wall Street has lost their pants in China, and there is great internal pressure in America, so...

You know..."

'Monkey' paused for a moment and said with a wry smile, shaking his head: "I don't understand, but I'll convey your message accurately!"

It's quite normal for a soldier to not be savvy about financial matters. In fact, most ordinary people don't know that during the financial war 15 years ago, many people were unlucky, but the foreign capital suffered even more. That was China's first official 'counter-harvesting' operation.

In the 15th year, China's foreign exchange and financial reforms opened up investment quotas. The Federal Reserve reduced interest, attracting a massive influx of hot money into China's stock market given the excellent market and high-value companies.

Hot money pushed up the stock market, and then Wall Street big shots short-sold it. Thousands of stocks hit consecutive limit-downs, and then they wanted to use printed dollars to buy China's high-quality assets, forcing the yuan to appreciate to facilitate their exit.

Unfortunately, these foreigners were still too naive...

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This kind of national team's ruthless playstyle, following the 97 event in Hong Kong, was the second time that the financial capital of Europe and America was sent home with their tails between their legs.

It was also from that time that America realized China was not easy to control, and the consensus to control and suppress China in American politics gradually formed.

The guys in the White House are deeply mired in infighting with the Republican Party, and with America's chronic internal issues, they loudly advocate for returning to the Asia-Pacific region.

If finance can't cut it, then they'll start with the industry and system—supporting new Southeast Asian countries in two ways: to weaken China industrially, and to look for new subjects to exploit.

If you start from the system, the best target is Harbour Island, which has close ties to world finance, and that misplaced egg...

In any case, the goal is to make things difficult for you, to heighten your political costs, and to diminish the investment confidence from outside!

The methods are despicable, but the objective has always been clear!

Unfortunately, so far, there has been no progress.

This kind of high-level game is not something Boss Qiao can participate in, because the stakes involved are simply too high!

However, passing along the message, while also taking over some of the foreign trade materials, is still something Boss Qiao can do!

Favors can of course be owed, but they should be repaid when it's convenient!

Letting China get the message in advance has a bigger benefit: it gives them time to prepare...

It's not just American troops in Syria; there are also NATO forces. Once America pulls out, the NATO forces will be left scrambling!

While they're in high spirits, it's easy to get a little advantage from international affairs by beating the drum on the side...