Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1342 - 660: To Save or Not to Save?_3

Chapter 1342: Chapter 660: To Save or Not to Save?_3

"A boatload of people, 132 in total. The boat departs from the East Coast to the Middle East, and we’ll intercept it midway. We’ll spring into action when the boat docks at the port.

My meaning is a direct armed assault, rescue the people, and then evacuate. The other side is quite high-profile, so, you see, we can’t be cowards, right?"

"Boss, is it that..." Having heard Sean Knight’s words and the two words "Middle East," Lincoln Harrington had an epiphany.

"Right, it’s the Sharde Family, only those lunatics could pull off something like this—132 people, men, women, and children, all are taken away to make a public spectacle of them. There’s a good chance they’ll be executed once the spectacle is over."

"Then let’s do it!" Douglas Cooper exclaimed with excitement. "I’ve had enough of those people for a long time! To think they even cultivated a group among our civilians... Not knowing if they spent money or not!"

Sean Knight ignored him and continued:

"Tomorrow morning, we await the arrival of our compatriots being escorted over, then head together to Manila by plane. From Big Island, we’ll pick some who are skilled and have seen blood and battle to take part in the operation; as for the reward..."

"Boss, you don’t need to mention the reward," Elijah Hastings cut in, "We feel somewhat embarrassed even to take this money."

"It’s fine if you don’t take it, but team members definitely will. This rescue is not a volunteer effort; the other side will provide some reward. We’ll distribute it to the team members then."

"No problem. We’re all staking our lives on this; more reward is no problem," Douglas said, clearly in agreement. He wasn’t short of money now.

Once the task was confirmed, everyone felt relieved.

Early the next day, there was a knocking at the villa’s door.

Elijah went to open the door and saw an ordinary-looking woman wearing a robe, with two not-so-large wooden boxes at her feet.

Sean Knight walked out.

Seeing Sean Knight, Seliman’s eyes lit up, and she pointed to the boxes at her feet, saying softly:

"This is... the first installment of the reward."

"That’s quite a bit!" Sean Knight, using Sky Eye, took a look and was surprised, "To gather this much gold overnight, you’ve really put in the effort."

Seliman looked at Sean Knight in astonishment.

"Take it inside," Sean said to Elijah, "100 kilograms of gold, that’s enough for our team members’ reward."

Elijah nodded, stepping forward to pick up the two boxes.

"After breakfast, we’ll head to catch the plane," Sean told Seliman, "and if you don’t have any plans, leave the following matters to us."

"Okay," Seliman obediently nodded.

That evening, after she went back, she checked on Sean Knight’s background, and the results surprised her.

From then on, she trusted Sean Knight completely.

A consort of their own family’s princess couldn’t be too bad, could he?

They took the flight, made transfers, and arrived in Jakarta.

Sean Knight didn’t even have time to meet with Mr. Oliver; he immediately rushed to Big Island.

Throughout the entire journey, Seliman maintained that ordinary visage and was not recognized.

Clearly, she already had two faces before the world.

Upon reaching Big Island, Sean Knight discovered that several small islands nearby had been leveled and were now under construction, with a large number of machines operating on these islands.

Big Island’s visitors were still bustling, and many aimed for the completed small courtyards and buildings.

It was evident that buying houses here had become the top choice for many people. Sean Knight found this quite pleasing.

After a brief meeting with Lana Brown, Sean explained his situation.

Lana Brown naturally had no objections.

"By the way, a boat came over, it’s at the port, said it’s your stuff. They say the cargo is quite valuable and it’s best to arrange for someone to guard it until you return."

Sean guessed it must be the gold sent by Robert, which was good news.

"I’ll have a look when I’m free; first, let Elijah and the others select the team."

The Philippines’ largest port is Manila, Indonesia’s largest port is Jakarta.

Sean and his team guessed the most likely stops for the adversaries were these two ports. If they didn’t stop here, they’d have to pass through the Malacca Strait, leading Sean and his group to consider Singapore.

Of course, it would be best to intercept these people within the influence range of Big Island.

After deciding on the plan, Elijah went to pick the team, while Sean went to check out the boat at the port.

What surprised Sean was that it was a super large luxury yacht!

Brand new, at that!

Apparently, the other side must have felt they had taken advantage of Sean, hence they used such a yacht to deliver the gold, and they likely gifted the yacht to Sean as well.

He wasn’t sure whether it was Robert’s idea or the buyer’s.

Nonetheless, it was all good.

Cautiously checking over the luxury yacht with Sky Eye, Sean found that apart from the gold and the essentials on board, there was nothing dangerous.

The expensive food in the refrigerator was well preserved, the wine wasn’t cheap, and the equipment was all comprehensive. Thanks to his experience with containers, he could tell that the fishing gear in the special storage room was all brand-name.

Not bad at all.

Sean was quite happy to accept these gifts.

As for the twenty tons of gold stored in the locked room below the deck, Sean naturally smiled and accepted it as well.

After stowing away the gold, the whole yacht suddenly rose up, even causing some turbulence.

Sean went up on the deck, thinking the yacht was simply fantastic, and he even entertained the idea of taking it to complete this mission.

Back on the island, Sean received a message from Lincoln Harrington.

"The boat is moving slowly; it’ll take about ten days to reach here. It’s stopping in Hawaii; the latest information says they might resupply in Jakarta."

"Prepare for both possibilities," Sean said, "send people to both Jakarta and Manila. Get familiar with the ports and rent two big ships to be in place before the boat arrives; make all sorts of contingencies and preparations.

We aim to succeed in one go without leaving any traces!"

Although Sean would have liked to deal with this matter openly, he knew that even with thousands of elite forces hired around the world, his power was still very limited.

Being weak, it was best to lie low for now.

As long as there are no slips that lead back to him, he’ll proceed as he must!"