Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 708 - 445: Harrowing Journey!_2

Chapter 708: Chapter 445: Harrowing Journey!_2

On their way, they came upon two villages, but neither had any facilities for car repair, which left Christopher Hughes scratching his head.

But Sean Knight didn’t bring up the matter of helping to carry things again. He had planned to agree immediately the moment Sean Knight would mention it again.

However, because the other party didn’t bring it up and he had offered to continue the journey on their behalf, out of self-respect, Christopher Hughes didn’t ask Sean Knight against his better judgment.

As darkness fell, Christopher Hughes checked the map and saw a village about thirty kilometers away. He notified all the cars via walkie-talkie to hurry to the village to rest.

However, less than ten kilometers out, a roadblock appeared at the mouth of the mountain pass ahead.

There was only one road here, so they had to pass through the checkpoint to move forward.

At the edge of the block, six armed black men stood. They were excited upon seeing the convoy approaching, so they immediately picked up their guns and positioned themselves in the middle of the road.

The checkpoint was very basic, consisting of two vertical stakes with a piece of wood draped across the middle.

None of the six men wore matching outfits, and some didn’t even have shoes.

Mostly they held old AK rifles and even an old hunting rifle.

It had a strong vibe of a low-budget makeshift guard post.

The convoy stopped before the checkpoint.

One of the armed black men shouted out:

"Stop! Pay money!"

These two words were repeated over and over, it was unclear whether he only understood those two words or if there was another reason.

Sean Knight and his party also stopped and went over to Christopher Hughes.

"When we came here a few days ago, there was no checkpoint here." Sean Knight took a look and told Christopher Hughes.

"It must’ve been newly set up, privately." Elijah Hastings analyzed, "Actually, we don’t necessarily need to fear them..."

"Not fear them? Can you guys even get past them?" Before Christopher Hughes could respond, a man named Zhao immediately retorted, "Take a clear look, they’ve got guns!"

"What good is a gun!" Elijah Hastings glanced at Zhao and then turned his gaze to the black men:

"Judging by the wear and tear on their guns, I guess that their guns are as old as their grandfathers - just like that one, haha!"

After some thought, Christopher Hughes said:

"Sean, it’s not that we’re afraid, we just don’t want to take risks. After all, this is their domain, so let’s just pay for our safety."

"Alright, if you say so, then we agree." Sean Knight didn’t object since it wouldn’t be appropriate to suddenly leave after traveling with other people. Besides, he wasn’t worried about the money.

If it were just their two cars alone, they would have charged through the checkpoint a long time ago. As they are now traveling along with their compatriots, there was no need to steal the limelight.

"Still a coward after all..." Zhao muttered under his breath.

This made Elijah Hastings instantly furious.

Sean Knight held back Elijah Hastings:

"If a dog bites you, do you bite it back too?"

"That..."

"No worries, when it comes to dogs, I won’t give them a second chance to bite, I’d kill them straight away!"

Zhao got scared and didn’t dare to speak anymore - he locked eyes with Elijah Hastings and was startled by his murderous gaze!

He instantly understood that these few men were definitely not simple people! He himself had been too rash!

Christopher Hughes glared at Zhao and then yelled at the black man:

"How much?"

At this time, Lincoln Harrington and Marilyn Reynolds also walked over.

"Tw... Two hundred dollars, per person!" The black man eyed them, demanding outrageously.

"We are Chinese!" Zhao suddenly shouted a sentence, then took out a national flag from the car and waved it.

Obviously, he was reminded of the movie ’Wolf Clan’ and the incident in the video a few days ago.

The black man was taken aback when he saw the flag.

"Look, this tactic works like a charm!" Zhao proudly complimented his own quick thinking.

"This is our national flag, not just a thing!" Elijah Hastings glared at him again.

Zhao immediately shut up.

"Two thousand! Two thousand per person!" After a quick chat with his companions, the black man suddenly shouted.

He had already raised his gun, his eyes were filled with greed!

Clearly, they saw the people in the convoy as walking cash cows!

"They’re not an official checkpoint." Sean Knight was certain, "They’re clearly here to rob us and I’m afraid they don’t have a good impression of us Chinese!"

Christopher Hughes glared at Zhao.

Two hundred dollars per person was an amount that they could gather by pulling resources together.

But two thousand per person? That was a large sum to gather!

This Zhao was messing things up yet again!

"Manager Thompson, let us handle this." Sean Knight suggested.

"...Sean, what are you guys planning..."

"If we can’t resolve the trouble, then deal with the people who are causing the trouble!" Sean Knight and Lincoln Harrington had been together for a while. Having been abroad for a long time, they were used to addressing issues at the root.

"You... Are you going to kill people?" Christopher Hughes widened his eyes.

"That’s not necessary. We’re just going to teach them a lesson." Sean Knight smiled, "These days, some people know we’re powerful, so they respect us.

However, some people think we’ve become wealthy and see us as sheep, hoping to eat our meat - they need to consider their own teeth!"

After speaking, he gave a signal to Elijah Hastings and Lincoln Harrington, then said to Christopher Hughes:

"You guys should go to the back of the car and hide. We’ll handle this!"

Lincoln Harrington pushed Marilyn Reynolds to the back of the car.

The black man sensed that something was amiss and immediately aimed his gun at them:

"Hurry up!"

Sean Knight dug out a stack of US dollars from his pocket and waved it at him, asking:

"Here’s the money, do you want to come over and take it, or should we come over?"

"Bring it here!" The man’s eyes widened, that stack of money looked like at least 20,000!

Sean Knight slowly walked over, with Elijah Hastings following behind him and Lincoln Harrington circling around to another direction.