Ultimate Firepower
Chapter 166 - 155: Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao

Chapter 166: Chapter 155: Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao

The newly joined Li Jie’s mindset is hard to say, but Gao Yi, who got a new toy, went crazy with it.

As for Harold, sorry, there’s really nothing Gao Yi can do.

Even though he can’t rescue the big brother and dares not get involved in the internal struggles of Saudi, Gao Yi still kept a close eye on Harold.

It seems Harold isn’t facing any major issues, he is unlikely to die, but financial losses are certain, perhaps even severe enough to break the bone, as the situation currently disclosed shows that Shaman’s appetite is not small.

Now, let’s not even think about getting Fesari’s family property; Harold’s own wealth would at least be halved.

That’s at least half. The situation will only get worse, not better.

Gao Yi, however, was quite philosophical about it; after all, one hundred billion dollars in family property can’t be spent up, so fifty billion dollars in property can still be spent just the same, even if a little less, just leaving ten or eight billion dollars, it still can’t be spent up.

Money is just an external possession, it can’t be spent up even in ten lifetimes, so what’s the point of having more?

But having stayed in Dallas for seven or eight days, just today, when Gao Yi had just happily finished shooting with his companion, he received a call from Grins.

To keep an eye on Harold, just watching the news isn’t enough, because the news won’t specifically point out Harold’s situation, but having Grins request colleagues in Saudi to keep an eye on Harold, and inform Grins of any news, Gao Yi could access intelligence beyond the news.

"Harold’s situation isn’t good, he might be executed."

This news made Gao Yi anxious immediately.

It had been stable for several days, why is it that as soon as there’s news, it is about such life-threatening matters.

Gao Yi whispered, "What happened?"

"Harold was among the first batch arrested, and he organized many people to resist Shaman, meaning he was a leader. Now, Harold’s key allies, who were also among the first to be arrested, were shot dead today, and Harold has consistently refused to yield or agree to Shaman’s demands, his attitude influenced many people, so, Shaman is very likely to kill him to break the situation."

It meant killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

No, this isn’t just killing the chicken to scare the monkey, rather it should be shooting the bird that leads the flock; in terms of wealth and status, Harold was the best among those caught, if he died, the remaining people would probably succumb, willing to give up most of their fortunes.

The big brother would rather die than give up his wealth, that’s unacceptable.

Gao Yi sighed inwardly.

He hadn’t interacted much with Harold, but Gao Yi had a good impression of him; setting aside the identity of the Number One Master, Gao Yi didn’t want to watch Harold die.

Grins called to deliver this bad news, and that should have been the end of it, but he continued whispering, "The situation in Saudi will completely change, now we and the CIA are both sending more people, personally, I analyze, Harold is doomed. Within three days at the earliest, a week at the latest, Shaman will definitely use a very legitimate reason to publicly execute Harold."

Gao Yi felt even heavier.

"Are you so sure?"

"Yes, Harold won’t be the last, but he is definitely the first prince Shaman will kill, we are almost one hundred percent certain of his death, it’s just a matter of time now."

Gao Yi was silent for a moment before finally asking, "Is there any possibility of a rescue?"

"A rescue? Us? The Secret Action Bureau? Oh mate, don’t joke!"

Grins categorically denied any possibility of a rescue, whispering, "From what stance, for what reasons could we rescue Harold? Impossible, absolutely impossible, we can’t even offer any assistance; let’s put it this way, Saudi’s position is very special, as is its relationship with the United States, we don’t like Shaman, CIA especially doesn’t like Shaman, but disliking is just disliking, nobody dares to touch Shaman unless the White House or Pentagon commands, otherwise, we will never have any substantive confrontation with Shaman, understand?"

Gao Yi understood, but he still wanted to ask.

Do the humanly possible, accept fate by heaven.

There’s really nothing else that can be done.

He sighed, then Gao Yi whispered, "Even if Harold could offer money to hire some people for a private job, it wouldn’t work?"

"No, impossible! At most, we could offer intelligence support, the limit is intelligence support, nothing more can be done, this is a political red line, understand?"

"Not even taking a military plane there would work?"

"Of course not! If we provided transportation, wouldn’t that mean we are directly involved? Other countries might do it, but Saudi... it’s different, this difference has nothing to do with money, but it’s about the US Middle East strategy, mate, I’m telling you this news just to prepare you mentally, that’s all."

"Okay, got it, thanks."

Grins hung up the phone, though his relationship with Gao Yi was collaborative, even if Gao Yi could help him get promoted and make a fortune, any relationship has its limits, and that’s it concerning Harold.

Gao Yi put down the phone, sighed deeply.

"What’s wrong? Is there a problem?"

Feng Biao was very considerate; with the boss facing a difficult issue, of course, he wanted to try and help solve it.

"It looks like the big brother is done for."

Shaking his head as he spoke, Gao Yi stretched out his right hand and waved it downwards, sighing, "Shooting the bird that leads the flock, also, killing the chicken to scare the monkey, the big brother can’t escape this time."

Feng Biao was stunned for a moment.

The first one million dollars in my life was earned from Gao Yi, but the money was given by the Number One Master. So, even though Feng Biao wasn’t qualified to interact with Harold, he likewise had a good impression of Harold.

It’s normal, when a very generous benefactor is about to die, who could possibly be happy?

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Biao whispered to Gao Yi, "Boss, what do you mean?"

"I don’t mean anything, I just want to save him, but to save him we need an opportunity."

"I thought you wanted to save him... I mean, I thought you had a way to save him."

Gao Yi shook his head sadly and whispered, "Right now, we don’t even have a way to get to Saudi, how can we save him?"

Feng Biao was stunned for a moment and said, "Why can’t we go? We can go in batches, one by one, why can’t we go to Saudi?"

Gao Yi was also startled for a moment, right, why did he think that way?

Is it because after riding in private jets and military planes twice, he assumed that commercial flights weren’t an option anymore? Otherwise, how could they not be able to go?

Gao Yi felt utterly baffled. He hesitated not at all to dial Luca’s number. Waiting for the call to connect, he urgently whispered, "Meeting, there is something we need to discuss, come over."

Summoning people, calling a meeting.

Now, the Garden had five and a half members, with Li Jie counting as half. His opinions didn’t need to be taken too seriously, but Gao Yi thought it would be better to have Li Jie participate a bit.

Because Gao Yi wasn’t there to solicit opinions from others before deciding whether to rescue someone.

Now in the Garden, Gao Yi was in charge. If he said to save, then they would go for the rescue; if he said not to save, then everyone would pretend Harold didn’t exist. So anyway, voting wasn’t necessary; why bother shifting responsibility onto others?

The purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm and see if there was any way to save Harold.

The members quickly assembled at Li Jie’s house-cum-studio.

"Our master is dying. I want to save him. The problem now is, although we are proficient at killing, we are not experts at rescuing. Does anyone have any good ideas?"

Gao Yi set the tone straight off, signaling to others that the decision was made. There was no need to discuss whether or not to save, only how to save.

Luca had his own thoughts.

Hearing Gao Yi’s decision, Luca said seriously, "Killing is easy; the worst result after successfully assassinating the target is an inability to evacuate. Rescuing is difficult; even if you reach the target, if you can’t save the person alive, the mission is a complete failure. Therefore, the rescue operation is very troublesome."

Gao Yi excelled at stealthily approaching and then erupting in lethal force, killing relentlessly if needed.

But sneaking into the hotel where Harold was detained and then breaking out was, of course, unreliable.

Before Gao Yi could speak, Lucy said seriously, "Break in, grab the person, then break out."

What Gao Yi hesitated to say, Lucy dared to say.

Luca gave a helpless smile and said, "Let’s not talk about that plan; it’s ruled out."

Feng Biao was somewhat conflicted as he said, "When it comes to rescue, it depends on whose hands we are saving from. If it is from ISIS, it’s easy, but rescuing from Prince Shaman’s hands, the consequences are very severe. If there is a large commotion and the operation fails, we basically have no chance of escaping safely."

Lin Xianghua whispered, "Does this qualify as offending national dignity?"

"Yes!"

Everyone answered simultaneously. Luca frowned and said, "There’s another problem. Even if we save Harold, can he still have his wealth? Or rather, can he maintain his previous status? If not, what benefits can we gain by saving him?"

Luca’s concern obviously stemmed from self-interest. Gao Yi shook his head and said, "Let’s not consider these right now. Let’s focus on how to break this situation."

Li Jie finally said, "What are you talking about? Who is the master? Where are we going to save him?"

"The master is Number One Master, to save him... just look at the news."

Feng Biao explained on behalf of Gao Yi, and with one listen, Li Jie understood. He exclaimed, "I see now, Saudi, you want to save someone from Prince Shaman?"

Gao Yi nodded.

Li Jie curiously asked, "But this is snatching someone from a country, are we... I mean, are we playing that big?"

Gao Yi silently nodded.

Li Jie said with a look of astonishment, "Wow! That’s intense, but aren’t we an assassin organization? Isn’t rescue a bit out of our field?"

Lin Xianghua said helplessly, "Did you not listen to anything we just said?"

Li Jie laughed and said, "Isn’t this about brainstorming ideas? I mean, since we as assassins aren’t professional at rescuing, how about we use the tactic of ’besieging Wei to save Zhao’?"

Gao Yi paused for a moment, then said, "Besieging Wei to save Zhao?"

"If you think kidnapping is simpler than rescuing, then..."

Li Jie paused briefly, then seriously suggested, "How about we kidnap Shaman and exchange him for the master?"