Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2244 - 2220: The Fruits of Unraveling the Threads

Gao Yang couldn’t think of any other plans.

How many ways are there to eliminate someone heavily guarded at one of the world’s most tightly secured ceremonies?

Pointing at Yarebin, Gao Yang said in a deep voice, "There are always more solutions than problems. Think it over slowly, there’s always a way. In short, I won’t allow a one-for-one exchange with Mario; it’s not worth it."

After speaking, Gao Yang turned to Justin and said, "You... continue."

Justin looked helpless and asked, "Continue what?"

"Continue gathering all the intelligence on Mario. You have so many people under you; you’ll surely find something useful."

Justin looked troubled and said, "I know the current situation, but I really can’t instruct people who don’t belong to me to do too much. However, okay, I’ll do my best."

Gao Yang stood up and paced back and forth in the room, speaking quietly, "Opportunities might be hidden within public information. I need to know the detailed schedule of the Normandy commemoration; this should be publicly posted, right?"

Justin said, "This is generally not confidential."

Yarebin, intrigued, asked, "That should be available. What, you think watching TV might reveal an opportunity to assassinate Mario?"

Gao Yang smiled and said, "Yes, maybe watching TV will reveal an opportunity. Those in intelligence wouldn’t miss out on free sources like television and the internet, right?"

Having said that, Gao Yang picked up the phone and dialed out. When the other side picked up, he awkwardly said, "Yake, are you able to work?"

Yake rolled his eye, and Gao Yang felt a bit guilty recruiting Yake at that moment. But after thinking about it, he quickly added, "To give you some motivation, I’ll tell you that you need to do some work to eliminate Mario."

Yake immediately replied, "I am full of energy. Tell me, what do you need?"

Gao Yang laughed and said, "Mario will appear at the Normandy Landing’s 70th-anniversary commemoration. I need all the information on this event. We’re short-handed now, so you have to help organize it."

"I’ll start right now."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Yang pointed at Justin and said, "Continue to use everyone you can, have them find out more detailed intelligence."

Justin nodded blankly, and then Gao Yang looked at Yarebin and said, "Teacher, I think you also have some work to do. Go back to your old intelligence-gathering profession; we certainly won’t mind having more people."

Some major projects of the Normandy commemoration might be disclosed in the news in advance, but scattered arrangements beyond the big events won’t be made public.

For instance, which hotel many dignitaries will stay at, what route they are most likely to take, whether they will return home directly after the commemoration or also do some visits—these things won’t have a full itinerary provided on TV or in newspapers. However, piecing together numerous minor news pieces might build a complete itinerary.

Intelligence work isn’t always about a 007-style spy stealing information through life-and-death struggles. More often, it involves collecting these seemingly unrelated yet trivial messages, then filtering them one by one and making assessments through analysis. Some particularly important intelligence often comes from this way.

Finding valuable intelligence through a large amount of public information is a very tedious and laborious task, requiring painstaking effort. It certainly isn’t something one or two people can complete in a couple of hours, but the good news is that Gao Yang is never short of such talents around him.

First and foremost, the Black Demon is one of the best in this field. Although they are an action team, the KGB is primarily a spy organization, so the Black Demon naturally wouldn’t lack intelligence-gathering capabilities. Even if they usually don’t need to perform such tasks, they must have this skill.

Gao Yang would not be suited to doing such a thing himself, but having found tasks for others, he wouldn’t sit idle. So, Gao Yang stood up and said, "I’m heading to France now. I need to conduct an on-site reconnaissance."

Everyone knows the importance of familiarizing oneself with the terrain, and Yarebin merely nodded slightly but soon smiled, saying, "Get the others here. Yemen can be paused for now. If things aren’t resolved here, no matter how prepared Yemen is, it will be meaningless."

Gao Yang hesitated for a moment. No matter how dire the situation was in Europe, he hadn’t deployed the other three of Black Demon. Glewatov and his team had already opened up avenues in Yemen and were making significant progress. Abruptly asking them to leave at this critical moment could render previous efforts void, so even during the most intense days battling Mario, Gao Yang hadn’t entertained the thought of deploying all of Black Demon.

Of course, another reason was that Glewatov’s team was out of reach. They wouldn’t make it in time during the most dangerous moments, and once the crisis passed, there would be no point in them coming.

After pondering for a moment, Gao Yang finally said, "Let’s wait a little longer. Let’s see the intelligence first; there are still four days until the Normandy commemoration. We can wait a bit more."

Yarebin gestured to indicate the end of the conversation, and Gao Yang left the clinic and headed to the airport.

Even though he has his own plane, at this time, Gao Yang didn’t dare to use it. The risk of exposing his identity and location is too great, so he’ll honestly use a fake passport to buy an airline ticket and fly back and forth on commercial flights.

Normandy is not just a beach but a region. However, the commemoration activities will take place in just a few locations—Caen Memorial Museum, Colleville American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Sword Beach, and other key places.

The main performances are arranged at Sword Beach, and the nearest is Caen Airport. So, Gao Yang planned to fly directly to Caen. Unfortunately, there were no tickets left for the Caen flight, and the fastest option was to wait until the next day. Even if flying into Paris, he’d still have to wait for the evening flight, which means waiting over six hours.

With no other options, Gao Yang bought a ticket to Paris and waited at the airport. Just as his flight was about to start the boarding process, Yake called.

Gao Yang answered the call, asking, "What’s up?"

Yake, barely able to contain his excitement, asked, "Where are you? Is it convenient to talk?"

Gao Yang replied in a low voice, "At the airport, about to board the plane. I’m going to divert to Paris and then Sword Beach."

Yake immediately said in a low voice, "Don’t go for now. Quickly return and find Yarebin. We’ve made some discoveries; I think it’s best to have a meeting first to assess the intelligence’s value."

Upon hearing this, Gao Yang immediately turned around and left. He didn’t bother refunding the ticket; those few dollars weren’t significant to him. Since there was already some progress, it’s naturally best to review the intelligence first before heading to France.