King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Chapter 109: Chapter 109 The Overly Hardworking Owl

In the suburbs of Noto City, there was an abandoned farm.

Joe Ga drove here following the location sent by Dorian and spent some time before he finally found a cabin in the shadows of a grove.

The place was exceptionally well-hidden. Joe Ga realized upon driving in that it seemed to have been a long time since anyone had been here.

He made a phone call to Dorian, and under his guidance, drove the car into a rundown barn to prevent it from being discovered by any passersby.

After getting out of the car, Joe Ga looked at Dorian and the farmhouse, which was suitable for shooting a horror movie, with a bit of surprise, and said, "You've been living here these past few days?"

Dorian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Through these woods, you can observe San Pedro Prison across the riverbank.

Setting up camp here was Devil Bird's insistent request because she didn't want to miss any movements inside the prison."

While speaking, Dorian looked down with a strange expression and whispered, "Boss, Owl hasn't slept for 48 hours. You should really talk to her.

I admire such a comrade, but she makes me look utterly useless."

On hearing this, Joe Ga looked at Dorian with disdain, saying, "You actually let a lady work for 48 hours without a break? Elephant, I've taken a new view of you; I always thought you were Tough Guy."

Dorian, having been chastised, led Joe Ga into the woods, and then said with a tone of grievance, "Boss, I too am an elite soldier selected from the special forces. I can hold my position, but I need to prepare for potential combat. Read new chapters at m_v-l'e|-NovelBin.net

I'm not complaining, but I do want you to remind Owl that she's not really an Owl. She needs sleep so that she won't become a burden when our operation starts.

Owl's state of mind is off. She seems very worried about not keeping up with our pace."

Boss, sometimes being overzealous isn't a good thing, given the circumstances.

If her fatigue leads to a problem, it could put all of us in a disadvantageous position."

Joe Ga paused, turned to look at Nis, and said, "Later, you talk to Owl. Time is on our side; it doesn't matter if it's a day earlier or later. It's indeed not good to run oneself ragged.

Owl is excellent, and we really need her—healthy her!"

Nis was very clear about why Antar was so desperate, for she felt insecure.

Even though Joe Ga had fixed her thumb and specially made a weapon for her, she still lacked a sense of security, afraid that if she let her guard down, she would be abandoned by the team.

Nis and Antar shared a similar psychology, which was the pursuit of 'being needed'.

They feared being overlooked, as if someone with a whip was right behind them, pushing them to work hard.

But exerting too much effort can sometimes be counterproductive, especially during team operations.

It's like a group marathon, where if you sprint ahead too hard, you'll exhaust yourself and drag down all members of the team.

Facing Joe Ga's instructions, Nis nodded earnestly and said, "I'll talk to her, but I think there must be something that she can't let go of, which is why she insists on monitoring the surveillance herself."

As Joe Ga followed Dorian through the pathless woods, he nodded and said, "Some things are better coming from you than me. Owl doesn't need to prove how outstanding she is; her performance in the Koldovan mines was already enough.

We need her!"

Having said this, Joe Ga didn't emphasize further and followed Dorian as they meandered through the woods for nearly a kilometer before Dorian gestured a 'stop' signal.

Just as Joe Ga was about to ask Dorian what was going on, he saw him pick up a stick from the ground and rhythmically tap it against an empty paint can hanging from a branch.

After a response came from deep in the woods, Dorian continued forward, speaking as they walked, "Follow my steps. Owl has set up alarms around here; if we're not careful and trigger them, the noise will be quite loud."

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Walking a few steps in Dorian's footsteps, Joe Ga saw several transparent fishing lines crisscrossing through the grass, with many metal cans filled with pebbles hanging from them.

Once someone stepped on or touched them, those elastic fishing lines would rattle the cans, creating noise.

Karman seemed quite familiar with it as he easily evaded the fishing line traps and said to Joe Ga, "This is an alarm trap commonly used by hunters, Owl is right there."

As he spoke, Karman cast a glance toward an open area at the 10 o'clock direction. The woods there were sparse, and two large trees stood out conspicuously.

Joe Ga looked for a while but couldn't spot any issues. He pointed curiously in the direction of 1 o'clock and said, "The response to Dorian just now came from over there."

Karman shook his head, saying, "I don't know how she does it, but I am certain she's over there."

"Why?"

Spreading his arms to an angle and making a gun gesture with his hands, Karman explained, "Because only from there, could one freely fire toward the direction of the traps once someone triggers them.

And by climbing those two trees, one could cover three different directions."

Before Joe Ga's mind could fully process this information, he heard Nis let out a soft exclamation. Nearly 10 meters high in the trunk of a large tree some tens of meters away, a rope suddenly dropped down.

If Antar, clad in her homemade ghillie suit, hadn't started moving, Joe Ga wouldn't have been able to spot her at all. Even Karman hadn't noticed her until she moved.

Watching Nis run over to embrace the bulky Antar and then whispering among themselves...

Men can't butt into a conversation between women, so Dorian sensibly took Joe Ga and Karman around some unnamed plants, then pointing through some shrubs toward the prison across the river, he said, "Mori is locked up right there.

The area close to the river bank is the prison's activity zone, but it's divided into two sections, outer and inner; the outer one is the inmate's area, and the inner one is for detainees.

Mori gets half an hour of activity time every morning and evening, but whenever he's out, he's always accompanied by two Catania SWAT officers."

Joe Ga, standing behind the 8-meter high prison wall, couldn't see anything.

He turned back to glance at the large tree where Antar had been and asked, "Is there a suitable sniper position up there?"

Dorian spread his hands and said, "The tree is roughly 1100 meters from Mori's activity spot, but based on my observations these past few days, sniping might not be safe—the line of fire from the tree isn't particularly good.

If we miss, the Catania SWAT on standby outside the prison will counterattack."

Of course, their firepower is average, so we could escape no problem, but another opportunity would be hard to come by.

My personal suggestion is to create a riot in the prison, then force the Catania SWAT to relocate Mori, giving us a chance to ambush him on the move."

As he spoke, Dorian pointed to the large river up ahead and said, "The prison has a drainage pipe leading under the riverbed, I could sneak in and use the prison's boilers to cause an explosion.

As long as chaos erupts in the prison, the Catania SWAT will certainly move Mori."

Joe Ga was somewhat averse to making such a big commotion, especially about ambushing official personnel. If they resisted, would he have to kill them or not?

Why is killing a police officer a major incident everywhere in the world?

Because in most parts of the world, aside from a few oddities, most police officers stick together.

Kill one, and you incite the wrath of them all—even those who seem to slack off normally become very active in such times.

This wouldn't be good for his subsequent plans.

Just as he was about to ask further, Antar, leading Nis, came up behind him and said in a raspy voice, "No need for a big fuss, I have a way!"