Chapter 27: One Million Dollars
Chapter 27: One Million Dollars
Through the Detection Tube, Yang Qi saw that at the bend of the island, there were ten motorboats docked. Each boat had at least three people on board. Their expressions were all extremely cautious, and they were not talking to each other. Yang Qi watched for a long time but saw no movement. It seemed these people were all in the same group. Among them, Yang Qi did not see Qiao Liu, nor did he see Qiao Liu’s important subordinates. From this, he guessed they were probably from the other side of the deal.
It seemed now that Shen Zhengfeng’s information was mostly correct.
After about ten minutes, there was movement on the sea again. It came from outside the dock, also motorboats, only two this time.
Yang Qi immediately looked over with the Detection Tube. The faces of these few people were smeared with many colorful paints, making it impossible to see clearly if Qiao Liu was among them.
These two motorboats stopped after approaching the bend. Neither side said much. The side with fewer people threw a large suitcase to the side with more people. The side with more people threw a small suitcase to the side with fewer people. Then, both sides opened the suitcases, checked the contents, and dispersed their separate ways.
There was no backstabbing scene often seen in movies, nor any gunfight. The deal was quick and went smoothly.
Yang Qi, who had originally hoped for some trouble to fish in troubled water, felt a little disappointed. But he remained patient the whole time, not making any sound. Only after both sides dispersed did he drive the Phantom Chariot to follow the group with fewer people.
These two motorboats were very fast, heading straight for another island. Boshan Dock was located in the Boshan archipelago, surrounded by small islands.
Seeing that the Phantom Chariot had at most two minutes of oxygen supply left, Yang Qi did not hesitate any longer. He accelerated and rammed directly into one of the motorboats.
Bang!
The Phantom Chariot shot up from under the water, directly flipping one motorboat over. Then, with a swish of its tail, it rammed into the other one. Within two seconds, both motorboats were overturned in the sea.
There were six people total on the two motorboats, all falling into the sea. One of them injured his arm during the flip, and his blood dyed the seawater around him red.
“What happened!”
Everyone was shocked and scared, shouting repeatedly.
When the Phantom Chariot wasn’t running, it made no sound. And who could see a super cool, awesome motorcycle under the water at this late hour?
“Everyone, stay calm! You, go get the case back!” One guy whose face was covered in what looked like green paint barked an order. He pointed at one person to retrieve the case obtained from the deal. At the same time, he pulled out a handgun. Seeing this, the others also drew their weapons, treading water and staring at the surface.
“These people really have guns.”
Yang Qi was very calm and also very careful. He wasn’t some superman; if he got shot, it wouldn’t be a joke. There were six people on the surface now, one was injured, meaning five had guns. He had to make as many of them lose their Combat Power as possible before they noticed him.
Now the oxygen time was almost up; he had to finish this quickly. He pushed the Phantom Chariot again, accelerated, and shot up from the seabed, ramming straight into one person above.
The Phantom Chariot carried the person out of the water.
“What is that?”
The others were all terrified at the sight and began shouting. The person who was rammed also screamed in pain.
Bang! Bang!
The guy covered in green paint was the calmest of them. He fired his gun at the Dark Shadow that flew out of the water. The others followed his example.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The bullets hit the Phantom Chariot, making sharp metallic sounds.
Having dived underwater again, Yang Qi saw the bullets had no effect on the Phantom Chariot. This gave him more confidence. He kept his body as low as possible, pressed against the vehicle’s seat, and shot up again, ramming another person. The Phantom Chariot was very fast; those in the water could not dodge it.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
More bullets came.
“Is that… a motorboat?”
“There’s someone on it. Be careful! Aim for the person later!”
Now the remaining four looked extremely alert. Someone even cursed viciously: “Damn it, that Water Snake dares to send someone to ambush us! He doesn’t want to live!”
“Water Snake isn’t that bold. Must be someone else.”
“Enough, stop arguing, damn it! Take down that guy first!”
While keeping an eye on the surface, they also fired their guns randomly into the water.
“He’s out!”
Seeing another person get rammed into the air, the three remaining people immediately fired the moment that motorcycle-like shadow appeared on the surface. Their aim was all concentrated on the back of the seat, trying to shoot the driver.
“Huh? Where’s the person?”
But they found no one on the seat.
“Ah!”
One person let out a surprised cry as he was pulled underwater.
The man with the green-painted face immediately fired a shot in that direction, not caring at all about his companion’s life.
A bubble surfaced on the sea, followed by bright red blood blooming like a poppy flower.
“They really are desperate outlaws!”
Underwater, Yang Qi let go of the corpse shot by its own companion and dived down at a very fast speed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A few more shots rang out.
However, the Phantom Chariot had already returned and picked up Yang Qi from another direction.
“Two left.”
Yang Qi dared not relax. This time, he drove straight towards the man with the green-painted face. This guy was probably the leader of this group, and Yang Qi hoped he was Qiao Liu.
The green-painted face was rammed and knocked unconscious. Yang Qi did the same to the last person, finally managing to deal with all six people without major incident.
Except for the one shot by his companion, the remaining five were all seriously injured. Only the one injured from the start was still conscious. Yang Qi used the vehicle to drag all five seriously injured people onto a motorboat that had already flipped over. The conscious one saw the full form of the Phantom Chariot, his eyes filled with terror and shock.
Yang Qi wiped the paint off the faces of all the seriously injured men, cleaning the green-painted face particularly thoroughly. After checking against photos, he found none of them was Qiao Liu. The most important figure was the man with the green-painted face, named Chen Haodong. He was one of Qiao Liu’s most important subordinates and was also a nationally wanted Class A criminal himself.
“Where is Qiao Liu?”
Yang Qi used Hypnosis on the guy who was still conscious.
“I don’t know.”
“It seems Qiao Liu is a cautious person; even his subordinates don’t know his whereabouts.” Yang Qi thought for a moment, then asked a few more questions he wanted to know.
First, the content of this deal. It was indeed an arms deal—smuggled handguns and rifles, plus some ammunition. There was also a bag of drugs.
Second, how many subordinates Qiao Liu had. This person wasn’t very clear about that either.
Third, where they came from and the location of their base. This also yielded no results. Their base was mobile, and these few usually hung around in nearby cities, only gathering when there was work to do.
Therefore, Yang Qi had to wake Chen Haodong up. This person had been following Qiao Liu around, so he probably knew more. The first question was naturally about Qiao Liu’s whereabouts again. Same answer: only Qiao Liu contacted him. Usually, if he wasn’t with Qiao Liu, he definitely wouldn’t know Qiao Liu’s location. Qiao Liu would be returning to Huaxia soon.
So, the only thing he learned was that Qiao Liu was currently not in the country. No other clues.
Just as he was about to ask other questions, a strong beam of light swept across the sea surface. A ship was approaching from the distance. Using the Detection Tube, Yang Qi saw it was the coast guard. He immediately hid his body. It seemed the gunshots had alerted them.
“Forget everything that just happened!”
Yang Qi did not kill Chen Haodong or the other person. The coast guard was almost here; these guys couldn’t escape. Using Hypnosis, he quickly forced them to forget him. Then he dove underwater, got on the Phantom Chariot, and sped away. He reached the back of an island, blocking the view from the coast guard ship. Only then did he make the Phantom Chariot fly up into the high sky.
Of course, he also took the small case with him.
This ill-gotten wealth, Yang Qi naturally took it.
After flying very far away, Yang Qi did not go directly home. Instead, he landed in a remote place, took out the small case, and opened it to look.
It was all US dollars!
Each bundle was ten thousand, and there were one hundred bundles in total. That meant there was one million dollars here!
Guns were completely controlled in Huaxia; only in North America could they be bought and sold freely and openly. Yang Qi roughly knew that generally, handguns cost less than 1000 dollars each, and rifles cost around 1000 dollars. Although the price for smuggled ones would definitely be much higher, Yang Qi also saw that those few large suitcases couldn’t hold too many guns. As for very refined, high-end guns, Yang Qi firmly believed they wouldn’t appear in this deal. Therefore, the amount of drugs must be quite substantial.
However, these things were not within Yang Qi’s control. He hoped the coast guard, after arresting those people, could follow the clues to find the other party in the deal.
Although this hope was slim, it could be considered Yang Qi’s good wish.
As for this money, Yang Qi naturally kept it.
Of course, Yang Qi wasn’t stupid enough to use this money directly.
Although he got a sum of money, he got no clues about Qiao Liu. This made Yang Qi feel quite helpless.
“This one hundred bundles of dollars isn’t small in size. I need to find a place to hide them first.”
Yang Qi thought about it. Taking them back to the Courtyard was impossible; carrying them around constantly was even worse. Finally, he thought of a way. He sealed them up, rode the Phantom Chariot to a very distant large mountain, found a place rarely visited by people, dug a hole, and buried them. Then, he used the Phantom Chariot to mark the location coordinates before returning to the Courtyard.
If someone still found the money like this, then Yang Qi felt the money wasn’t meant for him to use, and he would accept that.
The next day, he still woke up very early and went to the park to continue his “Stone-Throwing Hero training” plan. At the same time, Yang Qi himself was using this to properly step into his training.
After the morning practice, Yang Qi used his phone to browse the news, especially regarding what happened near Boshan Dock.