Chapter 490 Detour

Gao Guang felt so tired.

Tom was even more tired.

Tom felt that as a CIA agent, he was well-informed and had seen too much of the dark side of human nature, which made him doubt whether there was any friendship in the world.

Cooperation is cooperation, and it is ultimately for the benefit, so cooperation is mutual use, and mutual use is cooperation.

But now Tom saw something. He found that Gao Guang was actually uneasy about deceiving a mercenary. He found that Gao Guang's conscience hurt.

No, the point is that Tom found that Gao Guang still had a conscience.

It was ridiculous that an arms dealer who changed his job from a PMC would be uneasy about deceiving a mercenary.

It was a compliment to describe an arms dealer as ruthless. It was the norm for mercenaries to be inhumane. Now, an arms dealer and a mercenary were acting like saints in front of Tom.

"Okay, man, stop looking so miserable. You definitely know what to say, so think about what you want to say, and then call Kuzsayev. Only you can do this, and no one else can do it for you."

After saying this impatiently, Tom spread his hands and said, "If I could call Kuzsayev, I would have already done it, instead of wasting time like you."

Gao Guang sighed and said, "Tom, I am also a principled person. I can explain the situation to Kuzsayev, but I don't want to lie to him. This goes against my principles."

"You...you are not serious, are you?"

"I am serious."

Gao Guang spread his hands and said helplessly: "I have thought about it. I will definitely find a way to take advantage of the opportunity of the Black Sea Mercenary Group, but I can't use deception. Otherwise, I'd better have a good talk with Kuzsayev."

"How to talk?"

"Well, add money..."

Tom was shocked and said: "You talk about friendship with a mercenary? The question is, do you think adding money can solve the problem? And how much money do you have to add to impress Kuzsayev?"

Gao Guang said helplessly: "Man, after doing this, Black Sea Mercenary Group will be defeated. The Sea Mercenary Group is finished. I can't cut off their source of income. Cutting off someone's source of income is like killing their parents. I can't cheat them like this, right?"

Tom was still shocked, and Gao Guang said helplessly: "John just said a few words to me. I think my brothers are watching. If I use despicable means to deal with my friends, they will use the same means to betray me in the future. Tom, I am a flexible person, but my principles are firm. We can cooperate to make money, but we can't cheat people."

"Your acting is so good that I'm beginning to believe that you are telling the truth."

Tom was not without sarcasm , he was too lazy to cooperate with Gao Guang to continue acting, so he said mercilessly: "Okay, man, you don't have to show how loyal and righteous you are to a mercenary. It's enough to be worthy of them if you use them and don't kill them afterwards. If you really have a guilty conscience, then give them a bigger share of the spoils."

Gao Guang shook his head and said: "No, I refuse, Tom. It's different to treat enemies and friends. It's not that I can't lie to people, but I can't treat friends as fools."

Flexible body, flexible wrist, but can't break the bottom line, this is probably Gao Guang's personality characteristics.

Tom found that Gao Guang didn't seem to be acting. In addition to being shocked, he suddenly felt a lot more at ease in his heart, so much so that he wanted to help Gao Guang maintain this bottom line, because who doesn't like reliable friends and partners.

The fact is that everyone says that you can sell out others casually, as long as you don't sell out me, but everyone knows that if you can sell out others today, you can sell out yourself tomorrow. A person without a bottom line can indeed be used, but it's really impossible to be a friend.

Although they were not friends, Tom was quite happy that he was a reliable business partner who had cooperated with him for several times. As one of the iron triangles in the Middle East, Tom was so pleased that he was unwilling to persuade Gao Guang or force Gao Guang to treat Kuzsayev as a fool.

But this would be difficult to deal with.

Tom was also very distressed, and he had no good solution and didn't know what to say, so the two fell into a long silence.

Finally, Gao Guang couldn't help but ask: "Do you have any ideas?"

Unfortunately, time is tight and opportunities are rare, so Tom can only play the role of a spiritual mentor.

But how to have the best of both worlds?

Tom began to scratch his head, and then he suddenly said: "You are like this, which surprises me and is difficult to deal with. Let me think about it..."

Gao Guang looked at Tom expectantly.

Tom is really good at counter-infiltration, and he is also proficient in psychology, so after judging Gao Guang's heart knot, he quickly found a solution.

After turning around a few times, Tom clapped his hands and said, "I see, your psychological problem is that you don't want to deceive your friends."

"Yes."

"If Kuzsayev knows what you are going to do and then he chooses to agree, there will be no problem."

"Yes, Kuzsayev can choose to sell his employer, but I can't trick him into selling his employer."

Tom breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's easy. Just satisfy your moral cleanliness and put the responsibility on Kuzsayev. It's his own business if he chooses to be a traitor, and it has nothing to do with you."

The words are a bit blunt, but they are true.

Gao Guang thought about it for a while and found that he had no way to argue. He could only nodded and said, "That's right."

Tom nodded and said: "This is easy to handle. We first deceive Kuzsayev and then let him choose. But, we have to give Kuzsayev a step down and give him different options." The choice made him feel that it was appropriate to sell his employer. It was revenge, not betrayal. "

Gao Guang thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Although I am a little embarrassed and it will be difficult to face it when the time comes, this seems to be the only way."

Gao Guang is not a rigid person, so it’s okay to be flexible.

Tom immediately said: "Then call Kuzsayev and think of a reason to make him feel that he owes you a favor instead of being used by you, and make him feel guilty for you instead of disappointed with you. We are just diverting his attention now, it is not lying to him, so you don’t have to feel guilty.”

A very simple thing has to be made more complicated just to satisfy Gao Guang's moral obsession, but Tom feels that it is still worth it. With the things they do, they are lucky to meet people with moral obsession.

But Tom didn't want to waste time, so before he prompted Gao Guang to use Kuzsayev, he first lowered Gao Guang's moral bottom line and gave him some psychological training, because if the moral standard is too high, he can't be a human being. A successful arms dealer.

Tom needs Gaoguang to be a stable corner of the iron triangle, but he doesn't want Gaoguang to be a moral role model.

Patting Gao Guang's shoulder again, Tom said seriously: "It's good to stick to the bottom line, but the method must be flexible. It's good to solve the problem without betraying your friends. Otherwise, no matter how high your moral standards are, If nothing can be done, then it is useless. Now we are at a very critical crossroads of destiny. This matter is done. You, me, and Hank, we can all rush forward and fail. ...Man, this great situation is going to waste.”

Compared to Tom, the highlighter is indeed a bit tender.

Gao Guang nodded and said, "Yes, let's settle the matter first."

"Have you decided what to say to Kuzsayev?"

Gao Guang said a little embarrassedly: "After thinking about it, there is no need to use your brain to copy... what, ancient Eastern wisdom, it is very simple to solve this kind of problem."

"Come on, make a call."

Gao Guang didn't refuse, he took out his phone and dialed Kuzsayev.

Following the words he left last time, Kuzsayev would not refuse Gao Guang's call, so the call was quickly connected.

Gao Guang said lightly: "How is it? Is it convenient to talk now?"

Kuzsayev sighed and said: "It's easy to talk, but I'm sorry, I don't have a suitable mercenary group to recommend to you now. You know, my contacts are not very wide. I am here in Iraq. I can The only one I call a friend is you. I can’t introduce you to an unfamiliar mercenary group. That would be irresponsible.”

Gao Guang hesitated, and Tom made an encouraging gesture at the side. Without making a sound, he mouthed: "Time, there is no time."

"Well, it seems that you do regard me as a friend. Well, there is something I don't know if I should tell you."

Gao Guang seemed to be very troubled. After a moment of silence, he finally said: "I treat you as a friend, so I will tell you something, and you... won't ruin my business, right?"

Kuzsayev looked surprised and said: "What? Uh, what's the matter?"

Gao Guang lowered his voice and said: "I know you are in Basha Kuba's villa, right? Well, I had been hesitating whether to tell you, but I really couldn't bear to have you waiting to die there, so All I have to tell you is, listen, if you don’t want to die, don’t ever tell anyone about this!”

Kuzsayev was indeed confused. He asked extremely curiously: "What happened? What happened?"

"We will launch an attack on Basha's villa in the near future. We will bomb his villa. If you don't want to die, leave there, but if you reveal our plan, you will die after leaving, so Man, you better find a way to leave without leaking the secret."

Gao Guang was confident in what he said, because he led Kuzsayev to bomb Mosul, and he led Kuzsayev to ransack a house in Sulaymaniyah. When he returned, he took a military transport plane, and even Yes, after Salah was killed, he called in A-10 to serve as aerial bodyguards.

The same thing said by others is bragging, but when Gao Guang said it, it was definitely not bragging. Kuzsayev was convinced.

"What? This, this..."

Kuzsayev was stunned, and then he actually felt terrible fear.

Gao Guang said calmly: "I have some information and know that you are probably within my bombing range, so I tried to confirm your location. I didn't expect that you are really there. I don't want to blow you to ashes." , and I don’t want you to embarrass me by exposing my plan.”

Kuzsayev whispered: "Thank you, uh, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I...I am indeed in Basha Kuba's villa, what...what should I do?"

Gao Guang sighed and said, "Can you leave without disturbing anyone? Find a reasonable reason and take all your people away, is that okay?"

"Can not be done……"

Kuzsayev said helplessly: "The contract we signed is for three months. During these three months, we are prohibited from entering or exiting. The security here is extremely strict. Only a few trusted cronies of Basha can enter and exit." Here, although we are only responsible for protecting the periphery of the villa, we still cannot leave. ”

Gao Guang sighed and said, "Sorry, what will happen if we leave by force?"

"There are four mercenary groups here, with at least 200 people. We supervise each other and contain each other. It is impossible to leave by force. By the way, this is a strong fortress with underground air defense facilities inside. Even if you want Bombing without ground-penetrating bombs would probably not be very effective.”

If a person starts to actively save himself, then he starts to think of ways.

Kuzsayev quickly said: "We are only responsible for protecting the periphery. The living area is the real core circle. The people inside are all Basha's cronies, at least thirty or forty people. I don't know the specific number, eh. , what should I do?”

Gao Guang sighed and said, "You won't reveal my plan, right?"

"I will never tell, eh, mad dog, I promise not to reveal your secret, but can you please let my nephew leave? I...I can die, but Nikolai can't die. I have a way to let him go." Nikolai can leave, okay?”

Gao Guang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Wait a minute, I have to discuss it with someone, because I might not have enough time."

Gao Guang hung up the phone and looked at Tom,

Tom shrugged in surprise and said, "I don't believe that Kuzsayev's moral standards are so high. I don't believe that a mercenary would rather die than reveal your secret."

As long as there are no moral shackles, Gao Guang's IQ will regain the high ground.

"I think this way, if Kuzsayev chooses to betray me and tell Basha what I just said, then this will be a way to distract the tiger from the mountain. Maybe it can scare Basha out, and then we will have the opportunity to kill him outside. , although his property cannot be looted, at least the main purpose has been accomplished.”

In one sentence, Gao Guang's mind could turn three times, and he continued: "If Kuzsayev can really keep secrets, then he has to save himself. As long as he can find a way out, we can at least get the information, and then , we can also use the Black Sea Mercenary Group to help us break in. "

Tom scratched his chin several times, and then he said with a weird look on his face: "I understand what you are thinking, but I doubt whether Kuzsayev has such a high moral standard. If he can really do it, then I From now on, I will give him all the business in Baghdad.”

Gao Guang whispered: "I just don't know how Kuzsayev can come out. I will continue to call, but what does he plan to do?"

Gao Guang called back, and then he said in a very helpless tone: "I have discussed it with my friends, is there any way you can send Nicholas out?"

"have!"

Kuzsayev's tone was extremely firm. He whispered: "I'm going to break his legs so that he has to go to the hospital for treatment! I'm sure he can get out like this."

Breaking the legs? This is really feasible, but the cost is a bit heavy.

Kuzsayev was cruel enough, but Gao Guang felt that the price would be too high, so he quickly asked: "Isn't it too harsh to break the leg?"

"If you don't get out like this, I think the fracture is enough, right? Let Nikolai have a broken thigh, well, that's it. As for me and the other brothers..."

Kuzsayev sighed helplessly and whispered: "We will hide when the time comes. Whether we live or die depends on our luck."

The situation was basically expected, but I didn't expect Basha to take people so seriously, but the progress is basically within control.

Gao Guang hesitated for a moment, mainly because he was afraid that if he didn't mention the backup plan, it would be difficult to explain in the future.

Therefore, Gao Guang raised his voice and said: "Actually, we have a plan B. Well, otherwise, how about you break your leg and come out. How about we talk about plan B?"

It was a bit beyond Gaoguang's plan to see the details so quickly, but Kuzsayev had to break his leg to get out. It would be a bit unjustifiable if he didn't make it clear in advance.

"Plan B? What do you mean?"

Gao Guang said in a low voice: "Let me state in advance that originally we did not plan to use Plan B, because you know the situation over there. The fortress is too strong and we can't penetrate at all, so we will use planes to drop bombs and kill Basha directly. Forget it, but since you are where you are, I have the opportunity to break in directly. Although it is not as simple and fast as bombing, the advantage of this is that I can get the wealth accumulated by Basha, and the impact will not be as big as bombing. ”

"You keep talking..."

After such a detour, Kuzsayev's mentality changed.

This is called detour and comes from tactics.

Gao Guang talked a lot with Kuzsayev until he hung up.

Tom gave a thumbs up and said: "Wonderful. If I were Kuzsayev, I would have to believe it and be convinced."

Gao Guang was not proud, but rather embarrassed, because he felt that he had finally tricked Kuzsayev out with his sweet talk.

Isn't this just pretending and standing at the same time? Gao Guang said nonchalantly: "The atmosphere has been heightened here, so I have to keep making up the words. I, I, forget it, you all understand."

Tom smiled, and then he whispered: "I will immediately arrange for people to keep an eye on Basha's villa in case Kuzsayev turns around and betrays your plan."

"I don't think Kuzsayev will betray me. If he does, it will be easier."

Tom didn't know what to say. He smiled bitterly and said, "As an agent, I think you are a little hypocritical, but as a partner, I hope you are telling the truth."

It was a rare moment to reveal his true feelings. Tom shrugged and said, "If Kuzsayev didn't betray you, I would have a lot of work to do for him in the future. That's it."