All of us are one

Chapter 15 Truck Equipment

Kotak frowned slightly after hearing this, but his professionalism prevented him from asking why. He simply nodded and said, "Okay, since the target is a well-known university professor, we don't need you to provide a photo. We will collect the target information ourselves."

"However, I still need to confirm with you."

Kotak thought for a moment, then used his phone to search for famous professors at Crescent Moon University. He found a photo of Professor Tarot and showed it to Jiang Yanming, asking, "Is it him?"

Jiang Yanming looked at the Tarot professor on his phone, who appeared to be a refined old man, and nodded slightly: "That's right, it's him."

"Once the target is identified, we will spend 10 to 15 days gathering intelligence and then give you a quote."

Kotak hesitated for a moment, then reminded him, "Junior Brother Jiang, Victoria Group is an industrial giant in Crescent City. To target their shareholders in their own backyard is a very risky decision, so our offer will not be low."

"That makes sense." Jiang Yanming nodded in understanding.

"Since you have no objections, I or a representative from the team will contact you after the intelligence gathering is complete," Kotak said.

"It's best to contact them offline," Jiang Yanming advised.

"Of course," Kotak smiled. "Even our team of cyber hackers can't guarantee they won't leave any traces on the internet."

"Then I'll wait for your news, Senior Brother."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yanming stood up, picked up the remaining 5 kilograms of gold, and left the lounge.

Kotak then sent out the mission objective information via coded email.

……

An hour later.

Moon Island, South Street.

"Ah Ming is back."

As soon as Jiang Yanming returned to his "general store", he saw his regular customer Uncle Zhou sitting in a chair in front of the counter, playing with a large-caliber revolver, loading bullets, which were almost as thick as a thumb, into the magazine one by one.

"Uncle Zhou," Jiang Yanming nodded.

"What trouble have you gotten yourself into lately?" Uncle Zhou flipped his hand, and the magazine of the revolver returned to its original position due to inertia.

"No?" Jiang Yanming naturally wouldn't admit it.

"Electronic jammers, electron pulse rockets—these weapons are controlled substances within the Quad," Uncle Zhou said, staring at Jiang Yanming. "You haven't gotten into any trouble, so why are you thinking of buying these things?"

"Did my father tell you?" Jiang Yanming asked calmly.

"Otherwise what?" Uncle Zhou placed the revolver on the table. "If your father hadn't told us, who would have helped you get these controlled items?"

"I see." Jiang Yanming nodded in understanding. "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Zhou."

"If you need help, just say so. Don't try to tough it out on yourself." Uncle Zhou sighed and shook his head. "Judging from your expression, you probably won't say anything."

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Zhou." Jiang Yanming nodded in thanks. "If I need anything, I will definitely ask Uncle Zhou for help."

"Whatever you want..." Uncle Zhou reluctantly put away his revolver, nodded towards the stairwell, and said, "Your father is upstairs, contacting people to help you get equipment."

"Hmm." Jiang Yanming turned his head to look in the direction of the corridor, his eyes showing a strange light.

Aside from his close relationship with Uncle Zhou and a few others, his father rarely contacted anyone else. He was deeply moved that his father was making phone calls to find people for him.

"Do you need to watch the shop?" Uncle Zhou asked. "If you do, I'll head back."

"Uncle Zhou, you can go back now." Jiang Yanming placed the box he was carrying on the counter. "I'll be watching the shop today."

"Okay." Uncle Zhou nodded, picked up the remaining bullets on the counter, and turned to leave the 'general store'.

After arriving at the counter, Jiang Yanming sat on the recliner that his father used to use and began to think quietly.

"My senior brother is gathering intelligence, and my father is preparing control equipment, including waiting for the next change in the world. All of this will take time."

"Today is May 9th. The senior brother's team has a maximum of 15 days to gather intelligence. Even with 3 days for adapting to weapons and equipment and preparing plans, they can start operations before June."

"If I'm not strong enough to protect myself, or if my senior brother's team's offer is too high and exceeds my current affordability, then..."

Although Jiang Yanming wanted to rely on his own strength to send off the professor in his final days, if the actual conditions did not allow it, he could only ask his father for help.

……

Two days later, on May 11, 348 in the Gregorian calendar.

Jiang Yanming is writing his thesis at home. He has contacted Professor Tarot several times in the past two days to discuss some details of the thesis.

"Ah Ming, come down quickly!" Li Kun's voice rang out.

"Coming," Jiang Yanming replied, quickly walking downstairs.

When he arrived at the "general store" on the first floor, he found that there were several people waiting for him in the not-so-spacious store.

"Father, Uncle Li, Uncle Zhou, Uncle Chen..." Jiang Yanming asked, somewhat surprised, "What about this?"

"We've got everything you wanted." Li Kun pointed behind him with his thumb. "It's in the car outside."

"You've got everything?" Jiang Yanming pushed open the door and went out.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a truck nearly ten meters long parked there. The entire cargo area was sealed off, so he couldn't see what was inside.

Looking at the long truck, Jiang Yanming pushed open the door and went back into the shop to ask, "Is everything inside the truck?"

"It's almost full. That electronic jammer is too big." Li Kun shook his head regretfully. "It's also a high-precision device that can't be bumped or knocked, so it can't hold much. We only managed to load about a hundred electronic pulse rockets."

Jiang Yanming was taken aback upon hearing this.

Good heavens, they managed to get a hundred electronic pulse rockets. He originally thought that ten or so would be enough, but he underestimated the power of his father and the others.

"What, not enough?" Li Kun asked. "Should I go get some more?"

"That should be enough," Jiang Yanming said hurriedly. "Thank you, Uncle Li."

"It's nothing," Li Kun waved his hand, then looked at Jiang Yanming and said, "But when will the money be settled?"

"How much?" Jiang Yanming had a bad feeling.

"It's not expensive, only eight million Natals," Li Kun said with a smile.

Jiang Yanming remained silent.

After purchasing the weapons and equipment worth eight million Naals, he only had eleven million Naals left in gold, unsure if that would be enough to hire the team led by his senior brother.

"Do you buy gold?" Jiang Yanming asked.

Li Kun was a little surprised, but quickly recovered: "Accept? Why wouldn't you accept!"

"I'll go get it right away." Jiang Yanming got up and walked upstairs.

"Brother Jiang, does A-Ming have so much money?" Li Kun asked, somewhat surprised.

"I don't know," Jiang Yi shook his head.

"Could it be that Ah Ming really bought it for a friend?" someone asked.

Uncle Zhou calmly said, "Given Ah Ming's social circle, someone who could produce so much gold at once wouldn't need to ask Ah Ming for help at all."

"So that means... it was Ah Ming who bought these equipment." Li Kun suddenly realized.

"I think so. I tried to get information out of Ming a couple of days ago, but he didn't fall for it," Uncle Zhou said, shaking his head.

"He's not a child anymore, he won't be so easily fooled," Jiang Yi said.

"Ah Ming is down." One person spoke, stopping the conversation.