CHAPTER 383: CHAPTER 367 PERSUASION

Mountain Eagle did not treat Arctic Fox as guests, thus their arrival did not seem like a big deal.

Of course, the main issue was that their arrival did not bring any urgently needed help, naturally reducing a bit of psychological impact.

What’s more important is that Mountain Eagle now has something crucial to do, which is calming those frightened tourists.

As he walked toward the parking lot of the cafe, Mountain Eagle saw Marta cheerfully running towards the school bus with a box of mineral water, and he followed her with a smile...

Killing Bee and Big Mouth were responsible for guarding the school bus, preventing the tourists inside from leaving randomly and also to guard against any mercenaries among them.

Mountain Eagle approached Killing Bee and saw the hostages inside the bus stretching their hands out of the windows towards Marta, begging for mineral water like refugees who haven’t had water for days in a drought region.

Seeing some local girls clearly from a certain industry being squeezed to one side by a bunch of white foreigners, Mountain Eagle smiled and said to Killing Bee, "How are they behaving? Is there anyone particularly suspicious?"

Killing Bee saw a young white man in his twenties with acne pushing a Thai girl down, then lying on the window and starting to cry loudly outside, she shook her head and said, "I hate these guys...

White people are no longer gentlemen!"

Hearing this, Mountain Eagle smiled and responded, "True gentlemen probably rarely come to Thailand, and even if they do, they wouldn’t stay in cheap bars and wouldn’t be enchanted by Thai girls who can’t say a truthful word.

Of course, it’s really poor of them to lose their manners over a bottle of water now that they are safe."

Killing Bee, nonchalantly waving her hand, said, "If I were you, I’d send them away quickly, otherwise, I have a feeling you’ll be in big trouble!"

Mountain Eagle laughed and said, "Tonight, more than seventy people died on the outskirts of Sunset Mountain, and adding the twenty plus from last time, nearly a hundred have died.

I bet even in Syria, the number of people who have died due to war these days isn’t as many as on Sunset Mountain!

That’s the real trouble!"

Saying this, Mountain Eagle looked at the people on the bus and said with a smile, "They still don’t meet the trouble criteria."

After speaking, Mountain Eagle looked at Butcher, who was acting as a makeshift nurse bandaging a few wounded on the terrace, and said somewhat helplessly, "I need to find a reliable doctor. It’s a bit rude to always have Butcher, this second-rate Russian vet help with the injuries."

Upon hearing this, Killing Bee, surprised, said, "Butcher is a vet?"

Mountain Eagle shook his head and said, "No, his family has a tradition of butchering skills and occasionally he moonlights as a vet doing things like castrating cows, sheep, and pigs. I think he matches well with you..."

Killing Bee was stunned for a moment and then raised her middle finger at Mountain Eagle...

"FUCK YOU!"

Mountain Eagle laughed heartily, dodging Killing Bee’s anger, and signaled Big Mouth and Broadcast to drive down the mountain to the junction to wait for the police and the corpse collection team’s arrival...

Without anyone to lead the way, Mountain Eagle worried that the police wouldn’t dare to come.

Then, Mountain Eagle, pulling along Marta who was trying hard to serve the tourists well, had her call the owner of the convenience store in town to ask him to bring over more water, beer, and convenience food.

Sunset Mountain was going to be very busy over the next few days, and they couldn’t really ask those coming to help move the bodies to bring their own lunch.

Doing such work, they probably couldn’t eat meat anyway, a bit of bread and drinks would make them quite satisfied.

Having arranged everything, Mountain Eagle then sluggishly walked in front of the school bus, patted Yulia, who was responsible for keeping the bus door closed to prevent the hostages from getting off, on the shoulder, and then, as if suddenly lame, limped with a cane onto the school bus...

Looking at the three corpses with blown-open heads taking up a lot of space while the hostages huddled together, Mountain Eagle apologetically spread his hands and said, "Everyone can get off now, you are safe..."

The hostages probably knew what happened, but they didn’t understand why it happened...

When Mountain Eagle brought them certain news, the hostages stirred for a bit, and then most of them started to cry loudly, a few with particularly fragile nerves simply fainted.

People show various strange reactions after experiencing great crises...

Crying out loud, muttering, calling for their mothers, wetting themselves, embracing, laughing...

Nearly forty unfortunate kidnap victims showed Mountain Eagle what diverse human reactions looked like, but none dared to question Mountain Eagle.

Because those three corpses with exploded heads reminded them what the brother with a cane had done before.

Human instincts told them that the best course of action right now was to listen obediently.

Because the way Killing Bee and Big Mouth had treated them was not exactly gentle, leaving three corpses in the car was also not something they genuinely forgot.

Mountain Eagle saw that none dared to talk to him, he touched his nose, then looked at everyone and said, "How about you start by thanking me, and then we can proceed with what comes next?

Your lack of reaction is making it hard for me to continue..."

Mountain Eagle spoke in English, the white tourists had not yet reacted, but a few Thai girls relaxed a bit, letting out a laughter that was completely out of place at the scene.

Previously, Killing Bee and Big Mouth, although Thais, had an air of bandits too strong, and later Yulia and Marta were foreigners, making the hostages doubt their situation...

But now, two of the girls had recognized Mountain Eagle as Ao Nan’s ’Son of the Beach’.

A girl with enviable brown skin tightly crossed her legs and raised her hand, saying, "Sir, we want to go to the restroom..."

Mountain Eagle heard this and saw that several guys wearing khaki shorts in the middle of the car had already wet their pants. He winked at the girl and said with a smile, "Please wait a few more minutes, let me finish speaking...

Trust me, you will feel that it’s worth the wait afterward."

Mountain Eagle then stomped the floor with his cane, silencing the hostages, and said with a grave expression, "I am deeply sorry and pained by the kidnapping you have all encountered...

I believe you all know about the feud between Koh Lanta and the Pirate King Fays of Southeast Asia...

We rescued a cruise ship at sea and brought the kidnapped tourists and crew to Koh Lanta.

We inflicted an unprecedented huge loss on Fays, so he sought revenge against Koh Lanta, against me.

But as you have seen, we withstood the pressure and defeated the Pirate King once again.

You are safe now, so I hope you can be as strong as the tourists from the Diamond Queen Cruise Ship and get through this toughest time of your lives.

From another perspective, not many people in the world have the chance to experience something like this, perhaps this kidnapping incident will become a topic for many of your conversations in the years to come..."

The hostages definitely don’t know who Black Fox is, nor do they understand the reason behind the fight, so the Pirate King Fays became a scapegoat where all the blame could be directed.

With the precedent of the Diamond Queen, they might find it a bit easier to accept their own kidnapping situation.

Of course, not everyone will be swayed by Mountain Eagle...

Seeing some dissatisfaction on the faces of the hostages, Mountain Eagle pointed to the nearby cafe terrace and said with a smile, "You can rest there and wait, the café has a restroom, and beverages and coffee are provided unlimitedly.

If you need, you can also make some BBQ yourself, or you could even drink yourself into oblivion to forget what just happened...

You are safe now, so you can do anything you want.

Also, I want to say that all your expenses in Koh Lanta for the upcoming period will be covered by the Koh Lanta Government.

Trust me, someone will take you on a high-quality free trip...

Or you can even choose to cash out this free trip...

10,000 Euros!

As long as you promise not to disclose to the media what happened today before you leave Koh Lanta, everything I said will be fulfilled."

"Why?"

A young man with curly hair angrily raised his hand and asked, "We were kidnapped, but you want us to keep our mouths shut..."

Mountain Eagle nodded and said, "I know you were kidnapped, and I was the one who rescued you, have you all forgotten that?

I am not asking you to stay silent because I want to hide something, but because making a big fuss is not conducive to our operations against the pirates to come.

Moreover, have you considered the impact on your safety if you advertise loudly in Southeast Asia that you escaped from the hands of the Pirate King?

Koh Lanta only brought the people from the Diamond Queen ashore and that incited revenge from the Pirate King.

If you publicize it widely and become a target of the Pirate King, what do you think will happen?"

Mountain Eagle looked at the silent crowd, gave them some time to think, and when they seemed to reach a tacit agreement, he said seriously, "We deeply sympathize with your plight...

But you come from Europe and America, and I believe you understand better than me that if the same thing happened in your countries, the government would have no obligation to provide compensation.

Because the bad deeds were done by the Pirate King...

Our duty is to ensure your safety and to fight the Pirate King to bring him to legal justice, but it does not include consoling you and providing compensation.

However, I believe as a member of the Koh Lanta Police, I have a responsibility to urge our government to undertake more responsible actions...

So, please trust me, everything I just mentioned will be realized if you agree.

Of course, this will require you to sign a confidentiality agreement before it’s fulfilled..."

......

When Tessa arrived at Sunset Mountain with the main force, seeing the bodies continuously appearing on the road and the tourists on the cafe terrace, she couldn’t help but rush to the now-crippled Mountain Eagle...

She hugged Mountain Eagle tightly and after making sure he was alright, Tessa whispered into Mountain Eagle’s ear, "How did you manage those tourists?"

Mountain Eagle said with a grin, "Trust me, any problem can generally be solved with enough money."

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Update at eight o’clock tonight, Chapter Three!