Chapter 1500: Chapter 1481: Light at the End of the Tunnel

“Any news?”

“Sorry, nothing of value.”

Shava has been busy lately, having resurfaced after lying low for a while, and he’s been expanding the White Shark Gang’s influence with even greater ferocity than before.

Busy as he is, Shava’s most important task at the moment is still to gather information for Gao Yang. Unfortunately, a week has passed with no progress.

Gao Yang even wondered if Djo had completely withdrawn from Ukraine, otherwise, there would be at least some clues to find. But neither the upper channels represented by Hagel nor the grassroots channels represented by the White Shark Gang found anything.

Intelligence work can’t be rushed. If there’s nothing, there’s nothing to be done. Gao Yang sighed and said softly, “Don’t slack in this area, keep up the search. Also, do you have any troublesome matters on your end right now?”

Shava chuckled softly, “No big issues, everything’s smooth. I’m planning to see Lame Azaro today. I’ve been hiding for a few days recently, and that old guy even halted the money he should’ve given me. Today, I plan to completely ruin him. If he’s sensible, I’ll break his other leg; if not, I’ll kill him.”

Gao Yang thought for a moment and said, “Lame Azaro, that’s the gang leader, right? Wait a minute, where are you now?”

“Same old place, why?”

Gao Yang pondered for a moment and said softly, “Don’t rush to get rid of him yet. I want to see him with you. Azaro might still be useful. I need to have a word with him.”

Shava laughed, “Is Azaro really worth you coming all this way? I can bring him to see you.”

Gao Yang is keeping a low profile now, so he said softly, “No, I’ll come over. You wait for me, we’ll go see Azaro together.”

A gang leader, Gao Yang didn’t originally care, but after getting a few hunting rifles from Lame Azaro, Gao Yang couldn’t let Shava just kill Azaro.

The trail for Morgan’s gun is completely cold again now, and Gao Yang doesn’t want to miss any possible clues. It wouldn’t be good if there was something to gain from Azaro and Shava ended up killing him, so he decided to see Azaro again and interrogate him thoroughly.

After hanging up the phone, Gao Yang thought for a bit and decided to have Number Thirteen and Yake accompany him. They don’t need to train with the Black Demon for now, so leaving for a while isn’t an issue.

Calling on Yake and Number Thirteen, the three of them went to see Shava first, and then Gao Yang met with Azaro again.

This time, getting into Azaro’s house was much less trouble. Azaro respectfully invited Shava and Gao Yang into his home.

In just a short period, Azaro seemed like a changed man, having lost about twenty or thirty pounds, looking very haggard.

After seating Shava in the living room, Azaro didn’t even dare to sit, looking at Shava with a pleading expression, “It’s so good to see you again. I’ve visited you several times, but I couldn’t meet you.”

Shava sneered, “Now you want to see me? You said the White Shark Gang was finished, that Shava was doomed, because they offended Mogilevich. You said these things, publicly, many times.”

Azaro raised his hand, slapped himself hard across the face, and, with a mournful expression, pleaded with Shava, “I was wrong; I was an idiot. Spare me this time, please. Going forward, I’ll give you two million hryvnia every month. Keep me alive, I promise never to disobey any of your orders, please spare me!”

Shava pouted and then pointed at Gao Yang, saying loudly, “Don’t beg me; your fate lies in his hands. If he lets you live, you live. If he wants you dead, you die. If my brother didn’t have questions for you, you’d already be a dead man. So answer his questions properly, understand?”

“I understand, I understand!”

Nodding repeatedly, Azaro looked at Gao Yang, full of respect and trepidation, “What do you want to know?”

Gao Yang spoke in a deep voice, “Still about the guns. You stole four guns, sold two to Oleg Joseph, and two to a foreigner, then stole them back until I took them from you recently. Now, I want to know who the foreigner you sold the guns to was and whose house you stole them from.”

After speaking, Gao Yang paused, then raised his voice, “That Oleg, he went to America, and I’ve found his whereabouts, but Oleg is already dead. Before going to America, Oleg sold his guns to three people, one of whom is a foreigner, one is a Ukrainian living not far from him, a factory director or manager, and the third is a famous Ukrainian antique gun collector. Now, it seems the guns you once sold to Oleg might have been purchased by that same foreigner you sold to, so I want to know who that foreigner is. But most importantly, whose house did you steal the guns from? Don’t say you can’t remember, think hard.”

Initially, Gao Yang hadn’t focused on the gun owner because Azaro couldn’t remember who they were, nor on the foreigner who bought guns from Azaro, since Azaro stole the guns back after selling them. Gao Yang thought pursuing the foreigner didn’t make much sense.

But now, it’s different. If Gao Yang doesn’t intervene, Shava will kill Azaro, so he must dig out all the information Azaro has.

Azaro wiped his sweat, speaking softly, “The foreigner, he’s British. I don’t know his name, but I know he’s a staff member at the British embassy, probably a military officer. At first, I didn’t know, but I found out when I stole the guns back from him. But I don’t know his name, really.”

Not knowing the name isn’t an issue. If he’s a military officer at the embassy, you can find out by the time. Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Tell me about the owner. Think carefully, don’t leave anything out.”

Azaro wiped his sweat again, speaking softly, “Last time I lied to you, I didn’t tell you the truth. I did steal those guns, but the owner should be a KGB.”

“KGB!”

Gao Yang leapt to his feet, both angry and excited. Anger, because Azaro had lied to him, causing him to go in circles. Excitement, because he had never been so close to Morgan’s gun before.

“Damn it! Tell me everything you know, if you can satisfy me, you won’t have to die; if not, you’ll die a miserable death!”

Azaro wiped his sweat once again, speaking softly, “This time, I’ll definitely tell the truth. I’ll tell you everything I know.” (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to give your recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)