1103: Chapter 1043: Bargaining?

Incoming Missiles!

1103: Chapter 1043: Bargaining?

Incoming Missiles!

Tang Xiao’s lips curled slightly, her gaze cold.

“What’s that supposed to mean?

Am I not qualified enough to talk with you?”

“Between the two of us, does it make a difference who negotiates?

It’s not like we can’t afford to pay!”

Edison and Pakolin exchanged a smirk, but didn’t respond immediately.

Seeing this, Tang Xiao let out a light smile.

“Fine, from the looks of it, it seems you don’t acknowledge me!”

“That makes sense, everyone in the world knows I’m just a businesswoman, not like my husband who holds an important position!”

Pakolin grinned and said, “President Tang, as long as you understand, that’s good.

But it’s also fate that brings us together here, so rest assured, we’re not going to be greedy and ask for a king’s ransom!”

“Alright, just wait!”

Tang Xiao turned and walked up the spiral staircase to the second-floor passenger cabin.

Edison and Pakolin immediately huddled together, whispering in each other’s ears.

After returning to the passenger cabin, without a word, Zhang Ren knew what to do.

Soon, Zhang Ren got in touch with Qian Le, who was on night duty at the surveillance center, and asked him to wake up Wu Jie.

Before long, Wu Jie came online.

Tang Xiao grabbed the satellite communication terminal, put on her headset, and quickly briefed him on the night’s events in a low voice.

After listening, Wu Jie was somewhat speechless.

Tang Xiao called it a coincidence that they shared a flight, but Wu Jie didn’t see it that way.

No one expected this group of mercenaries, so bold and capable, to pretend to be Star Federation marines and infiltrate the airport.

But Tang Xiao could have refused them boarding, making them take a Star Federation transport instead.

She could even have reported them to the Star Federation, allowing for an easy capture at the airport.

Why didn’t Tang Xiao do so?

Instead, she let this group of mercenaries board the War Statistics Institute’s plane.

What was the purpose?

Was she desperately trying to seize them and the goods for a great accomplishment?

Or was she worried that the Star Federation would mess things up again, risking a nuclear warhead leak right at the airport?

The Star Federation deployed their more formidable special forces, making a forceful attack at the hotel to capture five mercenaries, yet still suffered heavy casualties.

If they were to use their marines to encircle twelve mercenaries at the airport…

Regardless, what can be said now?

Wu Jie felt that Tang Xiao had changed ever since she came to Jiazhou, like an ardent warmonger who had shed her restraints and become overly willful and self-absorbed.

Thankfully, those two mercenary commanders only wanted to talk to her ‘brother’.

Otherwise, wouldn’t she have tackled the situation directly?

Phew!

Wu Jie let out a long sigh, stopped overthinking.

The situation for Tang Xiao and the others was still quite dangerous.

Should those two nuclear warheads explode, causing a nuclear leak…

“Fine, quickly set up a video call with them for me!”

Tang Xiao took off her headset, descended quickly, and handed the satellite communication terminal to Edison.

“Do you mind if we take this to our vehicle?”

“Whatever!”

Tang Xiao’s tone was somewhat brusque.

Edison chuckled, and he and Pakolin got into the car one after another.

The noise in the cabin was already intense, so them talking in the car would indeed minimize noise interference.

But this meant Tang Xiao couldn’t hear what they were discussing during the negotiation.

That wouldn’t stop her, though.

Back at the passenger cabin, she had Qian Le stream the communication in real-time, and with her headset on, she could listen even more clearly.

After Edison and Pakolin introduced themselves, they didn’t rush to state their price.

Instead, they posed four questions.

Why were Tang Xiao and her people at Seleck airport tonight?

Tonight Lemur was organizing a secret auction with a few countries, yet he got killed by a precisely guided cement bomb – who did it?

They knew several major world intelligence agencies were frantically tracking the nuclear warheads.

With the Star Federation at the forefront, more countries were sending reinforcements, so why were Tang Xiao and her group suddenly leaving?

They had arranged to meet five of Lemur’s men elsewhere, but when the time came, they did not show up.

Had those five met with misfortune?

After listening, Wu Jie coldly replied:

“Our corporation’s communication business covers nearly all nations in Jiazhou, what’s wrong with the company president, Tang Xiao, being in Jiazhou?”

“With the unstable situation in Seleck and the Star Federation’s increased troops ready for combat, what’s wrong with staying away from trouble?”

“After concluding a deal with Lemur yesterday, what happened to them today, how does it relate to me?”

“As for the two nuclear warheads, are you selling or not?

Why the pointless chatter?”

Wu Jie, who was woken up in the dead of night, was not in a good mood.

No one would feel good being woken up from deep sleep.

But, on second thought.

The four questions raised by these men revealed a lot of issues.

Firstly.

They didn’t know that Wu Jie had ordered Tang Xiao and the others to kill Lemur with the cement bomb.

Nor did they realize that Lemur’s other five men were taken out by the Star Federation’s special forces while partying at a hotel.

Secondly.

This group of mercenaries was now alone, without any nation or power to support or assist them.

Thus, the information they could access was very limited; they were completely in the dark.

However, their judgment on the situation was accurate; they knew not to wait for their partners at the agreed location and withdrew promptly.

They knew that the Star Federation was sending reinforcements like crazy, ready to round up Seleck, so they quickly executed a crafty escape.

Lastly.

Carrying two nuclear warheads, they escaped Seleck in disguise, uncertain about the future.