Chapter 486: Vaccination
The news that Joe Ga was heading to Benghazi sent a shockwave through the entire P·B Corporation!
Describing how chaotic Libya is right now is quite challenging...
Gangs, warlords, jihadist organizations, these people are intermingled, and outsiders simply cannot distinguish between them.
When there was no unrest, the people from Chinese companies, being invited by the Libyan government, weren't in much trouble, but it was different for P·B.
Chaotic places are always particularly sensitive to armed individuals; the slightest disturbance can turn almost anyone with a gun into a potential enemy of P·B.
Even Nis, a native Libyan, is now reluctant to return, which says a lot about the situation there.
Nis, Kitten, and Antar, upon receiving the news, left Princess Amina behind and silently entered the equipment room.
By the time they arrived, Joe Ga, Karman, Dorian, Ayu, and 'Medic Officer Bird' were already inside.
Joe Ga seemed relatively relaxed overall; he had already sorted the equipment he might need. Seeing Nis and the others come in, he smiled and said, "Do you need my help?"
Joe Ga had meant it as a joke, but to his surprise, Nis nodded seriously and said, "I need a Barrett. I might not use it, but having it in the car would make me feel more at ease."
Joe Ga was taken aback, and then readily nodded, saying, "We have plenty of those; I'll adjust one for you."
As he spoke, Joe Ga glanced at the slightly uncomfortable Kitten and asked, "How about you, what do you need?"
The attention that Joe Ga suddenly showed made the already somewhat unnatural Kitten perk up.
She looked at Boss Joe's smiling face, hesitated, and then said, "I want a sniper rifle like your SVD.
I'm an urban sniper; I don't have Devil Bird's computing power, and the higher the accuracy of the gun, the better I like it."
Joe Ga, upon hearing this, handed his own SVD to Kitten and said, "Take it for a spin; I'll adjust it for you if it doesn't feel right."
Kitten, holding the SVD, felt it was a bit surreal; everyone in P·B knew the boss had a good gun,
and there were many within P·B who coveted that rifle, yet she had gotten it just by asking...
Sneaking a glance at Nis who seemed to have no reaction, Kitten stuck her tongue out at Boss Joe, happily grabbed two boxes of ammunition, and slipped away.
As he watched Kitten leave, Joe Ga laughed and shook his head, then turned to Antar and asked, "What do you need?"
Antar smiled gently and said, "I'm fine with my M110A1..."
As he spoke, Antar noticed Joe Ga's puzzled expression. She glanced at Nis, who was busy with a G29 sniper rifle, and then said with a smile, "I would like an MP7. In our three-person sniper team, someone has to keep an eye on the rear. And I want to take that 'Sentry Machine Gun' that we didn't use before.
That way, Boss, you might feel a little more at ease, right?"
Joe Ga nodded solemnly and said, "I will feel a bit better, but unless Devil Bird smiles, it's hard for me to be completely at ease."
Nis looked up at Joe Ga, squeezing a smile at the corner of her mouth, and said, "Don't worry about me; I'm not concerned about danger in Benghazi, it's just that I don't like Libya.
I fought there for a year only to find out everything I did was in vain..."
It was at this moment that Joe Ga finally understood: Nis's odd behavior wasn't because of him...
He could say Nis would never shy away from a fight; it was simply that she disliked her hometown because of the bad memories it held for her.
Joe Ga wouldn't say anything like, "Then you shouldn't go." He understood Nis; she wouldn't let herself go to a place she considered dangerous.
Walking over to Nis, Joe Ga kissed her forehead and smiled, "If you don't like it, we'll try to avoid that unlucky place in the future.
This time I'm going there for business; it's actually not that dangerous."
Nis shook her head and said, "You don't understand what it's like; in Libya now, it's extremely dangerous for any non-locals.
Those people thought they'd live better lives after toppling Gaddafi, but in reality, they gained nothing and lost what they had. They're very irritable now."
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Joe Ga nodded in understanding and said, "I know, so I'll be extra careful since I'm not going there to fight..."
Nis pushed an armor-piercing bullet into a magazine and marked it before saying, "Still, you should be well prepared; there are no friends there..."
It was then that Joe Ga finally realized something...
Everyone was reminding him that Benghazi was particularly dangerous, which meant it was a situation he had never faced before, and they were worried that the boss couldn't handle it.
Unable to imagine what that situation could entail, Joe Ga simply turned to 'Medic Officer Bird,' who was fiddling with an HK417, and said, "You were in Delta Force; tell me, what should one watch out for in a place like Benghazi?"
'Medic Officer Bird,' who was testing the advanced thermo-fusion holographic sight, heard this and was silent for a while before saying, "I have never been to Benghazi, I was imprisoned in the city of Jalu, southwest of Benghazi.
My experience as a prisoner isn't really a reference, but Devil Bird's description reminds me of the most chaotic period in Iraq.
There, even going out on the streets was a very dangerous matter for Delta Force.
What struck me the most was the hostility; it seemed like everyone wanted us dead.
Any pile of roadside trash could be an IED, and any seemingly harmless woman could be strapped with a bomb.
These are the deepest lessons the United State Army learned in Iraq and Aqionghan.
Benghazi shouldn't be that bad, but it's always good to be cautious.
See anything out of the ordinary, if possible, it's best to shoot first, having nightmares is better than being buried in the ground!"
Joe Ga looked at Nis and Karman, who were nodding slightly, and he got the picture...
They weren't worried about his abilities; they were worried he wouldn't adapt to being surrounded by enemies everywhere, after all, Qiao had indeed never experienced this before.
Friendly fire or killing the wrong person wasn't a problem for Karman and Nis, because their way of identifying friend from foe was "I think you might be dangerous," whereas it was obviously not the case for Qiao.
Feeling their goodwill, Joe Ga shook his head with a chuckle and said, "You won't believe me when I say it, but my draw and shoot speed might be one of the fastest in the world.
In this respect, my instincts are more reliable than I am!
Don't worry about me, I'm not some little girl who bursts into tears at the slightest provocation. Ever since I teamed up with Dragon Gecko, I've known the problems with this line of work, I'm prepared...
I even feel like I've always been preparing, because when I worked with SD, I felt hostility from everyone around me.
There was a time when I even held a gun in my sleep..."
As he said this, Joe Ga drew his Benelli 92F pistol like lightning, cocked it with a swipe against his belt, and then casually aimed it at a distant wall.
Joe Ga's movements were so fast they were barely visible, and just as everyone was about to say something with a weird expression, Joe Ga slowly released the firing pin, then removed the magazine and pulled back the slide to eject the bullet from the chamber...
"It cured my 'sickness,' and it can help me deal with any emergency."
Saying this, Joe Ga tapped his temple and grinned, "Iceman says my brain is different from ordinary people's; I don't even remember the faces of those who died by my hand, so...
Don't worry!
These so-called difficulties you speak of don't exist for me, as long as there's someone in my line of sight trying to raise a gun at me, I'm definitely faster!
You guys' boss, I'm a natural at this job!"
Joe Ga's words caused most of those present to fall silent, except for Dorian who didn't seem to care.
Leather Head was probably the person on Team A who had the most confidence in Joe Ga's combat ability because he had experienced it, challenged it, and then realized that some things just can't be beaten...
"I don't know what you all are worried about?
Our boss is a lion just looking to have a stroll in a den of wolves. If he really can't beat them, can't he still escape?"
Saying this, Dorian picked up a thin bulletproof panel, laughing, "We have the best bulletproof vests on Earth, we have the best weapons..."
Karman, looking at the overly excited Dorian, packed five small Broad Sword bullets into Dorian's backpack, and said, "Carry some for me, don't forget the smoke grenades, flashbang grenades, hand grenades, and remind me to bring some RPG rounds onto the plane tomorrow."
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The rat was diagnosed, and it turns out the whole family was infected, but now I find that no one is tending to me.
My father felt nothing after one day of fever, my mother is still in high fever, my son feels absolutely nothing, my wife's throat hurts as if a knife is scraping it, and my headache symptoms are getting worse.
As a foreigner, I have to go out to run errands and buy groceries, fortunately I had stockpiled enough medication beforehand, or else this sudden turn would surely have thrown out my back.
I'm really not in a good state...
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