[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mercenary-s-war":3,"chapter-mercenary-s-war-mercenary-s-war-chapter-685":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mercenary’s War",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1613725,2077,"Chapter 685 - 685 677 Waiting by the Tree Stump for Rabbits","mercenary-s-war-chapter-685",685,"\u003Cp>685: Chapter 677: Waiting by the Tree Stump for Rabbits 685: Chapter 677: Waiting by the Tree Stump for Rabbits He hung the pepper-bottle gun inside his underwear, completed his final preparation, and then put on Professor Barnard’s suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang felt quite uncomfortable, especially with the pepper-bottle gun hanging awkwardly on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt awkward, but he had to admit, he could not find a trace of himself in the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflected was a completely unfamiliar old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medusa slid a wedding ring onto Gao Yang’s finger and then shook her head, “The ring is a bit loose, you need to be careful not to let it fall off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember your full name now, and have you memorized your home address and the route back home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang nodded and said, “I have.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After closely inspecting him for a moment, Ryan said, “You will go back to Professor Barnard’s office and wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the time comes, just leave at the normal time he finishes work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to try the gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d rather have just one gun than be completely unfamiliar with this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, do I have any other weapons I can use?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything from the mission armory is fine, even a thin wire for strangling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryan glanced at his watch and said, “It’s Professor Barnard’s dinner time now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have half an hour to find a place for you to test the gun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medusa took a crucifix out of the box and handed it to Gao Yang, “You can wear it against your skin around your neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing, once you pull off the protective cover at the front, is a Punch Spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It won’t be detected by metal detectors or x-rays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neck strap is designed to break easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they search you very thoroughly, it might be discovered, but given your identity, I don’t think they will be especially thorough when they search you, so you can take it with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryan produced another pepper-bottle gun and put it into his pocket, then said, “Let’s go find a place to shoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a heads-up, this gun has a very short barrel, so it lacks accuracy at even modest distances, but on the upside, the recoil isn’t too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can re-aim and get ready to shoot faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and the gunfire is loud, much louder than what you’d expect from such a small gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be mentally prepared for that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang exhaled and said, “Okay, I think I am ready.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medusa was the first to leave the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gao Yang followed her out to the other room, he found an old man, covered with a blanket, sound asleep on the couch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was identical to the old man Gao Yang had seen in the mirror just moments before—there was no difference whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sergei stood up, his face showing surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked from the Bernhard Gao Yang had disguised into to the real Professor Barnard lying on the couch and couldn’t help exclaiming, “Incredible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryan snapped his fingers and said, “Alright, you stay here and keep an eye on Professor Barnard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you leave, get someone else to watch him and take care of our boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have to go, find someone reliable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for Sergei to nod, Ryan then said to Gao Yang, “Alright, let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The makeup took quite a while, more than two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang checked the watch that belonged to Professor Barnard and whispered, “We need to hurry up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Ryan, after pressing the earpiece he wore, said to Gao Yang, “Ivan has a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The South Africans are pulling out from the Consulate General.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sense of urgency, Gao Yang said, “It seems we really need to hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan didn’t speak; he simply listened intently to the sound coming through the earpiece, then looked gravely at Gao Yang and said, “We might not make it in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team monitoring the Consulate General reports a car has left the premises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must stay in your office until we confirm the people in the car aren’t coming for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang was slightly distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The CIA was moving faster than anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be for the best if they hadn’t changed their plans to come looking for Professor Barnard earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was the case, he would not get the chance to test fire the pepper-bottle gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bad news arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short wait, Ryan spoke again, “The bad news is confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of the surveillance indicates that the withdrawal by the South Africans has provoked the Consulate General.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve moved up their plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car that left the Consulate General was indeed coming for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could be here in as little as twenty minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Ivan and the others are also ready to attack the Consulate General at any moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medusa suddenly said, “How about we test fire here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryan shook his head and spoke in a low voice, “Gunfire will alarm many people, and it’s impossible to predict the consequences of a test fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, we can opt to use a makeshift silencer, which will affect the shooting effects, but it’s better than being completely unfamiliar with the firearm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ram, how do you choose?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang immediately said, “Test fire here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to the room they had used for makeup earlier, they drew six circles on the wall to serve as targets and used a sofa cushion to muffle the muzzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Gao Yang closed his eyes and focused for a moment, he suddenly turned around and fired six shots at the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using a sofa cushion as a makeshift silencer is commonly seen in movies, and indeed it does reduce noise, although not to the near-silent level depicted on screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it can slow down the gases expelled from the muzzle enough to lower the noise of the handgun to an acceptable level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound would be somewhat softer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least the noise would turn muffled, so even if someone heard it, they wouldn’t think of gunfire right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the six shots fired, only one hit the target, which was to be expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the muzzle blocked by the sofa cushion, one could only shoot by feel, completely eliminating the possibility of aiming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the test fire proved very useful by giving Gao Yang an intuitive sense of the recoil and the feeling of shooting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter the consequences the gunshots from the test fire might cause, if anyone heard them, Sergei and Ryan would take care of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang stepped out of the room, merely nodded to the people waiting outside, and then strode towards Bernard’s office, or rather, his own office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang acknowledged the people greeting him along the way with a nod and quickly entered the office, sitting down in front of “his” computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned on the computer, opened an unintelligible document at random, and started staring blankly at the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting there for fifteen minutes, someone knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gao Yang told the person knocking to come in, a white man in his forties entered his office, closed the door behind him, and said in a deep voice, “Hello, you must be Professor Barnard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A patient needs help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll have to come with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please do not refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will not pose any harm to you, and you will receive a substantial amount of money as a reward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir, I’m off duty now, and I’m not feeling well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man gave Gao Yang a slight smile and said, “Please don’t refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s for your own good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trust me, you won’t be in any danger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang said in a hoarse voice, “I don’t feel well, and I think you can tell.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Gao Yang fell silent because the middle-aged man produced a handgun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Gao Yang “had to” quietly take his coat and then follow the man out of his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(To be continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like this work, please vote for it on qidian.com.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support is my greatest motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1354,"2026-06-06T10:20:01.533Z",1,"novelbin.me","d104a7e101fd58b5d35dc853bd39f9e3c14f979535da84271d13235c4f722a8a","mercenary-s-war-chapter-686","mercenary-s-war-chapter-684",2343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmercenary-s-war-cover.jpg"]