[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mercenary-s-war":3,"chapter-mercenary-s-war-mercenary-s-war-chapter-963":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},1613603,2077,"Chapter 963 - 963 951 Give Me an Explanation_2","mercenary-s-war-chapter-963",963,"\u003Cp>963: Chapter 951 Give Me an Explanation_2 963: Chapter 951 Give Me an Explanation_2 After checking his watch, Gao Yang said in a deep voice, “Start the timer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodyguard hesitated for a moment but then immediately turned to knock on the door before entering the inner room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Yang turned around when the timer reached fifty-nine seconds, and just then, someone behind him called out loudly, “Please come in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao turned around and walked towards the inner room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed the bodyguard at the entrance, the guard whispered harshly, “Don’t play tricks, or I’ll blow your head off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Tomler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler stood up from behind his desk, spreading his arms with a helpless smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without speaking, Gao reached into his trouser pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he pulled something out, he heard the sound of guns being drawn behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao didn’t look back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached behind his waist and drew his own pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he heard the click of a gun’s slide nearby and felt the cold muzzle of a gun pressing against the back of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without turning, Gao took another step forward and stood in front of Tomler’s desk, placing two stainless steel tags dangling from a chain on the desk, followed by a handgun with a clack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stainless steel tags were Bruce’s military dog tags from his time in the service.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gun was a Colt M1911A1 Commander model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Tomler’s face grew even more helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After placing the items down, Gao tugged the chair in front of him and sat down before saying calmly, “Give me an explanation, or I’ll give you one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler shrugged and said, “Ram, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao raised one hand and said, “You don’t understand what I’m saying, but I understand what you’re saying, fine, so I’ll give you an explanation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao stood up to grab the dog tags and the gun but another gun was pressed against his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Tomler waved his hands repeatedly, saying, “Everyone get out, Ram, sit down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can sit and talk this through slowly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao sat back down, and the four bodyguards looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Tomler waved again, they ultimately did not leave, just stepped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler sat back down, sighed, and said helplessly to Gao, “Where did you guys run off to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve been looking for you these past few days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We hid ourselves, to prepare to kill you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now we’re ready, so here I am.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler let out a bitter laugh and said, “Ram, I understand why you’re angry, and I truly regret what happened, but please, let’s not joke around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a serious voice, Gao said, “You just regret it, but one of my brothers is dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it hadn’t been for him, we’d all be corpses now, so just regret isn’t enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve said before, you owe me an explanation, and you know this is no joke.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler spread his hands and said, “Okay, I do owe you an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just tell me, what do you want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao stared intently at Tomler and said in a deep voice, “Why did you attack us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler said helplessly, “It’s complicated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then simplify it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I know you’ve met my assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told me, I have to clarify that this has nothing to do with me; it was the employers acting on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hired someone to deliver goods but didn’t trust anyone, so they bypassed me and the recipient to order your assassination, something I only found out about afterward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao said sternly, “Krulney is your assistant, your main assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time I was here, I saw him and chatted with him, but I also saw him in Damascus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He met us with people from the Iron Madonna, led us to Damascus, and then the recipients and people from the Iron Madonna attacked us together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now you’re telling me you had nothing to do with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think I’d believe that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler gave a wry smile and said, “I swear that everything I’m saying is true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listen to me, Krulney was also kept in the dark, he didn’t know that IS and the people from Saudi Arabia intended to kill you, he really didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fact that Iron Madonna got involved was also something he found out afterward, really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, I can tell you that the Iron Madonna had a vendetta against you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clarify that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler sighed and explained, “After meeting you, the Iron Madonna found out through Krulney that you were Satan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long before that, they had suffered heavy losses in Brazil, were badly beaten, and lost several people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed it was the work of Satan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their basis was that when trying to intercept and engage their enemies on the river, they were beaten even more badly, by a machine gunner and a sniper, which decimated them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they thought, in terms of the number of people, combat power, or the characteristics of the sniper and machine gunner, only the Satan Mercenary Corps could fit the profile.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao coldly asked, “It was only speculation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler earnestly replied, “It really was just speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Iron Madonna has no reason to move against you, because they were hired by me, and I truly didn’t give that order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I’m telling you is what Krulney shared with me afterward, when everything had already happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krulney and I were both dragged into this, but I’m truly innocent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao said sternly, “I already know who the recipients were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s no secret, so I find your words hard to believe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tomler sighed and said, “Ram, listen to me, we’ve all been played in this affair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>IS is an organization with hidden backers, and I can tell you that America is among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also played a certain role in this, but now IS is out of control!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re out of control and have become a big threat, a threat to us all, as Atta once was.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1006,"2026-06-06T10:20:07.327Z",1,"novelbin.me","9c9bc7ebc36e931a88529841a700215a3e6d269965bea4fecfca03d1f6fc8b75","mercenary-s-war-chapter-964","mercenary-s-war-chapter-962",2343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmercenary-s-war-cover.jpg"]