"What do you mean by that?"
"It means exactly what it sounds like. I can't afford this money."
"You!?"
After AK12 adjusted her listening device slightly, a few clear voices rang out directly in the communication channel. Although it couldn't be discerned whose voices these were, it sounded like...
"Commander, it seems you've hit the nail on the head again. These guys are about to start fighting."
G11 watched the gang members who had already picked up their weapons, feeling somewhat incredulous.
Could the Commander really be a prophet? Everything he said seemed to come true?
"Tsk, wasn't Larry supposed to be good at business? How did he mess up this time?"
Hearing G11's words, Renault also rolled his eyes in annoyance, staring at the gunmen below who were getting restless.
"Constant dripping wears away the stone, doesn't it?"
AK12 shrugged. If these guys started fighting now, the possibility of capturing Larry alive would be slim to none. Bullets didn't discriminate.
This operation was like a rollercoaster ride. First, they were surrounded by unidentified armed personnel in a civilian area, then Renault took care of it nonchalantly. After pinpointing Larry's exact location, they thought the operation would be a piece of cake. But in the end, the deal fell through, and now they were on the brink of an all-out shootout.
"Commander, should we take them out now?" M1919A4 was clearly eager to go. Besides practicing shooting at home, she hadn't used her imprint weapon in a long time. There hadn't been any opportunity to use it in the training facility.
"If you're not afraid of getting hit by a rocket launcher from those guys, go ahead and shoot."
"Ugh... really, I haven't fired a single shot since I came out." M1919A4 shrank her neck at Renault's words. Although she didn't want to get hit by a rocket, she still complained.
"What about the capture target...?"
It seemed that AK12 sensed Renault's current lack of intervention, and she anxiously asked. If they didn't act now, would her first mission end in failure?
"Forget about capturing the target. Blame Angelia for this. She didn't investigate properly beforehand, so don't think about turning the tide now. I don't want to rush in and get shot for nothing."
Renault didn't know if the gang members below were a ragtag bunch, but they probably weren't much better. Their combat power was far inferior to the infected with their thick skin. Even though Renault could easily handle these guys himself, he needed to keep moving.
Trying to protect Larry and run out of the battle in this situation would only invite trouble.
Moreover, it wasn't certain. As the middleman in this transaction, Larry had already noticed that something was wrong.
Now, his position was right behind the guys who brought the mechs.
Originally, he was standing by the table, but now both sides were staring at each other, and as an 'outsider,' he naturally didn't attract the attention of the gang members.
It was likely that Larry, a professional intermediary, had encountered this situation before, maybe even several times. After all, he was doing illegal business. These gang members, nicely put, were gangs, but to put it bluntly, they were just a bunch of bandits!
When business negotiations fail, directly robbing the seller is reasonable for these bandits.
"Hey, hey! Renault! Can't you try a bit harder? I paid for this!"
Renault's negative words just now fell into Angelia's ears, who was listening to the situation here, and she couldn't help but shout at Renault, feeling somewhat aggrieved.
Although her offer wasn't high, she had already paid a deposit. Couldn't he be a bit more diligent? Couldn't he think of a way to get Larry out alive?
"Come on, you had dinner at my doll's place, and you want my dolls to pay for your meal? Remember how you insisted on paying for this procurement earlier?"
If it weren't for AK12 exposing it, Renault wouldn't have known that Angelia had shamelessly gone to MDR and HK416 for dinner, and MDR ended up paying for it. Although they had agreed earlier that Angelia would foot the bill for this procurement, Renault couldn't let his dolls go out empty-handed. At most, after buying things, they would bring the invoice and ask Angelia to reimburse them. Who would have thought that Angelia, the former Griffin commander and a security bureau agent, would now be mooching off dolls for meals?
"Cough! It's just a bit tight on cash right now, I didn't bring any when I came out..."
Not bring her wallet? Or more accurately, she didn't bring any money...
Who would have thought that a task she thought she could finish in an afternoon would drag on until night?
"Huh? Are you trying to make me work for free?"
Not bring money? Then why did you agree so readily when I asked you to pay earlier?
Hearing this, Renault immediately questioned Angelia without a good temper.
At this time, on the ground below, the two sides had completely torn their faces apart, with weapons aimed at each other.
The gang members had dozens of people, each with a weapon in hand, and some even held up rocket launchers.
The sellers, on the other hand, although fewer in number, with only a dozen or so people, had a mech activated on a transport truck behind them, standing up to the astonished gazes of the gang members!